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VOL. 6—NO. 12
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Decree
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1965
Wesleyan Students Revert To
Cro-MagnonWays April 10th
April 10 will be the day of the
“Flintstone Fling” here at Wes
leyan. Sponsored by the Social
Commission and under the dir
ection of Rita Abernathy, the
dance will consist of music by
the Delacardos,' a popular group
warmly received on campus last
year. The dance, held in the
Student Union Building, will be
highlighted by costumed students
dressed in the traditional “flint-
stone” style. Rita suggests that
all students dress in this stone
age apparel with boys in ber-
muda shorts, raveling slightly at
the leg, a raveled and disfigur
ed shirt combined with loud,
but not too loud vests. Girls
should attire themselves with
cave-women dresses, preferably
made of high-quality leopard
skin. For those students who are
not daring” enough to try the
“Flintstone wardrobe”, regular
school cloths and bermuda shorts
are permissable.
Tickets are now on sale in
the Bookstore at $2.50 for stu
dents of Wesleyan and $3.00
for non Wesleyan students. Wo
men resident students will have
12:30 late permission for this
occassion. The “Flintstone
Fling” begins at 8;00 and ends
at 12:00.
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“Wild Man” Roop captures his date for the FlintsAone Flln^ to be held Saturday, April
10th. Music will be provided by the Delacardos. The “Rites of Spring” Camaval will
be held early in the afternoon followed by a picnic supper.
Shaw’s "Passion, Poison And Petrifaction
Travels To State Festival In Chapel Hill
Those amazing people who
comprise the N'.'C . Wesleyan
Players have scored another
Wesleyan “first” by receiv
ing a “distingtiished” rating at
Louisburg along with an invi
tation to the State Play Fes
tival in Chapel Hill ,on April
7-10. High artisty, supurb theat-..
rical polish, and much hard work
launched the Player’s delightful
presentation of George Bernard
Shaw’s Passion, Poison and Pet-
rifaction on to whaj might well
be the road to a state title.
The district festival held at
Louisburg which was to deter
mine which play was to go to
Chapel Hill, was divided into
two categories of rating; (1) com
petition against other schools and
(2) the impression made upon the
judges. Wesleyan was the only
school in the district which was
invited to the State festival.
Dr. David Batcheller in com
menting upon the play said that
it was presented near the end
of a day which had produced
some several pretty heavy
dramas and in the opinion of
one of the judges, Shaw’s
“theatrical spoof” was delight
fully refreshing.
The 25 contingents who made
the tour to Louisburg were im-
miedately faced with a stage
problem which they managed to
overcome: they had rehearsed
on a 30 foot stage only to dis
cover that the Louisburg stage
was only 26 feet. However,
hasty changes were made in the
blocking and the Players adapted
in grand style. Now they have to
make more adjustments due to
the fact that the stage at Chap
el Hill is only 17 feet wide.
In spite of their triumph, Dr.
Batcheller says the players par
ticipated as much for the ex
perience as for the actual com
petition.
The State Festival at Chapel
Hill promises to be an inter
esting and gala affair. The plays
are but one phase of tlie an
nual' art festival which goes on
for an entire week at U.N.C.
The Drama Festival will run for
four days with the competition
divided into four classes (1) col
leges, (2) high schools, (3) com
munity theatrical groups, and (4)
professional groups. There are
only three or four members in
each production category.
The Louisburg trip was des
cribed as a great pleasure and
highly successful. The certi
ficate which Wesleyan received
makes it the second honor which
Wesleyan has garnered this se
mester—the first being the
basketball trophy. The certifi-
^cate, which will be signed by
all members of the cast and
crew, will be framed and hung
beside the Players’ charter in
the theater room.
According to the group there
was but one accident during the
entire visit, A plaster bust of
the leading lady ( Miss Pamela
Gibbs'' was accidently dropped
but the head was so hard that
it refused to break and one shoul-
er was forced to suffer the da
mage. This was the only point
of tension aside from the fact
that the cast, Edith Nurse, Pam
Gibbs, Wrenn Phillips
Bill
Barto, Brandy Selph, Eugene Sto-
well, and Ralph Very, could not
seem to be able get Pat Brown
to relinquish the Players’ hard
earned certificate which she
clutched in her sweaty little hands
all the way home.
Doing a terrific job on the
crews were Tom Hinte ( stage
manager), Jeff Wilson, and Bill
Lehman on scenery; Chet Mur
phy ( who was supposed to be
stage manager) and Tom Butler
on lights; Betty Bridges on props;
Jim McKinley, who did an ad
mirable job on sound; Melissa
Huizing on costumes, Yves Van
den Branden and !iis assistant
Jane Stone, on make-up, and
Pat Brown an unneeded book-
holder ( prompter) who assisted
in almost everything.
'Rites Of Spring’
Promises Eventful
Afternoon
The “Rites of Spring” is the
theme for Wesleyan’s Spring car
nival on April 10 from one to
five o’clock in the afternoon.
The carnival, which is spon
sored by the Social Commission,
is under the direction of Tim
Taylor and Phyllis Daniels.
“The Rites of Spring” will
consist of booths and a wide
variety of events sponsored by
the dormitories and clubs on
campus. Although some do not
want to disclose the nature of
their entries until the carnival
day a few facts have been re
leased. Candied apples, snow
cones, a bake sale, and a gen
eral concession stand are all
under the direction of the WRA,
MSM, Nash Hall, and the Eco
nomics Club. The YDC, Circle-
K, Monogram Club, and Wesley
an Singers’ booths will appeal
to those athletically inclined with
dart throws, egg throws at
students, and a few suprises.
The Freshman class promises
a slave auction and girl dunk—
ing!
Besides the booths, there will
be clowns, fortune telling, a
strong man, singing groups, a
tumbling act, portrait drawing,
and music all afternoon by the
Countdowns. Also, Wesleyan’s
beauty queens—“Loretta” Post
and “Mae” West will be on hand
to add to the afternoon gaities.
“To a great degree, the suc
cess of the carnival will depend
on the attendance of the child
ren and high school school stu
dents in Rocky Mount,” says
Tim Taylor.
The Wesleyan
Players Present
The Wesleyan Players Pre
sent: Three One-Act' Comedies
Bedtime Story, Spreading the
News and Passion, Poison and
Petrifaction on April 28, 29, 30
and May 1 in the Gymnasium.
Curtain time
mission free.
is 8:15 p.m. Ai-
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