Thursday, December 15, 1966
THE VOICE
Page Seven
THE PAST TWO WERE
Bustling Months For Drama
By LLOYD CHRISTOPHER SIMMONS III
The Drama Guild of Fayetteville State College has not
been idle from September through December. Early in Octo
ber, Shirley Sturdifen, winner of the Best Actress Award
(1965-66) from the National Association of Dramatic and
Speech Arts, directed the Freshman Play. The Freshman Play
was “Judgment Morning.”
At the regular meeting of the Drama Guild in October,
Dr. Joan Corbett analyzed The Tempest. There was “standing
room only” as F.S.C. students “poured” into the former band
room of the auditorium for the briefing. Dr. Corbett enlighten
ed the students on the highlights of The Tempest. She called
attention to the controversial point that some scholars con
sider The Tempest Shakespeare’s farewell to his public. Dr.
Corbett focused attention on the interpretation of characters
and the play within the play.
Allen University, Columbia,
South Carolina, presented at Fay
etteville State on November 3,
1966, a three-act play, THE MAR
RIAGE-GO-ROUND. This play was
directed by Mr. H. D. Flowers, and
was received by a capacity house.
This was an exchange production
of the NADSA. The Drama Guild
of Fayetteville State will return
Musical Change
By MARY CAROLYN PERRY
The Bronco Band has now
changed its phase from “high step
ping” marching music to graceful
and meaningful music. Mr. Bacote,
our band director, says, “We are
now in the style of music that I
love most.” From my own exper
iences I can see the pleasure he
gets out of making a piece of music
successful.
The band is a very active organi
zation that takes plenty of time
and patience on the part of its par
ticipants. There are approximate
ly 54 members in the Bronco Band.
Many of them are gifted with the
talent of playing several different
instruments.
The band has its own private lib
rary which consists of six filing
cabinets to secure the vast quanti
ty of music. It has shelves for rec
ord albums, practice books, and
various other sources of music also
arranged in an orderly manner.
The band has received a new
stock of instruments, including
tubas, trumpets, clarinets, and a
concert bass drum.
The band presented its first per
formance for the concert season as
it rendered music to our marching
faculty and seniors on Dedication
Day, the twentieth of November.
The band will climax its concert
season with its annual concert on
January 17, 1967.
LONELINESS
By LOU ESTER BAKER
Please leave me alone and let
me hide, the tears and fears that
are around me. Let me think,
meditate, concentrate, and pene
trate my heart and mind.
Let me smile with the wind and
cry to the sea as I watch the
time go by. Let me rest in peace
and be humble, to the ones who
have caused me to stumble.
New Campus
Journal
Charles I. Brown, Director of
Institutional Research at Fayette
ville State College, announces the
publication of a new campus jour
nal. Tentatively called FOOT
NOTES, this organ is designed to
cope with the demands for a media
Allen’s visit next year.
Preparations for the Fall Pro
duction filled the month of No
vember with “hustle and bustle.”
Finally, the curtains opened on
November 16, at 8:00 p.m. in the
J. W. Seabrook Auditorium, with
the stage set for HOUSE WITH
OUT WINDOWS, by Richard
Reich.
This production was one of the
most dramatic and moving ever
presented at Fayetteville State Col
lege. The audience was filled with
mixed emotions as Edgar Murr, a
former professor at an exclusive
girls’ school, engaged the 18 year
old Elizabeth to help his overwork
ed wife Ann, and his elderly, un
attractive, maiden sister Estelle.
Ann was deeply devoted to her
blind son, a gifted pianist.
The house in which the Murr's
lived was owned by Estelle. Since
the professor, Mr. Murr, was un
able to obtain a position, Estelle
had to support the household, and
this, she resented. She showed
this resentment by tyranizing
everybody, and was, therefore, hat
ed by Edgar and Ann. The almost
unbearable tension between the
strange members of this household
reached its climax when Murr dis
covered that his sister had decided
to alter her will, which she had
previously made in his son, Arth
ur’s favor. She now planned in
stead, to leave her money to a dog
and cat hospital, but the next
morning, Estelle was found dead,
murdered.
Mr. Murr had purposely brought
Elizabeth into the house in order
to pin the murder on her. Hs plan
is so cleverly conceived, the exe
cution of his crime so perfect, that
he almost succeeds and would
have, had it not been for one little
mistake his father made — one
little mistake which ultimately
proved Elizabeth’s innocence.
The cast of characters:
Hector McEachern _ Edgar Murr
Barnia Burch Estelle Murr
Joyce Bannerman Elizabeth
Elister Carmichael
Beverly Butler Miss Oaks
Charles Gilchrist
Arthur
Vernell Miller
Lloyd C. Simmons HI __ Charles
Barbara Myrick Ann
In this production, Mrs. Natalie
Williams, a member of the Dra
matic Commitee, showed her skill
as a director. The Drama Guild
presented HOUSE WITHOUT WIN
DOWS to appreciative audiences at
Fort Bragg, St. Paul’s College, Law-
renceville, Vrginia, and Charity
High School in Rose Hill, North
Carolina.
One member of the Drama
Guild, L. Christopher Simmons, ac
quired additional dramatic exper
iences in “off-campus” participa
tion in the Fort Bragg Production
of William Shakespeare’s “THE
MERCHANT OF VENICE.
On December 10, 1966, the Dra
ma Guild, in collaboration with the
North Carolina High School Drama
Assocation, was host to the
Twenty-First Annual Drama Clinic.
Approximately 7oo high school
students, along with their directors
and the Julia B. Duncan Players of
Livingstone College, spent a day
at Fayetteville State College ac
quiring additional skills in drama
tics. This year’s theme was “Dra
ma; Individual Confidence Through
Performance.” The Critic Teacher
for the clinic was Mr. James T.
Bray, Associate Professor of Edu
cation, Salem College, Winston Sa
lem, North Carolina.
Prof. Harvey Jenkins, pensively poised, ponders the scope of
Mr. Jenkins, the artist, amid his most recent collection at his
November exhibit.
Thanksgiving Afterwards
By DOROTHY BECTON
As we look back over the Thanksgiving holiday, we remember it
as a very festive and joyous occasion, one where the entire family
gathered around a spacious table and ate a big turkey dinner with all
the trimmings.
Just before the meal got underway, everyone’s eyes were fixed on
the huge turkey that sat in the middle of the table, which was beauti
fully set with the family’s best china and silverware. The turkey, baked
to a golden tan, had its savoring juices oozing out and running down
the side of the tray. Its tantalizing odor had diffused the air and had
entered everyone’s nostrils. This had been a long awaited occasion and
each person relished all the festive activities.
Then, as the father began to carve the huge turkey, all the kids
started to argue as to who should get the drumsticks, "rhe father, us
ing his wisdom, took the situation in hand and divided the two drum
sticks among all the kids, since the drumsticks were large enough to
accommodate the kids.
The father continued to carve the meat, giving each person an
ample piece; afterwards, he performed his duty as head of the house
hold by saying the grace. He gave praise and thanksgiving to the Lord
for it was he who had given them life and also provided the food which
they were about to eat. When he had finished, everyone began to eat
heartily, and laughter and commotion were heard throughout the room.
The room was filled with noise, but no one seemed to care, for it was a
part of the joy that they shared.
Thanksgiving brought about a family reunion and made it possible
for many people to see their loved ones.
It was a time of praise, reminiscence, and let us not forget, eating
plenty of turkey.
The Voice Staff sincerely hopes that you and your family had a
happy Thanksgiving.
Oh! But its Christmas now isn’t it!
in which the research findings and
scholarly opinion of the academic
communty, other than that related
to institutional research, may be
aired.
Attesting to the proposed omni
bus character of FOOTNOTES, one
of its issues will be devoted ex
clusively to the literary creations
of the faculty and students.
Featuring the December inaugu
ration of FOOTNOTES is “The
Modern Curriculum Laboratory by
Dr. Nelson H. Harris, Professor of
Education at Fayetteville State
College.
diFistiiiias SpleiKiloF
By ETHEL L. BROWN
From my window I can see a beautiful tree,
As beautiful as anyone can see,
With lights all aglow, red, yellow, and blue.
And brightly shining ones swinging there too.
Some bubble, some twinkle, some nod and some shine,
Lighting up the tree whether cedar or pine.
To me the spectacle is splendor itself,
When made more beautiful by the Christmas Elf.
The little Christmas BUf, creeping through the night,
With silvery paint brush, hands held tight,
Painting the leaves, and the trimming of trees,
Fringed in silver; what splendor to see.
A poignant and refreshing segment of the touring College
Choir shows music in beams, prior to the choir's Annual Christ
mas Concert last Sunday, which was truly superb, and superb
ly delighted the audience.