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In C at AC
The ACC Contemporary
Chamber Players in conjunction
with the American Arts Festival
at Atlantic Christian College,
will be presented in a concert
entitled “In C at A.C.,” Wednes
day, Oct. 24, in the campus
chapel at 8 p.m.
The group is comprised of
students and faculty of the
Atlantic Christian College
Department of Music devoting
their efforts primarily to the
performance of new music.
The concert will feature works
written by American composers
in the 1940’s or works by
American composers born in the
1940's. Each of the compositions
I in the recital will deal
I specifically with the tonality of
I “C.” Presented with these
I limitations, the playes hope to
demonstrate the great diver-
) sities possible within a highly
i structured framework,
I The concert is open to the
I public. There is no admission
1 charge.
Nichols to
Present Recital
Albert J. “Nick” Nichols Jr.,
will be presented in a senior
French horn recital by the
Atlantic Christian College
Department of Music, Oct. 25, in
Howard Chapel on the college
campus, at 8 p.m.
A senior, he is son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Nichols of 702 Glen
dale Dr., Wilson. He is a
member of the N.C. National
Guard Army Band of Raleigh.
Included in the program will
be a Mozart horn concerto and a
scherzo by Vaclav Nelhybel. The
ACC Brass Ensemble will
perform “Caprice for Three
Brasses,” composed by Nichols;
a movement from “Prarie
Suite,” by Marvin Lamb; and
Nichols will conduct “Con-
trapunctus I,” from “Art of
Fugue,” by Johann Sebastian
Bach.
The public is invited. There
will be no admission charge.
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THE POPULAR COMEDY, “The Importance of Being Earnest” opened at .Atlantic Christian
College on Thursday evening in the campus chapel. The play, by Oscar Wilde, has entertained
audiences the world over since 1895. Performances will continue through Saturday, Oct. Hi. Curtain
time is 8 p.m. (Photo by Ron Snipes)
Wilde Comedy at ACC
By Dr. TERRENCE L. GRLMES
The audience in Howard
Chapel last night responded
most enthusiastically to Stage
and Script’s production of Oscar
Wilde’s brilliant comedy of
manners, “The Importance of
Being Earnest,” directed by
Paul Crouch. Despite a few
minor awkwardnesses and a
little slowness at the beginning,
the players very successfully
caught the spirit of breezy wit
and excessive Wildean paradox
of this “trivial comedy for
serious people.”
Particularly strong were the
performances of Hal Hummel as
John Worthing, a young man
troubled by a double life, and
Leigh McClelland as the
redoubtable woman of the world.
Lady Bracknell. Steve Hunt
gave a good interpretation of
Worthing’s urbane and cheerful
friend, Algernon Moncrieff, and
Debbie Hester and Elaine Lee,
as Gwendoline Fairfax and
Cecily Cardew, gave delightful
performances as the two young
ladies who find themselves in the
distressing situation of being
engaged to the same young man,
the apparently nonexistent
Ernest, Leslie Johnstone’s
depiction of Cecily’s prim
governess Miss Prism, who is
somewhat stiffly courted by the
Rev. Canon Chasuble (played by
Jim McCullen), was a favorite of
the audience. Ivan Price, Jr.,
played Algernon’s man-servant
Lane, and Randy Moris played
Merriman, Worthing’s
somewhat ligubrious butler.
Strong points of the production
were the simple but appropriate
sets (designed by A. Lynn
Lockrow), which created the
elegant atmosphere necessary
for this excursion into the ear
nestly frivolous world of fin de
si’ecle society, and the
elaborate costumes, par
ticularly the ostentatious
feathers and satins of Lady
Bracknell. The English upper-
class accents of Leigh Mc
Clelland and Debbie Hester,
particularly, also helped to set
the appropriate tone, although
Leslie Johnstone’s attempt to
sound like the precisely proper
and grimly respectable
governess Miss Prism was a
little too “earnest,” resulting in
the loss of some lines which were
too crisply intoned.
“The Imf)ortance of Being
Earnest” should, of course, be
played with irresponsible
exaggeration rather than the
heavey-handed manner into
which Steve Hunt and Hal
Hummel occasionally drifted.
Nevertheless, all things con
sidered, the actors offered what
was certainly more than an
amateur performance ‘‘In
matters of grave importance,
style, not sincerity, is the vital
thing.”
In the opening moments of the
October 16th SGA meeting,
Nancy Stephenson moved that a
graduation ceremony be held for
December graduates. The
motion passed and will be
referred to the Administrative
Council for consideration.
Commenting on her proposal,
Nancy explained, “We had a big
turnout at the Senior Class
meeting on Tuesday morning.
Many of those December
graduates present felt that they
wouldn't be able to return 6
months later for May
graduation. The entire class
unanimously backed the idea,
and it is hoped we can have it
beginning this December.”
Election results were an
nounced. Phil Jones is the new
CCA president.
The ten homecoming finalists
are Mary Atkins, Jan Hutchens,
Sheila Barker, Charleen Lilley,
Heather Jordan, Debbie Purvis,
Susan Twilley, Ida Parker, Kay
Meador, and Melody Parrish.
Trustee Day is Wednesday,
October 24, with trustees
scheduled for committee
meetings and campus
visitations. Students are en
couraged to meet the trustees at
12:30 for lunch in the cafeteria.
Self-regulatory weekends for
juniors and visitations will be
acted upon by the trustees that
day.
Jimmy Adams reported that
the library committee is eager to
expand the present facilities.
The library will be open ex
tended hours during the regular
final examination pericxi.
Art on Display
A show of posters by German
designers will be on exhibition in
the main gallery of Case Art
Building at Atlantic Christian
College through Oct. 25.
The exhibition, “German
Posters of Today,” is sponsored
by the Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service. It
was organized by the German
Arts Council in collaboration
with the Institute for Foreign
Cultural Relations.
The exhibition highlights some
of the recent innovative ideas
put forth by German poster
designers such as Frieder and
Renate Grindler, Gunther
Kieser, Holger Matthias, and
Jurgen Spohn. What
distinguishes them is their
careful use of typography, color,
montage, photography, and
effective use of all these media.
The impact of the posters is
often subtle — just the opposite
of the stereotypical German
temperatment which seems
blunt and to the point. This is not
to say that the posters bear an
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Griffin R eceives Honor
Ensemble to Perform
The Music Department of
A.C.C. will sponsor the Vocal
Ensemble, under the direc-
tiorship of Robert Daniel, in its
Fall Concert at Howard Chapel,
October 23, at 8:00 p.m. The
Ensemble is a select group of
singers, 14 in number who by
virtue of their size, perform
works of a chamber nature.
Last year’s performances by
the Ensemble included a
presentation of Mozart’s
“Solemn Vespers” in a Palm
Sunday Evensong service, an
appearance in the Multi-media
Medieval entertainment, “The
Man in the Middle” as well as
performing for various college
and civic functions.
This Tuesday’s Ensemble
concert will, feature chamber
works of extreme diversity. J.S.
Bach’s Motet number VI, “Lobet
den Herrn” (Praise the Lord),
will open the program. This
sacred Baroque work is to be
accompanied on organ and will
feature Charles Rakow of the
A.C.C. music faculty. Following
the Bach will be a group of
German folk songs by the
Romantic, Johannes Brahms. In
conclusion the Ensemble will
perform several Contemporary
settings of American folk texts
including one with guitar ac
companiment and one Negro
spiritual. Piano accompanist for
the evening will be Connie Duke.
Admission is free and at
tendance is open to the public as
well as the college community.
The Delta Iota Chapter of
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity at
Atlantic Christian College
hosted a banquet on October 12
for four national officers in Delta
Sigma Phi Fraternity.
In conjunction with the
banquet, Harmon Rufillson
presented an award to Ray
Griffin. Griffin was one of ten
Delta Sigs nominated nation
wide for the Delta Sigma Phi
National Outstanding Active
Award, The nominations are
based on scholarship, work and
service within the fraternity,
and extracurricular activities.
Ray is a senior at Atlantic
Christian College. He will
graduate with a double major in
history and political science and
a minor in German. He is
currently associate editor of the
Pine Knot and president of Pi
Gamma Mu Social Science
Honor Society.
LEP'T TO RIGHT: Kenneth Patterson, Wilson, N. C., chapter
supervisor; .Allan .lames, Washington, N. C., member of the Grand
Council; Harmon Rufillson, Minneapolis — St. Paul, Minnesota,
national engineered leadership director; Russell T. Roebuck, Wilson,
N. ('., international president; Ray Griffin, Fayetteville, N. C., Delta
Iota chapter president; Dr. J. P. Tyndall, Wilson, N. C., faculty ad
visor; and David Finch, Raleigh, N. C., district IX governor.