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Volume LXVVI, No. 4
REVELERS Dedicate Tartuffe
The Guilford College Revelers
will open their 1985-86 season this
weekend with Moliere's
"Tartuffe," running Thursday
through Saturday nights at 8:15
p.m. and Sunday Matinee at 2:15
p.m.
This year's production holds
a very special meaning for
Guilford. It is dedicated in the
memory of Dr. Donald Deagon,
chairman of the Drama depart
ment for more than 25 years.
Away on Sabbatical last year (his
first in 27 years), "Doc Deagon"
passed away in late June.
Joan Zubl, acting chairperson
of the Drama department, work
ed with Anne Deagon, of
Guilford's Classics department,
to decide on a production which
would pay tribute to Donald.
They decided on"Tartuffe" not
only because of its lighthearted,
enjoyable comedy, but because of
its educational merit. Deagon
had always felt very strongly
about the importance of educa
tional theatre, and was impress
ed that this timely comedy was as
enjoyable now as it was three
centuries ago.
The Ropes Course
Personal View
By Philip
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Recently, many Guilford
freshmen have had the chance to
take on Guilford's "New Ground"
ropes course with their IDS class.
Apart from being both a mental
and physical challenge, the
course also brings classmates
closer together by providing a
program in which trust and
cooperation are essential to its
success. You are asked to trust
people you have known only a
short time by leading them blind
folded through the woods, spot
ting them on the low events and
even protecting their lives by
belaying them on the high events.
This kind of trust brings groups
like these closer together, thus in
to far better working relation
ships for everyday life, such as
an IDS class.
In addition to trust and
cooperation, the program en
courages you to set your own
goals. You are not forced to do
the entire course, yet you are en
couraged to do as much as you
can, whether restricted by
physical limitations or your own
fear of heights. A lot of your own
success, depends on how much
fear you are dealing with; it is
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The Guilford REVELERS rehearse for their upcoming production of "Tartuffle."
The play, set in 17th century
France, centers around Tartuffe:
A conniving, hypocritical con
man played by sophomore,
Adam Robinson. Orgon, the
master of the household who is
ultimately conned by Tartuffe
(played by sophomore Spencer
Diggs), sees Tartuffe as a sincere
important to remember, in an
event like this, that you should
judge yourself proportionally to
your limits and not to other •*
members of the group.
Although fear can be over
whelming, the feeling, once you
complete the course can be just
as great. As one member of my
IDS class said, "I use to worry
about setting my goals to high,
now I know I don't have to worry
about that anymore." In the my
group, I think everyone pushed
himself and nobody came away
disappointed.
Our IDS class spent two Satur
days in the Guilford woods, tackl
ing the low and high ropes
courses. The low course, while it
required some individual coor
dination, was more of a group
oriented activity than the high
ropes course. In the low exercise
it is important that everyone
function as a group because the
object of many of the events, such
as the tire swing, wall and
spiderweb, is to move the entire
group from one point to another,
using imagination and coopera
tion. The high course required
less group effort, yet, for some
religious man of high morals and
good intentions. The others in
Orgon's household, however, see
through Tartuffe's charade.
They, of course, are involved in
charades of their own on many
different levels. These others in
clude Orgon's over-bearing
mother, Madame Pernelle
only the of
classmates got them through the
course.
-v I personally am not scared of
heights, and did not expect I
would need any encouragement,' -
but when it came right down to it
I realized what a difference just a
few words from my belayers
made when I was up on the
course.
So far I have talked about fear
but I haven't given you a sense of
what the course was like. I'm
estimating the high course is
about 75 feet up in the trees. Its
only access is a rope ladder,
secured at the top, leading you to
the first event consisting of two
1400 lb test wire cables, on five
feet above the other, narrowing
as they span the distance to the
next tree. A small poem, which
I'll spare you, is on the near side
of the tree.
In between the branches of the
next two trees is a log, which runs
for maybe 30 feet to another tree.
Five of six feet from the end of
the log is the first in a series of
five ropes supported by a cable.
These ropes end in small wooden
steps no bigger than the size of
played by sophomore, Abbey
Donahower; Orgon's alluring
wife, Elmire played by
sophomore, Donna Stause; their
son Damis, played by sophomore,
Tim Moore; and daughter Mar
rianne, played by Earlham col
lege junior, who is in love with
Valere, played by freshman
your foot. In order to reach that
first rope, you must draw it in
with a stick or jump from the log
and try to grab the rope in mid
air. If you survive, the final
"obstacle is (in the trees), climb
ing to a cargo net and then finish
the event with a more than 200
yard ride down a zip wire. As
dangerous as it may seem there
really isn't a lot to worry about on
the high course. All the time you
are in the trees you are attached
to a rope which is hooked through
a steel pully cable above and
below you. The job of your
belayers is to take up the extra
slack on the rope and tighten the
rope if you should fall.
This course is fun and designed
to build friendship and trust
among its participants. I
remember one of the people who
did the high ropes with our group
who, having just crossed the log,
had done all he wanted and sat
down. He didn't want to attempt
the air steps. Ray, our instructor,
asked him why he was here. My
classmate thought and replied,
simply, "I'm here to have fun."
Ray asked him how he could have
fun. Again he thought and to my
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'Michael Simmons; the ever
reasonable brother-in-law
Cleante, played by freshman,
Seth Hassett.
As if these intricate family ties
weren't enough, Moliere throws
in a few more characters to spice
things up a bit. These include: the
mettling out-spoken maid Dorine
played by junior, Becky Gunn;
the officious Bailiff, Monsieur
Loyal, played by sophomore.
David Eades; the officer, played
by senior, Mark Kramer; a
maidservant Flipote, played by
freshman Sarah De Hart and
Tartuffe's manservant Laurent,
played by freshman, Micahel
Orentlicher.
Though set in 17th century
France, this play is as relevant
and hilarious today, as it was
then. The preconceptions (and
misconceptions) of the lovers,
friends and professional
pretenders of this play make for a
delightful comedy to be enjoyed
by all.
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dismay, since I was belaying him
at the time, he said he wanted to
do a back swan dive off the log.
Ray said that if that's what he
wanted to do, he could. And he
did. He went as far as he felt he
could and then quit.
The ropes course really isn't a
physical test, it's a mental exer
cise in dealing with your own
fear, setting your own goals and
learning to trust.
Anyone who has been on the
course will reccommend it. New
Ground is something that
everyone should at least attempt,
if not for the ground and in
dividual satisfaction then simply
because it's a great way to spend
a day. Afterwards you'll see you
have a lot to gain form putting
yourself "out on a limb."