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Julia Carey Returns to London
By BRYANT ARRINGTON
Kssay Staff Reporter
Ms. Julia Carey has been “this term’s
Robert Bogue,” one student was
overheard commenting to another
recently.
Ms. Carey, from the Mt. View School in
Ixjndon, has been a guest instructor in
the drama department this term as part
of the teacher-exchange program.
“I didn’t know what British reserve
was pitil I came here and discovered I
had it,” Ms. Carey said. Indeed, some
wondered if her “reserve” would create
limitations in the area of teacher-student
relations.
That, however, was not the case for
Paul “Peanut Butter” Garret, who liked
her honesty. “I wish she cotdd be here
longer. She has the ability to make you
want to work. She’s a good teacher.”
Favorable comments were obtained by
every student questioned in a sampling of
student opinion.
JOHN DEYLE SAID, “A good teacher!
She knows her material. I’ve enjoyed
working with her very much. She took a
physical approach to acting, whereas I
work from a cerebral approach. But I get
something out of her method.”
Ms. Carey, who taught a voice-
movement class, said, “The main and
immediate problem with students is their
bodies. They aren’t balanced for an
actor’s needs. Most of the students have a
high chest focus with tension in their
shoulders. Their voice cannot operate
properly until that tension is released.”
Ms. Carey feels strongly that voice and
body movement should be taught as one
subject. When asked how she thought her
method had worked with American
students, she replied simply, “Ask the
students.”
“IF SHE CAN get me to act, she can
get anybody to act,” said Shelly
McPherson. “Her methods are strange,
but they work.”
Patsy Peas said, “Her technique
works! I’ve been so impressed with her
capabilities as a teacher and director
that I’m afraid anything I might say
would either be an understatement or an
exaggeration.”
Ms. Carey said she developed her
technique after a back injury resulted in
many people commenting on the
improvement in her acting. She realized
that worrying about her ailment and
being careful of it, she had released the
tension from her shoulders and began
carrying her body correctly.
This was Ms. Carey’s first trip to the
United States.
“I like the students,” she said. “You
have so much talent here. The energy
level is fantastic, amazing. And everyone
is so open and blunt.”
MS. CAREY SAID she was especially
aware of this contrast between
Americans and the British. “There’s a
tendency for the British to be non
committal, and they have an
unwillingness to offend.”
Ms. Carey will leave for England on
Mar. 14. “I’ve missed directing; it’s my
thing,” she said in her British accent.
On return, she will resume her position
at the Mt. View school.
Faculty Gets Grant
*25,000 To Be Awarded
By JIM TAYLOR
FIssay Staff Reporter
Several faculty members have
received money from HEW through a
program that assists college teachers
more or less like a scholarship.
The awards come from a $^,000 grant
from the Fund for Improvement of Post-
Secondary Education. The fund is for
college-level teachers, but all members
of the NCSA are eligible.
Among those receiving awards are:
-Maureen Trotto and Mark Pirolo were
reimbursed for a trip to New York where
they received the Eugene O’Neill award.
-Max DeVolder received an amount to
attend the USITT conference in
California.
A committee has been set up to review
faculty proposals and allocate the grant
money for various purposes. Members of
the committee are William Baskin,
academic dean; Rick Miller, philosophy;
William Pruitt, history; Charles Frohn,
English; Max DeVolder, D&P; Dick
Kuch, dance; Alton Buzbee, college
counselor; and Massie Johnson, music.
“In awarding the grant, HEW put
NCSA in a group with three other schools
with similiar needs,” Dr. Baskins said.
The three schools are the University of
Santa Cruz at San Jose, Stone Hill
College in Massachusetts, and Mercer
College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Teams from the four schools meet on
each campus. NCSA held its meeting in
December. In February the meeting was
held at Mercer. In April they attend
Stone Hill, and later this year at USC.
Two to three people of the committee
attend these meetings. The purpose is to
refine the faculty evaluation forms,
which are filled out by students.
Another possible use for some of the
$25,000 grant is to help develop a new
interdisciplinary course offering arts and
academics.
This course is planned for the 1975-76.
spring trimester.
Part of the grant is also being used for
secretarial work, travel expenses, and
release time. Release time is when a
faculty member is temporarily on leave,
and the school hires a substitute teacher.
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A group of faculty and three students
from NCSA will attend meetings in
Charlotte Mar. 21-23 for a conference on
curriculum development sponsored by
the Institute for Undergraduate
Curriculum Reform and the University
of North Carolina.
In April four faculty members will
attend meetings of the College
Equivalencey Examination Board in
Greensboro.
Dr. William Baskin will be in
Washington Mar. 5 for a meeting with
HEW on the second year of funding of the
grant NCSA has for developing the
Faculty Development and Curriculum
program.
The School of Dance will present and
evening of dance in de Mille Theatre
opening on April 30, and continuing
through May 3. Works performed are by
Richard Kuch, Richard Gain, Pauline
Koner and Gina Vidal. A student
workshop will be held in May in Studio A.
A former student, Dane I^Fontsee, is
now with Pennsylvania Ballet Company
and his picture appears on the cover of
the current Dance Magazine.
Two former students of the school of
dance are guest teachers. Miss
Georgiana Holmes, who is with Louis
Falco, and Miss Lee Harper, who is an
artist-in-residence at Appalachian State
University.
Mark Pirola starts rehearsal Mar. 14, for
his new play “No Secrets.”
“A Flea in Her Ear,” by George
Feydeau, is the major spring drama
production. It will be in the de Mille
L’heatre next month.
Correction
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A few of the D&P majors that were
interviewed did not seem too upset about
crew hours. It did not hinder their social
activities although a few wished they
could have at least two more days off for
socializing. Most felt that crew along
with the hours was neccessary.
When the question of class time along
with the new ruling on crew hours came
up, those interviewed had a few things to
say:
Jim Taylor, Scene Design. “I can see
his point oiuiot missint; classes, but if the
show is behind, it’s got to be done. You
might as well do it late at night, or on
your own time.”
“I HATE IT. I disagree with it,
because if I were designing a show and
near the end of the production period I
still had a good deal of work to do I think I
would have the right to personally stay
until it’s done,” stated Mike Nations,
costume design major.
“With a certain amount of time
allotted, we must now learn to work to
budget our time as if we were in the real
world,” expressed Demuth.
On the ^ole, the policy concerning
crew hours was accepted without too
much dissension.