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THE CAMPUS ECHO
Friday, October 29, 1965
Thespians Announce Year's Plan Greek News
By Quentine Finch
The Caine Mutiny Court
Martial, a play featuring a cast
drawn from faculty and student
personnel, will open at B. N.
Duke Auditorium on Wednes
day, November 3 and run
through Friday, November 5,
1965. The play is under the
direction of Dr. J. Preston
Cochran, who is Chairman of
the Dramatic Art Department
and advisor of the Thespians.
The cast of this production
is composed entirely of men,
all who have had past experi
ences on the stage, and some
who have had real-life experi
ence similar to that which
they will portray in this war
drama.
The play, written by Herman
Wouk and which won the Pulit
zer Prize, is centered around
the court martial proceedings
against a young, upright lieu
tenant who relieved his captain
of command in the midst of a
typhoon on the grounds that
the captain was psychopathic
in the crisis, and directing the
ship to its destruction. The
odds and naval tradition are
against the lieutenant, fiut as
the witnesses and experts, some
serious, some unwittingly ■ com
ic, cross the scene of the trial,
the weakness in the character
of the captain is slowly re
vealed in a devastating picture
of distintegration.
The role of Captain Queeg
will be played by Charles Dyer
of the Psychology Department.
Dyer spent 20 years in military
service and has served on a
ship similar to the Caine. He
has had first-hand experience
in court-martialing, both as a
witness and as a juror. While
overseas, he took part in the
USO production during the war
theater wings, Dough Girls.
The role of the defense at
torney, Green Wall, will be
portrayed by Reverend Henry
Elkins, Director of the United
Campus Christian Ministry.
John Tasker of the Dramatic
Art Department will perform
as the prosecutor, Lieutenant
Challee.
The presiding judge. Captain
Blakely, will be played by Dr.
Leroy Walker of the Physical
Education Department and by
Dr. Charles Orr of the Educa
tion Department. Among Dr.
Orr’s many acting experiences
has been that of participation
in two faculty plays at Ala
bama A & M College; Bell
Book and Candle and Children
of the Moon.
Lieutenant Maryk, the ac
cused, will be played alter
natively by Bernard Thornton,
a physical education major,
and by Albert Lee.
Other key witnesses and
court members include: Ed
Kenstrick as Lieutenant Kee
fer, Woodrow W. Brown as
Lieutenant Keith, Curtis Bowe
as Urban, Henry Brooks and
Collins Baber as Dr. Byrd,
Robert F. Kennedy as Dr. Lun-
deen, Leroy Parker and Mr.
Robert Bostow as Captain
Southard, Randolph Summers
as the court stenographer, and
Wilton Rageland as the order
ly.
Also playing as court mem
bers are Garland King, James
Bowling, and Mr. Charles
Johnson, among others.
Prior to coming here. Dr.
Cochran was Professor of
Speech and Drama at Stone
College Spelman Institution and
Director of the Atlanta-More-
house-Spelman Players. He also
served as a part-time Profes
sor of Speech and Drama Di
rector at both Morris Brown
College at Atlanta and Atlanta
University. He has had numer
ous experiences in acting and
in directing.
Dr. Cochran has many plans
for the Thespians of North
Carolina College. He feels that
“the best way to teach acting,
is to see acting at its finest,”
therefore, he is using faculty
members and students who
Kappa Alpha Psi
The Alpha Kappa Chapter of
the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraterni
ty crowned Miss Josephine
Perry as its Sweetheart,
Wednesday, October 20. Miss
Perry is a junior from New
Jersey, majoring in Spanish.
The coronation also included
the crowning of the Scroller
Sweetheart, Miss Edith Turner
of Huntsville, Alabama. Miss
Turner is a Commercial Sci
ence major and enjoys dancing
and reading.
The Kappas held their annual
fall smoker in the Science Build
ing Social Room on Thursday,
October 21.
Omega Psi Phi
The Omega Psi Phi Frater
nity began its 1965-1966 school
year with an opening school
dance at the Stallion Club on
September 16. Other activities
that will take place this year
will include both charity and
social affairs. For prospective
applicants, Tau Psi will give a
smoker on a date to be an
nounced. A question and an
swer period will follow.
have had previous experiences
as actors for the cast of the
first production to be presented
here in November.
In order to make this first
production an even greater suc
cess, the Thespian Club (both
new and old members) has
been divided into several
groups, such as property, lights,
and other backstage proce
dures. All of the club mem
bers will also sell tickets for
the production.
The second play entitled, The
Skin of Our Teeth, will be
given by the Thespians in early
December. It has already been
partially cast. Plans for the
second semester are underway
for the production of Sabriana
Fair and a musical comedy,
Lir Abner.
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Hopson Honored Eagle Of The Month
member of the Student Con
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didate for the presidency of the
Senior Class.
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ficers, queens, and Student
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he enjoys the job immensely,
Hopson states that the job is
a very tedious and demanding
one. He also recommends the
ten members appointed to the
Election Board.
In his leisure time, Hopson
enjoys reading, debating, ten
nis, and pinochle. He is an avid
sports fan, which accounts for
the presence of Sport Illustrated
among his reading repertoire.
The elder of two children,
Hopson is looking forward to
eventual married life and a
family of several children;
however, he hopes to establish
himself as a politician in the
diplomatic corps, or some other
phase of international affairs.
Russell Hopson is truly an
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French from Charlotte: “I real
ly don’t know if these activities
improve the spirit. Everybody
is very joyful at homecoming
anyway.”
Joseph Askew, senior in bi
ology from Ahoskie: “Yes I
think these activities serve
their purpose which is to im
prove the general school spir
it. In previous years, I have at
tended these activities and we
were given copies of cheers
which gave us a feeling of to
getherness. It does something
for the team when we have the
support of the school.
Mrs. S. Brown, Commence
Department: ‘‘Well, I really
don’t know. I have never at
tend there activities; therefore,
I cannot say from my obser
vations whether they improve
the spirit.”
Judith Enoch, freshman from
Newport News, Va., majoring
in history: “I think they do. It
brings the students closely to
gether and it gives the mem
bers of the team more pep.”
Shirley L. Felton, sophomore
in psychology from Hertford:
“No, the students on NCC’s
campus are so lifeless and so
lackadaisical that it is quite
impossible to improve any kind
of spirit on this campus.”
Dennis Speight, senior in
business administration from
Durham: “Yes. I think they do
because they really get students
in the “mood” for the game.
They give students more inspi
ration for the team.”
Clara Grady, junior in bi
ology from Dudley: “Yes, I
have attended these activities
and they seem to improve the
spirit. The students seem to en
joy these activities.”
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Eagle of the Month for Octo
ber is an aspiring campus poli
tician, Russell Bernard Hopson,
a senior, history major from
Tabb, Virginia. Hopson is cur
rently chairman of the Elec
tions Board and was primarily
responsible for the well organ
ized elections during the first
semester of this year.
Hopson, one of the founders
of the United Campus Party,
has been a participant in many
political endeavors during his
stay at N. C. C. He was a mem
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Great Britain at UNC-CH, a
RUSSELL HOPSON