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THE LANCE
A Weekly Journal of News and Events At St, Andrews Presbyterian College
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volume 16
LAURINBURG, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, MARCH 10,1977
NUMBER 15
Raisin In
The Sun
Opens
Tonight
BY MIKE KELLY,
MANAGING EDITOR
Tonight at 8:00 p.m. in the
Liberal Arts Auditorium, the
Highland Players will present
“A Raisin In The Sun”, their
fourth major production this
year. This is a very unique
presentation which should not
be missed. There are several
factors involving the play
which make this an in
teresting experience right
from the beginning.
First of all, the cast.
Although “Raisin” marks the
stage debut of aU of the main
characters here at St. An
drews, the amount of talent
possessed by every one of the
actors is gazing. Each actor
knows their part inside out
and the acting they put into
them is superb.
The play involves a family
of negroes living in Chicago
around the late 50’s. Hie story
revolves around a $10,000 in
surance check received by
“Mama”, the head of the
family, as portrayed by Bren
da Howard. Brenda does a
magnificent job as the elderly
woman who, after watching
her family fight over what is
to be done with the insurance
dieck, decides to put an end
to the fighting and invests in a
house for the family.
At this point, the family
learns that the house that
Mama has bought is located
right in the middle of an all-
white neighborhood. Almost
immediat^y pressure is put
on by the neighborhood to
keep the family out; and a
representative (David Miller)
is sent over to try and per
suade the family not to move.
Jacob Houge plays the part
of Walter Lee Younger,
Mama’s son, who, together
with his wife Ruth (Dawn
Qark), his sister Beneatha
(Robin Green) and his son,
Travis (Hiram McNair) make
up the rest of the family.
Houge very vividly portrays
the frustrated son/faliier, sick
of working as a chauffer, who
wants to use the insurance
money to invest in a liquor
store.
This
Week
¥
Robin Green, one of the new theatrical faces in the Highland
Players’ “Raisin In The Sun.” (Photo by Marsha Lamm, St.
Andrews News Director)
As the pressure builds,
Ruth, (very convincingly
played by Dawn Qark) wiio is
pregnant with their second
child, tries unsuccessfully to
deal with all the turmoil, and
upon failing, considers an
abortion instead of bringing a
second child into the troubled
family.
As said before, all of the ac
tors are extremely talented.
which when combined with ai'.
award-winning play such as
Raisin, make for a per
formance that should be seen
by everyone. The play will
open tonight at 8:00 pjn., and
can be seen now through Sun
day evening. Tickets can be
purchased for $2 at the door
and reservations can be
made by contacting Dr. Mc
Donald at 276-3652.
Scenes From A Marriage
On PBS
Appearing on the Public Broadcasting System at 10:00 pm on
Wednesdays for the next five weeks (except on March 16 when
two installments wiU be shown) is Scenes From A Marriage,
directed by Ingmar Bergnaan, who also directed Face to Face,
The Magic Flute, and Cries and WUspers. When origmally
shown in Sweden marriage counselors got more business,
divorce laws were changed, and life came to a stop when it was
on. It stars Liv UUmann and Bibi Anderson.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10 thru SUNDAY, MARCH 13: The
Highland Players present “A Raisin in the Sun”, Liberal Arts
Auditorium, 8 pm, (phone 276-3652, ext. 204).
THURSDAY and SUNDAY, MARCH 10 AND 13: 6% cent film:
Potemkin-directed by Eisenstein concerning the mutiny on the
ship Potemkin; voted best film ever made, by a poU of 50
international critics. 6:30 in Mecklenburg.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11 6% cent films; Three Shorts - 6:30 in Granville.
rSs^cSLtmas in Wales (as read by Dylan Thomas)
Picasso
Extravaganza
Needs
Your Support
What’s the value of investing some of your filthy money in an
evening’s entertainment? I mean, what good could come of any
elaborate, spectacular entertainment held on a brisk but
beautiful March afternoon-evening? The question is a sufficient
answer.
Extravaganza! An aptly chosen word to describe the first big
campus-wide celebration planned for this spring. The
community is cordially invited to provide and partake in its own
enrichment beginning at 2:00, Sat., March 19.
Granville-Wilmington et associates have for a long time been
coniposing an extravagant love song to delight the senses and
preferences of St. Andrews. Four pigs will be roasted. 15 kegs of
Old Milwaukee will be sampled approvingly. A variety of
sporting and recreational activities is also planned. What else is
necessary for our enjoyment? Two things: Music and that
sublime distillant of cabbage green.
Since much of the best musical entertainment available is to
be found on campus, the more transcendant portion of the
afternoon-to-early-moming celebration will begin with the
‘Kuhn Review’ (world renowned acrobats and travelling
dentists). They shall be followed by 3 gentlemen masquerading
as ‘Jody, Willy, and Ray’, an excellent country and bluegrass
trio. I don’t know how many people have heard ttie ‘BibleTones’,
a precision singing and laughing ensemble cmnposed of David
Miller, John Dodds, Chip Blankenship, and saxaphonist John
Courtney. Incomparable.
The occasion is marked from the conception by freedom and
diversity of forms and possibilities. Which means if you play an
instrument or voice (and your good) see David Strasburger.
Ah, but now we arrive at the rub. Cabbage green and the lack
of it. Permit a misquote, “The poor have also their
Extravaganza’s, even at the cost of burdensome debts,”
(Nehru) Which means that one good citizen of the connmunity,
one honorable man IN EACH INSTANCE will contribute his just
portion for the collective enjoyment. Allow me to spell it.
Stewart Brown’s band may be added to the evening’s bill if
every honorable ‘person’ will give up a few dollars of cabbage
green when the appointed solicitor knocks on your door. Is Mr.
Brown’s band wortti it? No question. His ensemble of 4 men and
2 women will astound and delight. ‘Anything is Possible’ an
original Reggae tune Stuart performs comes to my ear and
assures me of the community’s good grace in the form of
contributions.
I am trying to be polite. Extra-gains.
Kathy Hall Joins
Library Staff
DeTamble Library has a
new addition to its staff,
Kathy Hafl. Ms. HaU, a 1975
graduate of St. Andrews, is
the new serials librarian. Her
duties include care for the
periodicals and journals, con-
tinuals, newspapers, govern
ment documents and book
binding. She is also in charge
of gifts and exchanges.
Mrs. Hix was the serials
librarian until a' few years
ago. The position was thai
combined with that of the
cataloging librarian, but the
library has added a new com
puter system, SOLINET,
making that job too pressing
for one person, so the position
of serials librarian was
recreated.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 11 Baseball at home against Hampden-
Sydney, 3 p. m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 12 Baseball at home versus Va. Wesle
yan.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 Home Men’s Tennis Match against
UNC-Wilmington.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 Mountain Music with the Crooked Pine
String Band, Coker College Auditorium, St. Andrews Com
munity admitted free with valid ID, 8 p. m. Student Personnel
Services will provide transportation if enough students are
interested. Sign sheet outside cafeteria.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 Poet Grace Freeman at 7:30 in
Wilming