U- ■ students express ■ OPINIONS Vplumn XLX LETTER FROM MARIJKE See Page 3 Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 7, 1969 Number 14 Marionette Theater To Enact Unique Production, Everyman Mr. Hanes puts finishing touches on Refectory specials The Marionette Theatre of Peter Arnott will present the Medieval Mystery play “Everyman” at the 11 a.m. assembly period Friday, No vember 14. Peter D. Arnott was born in Ips wich, England, in 1931, and was educated at the University of Wales and Exeter College, Oxford. He specialized in the history of Greek and Roman Theatre, with emphasis on the problems of presenting ancient plays to modern audiences. Dr. Arnott is a frequent visitor to Greece for the purpose of studying production methods there. He is currently Assistant Professor of Speech and Dramatic Art at the University of Iowa, teaching theatre 30 Years At Salem r. Harry Lee Hanes Takes Over Refectory As New Chief Chef By Mary Pickens If you’ve been wondering lately who has been manning the pots and pans in Salem’s kitchen, let me introduce Harry Lee Hanes, Sr. our chief chef. Mr. Hanes is not new to Salem; he came in 1940 to begin his service at Salem. He held the position of janitor, gym and field custodian, and worked in the summer months to keep our campus green and growing. In 1958 he became a member of the kitch en staff. As Lwatched Mr. Hanes put the last pimento on the asparagus for the Trustee dinner, I found out that he enjoys cooking especially ijJlery Exhibits Variety In Realism School Show for Salem girls. His favorite dish to prepare for us is roast beef. He proudly told me that his wife is on the Salem house staff and that one of his six children has previously worked in the kitchen here. With a smile at the mention of the kitchen, he assured me that his marvelous staff deserves much credit for keeping us Salemites from starving! I readily agreed and with the whiff of another good meal tickling my nose, made my way back to the dorm to wash up for dinner! history and directing plays in the University Theatre. In 1948 he originated the Marion ette Theatre of Peter Arnott, to exploit the possibilities of this neg lected medium for the purpose of serious drama, and particularly for the recreation of the works from the Greek. and Roman repertory. He has since given performances throughout Great Britain, Canada and the United States, for schools, universities, drama festivals, and other groups. The purpose of the Marionette Theatre of Peter Arnott is three fold. First, it employs the unique potentialities of a marionette the atre to reproduce the ancient con ditions of performance which are often inaccessible to modern actors. Second, it performs works which are rarely seen but commonly read as “set texts,” and so brings stu dents in contact with a vital theatre experience. Third, it takes these plays to communities and performs them live at a fraction of the cost of bringing in a full company. The repertoire includes Classical Greek and Roman plays, a selection of Medieval Mystery plays, and works of the greatest European dramatists. Additions are made regularly, and the French and Greek plays are in Arnott’s own translations. It’s that time again! DAY STUDENTS’ BAKE SALE Tuesday, November 11 1:30 p.m. Back Porch of Main Hall Ya’ll come! Dr. Arnott’s principal publications are An Introduction to the Greek Theatre, Greek Scenic Conventions and Plays Without People, an ac count of the work of the Arnott Marionette Theatre and its contri butions to serious drama. He has also translated numerous Greek and Roman plays, published chiefly in the Crofts Classics series. Moratorium - NovemberStyle By Jane Cross It is not likely that President Nixon’s Vietnam Policy Speech will have much of an effect on this months two-day Moratorium plan ned for November 14 and 15. Of course the main arena for peace will be in the capital city of Wash ington, D.C. where two days of mass rallies, plus a 45,0004- “death march” will honor the war victims. North Carolina has pledged to send 12,000 people to the Mobiliza tion Movement for the “march.” Buses will be sent on November 13. However, the other organization which is sponsoring the nationwide observances, the Vietnam Mora torium Committee, is urging in terested people to use their voices and influence in their own commun ities. Hence, nationwide as well as locally, an ambivalent situation exists. “To go to Washington or stay in Winston ?”—that could be the question. Here in Winston activity will not be as heavy as in Washington, but that does not mean it will not be (Continued on Page 3) By Sally Rhodes he sign on the door says “The Gallery of Contemporary Art.” but ifjyou stepped inside from October 5-JOctober 26, you were not con fronted with canvasses full of blobs, q^nflicting planes and distorted objects painted in throbbing colors, but with canvasses depicting recog nizable subject matter. The Realist Invitational 1969 was a show of “traditional realism’ in handling and subject matter,” according to Ted Potter, the Director of the Gal lery. Ten Southeastern and five nationally prominent artists ex hibited works. |Lest the word realism awake visions of dull attempts at repro duction of nature, remember that an A'RTIST interprets what he sees, even if he chooses to use recog- i^able objects, and these exhibitors were ARTISTS. Kenneth Davies, whose “Four on the Shelf” was one of the most convincingly real works in the show, gave in addition to accurate representation, a feeling of nostalgia through the depiction of I9UV earthernware crocks in front of a window. The sunlight strikes the vessels, highlighting the warm colors and barely distinguishing the antiques seen through the window. [Several of the artists had imagin ative approaches to the presentation of their works. Bob Timberlake’s Sr.vlic, “The Old Feezor Place,” had a frame like a window—com plete with crosspiece over the paint- I 'Is to emphasize the feeling of looking out a window. Barclay %anks exhibited his oil, “Summer,” ■n three consecutive panels full of haze and Queen Anne’s lace. But he was outdone by Joseph J. Dodge, whose “Portrait of Jeanne” consisted of 29 separate oils hung on a wall so that the observer him self pieces together his own idea of Jeanne. Several of the panels show her face, in many moods, ex pressions, and even grimaces. There are also details of hand, knees, legs, ear and eyes. Dodge’s work has a slick look which some may find dis tracting, but his idea that a portrait does not reveal a person if it is simply one aspect is imaginatively worked out. Often in realism, the desire to make a subject convincing leads to an artificial look. In “Tenant House,” a watercolor by Darrell Koons, the house is done very tightly with precise lines. Against the wonderfully interpretative ren dering of the sky and trees in the background, the house looks too real. ' In contrast, Andrew Wyeth, the nationally known painter originally from Maine, deals quite differently with the architectural subject in his watercolor “Franklin Light.” He achieved a marvelous feeling of texture — mossy grass, crumbling stucco, sunbleached wood—by paint ing in a looser manner of overlap ping washes of color. Most of the painting is done with few actual lines — just crisp intersections of color planes—bu tthe effect is more convincing, to this observer, at least, than is Koons. Among other notable works were Gene M. Love’s watercolors which were very beautifully done, Dodge s “Easter Still Life” which was richly symbolic, and “Still Life” in oil by Andrew Wyeth’s father, N. C. Wyeth. Faculty MakesCurriculumChanges, Additions In Three Departments Several significant changes in curriculum and policy have been approved by the faculty in the areas of Music, Religion and Medical Technology. Music The requirements for the Bache lor of Music degree have been changed as follows: (1) Omission of foreign language requirement, (2) Ommission of the require ment for a second year of English and (3) The student may substitute 12 hours of non-music or non- Studio electives. (the 18 semester hours of non music subjects that have been re quired for the B. M. degree have included 12 hours of English and 6 hours in foreign language, or 6 hours in English and 12 hours in foreign language. The change is in NOTICE William Mangum of the Salem College Art Department, has been awarded second place in the In vitational Exhibit sponsored by the Gallery of Contemporary Arts in Old Salem. Mangum’s painting of an old stove and a Pepsi bottle won a cash award of $500. order to make an elective possible during tl|e first two years of the B. M. program.) An additional change in regard to music is that the student who is majoring in School Music is allowed to reduce the requirement -for the senior year in Ensemble from 2 semester hours to 1 semester hour. The Block Program precludes En semble work during the first semes ter; the 1 hour credit in Ensemble would be earned only in the second semester. Religion Pertaining to Religion, a new course has been added to the His torical Studies in Religion. The description follows: 260 Problems in the Study of Re ligious History (3) The study of a period or comprehensive topic in west ern religious history, to be selected by the students and professor in the course. Examination of methods of historical research and re ligious interpretation. Prerequisite; 3 hours in Re ligion or in History Offered in alternate years. Medical Technology Salem College has accepted the invitation from Forsyth Memorial Hospital to officially affiliate with their program in medical tech nology, which is approved by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and accredited by the Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Students completing the three- year program in medical technology at Salem are permitted to complete the fourth year at any school of medical technology approved by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and accredited by the Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, providing that a formal application is sub mitted to the Director of Medical Technology Program at Saletn and that such application is approved by the Director, the Chairman of the Department of Biology, and the Academic Dean of Salem College. Pierrette Players Present PYGMALION by George Bernard Shaw NOVEMBER 12-15 Drama Workshop 8 p.m.

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