THE COMPASS...DECEMBER 15, 1971...PAGE 5
University Players
Presents A Workshop
For The Development
Of New Talent
University Players present "'Undercurrent**.
How can one talk to two
or maybe three girls and
not get caught in the dark
or light?
Signed Puzzled
Dear Puzzled: This can
only be done if the three
girls are on different
campuses. Elizabeth City
State is too small for such
activities,
I love my girl but be
ing a man I find satis
faction in other women
also, although there is no
love involved in our af
fair. How can I convince
her that these feelings for
other women are only
physical and that she is
the only one that I love?
Signed Help
Dear Help: Are you sure
that you are in love with
your girlfriend? If you
really love her, her love
should be enough for you.
How can you get your
boyfriend to stop coming
over so regular?
Signed Troubled
Dear Troubled: When he
calls don’t answer.
Why do guys try to mess
over girls that are really
crazy about them?
Signed Love
Dear LOVE: Some of the
guys on the campus are
not really ready to settle
down to one girl yet. Girls
should just look out. The
major point is not to let
the young man know that
you are crazy about him.
Since girls out number
the guys on this campus,
many of the guys are
really going to shop a-
round. If you have a boy
friend at home you better
hold on to him.
How can I convince my
girl that pre-marital sex
is the “in” thing for the
“now** generation?
L.S.M.S.T.
Dear L.S.M.S.T.: You
really shouldn’t need to
convince her. She should
be mature enough to make
her own decision about
sex.
Dear Compass Box:
My ‘‘OleMan” recently
told me that he was en
gaged, This was a shock
er to me because he never
mentioned another wo
man. Now for the first
time in our relationship
he says that he loves me.
I feel that I should stop
seeing him, but this is
easier said than done. “I’d
rather end it now because
it’s gonna hurt after a
while.” What should I
do?
Puzzled Person
Dear Puzzled Person:
You have answered
your question. Take your
own advice and stop see
ing him. Give him up
completely, it’s not worth
it. In the end you are
likely to get hurt. Head
ache and loneliness can
give you no comfort.
Dear Compass:
I have a problem, you
see my girl stays so busy
that I can’t keep up with
her. I suggested that she
make me out a schedule
as to what time I can see
her, what do you say?
Need More Loving
News From Net
Is white racism amen-
talillness, a by-product
of white power, or a warp
ed cultural system?
Dr. Alvin Poussaint,
Dan Watts, and Imamu
Amiri Baraka (Le Roi
Jones) consider the an
swer on Part II of the
Black Journal’s ’’Black
Paper on White Racism”
Tuesday, December 21 on
PBS. * (In New York on
Channel 13/WNET at9:30
on December 21 and at
11:30 on December 24.)
In continuing Black
Journal’s analysis of in
stitutional racism, the
panel discusses this phe
nomenon in terms of cul
ture, colonialism, and
psychological develop
ment, surveying sources
and antidotes.
Dr. Poussaint, who is
an associate professor of
psychiatry at Harvard
Medical School and au-,
thor of the forthcoming
book “Why Blacks Kill
Blacks,” questions
“whether Black people.,
can find themselves and
have self-determination
Dear Need More Loving;
Obviously, your girl is
an intellectual, who is al
so participating in some
campus activities. In or
der to keep up with her,
you should take an active
part in these things. Al
so that way you will not
need a schedule because
you will know her exact
whereabouts.
Should I date other guys
on campus if I have a stea
dy boyfriend that lives off
campus?
Answer: It’s okay
to date other guys on cam
pus as long as the rela
tionship remains on a
friendly basis.
Should a girl make a
telephone call to a guy?
Is it ladylike?
Answer: It depends on
the reason for making the
call, if you are calling to
run after him, it is not
ladylike. If on the other
hand, you are returning a
call, all is well and good,
or find their cultural self
within the confines of A-
merican shores.” From a
psychological standpoint,
there are a tremendous
number of problems to be
overcome by Blacks and
whites, for white racism
is a mental illness which
takes its toll on both,
according to Poussaint.
He feels that too often
psychiatrists talk about
racism only in terms of
its negative effects on
Black people, which
“makes Black people feel
that somehow they’re
mentally deranged.” He
says, “the self-hate con
cept is overplayed and
exaggerated. We never
talk about the self-love
that has helped Black
people to survive in this
society and to grow,”
He sees a white para
noia underlying racism—
“a fear or a delusion that
Black people are some
how going to destroy and
hurt the white man” —
which prevents whites
from full maturity and in
stills a chronic anxiety
and guilt.
Ultimately Poussaint
perceives the problem of
The Elizabeth City
State University Players
presented two plays on
November 8th and 10th,
1971. Two plays present
ed were the “Undercur
rent” by Fay Elbert and
“Worry, Wrong Num
ber,” by Lucille Flet
cher.
“The Undercurrent,”
by Fay Elbert, was ori
ginally presented by
Northwestern Univer
sity’s Town and Gown
Playshop in the late
1920’s, and played all
over this country and in
Canada for more than
1,000 consecutive per
formances. Although it
can be categorized as a
somewhat dated play, this
tense and dramatic sto
ry of a tyrannical father
who nearly wrecks the life
of his daughter has con
siderable relevance for
today. Its age-old theme
is the generation gap, anu
the characters of Ma and
Pa Fisher, their daugh
ter Annie and son Don,
the meddlesome neighbor
and the special investi
gator from the Morals
C ourt, reveal human
traits and characteris
tics that are timeless.
“Sorry, Wrong Num
ber,” by Lucille Flet
cher, was originally writ
ten as an experiment in
sound for radio (when it
was just beginning). Agnes
Morehead, in the role of
Mrs. Stevenson, made it
one of the most popular
and often-repeated plays
in the history of radio.
white racism not in in-
dividual psychological
terms, but from a socio
logical standpoint — the
potential genocide of the
Black community by the
white community.
Watts, editor and pub
lisher of Liberator Maga
zine and a faculty mem
ber of Fordham Univer
sity, sees racism as a
“minor issue .. a minor
by-product of white po
wer” and white power as
the power of “the domi
nant group which happens
to be white.” He adds:
“I think it’s a universal
trait of all dominant
groups to impose their
will, their culture, their
value system on a mi
nority group wherever
you go in the world.”
According to him, one of
the Black community’s
major problems is its
failure to see racism as
a “majority people exer
cising power... an over
whelming power militar
ily speaking, economi
cally speaking, and poli
tically speaking.
“White racism is
something that would dis
appear tomorrow if we
had a six-shooter with
which we could confront
the white man,” he says
in illustrating his point.
But Watts considers an
armed contest “total sui-
Barbara Stanwyck played
the same role in the mo
vie version. The version
which was presented re
presented a combination
of the radio and movie
versions adapted for the
stage by Mr. Peterson.
The University Players
presented this version
approximately four years
ago, with Sandra Melson
in the role of Mrs. Ste
venson, Mr. Robert Duke
who played the role of
Western Union, also
played it in the original
production.
One of the purposes or
this workshop production,
of the two one act plays,
was to develop new tal
ents to fill the places
left vacant by the large
number of actors who did
not return, or who are
participating in Dramat
ics this year. Among
those not returning were
Tommy Brown, last
year’s University Play
ers President; Robert
McCuIley, last year’s
Macbeth; and India Har
ris, who played Portia in
Julius Caesar. Not par
ticipating were Gail Tur
ner, who plays in the band,
and RosaMonroe, a mem
ber of the Cheering squad.
Due to the loss of tiiese
players, new faces were
cast in this production to
develop new talent. Nine
members of the cast ap
peared on stage for the
first time, and of this
group only three have had
previous experience.
‘cide'' and teeis that mi-
gration to Africa and in
tegration are both fan
tasies.
Baraka, a member of
the executive council of
the Congress of African
People, head of the Com
mittee for a Unified New
ark, and noted playwright,
poet and political activist,
points out that “you can
not combat power un
less you create an entity
which is an alternative to
the power.” For Baraka,
the alternative is Pan Af
ricanism — “the estab
lishment of an independ
ent unified Africa” which
will bring “self- deter
mination to Africans and
people of African descent
wherever they are in the
world.” He maintains that
this can be accomplished
once the Black community
accepts the African cul
ture (”A total value sys
tem”) and sets up insti
tutions which will house
this new system.
Watts, however, be
lieves that the cultural
system will develop only
out of the struggle for
power as it occurred his
torically in the nation
states of Europe. But Ba
raka finds fault in this
suggestion, noting the
“disadvantage inconsist-
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