Tlie Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 18, 1965
NUMBER EIGHT
Willis Speaks At Board Dinner
ACC Receives
Sears Grant
Unrestricted grants totaling i
$1,000,000 will be distributed this;
week by the Sears - Roebuck j
Foundation under a continuing
program of aid to privately sup-|
ported colleges and universites,
William E. Smith, local repre
sentative of the Foundation, said
today.
In announcing the distribution
of the 1965 grants, Mr. Smith
said that 19 participating col
leges and universities in North,
Carolina will share in grants to-j
taling $22,700. In Wilson, Atlan-|
tic Christian College will re- j
ceive a grant of $1,500. |
Purpose of the program is
systematically to help institu
tions of higher learning meet
their financial needs.
Altogether, more than 600 col
leges and universities from
coast to coast will receive
Foundation grants. They are un
restricted to allow the schools
to allocate their funds accord
ing to their greatest needs.
In addition to its grant pro
gram, the Foundation during
the current year will spend ap
proximately $750,000 tor a varie
ty of scholarship and other types
of education programs, bring
ing its total expenditures for
higher education purposes this
year to almost $1,750,000.
DORM MAKING PROGRESS—This is the lastest view of the new girls dorm as construction of
the foundation of the 2nd floor was completed this week. The construction is running close on
schedule and is due to be complete by September. (Photo by Porreca)
^‘Playboy Of The Western World
Rated Success For Stage & Script
Notice
Due to the Thanksgiving holi
days beginning Wednesday, No
vember 24, and STUDENT
MONTHLY PAYROLL will be
issued early this month. Time
sheets properly signed and turn
ed in to the Administration Of
fice by 10:00 a.m. Monday, No-
veinber 22 and will be paid
Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.
Any late sheets received will de
lay payment.
WORK STUDY PAYROLLS
will continue to be paid on the
calendar month. For the month
of November they should include
time through the 27th. Time
By DWIGHT WAGNER
Last week’s Stage & Script
production of “The Playboy of
the Western World” would defi-
nately have to be rated in the
success column. As a whole, the
handling of the production was
smooth in all phases, and some
features were outstanding.
The play itself is a light Irish
comedy which centers around
the plot of a small young man
coming into a little village and
announcing that he has just kill
ed his father. The response from
the villagers is one of admira
tion, and especially from
a young barmaid' with whom
our hero soon finds he is in
is weak. It is mainly a charac- to stealing the show, and it
ter play, but the plot is thin
and there is not enough material
available to do a thorough job
of character development.
Despite this drawback Stage
and Script handled this play
weU. Clifford Poole, playing the
young man Christopher Mahon,
gave a thorough and complete
performance. His experience in
other productions was an ob
vious asset in this one, and he
displayed a vigorous and amus
ing character.
Jackie Baker, as Pegeen Mike
the barmaid, also gave a fine
performance, especially so con
sidering it was her first ap
pearance with Stage and Script,
love. Everything goes along fine| gjjg presented a delightful char-
until the young man’s father | acter, but perhaps did not come
through quite strong enoughi n
shows up in town very much
alive. From this point on the
fortunes of the young man go
sheets should be turned in on awash, and he is finally forced
Monday, Nov. 29, and payment to leave town in disgrace,
will be made Wednesday, Dec. Even with its amusing little
1. theme, this play by John Synge
some of the more dramatic
scenes.
Debbie Wymann’s performance
as the Widow Quin was excel
lent and amusing. On a num
ber of occasions she came close
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case remains open.
would be hard to imageine this
part being played in a finer
fashion.
Fred Edwards, as Old Mahon,
had the most difficult part in
the production to play, and he
gave the part a good effort.
However, his attempt to imi
tate the walk and speech of an
old man was rough, and per
haps more attention should have
been given to this area since
it had much to do with the
success or failure of the char
acter. It must be noted that it is
often very difficult for a young
person to walk and speak with
the slowness and stiffness of an
old person.
Also, very fine performances
as supporting characters were
given by Fred Barber, Bob Par-
vin, John Grady, and Cecil Wil
lis. Their p>erfonnances did
much to knit the play together
into a smooth production.
Beyond doubt the most out
standing feature of the play was
the fabulous set. Its single scene
was that inside the tavern, and
it was built with the idea of
representing a typical small,
Irish, stone wall, thatched roof
ed home. The walls loked very
much like real stone, and the
roof was built with real hay
and did much to give that au
thentic look to the whole set.
Cecil Willis as the director de
serves a great deal of credit for
the success of this production.
He effectively had his actors use
an Irish accent, and he directed
them well in their acting. He
designed the set, and as we
have mentioned it was outstand
ing.
This performance by Stage
and Script showed much im
provement over some of their
performances last year. There
has been attention given to the
acting itself, and obviously more
detailed attention h2is been giv
en to eveiy aspect of stage
performance. We hope that this
level of performance is main
tained, and we shall look for
ward to even finer performanc
es as the year progresses.
Exec Board Hears
Of Stage & Script
Activities
Cecil Willis, director of Stage
& Script and an AOC faculty
member in the English depart
ment, was the guest speaker at
the annual Fall Dinner of the
Executive Board held at Par
ker’s Restaurant last Monday
night.
Willis keynoted his speech by
saying that Stage & Script “tries
to help supply the necessary cul
tural need of both the college
and the community.” He went on
to say, “Quite frankly the town
of Wilson is lacking in culture.”
He went on to state that he
was approached last year by the
Kiwanis Club of Wilson with the
proposal that they sponsor a
play by Stage & Script for the
benefit of the community as well
as the college. This was done
last year and the Kiwanis de
sired to sponsor a play this year
also, and they did so with the
play just performed last week,
“Playboy of the Western World.”
Commenting on the play Willis
said, “I’m very proud of the
work we did, and I’m very proud
to have been associated with it.”
I would rather do this kind of
play than something like ‘Auntie
Mame’ because it has more to
offer.”
Willis went on to say that he
has been very pleased with the
success of the Shakespearian
Festival which has been a year
ly feature in the spring. He
stated that, “this is the only an
nual Shakespearian Festival
south of Washington, D. C.”
He went on to relate a brief
history of Stage & Script and
some amusing stories about his
period of direction, and the fact
that Stage & Script started as
far back as 1917.
He announced that Stage &
Script and do “Amhal and a
Night Visitor” in January, “A
Man For All Seasons” in Feb
ruary, three one act plays from
the theater of the absurd, in
March, and “Richard 11” for the
Shakespearian Festival.
Willis concluded his remarks
by saying, “We would like to go
on tour, and especially to some
small country schools which nev
er get to see a play. We hope
to do this in the spring.”
Sig Pi Alpha
Has Speaker
Sigma Pi Alpha, the honorary
language fraternity, held their
first meeting of the year, Tues
day, November 9, in the mu
sic building. The order of busi
ness was the election of officers
for the year 1965-66.
Those chosen were Janie Mc
Cormack, president; Dyanne
Strickland, vice-president: Ilene
Rich, secretary; and Phil Ritter,
treasurer.
The guest speaker was then
introduced as Thomas Chrone,
a native of Germany. He has
been in this country for four
months working with the J. R.
Miller Tobacco Company here
in Wilson. Mr. Chrone was edu
cated in Germany, not to men
tion a year at Oxford Universi
ty in England. Very interestingly
he spoke of his country and the
habits and beliefs of his peo
ple.
After giving a brief introduc
tion of himself, he left the floor
open to questions.