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THE CECIL W. RCBSINS
LOUISBURG COLLEGE
Vol. XXIX
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C„ Friday, April 24, 1970
Number 8
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Eighth Annual Shakespeare Play
Presented By Louisburg Players
Measure for Measure is now being presented in the experimental
theatre. Featured above are members of the cast: (top to bottom)
Patrick Mann, Mary Newill, Cassandra Lee, and Norman Maxwell.
For their eighth annual
Shakespearean play, The Louis
burg Players will present the
intriguing MEASURE FOR
MEASURE in the Louisburg
College Experimental Theatre
at 8:00 p.m. April 21, 22, 23,
24, 27, 28, and 29.
MEASURE FOR
MEASURE is an excitingly
modern mystery drama in
which Duke Vincentio, perhaps
struggling to preserve his re
gime from the undermining in
sinuations of the puritanical
Angelo, traps and exposes his
seemingly virtuous enemy.
From this siti'.ation Shake
speare evokes some of his
finest treatments of some of
his favorite themes - pretense,
authority, law and order and
justice, and the relationship be
tween private passion and pub
lic responsibility. In their paral
lel action, Shakespeare’s won
derful clowns, Pompey and
Environmental Emphasis Week At
Louisburg College - Our Chance To
Become Involved
Do we realize that we are
polluting ourselves out of ex
istence? Are we aware that we
are rapidly reducing the quality
of our environment so that one
day very soon this environment
will be unable to support us?
Do we care?
Certainly we should realize
that water and air are being
polluted by industrial man’s
carelessness and that trees are
being leveled to make way for
highways which are constantly
being littered by apathetic
Americans. These conditions
are obvious, and we have heard
them related so often that we
cannot avoid being aware of
their existence^. -
Environmental Action, a
group pf concerned university
students, has organized activi
ties all over the nation for a
special week of Environmental
Emphasis, April 19 - 23. These
students want to force others
to realize that the fight to save
America must begin now.
Environmental Action is not
the only group which cares.
Senator Gaylord Nelson
(D-Wis.) has stated that the
problem of environmental pol
lution is worldwide. “Across
America,” he says, “from the
laboring man, blacks, house
wives, there is a disgust, a rising
anger, a demand for action.”
Dr. Rene Dubos, a widely
known biologist, states that “A
rapid growth of population
tends to limit diversity. In
fact,” he continues, “it may be
the root of our ecological
crisis.” Dr. Dubos warns that
we cannot expect to achieve
environmental quality without
changing our accustomed ways
of life.
Dr. Paul Ehrlich, a well
known figure in ecology, warns
us that “population has been
increasing faster than the food
supply since 1958 . . . that the
accumulation of DDT and
See EMPHASIS WEEK page 3.
Is Louisburg College
Going To “Pot?”
The State Bureau of Inves
tigation (SBI), ’fter months of
inquiry, had caarged four
Louisburg College students
with possessing and growing
marijuana.
Charges of possessing mari
juana were placed against Carl
Black, 19, of Dunfries, Va.,
and George Fussell, 18, of
Washington, D. C.
Dan Sharpe, 19. of Raleigh
and Walter Anderson, 18, of
Virginia Beach, Va. were charg
ed with possessing and growing
marijuana.
Bond for both Carl Black
and George Fussell was set at
$1,000; $6,000 for Dan Sharpe
and Walter Anderson. A hear
ing was held for these students
on April 20.
These arrests highlighted,
months of effort by the SBI to
Measure For Measure
Elbow, reflect as in a sideshow
mirror every event in the play’s
main action.
Tickets are available at the
box office. Special group rates
are available. Blocks of seats
will be reserved for groups
upon receipt of payment.
Tickets may be obtained on a
first-come, first-served basis by
writing or ' ■ icphuning
(496-4101 Ext. 8) Sally Vor-
steeg, 'I’lieatre Manager for The
U)uisl)urg Players.
In the avvard-wlnning Louis
burg Players’ production, the
lead role of Duke Viiu’ciitio is
played by veteran Norman
Maxwell, winner of a Louis
burg Players He.st Actor Award
for his 1969 performance as
Emile de Becque in SOU'l’H
PACIFIC. Maxwell’s other
roles have included Mercutio in
ROMEO AND JULIET, and
George in OF MICE AND
MEN.
State and District Drama
Festival Acting Award winners
Charles Latta as Pompey, and
Cassandra Lee as Isabella, join
Wilmington, Delaware, Sopho
more Mary Newill, Winston-
Salem Freshman Phil New-
some, and Ayden, N. C.,
Sophomore Worth Kinlaw in
supporting roles.
• Other members of the cast
are W. Patrick Mann (Sanford),
(Jary Smith (Williamsburg,
Va.), I^irry Lloyd and Jac Ver-
stoeg (Ix)uisburg), David llan-
kin (Milford, Delaware), Bill
|{()bic (Raleigh), Norwood
Jackson (Ayden), Will Wilder
(Louisburg), John Harris
(Rocky Mount), Jane, Deese
(Graham), Stella Shelton
(Louisburg), Tricia Nelson
(PorLsmouth), and Chris Wash
burn and Rusty Versteeg
(Ijouisburg).
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Litter being collected one mile stretch of road in Franklin County.
apprehend those responsible
for the narcotic traffic on the
Louisburg campus. The College
Administration cooperated
fully with the SBI after a rou
tine check allegedly yielded
evidence of the presence of a
“pusher” on campus. The
initial investigation was begun
solely by the SBI, not by the
College.
In addition to the small
amounts of marijuana and the
growing plants, a residue-filled
pipe used for smoking hashish
was also reportedly found dur
ing the course of the 5:30 A.M.
April 7 raid. A box filled with
bottles of stimulants was found
at the bottom of the elevator
shaft in Franklin Dormitory,
and was believed to have been
discarded by a frightened stu-
See GOING TO POT page 3.