Volume LIV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Monday, February 26, 1973
Number 18
Committee Announces
SGA Office Candidates
Adam (David Hooker) gives in to Eve’s (Ann Hooker) fateful apple.
[pha-Omega Players Bring
Adam and Eve to Salem
The Lecture Assembly Com
mittee will present Mark Twain’s
wisdom and gentle humor in
“The Diary of Adam and Eve”
on March 12 in the Refectory.
Music, humor, and nostalgia
combine to provide a new per
spective on the lives of the first
man and the first woman. A-
dapted from a short story by
Mark Twain, with music by the
composers of “Fiddler on the
Roof,” this is the story of the
beginnings of the age-old struggle
between man and woman, as re
levant today as it was in the
Garden of Eden.
Mark Twain, writes compas
sionately and with great under
standing of the sensitivity and
gentleness of Eve and of the
strength and often hidden sensi
tivity of Adam. Written in me
mory of his wife, “The Diary of
Adam and Eve” is a poignant,
humorous, and thoroughly enter
taining evening.
Starring in “Adam and Eve”
will be the talented young actors,
Ann Hooker, Karl Heist, Jem
Graves and David Hooker of the
Alpha-Omega Players of Dallas,
Texas. The Alpha-Omega Players
have traveled more than 725,000
miles in the last five years, per
forming in 45 states and Canada,
making them the most active
touring theater group in the
country.
Drexel H. Riley who formed
the Alpha-Omega Players in
1967, is producer-director of the
group of young players. Riley
said that the dialogues in Twain’s
story have provided a humorous
basis for the company’s interpre
tation of the stage adaptation.
“Today I named the flyers,
crawlers, swimmers, growlers,
and hoppers. Further note:
There are creatures here of every
conceivable kind, but 1, Adam,
am the sole and single man.”
But then there was Eve, and
that’s when the trouble started.
Riley said that Mark Twain’s
special genius was his infectious
humor ... a humor that came
from his penetrating insights Into
the foibles and follies of human
nature. “He turns on this unique
talent full force in “The Diary of
Adam and Eve,” as he examines
man’s first encounter with wom
an,” said Riley.
This fully staged production,
with music by the composers of
“Fiddler on the Roof,” was first
presented on Broadway in 1966,
with Barbara Harris, Alan Alda,
and Larry Blyden in the leading
roles.
The Alpha-Omega Players ap
pearing at Salem on March 12
have varied backgrounds. Ann
Hooker has worked and studied
in community and university
theatre as well as summer stock.
She is a native of Beaumont,
Texas and has worked at the
Globe of the Great Southwest,
a Shakespearean company in
Texas. Mrs. Hooker combines
her theatre career with that of
her husband who is also an actor
with the company.
David Hooker has been a re
sident member of the Globe of
the Great Southwest for the past
three years. There he has played
Oberon in “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream,” Horatio in
President SGA
Averell Pharr
Le Newell
Lynn Mappus
Chairman of IRS
Chris Minter
Winn Currie
Cathy Hunsucker
Chairman of April Arts
Ann Aultman
Nancy Porter
Cindy Lovin
Vice President SGA
Margaret Brinkley
Kathy Bacon
loan Spangler
Chairman of Honor Council
Averell Pharr
Le Newell
Kathy Roberson
Mary Ann Campbell
Chairman of Interdorm
Amy Robertson
Julie Heyer
Pam Poe
Leigh Thurston
Treasurer of SGA
Barbara Perry
Amy Robertson
Katherine Franklin
Secretary of SGA
Sarah Tucker
Cindy Lovin
Mary Lou Cunningham
Secretary of Interdorm
Marilyn Turner
Wendy Wyckoff
Beth LaFitte
Debbie Knight
Secretary of Honor Council
Paula Jeffords
Cyndy Patterson
Mary Lou Cunningham
Chief Marshall
Lynda Casonova
Julie Heyer
Annette Perritt
Karen Lancaster
FITS Chairman
Kem Mims
Donna Dismuke
Marion Patrick
WRA
Emily Shearer
Boodie Wiltshire
Pam Poe
YWCA
Elsie Fuller
Marjorie Richmond
Joan Spangler
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Marcy Priester
Nan Wilson
Glass Representatives
tn Honor Council
Juniors
Clark Kitchen
Betsy Hester
Nancy Adams
Sophomore
Lynda Casanova
Susan Wooten
Beverly Leonard
Freshman
Scottie Boardman
Kathy Gideon
Lucy Rose
Dean-Elect Grants Interview
JOURNALISM CLINIC
February 27, 28
8 - 9:30 p.m.
Student Center
Journal-Sentinel Speakers
Janis Somerville pauses to talk with students.
- by Dee Wilson
Feature Editor
Upon the retirement of Dean
Hixson effective July 1st of this
year, Ms. Janis Somerville will be
come the new administrator of
academic affairs. Now Ms. Som
erville is director of the Institute
for Curricular Reform at Salem.
A native of a small town in
the central part of Pennsylvania,
Ms. Somerville has always asso
ciated readily with rural life. She
identified herself as RED No. 3
until she left her hometown for
college.
Ms. Somerville entered Penn
State University with the inten
tion of becoming a school teach
er. Consequently, she obtained a
B. A. degree in the humanities,
placing special emphasis on his
tory and psychology. Upon her
graduation from Penn State, her
interests changed. She became
interested in community service
and applied for positions with
the Peace Corps and the Girl
Scouts.
While waiting to hear from
these two organizations, Ms.
Somerville was persuaded by a
former high school teacher to ac
cept a job teaching physical edu
cation in the inner city seconda
ry school system in Trenton, 0-
hio.
From this teaching experience
she decided to enter Harvard
Business School to get her mas
ters. While there she also worked
in the School of Administration.
Upon leaving Harvard, she took
a position at Ohio University
where she helped design curric-
ulums for freshmen and minori
ties.