VOL. 4. NO. 12 ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. APRIL 30, 1965
Directing Class To
Give One Act Plays
Zelma George Lectures
At St. Andrews May 3rd
The Directing Class under the
supervision of professor Arthur
McDonald is presenting a series
of one act plays in cooperation
with the Highland Players which
will bring to a close the produc-
tions of the 64.65 season. The
performances will be at 8:00
P. M. on May 6-8 in the Lab
Theatre of the L. A, building.
Tickets will be on sale only at
the door.
Each member of the class is
directing a play in compliance
with the requirements of the
course. The first of these plays,
“The Last Word,” was present,
ed in chapel on April 22 and 23
by Howard Cobbs. Only one oth^r
director Saax Bradbury, has a
project out side the four plays
grouped the for “One Act” pre.
sentation. Saax will be working
with the Laurel Hill High School
group which will present its play
later in the month.
“A Very Cold Night,” by Winne
under the direction of Bill i
Abrams will begin the produc.
tion. This play is a modern
expression of the reactions of
the two thieves, played by Bob
Bercaw and Jack Marion, which
were crucified with Christ. Gail
Carlson’s direction of “The
Stronger” has a cast of two;
Lillian Phillips and Lynne Pou,
The subject is infidelity. Next,
“Murder the Women’s Hope” is
an expressionistic ■ play dealing
with the conflect between the
male and female in the modern
world. The cast includes Robert
Murphy and Susan Vryland under
the direction of Rlchajd McCord.
And last but not least is Glen
Arnette’s Interpretation of “Pas.
Sion, Poison and Petrifaction.”
Kay McClanahan, Mark Stell,
Marshall Krug, Deb Franklin,
Sherry Baldwin, John Young, a
comparitlvely large cast for a
one act properly convey the chaos
that makes this farce truly en.
joyable.
Assisting in these productions
are Charles Anders, lighting;
Helen Gregory, Costumes; Mar
garet MacFarlane, properties.
Dr. Smith
To Join
Faculty
LAURINBURG, N.C. - Dr. Alvin
H. Smith, now a professor of
psychology at Hampden-Sydney
College in Virginia, will join the
faculty of St. Andrews Presby
terian College this fall in the
same capacity.
Dr. Smith’s appointment to the
division of education and psy
chology was announced today by
Dean Robert F. Davidson of St,
Andrews.
For some years Dr. Smith was
director of the Presbyterian
Guidance Center at Hampden-
Sydney, He later became a full
time member of the teaching
faculty.
The new St, Andrews professor
graduated from the University of
Missouri with a major in psy
chology, and then earned his
masters and doctoral degrees
there in education and psycholo
gy.
Students To
Receive Modern
Language tests
Approximately four hundred
students were involved in the
Modern Language Association
Cooperative Test on Thursday,
April 29. Beginning students in
French, German, and Spanish
took the elementary level of the
test, and the intermediate and
advanced students took the more
advanced level of the test. Hiis
recently devised test is divided
into two parts; listening and writ
ing.
The test was given for two pur
poses; first, to help evaluate the
language program at St. Andrews
and second, to help the college
determine how valuable this test
might be as a placement test for
incoming freshmen.
W. Stringfellow
To Lecture
On Church
Mr, William Stringfellow, an
internationally and nationally
known lecturer, will be on the
St. Andrews campus May 11 and
12. Mr. Stringfellow is an Episco
pal layman who presently prac-
tices law in New York. He gra-
duated from Bates College, Har.
vard Law School, and the London
School of Economics. He has
lived and practiced law for
several years in East Harlem.
Currently he is connected with
a law firm which devotes the
largest part of its time to civil
rights caes. He is in the Faith
and Order Commission of the
World Council of Churches.
Mr. Stringfellow has had many
books published, among them “A
Public and Private Faith,” “My
People is the Enemy,” and “Free
In Obedience.”
During the week the Mr. String,
fellow is on campus, there will
be no chapel. He will meet with
students on May 11 at 7:00 in
the LAA, on May 12 at 10:00
A. M. in the LAA and at 7:00
P. M. that evening In the Stu.
dent Center. The two 7:00 meet,
ings will be followed by a coffee
hour. The topic for his talks
will be “The Church and the
Social Revolution.”
Scotland County
M.H.A. To
Hold Banquet
The Scotland County Mental
Health Association will hold a
banquet in the main dining room
of the Student Center on Wed.
nesday. May 5, 1965. Those at-
tending will gather in the small
lounge upstairs at 7 p.m.
Students of St. Andrews who
eat regularly in the college cafe,
teria may attend the banquet for
half price, that is, $1. Tickets
may be secured from Miss
Morris in the Student Affairs
Office.
Dr, Nicholas Stratus, of the
Department of Mental Health of
the State of North Carolina, will
be the principal speaker. Other
outstanding people in the field
of mental health will partici.
pate in the program briefly.
Psychology and Sociology stu
dents should be interested, es.
pecially any who are considering
careers, for there is a great
shortage of personnel In the whole
area of mental health and new
community approaches are rapid,
ly developing in the field. All
'students are cordially urged to
attend, (release prepared by
Prof. Louis LaMotte)
Dr, Zelma George, a distin
guished sociologist, humani
tarian, actress-singer, and rec
ognized authority on Negro
music, will be on the campus of
St, Andrews on May 3 at 8 p,m.
as a Danforth Visiting: Lectiirpr.
While here Dr, George will give
an illustrated lecture, including
several selections, oh “Under
standing the Negro Spiritual,”
and a convocation address on
“The Negro; Problems, Goals,
Methods,” In two informal or
class meetings with students and
faculty she will discuss “Africa;
Myth and Reality” and “Change
and Conflict Around the World.”
Dr, George is a specialist In
interpersonal, Intergroup and In
ternational relations, and has a
long record of service on the
community, national and Inter
national levels. Her father was
minister of the Pilgrim Baptist
Church In Chicago, which at the
time of his death was the largest
Protestant Church In the United
States. She is the oldest of six
children, all of whom are dis
tinguished In their respective
fields. Her husband is Clayborne
George, attorney and president of
the Civil Service Commission in
Cleveland. Dr. George did not
marry until all of her sisters
and brothers finished college.
Bom in Texas, Dr, George grad
uated from the high school in
Topeka, Kansas, attended the
Chicago Business College, re
ceived a Ph,B, In Sociology at
the University of Chicago and
did graduate work there In social
service administration. She re
ceived a M.A, In Personnel Ad
ministration at New York Uni
versity, and did work towards a
doctorate at the University of
Southern California, Her doc
torate In Sociology (Intercultur-
al Relations) was received from
New York University, her dis
sertation being “A Guide to Ne
gro Music,” She is a graduate
in voice from the American Con
servatory of Music in Chicago,
and studied pipe organ at North
western. At Western Reseirve
University she took special
courses in radio and television
techniques.
The aK>ointment of Dr, George
to the U.S. Delegation to th» XV
General Assembly of the United
Nations In 1960, where she rep
resented the United States on the
Economic and Financial Com
mitted, was preceded by other
services to the government. In
1958 Mr, Eisenhower appointed
her to the President’s Commit
tee to Plan the 1960 White House
Conference on Children and
Youth, In 1959 she participated
as a lecturer in the conference
sponsored by the people-to-
People Music Committee on the
Role of Music in International
Relations, This followed closely
on her six-month lecture tour
around the world for the State
Department to Japan, Hong Kong,
Federation of Malaya, Thailand,
Laos, the Philippines, Taiwan,
Finland, Italy, France, Spain,
Portugal, and six weeks in Ghana,
In 1955, Secretary of Defense
Charles Wilson appointed her to
a three-year term on the De
fense Advisory Committee on
Women in Services, Secretary
McElroy asked her to serve an
additional year.
Upon invitation of Vice-Presi
dent Nixon, Dr, George partici
pated In the Minority Youth
Tralning-Incentlves Conference
and in the Conference on the Com
munity’s Responsibility for the
Development of Minority Poten-
tlaU
Dr, George has been a teacher
at Western Reserve School of
Education, a Research Fellow for
the Rockefeller Foundation, was
founder and executive director
of the Avalon Community Center
In Los Angeles, Dean of Women
and a teacher at Tennessee State
University in Nashville, a case
worker in Evanston and Juvenile
Court Probation Officer in Chica-
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