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Play Review
Sad Cafe: An Actor
Views The Play
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by STEVE ELROD
Carson McCullers wrote a
novella about obsessive love
called The Ballad of the Sad Cafe,
which Edward Albee adopted to
the stage and which opened Jan
uary 9 as a MFA thesis pro
duction at UNC-G. I played a
minor part in it, so consider
this an insightful u biased
review.
Love traingles are absurd. The
one in this play is an utter
reductio ad absurdum of the Vic
torian romantic dilemma-the
homosexual member gets the
man. The director William Dan
nenberg said, "This play is a
bout people trying to make sense
out of a senseless world," i.e.
existentional absurdity. He had
a fantastic set designed, used
surrealist lighting effects, and
chose choreographed move
ments for grotesqueness.lasked,
"Is it the world that is sense
less or the people?" "Both," he
replied.
In a sense this is true. Natural
and psychological laws prevail in
the play, but its world is morally
Actress To Spend 10 Days At N.C.S^i.
WINSTON - SALEM, NORTH
CAROLINA -- Miriam Goldina,
New York actress, teacher and
director, arrived Monday to
spend 10 weeks in residence
at the North Carolina School
of the Arts, where she will teach
acting to drama students.
Miss Goldina is one of several
professional actors and directors
invited to teach in the School
of Drama during the 1969-1970
school year.
She received her training in
the theater as a student of Stan
islavsky and Vachtangov in Mos
cow, Russia. She was a member
of Moscow Habimah Theater and
was a leading lady of the Habima
Theater in New York.
She has been teaching acting
in New York and Hollywood for
the past 30 years. She was di
rector of the Acting Laboratory
at Bryn Mawr College at Bryn
Mawr, Pa. in 1947 and was an
associate professor of drama at
the University of South Florida
at Tampa in 1966.
She is the author of the book,
"Stanislavsky Directs." In New
York she has directed Ibsen's
"A Doll's House" for both the
Equity Library Theater and the
Acting Workshop of Circle-In-
The-Square. She directed Ib
sen's "Hedda Gabler" for the
Intimate Theater in New York
and Gorky's "The Courageous
One" for an Off- Broadway pro
duction. She did the translation of
Union
Calendar
Jan. 24: Basketball at UNC-G.
Jan 26: Basketball at Pres
byterian College.
Jan. 28: Basketball at High
Point.
Feb. 2: Basketball at Pfeiffer
Feb. 3: NCSA Piedmont Cham
ber Players Dana 8 p.m.
Feb. 4: Basketball at Atlantic
Christian Classes Begin.
Feb. 5: Film Mein Kampf in
Dana at 8 p.m.
Feb. 6: Vintage Film Series
Feb. 7: Home basketball game
with Livingston College.
chaotic-indifferent to whether or
not the characters can adjust to
its reality. But this means that
the senselessness is in the char
acters themselves and they pro
ject in onto their world. Mar
vin, Amelia, and Lymon are
each in love with an image of
someone whose true nature is as
unknown to them as the dark side
of the moon. The source of the
absurdity in the play is their re
fusal to come to grips with this
error in their thinking. The
audience appreciated the ab
surdity of the situation because
they laughed at the pathos of it
and were aghast at the pointless
violence of the endings. Mr. Dan
nenberg proved his point-the play
certainly lends itself to an ab
surdist interpretation, but this
leads to the question of what ab
surdism has to say beyond an
exhibition of the bankruptcy of its
controlling idea. I sensed that
unrequited love was regarded as
a dated theme by many mem
bers of the audience, which mag
nified its comic effect but
diminished its dramatic impact
for them.
the Gorky play. She was director
of the Torch Theater in Darien,
Conn, in 1948, which was spon
sored by Frederic March and
Florence Eldridge.
Among the plays in which
Miss Goldina appeared for the
Habima Theater in New York
were "A Bell for Adano," "Dia
mond Lil," "Heart of a City"
and "Bullfight."
In films she acted in "Ras
putin," "Little Women,"
Ladies of the Big House," "Young
Man" and "Flaming Star."
On television in Hollywood she
has acted in "Have Gun, Will
Travel," "Combat," "Perry
Mason," "Man From U.N.C.-
L.E." and "National Velvet."
On television in New York she
acted for Philco Playhouse,
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, Robert
Montgomery Presents, Studio
One and the Armstrong Circle
Theater.
ACLU Plans 50th Anniversary
The ACLU will celebrate its
50th anniversary - 1970 - with
a year-long program "to raise
the activities of the Union, na
tionally and among our 47 af
filiates, to a new level of effec
tiveness."
According to a prospectus ap
proved by the Board ofDirectors
this fall, "By the end of 1970
the Union can emerge
capacity to move America, even
amidst today's divisive, anti
libertarian forces, toward a
new degree of security in her
democratic institutions - one that
rests on a broad base of popular
loyalty to the principles of lib
erty."
Details of the 50th anniversary
program still are somewhat ten
tative, but plans include:
—Preparation of four(maybe
more) reports on the "condition
of our liberties." Outstanding
American writers, assisted by
a small research staff, will make
depth investigations and analyses
in various fields of ACLU con
cern, for instance: the impact
of the armed forces on civil
THE GUILFORD IAN
Fisk University Stands Firm
Against Black Demands
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(CPS)--
The administration of Fisk Uni
versity, is standing firm against
student demands that the insti
tution become a "Black Uni
versity," even after a week-long
take-over of a campus building.
About 200 students took over
the education building the week
of Dec. 14, and 22 students who
remained were finally evicted by
police Dec. 19, according to Bill
Blackburn, a philosophy major
and organizer of the "Students
for a Black University" move
ment.
TRIAL FOR DEMONSTRATORS
The students will go on trial
in municipal court Jan. 8 on
trespassing charges, and "in
cidents" by student sympathizers
are expected that day. The take
over caused the predominantly
Black university to close its
doors a week early for Christ-
Miss Goldina will concentrate
on the plays of Chekov and Ibsen
while teaching at the School of the
Arts.
Feb. 28 Pageant
Picks Miss
Greensboro
The Greensboro Jaycees will
produce the 1970 Miss Greens
boro Pageant on February 28,
at 8:00 P.M. in the Aycock Au
ditorium.
Miss Greensboro of 1970, along
with her alternates, will be able
to further her education through
varied scholarship awards.
She will also have the op
portunity of participation in the
Miss North Carolina Pageant and
possibly the Miss American Pag
eant.
Harlan Cato, will advise the
Jaycees and Ed Martin will
direct the Jaycee effort.
liberties, the rights of youth,
the effect of police surveillance
on speech and'assembly, privacy
in the computer age, the treat
ment of prisoners. In the early
fall of 1970 the reports will be
published in condensed version
in a mass circulation periodi
cal. Complete texts will be of
fered to a leading publisher.
Convocation
—Public discussion and debate
on the reports at a convocation
in either Washington, D.C. or New
York in December, 1970. At the
close of the convocation there
will be a banquet commemorating
the 179 th anniversary of the Bill
of Rights and ceremoniously
marking the ACLU's first half
century.
—Public education about the
Bill of Rights and the ACLU.
Throughout the year all avenues
will be explored to reach the
largest possible American pub
lic. The education program will
emphasize current and future
threats to civil liberties.
mas vacation. The university re
opened Jan. 5.
So far. University President
James R. Lawson has refused
to implement any of the student
proposals which include the re
defining of the institution into
one:
a) structured, controlled and
administered by Black people
and devoted to the cultural needs
of the Black community.
b) set up to deal wit* the skills
necessary for the Black Univer
sity.
c) identifying all Black people
as Africans under the ideological
concepts of Pan Africanism.
d) addressing itself completely
to Black Liberation, primarily
through education.
Europe '7O
Some Tour
Some Study
Guilford College will sponsor
its first alumni tour this sum
mer.
The Guilford alumni and
friends will tour seven European
countries between July 11 and
August 1.
William E. Benbow, Director
of Alumni Affairs, is host for
the tour.
Travel arrangements are made
by Lucas Travel Agency in
Greensboro.
The tour wiii cost $969"00?
Reservations will be accepted
by the travel agency through
May 30.
IES
The Institute of European Stud
ies is seeking qualified students
for study in Paris, Nantes, Frei
burg, Vienna, and Madrid for the
1970-71 academic year.
Information and applications
can be obtained from Philip H.
Yasinski, Director of Admis
sions, 35 East Wacker Drive,
Chicago, Illinois 60601.
—Litigation and legislation.
Special programs will be devel
oped for coordinated action by
national and affiliate boards and
staffs.
Additionally, affiliates will be
encouraged and assisted in de
vising special anniversary pro
grams in their areas in order
to call public attention to their
work and increase their effec
tiveness.
Monroe Directs
The anniversary program will
be directed by Dr. Eason Mon
roe, veteran executive director
of the ACLU of Southern Cali
fornia. He will divide his time
between Los Angeles and New
York, devoting approximately
four-fifths of his schedule to
the 1970 program while contin
uing to serve as executive direc
tor of the Southern California
affiliate.
Monroe will be assisted by a
special anniversary staff. Offices
have been opened at 156 Fifth
Avenue, New York City, where
Monday, January 19, 1970
MAJORITY APPROVE
Blackburn says most of Fisk's
1200 students favor the reforms.
The number of students holding
the education building dwindled
only after the administration had
sent threatening telegrams to the
parents of the student occupiers
and had closed down the univer
sity so the occupiers could be
charged with trespassing.
Students are considering suin b
the university to get back tuition
money for the week during which
the university was closed.
WHITE ACCEPTED
Blackburn maintains the Black
University would not necessarily;
exclude white students but would
put the prime emphasis on Black
education and would put Blacks
in control of those chairman
ships and other top offices now
held by whites. President Lawson
is Black.
The National Student Associ
ation has been contacted regard
ing the situation, in addition to
other student groups. A group
of Black students are traveling to
Fisk from Cornell University
in New York to assist the Stu
dents for a Black University.
Blackburn says students will
use "whatever means neces
sary" to win their demands.
YDC Post
Won By
Overman
Bill Overman, a sophomore
political science major, was re
cently elected President of Guil
ford's Young Democrats Club.
Secceeding Barbara Anne Steeg
muller, His term begins second
semester.
Rita Stroud, a freshman educa
tion major was elected vice
president of the club. She will
succeed Boyd Bennet.
close liaison with the regular
ACLU national staff can be main
tained.
Mrs. Sarah Kovner, who has
long experience in ACLU, public
relations and political organ
izing is anniversary associate
director. Mrs. Laura Ober, for
mer executive director of the
ACLU of Ohio and treasurer of
the ACLU of Washington, is di
rector of affiliate and organiza
tion relations. Other staff,
including a finance director, will
be employed as soon as funds
permit.
The program is designed to
be self-supporting, over and
above normal membership sup
port, in order not to diminish
the regular income and work
of the ACLU. Anniversary plans
call for the raising and spending
of $500,000 in tax deductible
and non-tax deductible contribu
tions.
Forty per cent of the funds
raised will be allocated to the
ACLU's affiliates for use on
state and local anniversary ac
tivities.