Saint Joan To Be Here Monday BOB JOHNSON, a graduate of the Pasadena Playhouse, has played 5 years of summer stock in his home state of Rhode Island with the Hummocks Circle Theatre. He spent a year with the Mount Southington Theatre in Connecticut, taking major roles in everything from “Once Upon A Mattress” to “Twelfth Night” and “The American Dream.” Bob has expanded his talents to the field ’ of writing, including musicals, short plays, and a novel. He won the Pasadena Playhouse One-Act Playwriting Contest and spent five months on the “Avant Garde” magazine in New York. This is Bob’s third tour with the Alpha-Omega Players. CLIFF SAMUELSON comes to the Alpha-Omega Players after graduating from George Fox College in Newberg, Ore. with a a degree in Theater and Psychology, Sociology. While in college he organized, directed and acted in two nation-wide chancel drama groups, “Friends Company” and “New Friends Five.” Among his other credits, he has directed a children’s workshop and has appeared on the stage in numersou plays, such as “Skin of Our Teeth” and “The Glass Menagerie.” MARGARET HAWTHORNE halls from Mansfield, La., but she has wandered far afield ac cumulating threatre experience. In the simuners of 1968 and 1970, she played melodrama and musical variety in silverton, Colo., and was in the acting company of the Univ. of Nebr. Summer Repertory, respec tively. Graduating in drama from Baylor University, Waco, Tex. in 1970, she has played numerous roles, including Amy in “Where’s Charley,” Olivia in “Twelfth Night,” and Beatrice in “Servant of Two Masters.” Her hobbies include music from classical to Blue Grass and horseback riding. ELECTION TIME The time to elect Executive Council officers for BSU of 1971- 72 is close at hand. The choice of new leadership for the coming year should be made just prior to spring break (March 26). This will give plenty of time for “orientation,” including par ticipation in the State BSU Spring Conference, before the end of this semester. Have you given any serious thought to who is best qualified to take over the reins of student leadership in BSU? If not, DO SO NOW! The time will be upon before we realize what “time it Was Joan of Arc truly a saint, or was she a constant thorn in the side of the state and the chiu'ch, both of whom finally were forced to consign her to be burned at the stake to regain their own authority? George Bernard Shaw ponders this question in his drama, “Saint Joan,” which the Alpha-Omega Players will present on Monday, March 15 at McDowell Columns at 8:00 P.M. “Saint Joan” is the stirring story of Joan of Arc’s faith and inspiration, and it vividly depicts her multi-faceted career from simple peasant girl to great heights to her final con summation in Rouen. The roles of the men in Joan’s history provide added excitement ot this unusual evening^ in the theater. They are the pompous Sqiure de Baudricout, forceful and staunch Captain Dunois, the sympathetic but militant chur chman Ladvenue, the diildlike Dauphin and the sincere but sinister Inquisitor. , The Alpha-Omega Players have achieved a national reputation for their project of offering great drama in the church school and college, and last year their touring companies jH'esented over 600 performances in virtually every state of the union. Critics have lauded the Players for an inspirational and com pelling picture of the moving episodes in the life of this young woman who changed the history of France, staged with a sincere simplicity which is most fitting for this soul-stirring enactment of a wonuin’s faith. Two Hired As Student Hosts In Cafeteria Two off campus students have been employed to serve as student hosts in Thomas Cafeteria. The implementation of this measure was deemed necessary by the cafeteria commitee to administer rules and insure student adherence. They are to insure that proper dress is employed at all times with special emphasis on shoes, blue-jeans, athletic uniforms, and Sunday lunch dress. Their duties also include problems such as the throwing of food, breaking in line and failure to take up trays and asting utensils. (Ed. note: It is a pity that a small minority of immature students should force this im plement due to their direlection of responsibility and mature conduct.) Red Cross Drive Planned All Head Residents and Dor mitory Officers are organizing a Red Cross Fund Drive to end March 12, 1971. Students are being asked to help needy peoples with their contributions. A contribution of $2 can enable the Red Cross to provide comfort and supplies for our wounded servicemen in Vietnam. For $5 the Red Cross can train five people in first aid, small craft, and water safety, $10 can provide telephone calls for 7 hospitalized patients upon arrival in U. S. from Vietnam, $25 can buy a week’s groceries for a family of two who are disaster victims. All Red Cross services are free - with your help. See your Head Resident or Dormitory officer to day for more information and to make your contribution. Mao Tse-Tung In Excellent ^ Health, Alert HONG KONG (AP) — American author Edgar Snow says Chinese Communist party Chairman Mao Tse-tung “is in excellent health and mentally alert.” Snow, who crossed from Communist China into Hong Kong Sunday, talked with newsmen at the airport before leaving for his home in Zurich Tuesday. Commenting on Peking- American relations, Snow said: “The Chinese know well the distinction between the American mperialism — that is, war in Vietnam.” Bush Suggested WASHINGTON (AP) — The Foreign Relations Committee has approved and sent to the full Senate the nomination of George Bush to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The former Texas congressman’s nomination is expected to receive prompt approval and he plans to assume his duties at U.N. ^OKB STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE Volume —Number 11 Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Faye Overstreet Chosen Queen Ot Spring, Patty Fallis Princess f OVERSTREET IS QUEEN—Faye Overstreet and Patti Fallis are an nounced as Queen and Princess of Spring. Other girls on the court are Debbie Faulkner, Sherry Davis, Twyla Wright, Jenny Wong, Nancy Suhre, Debbie Vann, and Delores Whedbee. Miss Overstreet will reign over Spring Festival weekend, April 23-24. Requirements Given to Hold Selective Service Deferment ByD. H. NICHOLSON Registrar Because so many male students have been asking questions about keeping their II-S deferments for another year of study at Chowan College, it has been decided that perhaps the column from the Registrar’s office for this issue of the “Smoke Signals” should be a reiteration of the Selective Service System requirements for maintaining the college student deferment. Although, as you may remember from previous articles on this subject, there are many different interpretations of the Seclective Service System requirements for the II-S, it has been this writer’s experience that the “31-hour-file-safe-rule” is the one sure answer to the many and HEROINE AND VILLIAN—Purity Dean, played by AAartie Twiddy, and AAortlmer Snerd, played by Ron Dunn, were the heroine and vllllan In "Pure As The Driven Snow." Three preformances were given last week on campus and one other performance was given In Norfolk Saturday night. varied questions concerning the requirements for getting and keeping the II-S. In essence, this “fail-safe-rule” simply means that a student should earn at least 31 semester hours per academic year to keep his deferment, or apply for another one. For many Chowan students who approach the end of their second semester in regular at tendance, the fact that they may not have 31 hours for the two semesters in residence can lead to a 1-A classification and im mediate induction. Hence, these students who are in danger of induction because of the possible loss of the II-S and therefore, automatic reclassification as 1-A should know that the Selective Service System considers 12 months froir the offical begin ning or opening date as an academic year. Therefore, if the Chowan College student does not earn the minimum number of hours during an average two semesters in residence here in order to keep his deferment, he can go to summer school, either one or both terms, and earn a maximum of 14 semester hours which should put him well within the previously mentioned “fail-safe” zone. For the student’s information, the first term of the summer session at Chowan College begins June 2 and goes through July 8th with the second term beginning July 9th and ending August 14th. During each of the two terms, it is possible for the summer student t(^take a maximum of 7 hours for a possible of 14 semester hours for the complete simmier session. We at Chowan feel that the summer session gives the serious student an excellent opportunity to finish a semester of work in a shorter, (however, more com pact) session. This summer session also affords the non veteran male student an ex cellent opportunity to insure himself from loss of his II-S deferment. Those students who are in terested in finding out more about summer school or who are planning to apply for further course work in the summer program should pick up a Summer School Bulletin in the office of the Dean of the College as soon as possible. Marilyn Faye Overstreet of Lumberton was named Queen of luring at the annual Spring Pageant held February 25th in McDowell Columns Auditorium. Selected as freshman princess was Patricia Diane Fallis of Norfolk. Seven coeds comprise the court including four sophomores. Sherry Davis, Miss Jenkins Hall; Twyla Wright, Miss East Hall; Jenny Wong, Miss Mixon Hall and Debbie Faulkner, Miss Columns. The freshman members of the court are Delores Whedbee, Miss West Hall; Debbie Vann, Miss Day Students; and Nancy Suhre, Miss East Hall. Miss Overstreet, who represented West Hall, is a graduate of Lumberton High School. Miss Fallis, Miss South Hall, is a Lake Taylor High School graduate. The queen, princess and court will reign over the Spring Festival to be held on AprU 24. The judges tor the annual event were Mrs. Janet Collins, faculty sponsor of the Women’s Recreation Association which sponsored the pageant; Professors Wes Corbett, and Jane C. Dickie. Three students also served as judges: Linda Woodard, women’s council president; Sydney Young, men’s council president; and Linda Moyer, sotdiomore, who is the reigning Miss Ahoskie. Three area resident served as judges also. They were David Dickie and Joseph Dickerson, both of Murfreesboro and Howard Simmons of Woodland. Research Done On Sexy Films RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina legislators faced with the task of rewriting the state’s obscenity laws decided to do a little research on the subject one night this week. Members of the Senate Judiciary 11 committee asked for help from Sen. Jyles Cog gins, D-Wake, who introduced the anti-obscenity bill. Coggins obliged. He took the committee mem bers — along with a few other interested senators — to the Wak-Art Theatre in Zebulon, well known for what it calls “triple-X” rated films. The legislators saw a film en titled “101 Acts of Love” and another feature movie which they said was only slightly ta mer. MISS FAYE OVERSTREET MISS PATTI FALLIS Jefferson Ishee to Perform With Wesleyan Singers April 6 Jefferson Ishee, professor of music at Chowan, serve as soloist with the Wesleyan Singers of North Carolina Wesleyan College April 6. The program will feature “Five Mystical Songs” of R. Vaughan Williams. For Ishee, it will be just the latest of a number of guest appearances which have become as systematic as clock work for the young and talented professor of music at Chowan As a member of the depart ment of fine arts, Ishee teaches voice and directs the touring choir. He also extends the college’s influence and prestige by singing, judging, and directing in conmiunities in North Carolina and Virginia. The invitations reflect credit on Ishee as well as providing Chowan with valuable publicity. While at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his master’s degree in music, Ishee developed a reputation as an outstanding baritone. He played the lead in six productions at the Opera Theatre and was soloist in residence at the Duke Chapel for wie year. Ishee also served as soloist for the Carolina Choir. His appearance at N.C. Wesleyan will be his second visit to the Rocky Mount campus during the present academic year. Accompanied by Carole Nicholson at the piano, he presented a solo recital in November. Each month since then he has been engaged in a special ac tivity. In December, Ishee was bass soloist in a Christmas oratorio presented by the Methodist College Choral and Fayetteville Symphony in Fayetteville, N.C. January found Ishee judging the district Metropolitan Opera auditions in Greenville. In February, he and Carole Nicholson paid a visit to the Wilson campus of Atlantic Christian College where they lectured in a master’s class in the afternoon and presented a solo recital in the ’evening. The traveling professor ,erved as a judge March 4 in Farmville for the Virginia St-^te Auditions for the National A.-'sociation of Teachers of Singing. A new avenue of professional service was afforded Ishee with his selection to direct the Gallery Theatre production of the musical “Oklahoma,” presented March 18-20 in Aho^e. Ishee reports that he has been “warmly received” in the various communities. “I enjoy singing, directing and other activities,” he explained. “I was trained professionally to perform and this is what I enjoy doing.” He has been at Chowan since the faU of 1969. AprU 13 -17 he will take the Chowan Touring Choir on their annual tour.

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