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VOL. 4, NO. 5
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., DEC. 2, 1963
bi-weekly—$2.00 YEARLY
Trio To
Present
Concert
The University of Georgia
Trio will present a concert
at North Carolina Wesleyan
College on Tuesday, Decem
ber 3. The program will take
place in Garber Chapel on the
college campus at 8:15 p. m.
Admission is free and the
public is invited.
Members of the trio are
pianist Edwin Gerschefski,
head of the University of
Georgia music department;
j violinist Leonard Felberg and
cellist Eckhart Richter, mem
bers of the music faculty.
The trio has won wide
spread recognition since it
was organized in September,
1960, presenting a number of
concerts in various cities and
a 13-week series of programs
on the University’s television
station, WGTV, channel 8.
Gerschefski, a native of
Meriden, Conn., has lived and
worked in the isouth since
1940 except for the year
1959-60, when he was chair
man of the music department
at the University of New
Mexico. He was at Converse
College in Spartanburg, S. C.,
from 1940-59, and was dean
of the Converse School of
Music from 1945-59.
He is widely recognized as
a concert pianist, composer
and educator. He has per
formed over the major radio
networks and as (soloist with
several symphony orchestras,
as well as playing on 60 col
lege campuses under auspices
of the Association of Ameri
can Colleges.
All three members of the
University of Georgia Trio
are graduates of Yale Univer
sity. Gerschefski continued his
studies in England, Italy, and
America. His compositions in
clude work for band, sym-
phomy orchestra, piano, violin,
choral settings of unpublish
ed children’s stories by Carl
Sandburg, music for television
and abstract motion pictures,
and “Half Moon Mountain,”
a choral and orchestral set
ting of a feature article from
Time Magazine.
Leonard Felberg earned the
bachelor of music and master
of music degrees at Yale and
has done doctoral work at
Indiana University. His vio
lin teachers have included
Hugo Kortchack, Howard Boat
wright, Joseph Fuchs and Dan
iel Guilet. A native of New
York City, he was ,soloist with
the U. S. Seventh Army Sym
phony in France and Ger-
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Social Commission
Schedules Dances
First One Is
Set Dec. 18
DAN RAMSEY and his orchestra will appear for the Christmas
dance December 18.
Governor Announces
Government Internship
The Social Commission has
three dances scheduled for the
remainder of the academic
year.
These dances begin with
the Christmas Dance to be
held Wednesday night, Decem
ber 18, from 9-12 p. m. The
dance will be held in the
National Guard Armory in
Rocky Mount and features
Dan Ramsey and his eight-
piece orchestra.
Part of the entertainment
will consist of the crowning
of Miss Mistletoe, elected from
two representatives from each
class. The tickets are $3 per
couple and the attire is semi-
formal.
The second of the dances
wiU be held February 15, fea
turing the Delacardos. Begin
ning at 8 p. m. and ending at
11:30 p. m., the dance w'iU be
informal and will be held in
the Student Union Cafeteria:
$1.75 couple and $1.25 stag.
The third and highlight of
the isocial events wUl be May
9 —the spring formal. This
dance will be held in tlie
CHARLES EDWARD EATON
talks with the “Bruits” dur
ing a coffee hour.
Eaton Guest
Of 'Bruits'
The State of North Caro
lina will again in 1964 conduct
the North Carolina Summer
Internship Program in State
Government. The Program
will last from June 15 through
August 21 and wiU provide an
opportunity for 20 outstanding
college students to work in
approximately 15 agencies of
State Government.
In addition to their work,
the student interns will have
intensive, coordinated discus
sion on governmental and re
lated problems of North Caro
lina in evening seminars to
be held twice a week, and
in luncheons to be held once
a week. The seminars and
luncheons will be under the
supervision of a political
scientist and will have state
officials, leaders and political
scientists as guests, speakers
and resource persons.
All interns will live at one
of the dormitories at North
Carolina State of the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Ra
leigh in order that their ex
periences might be shared
fully on an informal basis.
Rent will be $6 per week
without linen.
In order to qualify, an appli
cant must have completed
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National Guard Armory from
9 to 12 p. m., and will fea
ture the Billy May Orchestra.
Tickets are $3 per couple.
One of the main events wUl
be the crowning of the May
Queen.
The Social Commission again
urges strong support for these
social functions. These events
are planned for us through
the great efforts of many peo
ple; and unless we support
these, many of them will be
discontinued.
The Social Commission has
two uncompleted events in
prospect and information will
be announced in the near fu
ture.
Wesleyan Players Slate
Miller’s ‘All My Sons’
SCENE FROM PLAY ‘My Three Sons’
The Wesleyan Players, Wes-
leyan’s dramatic organization,
are now in rehearsals for the
production of Arthur Miller’s
“All My Sons.” This produc
tion is slated to appear in the
assembly area of the Student
Union building on December
12, 13, 14, at 8:15 in the even
ing.
When asked how production
was progressing. Dr. David
Batcheller, professor of thea
tre and speech at Wesleyan,
and director of “All My Sons”
said, “We’re in the middle of
everything: rehearsals, de
signing and making sets, and
obtaining correct lighting.
Every day, and any part
of the day, members of the
cast can be seen croached in
corners mumbling something
back and forth, or entering
the cafeteria for a meal and
seemingly having turned gray
overnight.
“All My Sons” will be pre
sented in a % round style.
Since the action of the play
takes place in the back of the
Keller home, the back of the
house, a back door and small
porch will occupy the fourth
side.
Tickets will be sold at $1.25
for all people not connected
with the college community.
Students, Faculty and staff
will be charged $.75.
Councillors
Are Named
South and Edgecombe Halls
have recently elected new
dorm officers.
Edgecombe Hall has elected
Ray Robinson as president.
First floor councillors are Tim
Taylor and Tom Davis. Fritz
Smith and Melvin Gay will
serve as councillors of the
second floor, while Jim West,
and Paul Slaughter will re
present the third floor.
Randy King is serving as
president of South HaU. Lewis
Nixon and Guy Turner are
councillors for the first floor.
Bob Woodard and Linwood
Joyner represent the second
floor. Third floor councillors
are James Winston Thoma'son
and Elbert B. Barker.
The first participant in this
year’s Poetry Circuit was
North Carolina poet Charles
Edward Eaton.
He read a selection of his
poetry in the Garber Chapel
at Carolina Wesleyan CoUege
at 8:15 o’clock November 18.
The “Bruits,” Wesleyan liter
ary society, entertained Eaton
at a coffee hour at 4 p. m.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate
of UNC at Chapel Hill, Eaton
studied Philosophy at Prince
ton and taught English in
Puerto Rico. He returned to
his country to take his M.A.
degree at Harvard, where
Robert Frost recommended
him for a fellowship in the
Breadloaf Writers’ Conference.
After leaving Harvard, Eaton
taught Creative Writing at the
University of Missouri for two
years, and for four years
thereafter was Vice Consul at
the American Embassy in Rio
de Janeiro. Upon returning to
this country, he taught Crea
tive Writing at the University
of North Carolina for several
years.
His poetry and prose have
appeared in over 40 publica
tions both here and abroad.
“The Shadow of the Swim
mer,” his second volume of
poetry, won the Ridgely Tor
rence Memorial Award and
his third volume, “The Green
house in the Garden,” was
a runner-up for the National
Book Award in 1957. Record
ings of his poems are in the
permanent collections of Ame
rican poetry at the Library of
Congress and Yale University.
His most recent volume of
poetry, “Countermoves,” has
drawn praise from many
sources.
John Engels, writing in
Poetry magazine, hailed
Eaton as “a skillful, percep
tive, and spontaneity.” Wal
lace Fowlie, in the New York
Times, called attention to
Eaton’s “admirable technical
control” and “power of senti
ment.”
During the winter months,
Eaton wiU lecture at several
colleges and universities in
the area, leading off the an
nual Poetry Circuit series
with his reading this month.