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THE CAMPUS ECHO
Friday, April 29, 1960
Thespians Give
Play Decision
The North Carolina College
Thespians presented one of its
minor plays, “Decision,” to the
Upperclass’ Assembly, April 10,
and to the North Carolina Social
Workers’ Convention at the Sir
Walter Raleigh Hotel in
Raleigh, April 11. The play dealU
with the operations of medical
social workers.
The cast was composed of
Parthenia McCall, who played
the part of the medical social
work student; Jim Bryant, play
ing the patient; Donnie McNeill,
the supervisor; Cleveland
Strickland as Dr. Berkeley; and
Geraldine Simmons, who played
the patient’s sister.
The Thespians were sponsor
ed at the Social Workers’ Con
vention upon the suggestion of
Dr. Joseph S. Himes, NCC pro
fessor of sociology and a mem
ber of the executive board of the
N. C. Conference of Social
Workers. The conference is com
posed of social workers through
out the State of North Carolina.
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I have often attempted the|
arduous task of selecting ,who
might be classed as the best
male singer in the business to
day., I have used the term ar
duous, but probably the worji
momentous might be more
apropos. I would certainly have
to consider two fine Johnnys—
Mathis and Nash. Nat would
certainly rate high on the list.
One could not overlook Bela-
fonte, and even Brook Benton
now sings some very enchanting,
ballads. But considering style,
ability to deliver, warmth, poise,
and sincerety, I must invariably
choose one Frank Sinatra.
This kid from Hoboken,
started with Tommy Dorsey,
and his early recordings of
“There Are Such Things” and
“I’ll Never Smile Again” started
the teenage cookies into the us
ual caprice of tearing clothes
and screaming.
Francis Albert Sinatra grew
as a symbol of romance as he
loved and lost and loved again.
In fact, his broken romance with
North Carolina’s Ava Gardner
'Gayden' To Be Presented May 12
has been attributed to the
beauty and sincerity of the
Sinatra delivery.
Frank’s heart leads his mind.
He functions on an extremely
emotional level. To say the least,
he is quite xmpredictable. He
once introduced a voluptuous
acquaintance of his as Ezzard
Charles. His vocabulary con
tains such gems as “broad,”
“Mother” and “gasser.” Indeed
“The Voice” is a very interes
ting personality.
Frank supposedly heads a
“clan” of personalities which
includes such names as Peter
Lawrford, Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Dean Martin, and Joey Bishop.
This clan is supposed to be one
of the most exclusive in Holly
wood.
But enough! Let it suffice to
state that in addition to having
a dynamically different per
sonality, Frank Sinatra has a
voice which still after many
years enables him to sit in the
seat of the number one male
singer of our contemporary
music.
BEATNIK CORNER
A LAYMAN’S PHILOSOPHY
By Harold Hauser
Live one day at a time. Live honorable attributes
as if every day is.the last. Life
is full of uncertainties and to
avoid the pitfalls of this day
seems enough.
Be anxious about nothing.
Nothing is so important as to
cause us anxiety and frustration,,
for these conditions tear at our
very heart strings and shorten
our all too brief existence.
Be as independent as possible.
Our independence should help
us to mature and should give us
a certain inner satisfaction
knowing that the decisions
which we make are ours and not
a result of some vile propaganda
devised in the thwarted minds o^
some gullible society. Might I
add that our independence
should not be trite and harsh
and hurtful. I am fully aware
that the very ones we meet on
our way up may be the very
one's we meet as we tumble
down. I only assert here that we
let our actions be ours and not
the products of some perverted,
paranoic parasite who loathes
every achievement we make and)
goes into convulsions of laugh
ter when we fail. These pseudo
friends we don’t need anyway.
Accept a man on his own
individual merits. If he is a
damned scoundrel, accept him
as 'such. If he (or she) is a per
son full of apparent flattery but
actually seeking only a legally
contracted meal ticket, recog
nize this fact and accept the
dope for what he or she actually
is. If a person is steeped in the
of man
kind, if he is honest and truth
ful and sincere, recognize these
lovely attributes too.
Be aware of the beauties
around us. How beautiful is
spring; how wonderful new
blown snow; how exciting is a
tnoonlight night. Even in this
self-tortured world there is sin
cere beauty.
Dr. Thorpe
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On May 12, the Thespians will
present the spring production of
“Gayden.” A two acter by Mig-
non and Robert McLaughlin,
“Gayden” is a story about a man
who must hurt other people, a
mother who must uphold him in
his evil deeds, and a girl who
comes close to tragedy because
of his obsession to hurt her.
Gayden is a constitutional
psychopath, but with such cun
ning that he is irresistible tq
women—^most of whom he de
stroys.
A psychological play, “Gay
den” is no action play but rather*
a play of witty, catchy and
philosophical dialogue. A philo
sophical play of this type will be
difficult to interpret and por
tray; it is particularly challen
ging for the cast.
The cast will be headed by
Charles Lockhart who will star
as the cunning Gayden, the most
difficult character to portray
Virdell Tedder will play hia
mother, a woman of great charm
and intelligence, but one who
loves her son too well.
Cynthia McDonald will play
Emily, a young girl who falls in
love with Gayden and discovers
his cruelty almost too late.
Cleveland Strickland will take
the role of Dr. Whitaken, the)
man who is fully aware of Gay-
den’s mental illness.
Polly, a young woman whose
marriage is destroyed because
of Gayden wiU be played by
Geraldine Ormond. Carolyn
Blue will play tlae loving and
dutiful maid Agnes. The play
will be directed by Miss Mary
Bohanon, and the stage is by
Mr. terry Wells.
Choir Takes 9-Day Northern Tour
The College Choir departed
on its annual eastern tour Frir
day morning, April 15.
The first stop on the choirs
itinerary was Washington, D. C.,
where a concert was presented
at the John Wesley A.M.E. Zion
Church under the sponsorship of
the NCC Alumni Association.
While in Washington the
choir was the guest of the
Honorable William H. Fitzjohn,
Ambassador from Sierra Leone,
Africa, at the Embassy.
Other concerts on the choir’s
tour included: Baltimore, Md.,-
where the group sang at the
John Wesley Methodist Church
under the sponsorship of the
NCC Altunni Association; Stam
ford, Conn.; Springfield, Mass.;
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Westbury, N.
Y.; and Morristown, N. J.
Echo
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Minn.; each semester it conducts
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United States. New^apers from
493 schools were entered this
year in the 61st rating for the
first semester.
For the first semester last
year the Campus Echo received
All-American honors and for the
second semester First-Class
honors.
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degree from NCC ^nd his Ph.D.
from Ohio State University in
1953. He has been at Southern
University since 1955, prior tol
serving at Alabama A&M from
1952 until 1955.
His twin brother, Eural, also
an NCC graduate in ’47, is now
a practicing dentist in Jamaica,
L.I.
Dr. Thorpe’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Eural Endris Thorpe, cur
rently reside at 1104 Hamlin
Street, Durham.
Two other members of the
Thorpe family have earned NCC
degrees. They are Miss Clarice*
E. Thorpe, B.S., 1955, and|
Charles J.S., B.S., 1959. Another
sister. Miss Mary E. Thorpe, at
tended NCC for one year.
The Southern University his-,
tory department head has au
thored two scholarly historical
volumes, “Negro Historians in
the United States”, and “The
Desertion of Man.”
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