MARCH 18. 196^6
S»A. Elects Executive Officers
K. Zwingle Poetry Winner
Winners in two poetry con
tests and a centennial presenta
tion of a W. B. Yeats play,
"liurgatory”, were the major
Items in an evening oi poetry at
St. Andrews Presbyterian Coll
ege on Monday, March 14.
Tlie event is one in a series
of “Happenings” staged by the
Freshman English department to
add interest to academic studies.
One poetry contest was limited
to the 300 freshman students,
the other was open to the public.
More than 100 entries were
submitted by poets ranging in age
from eight years to grandfathers,
and within a 50-mile radius
geographically.
First prize was awarded to
Mrs. Barbara Whitley of Laurin-
burg, second to Antoinette Adams
of Fayetteville, and third to
Charles E, Johnson. Jr. of
Laurinburg. Honorable mention
went to Joe Wheeler Drennan of
Mullins, S. c., and Roger Steph
ens of St. Andrews.
Four children were recogniz
ed for their work; Carol Wilson
of Fort Bragg, and Elizabeth
Tornow, Audrey Melinda Peele,
and Luther M. Peele, m all of
Laurinburg.
Judges for the contests were
^am Ragan, executive editor of
the Raleigh News and Observer;
Edwin Gill, treasurer of North
Carolina and Laurinburg native;
and TTiad Stem, Jr., essayist and
poet.
The freshman English contest
entries were screened by Alton
Gibson, superintendent of the
Laurinburg - Scotland County
Schools, and Dr. W. D. White,
chairman of language and lit
erature at St. Andrews,
Two members of the Carolina
School Of usic Has
FirstOpera/fausf" II
•niursday night was opening |
night for St. Andrews first sample I
of grand opera. The opera will |
be presented again tonight at
8:00 p.m. in the L.A.A.
The studehts and faculty of the
School of Music are presenting
Act two of FAUST by Gounod and
Act two of THE MARRIAGE OF
mishaps of the Count and Count
ess Almaviva, which also involve
the valet, Figaro, and the maid,
Gusanna.
The musical director for this
production is Miss Ann Ratzell,
instructor of voice. The stage
Playmakers from Chapel Hill
performed the Yeats play for the
evening’s audience. They were
David Gullette and Ted Simpson.
After their performance, the
judges discussed the play and,
poems entered in the contestt
Winners In the freshman con
test were Kathy Zwingle of Chevy
Chase, Md,, Ruth McClaughry of
Blumont, Va., Brenda M, 0*Ber-
ry of Dudley, N. C. Honorablei
Mention went to Carol Botts of
Orlando, Fla., and Norman Al
bers of Ridgewood, N. J,
First prize in the general con
test was given by the Laurinburg
Rotary Club, with second and
third prizes ^Ing donated by the
Junior Service League members.
First prize in both contests was
$15, with $10 for second and
$5 for third places.
Winning poems will be publish
ed In the next issue.
Highland Players
Begin Faust I
The Highland Player s next pro
duction will be Professor Carl
Geffert’s translation of Goethe’s
FAUSTi Part 1.
Professor Arthur McDonald
will direct this production which
will be presented May 4-7 in the
L.A.A.
Professor Geffert, St. Andrews
Associate Professor of German,
has newly translated Faust for
this production. This translation,
which Is in prose, makes this
masterpiece of German dramatic
literature more relevant and
meaningful for twentieth century
Americans.
Tryouts for this production
were held Tuesday, March 8,
and the cast will be as follows:
Larry Mathes - Faust, Bob Ber-
Bercaw - Mephistophales, Sue
Scarborough - Gretchen, Patsy
Offutt - Martha, Lois Scoggins -
Lieschen, Joe Mitchell - Wag
ner, John Pfaff - Valentine, and
the archangel David Hendricks
- the student and the wUl-o-
the-TTlsp, and Rob Frothlngham
- the Lord with Kay McClanahan
as the earth spirit. Cricket
Harrison as the primary witch,
and Sue Ethlenne as the evil
spirit.
Other cast members will in
clude: John Campbell, Elaine El-
well, Helen Grogory, Mary Key,
Roy Sandldge, Anne Strickland,
and Sally Gyphrlti
PlGARo by Mozart.
1116 sets and costumes were
®slgued by the Drama Depart
ment.
is a beautiful adaption
01 Goethe’s play. Act two of this
pera tells of Faust’s seduction
“ lovely Margarita, with the
w^maturai help ofMephlstoph-
marriage OF FIGARO
®llghtful tale of the marital
director Is Professor Arthur Mc
Donald of the Drama Department.
Hie cast of Faust Includes;
Rlchar Lilly as Faust, Walter
Boyce as Mei*lstoi*eles, Mary
Katherine Field as Margarlat,
Madeline Leonard as Glebel, and
Stuart Neal as Martha.
The cast of Figaro Includes
Professor Thomas Somerville,
director of the college choir, in
the title role. Miss Ratzell Is
singing the role of Countess Al
maviva, and Walter Boyce wUl
portray Count Alamavlva. Others
In the cast wiU be Mary Kath
erine Field, Madeline Leonard,
Carleen Strayer, Kent Morgan,
Churk White, and Milton Bigger.
The accompanist for Faust Is
Brenda Edwards, piano; and for
Figaro Carolyn Smith, han>-
sichord; and Linda Schutt, piano,
The offices In the 1966-1967
St, Andrews Student Government
Association have now all been
elected. To head the Student
Association In the coming year
Is Robert Anderson from Green
ville, S. C.
Bob, who will be a senior next
year. Is a history and political
science major. He has served St.
Andrews in several positions -
Vice President of the Freshnian
Class of 1968, Treasurer of the
Student Association for 1965-
1966, and Vice-President of the
Radio Club. Also he has been
a member ofthe varsity golf team
and the freshman orientation
committee.
As Vice-President of the Stu
dent Association and President of
the Senate is Joe Overton of Arl
ington, Virginia, Joe, who will be
a junior has served St. Andrews
on the Senate and as a member
of the soccer team,
Margaret Offterdlnger, a ris
ing sophomore frpm Lynchburg,
Virginia, will take over the off
ice of Secretary of the Student
Association, She was the co-
editor of her high school news
paper, President of Quill and
Scroll, D.A,R. good citizen of the
year, and this year has been a
reporter for the Lance.
The fourth executive officer In
the Student Association is David
Betts, a rising sophomore, from
Atlanta, Georgia. David Is the
freshman representative on the
Student Life Committee, and a
member of THE LANCE sports
staff.
Heading the Activities of the
Student Center Board will be Ted
Foy of Winston Salem. Ted, who
Is a rising senior and an Eng
lish major, has served as Treas
urer and Vice President of the
Student Center Board and has
been on the Dean’s List,
To aid Ted will be Betty Bald
win from Clinton, S. C, Betty
Is a Vardell Scholar and Is plan
ning to major In Human Rela
tions.
Scottle Warren will preside
over the Student Christian Coun
cil in the coming year. Scottle,
who Is from Macon, Georgia,
plans to major in English. This
year she served the.Student As
sociation as Its secretary.
Another Georglan,CamllleDu-,
Pree will serve the Christian _
Council as its Vice-President.
Camille Is a rising junior and
an English major. She w»s chair
man of the Little Brother-Little
Sister Project and served as a
member of the Christian Council,
Secretary of the Christian
Council will be Betts Hunter.
She Is from Aiken, S. C, and was
secretary of the student body
in high school along with being
Drum Major in the Band,
Kenny Pritchard from Will-
R Whitley
To NCEAC
Mrs. Barbara Whitley, a senior
here at St, Andrews, has been
selected as the Representative
Future Teacher to the North
Carolina Educational Association
Convention, The convention will
be held In Raleigh on March
25-26.
lamsburg, Virginia, the only male
member of the Christian Council,
will serve as Its treasurer. Ken
ny plans to major In either engi
neering or math and has been
a member of the soccer team this
year.
Senior members of the Stu
dent Judiciary Board for 1966-
1967 will be Mary Ralne Syd-
nor and Bill Townsend,
Mary Ralne Is from Lunchburg,
Virginia and has been a suite
leader and President of Concord
Dorm, Vice-President of the
College choir and Vice President
of the Westminster Fellowship,
She Is majoring In philosophy
and religion.
The other senior member l&
returnee Bill Townsend. BUI
halls from Live Oak, Florida,
He Is a pre-med major and was
the sophomore representative to
the Honor Court and Junior rep
resentative to the Judiciary
Board,
The two junior members of the
Judiciary Board are Cheryl Mon
roe and Jim Bennett,
Cheryl, who is a philosophy
and religion major, isareturnee
to the Judiciary Board having
been the sophomore member this
year.
Jim Bennett from Mendham,
New Jersey is the other junipr
member. He is a philosophy and
religion major, and Is new to the
Student Judiciary Board,
The sophomore Judiciary
Board member is Bob Brewbaker
from Bedford, Virginia. Bob
plans to major In human rela
tions and then go Into the mini
stry.
Student members of the Stu-
dent-Faculty Appellate Board are
seniors Carolyn Ebbhardt and
Kay McClanahan and junior Lee
Accettullo.
Kay, who is majoring In drama,
Is from Herndon, Virginia and
has served the Highland Play-
i ers as historian, and president.
Carolyn Ebbardt from Greens
boro, North Carolina Is majoring
In English. Carolyn Is new to the
Apellate Board.
Lee Accettullo from Clarks
ville, Virginia Is serving as the
junior member to the board. She
Is majoring In medical technology
and has been a member of the
Senate this year.
The following are the otfleers
for the Women’s Recreation As
sociation, Dottle Dubois, Presi
dent has previously been Vice
President of the WRA and well
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