THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOL. 2, NO. 15
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JUNE 5, 1969
CHARLES JOHNSON
President SGA
MIKE INSCORE
Vice President SGA
LARRY ANDERSON
President Soph^ Class
KEITH MILLER
Vice Pres. Soph. Claass
JERRY PARDUE
Editor Couifar Cry
STUDENT ELECTIONS HELD HERE
COLLEGE THEATRE PRESENTS
‘THE CRUCIBLE”
On Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, May 21, 22 and 23, the
WCC College Theatre presented
“The Crucible*.
“The Crucible”,by Arthur Mil
ler, is a play set in Salem, Mas
sachusetts, at the time of the
infamous Salem Witch Trials of
the late 17th century. The play
tells the story of the horrors
of the Witch Trials, and shows
how rumors and accusations can
snowball into an omnipotent evil
force which can engulf an entire
town and affect the sanity of the
town’s citizens to the extent that
scores of innocent people are
hanged.
The power of “The Crucible*
comes from this message. The
play is much more than a mere
chronicle of the Salem Witch
Trials; it points up the human
flaw in all men which allows
us to succumb to the contagion
of irrationality.
The following note, quoted from
the Theatre’s prograrcv sheet,
presents the director's interpre
tation of this theme: “ All aspects
of this production. . .are cal
culated to emphasize the capa
city in us all to become involved
in witch hunts.*
The director, D. S. Mayes,
staged the play with the inten
tion of enhancing audience in
volvement. The actors were in
modern costumes. They wore
no special makeup. The audience
was seated in a complete circle
around the stage; no one in the
audience was more than 20-25
feet from the stage. All this
gave a sense of immediacy to the
play—the audience could not help
but become involved.
As the audience arrived they
entered a darkened room, lit
only enough to permit the view
ing of emblems of the First
Satanic Church of America.
There was eerie background mu
sic. These effects almost com
pelled the audience to give them
selves up to the mood of the play.
The first few minutes of the
play were devoted to the further
building of mood. The entire
cast went through a silent rou
tine in which the central idea
of the play was acted out in pan-
tomine. This opening, which was
very effective, was not in the
script; it was designed by the
director and his cast.
The mood was set—the au
dience could almost feel the pre
sence of evil forces as the first
scene opened. And due to the
excellent acting and direction
this mood was sustained through
out the play.
The acting of Carl Lowe Hud
son and Brenda Johnson, who
portrayed the leading characters,
John Proctor and Abigail Wil-
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Graduation at
WCC
Graduation time has once again
come to Wilkes Community Col
lege as 113 students have applied
for degrees in various fields.
The graduation ceremony will
be held Saturday morning, June
7 at the Wilkes Central Gym-
torium at 10:30 a.m. The com
mencement address will be given
by Dr. Ernest Parry, President
of Forsyth Technical Institute.
The presentation of candidates
will be made by Dr, Richardson
and Dr, Thompson will handle
the conferring of degrees and
diplomas.
Graduating students are asked
to be at the gymtorium at 9:30
a.m.
JARRET POE
Secretary SGA
On May 19, 20, and 21 no
minations were placed for Stu
dent Government Association of
fices, Sophomore Class offices
and the editor of the student
newspaper, “The Cougar Cry*.
Those running for president
of the SGA were Stan Elkins,
Larry Ostwalt, and Howard
Blackburn from College Paral
lel. From the Technical Divi
sion, Charles Johnson ran for
the office.
On the following Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, bal
loting took place. None of the
candidates for SGA president re
ceived a clear majority, and on
May 29 and 30 a special run
off election was held,
Charles Johnson faced Larry
Ostwalt in this battle and emer
ged victorious.
The only candidate for the po
sition of vice-president of the
SGA was Mike Inscore iromCol-
lege Parallel.
Two voung ladies, 3arxettPoe
and Vickie Church, vied for the
position oi secretary oi the SGA.
Jarrett was chosen by the stu
dents iov the office.
Anita Shepherd, from College
Parallel, was the only person
who ran for the office of trea
surer of the SGA.
For president of the Sopho
more, two students, Larry An
derson and Donnie Eller, both
from College Parallel, ran. Lar-
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