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VOL. 3, NO. 15
ROCKY MOUNT. N. C., MAY 8, 1963
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BI-WEEKLY—$2.00 YEARLY
SGA To Sponsor
Spring Formal
MAY COURT MEMBERS are left to right,
Kay Hobbs, Georgia Fox, Joan Lamberth,
Charlotte Smith, and Edna Langston. Absent
when the picture was taken were Judy Addi
son and Terry Singer. The May Queen, to be
crowned at Wesleyan’s annual Spring Formal,
will be chosen from the court who were se
lected by the SGA Senate.
Players Rehearse 'Everyman ’
The Wesleyan Players of
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege are currently preparing
to present the 15th century re
ligious play, “Everyman.” The
two performances will be given
before the Wesleyan student
body at the morning chapel
and assembly programs on May
14 and 16.
The cast of nine includes
James Vassil, Dorcas Moore,
Wanda Exum, Dan Jacobs,
Brian Scott, Royall Brown, Sid
ney Wilbur, Alice Kovarco, and
Ray Wilkinson. Technical and
artistic work is being done by
Linda and Larry Gupton, Ron
nie Ragsdale, Jay Smith, and
Frederich Neville. The produc
tion is being supervised and
dii-ected by Wallace Jolinson,
instructor of drama at the col
lege.
“Everyman,” which marks the
Wesleyan Players’ first venture
into the realm of religious
drama is the acknowledged
classic of medieval English
drama. An example of the form
known as a “morality play,”
the play depicts the plight and
salvation of every-man, whom
Death summons to appear be
fore God for final judgment.
The play’s exact author is
shrouded in mystery. Only the
play itself has survived in his-
Research Leader Is
Assistant Professor
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege today announced the ap
pointment of Dr. Constantin
Cappas, a native of Cairo,
Egypt, and a member of the
Research Faculty of Princeton
University ais Assistant Pro
fessor of Chemistry for the fall
term.
Dr. Cappas earned his Ba
chelor of Science degree in
Chemistry and Math at Berea
College in Kentucky. He earn
ed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at
the University of Florida, ma
joring in Physical Chemistry.
^V!hile completing his doctor
ate, he served as Graduate
Fellow at this university where
he also taught in 1956-57, An
honor student throughout col
lege and graduate school, he
is a member of Phi Kappa Phi,
Sigma Xi, the American Chemi
cal Society, and the Ameri
can Association for the Ad
vancement of Science.
For the past eighteen months
he has engaged in post-doctoral
research in The Plasties Lab
oratory of Princeton Universi
ty. He is project leader of the
Dielectrics section of the lab
oratory, supervises some grad
uate students, and does some
teaching.
Dr. Cappais is autlior and co
author of numerous articles
DR. CONSTANTIN CAPPAS
published in Scientific Journals.
Among these are; Physical Pro
perties and Kinetics of the Iso
mers of Allocimene, written
with Dr. W. Brey, Jr.; Resisti
vity Studies on Polymer Semi-
conductons, with Dr. C. G.
Gogos and Dr. H. A. Pohl; and
three are now being prepared
for the printers.
He is married to the former
Miss Melda Jean Compton
whom he met while they were
both students at Berea Col
lege. Dr. Cappas is a member
of the Greek Orthodox Church,
but the family is active in. the
EpiBcopal Church.
torical records.
The Wesleyan Players’ pro
duction will be done in modern
dress and performed on a stage
made up of platforms and a
runway. The stage has been
especially designed to resemble
a cross between a theatrical
stage and a church chancel,
incorporating lectern, pulpit,
and a backdrop of religious art
especially created for the pro
duction by Larry and Linda
Gupton.
Whereas “Everyman” was
once intended as a combina
tion of public entertainment
with the educational function
of a Sunday ischool lesson con
cerning each person’s judgment
before God, the Wesleyan Play
ers’ production will take a
slightly different form. They
will present the play, about 50
minutes in length, as a service
of worship. In line with this
idea, acting and dialogue wiU
be freely mixed with direct
readings of the play text from
the lectern and pulpit.
Despite the age of the play,
which it is at least a century
older than Shakespeare, it has
remained a highly effective
piece for the modem theater,
taking a place beside religious
dramas written in our own
decade. “Everyman” is fre
quently performed every year
throughout the English speak
ing world.
‘Everyman” will be added to
the growing list of dramatic
productions to have been pre
sented to the Rocky Mount
community by the newly form
ed collegiate group with the
help of its town friends and
participants. To date, this list
includes Moliere’s “Tartuffe,”
the seventeenth century French
comedy, and such modern plays
as Edna St. Vincent MUlay’s
“‘Aria da Capo,” WilUam Saro
yan’s “Hello Out There,” and
Edward Albee’s “The Sand
box.”
During the 1963-64 academic
year and in the years to come
North CaroUna Wesleyan Col
lege, through its drama or
ganization, the Wesleyan Play
ers, will continue to strive to
provide the Rocky Mount com
munity with a regular variety
of dramatic entertainment.
The Social Commission of the
Student Government Associa
tion wiU sponsor Wesleyan’s
annual Spring Formal on May
11 at the National Guard Ar
mory in Rocky Mount. The hours
for the dance, which is for Wes
leyan students and tlieir es
corts or dates, along with fac
ulty and staff members of the
CoUege, are 9 to 12, and tick
ets are now on sale in the Col
lege Bookshop.
“Spring” is the theme for the
dance this year, and the De
corations Committee has been
working for several weeks col
lecting appropriate decorations
and installing tliem in the Ar
mory. Patio and garden scenes
in yeUow and gold are beiag
assembled, and a separate re
freshment room, decorated un
der the guidance of Mrs. Frances
MacFarland, Resident Counsel
or of Nash Dorm, will also be
featured. The “CoUegiates”
from East Carolina College wiU
supply music for the dance.
A new May Queen wiU be
crowned at the dance. The May
I Court was named several weeks
ago by the SGA Senate, and the
Queen will be chosen from these
girls: Jocn Lamberth, junior
of Roxboro, chairman of the
Student Life Association, SGA
Constitution Committee mem
ber, pianist for the choii-; Terry
Singer, sophomore, of Falls
Church, Va., SGA Social Oom-
misision chairman. Grievance
Committee member;
Charlotte Smith, sophomore of
Manasses, Va., Dorm Council
member; Kay Hobbs, sopho
more, Corapeake, president of
Nash Dorm, Student Life As
sociation representative, mem
ber of the choir; Georgia Fox,
freshman, Virginia Beach, Va.,
Grievance Committee and De
corations Committee member;
Edna Langston, sophomore,
Roanoke Rapids, Lay-out Editor
for the Annual, Orientation
Committee member for 1963-
64; and Judy Addison, fresh
man, Durham, member of the
Executive Committee of the
Freshman Class, Assembly
Committee member.
Brackett Appointed
To Teach Psychology
Howard Ray Brackett will
join the faculty of North Caro
lina Wesleyan CoUege this fall
ais Assistant Professor of Psy
chology, according to an an
nouncement by President Thom
as A. Collins today.
A native of Boiling Springs,
he was graduated as Valedic
torian of Boiling Springs High
School. He served with the
Army Air Force in Alaska for
two years, then entered college.
Queens Graduate
He earned the B. A. degree
from Queens College, graduat
ing with honors. He completed
his Master of Arts program at
the University of Virginia, and
is completing his doctoral dis
sertation there this Spring. His
doctoral major is Psychology,
but he is acutely interested in
the fields of Behavioral and
Experimental Psychology.
Brackett is experienced and
will-trained in his major field
since he has taught introduc
tory Psychology courses at the
University of Virginia and has
served as laboratory assistant
in Experimental Psychology un
der the direction of Dr. F. A.
Geldard and Dr. W. F. Battig.
His past experience has had
fruitful results because he has
secured material which he uti
lized by collaborating in the pub
lication of numerous articles
printed in scholarly and tech
nical journals.
He is a member of Sigma Xi,
Phi Sigma, and the American
Association for the Advance
ment of Science. He is mar
ried to a North Carolina na
tive, and they have two small
children. The Bracketts are ac
tive members of the Baptist
Church. They plan to move to
Rocky Mount during the late
summer.
At beginning of the next se
mester, Mr. Brackett will join
Dr. Ed Seidel in intensifying
and extending the psychology
department. Dr. Seidel has al
ready set up psychology labo
ratories for experiments which
Mr. Brackett wiU help improve
and utilize.
College Gets
Portrait Of
John Wesley
A portrait of John Wesley
has been instaUed in the Trus
tees’ Room as the most recent
art acquisition of North Caro
lina Wesleyan College. The por
trait was painted by A. D.
Cooper, 19th Century English
portrait painter.
This painting was made avail
able to Wesleyan by Stuart P.
Heitmuller, Washington art deal
er, and the grandfather of a
Wesleyan freshman, Susan
Burkle of Hudson, Mass. Heit
muller felt it was appropriate
that John Wesley be displayed
at a Methodist institution bear
ing his name.
SiQce it was in the Heitmuller
collection, the painting has not
been displayed pubhcly for
some years. Robert Gay, of
Rocky Mount, prepared the old
portrait for display, retouching
and mounting it. He then fram
ed it for presentation at the
^llege. The framed painting
is 36 by 42 inches In size.
Praised by personnel of the
North Carolina Art Museum,
the painting will be permanent
ly displayed in the Ti'ustees’
Room. Visitors to the CoUege
may view it there.