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No Place to be Somebody
Those of you that know them,
know them well. All that saw
them remember they were swell.
In last month’s presentation of
Charles Gordone’s play, No
Place To Be Somebody the
University Players did a
remarkable job in relating the
message to the audience.
The play was directed by
Shawn Smith.
Light Design -- David Raper
Stage Manager -- Jaqueline M.
Weddington
Set Designer -- John Gibbs
by Da Via Purnell
Editor-in-Traming
The University Players also
presented Neil Simon’s dramatic
play. The Good Doctor for
Northeastern High School’s
students last week. The cast
included: Kenneth Lanier,
Margarette Lilly, John Gibbs,
Marsha Williams, David Raper,
Richard Forte, R. J. Walker, and
drama director; Shawn Smith.
The cast:
Gabe Gabriel • • Kenneth Lanier
Shanty Mulligan John Gibbs
Johnny Williams ...Gary Savage
Dee Jacobson Marsha Williams
EvieAmes Margarette Lily
Cora Beasley Vero Patillo
Melvin Smeltz Tracy Hoggard
Mary Lou Bolton Marsha Poole
Ellen Gladys Goree
Sweets Crane Glendell Moore
Mike Maffucci David Raper
Truck Driver Richard Forte
Louie Irvin Brown
Judge Bolton Douglas Perry
Machine Dog Steve Bly
Sergeant Cappaletti Black Umah
Harry Howard Oglesby
Coming Soon: Five One-Act Plays
The University Players are
now working on five. One-Act
Plays to be presented April 18-19,
at 8:15 p.m. in the G.R. Little
Theatre. Admission is free and
all plays presented will be
directed by students. Drama
director, Shawn Smith said,
“having students direct will give
them a chance to see the many
things involved in directing
plays.”
The plays being presented are:
“Doing A Good One For The
Red Man,” written by Mark
Medoff and directed by Marsha
Williams.
“The Second Story Man,”
written by Sinclair Lewis and
directed by John Gibbs.
“The Gentlemen Caller,”
written by Ed Bullins and
directed by Burdette Johnson.
“Talk To Me Like The Rain
And Let Me Listen,"written by
Tennessee Williams and directed
by David Raper.
“The Toilet,” written by Leroi
Jones and directed by Richard
Forte.
by Da Via Purnell
Editor-in-Training
Production Stage Manager for
these plays is Rick L. Jones and
Assistant Production Stage
Manager is Vincent Ruffin.
Smith said, “I would like to
make the drama workshop an
annual affair.”
The COMPASS
Student Spotlight
by Da Via Purnell
Elizabeth City State University
students have various
backgrounds and unique
qualities. Each student has his or
her own way of standing out.
Each issue of The COMPASS
spotlights one of these imique
students. The student choosen for
this issue is Ms. Caroline Hilton.
Caroline is a freshman, special
student majoring in nursing in
affiliation with the university’s
Army ROTC program. You may
be asking yourself what makes
her so unique; well first of all,
she’s a minority student, she
resides on campus and she is
German. That’s right I said
German!!!
Caroline was born in Germany,
but has lived the last nine years
in the U.S.. She is considered a
legal U.S. citizen and says she
really ves it here in the U.S. Her
hobbies are basketball and
swimming. She also loves rock
and soul music and her favorite
singer is Donna Summers.
When asked why she chose to
live on campus she replied, “ I
really like living on campus it
gives me an opportunity to meet
more people and become better
associated with them. ” Caroline
feels that the majority of
students have been very kind
towards her and she now feels
right at home.
Caroline’s education prior to'
attending ECSU includes courses
at The College of the Albemarle
and elementary and high school
in Germany. I asked Caroline ■
how did she learn to speak such
good English she replied, “In
Germany it’s mandatory that a
student takes five years of ■
English.”
Another remarkable thing
about Caroline is that she
graduated from school in
Germany after the 9th grade at
the age of 15. A woman is not.
required to have much education .
in Germany because Germans
believe that the main goal of a
woman should be to take care of
her spouse.
Child Abuse
by Gladys Goree
Staff Writer
The Social Science Club at
ECSU sponsored Janice Hobson,
Social Worker Supervisor for
Pasquotank County, and Gladys
Goree, Social Work major at
ECSU, to attend the Conference
on Child Sexual Abuse and
Pornography, March 16.
Dr. Ann W. Burgess, main
speaker at the conference, told
the group that they must speak
for abused children, until the
children are able to speak for
themselves. In a personal
interview, Burgess wanted to
encourage ECSU students to
challenge the material they are
taught - to see if it correlates with
real life experiences. She
stressed that there is always a
need for up-dated and new
research on child abuse.
Dr. Nicholas Groth, Director of
the Conn. Sexual Offenders ^
program, said, “If sexual abuse
of children was a physical
disease - it would be called an
epidemic.”
Goree expressed gratitude to
the Social Science Club for
affording her an opportunity to
step outside of the classroom and
join forces with the Social
Services Dept, in up-dating its
information on child sexual
abuse.
Hobson and Goree left Va.
Beach with a determination to
return to Elizabeth City with new
awareness of this social disease.
They hope the new awareness
will help them be more effective
in the fight to stop child abuse.
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