Alpha Psi Pledges Initiated This Week Initiation was held for those pledging Alpha Psi Omega, na– tional dramatic honor society, on \Vednesday, April 5. Initiated were: Richard \Valkcr, Betty Thornton, Eileu1 Snure. Dixie Smythe, Don Gamer, Audrey Mc– Guire e~nd Gene Franl<s. Mrs. L . C. Sc<ll"S was l'Xtr.ncled <'tn honorat·y membership because of her work with the dramatic department through the years. Following the initiation was a r!inncr ell the 1'v1:1yfair Hotel. Those attending the dinne1 were Dean and Mrs. L. C. Sea1·s, Prof. Jack Woocl Scars, Jimmy Moon– eyham, Miss Lois Benson, Mrs. .Jule Miller, Miss Maxine Grady,! Mrs. Florence Cathcart, Miss· Nelda Holton, director of the· Harding Chapter, Eta Omega, Dr. Kern Sears, Miss Betty Ulery, Prof. Leslie Burke, Mrs. .T. N. Armstrong, and the new members. Two One-Act Plays Presented-Saturday, The Harding student body had a chance to relax before the "big weel<" Saturday when the speech department presented two one- 1 act plays: "What Price Ameri– ca" a one-act farce-comedy direct- ' cd hy Victor Broaddus was the .first given, and "End of the Rain– bow," a one-act mystery play directed by Ray Ussery, was second. The program lasted just ' slightly over one hour. The cast of "What Price Ameri– ca" included Bill Williams as King Ferdinand, Joan Smith as Isabella, Bob Simmons as Pifnce Carlos, Joan Davis as Princess Anita, and Johnny Brown as Chris Columbus. Appearing in "End of the Rain– bow" were Janelle Bennett as Pat, Sandy Reimer as Margie, Grover Sexson as Raoul, Audrey McGuirP as Evelyn Warfield, and 'Br.•.b Hare as OfficC'r I,ytle. Both playb were well received, by the a.udlence. Five From Harding See ASTC's 'Othello' I In the Chorus as sopranoes are: Margaret See, Martha Woody, Wilma Rodgers, Joyce Burt, Helen Nave and Sarah Kerr. Altoes are: Elaine Hoover, Gena Chesshir, Carolyn Hovey, Virginia Murdock and Patti MatFour Harding students and Professor Bill Skillman attended the Arkansas State Teachers Col– lege production of "Othello" at Co" ay, Thursday night, Feb- \tox. ruary 8. It was presented by the Tennors: Ray Wright, Trice Alpha Psi Omega dramatic or- tTaylor, Ray Herren, Johnny ganization there under the direc-1\Brown and Paul Valentine. tion of Miss Scott. Bass! Glen Boyd, Morgan RichThe speech department here 1 1 ,ardson, Howard and Jimmy Gar– plans to present "Orhello" in the 1 :ner and Bill Stevens. spring term in a cut version very · similar to the one given at State Teachers. Those attending the play were Patti Mattox, Betty, Thornton, Cliff Seawel, Wanda Farris, and Skillman. Operetta To Be Joint Dramatic, Music Production The spring apperetla, ''Heat•ts and Blossoms," Is to be a joint presentation given by th e dl•a· matic a11d music depar1ments. Miss EUeen Snure wUl direct the dialogue while Mrs. F lor ence J ewell will direct the music com– position. The date for the opere t– ta as was prev·iousl_y announced is March 31 and April 1. A list announcing the charact– ers and chorus and main charact– ers is as follows: Mrs. Manning, a strong believer in dreams, Mezzo soprano, Jean Jewell. June, Her young pretty romantic daughter, soprano, Vera 1 Young. Marie, her younger and much more romantic pretty sister, con– tralto, Betty Kell. _Mr. Matheu Brandon, an ab– sent minded man, baritone, Bill Cool<. Phillip Brandon, his nephew, teneT, James Walker. J erry Higgins, poor but promising, barHone, Bob Morns. Mall ndy, a young lady of color, contralto, Dorothy Tullos. Samson Bonepart, an· ebony hued bellboy, baritone, Kenneth Istre. Summer acquaintences at Sunset Lodge are: Eileen-Helen Nave. Betty-Sarah Kerr. Bruce-Johnny Brown. Bob--Glen Boyd. Eta Omega Pledges Eight New Members For Dramatic frat The Eta Omega chapter of the Alpha Psi Omega honor dramatic fraternity is pledging eight new ' members, announced Miss Nelda Holton, grand director, this week. These pledges will be in– itiated April 5 if they meet the requirements of the organiza– tion. Those w11o recel'vecr invaations to the club are Richard Wall<er, president of Campus Players, Dick Smith, vice-president of Campus Players, Don Garner, Eileen Snure, Dixie Smythe, Aud– rey McGuire, Gene Franks, and Betty Thornton. To be eligible for membershiV in Alpha Psi one must be out– standing in the field of acting, or accomplished in some other phase of dramatics. A unanimous vote by members is necessary for acceptance in the club. Skillman, Debaters At Mid-South Meet Professor Bill Skillman, along with three f the Harding Col– lege debate earns, is in Arkadel– phia attending the Mid-South De– bate Tournament this Frlday and Saturday, February 10 and 11. The quest!oQ for discussion is: Resolved: That all basic non-agri– cultural industries should he na– tionalized. Harding Callege has entered two senior teams com– posed of Charles Draper and Richard Walker, and George Snure and Keith Thompson; and one junior boys' team composed of Ponder W:right anct BiJ!y Earl Williams. The Mid-South ConiPn'nce is made up of colleges from Arkan– sas and surrounding states. • •• 10 • . .. .. . ...... . . . .. . ..... . ... ~~t~~*;acu And ";o~M4 by Don G:trner ~:a~~.>tollllallas••••••••&••• .. ••••••• I vv[ts r.sked recently by BOBBY JO ROE wl:y his name never appear2d in mv column. l told him that he wct:lcl have to do something d1·amatic (his m1me is dramatic enough), and this goes for eyery one. \Vhen you do something dramatic this column will carr~· your name. Vidor Brcadrlus seems to be in the lime-light in the world of drama this ·wee]\.. You vvho missed his senior speech recital, "The Yellow Jacket", ce1tainly missed an excellent study of the Chinese nation. Victor has a wicte background on which to build his interpretation of Chinese cus– toms. His parents were missionaries there for many years and several yean; of Victor's life wer2 spent there. Thee is no Eecd for me to tell Victor huw lwilliantly successful his pi'Oj ect was. Judging from the crowd that jammed the stage after the per– formance, it was well received. I also hc~u-ct many very goccl things about it 1\·om individuals. Speech recitals are enlightening as wdl as entertaining. Harding stu– <1ents will have the opportunit.1 of he~u-ing some of the best Harding has to offer. There are at least five more recitals tu be given befr>rc the end of the school year. Do you remcmoer some issues ago I picked out several candidates for actresses of the year? This time I am giving you a possible candidate for the actor of the year. I will try from this time on to give you names of new candidates every one or two \Vee!\:s. He has been a Campus Player for several years. He is now _vice-presi– dent of that organization and has had several good roles: · the male lead in "~Iag;nificent Obsession", and he played Gr~ndpa in "You Can't Take It With You". The excellent job he did with both of these roles places him up close to the top of the list. He has a well-rounded dramatic foun– dation, ueing familial' with all points of the stage. The only thing I haven't st~en him do is direct a play and I : would like very much to see what he can tum out in tha:t field. His name -Dick Smith.
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