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THE CAMPUS ECHO
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1958
SENIOR OF THE MONTH
AUDIENCE HELD SPELLBOUND
Co-Ed 'Brain' is Also 'Big Wheel' NCC Thespians Star In Best Production Of The Year
By William Nelson
So oftein there is no recogni
tion given to students who a-
chieve academically and who
give a great deal of service to
campus activities. Such is the
case of Anna Joyce Newkirk,
the Campus Echo senior of the
month.
Anna Joyce is a native oi
Fuquay Springs and a graduate
of Hillside High School, Dur
ham. She resides off campus
with her Durham relatives.
During Anna Joyce’s college
career, she has continually bejen
active in the following student
organizations: the Student Gov
ernment, Campus Echo, Off-
Campus Council, and the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority. She is at
present serving as secretary of
DRIVE IN' THEATRE
WILL OPEN SOON
The College-View Theatre,
managed by H. M. “Mickey”
Michaux, Jr., will reopen for the
spring and summer April 5 with
■Warner Brothers’ “Band of An
gels,” starring Goldsbro’s Own
Sidney Poitier, as the feature at
traction.
Located on the Apex Road,
Highway 55, the College-View
was a popular outery for Sum-
mer School students as wejU as
imdergraduates last fall.
With a new cinemascope
screen, one of the largest in the
state, the Collegei-View is con
tracted to show only the finest
movies.
Michaux opened the College-^
View last June and his schedul
ing of fine movies, plus im
provements in the equipment
and grounds, made the theatre
one of the most popular recrea-
tion outlets for SummeX School;
students as well as for those in
the Durham community.
the Women’s Assembly Steering
Committee and as a member of
the Off-Campus Big Sister Or
ganization, a counseling body ta
off-campus freshmen.
In addition to these campuS
activities, Anna Joyce has found
time to continually make the
ANNA JOYCE
honor roll, and for this distinct
tion, plus her extra-curricular
activities, she was named to
Who’s Who Among Students irt
Amorican Colleges and Univer
sities.
An English major and Soci
ology minor, Newkirk at present
is doing her practice teaching
work at Hillside High School.
When Anna Joyce was inter
viewed for the Senior of thei
Month honor, among the ques
tions asked was: What is your
formula for getting along with
people? She immediately replied
“A smile, a reasonably sympa
thetic ear and sincere love for
people.”
In Anna Joyce, we^can really
see an example of an excellent
student, an ardent worker and a
wonderful college coed.
By Rotide
A night of electrifying theatre
was provided by the North Car
olina College Thespians March
6 when they presented Witness
for the Prosecation.' Under the
fine direction of Miss Mary Bo-
hanon, the Agatha Christie my
stery was ignited in the first
act and it progressed in swift
currents throughout the remain
der of the play, holding the au
dience nearly spellbound.
Heading the cast were Bea
trice Smith, Bernard Tate, Theo
dore Gilliam, and Charles
Lockhart. Beatrice, a drama and
German major, had a tour de
force as the cool and determined
■\yife of a young Englishman,
Leonard Vole, on trial for the
murder of an elderly lady. Play
ing the role of a wife who testi
fied against her husband in
court, Beatrice gave such a vivid
performance that many of the
spectators hated her. When she
killed her husband who deserv
ed death she, was cheered — the
indication of the quality of her
performance.
As the defendant, Leonard
Vole, Theodore Gilliam surpass
ed all his previous performanc
es. He gave a believably inno
cent personality to the young
man who murdered a woman
for her money and relied upon
his seeming innocence and nai
vete to win a verdict of not
gviilty. The most touching scene
of the play was the one in which
Gilliam broke down under
strong interrogation from the
prosecuting attorney.
Bernard Tate created a whim
sical, but forceful, Sir Wilfrid,
the defense attorney. Tate has
the gift, invaluable to the actor,
of establishing immejdiate rap-
* port witfi his audience, as evi
denced by mvumurs of delight
and amusement whenever he
took the floor to question the
witnesses.
Charles Lockhart increased
the play’s extraordinary per
formances as the very com-*
manding — sometimes irate —
prosecutor. He seemed perfectly
suited for the part. That is the
best indication of the caliber of
his performance.
Particularly good in their rolea
were Joy Elliott as the very di
rect housekeeper, Janet McKen
zie; Miriam Towe as a saucy
Cockney girl; and Richard Har
ris as Mr. Mayhew, Sir Wilfred’s
assistant. Gerald Simmons, Vir- i
dejU, Tedder, Cary Booker, Lau-
tha Gray, Claude Glenn, Albert
Montgomery, and Irene Briscoe
were a perfect supporting cast
for what was certainly the best
production of the year.
Samuel Russell arranged the
lifting effects, and with Theo-*
dore Gilliam, provided adequate
ly simple sets for the produc
tion.
Students May Study In Ireland
Young Americans will have a
chance to study in Ireland next
year imder a new binational ed
ucational exchange program
with that coimtry, it was an
nounced by the Institute of In
ternational Education. The pro
gram is being inaugurated as a
result of an executive agreement
between the Government of Ire
land and the United States sign
ed in Dublin last March.
These awards for pre-doctoral
study and research in Eire cover
international travel, tuition,
books and maintenance for the
academic year.
Basic eligibility requirements
are U. S. citizenship, a college
degree or its equivalent by the
time the award will be used,
and good health. Preferencei is
given to applicants not morel
than 35 years of age.
Applications must be submit
ted to the Institute by April 15.
For further information aboub
these awards and application
blanks, write to the Institute of
International Education in New
York City.
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