The Clarion November 4, 1987 Page 5
A visit with a
Burger-like guy
by Jay Schulthess
There are many questions we ask
ourselves every day, questions of impor
tance and value, such as what is the big
gest problem in our country, what teacher
at Brevard College doubles as a forest
guide and what on earth are a burger-like
2uv and a doc wood-like character?
I went to find the answers to these ques
tions from the source himself- Peter
Burfier.
Mr Burger, as many of you glancing
over this article may know, is a very well
respected member of our history depart
ment at BC. Through many of his unusual
teaching methods and large collection of
turtles, he has become very popular with
the student population.
One of the first questions I asked the
turtleman, (as he is affectionately known
by the students,) was this; what really
bugs you with the world we live in? I
really have a problem with people being
too single-minded,” he said. Mr. Burger
feels that a good part of the country s too
issue-oriented, especially in politics.
Mr. Burger, a native of many parts ot
the country, was born in Jackson,
Mississippi. Since his birth, his residences
have ranged from Alabama to New York.
While teaching at Brevard for over the
past decade, he has becone well aquainted
with the forest’s various trails. He
volunteers during the weekend at the
ranger station and gives helpful advice to
all interested visitors. Mr. Burger said he
really loves people, and with his job he has
met many people from foreign lands, such
as Poland, South Africa and Germany.
While Mr. Burger has a great love for
the forest, he also has a great love for
animals, most of all— turtles.
Mr. Burger is the proud owner of dozens
of turtles, ranging from glass turtles to
stuffed turtles, and at one time he even
owned a live box turtle. He displays a few
of his bean bag turtles for his classes every
day.
The consensus of the students really en
joy Mr. Burger’s classroom environment.
Burger uses creative phrases and catchy
puns to get his point across, for instance,
comparing great men such as Roosevelt or
Napolean to the classic Burger-like guy.
What is the Burger-like guy, you ask?
“Basically, stupendous, kind, brave and
heroic,” said Mr. Burger.
On the other hand he uses the Doc Wood
like character in reference to “someone
who is ferocious, vicious and tyrannical,
he said, laughing. Actually, Doc Wood is a
reference to one of his good friends Dr.
Clara Wood, the head of the English
department.
Mr. Burger and his daughter, a
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with the forest’s various trails. He •i 1 * 1
Character comedy ‘The Foreigner opens this week
bv Julia love
“ The Foreigner,” by Larry Shue, is
Brevard’s first drama presentation of the
year.
The play is set in a northern Georgia
hunting lodge and involves seven
characters: the lodge owner, Betty; Rev.
Dave, a minister with a tainted past; his
fiancee, Catherine; Catherine’s brother,
Ellard; Owen, a southern redneck,
Charlie, a British officer; and Froggy,
Charlie’s faithful friend.
The cast includes Pat Fuleihan, a
Brevard resident and theatre veteran who
plays Betty, Mike Holcombe, a sophomore
from Brevard as Froggy; Paul Dilberger,
who plays Rev. Dave and Olin Hatch as
Charlie.
Also, Pfafftown sophomore. Scarlet
Morgan plays Catherine; a freshman from
Gastonia, Lee Smith, plays Owen, and
Hendersonville sophomore Rob Dixon, is
Ellard.
Cast member Paul “Ducky” Dilberger
says, “I think ‘The Foreigner’ wiU be a
memorable, exhilarating, evening of
theatre for all. I’ve never worked with
such an exciting cast.” Ducky credits most
of this to director Sam Cope, and says, I
have learned more from him than any
other director.” This is Professor Cope’s
33rd show and the first entirely new cast
he’s had since 1969.
‘The Foreigner’ opens in the Barn
Theater Nov. 5 for Parent’s Weekend and
has performances on Nov. 13 and 14.
Tickets are $3 at the Beam Administration
Building on weekdays between 9a.m. and
4:30 p.m. There is no admission charge for
students and attendance counts as a Life
and Culture credit
I .mm . f;t!S?^orei^r" rehearse for the production which opens at the Barn
Cast members J L^e Smith, Paul Dilberger. Scarlet Morgan. Rob
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Dixon, Olin Hat