The Register, 1966-05-06

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VOLUME XXXVII, No. 29
GREENSBORO, N. C.
MAY 6, 1966
*The Cream of CoUege News*
Mrs. Lillie Rodgers: Mother Of The Year
Dr. B. B. Washington Will Address Mothers
Richard B. Harrison Players and their chaperon prepare to leave for
Grambling College, Grambling, Louisiana to attend the Conference of
the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts. Their director,
Dr. John Marshall Stevenson, is national president.
Shown above are William McCrary, Dennis Fairley, Miss Marilyn Y.
Griffin, Sandra Daye, and Anne Mitchell.
Haynes Wins Best Actor Award
At Annual NADSA Conference
By DENNIS FAIRLEY
Members of the Richard B. Harrison Players, accompanied by
members of the Theater Guild of
Fayetteville State College, attended
the 1966 Conference of the National
Association of Dramatic and Speech
Arts, which was held at Grambling
College, Grambling, Louisiana,
from April 27-30.
The National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts is concerned
with the improvements of techniques in staging, speaking, and acting. During the conference, several
plays and speeches were presented.
Among the plays were The Zoo
Story, presented by the R. B. Harrison Players, and Mind of a Killer,
presented by the Fayetteville State
Teacher's College Theater guild.
Roland Haynes, who starred in the
two-character play of The Zoo
Story with William McCrary, won
Best Actor Award. Shirley Sturdi-
fen of Fayetteville State College
won Best Actress Award for her
role in Mind of a Killer. Jane
Raleigh, also of Fayetteville State
College, placed fourth in the Public Speaking contest.
During the course of the conference, Mr. Joseph Dyer, an employee of Vignette Films, Inc., Los
Angeles, California, spoke on "The
Role of Total Theater and Speech
Arts in the Development of the
Great Society," the main topic of
the conference. Mr. Dye stated
that there are growing opportunities   for. Negroes   in   movies   and
television, especially in television
commercials because ABC and CBS
networks are competing for the
"Negro Dollar." Therefore, more
Negroes in commercials are required. He stated that there is
much money involved in commercialism; there's a salary of about
$10,000 per week.
Also, Mr. Dye stated that there
is a growing demand for Negro
stage managers, openings for television cameramen (only one Negro
in Los Angeles works as a cameraman) and opportunities for actors
and actresses.
Mr. Dye told of the summer
work programs available in the
way of theater. Students are given
the chance to participate in any
phase of the theater, whether it is
acting, speaking, directing, or doing technical work for three
months. If, at the end of three
months, the student has proven
himself capable, he may be awarded a contract.
The closing of the conference
consisted mainly of the election of
officers for the coming year. Retaining his post as President of
NADSA was Dr. John M. R.
Stevenson, professor of English at
A&T College. Willie Randolph, a
junior Agricultural Education major and vice-president of the Harrison Players, was elected as second vice-president of NADSA. Jane
Raleigh of Fayetteville State College was elected as representative
to the Southeastern division of
NADSA.
A&T Officer Graduate Cited
For Heroism In Vietnam War
A recent graduate of A&T College
has been cited for heroism in military operations against enemy
forces in South Vietnam.
Second Lieutenant Joseph • L.
Duckett, Philadelphia, Penn., who
graduated from the college in June,
1964, and was commissioned as an
Army officer in the ROTC program as a "Distinguished Military Graduate," was recently
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
with "V" Device, for "outstanding
display of aggressiveness, devotion
to duty, and personal bravery."
In action occurring on January
27, 1966, the platoon led by Lt.
Duckett, was ordered to extract a
friendly unit which had been cut
off and pinned down by heavy fire
from the Viet Cong. Lt. Duckett,
with disregard for his personal
safety, led his group in attack
against   insurgent   forces,   broke
through enemy positions to rescue
the friendly unit.
The citation also reveals that
later in the night, Lt. Duckett displayed conspicuous bravery when
a patrol from his unit was hit and
forced to withdraw. While directing covering fire for his patrol, an
enemy grenade exploded in his
foxhole, killing two of his men and
wounding Lt. Duckett.
Despite his wounds, Lt. Duckett
continued direction of his platoon
and personally killed three Viet
Cong with a claymore mine.
The citation, issued at the direction of the President of the United
States, stated in part of Lt. Duckett as, "in keeping with the finest
traditions of military service and
reflects great credit upon himself,
the First Infantry Division, and
the United States Army."
The parents of the A&T College
students will join their sons and
daughters in another annual observance of Mother's Day here on
Sunday, May 8.
Special recognition will be given
to Mrs. Lillie F. Rodgers selected
by a joint faculty-student committee as Mother of the Year.
Mrs. Rodgers, a special education
teacher at Horton Public School in
Pittsboro, was nominated for this
honor by three of her children who
are students here. They are Lucinda, a graduate student in chem
istry; Gathier, a junior in industrial arts; and Lucile, a freshman
in sociology.
A special program has been
planned for the visiting parents.
The program will include a series
of activities designed to acquaint
the parents with the student life
at the college.
On Sunday, May 8 at 11:00 A.M.
worship service will be held for
the parents in Moore Gymnasium. The speaker is Dr. Bennet-
ta B. Washington, director of the
Women's   Job   Corps,    Office   of
Dance Group Displays Talent
In Colorful Performance
By STANLEY JOHNSON
Bravo! to the Modern Dance
Group's performance of the "Eternal Drama" presented Thursday
night in Harrison Auditorium.
The group put forth an outstanding performance from the
standpoint of their vivid interpretations of "the inner and outer
demands of the never-completed
process of man."
In the portrayal of the social,
emotional, spiritual, and economical man, the group, in brilliant
costumes, lit the stage with a
rhythmic and patterned procession
of movements.
The script by Mr. James Porter
was appropriately matched by the
choreography of Miss Barbara J.
Dodd.
The costume staff used imagination and skill in designing and
making the evoking costumes.
Their choice of colors exemplified
the expression portrayal of the
dancers. Black costumes were used
in the Dance of Sorrow and Grief,
while such dances as Joy, Gaiety,
and Love were done in bright
punctuated colored costumes.
The stage decoration was simple
but overwhelmingly effective. It
consisted of a long red velvet
drape hanging in the center of the
backstage. It fell upon the triangular white vamp that extended the
full length of the stage. This stage
set was beautifully accented with
a changing succession of lighting
effects.
In every performance there is
always some especially highlighting scene, and this one was no exception. Dancing to the highly
emotional    spiritual,    "My    Lord,
Choir Schedules
Spring Operas
For May 15 & 19
The A&T College Choir beginning
May 15, will begin its spring
festivities. On Sunday May 15, the
choir will present a Chamber Music Concert. Two ensembles will be
exhibited at this concert. The
Brass Ensemble will be directed
by Mr. Jimmie V. Williams and
the Woodwind Ensemble directed
by Mr. Edward Graves.
On the Wednesday May 19, at 8
P.M. will be an Opera, "Down In
the Valley" by Kurt Weill. The
participants are James Cox as
Brack Weaver, Shirley Debose as
Jennie Parsons, Vincent Spencer as
Thomas Brouche, Larry Hardy as
Leader and Preacher, Charles Bullock as Guard, Robert Thomas as
Peters and Willie McGriff as Jennie's Father.
On the same evening an Operetta will be presented entitled "Trial
by Jury" by Gilbert and Sullivan.
The cast will include the Learned
Judge — Charles Bullock; the
Plaintiff — Kaye Spruill; the Defenders — Evander Gilmer; Counsel, James Cox; Usher — Larry
Hardy, and the Foreman — Urn-
stead McAdoo.
What A Morning," the group held
the audience in a state of suspension as they executed their modern interpretation. Extra effect
was added by the fact that the
spiritual was sung by the blended
unaccompanied voices of a male
ensemble.
Complimentary remarks and
comments were audiable at the end
of the performance.
The dancers included Linda
Cockerham, Sadie Cooper, Janice
Gilyard, Norma Graves, Sandra
Hodges, Portia Mapp, Alberta
Mills, Adrian Roberts, Shirley
Smith, and Mrs. Zoe Parks Barbee.
Combining their voices to make
up the male ensemble were Larry
Hardy, Robert Long, Curtis Harris, Larry Shelton, and William
Thompson.
Economic Opportunities in Washington, D. C. .
The visiting parents will be
guests of honor at a formal military review by the cadets of the
Air Force and Army ROTC Detachments and at a luncheon to
follow. They will have an opportunity to view facilities in an
"Open House" in the late afternoon.
Also included in the Mother's
Day activities will be an Art Exhibit with photographs by James
R. Wagoner. These photographs
will be displayed in the Exhibition
Room in Frazier Hall.
Student Leaders
Plan Conference
Saturday, May 21
The office of the Co-ordinator of
Student Activities headed by Mr.
Hubert Gaskin announces the Annual Organizational Leadership
Conference. The conference is slated to take place on Saturday, May
21, with major sessions in Bluford
Library.
The underlying purpose of the
conference is to provide comprehensive insights into what it takes
to become an effective student organizational leader; to provide insights into effective methods for
execution of duties as a leader. It
should embrace all of the academic facets of the college.
The program for the conference
is yet tentative and incomplete.
Several committees and panels
have been selected for the confer-
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This eight-foot Sport-Yak sailboat, given by the Celanese Corporation of
America, is one of 100 valuable gifts sold to highest bidders at the annual
Celebrity Auction, held at the A&T CoUege Carver Hall Auditorium last
Tuesday evening.
The event was sponsored by the A&T College General Alumni Association for the benefit of its scholarship fund.
Barbara Eggleston, a freshman from Martinsville, Virginia, the "captain" models shorts and a tee-shirt, a part of a collection of play clothes
given for the sale by the Greensboro Blue Bell, Inc., producers of the
garments.