Voices 'Off Stage By Eileen Snure' LYCEUM NOTES--"TOMORROW THE WORLD!" , The other night, Pete (Alfred Pet– rich) was at the music festival in Little Rock, and couldn't be at our reheal·sal. I decided to show the cast just how a particular scene should be played. It is a very serious scene, and Jack is suppos– ed to start choldng- Pete, and in doing so, forces him over the back of the couch. The outcome of the story was that I found myself practically doing a backward jack-knife--and tht!se poor 6ld bones just cottldn't take it! You could hear me yelling for mercy all over Godtlen! I'd like to \illake special note of the two junior members of our cast: ALFRED PETRICH is playing a straight role as a bitter Hitler youth. Pete is a natural for the part. He will be remembered for his part as .the Pro– fes·sor in 'Little Women' last year. The Cranford family is one of the most talented grojlps on the campus. They range from Papa Charles-Presi– dent of the Student Association and F. T. A., right down to Little Judy– who's going to be a heart-breaker one of these rlays. Perhaps you don't know KAY-but after this play you're going to take a closer' interest in her. She is playing the part of a 12-year old (her own age) -and is doing the traditional CRAN– FORD good job with it. By the way– Kay's older sister CHARLA is playing the part of the grade school teacher, who's nickname is Lee! SPEECH FESTIVAL I tried at least twice to get up anq say something, but each time, some : boy jumped up before me! I was deflated! But-that's one of the joys of writing a column, you can write yom· remarks down, even if yon don't get to say them. So here.goes: I think we'll all agree that culture emphasis week has been a wonderful help to us all. But in a couple of weeks most of us will have forgotten about Bach and Beethoven, or even table man– ners, and be back in our old set ways. Why? You've all heard the old saying: "Familiarity breeds contempt." With music and the arts, this is not so! It is only after we have become familiar with the works of the masters that we come to appreciate them. Here on the campus we have so much talent. We make the mistake of thinking that once we have heard a thing, that makes it "old stuff." I would like ~o see us sponsor more student music drama programs. Bob Morris, Jack Plummer, Dot Tulloss, Helen Nave, Sammy Floyd-·we could go on and list names and fill this whole column with singing students. In the piano. field, we have people like Peggy Crutcher and Sue Christian. In drama we would list at least a dozen people: Mary Lou J,ohnson, winn~).' of the best actress award last year, Dixie Smyth, Patti Mattox, Don Gamer, Paul Valen– tine, Gerald Kendrick, Betty Thornton, and Charla Cranford. Did any of you know that Bill Summitt is one of the outstanding violinists in· Searcy? Things are humming in high school Are we satisfied to leave this talent hall-but by the time you get to read just sitting around Most of these stuthis, the festival will be all over, anrl dents have been working at least a put away in moth-balls for another year. year, and some for four years here at You've probably read the list 1of the Harding, just to improve their special students who are entered-so I'll not talents. take up your time by listing the whole I wish we could have a day in chapel group, but no matte1· what we do up .. that would be something like a 'culture there, the important thing will b0 -that day'. This wouldn't have to be just to we've worked hard, and perhaps eVell sponsor students, because we have such learned a little something new! ·'~, outstanding talent ·on our faculty->-Bill KULTURE KOMMENTS .~ 1 , Cook, Glen Fulbright, Bill Skillman, If you were sitting in chapel Satuftiay Andy Ritchie, Erle T. Moore, Evan morning, you would have wonderedsaot Ulrey~we coulo'go on for ages! I think what was happening down on ~r;.a-. '75 per cent of the student body appreciYou see, I had 'been notified in a •'d\ui~-· ate our chapel programs, and the other about way that I was to ask som~ (la~- ':·~25 per cent wqiild come around in time, tion just to keep the discussion goiJw. .~f they were exposed to it more often. Charla Cranford, Alfred Petrich, and Jack Plummer in a scene from the forthcomin,!J lyceum, "Tomorrow The World." - -~------- 'Tomorrow The World' To Be Presented Next Week In College Auditorium The thh·d lyceum of the year will be presented in the college auditorium· Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, at 8:00 p.m. This present a tion wiJ.l he "Tomorrow The V.1orld" 'by James Gow and Arnaud d'Usseau. The story centers around Emil, who is a boy trained by the fHscist regime, to hate all who are not loyal to the fatherland. The year is 1942, and the war in Germany is still the most im– portant item in the news. Michael Frame, a professor in a mid·wcstern metropolis, is a normal American, who is at first tolerant, then furious, and then hates this young Nazi. T"nl' play is a fast-moVI ng drama which J will tug at the. hc~t·t·st rings of every theater-goer. One of its best points is the fact that it ad– vocates Americanism, and yet I does it in a subtle manner. The I following lines show the ideals .I of the people in lhe story: "In America. we don't beat lillie boys. Nor do we torture them. Wc .pt••·suadc< them. That is our secret weapon." Th£ cast is made up of the fol· lowillJ::" people: AlJ;l'cd Petrich . ••s the 'Nordic young superman'; .lack Plummet·. as an Ame•·it·an. slruggll ng lo know what J::; t"lghl; llarl'a C1·antord, the Jewish school-teacher, engaged to Mich– ar-1; SJ1irley Suddct'Ul, whose 'bru·lt ls worse Ihan her bile' ; K<Q' Cranfo•'d. Michael's 12 year old da.uglller; Meredith Thorn, in Lhe role of- Mll)er: and Ruby Lee Ellis, ln the J·oJc oi lhc German 'malu, Frelda. :rhe slage is being designed by Meredith Thom, and stage man– 'a,:tcr rwd assistoot on Ihe pm. ilucti,on will be Rill SummHt <Hlrl 1 &1cvc Shlmo11Ck. The play 1::; pro· du~C'd by flrc CamJ)US P1~tyl'rt>, lnnct fs <ilrcclcd by .E.'ilcf'n SllUr('. Tickets will be on sale at the O('ginning of next week. students and faculty 35¢, and adults 50~.
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