THE LANCE
A r^eekly Journal of News and Events At St. Andrews Presbyt
erian College
LAURINBURG, north CAROLINA THURSDAY. FEBRIIARV 26,1976
NUMBER 17
Tonight
llie
26th,
cell.
-The St. Andrews’
Presbyterian College Opera
Workshop will present Henry
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneus on
evenings of February
27th and 28th at 8:00
in the Liberal Arts
Auditorium on the campus.
Admission will be two dollars.
Considered to be the
greatest English opera, the
work was composed in the
century by Henry Pur-
a contemporary of
George Frederic Handel, and
an excellent example of
music and theater of the^
Baroque period. The opera
with the ill-fated love
between Dido, Queen of Car
thage, and Aeneus, hero of
Fallen Troy and the legen
dary founder of Rome. The
opera will be performed in
toglisli.
Included in the cast will be
Marjorie Burd in the title role
of Dido, Nancy Hinkle as her
close friend Belinda, with
Charles Ballance and Danny
Norris sharing the role of
Aeneus. The supporting cast
chorus is drawn
irimarily from the St. An-
Irews College Choir with
athleen Devane as ac-
mipanist. The production is
inder the musical direction
ind supervision of David
’vans and is produced with
lie assistance of the St. An-
Irews Theatre Department.
For ticicets contact the
nieatre Department at St.
Andrews or come by the box
ffice in the Liberal Arts
luilding betwen the hours of
1:00 a.m. and 12 noon or 2:00
iJH-to4;OOpjn.
Classes To Adjourn
For March 4
Meeting
Marjorie Byrd as Dido and Nancy Hinkle as Dido’s best friend,
Belinda, in Dido and Aeneas, a great English Opera, which
begins tonight.
-St. Andrews’ continuing in
vestigation of how to slow
down the college’s attrition
rate takes a new turn March 4
as the entire faculty takes
part in a Retention and Orien
tation Workshop.
Qasses for the day will be
dismissed, says Retention
Task Force Chairman Dr.
James Stephens, to enable the
professional staff to attend
the workshop, which will be
chaired by Retention Com
mittee Member Dr. Ron
Crossley and led by Dr. L.
Richard Neeth, Associate
Professor of Higher
Education at the State
University of New York at
Buffalo.
According to Stephens, the
Faculty Executive Committee
approved on February 16 the
meeting - a proposal con
tained in a January 26
memorandum from the
Retention Task Force. The
Committee also requested
that Student Association
President Keith Gribble, in
consultation with his cabinet,
name members of the Orien
tation Steering Committee so
they too can be present at the
meeting. These committee
members who will set up
orientation proceedings for
the Qass of 1980 entering this
fall, will be joined at the
meeting by the entire In-
terdormitory Senate, the
Student Association Cabinet,
Student members of the
Student Life and Education
Policies Committees and the
Executive Sub-Committee on
Student Affairs. Freshmen
will be represented by one
student from each SAS and
STMS section.
Deering-Milliken Program Wednesday
A program about the free
enterprise system of
economics will be presented
as a Common Experience at
11:30 on Wedne^ay, Mardi 3,
in Avinger Auditorium.
Presenting the program
will be Josh W. Greene of
Deering MUliken, Inc. in
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Textile Corporation.
fhis Week
TONIGHT:
WSAP will air uninterrupted Bob Dylan’s new album “Desire”.
Be listening on 6.40 am or 91.1 FM cable 11 p.m.
Thursday Feb. 26 - Feb. 28-The St. Andrews Music Program is
^rforming the opera “Dido and Aneneas” by Henry Purcell.
® opera, directed by David Evans, Instructor in Music, with
3 cast of forty students will be held at 8:00 pjn. in the Liberal
Auditorium. Tickets are $2.00 and can be reserved at 276-
extension 204.
^turday Feb. 28-The St. Andrews bowling team meets UNC -
^rlotte at 1:00 p.m. in the Knight Room. No admission.
Sunday Feb. 29-The St. Andrews bowling team meets North
“lina A&T at 1:00 p.m. in the Knight Room. No, Admission
S^day Feb. 29-The College Union Board sponsors “The
® at 7:00 p.m. in Avinger Auditorium. “The Point” is a
■'oughiy enchanting antimated fantasy about the adventures
a round^eaded boy named Oblio, living in a kingdom where
®jyone is pointed. When Oblio is declared an outlaw by an
^ he is banished to the Pdntless Forest, with his dog
clj* has a series of fantastic adventures, in-
iuth"? ®^counters wiOi a three-headed man, giant bees, a tree
^ ®®^‘S®Uing business, and a good humored old rock. With
5i story and lively songs by Harry Nilsson, “The
[j , a timely and universal statement about ignoran-
while providing delightful entertairunent. No
The company developed the
program in response to sur
veys that showed there was a
widespread misun
derstanding among the
general public about how the
free enterprise system of
economics actually works.
The program zeroes in on the
role played by the free en
terprise system in our
society, and the current
status of the system.
To further explore the poin
ts raised in the program and
to get addiWonal perspective
there will be a panel iscussion
in the afternoon from 2:00 to
3:00 in the gallery of the Var-
dell Building. Included on the
panel with Mr. Greene will be
Assistant Professor Larry
Schulz (Politics), Associate
Professor Skip Holmes
(Business Administration),
Professor Alvin Smith
(Psychology), Assistant
Professor John Clausz (scien
ce) and Associate Professor
Don Paxton (Economics).
Assistant Professor Mark
Smith, Coordinator d the
spring Common Experience
schedule conunents:
“This morning program,
plus the afternoon panelist
discussion, provides an ex
cellent opportunity for studen
ts and faculty to gain ad
ditional insights into the free
enterprise system of
economics. Tlie program has
been presented to a number of
business and educational
groups across the coimtry.
the afternoon panelist
discussion will be an op
portunity for a free ranging
discussion with people with
different perspectives.”
THIS WEEK’S CUB movie is “The Point,” a widelynacclaimed animated film. See “This Week”
(left) for details. (Photo courtesy College Union Film Board).