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Theatre Troupe's Tour Successful M THANKFUL GENERAL - Barbara, played by Donna Harris, re ceives expressions of gratitude from George Washington, acted by Johnny Edwards, for heroism in holding burning candles through the night to guide his ship safely to shore through treacherous waters. Onlookers, performing as members of Barbara’s family, are Deborah McCraw, Charles White, Peggy Cuthrell, Leigh Cum mins and Gayle Harmon. Preston C. Hill Speaks To Chowan Students Preston C. Hill, Negro worker for the North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, got a round of applause during chapel as semblies at Chowan College here recently with a reference to the college’s integrated student body. Hill, community relations rep resentative with the N. C. GNC, spoke to the students on the plight of the Negro as reflected in current movements including that of Black Power. Hill said American culture had traditionally not recognized the Negro as a human being. He said the Negro did not begin to get people supporting his cause until he began champion ing his own cause. What we are witnessing today is not a reformation but a revo lution in American culture ac cording to Hill. American cul ture has downgraded the Negro but now he is beginnng to rise to a rightful share in that cul ture, Hill said. The GNC worker said Ameri can culture traditionally has been a racist culture but that it now must change. He enume rated ways in which American culture has left the impression that one race is superior and another inferior. Hill was introduced by Robert S. Harrell, assistant to the chairman of the state GNC. Harrell, a native of Edenton, is a Baptist minister. Hill was applauded by the stu dents when he said it was encouraging to look out at the assembly “and see several soul brothers and soul sisters” among them. 'nrhe Lantern^^ Seen by Young People The recent Children’s Theatre tour, sponsored by the Chowan Players, proved to be the troupe’s most successful tour and is helping further expand this group’s cultural services to northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. ’Three performances of an other Children’s Theatre pro duction will be staged in Suf folk, Va., on December 11, 1968, for school children in that area. Childrens Theatre recently con cluded 14 performances of “The Lantern,” a drama about colo nial America and Gen. George Washington, before more than 3,000 elementary school chil dren in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Vir ginia. Thirty-five children have per formed in dramas staged by Children’s Theatre, reports Mrs. Edith Larson, director. More Children’s Theatre per formances are being scheduled for January 20-31, 1969, and the dramas to be produced will be selected in the near future. The cast for this play was composed of college students and school children from Mur- freesboro,s schools. Children’s roles were per formed by Paul Batchelor, Sumner Burgwyn, Peggy Cu- *hrell, Claire Dickie, Donna Harris, Deborah McCraw, David Moose, Gertie Revelle, Liz Ann Spring, Warren Taylor, Barry Whitaker, Charles White, Bill Winstead and Todd Young. Students from Chowan Colle ge performing in the play in clude Leigh Cummins, John Edwards, ^!ayle Harmon, Ho ward Harrison, Eddie Keeter, Leslie Pearson, Kelly Reynolds. Becky Terrell and Ben Ussery. Some roles for young chil dren were double-cast, with dif ferent actors alternating in playing the role during the tour. Children’s theatre is a ven ture of the Chowan Players and Chowan college pays all ex penses for presenting these dramas to elementary school children. Dramatists travel in the college bus, which also transports scenery, costumes, props, and stage lighting. PROUD PARENTS - The heroic deed in "The Lantern’’ is a source of family pride to performers Peggy Cuthrell, Leigh Cummins, Donna Harris and Gayle Harmon. CURTAIN CALL - Appreciative audiences of school children in schools throughout much of northeastern North Carolina and south eastern Virginia caused many curtain calls to be answered by performers for Chowan Children’s Theater. Classroom at Ahoskie Used by Chowan Nurses A new classroom building at Ahoskie’s Roanoke-Chowan hos pital is helping students in Cho wan College’s Department of Nursing extend campus facil ities across a large portion of North Carolina through a unique program of education for nurs ing. This program, which arose to help meet increasing demands for more skilled nurses in Coast al Carolina, is offered only by Chowan College. Other colleges are currently planning to begin programs similar to Chowans in the near future. Chowan’s program is a 33- month program offering the As sociate in Arts Degree in Nurs ing. Students receiving this de gree from a fully accredited program qualify for admission to the licensing examination and, upon receiving a certificate that they have passed, become known as Registered Nurses. The North CaroUna State Board of Nursing has given full ac creditation to Chowan’s pioneer program. Facilities of Roanoke-Chowan hospital in nearby Ahoskie and Duke hospital are used, but the program is completely under the control and supervision of Chowan College. Students gain supervised experience at Roanoke-Chowan during the sec ond year of their enrollment at Chowan. Along with regular ac' ademic courses, to meet re quirements for degrees, they at tend lectures and conferences in medical - surgical nursing and maternal-child care, and care for patients under the supervi sion of their instructor in clini cal nursing, Mrs. Sarah Bryant Tankard. INTRAVENOUS FEEDING — Gaining supervised experience in a large room fuil of beds and equip- ment, similar to a large metropolitqn hospital ward, in the new Nursing classroom building at Ahos- B/ kie’s Roanoke-Chowan hospUal are, from left, Dawn Bryant of daston, Betty Jean Wynne of STUDYING BONE STRUCTURE - The impish smile belonas to WiUiamston and Nancy Keener of HopeweU, Va. Ann Carter of Roanoke Rapids. PAGE EIGHTEEN The Chowanian
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