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Fayetteville State
Teachers College
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THE STUDENTS of FAYETTEVILLE
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
VOLUME 2
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. MARCH, 1947
NUMBER 2
Alpha Kappa Mw Represented at National
Conclave: Drama Gnild Host To Clinic
DRAMA NEWS
(I!y Gladys Hankins)
Fayetteville, X. April 8—
The Drama Guild of the College
held a drama clinic recently. Tlie
clin'c was held for the North
(>arolina high school students
and their directors.
'I'he program was opened with
words of welcome from ]SIr.
James B. MasRae, Dean of the
College. Mr. MacRae gave as a
cove of thought the insignia as
found on the front curtain of
the Russian theatre “To live with
out work is robbery but to live
without art is barbarism,” This
welcome was followed by a wel
come from Miss Vernice Scott,
Vice-President of the Drama
(hiild. Miss Scott pointed out the
fact that opportunities for Neg
roes on the professional stage
were increasing daily.
A discus.sion was engaged in
by mendjers of the Drama Guild
covering some of the pertinent
problems connected witth acting
and direct-ing. The problems dis
cusses included the definition of
a play; the use of facial expres
sion in acting; the matter of
dressing the stage; pitch in voice;
the matter of propecting hi the
tneatre; the use of the eye in act
ing; the matter of pace; stage
terminology; the emotimal in act
ing. Demonstrations w e r e
given on the making of a flat,
and making up a girl for an old
man’s role.
- The.participants in the above
leature at the clinic were Misse.s
Queen Lewis, Romaine Clark,
Lucille Brown, Thelma Harris,
Annie Little, Lvelyn Doyle,
Christine Newsojne, Addie Blanks
and :Mrs. CJiarles Muniford of the
Drama Guild.
The afternoon program con
sisted of a play “The House of
Sham” given by a Tenth Grade
group from E. Iv Smith High
School. Following the produc
tion, :\Irs. F:. H. Thomas the crit
ic teacher for the clinic and in
structor of Dramatics of Shaw
I'niversity, Raleigh', N. C., ana
lyzed the play. In her talk she
emphasized knowdng the script,
a strong point for which she
coinplimented the E. F,. Smith
students; other points brought
out were the matter of creating
an illusion thi’ough make-up; the
matter of training an audience
how to see a play; how to get the
affet of crying; the matter of
rhythm in acting. This part of
the program seemed to benefit
the directors, as they asked many
questions of !Mrs. Thomas.
Among those present were:
Miss Rosa Gray, Dillard High
School, Goldsboro; Miss F^mma
Douglas and Mrs. .1. W. Jones,
West Street High School, New-
bern; Mr. Robert Corbett, Har
nett County Trainingg School,
Dunn; Mrs. M. A. Robinson, Arm
strong High School, Fayetteville;
■ Mrs. B. A. Simmons, Carver High
School, Mount Olive; Mr. Wil
liam Green, Ann Chestnutt High
School, Fayetteville; Mrs. FI B.
Graves, Epps High School, Green
ville; Mrs. F'orney, Chestnutt
School, F'ayctteville; ]\Irs. J. B.
McLester, Hillsside High School,
Durham; ]\lr. E. N. Henderson,
Hawkins High School, Warren-
ton; Mrs. I. C. Fowler, E. E.
Smith High School, Fayetteville
and Mrs. Joyce C. McLendoii,
Carver Hig-h-Sc-hool, Mt. Dlive.
THE CHARLES WADDELL
CHESTNUTT BOOK CLUB
The Committee on the Diffusion
of Knowledge Makes the
Following Report
“SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF
ROWS”
“When slipping past strangers
in rows face toward the stage,
but when passing friends who
are members of your own party,
face toward the back of the thea
ter.
Be careful that none of your
belongings destroy the hair-do of
women in the I'ow in front.
When about to disturb some
one in passing, say, “Excuse me.”
If they rise or move their knees
to give you passageway, say,
“Thank you." If you step on their
toes or bump into them, say,
“Sorry” or “1 beg your pardon.”
When yon .‘(re seated and oth
ers want to pass, the best possi
ble thing to do is rise quick’y but
if the distance between seats is
sufficient, you may provide
enough room by turning your
knees to the side. This obviously
a better method for those be-
hi(T(l you if the show is in prog
ress.
Parties should always enter
(Continued on page 3)
“NO ’COUNT BOY” AT PERSON STREET U. S. O.
HONOR SOCIETY
MEETS AT FAMC
The Alpha Kappa Mu Honor
Society met at F'lorida Agricul
tural and ^Icchanical College in
Tallahassee. Mr. W. S. Maize of
our faculty is the National Pres
ident. ^liss Elaine Clark was the
delegate from our campus chap
ter. Miss Lorcna Coppage, a fac
ulty member from Shaw Univer
sity and Mrs. Vann Staten Barnes
who teaches in Cumberland coun
ty attended the meeting as rep
resentatives of Alpha Kappa Mu
from State Teachers College.
Watch for induction ceremony
and an account of the work of
Alpha Kappa Mu in the later is
sue of the Voice.
Reading from left to right the Guild members who appeared in
“The No ’Count Boy” at the Person Street U. S. O. for the Sunday
Evening Program are:
Mr Tilden McKoy as Enos; Miss Hazel Thomas as the JNegro
Mother; Miss Ethel Sutton as Phelie and Mr. Paul Cpearman as the
no ’count boy.
PLAY AT PERSON STREET
(By Gladys Hankins)
The Drama Guild of the F'ayctte-
ville State Teachers College re
cently presented at the Person
Street U. S. O. a one-act play
"The No ‘Count Boy” by Paul
Green. The cast of characters in
cluded an old Negro woman por
trayed by Miss Hazel Thomas;
Phelie by Miss Ethel Sutton;
linos by ;\lr. Tilden McKoy and
the no ’count boy by Paul Spear
man.
Previously, this play was given
at the Harnett County Training
School in Dunn, N. and at Ply
mouth, N. C. along wdth two oili
er plays—“The Proposal” by
Anton Tchekov and “The Devil
and Daniel Webster” by Stephen
Vincent Benet.
The three above mentioned
plays, present three aspects of
national life; namely, “The Devil
and Daniel Webster” portrays
early New England superstition
and folk belief. “The Proposal,”
is a farce or Russian comedy
and “The No ’Count Boy” dep
icts early southern Negro life.
An appreciativeaudience, com
posed of G. I.’s, Veterans and stu
dents witnessed the perform
ance.
The Guild is under the direc
tion of Miss Lois P. Turner.