Curtains Rise Tonight on “Bus
by Jody Jenkins
Bus Stop, the William Inge
Broadway hit which found its
way to the success of the wide
screen in the 50’s, is to air
tonight in Howard Chapel here
at Atlantic Christian College. It
is to run for three consecutive
nights, closing after the final
curtain in Saturday’s perfor
mance.
The play is an unusual love
story which centers around a
second rate singer and a dash
ing young cowpoke from Mon
tana. The addition of a conglo
meration of unique personalities
are: Debra Bottoms of Elm City,
asCherie; Gregory Dozier from
Stonevilie, as Dr. Lyman; Beth
Johnson of Raleigh, as Grace;
Amy Jones of Wilson, as Elma;
Jeff Mault of China Grove, as
Carl; Gregg Peele of Pikeville,
as Virgil; John Stone of Wilson,
asthe sheriff; and Jim Young of
Burke, Va., as Bo.
This Stage and Script inter
pretation is to be set in the small
western diner and bus stop
known as Grace’s, located a
short distance outside of Kansas
City on the Kansas City to
Topeka line. The whole of the
action occurs within the diner
itself and focuses on the inter
actions between people rela
tively unknown to each other
and thrown together by the
mere chance of an overlay in bus
operations. The story centers
around a young Montana rodeo
cowboy who finds himself in
love with Cherie, a second rate
night club singer who does not
hold his sentiments mutual. Bo,
the cowboy, realizes the confus
ions and complexities of his
deep, heart-felt emotions and
comes to know how hard falling
in love can be.
In a broader sense, Inge’s
play deals with a combination of
many types of love coming
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together and revealing them
selves through the various in
dividual characters and their
personalities. Although the
story’s meaning is a serious one
the situations encountered by
the characters provide for fre
quent comic relief. This clever
combination constantly renews
the freshness of the action and
maintains interest in the goings-
on.
The production is open to the
public. Tickets will be available
at the door. There will be no
admission charge for ACC stu
dents and faculty.
A.C. Forced to Close its Doors
In a manner not very different
from the student uprisings of
the 1960’s, as well as the rioting
recently taking place in Iran,
masses of Atlantic Christian
College students marched in
protest during the early part of
last week, forcing the school to
close its doors.
Students who, obviously up
set about something, heaven
knows what, began fighting in
the streets early Sunday after
noon. Undaunted by the sudden
snowstorm which coincidentally
occurred during the same per
iod, large bands of students
began marching through the
A.C. campus, looking for some
thing to protest about.
Many students, looking for
something to do, built snowmen
to occupy their time. Other
students, siezing the initiative,
immediately began to strike,
terrorizing the campus by tear
ing the aforementioned snow
men into little shreds.
It was obvious by early after
noon that things were tense, so
tense one could cut it with a
snowball. Hundreds of angry
students lined the walkways,
mercilously attacking any stud
ent that passed by.
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Crouch Receives Ph. D.
News Briefs
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set up. Students who do not
make the advanced payment
will not be permitted to pre
register. The notice will not be
mailed to parents. The payment
will be credited to the fall
semester account and is non
refundable.
Over the weekend, evacuation
operations began in Iran to get
the remaining U.S. citizens out
of the country as turmoil con
tinues in the new religious
government.
China has penetrated into at
least 10 miles of Vietnam this
week. The attack has been
defended by China as a protect
ive maneuver. Russia,
Vietnam’s ally, has reportedly
put troops on standby.
AMarine sergeant, wounded
during a raid on the U.S.
Embassy in Iran, was released
Wednesday and will return to
the U.S. soon.
On Tuesday it was learned
that a Khomeini committee was
holding the sergeant captive
after kidnapping him from a
hospital where he was recover
ing from his wounds.
For those of you that still have
not picked up your annuals, you
may do so Friday, Monday or
Tuesday, between 9:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. in the Pine Knot ottice
below Hardy Alumni Hall.
Meanwhile, President Carter
said in a speech in Atlanta
Tuesday that the U.S. would
not change its foreign policy
with the new developments in
recent days in Iran and Indo
China.
Paul H. Crouch, director of
drama at Atlantic Christian Col
lege, has been awarded the
Ph.D. degree in Theatre History
and Directing from Florida State
University at Tallahassee.
He received the degree upon
completion and approval of his
dissertation, "Patterns in Con
temporary Outdoor Historical
Drama; A Guide for Directors.”
The study analyzes 11 major
summer outdoor dramas in
script and performance and
suggests how future such pre
sentations can be strengthened.
Dr. Crouch’s degree is the first
step in upgrading the drama
program at Atlantic Christian.
Dr. Crouch did his under
graduate study at ACC, com
pleting his B.A. degree in
English in 1955. Following 10
years' work in radio and tele
vision news in Charlotte. Atlan
ta. and Columbia. S.C.. he
received his M.A. degree from
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. He returned to
AC as director of drama and a
member of the ACC English
Department in 1967.
He is the son of the late Rev.
and Mrs. Crouch Sr., of Colum
bia. S.C.
Better Late Than Never!
In our last edition, we the staff of the Collegiate, in an effort to
look as though we are not perfect, somehow managed to miss two
Valentine’s Day messages. So here they are. a little late.
Mike,
Words cannot describe the way 1
feel about you. Happy Valen
tines! I love you now and
forever.
Teresa
Miss I.
Thanks for grabbing the rope
and letting me give you hope.
Your only Boyfriend,
Mr. C.