“Murder In The Cathedral” Now Playing
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“CAROLINA WESLEYAN
VOLUME XV, NUMBER 7
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1974
70 Students Named
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To NCW Deans List
News Bureau—Dr. Raymond
E. Bauer, academic dean of N.
C. Wesleyan College, has
released the Dean’s List for
1973 Fall Term at Wesleyan.
Thirty-six students have
been named to this list for their
outstanding academic achieve
ment during Fall Term. To
qualify for the Dean’s List, a
student must carry 10 semester
hours and at least 50 percent
must be graded A. Any grade
below a B excludes a student
from the Dean’s List.
A Dean’s List student at
Wesleyan ranks academically in
the upper 15 percent of the
student body.
CHOWAN; Nancy Carol
Twiddy, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Warren J. Twiddy,
Country Club Dr., Edenton.
CRAVEN; Connie Maxine
Bryan, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Bryan, Vanceboro.
DURHAM; Thomas Edward
Hardison, Durham.
EDGECOMBE; John Hobbs
Branch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny B. Branch, 1106
Hargrove St., Rocky Mount;
Bonnie Jo Farmer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W.
Farmer, Battleboro.
GREENE; Jo Ann Hicks,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert M. Hicks, S.E. 4th St.,
Snow Hill.
HALIFAX; Mrs. Debra Bell
Hudson, 325 Oakwood Ave.,
Roanoke Rapids.
HERTFORD; Anne Simp
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lester H. Simpson, Rt. 1,
Hertford.
NASH; Mrs. Wendy R. Ev-
rard, Brook Valley Park, Rocky
Mount; Mrs. Betsy M. Currin,
704 York St., Rocky Mount;
Harvey David Keim, Jr., 121
Dunbarton Rd., Rocky Mount;
Joseph A. Carter, Jr., 112 S.
Vyne St., Rocky Mount; Jane
Candace Gravely, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund K.
Gravely, 540 Falls Rd., Rocky
Mount; L. Nelson Leggette,
3233 Amherst Rd., Rocky
Mount; Lucretia Ann Brigman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Brigman, 1400 Boone St.,
Rocky Mount; Mrs. Rebecca
Saunders, Griffin’s Trailer
Park, Rocky Mount; Jim H.
Thompson, 2616 Sunset Ave.,
Rocky Mount; Doris Ann
Harrison, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. David Lee Harrison, Rt.
4, Nashville.
ONSLOW; Tracy Elizabeth
Tice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore E. Tice, 1029 Decatur
Rd., Jacksonville.
PITT; Debra Ann Stancill,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Stancill, Rt. 4, Greenville.
VANCE; Robert H. Haw
kins, Jr., 260 Orange St.,
Henderson.
WAKE: Lynda Forbis Land,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William K. Land, 2718 Ander
son Dr., Raleigh.
WILSON; Charles Randall
Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. W. Edwards, Rt. 1, 205
Nichols Dr., Wilson.
STATES;-
DELAWARE; Bruce Charles
Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert S. Wright, 1009 E.
Division St., Dover; Brenda
Sue Pepper, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold D. Pepper, Rt.
4, Dover.
FLORIDA: Laura Jane
Shannon, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hubert Shannon,
4224 Camellia Circle East,
Jacksonville.
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Ed
ward Stillman Tripp, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Stillman F. Tripp, 51
Champagne Ave., Laconia.
VIRGINIA; Beckett New
comer, daughter of Col. and
Mrs. Lloyd H. Newcomer,
11605 Park Gate Dr., Nokes-
ville; Mrs. Donna Noell Tins
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh 0. Noell, Bowling Green;
Mrs. Susan Pratt Mack, dau
ghter of Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Warren K. Pratt, 226 John
Pinckney Ln., Williamsburg;
Sharon Gay Lockwood, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Lockwood, Jr., 212 Brooks Dr.,
Hampton; Margaret Ann Ives,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard P. Ives, 1242 Bell’s
Rd., Virginia Beach; Anne
Lightfoot Edwards, daughter
of Mrs. Hattie B. Cook,
Ashland; Dana Steven Wade,
son of Mrs. Anita Wade,
Bassett; Deborah Jane Pearce,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Pearce, Rt. 1, Whaleyville.
Thirty-four students have
been named to this list, which
was established in 1973 as a
new recognition of academic
distinction and the highest
honor a student can achieve
during a term. Inclusion on the
Dean’s Honor List ranks the
student in the upper five
percent of the N. C. Wesleyan
student body.
Requirements include a mini
mum of 12 semester hours of
which 75 per cent must be
graded A and 25 percent
graded B.
CHATHAM: Scott Allen
Cook, son of Col. and Mrs. H.
L. Cook, Pittsboro.
CUMBERLAND; Carol Ann
Tindell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward N. Tindell, 2224
Bay view Dr., Fayetteville.
EDGECOMBE; Julian Baker
Green, 400 St. Patrick St., Tar-
boro.
GATES: Mrs. Patricia Kay
Bazemore Benton, Rt. 1,
Corapeake.
HALIFAX; Mrs. Glenda
Murphey Cox, Rt. 3, Enfield.
HERTFORD: Mrs. Brenda
Strickland Tinkham, Winton.
MOORE: Robert Mark Is
rael, 155 W. Mass. Ave.,
Southern Pines.
NASH; Mrs. Eula Marie
Parkin, Wellongate Ct., Rocky
Mount; Mrs. Elizabeth Not
tingham Fox, Griffin’s Trailer
Park, Rocky Mount; Michael
Byron Hobbs, son of Mrs. F. C.
Conwell, 225 Herron St., Rocky
Mount; Mrs. Judith N. Ellison,
Brantley Apts., Rocky Mount;
Mrs. Sue V. Culpepper, 309
Timberlane Rd., Rocky Mount;
John Julian Griffin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Griffin, 530
Jefferson St., Rocky Mount;
Mrs. Fay Register Wheatly,
700 Clayton St., Rocky Mount;
Mrs. Helen L. Byrd, 3205
Ridgecrest Dr., Rocky Mount;
Wayne Clarke Bishop, son of
Mr. J. 0. Bishop, 1405
Lafayette Ave., Rocky Mount;
Terri Alison Ackiss, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Westmoreland
Brooke Ackiss, 209 Westview
Park Dr., Rocky Mount; and
Mrs. Brenda Bunn Stephenson,
Red Oak.
NORTHAMPTON: James L.
Davenport, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Z. L. Davenport, Jr., Gumber-
ry-
PITT; Mrs. Linda Ward
Stansell, Greenville.
VANCE; James H. Wheeler,
Jr., 412 Charles St., Hender
son.
WILSON: Mrs. Pamela
Shearer Krohne, Lucama; Ca
thy R. Chrismon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold M.
Chrismon, Elm City.
STATES:
DELAWARE; Claire Anne
Collins, daughter of Mr. and
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An experimental adaptation
of T. S. Elliot’s play. Murder in
the Cathedral, is now being
presented by the Wesleyan
College Theatre Department.
The play is directed and
designed by Bruce VanBlar-
com, choreography by Katie
McFarland and Patti Thomp
son, stage manager and assis
tant stage manager: Tim Hill
and Betsy Stabler, and techni
cal director Doug Elder.
The play is based on the
death of Thomas a Becket, the
Archibishop of Canterbury.
This particular production is
being presented to perhaps, let
one’s mind question whether
the word “murder” should be
used at all in describing the
circumstances concerning the
downfall and demise of the
Archbishop.
To achieve the necessary
atmosphere, Mr. VanBlarcom
is placing the play in a con-
structivistic setting and is
directing the actors in the style
of biomechanical acting. This
style of acting leans heavily
towards action as opposed to
speech; and from watching the
extensive rehearsals that have
been taking place this is a show
that does not “drag.” One can
be assured that this production
is a visual, not verbal commu
nication to the audience.
The character of Thomas a
Becket is played by Gray
Basnight, a junior theatre
major from Richmond, Va. The
other members of the cast
include Cathy Chrismon, Lynda
Land, Liz Martin, and Patti
Thompson as the chorus. Gail
Shearer, Bettie Garrick, and
Mary Glenn Swanson as the
priests. Michael Sledge, Char
lie Rogers, Bruce VanBlarcom,
and Doug Elder as the
tempters. Robert Rivers, Mi
chael Sledge, and Doug Elder
as the knights. The messenger
is played by Betsy Stabler.
The play will begin at 8:30
p.m. and is being presented in
the Coltrane Theatre. Tickets
may be purchased at the door.
For reservations call 442-7121
or see any member of the
theater department.
W. Douglas Starr Elected Chairman
News Bureau—W. Douglas
Starr, a vice-president of
Planters National Bank here,
was elected chairman of the N.
C. Wesleyan College Friends of
the Library at the annual
meeting Jan. 28, held in the
college library. Mrs. Frances S.
Bourne of 3512 Hawthorne Rd.,
was elected vice-chairman.
Committee reports were
given and a review of the past
year’s work was presented by
the outgoing chairman, Mrs.
Archie McLean. A special
meeting of the Friends of the
Library has been scheduled for
Thursday, Feb. 14, when the
association will sponsor an open
meeting featuring Sam Ragan
of Southern Pines as guest
speaker.
Ragan, widely known news
paper editor, has chosen as his
topic “The State of the Arts,”
and will address his remarks to
the state of current poetry,
literature, essays and the
media. Following his informal
lecture, a general discussion
from the public will be
encouraged.
Other action during the
Friends’ business session was
the election of new board
members, L. Wardlaw Lamar
of 3709 Hawthorne Rd., Mrs.
Saravette R. Trotter of 3709
Winchester Rd., and A.
Gilmore Crumpler, Jr., of 220
Timberlane Rd.
Re-elected to the Friends’
board was Mrs. Dorothy B.
Wilkinson of 408 Wildwood
Ave., and members who are
continuing to serve terms on
the board are Miss Vivian
Braswell of 412 Shady Circle
Dr., Mrs. Charlotte W. Toler of
1600 Waverly Dr., Mrs. Alice
B. Knight of 1014 W. Haven
Blvd., and Miss lola Parker,
Sunset Apts.
Kane Publishes Articles
Dr. B. E. Kane, Jr., assistant
professor of biology at N. C.
Wesleyan College, has publish
ed an article in a scholarly
journal, “Mycologia,” the offi
cial publication of the American
Mycological Society.
Entitled “Thermophilic Fun
gi is a Municipal Waste Com
post System,” the research
article explores the function of
micro-organisms in the forma
tion of compost in municipal
refuse.
This same article, rewritten
by Dr. Kane in a less technical
style, was also published in the
November-December issue of
“Compose Science-Journal of
Waste Recycling.”
Dr. Kane joined the faculty
at Wesleyan in January 1972.
His research areas and teaching
specialties are environmental
science, ecology, bacteriology
and botany.