From St. Andrews Communications Office
St. Andrews Presbyterian Col
lege's Highland Players will present a
theatrical season with a new look this
fall. Newly appointed Chairman of
the Theatre-Program D.K. Beyer said
that during both the fall and spring
terms productions will be offered in
repertory style.
The season, called 'The Year of
the Rep" is as follows. This fall, the
plays offered will be 'The Good Doc
tor" by Neil Simon and Scratch by
Archibald MacLeish. Performances
of 'The Good Doctor" will be Oc
tober 30 at 8 p.m., November 1 at 2
p.m. and November 5 and 7 at 8 p.m.
"Scratch" will be performed October
31 at midnight and on November 1,6
and 8 at 8 p.m. All performances will
be held in the Liberal Arts Building
Auditorium.
The two plays will offer theater-
^ goers a variety of entertainment.
Recent And Readable
New Leisure Reading Titles From The
DeTamble Library Browsing Collection.
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST,
by Anne Tyler, 1985 (Fiction). The
author of Dinner at the Homesick
Restaurant shows with tine clarity,
the mingling of misery and content
ment in the daily lives of these new
characters. Not a character is un
touched by eccentricity in this
delightful story full of surprises and
wisdom.
BRIDE OF THE FAR SIDE, by
Gary Larson, (Cartoons). The fourth
in a series of best-selling collections
of the syndicated cartoon that
features a variety of insects and
animals embroiled in som warped
situation comedy.
IACOCCA, by Lee A. lacocca
(Autobiography). A hard hitting ac
count of the successes and public
humiliation of the "hero" of the
Chrysler recovery.
LAKE WOBEGON DAYS, by
Garrison Kellor, 1985 (Fiction). Kellor,
on his weekly live variety radio sow,
"A Prairie Home Companion," has a
monologue of stories Lake Wobegon
which has captured the interest of
' 'The Good Doctor", directed by Pro
fessor Roberta Rankin, is based on
short stories by Anton Chekhov. Five
performers play a variety of
characters in a series of whimsically
comic and warmly affectionate por
traits of human nature. This produc
tion will be featured in a special
Parents Day matinee on November 1.
"Scratch," directed by Beyer, will
debut on Halloween at midtiight. It is,
a play-of-ideas based on Stephen
Vincent Benet's "The Devil and
Daniel Webster." The play presents
an epic court battle waged for a
single soul and the freedom of the
American people before a jury of
American traitors summoned from
hell. The jury must lay judgement on
a war of wit between Daniel Webster
and Scratch.
Beyer said that the repertory style
will offer both change and excite
ment to the Highland Players. "This
style will allow us to do two shows
with a unit set and will give per
formers the opportunity to work with
more than one director. It will also
give local audiences a breadth of
theatre experiences in comedy,
drama, and other less traditional
plays."
During the spring term the
Highland Players will offer "Rosen-
crantz And Guildenstern Are Dead"
by Thom Stoppard and "Haunted
Lives" by John Pielmeier. "Rosen-
crantz and Guildenstern" won both
the Tony and the New York Drama
Critics Circle awards for the best play
of 1967-68. It is a brilliantly theatrical
comedy which explores the plight of
two non-heroes caught in a world
whose shifting realities are both
playful and deadly. It is scheduled for
April 10,22 and 24 at 8 p.m.
"Haunted Lives" is by the author
of "Agnes of God." It formulates
three short plays eerie with sinister
possibilities of spine-tingling story
telling. In these "ghost plays" the
distinction between the natural and
I unnatural, the real and the imagined,
is deftly challenged with chilling in
ventiveness and resourceful
theatricality. It is scheduled for April
9,11,23 and 25 at 8 p.m.
"We want to make the theatre
come alive again at St. Andrews,"
Beyer said. "We also want to give
both our students and the theater
going public a variety of choices. No
competition is involved among the
plays. They have been selected for
their uniqueness and the challenge
they will provide for both the au
dience and the performers."
Performances will be $1.00 for
children under 12 and $2,50 for
adults. A special senior citizen's dis
count will be offered at $1 per perfor
mance.
Commuter Students Add Diversity To St. Andrews
Americans everywhere. This is a col
lection of the best of Kellor.
THE MUMMY CASE, by
Elizabeth Peters (Mystery). Peters'
talent is that she spoofs the romance
thriller while producing some of the
most entertaining writing in the field
PILLAR OF THE SKY, by Cecelia
Holland (Fiction). A first class tale set
in a primeval time as Moloquin leads
his people to build a ring of stones:
Stonehenge.
JUSTICE, by Amanda
Cross (Mystery). Kate Fansler who
teaches Victorian Literature en
counters a bit of homicide, much wit
and some of the greatest poetry of
W.H. Auden.
STILLWATCH, by Mary Higgins
Clark (Mystery). The plot is seeded
with crimes, clues, and quirks as the
mystoy involving a woman senator
running for Vice President unfolds.
THEBAN MYSTERIES, by
Amanda Cross (Mystery). Detective
heroine Kate Fansler unravels a
mystery in which Antigone plays an
astonishing role.
By Rochele Bailey
Computer students add special
uniqueness to Saint Andrews
because of their diversity and broad
lives. While residential students live
in dorms, eat their meals in SAGA,
and have access to a variety of cam
pus events, commuter students live
in a home, eat home-cooked food,
and must carefully choose their extra
curricular activities on the basis of
home and work schedules.
Most commuters do have an "out
side job," whether they live with a
parent, with a spouse, or alone.
Some commuters are single, some
are married, and some married
couples attend St. Andrews
together. Those that are married
often have children. The commuters'
ages range from 18 to 65+. Younger
commuters are' usually full-time
students working on a degree. Older
students take classes "for fun" or to
finish or add to a degree they didn't
complete earlier in life.
The Commuter Student Associa
tion began whe/i a number of non-
residential students realized that they
had little voice in the St. Andrews
student government or in many of
the other organizations. A proposal
tor the Commuter Student Associa
tion and submitted by the Commuter
Committee on November 16, 1983.
The needs of commuting students
were also submitted: lockers in the
LA building, mailboxes in LA, a
special lounge and rest area, vending
machines, access to a local phone,
representation in decision/policy
making groups, childcare, married
student housing, overnight options,
and of course a special association.
Now in 1986, most of those goals
have been accomplished. In the spr
ing of 1984, the commuter student
lounge, formerly President Perkin-
son's office, was officially opened.
The lounge looks much like a dorm
lounge, complete with a couch,
chairs, and a coffee table. Cafe tables
and chairs also are available where
the students can eat, study and/or
socialize. In addition, we have added
lockers, mailboxes, cubby holes for
books, a chalkboard, and a bulletin
board to keep commuters informed
about campus events.
The purpose of the Commuter Stu
dent Association is to unite off-
campus students so that they can
become acquainted with each other
and with the rest of the residential
campus. Hopefully the association
will stimulate off-campus students to
become more actively involved in
campus activities. Because of the
diversity of the 105 commuters'
schedules and lives, no special time
is set for formal meetings of the
organization. However, commuter
student representatives are always
willing to help another commuter get
involved if they only ask. Reps for 85-
86 were Wayne Rhodes and Rochele
Bailey. Reps for 86-87 are Whit
McMillan and Amy Lancester.