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Art and Entertainment
Beyer Wins Prize
Mark Powell
Communications
D.K. Beyer, an associate
professor of theatre at St.
Andrews Presbyterian Col
lege, recently was awarded
first prize in the Southern
Playwrights Competition
at the Center for Southern
Studies at Jacksonville
State University in Jackson
ville, Alabama.
Beyer's entry was his re
cently produced play
"Make Haste Slowly,"
about Wilbur and Orville
Wright's lives leading up to
the flight of their flier at
Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903.
The play was produced at
St. Andrews in March.
Beyer wrote the play after
sp>ending a few days vaca
tioning along the Tar Heel
coast and visiting the
Wright Monument at Kill
Devil Hills.
"Amazingly enough, the
personalities of Wilbur and
Orville and their actions
that eventually gave us
flight have not been drama
tized as I would have ex
pected," said Beyer. "This
play is a dramatic history of
the events that led up to
that first flight at Kill Devil
Hills by a craft heavier than
air which landed at a site
not below that at which it
took off."
Beyer said about the play:
"1 simply became en
thralled with these two
men and their machine."
After he came back to his
Wagram home from his trip
to Kill Devil Hills, Beyer
read everything he could
get his hands on about the
Wright brothers. He spent
four days at Wright State
University in Dayton,
Ohio, studying the letters
and papers of the brothers.
When he came back, he had
about 800 Xeroxed copies of
their letters.
Then Beyer made a trip to
the Library of Congress in
Washington, D.C., where
he poured through all the
Wright brothers' docu
ments. He came away from
those exp>eriences with a
mental pwrtrait of Orville
and Wilbur as hard-work
ing, dedicated, clean-cut in
ventors who owed much of
their success to their
mother.
"They spent incredible
amounts of time studying
every scrap of knowledge
about flight they could
find," said Beyer. "And
when they succeeded in
flying, both brothers were
the essence of understate
ment; there was no shout
ing of 'Eureka!' when they
finally flew."
In the six months it tpok
for Beyer to write a first
draft of "Make Haste
Slowly," he came to know
the Wright brothers so inti
mately, that now he can
spout off any number of
seemingly trivial facts
about them.
One bit of trivia—the
Wright brothers never mar
ried. They prized their rela
tionship with each other
and their work too much to
devote much time to any
one else.
As the first prize winner
in the Southern Play
wrights Competition,
Beyer will receive $1,000.
The play is being produced
at Jacksonville State, where
it will begin a four-per-
formance run on May 25.
"You never think that the
call for winning something
like this will be for you, but
then it comes," said Beyer,
describing his reaction to
winning the competition.
To enter the annual com-
fjetition, playwrights have
to be either a native of, or
resident of Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia or West
Virginia.
Beyer, who has taught at
St. Andrews since 1986,
holds a B.A. from Weber
State College and an M.F. A.
from the University of
Michigan.
Dinner Theater
Cajetan Chukwulozie
On the 26th of April, St.
Andrews Collegecame alive
with the sounds and danc
ing of Broadway. The stu
dents of St. Andrews played
host to a full house of 120
patrons for four nights.
Under the directions of
Mark L. Parsons, the Dinner
Theatre proved to be worth
every effort of the produc
tion team, and satisfied the
expectations of the com-
muntiy.
The production crew
ranged from the freshman
class to the graduating class
of 1989, and from a range of
disciplines. As the melodic
voices of the choir, led by
Jim Terrel and Missy
McGill, echoed into the
heart of the audience, the
"cats" shyly danced their
way to the music of Andrew
Lloyd Webber/T.S. Eliot.
'The Cats," played by Cath
erine Churchman, Hamil
ton Goodman, and Marion
Scholz exquisitely per
formed their act with the
support of Ken Koscho.
TTie expectations of the
audience were confirmed
by the entrance of the
"trains" on rollerskates. The
"trains," played by Sharon
Fields, Andy Balia, and John
Hess skated and whizzed
their act to the delight of the
audience. It was the least act
expected by the audience,
and the most surprising
because of the degree of dif
ficulty that is associated
with the scene. Neverthe
less, the skaters won the
heart of the qudience with
the professionalism and
skill with which they per
formed their roles.
If one of the great writers of
English Literature, William
Shakespeare, was in the
audience, he would have
written a dramatic play with
the natural sound and light
ing effect provided by
mother nature on one of the
performances. The director
could not have prayed for a
better entrance to "The
Phantom" scene. As the
thunder and lightning
roared in the heavens, Ali
son Foley and Shawn
Hunter dramatically and
romantically danced the
night away.
The Showcase Dancers
were Georgia Goff, Carie
Guppy, Rebecca Harvard,
and Jackie Parten. They had
an outstanding perform
ance, and gave the showcase
and choreographical excel
lence that it deserved.
Among the patrons that
attended the showcase were
President and Mrs. Reusch-
ling. Dr. Neal Bushoven
and company. Dr. Morgan,
Dr. Hopkins, Dr. Walters,
Dr. Cynthia Greer, Dr. T.
Benson, Professor Jesse
Johnakin and friends. Dr.
Veronica Newman, friends
and family of the cast, and
people within and around
the Carolines, in addition to
members of the St. Andrews
student body.
Cont. from pg 5
savings of about a third off
the present electric bill, and
it will also increase the cook
ing efficiency of the equip
ment. Quite a bit of the
equipment requires food be
started hours in advance.
This results in the food
being placed in warmers
also.
As for the Gathering Place
, it is run by SAGA, and it is
the same food that is used
downstairs. But the food is
made to order. This makes a
big difference in the quality
of the food. It does not sit,
and it is made precisely for
your order.
Presently, the Student
Senate has a committee (the
Food Service Committee)
that is supposed to work
with SAGA, but it never
"left the ground" this year.
Next years Student Govern
ment President Susie Ben
nett stated that it was a proj
ect that she really felt
needed to get started." She
is presently the Student
Manager of SAGA, and is
assisting in the manage
ment of the Gathering Place.
Also, Mr. Tutchen said
that there would shortly be a
suggestion box for student
input, and a response board.
He stated that "any serious
request would be an
swered." This will be either
through a response on a
board , or through the
changing of whatever was
requested.
Cont. from pg. 4
with a checking account,
you can simply write a
check from the fund to your
account for $250, and use
that money (now in the
checking account) to spend
as you wish.
It sounds good. Where do
I sign up? Many banks offer
money market accounts, but
usually investment compa
nies offer higher interest
rates. The best place to find
these companies is through
advertisements in major
business magazines. There
you'll find toll-free nembers
that you can call and simply
ask for an application.
May 12,1989
But students can talk with
Mr. Tutchen or Mr. Gurley
at any time. They are always
open and available to ques
tions. Both said that they
would like to have more re
sponses back from the stu
dents here at St. Andrews.
Another possible route for
change would be to talk to
the administration. Presi
dent Rueschling is often
open for appointments, and
Harvey Jordan, Business
Manager of St. Andrews, is
the person who actually re
negotiates the contract with
SAGA every year. Mr.
Tutchen and Mr. Gurley
also stated that Presidsent
Rueschling was attempting
to work out some type of
plan for next year that
would include "specials" at
least one night a month,
j Specials would be like a
I "Steak and Shrimp night" or
I like the fruit and cheese bar
that we had recently.
One of the big problems
here at St. Andrews is that it
is a small private school.
Money is a big issue on
many campuses such as this
one. And this is one of the
many factors that influence
SAGA. Mr. Gurley also said
that, however, even if a bad
deal is cut,, SAGA will not
lower the quality of the
food. It is standard for
SAGA to serve at certain
levels. As for menus, Mr.
Tutchen stated that, "lower
contracts do not alter the
menus in any way.
One word of warning:
beware of brokerage and
commission fees. Many
mutual funds (and all other
bank accounts) offer "no
load" accounts, meaning
that there are no fees. I
would highly recommend
these over investments that
do insist on a "loading fee."
If you're like me, you like to
have your money work for
you to earn extra money,
andthese have been some
simple tactics to tht end.
With a money market mu
tual account, however, not
only will you earn extra
money, you'll be able to
spend it when you want.
Congratulations
from the
Lance