The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 19, Ed. 1, Friday, February 11, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 53
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. ABILENE TEXAS. FEBRUARY 11 1966
NUMBER II
Comedy Goes on Stage Tonight
Man Who Came to Dinner
Will Be First Spring Drama
"The Man Who Came to Dinner" directed by Mrs. Mar-
jorie Gamble will be presented tonight tomorrow night and
Sunday night at 8 in Sewell Auditorium.
The comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman is the
final requirement for Mrs. Gamble's master's thesis
Russ Kirkpatrlck of Long-
view as Sheridan Whiteside
stars in the play which re-
volves around a pretended
acident and a romance.
Other nctors and their roles
are: Gaye Russell Mrs. Stanley;
Bonnie Isaac Miss Preen; Mike
Burnett Richard Stanley; Lecsa
Cravens June Stanley; "torn New-
man John; Ann Smith Sarah;
Carol Johnson Mrs. Dexter
Donna Wright Mrs. McCutchcon;
Nathan CIcek Mr. Stanley; Sha-
ron Schneider MIggie Cutler;
Mike Puckctt Dr. Bradley; Judy
Crews Harriet Stanley;
Mike Miles Bert Jefferson; Jer-
ry Brown Professor Mctz; Anna
Key Kelso Lorraln Sheldon;
Ken Kelly Sandy; Larry Hall
Beverly Carlton; and George Avi-
la Wcscott.
Assistant Director
The assistant director is Miss
Russell. Jay Roberts senior is
designer for the play and make-up
director. Technical director is
Gary Adey of the speech depart-
ment Mary Hcarn sophomore
is in charge of costumes. John
Farrcll senior is stage manager
and lighting director.
The general stage crew is made
33rd Speech Tourney Now
By MARY DELLE HANCE
College- students representing
30 schools and seven states ar-
rived in Abilene yesterday to
complete in the 33rd Annual ACC
Speech Tournament according to
Ed Brown tournament director.
Contestants registered last
night and this morning befor be-
ginning competition for the indi-
vidual awards and sweepstakes
trophy to be presented Saturday
at 1 p.m. Brown added that final
rounds of debate will be later
Saturday afternoon.
Individual competition began at
8:30 this morning in Oratory Ex-
temporaneous Speaking Manu-
script Speaking and Entertaining
Speaking. Each contest is divided
Into both Men's and Women's
Divisions.
Brown described Oratory as on
opportunity for the contestant
to deliver a prepared address con-
cerning something about which he
feels a "strong personal commit-
ment." Contestants are allowed 10
minutes to present their oration
which should be "highly polished"
and written in an "intense formal
style."
The students entered in Ex-
temporaneous Speaking aro pre-
mittcd to use a more relaxed
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up of Jackie Fooks senior Freda
Hickman sophomores: Brandy
Kelly sophomore; Gay Reynolds
senior; Gary Stephens; junior; Pat
Stevens junior; and John Wal-
ters junior.
Jean Anderson junior is house
manager.
The play opens with White-
side at the Stanley' home. He
came to dinner and whilo there
pretended to break his hip in
order to escape from his hectic
life as a TV commentator.
Falls In Love
During the course of the play
his sccrctray Maggie falls in love
with Bert. Whiteside doesn't want
to have to train a new secretary
so he brings in movie star Lor-
raine Sheldon to distract Bert.
Other parties decide to get rid
of Lorraine so they bring in movie
star Beverly Carlton to distract
her. She perceives the plot so is
shipped out in a mummy case.
But Whiteside realizes that Mag-
gie and Bert are truely in- love
and all ends well.
Crew member Stephens em-
phasized that although advertis-
ing posters say the play will start
at 7:30 it will start at 8 p.m. Ad-
mission is $1.
TOM SCOTT debater worked long late
hours as he prepared to direct several events
THE SEREDIPITYS belt out a song in Friday's show.
Capacity Crowd in Sewell
Hears Serendipity Singers
A capacity crowd packed
Sewell Auditorium Monday
night for a two-hour program
by the Serendipity Singers nat-
ionally popular folk-singing
group.
The program included love
songs western ballads child-
ren's tunes spirituals numerous
skits and yes even a singing
commercial or two. Their clean
humor was much more enthus-
in this week's
humor was enthusiastically re-
ceived. The nine singers now making
a tour of colleges presented
songs ranging from Colorado to
the Red Sea from reality to fan-
tasy and from a serious mood to
a light-hearted air."
Beginning the show with a
rousing "Sing Out" the group
let the audience know they were
in for an entertaining evening.
Underway
tourney.
The group took the audience
on a journey through the "Willowy-Billowy
Land" the land of
children's imagination where
they met all kinds of weird char-
acters such as the "Slithery
Dee" the flying festoon and a
nine-foot clam.
The singers wrote "Let Me Fly-
to Mount Zion" and dedicated it
to "TTA's Monday lots-of-luck
flights."
Songs included "Don't Let the
Rain Come Down" "The Gospel
Drinking Song" "And I Love
Her" "Chilly Winds" "All on
that Day" and the group's own
"Freedom's Star."
In protest to the "protest"
songs so popular today a trio
of the singers presented a satire
stressing the "positive" side of
America and called it "Pollu-
tion." An inserted dig at Hardin-
Simmons made the song even
more popular.
Accompanying themselves us-
ually with five guitars a bass
and a banjo the group showed
off several fine musicians.
The program ended with an
appropriate "Going Home."
Council
Favors
Rating
By GLENNA WILSON
The Interpreters Council deter-
mined Tuesday to recommend to
the Senate a system of teacher
evaluation "primarily for the fa-
fulty's benefit."
Chief Justice Kip Thornton an-
nounced that the evaluation will
be made probably by juniors and
seniors only; that this confidential
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