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‘Boyfriend’ Nearing
VOLUME IV, NUMBER 9
Religious Emphasis
Week To Be Held
At N. C. Wesleyan
NEWS BUREAU—N. C. Wes
leyan College will observe Its
third annual Religious Emphas
is Week Feb, 5 through Feb. 8
with the Rev. Mr. Ed Beck,
pastor of Warren United Me
thodist Church of Denver, Col.,
conducting the specialservices.
The Rev. Mr. Beck is a for
mer basketball star with one of
Coach Adolph Rupp’s famous U-
niversity of Kentucky teams,
Wesleyan’s Religious Em
phasis Week is planned by the
student Interfaith Commission
with Howard Payne, a junior
from Lynchburg, Va,, as chair
man; and the faculty Religious
Life Committee with Arthur A-
dams, assistant professor of
German, as chairman. Evening
worship services will be held
at 7.'30 o’clock Monday through
Wednesday, and morning servi
ces will be conducted Tuesday
and Thursday at 11 o’clock.
The public invited to attend
all the services, which will be
held in Garber Chapel on cam
pus. Special music will be pre
sented by members of the Wes
leyan Singers under the direc
tions of Dr, WiUiam p. Sasser,
Wesleyan Theatre has begun
work on its first production for
Season ’73-“The Boy Friend”.
Sandy Wilson’s smash Broad
way musical is a light, airy co
medy that has enjoyed success
everywhere that it has played.
Besides music and comedy,
it is bubbling with romance. Set
in France at Madame Dubon
net’s School for Young Ladies,
Kilroy, a freshman from Nor
theast, Maryland, Playing the
perfect young ladies are Liz
Martin, Debra Stancil, Gail Sh
earer, and Robin Boehm. Their
Boyfriends will be played by
Alberto Flotats, Carl Harris,
Bob Vanasek, and Tim HilL
Doug Elder will portray the
lecherous Lord Brockhurst op
posite Doragene Gurganus as
Lady Brockhurst, the ever wat
chful wife. Percival Browne,
Polly’s father, will be played
by Bill Neale and Madame
Dubonnet by Lydia Graham.
Hortense, the French maid, will
"le played by Julie Meador. O-
her members of the cast are:
oward Payne as the gendar-
:e; Lee Smith as a garcon;
id Katie McFarland and Berl
'.rret as the tango dancers.
Performances are at 8:30
n. on February 15, 16, 17,
, 22, 23. Tickets for $1.50
ly be reserved by calling
2-7121 ext. 38. Box office
open 9:00-5:00 Monday thr-
jh Friday.
The Carolina Wesleyan So
il Commission recently an-
mced, along with the Theater
partment a change in dates
the spring calendar. “Spring
ng,” the spring social week-
and the spring theater pro-
tion will trade weekends,
new dates are as follows:
6, 7, 8, “Spring Fling”,
, 12, 13, 14, spring pro-
•n.
change was made to help
icerned. Many students
ulty members had voic-
arn over the fact that the
■^veekend falls on the last
before exams. The
department also needed
le to prepare,
ouncing the change to
the Social Commis-
sent out a questionn-
lerning the type of
wanted by students,
ely 100 students fil-
'^t. 'From the sur-
NEWS BUREAU — Kenneth V.
Finney has been appointed to
the N, C, Wesleyan College fa
culty as instructor in history,
according to an announcement
by Dr. Raymond E. Bauer, act
ing academic dean,
A native of California, Finney
attended Eastern Montana Col
lege, Billings, Mont., where he
received the B. S. degree. He
entered Tulane University in
New Orleans, La,, and comple
ted graduate study for the M,A.
degree and requirements for the
Ph.D, degree.
During 1971-72 while engag
ed in doctoral studies at Tu
lane, Finney held positions as a
teaching assistant, a full time
instructor and as administra
tive assistant in the Center for
Scheer To Speak
Here Tomorrow
NEWS BUREAU—Julian Scheer
formerly director of the Office
of Public Affairs, National Ae
ronautics and Space Admini
stration, will speak at N. C.
Wesleyan College Thursday,
February 1, at 11 a.m. in E-
verett Gymnasium,
Scheer is the first speaker
for the Winter Term Convoca
tions program, which will in
clude a series of speakers who
will address themselves to par
ticular aspects of our future
society. The Fall Term Convo
cations, through the filmed se
ries “Civilization,” present
ed students and vicitors with
Lord Kenneth Clark’s view of
our past,
Julian Scheer began his car-
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vey the Social Commissiondis-
covered that more students want
the week end to remain as last
year than to revert back to one
night only.” The funny thing
about that,” commented Tom
Hardison, in charge of the sur
vey and in charge of entertain
ment, "The students who did
not attend last year are the ones
that don’t want to change. Many
students wanted the weekend
to be one event only.
A majority of the students re
turning the survey would pay for
“one or more” event during
the weekend. Top 40 music
was by far the most popular
type of music. A large major
ity of those replying to the sur
vey declared that they '“Hated”
dances in the cafeteria and a
majority were pleased, gen
erally, with the choice of en
tertainment on campus. The
Embers, The Tams, Libera-
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WEDNESDAY,'JANUARY 31, 1973
Latin American Studies.
He was named a Shell Fellow
and an NDEA Fellow while in
graduate school and has publi
shed two articles in learned
journals, Finney’s translation
of his dissertation in Spanish is
being considered for publica
tion by Banco Central de Hon
duras, He is a member of the
Conference on Latin American
History and of the Latin Amer
ican Studies Association.
Among Finney’s teaching
specialities are LatinAmerican
history and social revolutions
in the third world. His resear
ch areas include l9th Century
Central American social and
economic development, with
emphasis on Honduras; U, S.
enterprise abroad; and Hon
duran agrarian history.
Finney and his wife, the for
mer Jacquelyn Lee Goring, re
side at Heritage Hills Apart
ments here with their two pre
school children, Michael Scott
and Michelle Lee, They at
tend the Presbyterian Church.
ROCKY MOUNT—Robert Bruce
Van Blarcom joined the N. C.
Wesleyan faculty as instructor
in theatre, effective Jan, 1,
1973, according to an announce
ment by Dr, R. E. Bauer, acting
academic dean.
A native of Pennsylvania, Van
Blarcom received his B.A, de
gree from Stetson University in
1966 and was awarded his M,F.
A. at the University of North
Carolina-Greensboro in 1972.
Included in his theatre back
ground are two years as a gra
duate assistant at UNC-G and
a summer session as techni
cal director of the UNC-G Sum
mer Theatre, Prior to entering
school at UNC-G, Van Blar
com was a performing artist at
the National Guild Recording
Studio for two years.
Following his graduation
from Stetson he worked as an
undergraduate assistant at that
university for four years. He
has served as associate dir
ector of the Florida Summer
Theatre and technician and
professional actor for the Cen
tre House Theatre.
Van Blarcom’s teaching spe
cialities are in threatre his
tory and styles, as well as di
recting and acting. He was a-
warded the Distinguished Acting
Award at a southern regional
theatre competition, and was a
finalist in the 1970 National
Intercollegiate Group Discus
sion competition.
He holds membership in the
America Theatre Association,
Speech Communication Asso
ciation, the Southeastern Thea
tre Conference, Theta Alpha
Phi, the Masqueraders Dra
matic Society and the Players
Guild.
Van Blarcom is married to
the former Vicki Frakes of
Winter Haven, Florida.
Spring Fling Moved!