October, 1983
COLUMNS
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Marcia McCredie
McCredie—
Artist with words
By ELIZABETH WRIGHT
Marcia McCredie, history
teacher and yearbook ad
visor, also finds time in her
busy schedule to fulfill her
talents in writing. She
releases this talent in her
beautiful poetry. Recently,
she displayed her talent to
the public when she read a
few of her works at a poetry
reading sponsored by Raleigh
merchants. This reading was
held Sept. 23, at Fayetteville
mall, in downtown Raleigh. It
was held to attract people to
the mall, while also promoting
the cultural arts.
Mrs. McCredie’s contem
porary poetry deals with ex
periences of life. She tends to
write about many of her own
life experiences as well as ex
periences of people around
her. Much of her poetry is
about her six-year-old
daughter, Vanessa. Mrs. Mc-
Creedie’s poetry shows much
of her personal feelings. She
says, “I feel like I have found
my own voice; my interpreta
tions and visions are express
ed in my own style.” Her
poetry is personal, yet its
themes are so universal that
the reader can empathize
with it. In this talented lady’s
poetry, one can find imagery
which helps capture her true
internal feelings.
Mr" McCredie says, “A
poet’ biggest frustration is
no^ naving the language
available which is able to ex
press him totally.” However,
apparently, Mrs. McCredie
compensates with what the
language has to offer, for she
creates art with the English
language.
Mrs. McCredie’s artistic
qualities do not stop with her
poetry, for she also has talent
with a camera. Her
photographic talents allow he
to release more of her artistic
qualities.
Mrs. McCredie’s poetry
reading was not the first time
her poetry has been exposed
to the public. Last spring, she
published works in such
literary magazines as “Ken
tucky Poetry Review,”
“Award Winning Poems,” and
“Colonnades”. This fall her
poetry works will also be seen
in “Hemlocks and Balsoms,”
“Coraddi,” and “St. An
drews.”-
Louisburg Players stage
“Summer and smoke”
By DAVID READ
“Summer and Smoke”,|
written by Tennessee
Willianis, will be presented
from Oct. 31 through Nov. 5 at
8 p.m. in the Plank Theatre.
The cast is composed of those
Louisburg College students
who possess a flair for the^
dramatic. Ticket reservations
are requested due to the ex
pectation of a heavy response.
Louisburg College students
will be admitted free of
charge.
“Summer and Smoke” has a
boy-girl relationship at its
center. The setting is a small
town, Glorias Hill, Mississ
ippi, in the early 1940’s. The
girl, Alma Winemiller, played
by Jamie Eller, is secretly in
love with the boy, John
Buchanan Jr., played by Gene
Wooster. John goes off to
medical school unaware of
Alma’s feelings. Alma is ex
tremely naive and pious by
nature, (not to mention the
fact that her father is a
minister). She waits several
years for John to return.
John goes into medicine
with his ^athe^, but does a
very shabby job due to his
drinking and carousing. John
also becomes a ladies’ man,
allowing his career to suffer.
Alma’s mother, portrayed by
Van Swain, lost her faculties
to a stroke and must be
waited on hand and foot. Con
sequently, Alma has spent
her childhood tending to her
mother. This creates a great
deal of resentment. Dr. John
Buchanan Sr., played by
Robert Daniels, helps Alma
with her psychological pro
blems caused by a lack of
social stimulation in her
reclusive existence.
Rosa Gonzales, portrayed
by Ana Gilliam, is John’s com-
After Taft—The chapel challenge
By CARLA A. JOYNER
The motto of the Raleigh
District United Methodist
men is “Be ye doers of the
word and not hearers only.”
These men have taken a giant
step in this direction by ac
cepting a challenge to raise
$250,000 over a five-year
period to construct a perma
nent chapel on the campus of
Louisburg College. A promi
nent Raleigh layman, C.L.
Benson, has challenged the
men further by agreeing to
commit $125,000 to finish the
project as soon as the men
raise $200,000.
The new chapel will seat
200 people. It will replace a
converted classroom current
ly being used for weekly wor
ship services and will become
a focal point for the diverse
religious activities that are a
part of Louisburg College.
The chapel will be available
not only for the worship ser
vices but will also provide a
quiet place for prayer and
meditation. Housed in this
facility will be the offices of
the Religion Department and
the College Chaplain.
With the increasing use of
the college facilities by con
ference and other church-
related groups, there is a
great need for a special place
for worship and prayer ser
vices. The chapel will fulfill
this need as well as stand as a
symbol of God’s love. ’
According to Dr. Thomas S.
Yow, assistant to the presi
dent, approximately $80,000
has been raised toward the
goal. Initial construction is
estimated to begin in 1985,
even though a definite loca
tion for the chapel has not yet
been decided by the Board of
Trustees.
Eller and Wooten study lines
panion in gambling (Rosa’s
father owns a casino which
had made him rich). John
Buchanan Sr. is accidently
killed by Rosa’s father in the
casino. Thus, the first act of
the two act play comes to an
end. Aside from the general
procession of events, Wayne
Ray and Van Swain (who is a
kleptomaniac to the chagrin
of her husband Reverend
Winemiller) adds to the
humor of the play.
Although the action may
remind one of a television
soap opera; it is much more
than this. “Summer and
Smoke” is an adult experience
dealing with life and its effect
upon the lives of Glorias Hill
residents.
Charlie-John Smith directs
the following students in
“Summer and Smoke”: Mike
McClain playing Reverend
Winemiller; Van Swain, Mrs.
Winemiller; Gene Wooster,
John Buchanan Jr.; Jamie
Eller, Alma Winemiller; Ana
Gilliam, Rosa Gonzales; Wan
da Price, Nellie Ewell; Wayne
Ray, Roger Doremus; Robert
Daniel, Dr. John Buchanan
Sr.; Deanna Payne, Mrs.
Bassett; Bryd Wilkens, Ver
non; Linda O’Leary,
Rosemary; Bryd Wilkens,
Dusty; Jeff Fleming, Mr. Gon
zales; and Wayne Ray, Arch
Kramer.
The members of the con
struction crew for stage props
were also on the cutting edge
in the development process of
the play. The following are
members of this crew: Helen
Bridges, responsible for the
back drop; Allan Daniel,
created the transparent wall;
Ronald Timm, created the fur
niture; Andrew Herzog, the
“light man”; and Karen
Greening, backstage aide.
Proposed Campus Chapel