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.