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Rotunda - Vol 56, No 15 - Feb 15, 1977Winter 2-15-1977
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I A Variety Of Talent Displayed
During Black Culture Week By MARY LOUISE PARRIS
And DEBBIE MOUL Last week across the nation
Americans observed Black Culture Week. Longwood College actively participated in the event by bringing to the surface the talent of the college black students.
Throughout the week, talent manifested itself in various ways. There were dramatic productions displaying the talent of those acting and producing. Others expressed their talent through music and dance.
Aside from the talent of the performers, the talent of those poets, playwrights and musicians authoring the original material should not be neglected.
One-Acts Display Student Playwright And Student Talent
"Do not lump us together . . . We are individuals." This is the plea of "Corners," the first of the two one-act plays by Jacqui Singleton presented during Black' Culture Week. "Corners* was presented Monday, February 7, in the Studio Theater. Laurie Jones, Paulette Daniels, Sharon (Kool-Aid) Miller, -Charlene Wilboume, Louise Nowlin and Renee Anderson made the dialogues come alive as the audience listened to the story of black Americans.
From Africa to slavery, from slavery to emancipation, from emancipation to the struggle to be truly free Americans —
"Corners" touches painfully yet proudly on these moments of American history and black American heritage. It is the design of the playwright within the play to "present varying degrees of black awareness," but as the play ends, the audience knows "the real knowledge comes in knowing individuals."
"For Those Who Aren't Allowed To Play the Game!!", the second of the one-acts, was performed Wedensday, February 9, in the jam-packed Studio Theater. The plot centers around Willi (Audrey Simms), and her twin brother and sister, Clifford (James Braxton) and Clarisse (Anna Butler). Since their mother's death two years ago, Willi, Clifford and Clarisse have been trying to make it on their own. Willi is a neighborhood attorney, while Clifford and Clarisse still attend high school. Willi attempts to be the mother figure for two "independent" teen-agers. After a morning of particularly loud arguments with Clifford and Clarisse, Willi finds herself being advised by her sympathetic, but nosey neighbor, Roberta (Allie Chaffin). Roberta tells Willi that she should stop being the referee and start "playing the game."
Playing the game leads Willi to some interesting experiences. She meets Clarisse's 25-year-old boyfriend, Ernest (James Yarbrough). Ernest tries to move in on Willi and is promptly kicked
out. Clarisse is both jealous and hurt.
Meanwhile, Clifford is falsely accused of stabbing a white boy at school, but Willi says he must find another attorney because she's not going to defend him. When the stabbed boy's mother, Mrs. Reynolds (Susann Smith) and her attorney, Mrs. Grace (Barbara Brogaon) come to interrogate Clifford, Willi stands up for her brother and sends Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. Grace home.
Soon Clarisse comes home after realizing that Willi was only trying to protect her from Ernest, who was a real "punk". Willi Clifford and Clarisse are once again a family.
"For Those Who Aren't A- llowed To Play the Game!!" brought laughter and sympathy, and a great deal of applause.
In a conversation after the play, Jacqui said that she had written both plays during Christmas break. "Corners" was written especially for Black Culture Week. Certainly both plays added to the observance of Black Culture Week, just as every Singleton production has added to Longwood College life for all students.
Varied Talent In Production
And Presentation The Afro-American Student
Alliance provided much charm, style, wit, and drama during two of the scheduled events for Black Culture Week.
TONIGHT
By SANDY WILLIAMS Get ready to sit back, relax,
and savor the music of the promising William Parker. This lyric baritone will be performing tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Wygal Building. The admission is free.
Whether he sings opera, in recital, or with orchestra. William Parker is always praised for the art and beauty of his song. This talent has secured his winning many singing contests all over the world. As a soloist in the United States Army Chorus, he began to garner prizes in various competitions.
In 1971 Mr. Parker received first prize in the Paris International Singing Competition and also the special Poulenc Prize. In addition to his two years in the roster of the Vienna Volksoper, Mr. Parker has sung with the Operal du Rhin'in Strasbourg and in broadcast opera performances in Paris.
Because of Parker's wide experience and past history of success, this event, sponsored by the Visiting Artist Series and the Student Union, should prove both moving and eloquent.
Jacqui Singleton, one of Longwood's most talented artists. Photo Nancy Cosier.
The Ebony "Fashion Flair" presented Wednesday night in the Gold Room exhibited various ensembles for an evening out with your man, a casual Sunday lunch or an evening at home. The styles of modeled clothing ranged from a gray pin-striped three- piece suit to a balck, yellow, green, and red tent style sundress tying at the shoulders.
Many of the ensembles displayed were through the courtesy of Cato's, I^eggett's, and Baldwin's department stores. Other modeled clothes were created by the girls themselves. Valerie Davis created one fashion, and Laurie Jones
created three of the charming outfits displayed.
Piano music, emcees and colored lights added the final touch to the lovely presentation.
A touch of wit and drama surfaced Thursday evening in the student directed variety show, "To Be Young, Gifted and Black." Anita Cameron introduced the acts, which ranged from melodramatic and reverent poems about salvation and identity, to the sophisticated ladies, Charlene and Kool-Aid, who freely strutted their stuff on stage.
Some individuals of note were (Continued on Page 6)
Alpha Kappa Alpha, Longwood's
Newest And First Black Sorority By DEBBIE MOUL
Much recognition has been given to the new male colony, Sigma Phi Epsilon, but the attention should now be focused on Longwood's new sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. AKA, a service sorority was founded in 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Several individuals have worked diligently since last March to get AKA on the campus, and having been successful, AKA was pledged and initiated last Sunday. There are now twelve black members, Sharon Miller, "Kool-Aid", is the president of
the sorority, and I-dia Austin, Doreen Nunnally, Betty Reed, Beulah Bolden, Brenda Hamlett, Cheryl Bailey, Thomasine Harris, Audrey Simms, Grace Hardy, Allie Marie Chaffin and Connie Barbour are acting members.
AKA's colors are pink and green and the flower is the pink tea rose. AKA is known nationwide for singing, a part of a black sorority's culture. On February 19th, the sorority will receive their chapter name.
Although there have been many trials and tribulations, AKA is here to stay!
Page 2 THE ROTUNDA, Tuesday, February 15, 1977
Works Of Bob Dylan Being Offered
On Campuses Across The States By RUSS SMITH
(CPS) — "Twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift," whined Bob Dylan in 1965. But now Dylan himself — after fifteen years of myth- building and paying literary dues — is being put back into schools, as Dylan seminars spring up on campuses around the country.
It doesn't take a fortune teller or gypsy from Desolation Row to know that the next generation will find Dylan's words bound between Viking cloth covers, stacked 300 high in college bookstores, right next to Rimbaud and Whitman. In the coming years, it will be the professors and critics who were raised on Dylan that will be determining what is of "Literary merit," not their crotchety teachers who rejected "the youth's voice of the sixties."
"Anyone who thinks Dylan is a great poet has rocks in his head," snorted a University of Vermont English professor in 1965, summing up academia's attitude towards Dylan (himself a University of Minnesota drop- out).
Not so long ago just a handful of maverick teachers were quoting Dylan's words, mostly graduate instructors who led clandestine discussions in seedy coffeehouses, seeking a respite from an outdated curriculum of a
stuffy English department. Or the draft resisting music teacher who almost lost his for goading seventh graders into a secret verse of "Blowin* in the Wind."
Today, Dylan is not only taught by legions of teachers throughout the country, but is thought by some to be the major poet of our era.
In the last two years, courses dealing with Dylan have been offered at such diverse colleges as the University of Southern California, the State University of New York, Johns Hopkins University and Dartmouth College.
At a recent meeting of the Modern Language Association in San Francisco, fifty scholars, almost all young English professors, gathered to discuss "The Deranged Seer: The Poetry of Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan," and how Dylan's view of women has evolved from "macho posturing" to "reconciliation of the sexes."
"I always use Dylan in my poetry classes, it's the most popular section of the course," says Belle D. Levinson, professor of English at SUNY at Geneseo. "Increasingly," she adds, students are more familiar with Dylan's songs, mostly because he's being taught in high schools."
Levinson emphasizes the
Judges Chosen From Area By LISA TURNER
Preliminary judging for the Miss Longwood Pageant began last night and will continue tonight. At this time, five judges will select 10-12 finalists for the April 2 pageant. They will do this on the basis of stage personality and poise, a short talent presentation and individual four minute interviews with each of the 20 contestants. The preliminaries are closed to the general public, so the results will be announced next week.
How are the judges selected? According to Brenda Williams, Judges Chairman, the five judges for the preliminaries are chosen from qualified people in the area. None of them are affiliated with either Longwood College or any of the contestants. Judges were chosen by the pageant staff, which considered their backgrounds, their experience in judging or knowledge of music, dance or fachion. The five selected for the preliminaries are
not the five who will judge the pageant itself.
The preliminary judges are Mrs. J. Stokely Fulton (a local dance instructor), Douglas Kilpatrick, Righard Vaughn, Mrs. Robert Carter (an area merchant), and Dr. Albert Elmore (from Hampden-Sydney College).
One very important thing the girls are competing for is a chance at one of three scholarships. According to the Miss America pageant's instructions for judges, the winner will not be merely a beauty queen; most importantly she must be intelligent, dignified, and possess poise and several other important qualities.
The Longwood College Foundation has provided a $500 scholarship for the winner of the pateant. Long College Productions, Inc. will present two scholarships, $300 to the first runner-up and $150 to the second runner-up.
"crucial links" between the poetry of Dylan and the French Symbolists, particularly Rimbaud and Baudelaire. She lectures about the similarity of Dylan's and Rimbaud's psychic trips, how both "were drained by drugs and came out with changed senses of perception." Their poe- try is that of "evocation and experience rather than descrip- tion." Levinson often compares Dylan's "Mr. Tamborine Man" to Rimbaud's "The Drunken Boat" since both poems are surrealistic, drug induced, mystical journeys.
At Geneseo, two of Levinson's colleagues taught an interdisciplinary course on the music and poetry of Dylan that drew scads of student raves.
The chairman of the Modern Language conference, Patrick Morrow of Auburn University in Alabama, agrees that Dylan's time has arrived in "higher learning" but stresses that it's mostly the junior colleges and state schools that are leading the trend. "Popular culture has not been accepted by most major colleges yet," he asserted. Morrow himself taught a pop culture course at USC which he found was extremely popular with students.
Morrow, praising Dylan's eclectic taste in literature, explains, "Dylan is powerful because he has the vision to seize the spirit of a movement, much like Yeats."
William McClain, professor of German at Johns' Hopkins in Baltimore, was tickled when a few of his students uncovered direct parallels in the writings of Dylan and playwright Bertolt Brecht. "It's wonderful to know that the words and moods of Brecht are available through Dylan on the juke boxes of America!" McClain said.
And at Dartmouth College, where a seminar called "The Songs of Bob Dylan" was offered last fall, Bob Ringler, a biology major, remarked, "It was one of the best courses I've had. I was somewhat skeptical at first, not knowing much about Dylan, but I found that some of his songs recreated the themes of Browning, Blake and Rimbaud."
Dylan is only the latest in a long succession of renegade writers who were scorned by the literati of their day. Rimbaud was detested by the Parisian men of letters in the early 1870's, and was running guns in Asia before cultists succeeded in legitimizing his poetry. Whitman's masterful Leaves of Grass was banned for its "obscene and immoral
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FRI., FEB. 18 3:00-5:00
STUDENT TALENT
Second Film Documentary By DEBBIE MOUL
Dr. Charles Sydnor, Assis- tant Professor of History at Longwood is in the process of completing his second historical film documentary, dealing with the American occupation of postwar Germany. The one-hour film deals primarily with the role that the United States foreign policy played in Germany in the development of the Federal Republic of Germany. The program covers the period from 1945 to 1949, and should be completed in the studio in about two weeks.
The documentary emphasizes the transition in postwar American foreign policy. It examines how the United States, under the leadership of General George C. Marshall, took its own initiative and decided to pursue, independently of the Soviet Union, a policy designed to reconstruct Germany, both economically and politically.
The documentary is based on interviews with major participants in the American occupation of Germany, those individuals instrumental in formulating and executing United States foreign policy. They include General Lucius D. Clay, the military governor of the
American zone in Germany; General Abril Hariman, the director of the European Recovery Program; John J. McCloy, President Roosevelt's assistant Secretary of War; Ambassador James W. Riddleburger, General Clay's State Department political advisor; Ambassador Robert D. Murphy, also one of Clay's political advisors; and Ambassador Earnest A. Gross, the deputy assistant Secretary of State.
Dr. Sydnor's primary source for his work was his own knowledge. Secondary sources were secured from the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. He is continuing working with Al Moffett, who is currently the Director of Communications for the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation in Richmond.
Dr. Sydnor's initial film documentary, a biography of Hitler, is hoped to be aired on national television sometime this spring, but it could be deferred and scheduled for the fall television season. It will be shown in such cities as Harrisonburg, Roanoke, and Annandale.
Once again, many congratulations are to be extended to Dr. Sydnor!
College Republicans
Attend State Convention By DEBBIE NORTHERN
The Longwood College Re- publicans recently chartered with the College Republican Federation of Virginia. Pat Jones, one of the Longwood Republicans, attended the convention which took place from Feb. 4-6. On the club's behalf, she accepted an award which was conferred upon the Longwood Republicans as the Best New Club of the Year.
The convention assembled to draw up and approve a plat- form, part of which was sent to the Virginia State Legislature. Convention speakers includedSenator Marshall Coleman and Delegate Wyatt Durrette, who are both seeking the Republican nomination for Attorney General; Senator Joe Canada, who intends to run for
Lt. Governor and Lt. Gov. John Dalton. The keynote speaker was Richard D. Obenchain, the former co-chairman of the Republican National Committee. He spoke about the up-coming elections.
Last semester the L.C. Republicans actively campaigned for Ford by working with the Farmville Senior Party, canvasing with Washington and Lee, distributing fliers conducting surveys and working with the mock elections. They also encouraged students to vote by absentee ballots, speak.
This semester the club will be revising its charter, raising funds, and preparing for the November elections. A meeting will be held tonight at 7:00 in the Honors Council Room in Lankford.
On The Road, Men's
Team Loses Both Games
Page 3 THE ROTUNDA, Tuesday, February 15, 1977
By DEBBIE NORTHERN • On February 5, Longwood's men's basketball team traveled to Hampden-Sydney to take on the Tigers and on February 8 they Went to play Ferrum. Longwood was unable to win either away game. Coach McNamee said that his team just did not play well. Both H-SC and Ferrum hurt Longwood on the boards by getting the rebounds and taking 2nd and 3rd shots. They were able to out-shoot, out-rebound, and out-defend L.C. causing us to lose the ball 38 times against H-SC and 16 times against Ferrum.
McNamee remarked that Longwood's shot selections in these games were better than they had ever been. The team was getting the ball down the court quickly and taking lay-ups to play the best offensive ball game of the year. Even though Longwood hit 46 per cent to 48 per cent of their shots from the field, their foul line shooting was not up to par. Also the "little men" on the Longwood squad, Jimmy Yarbrough and Bennie Shaw
..pulled down the most rebounds in
jLongwood: . Geoghegan Gilliam Yarbrough
*, Alexander Shaw Tomlin Strong
1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 0
PF PTS 3 0 4 22 2 26 3 2 1 0 0 12 1 0 2 4
16 64
Jfrrum: FG FT PF PTS
t^ ll 4 J £ Bladek 8 3 2 19 Robinson 12 1 2 25
; Gardines 6 4 3 16 Alston 5 5 2 15
".Jackson 11 0 3 22
53 17 16 123
the H-SC game in which Longwood was defeated 132 to 59.
Longwood only took eight team members to play the six man Ferrum team. Ferrum hit most of their shots and penetrated Longwood's defense to set up a half time lead of 59 to 30. The final score was 123 to 64.
Lately there have been several team members who have been sick and this hurt Longwood in the last two games.
This week Longwood has two games. One is away at Radford on February 17 and the other is at home on February 19 against Averett. Coach McNamee believes the Radford game will be tough, but he thinks his team is definitely capable of defeating Averett.
Longwood: FG FT PF PTS Welbaum 0 o l o Geoghegan 2 o 2 4 Gilliam 725 16 Yarbrough 6 7 4 19 Stack 1 0 4 2 Alexander 0 2 5 2 Shaw 1 0 4 2 Tomlin 1 2 2 4 Strong 1 3 1 5 Braxton 1 3 Rogers 1 0 3 2
21 17 34 59
H-SC: FG FT PF PTS Hughes 6 2 0 14 Owen 6 3 3 15 Henley 9 4 2 22 Howlett 3 0 0 6 Grover 3 3 l 9 Gray, 2,22 , 6 Richmond 2 0 5 4 Kasun 5 3 p., "13 Godhold 0 0 0 0 Tindall 6 5 2 17 Jervey 3 12 3 18 Cideman 4 0 4 8 Ship 0 0 0 0
49 34 25 132
in& Longwood gymnastics team in week end meet. Photo Nancy
Cosier.
FENCING
FEBRUARY
Feb. 11 Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb. 21
U. Va. Dual KM WC Dual N. C. State Dual Lynchburg Dual
Home (Gym III) Home 7:00 P.M. Away 4:00 P.M. Home 0:00P.M.
SPORTS Longwood's Riding Team
By DEANNA VANWEY Longwood's riding team, that
has in past years been an interest group, gained varsity status this week from the Virginia Region of Intercollegiate Horseshowing Association. Coached by Ms. Sally Bush, this team did very well last fall and is looking forward to a good -season this spring, also.
The team's first show of the season will be this week end at the Barracks, in Charlottesville. This show is sponsored by the University of Virginia Riding Gub and starts at 11:00 a.m., Saturday morning.
The team this spring consists of five riders, Debbie Cross, Dee Clemmer, Marg Jackson, Megan McDonald, and Julie Tracy. All five are experienced riders and should do very well.
There will be four other shows this spring. Competition in these shows consists of eight divisions. Eligibility requires the rider to have scored in previous matches. Various Longwood riders are eligible for various classes, according to their past performances.
The best of luck to these riders! Please come and show your support.
SPORT FOLLIES By DIANNE HARWOOD
Folly I The sun was shining on the
Longwood athletic teams this week as the gymnastics and basketball teams both escaped contest, with, narrow wins. The gymnastic girls scored 104.65 points to Appalachian State's close 100.85 and William and Mary's 83.4. Each squad entered six girls in each event, four all- around and two specialist. Of the six competing, the top four scored went toward the team total.
The balance bean crew gave the strongest performance yet with Debbie Kinzel taking first place with 7.75. DeDe Kirk- patrick scored a 6.5; Bunny Wadsworth scored a 6.25. Margie Quarles took second in vaulting with a 7.9; DeDe Kirkpatrick placed third with a 7.75 rating. In floor exercise, Kim Furbee and Bunny Wadsworth tied for third with a 7.5. The unevens were the weak spot this week despite DeDe Kirkpatrick's 6.75 second place finish. Miss Kirkpatrick also took second place in all-around competition with a total 28.3 points. The next gymnastics meet is Saturday, February 19 at 2:00 in French Gym. East Carolina University will hopefully be the next to fall. Box scores later, on the basketball.
Scorecard: Longwood 104.65; Appalachain State 100.85; William and Mary 83.4.
Bars: Kirkpatrick — 6.75; Wadsworth — 4.65; Oliver - 4.65; Kinzel—4.25; Bona —3.15; Cress -2.7.
Beam: Kinzel — 7.75; Kirkpatrick —6.5; Wadsworth - 6.25; Cress — 5.5; Stenfaniga - 4.65.
Vault: Quarles — 7.9; Kirkpatrick - 7.75; Kinzel - 6.85; Dunivant — 6.35; Wadsworth — 5.95; Cress - 5.75.
Floor: Furbee — 7.5; Wadsworth — 7.5; Kirkpatrick — 7.3; Hanes — 7.2; Kinzel — 5.5.
Ail-Around: Kirkpatrick — 28.3; Wadsworth - 24.35; Kinzel - 24.35; Cress - 20.85.
Folly n The basketball team got back
in the winners column (bravo!) this week with a 79-77 thrilling win over Radford College. Its been a while since the space queens have showed us what they if© capable of, so this victory is a relief to all.
The first half was all Radford as they controlled the boards and the nets. The fast tempo was slowed only by numerous fouls that hampered each teams performance. Radford held a 43- 31 lead at the half, but the big story is the second half. Longwood started out with its normal coldness, until freshman Courtney Mills made her first (and possibly last) appearance in the game. Miss Mills provided the spark the IX team needed as she promptly came up with two steals that were converted into scores and then drove for the basket herself. Mills left the game shortly thereafter with a reoccuring knee injury, but the LC girls were on their way. The game was tied at 64-64 with 6:49 left in the game and was an exchange game until the buzzer. With six seconds left in the game and Longwood up by two, Mary Louise McCraw was tied up at the Radford end. Radford controlled the tap and took the shot, but a Linda Baumler block prevented the score, giving LC the 79-77 decision. Sue Rama was high (point-wise) with 26, followed by Anita Stowe with 18.
With the state tournament three weeks away, things are getting interesting. The "weaker" teams have upset the "stronger" teams, and vice versa. The state title is up for grabs. Seedings are next to impossible. What it will boil down to is who plays the best ball on a particular night. Just hope Longwood plays the best ball.
Skiing isn't just fun, glamour and excitement.
It's health, fitness and happiness too.
Skiers really know how to live. And knowing how to live is one of the secrets of a long life. To live better... to live longer, means tak ing the simple care to exercise well. Because regular exercise is the only way to keep all of your 600 muscles in shape. Especially the most impor tantone - your heart.
So, check into skiing at a ski area or shop near you. Or hike, or bike or play squash or swing a tennis racket. Join the people going for the good life.
I'IIMif Service Advertisement for I he ('resident's Council 1
on Physical Fitness
By Deanna Vanwey Longwood Fencer's again
suffered this week from lack of experience. They competed in a tri-meet Saturday against William and Mary and Clemson, and a dual meet Tuesday night against Madison. Against all three teams Longwood looked strong. Statistics just do not show how very close the matches were.
Against William and Mary, Longwood lost 3-13. The high scorer of the meet first team was Susan Sparkman, who won two out of her four matches. On the second team, who lost 2-10, Sara Camacho and Mary Diller were high scorers.
Against Clemson, Longwood lost 4-12, but actually the match could have gone the other way easily. The first three bouts of this match went to label, which is a match point in which the score is even and the next touch determines the bout. Again Susan Sparkman was high scorer for the first team. The second tream lost 5-11. High scorer for this team was Francoise Aubry, who won three out of her four bouts.
Tuesday night, against Madison, Longwood looked the best it has this season. After fourteen bouts the score was tied 7-7, then Longwood faltered in the last two bouts, losing 7-9.
February 21 the fencers have a match against Lynchburg at home. It might really help the team if it had a little school support. The match starts at 6:00 p.m., please come.
Page 4 THE ROTUNDA, Tuesday, February 15, 1977
FROM THE EDITOR . .
Alas, the problems of coeducation. To hear some people talk you'd think that coeducation has yet to happen at Longwood, but like it or not, it is a fact. Men are living, and will continue to live on campus. The will continue to share classes with women, and they will on occasion eat at the dinner table with women.
Yes, the intergration of males and females has occurred; unfortunately, the resulting atmosphere is a
little less than aimiable. Obviously, the men on campus would not be here unless they wanted to be
here; no one twisted their arms and they were well aware that they were among the first resident males. What they did not expect was resentment. There is no reason why the men should be subjected to such resentment.
It seems rather sad that within a college community comprised of male and females of supposedly mature ages, that the two sexes cannot live in accord. The hostilities stem from various reasons,
yet to those females who hope that through public hostility you will drive the males away, don't take
yourselves too seriously. Should you succeed in turning away a few males this year, be assured that there will be more males next year.
•* .Jfri • The college has' changed from a single sexed *
college to a coeducational college, and it is unlikely that the change will reverse. As with all major changes
there will be some transitional changes. The solution to the immediate problem, however, should be evident. We are all here together and we must learn to live
together. If you should prefer to think of it as an educational experience, learning to live in a given
situation, do so. Think of it as any experience you like, but please, let the bickering and resentment end so
that we can all go on to better things.
Talent-Not A Weekly
Happening At Longwood
Last week Longwood, as well as other colleges, celebrated the culture of black Americans by observing and participating in Black Culture Week. To those participants in the week's events, I'm sure that it was as educational as three hours of a week's lectures in any given class. To all students it should have been a time of awareness, of the realization that black culture and black talent does not merely emerge during one week of the year. It should be particularly easy to be reminded of such talent when the students of Longwood are constantly in the midst of the accomplished Jacqui Singleton.
It seems that Jacqui has tried her hand in just about every medium of self-expression. Her success has been marvelous and there is no way to predict what future success awaits her. Jacqui, as a single individual is to be admired. She stands as a constant reminder of the talent and artistry which is present at Longwood. Praise for her, and others like her, should not be limited to only one week of the year.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Behavior Questioned
Dear Editor, We have just returned from the
Saturday night Coffeehouse featuring Jon Ims. It was a shame that a gifted performer was received in such a manner. Unfortunately, the worst of it is that this night's audience was considered the best behaved. We ,w«re astounded when-he referred*^ to this night as the quietest of the three.
The audience was loud from the beginning, laughing and talking through most of his songs. To those of us who appreciated his music, this was most disturbing and very embarrassing. When he attempted to silence his hacklers, they were either too drunk or too dense to notice that his comments were directed at them. The final insult came when he was asked to perform other people's music instead of his own, when he himself had so much to offer.
We can only hope that in the future our guests will be received with more respect.
Dottie Jerd Milly Homen Sarah Smith
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Published weekly during the college year with the exception of holidays and examination periods by the students of Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia. Printed by the Farmville Herald.
Opinions expressed are those of the weekly editorial board and its columnists, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the student body or the administration.
Utters to the editor are welcome. They must be typed, signed and submitted to the editor by the Friday preceding publication date. All letters are subject to editing.
Social Rights
Dear Editor, Is Longwood taking a step
forward with the Men or a step backward with the Women? The women of Longwood have too long been oppressed and with the new male population at Longwood we feel a drastic need for a change in our social rights,
-Having the-men at I xmgwood had been the only positive change ever but, are we allowed to enjoy it — NO! Why should it matter how long you keep a male in your room if it is alright with your roommate and suitmates? Believe it or not the world does not stop turning at 1:30 a. m. and begin again at 2:00 p. m. on the week ends. If your thoughts of open hours don't coincide with this, I am sure someone will be there to remind you! Longwood women have a lot of growing up to do in minding their own business, they could learn a lot from the Longwood Men. Must everything go on in secrecy at Longwood College? If not "You have 24 hours to turn yourself in!"
Concerned Females, Dorinda Childress
PattiBova'
Dear Editors, Two weeks ago, in the Rotunda,
there appeared an article entitled, "Silk-Screen Sexism", written by a non-student advisor of the paper. It stated that the choice of wording used on the T- shirts by a group of Freshman males, who were trying to show their opinion on the amnesty decision of President Carter, was vulgar as well as sexist.
I would like to state some of the facts to correcrt this comment. The statement that was so upsetting was, "1-21-77, Carter says, Pussy's come home". For some reason, you thought the word pussy was used so as to suggest that the worst way to cut down the draft resisters was to equate him to a woman.
As one of the T-shirt wearers myself, let me set you straight. The definition of pussy we used
means pussy as in "pussycat", and pussy cat is a synonym for coward. It comes from the old military expression, "are you a tiger or a pussy cat?", such as a fighter or a coward. If you read anything else into this, then you're the one with the dirty- minds. Besides that, I'd think you, as an advisor, would know the words and their meanings.
I'd like to state a personal opinion thai is more serious than the wording of a shirt...the draft itself. I don't believe any person deserves the freedom he has in this country if he is not willing to fight for it. Our country was engaged in a shooting war, even though undeclared, and our government elected by the people, commited us to it. If the individual citizen is to be allowed to decide what is a good war or a bad one, our country could not survive. The condition where people decide which laws to obey is the ultimate in individual liberty.
It may sound good but it is defined as anarchy. You can say you don't like the way the government is spending it's money on food stamps, building highways or supporting Israel. If you protest you don't pay your taxes, should you be pardoned? There's no difference. I believe Carter was wrong and still is. The people he should be taking care of are the Vets and MIA's.
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The World Of The Black Artist Jacqui Singleton: Resident Artist
By SANDY WILLIAMS Nine years ago she was writing
'. "piddling little love stories that ' didn't make much sense" and had only begun taking piano - lessons. Today, since high school,
she has had a play broadcasted on an educational station, had an essay published in a national
j magazine, written lyrics and » composed the music for several | of our college plays, mastered I five musical instruments, and '. has had many of her plays staged 1 at Longwood for the students and
townspeople. This unique and talented individual is Jacqui Singleton, a Norfolk native, who is a senior English-Drama major.
Miss Singleton started writing plays while still in high school. In 1973, her senior year, Miss Singleton's creative writing
*** teacher noticed her exceptional writing ability and suggested that she try to have her play, "Through a Crack in the Wall," broadcasted on a Norfolk television station, WHRO. The local education station accepted it.
Her playwriting did not stop - there. She has written twenty-
three plays since entering ' Longwood. In the acting class,
every student is required to direct a play as a final project.
• For the past three and one-half ' years, they have produced Miss
Singleton's. In the past week, two :*!hTWie of her plays were staged. ^"Cbrhers," a*'narrative with a *' cast of five, was given Monday
' night and "For Those Who Aren't Allowed to Play the Game" was held on Tuesday. This was an
' opportune time for those unfamiliar with her productions to be introduced to them because,
" as usual, they were a success.
CREATTVITY
It must be fondled and felt, as is
The most sensitive of feelings on earth.
How precious is inai HUH Miraculous wonder of all
The freedom of my creativity.
Inspirational to my soul, To it my vitality is
chained.
AS I SIT I sit, facing the tube Seeing faces, businesslike
faces I sit, staring at walls Empty except for that
curio shelf Brother made it for
mother. I sit retracing the years Through pictures painted
of my sister And I, as children. I sit because I cannot stand The thought of being
without you. I sit day and night My mind full of thoughts. I sit full of dreams That someday with you I sit, contented.
— Valerie Davis
Miss Singleton not only writes are the piano, flue, bassoon, plays, but she also actively drums and guitar.
Gwendolyn Brook's Pulitzer
Prize Winning Annie Allen participates in them. As a member of the "Longwood Players," she has either had an acting part or been a crew member for every Longwood production since she has attended college.
There are many other genre in which Miss Singleton demonstrates her writing ability. While still in high school, she had an essay entitled "Oreos," published in a national literary magazine. She also enjoys writing romantic or nature oriented poetry. She even has a continuous poem, "Essence," which she never ends but she keeps adding to it.
Miss Singleton is also a whiz at writing, composing and singing songs, and at playing musical instruments. In the Longwood production of "Midsummer Night's Dream," she played the bassoon. She wrote "Old Lace and Lilacs," a song used for "Restroom at Rosenblooms." However, her biggie was the song "Laura's Theme," which she composed for "The Glass Menagerie." This selection as so spectacular that Owen Philips, the director of the Barter Theater in Abingdon, requested that she tape and send it to Tennessee Williams. The instruments she has mastered
Miss Singleton does not merely use her musical talents to accompany plays. She played her guitar and sang for two weeks at the popular "Mousetrap," a night club in Charlottesville.
Dancing should also be included in Jacqui's wide range of accomplishments. Last summer, as a member of the drama staff at Camp Louise in Cascade, Maryland, she served as choreographer for the musical, "Oliver." She also acted as the music director for their production of "Pajama Game."
Naturally she plans a career around her many talents but wants first to receive her master's degree in fine arts in directing and playwriting. Following graduation, her choices of schools are Florida State or the University of California, Davis Campus.
When asked the secret to a possible career in these areas, she responded, "It's important to get as much circulation as possible." She is well on her way because besides putting her various talents on public display, she has made three appearances on the Becky Livas Show, a local TV program in Norfolk.
We are fortunate to be in the presence of such an outstanding coUeagqe.
HI HI n i. ^•ww
"Searfch For ExtraiohtfrMaiiets" lecture delivered by
Dr. Peter van de Kamp 1:00 P. M. Today — Jeffers
Lorraine Hansberry,
We do not want them to have less.
But it is only natural that we should think we have not enough.
We drive on, we drive on. When we speak to each
other, our voices are a little gruff.
These powerful words come from a collection of poems entitled Annie Allen, composed by Gwendolyn Brooks. These poems enabled her to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950, the first black to receive this award.
Annie Allen is truly deserving of the Pulitzer Prize. Annie Allen contains recollections, beginning with her childhood and continuing throughout her adult
Art Credit
In Europe
A six-credit course in Art History, sponsored by the Art Department at Longwood College, will leave from Dulles Airport on May 16,1977. The tour will include London, Paris, Florence, Rome, and Madrid, with excursions to Chartres, Assisi, and Toledo. After five weeks of studying and touring, the tour will return on June 16 from Madrid.
Transportation lodging and two meals each day are included in the $1,529 package. Interested students should contact the Art Department before February 20.
I I
"A Challenge To Artists" By JACQUI SINGLETON
Besides her having been a gifted woman of unlimited abilities, Lorraine Hansberry has been noted as a free-thinker, a woman who was not afraid to speak her feelings as well as write them. Background material on her life is somewhat limited but on October 27,1962, at Manhatten Center at a rally to abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, Miss Hansberry spoke to artists all over the world about their own ability to make noticable changes in a troubled country. And even though her speech contains very strong political over-tones, the underlying theme of a challenge to all artists cannot go unemphasized.
Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago to an upper class family. Her father was a wealthy businessman and former United States Marshal. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where she gained practical knowledge of dramatics from university and community theatres. At the age of twenty- seven, she wrote A Raisin in the Sun, which, directed by Negroes and performed by an all-Negro cast headed by Sidney Potier, became a Broadway hit, won the
New York Drama Critic's Award for 1958 and was produced as a motion picture by Columbia Pictures. Miss Hansberry died of cancer in 1966. Two years later, exerpts from her published and unpublished works were performed in an off-Broadway production called To Be Young, Gifted, and Black.
In her speech at the Manhattan Center, Miss Hansberry sited instances wherein the American people can become detached in the world.
"...we can get to the place where we read only the theatre or photography or music pages of our newspapers. And then we wake up one day and find that the better people of our nation are still where they were when we last noted them..."
She went on to talk about where artists are in the contemporary struggles. Some have made notable contributions. Some of the more serious actresses such as Shelly Winters and Julie Harris have associated themselves with some aspect of the peace movement and numerous other celebrities have made significant contributions to various groups and organizations. But where are the vast majority? In their studios so
consumed with the idea of trying to find the meaning of life that they neglect the goings on of the world around them. In the contemporary arts, the rejection of the immediate world is no longer a mere grotesque threat, but a fact. Among her contemporaries, Miss Hansberry stated, the search for the roots of war, the exploitation of man, of poverty and of despair itself, is sought in any arena other than the one which has shaped the artists themselves.
One must guard against becoming a puppet for public and political opinion. There are wrongs done as well as heroic deeds and neither of these realities can be over-looked due to what happens to be fashionable to sing, write, or paint at the time. Miss Hansberry suggested that since everyone has the right to freedom of expression they must rise and exercise the rights we are defending. "We must paint them, sing them, and write about them."
Today Miss Hansberry is no longer with us but her philosophy and strength as an artist and most important of all, a black woman, will remain eternal in the heart of every artist who ever desired to someday touch thus change the world.
life, as a black living in a white world. She was frustrated, bitter, and angry at the way that blacks seemed to suffer such humiliation in their lives. She began writing whatever she thought she knew, or experienced. "I was to be a watchful eye, a tuned ear, a super-reporter," Miss Brooks has said.
Her strong will and determination grew out of her expressions. After reading Annie Allen over several times, it's emotional and thought provoking feelings may ignite guilt within the reader. The poems that Gwendolyn Brooks has written are not only jottings on paper, but they were put there because she felt her people were lost in a myriad of others. We can learn from them, and can also hop over on the other side of the fence for awhile.
Nobody is furious. Nobody hates these people.
It is only natural, however, that it should occur to us
How much more fortunate they are than we are.
It is only natural that we should look and look
At their wood and brick and stone
And think, while a breath of pine blows,
How different these are from our own.
From Montage of a Dream Deferred
CHILDREN'S RHYMES When I was a chile we used
to play, "One — two — buckle my
shoe!" and things like that. But
now, Lord, listen at them little
varmints! By what sends the white kids I ain't sent: I know I can't be President.
There is two thousand children
in this block, I do believe! What don't bug them white kids sure bugs me: We knows everybody ain't free! Some of those ones is
cert'ly bad- One batted a hard ball
right through my window and my gold fish et the
glass What's written down for white folks ain't for us a-tall:
"Liberty and Justice— Huh - For All."
Oop-pop-a-da! Skee. Daddle-de-do! Be-bop!
False Fire Alarms:
By DEBBIE WEBB Why Ix)ngwood is so lucky, no
one knows. And if that's luck, we can well do without it. In contacting representatives of other colleges in the state, we find that we are singularly blessed in this area. The topic: false fire alarms. Having to pile out of your dorm at 2 a. m. in the rain because someone is having a little fun is not many students' idea of a good time. Aside from the inconvenience, there is a danger factor involved. When you have to quickly (but safely) go down 10 flights of steps for the third false alarm in one night (even in one week), tempers are hot and unfortunately, someone may get hurt.
Longwood College supports the Code of Virginia concerning false fire alrams.
"18.2-212. Calling or summoning ambulance or fire- fighting apparatus without just cause; maliciously activating fire alarms in public building. — Any person who without just cause therefor, calls or summons, by telephone or otherwise, any ambulance, or fire-fighting apparatus, or any person who maliciously activates a manual or automatic fire alarm in any building used for public assembly or for other public use, including but not limited to, schools, theatres, stores, office buildings, shopping centers and malls, coliseums and are as, regardless of whether fire apparatus responds or not, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 in misdemeanor. (Code 1950, 18.1-
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412; I960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 75). The 1976 amendment made this section applicable to maliciously activating fire alarms in public buildings."
If a student is caught or suspected of setting a false alarm, he-or she will be brought to trial before Residence Board. If found guilty, the student will face possible suspension from school.
Most of you reading this article are not the ones guilty of these offenses. You, like a large percentage of the student body are tired of being awakened in the middle of the night for a bit of fresh air. If one of your friends wants to pull an alarm for a joke, please discourage them. You'll be doing all of us a great service, and perhaps keep someone from being hurt.
Unfortunately, most of the measures that could be used by the college to catch an offender are very expensive. If anyone has any suggestions on how to alleviate the problem, please contact either Residence Board or Legislative Board. If we all work together, maybe we'll be able to sleep better at night — uninterrupted.
By LINDA CICOIRA With respect to the article in
last weeks Rotunda concerning the housing of upper class male students, Dean Heintz was questioned as to what consideration the matter is presently being given. It is her opinion that additional residence hall space may be needed in the near future for the male students. However, it is not known whether Cox or Wheeler will be considered.
When asked what her view was on the hostility of some female students in these dorms, Dean Heintz concluded that their views also have to be considered.
When questioned as to the possibility of an all male dorm she answered, it just isn't possible at this time.
Three current residents of Cox, Maria Corbin Ann Founder, and Lee Bruno, agreed in opposition of the idea, saying, "We don't want them in Cox, but we do agree that they should have living quarters on this side of campus. However, we women should have a choice between co- ed or an all girl's dorm and Cox's choice is all girl's." Lee and Ann added, "Why can't the state do something about their lack of housing? They brought the guys here."
Legislative Board Asks
For Student Suggestions
By DEBBIE WEBB Every three years, each
organization on campus must have its constitution revised and- or revoted on by Legislative Board. The purpose of this is to delete any clause which is no longer applicable, and to add in any that have developed since the last revision. Legislative Board began its meeting, Monday, February 7, by approving the Lynchnos constitution as amended.
Sophomore Katy Rafferty will act as chairman for the Organizations and Evaluations Committee, with freshman Pam (C.B.) Brown helping her. The new chairman of Help-Out committee is Kim Furbee.
Student Government Day is tentatively set up for March 2 and 3. More details will be given later as plans are finalized.
Legislative Board is sponsoring one of its freshman representatives Debi Kinzel, for the Miss I^ongwood Pageant this spring.
It is hoped that everyone attended their hall meeting last night. The purpose of the
meetings was to get ideas and questions from you, the students, about things that need to be changed or revised. It is only through working together, with everyone's support, that changes can be made.
Please don't forget about the Press Conference in the Gold Room Thursday, February 17, at 12:45. Come armed with questions and-or ideas!! Here's your chance to find out.
If you have an idea or suggestion and don't know who to give it to, use the suggestion boxes located around the campus (at the Information Office, the New Smoker, Dr. Willett's office, and by the Snack Bar). From there any suggestions will go to the proper authority, whether it is student or administration.
If anyone has any suggestions for changes or improvements in Orientation, you can send them to Cathy Lowe, Box 576.
Everyone is invited to attend any Legislative Board meeting. As always, they will be in the Reading Rooms in Lankford, at 7 p.m. on Mondays. Hope to see you there!
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When asking another resident of Cox a different kind of reply followed. T. Jones said, "I think they have every right too. I don't think they should be confined to Frazier. It's degrading."
Carol Lewis, former chairman of residence board and present residence of Cox said, "Let them come. If they have guys in this dorm I would want 24 hour visitation. I couldn't have that I'd rather let them stay where they are."
Black Culture (Continued from Page 1)
the "Longwood College Pointer Sisters," who made a vast attempt at being sexy. Sexy they were not, but funny they were.
Many of the poems, reading selections and songs that were presented were very emotional.. . Jacqui Singleton sang two original songs, "Please Stay" and "Don't Let Me Alone Tonight," and as usual she received a hardy round of applause.
Both events proved successful and entertaining for those individuals that participated and observed. A job well done!
All students who participated in any way with the productions during the week are to be congratulated; your talent did not go unrecognized.
Bob Dylan (Continued from Page 2)
passages." And Ezra Pound's poetry was proclaimed "incoherent, the work of a madman."
This slow acceptance is probably no surprise to Dylan, who has an acute sense of history and always plays his cards right. His songs are like a newsreel of the sixties and seventies, filled with the movements, fads, slang and personalities of the time, songs that were made to be examined thirty years after they were written.
Dylan will most likely be a grandfather by the time they teach "Advanced Blonde on Blonde" at Oxford, but as he once said, "I'm still gonna be around when everybody gets their heads straight."
Authentic Jefferson Cup.
From the St iff f Bicentennial Collection.
In 1810. Thomas Jefferson designed a handsome, round bottomed drinking cup He commissioned a Virginia silversmith to craft eight cups in silver lined with gold. Jefferson treasured them highly, and bequeathed seven to his daughter for het children.
Stieff faithfully reproduced the eight ounce Jefferson Cup (as well as two ounce miniatures), for you and your family. It is the only authentic reproduction available—truly something to treasure and hand down.
In sterling (with or without gold lining) and pewter.
$6.50 Each
Jewelers KAKMVI U.F.. VIRGINIA
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HIGHS ICE CREAM SH0PPES
SANDWICHES ROAST BEEF The most popular new sandwich we've made! Wafer thin roast beet topped with a secret sauce and served with lettuce, tomato and potato chips
HAM AND CHEESE The best ham we can find—topped with melted cheese and lettuce- served with potato chips
BARBECUE Hickory cured, made by us, and served with a specially prepared slaw— potato chips
BACON, LETTUCE AND TOMATO HAM, LETTUCE AND TOMATO CHICKEN SALAD EGG SALAD GRILLED AMERICAN CHEESE GRILLED PIMENTO CHEESE
HOT DOG Our own hot dog served with chili and slaw
POTATO CHIPS
SOUPS BEAN AND BACON SOUP It is so great we serve it every day with one more favorite. Served steaming hot! So satisfying
HOMEMADE CHILI Chili from our own kitchens. It's the hottest!
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I A Variety Of Talent Displayed
During Black Culture Week By MARY LOUISE PARRIS
And DEBBIE MOUL Last week across the nation
Americans observed Black Culture Week. Longwood College actively participated in the event by bringing to the surface the talent of the college black students.
Throughout the week, talent manifested itself in various ways. There were dramatic productions displaying the talent of those acting and producing. Others expressed their talent through music and dance.
Aside from the talent of the performers, the talent of those poets, playwrights and musicians authoring the original material should not be neglected.
One-Acts Display Student Playwright And Student Talent
"Do not lump us together . . . We are individuals." This is the plea of "Corners," the first of the two one-act plays by Jacqui Singleton presented during Black' Culture Week. "Corners* was presented Monday, February 7, in the Studio Theater. Laurie Jones, Paulette Daniels, Sharon (Kool-Aid) Miller, -Charlene Wilboume, Louise Nowlin and Renee Anderson made the dialogues come alive as the audience listened to the story of black Americans.
From Africa to slavery, from slavery to emancipation, from emancipation to the struggle to be truly free Americans —
"Corners" touches painfully yet proudly on these moments of American history and black American heritage. It is the design of the playwright within the play to "present varying degrees of black awareness," but as the play ends, the audience knows "the real knowledge comes in knowing individuals."
"For Those Who Aren't Allowed To Play the Game!!", the second of the one-acts, was performed Wedensday, February 9, in the jam-packed Studio Theater. The plot centers around Willi (Audrey Simms), and her twin brother and sister, Clifford (James Braxton) and Clarisse (Anna Butler). Since their mother's death two years ago, Willi, Clifford and Clarisse have been trying to make it on their own. Willi is a neighborhood attorney, while Clifford and Clarisse still attend high school. Willi attempts to be the mother figure for two "independent" teen-agers. After a morning of particularly loud arguments with Clifford and Clarisse, Willi finds herself being advised by her sympathetic, but nosey neighbor, Roberta (Allie Chaffin). Roberta tells Willi that she should stop being the referee and start "playing the game."
Playing the game leads Willi to some interesting experiences. She meets Clarisse's 25-year-old boyfriend, Ernest (James Yarbrough). Ernest tries to move in on Willi and is promptly kicked
out. Clarisse is both jealous and hurt.
Meanwhile, Clifford is falsely accused of stabbing a white boy at school, but Willi says he must find another attorney because she's not going to defend him. When the stabbed boy's mother, Mrs. Reynolds (Susann Smith) and her attorney, Mrs. Grace (Barbara Brogaon) come to interrogate Clifford, Willi stands up for her brother and sends Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. Grace home.
Soon Clarisse comes home after realizing that Willi was only trying to protect her from Ernest, who was a real "punk". Willi Clifford and Clarisse are once again a family.
"For Those Who Aren't A- llowed To Play the Game!!" brought laughter and sympathy, and a great deal of applause.
In a conversation after the play, Jacqui said that she had written both plays during Christmas break. "Corners" was written especially for Black Culture Week. Certainly both plays added to the observance of Black Culture Week, just as every Singleton production has added to Longwood College life for all students.
Varied Talent In Production
And Presentation The Afro-American Student
Alliance provided much charm, style, wit, and drama during two of the scheduled events for Black Culture Week.
TONIGHT
By SANDY WILLIAMS Get ready to sit back, relax,
and savor the music of the promising William Parker. This lyric baritone will be performing tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Wygal Building. The admission is free.
Whether he sings opera, in recital, or with orchestra. William Parker is always praised for the art and beauty of his song. This talent has secured his winning many singing contests all over the world. As a soloist in the United States Army Chorus, he began to garner prizes in various competitions.
In 1971 Mr. Parker received first prize in the Paris International Singing Competition and also the special Poulenc Prize. In addition to his two years in the roster of the Vienna Volksoper, Mr. Parker has sung with the Operal du Rhin'in Strasbourg and in broadcast opera performances in Paris.
Because of Parker's wide experience and past history of success, this event, sponsored by the Visiting Artist Series and the Student Union, should prove both moving and eloquent.
Jacqui Singleton, one of Longwood's most talented artists. Photo Nancy Cosier.
The Ebony "Fashion Flair" presented Wednesday night in the Gold Room exhibited various ensembles for an evening out with your man, a casual Sunday lunch or an evening at home. The styles of modeled clothing ranged from a gray pin-striped three- piece suit to a balck, yellow, green, and red tent style sundress tying at the shoulders.
Many of the ensembles displayed were through the courtesy of Cato's, I^eggett's, and Baldwin's department stores. Other modeled clothes were created by the girls themselves. Valerie Davis created one fashion, and Laurie Jones
created three of the charming outfits displayed.
Piano music, emcees and colored lights added the final touch to the lovely presentation.
A touch of wit and drama surfaced Thursday evening in the student directed variety show, "To Be Young, Gifted and Black." Anita Cameron introduced the acts, which ranged from melodramatic and reverent poems about salvation and identity, to the sophisticated ladies, Charlene and Kool-Aid, who freely strutted their stuff on stage.
Some individuals of note were (Continued on Page 6)
Alpha Kappa Alpha, Longwood's
Newest And First Black Sorority By DEBBIE MOUL
Much recognition has been given to the new male colony, Sigma Phi Epsilon, but the attention should now be focused on Longwood's new sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. AKA, a service sorority was founded in 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Several individuals have worked diligently since last March to get AKA on the campus, and having been successful, AKA was pledged and initiated last Sunday. There are now twelve black members, Sharon Miller, "Kool-Aid", is the president of
the sorority, and I-dia Austin, Doreen Nunnally, Betty Reed, Beulah Bolden, Brenda Hamlett, Cheryl Bailey, Thomasine Harris, Audrey Simms, Grace Hardy, Allie Marie Chaffin and Connie Barbour are acting members.
AKA's colors are pink and green and the flower is the pink tea rose. AKA is known nationwide for singing, a part of a black sorority's culture. On February 19th, the sorority will receive their chapter name.
Although there have been many trials and tribulations, AKA is here to stay!
Page 2 THE ROTUNDA, Tuesday, February 15, 1977
Works Of Bob Dylan Being Offered
On Campuses Across The States By RUSS SMITH
(CPS) — "Twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift," whined Bob Dylan in 1965. But now Dylan himself — after fifteen years of myth- building and paying literary dues — is being put back into schools, as Dylan seminars spring up on campuses around the country.
It doesn't take a fortune teller or gypsy from Desolation Row to know that the next generation will find Dylan's words bound between Viking cloth covers, stacked 300 high in college bookstores, right next to Rimbaud and Whitman. In the coming years, it will be the professors and critics who were raised on Dylan that will be determining what is of "Literary merit," not their crotchety teachers who rejected "the youth's voice of the sixties."
"Anyone who thinks Dylan is a great poet has rocks in his head," snorted a University of Vermont English professor in 1965, summing up academia's attitude towards Dylan (himself a University of Minnesota drop- out).
Not so long ago just a handful of maverick teachers were quoting Dylan's words, mostly graduate instructors who led clandestine discussions in seedy coffeehouses, seeking a respite from an outdated curriculum of a
stuffy English department. Or the draft resisting music teacher who almost lost his for goading seventh graders into a secret verse of "Blowin* in the Wind."
Today, Dylan is not only taught by legions of teachers throughout the country, but is thought by some to be the major poet of our era.
In the last two years, courses dealing with Dylan have been offered at such diverse colleges as the University of Southern California, the State University of New York, Johns Hopkins University and Dartmouth College.
At a recent meeting of the Modern Language Association in San Francisco, fifty scholars, almost all young English professors, gathered to discuss "The Deranged Seer: The Poetry of Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan," and how Dylan's view of women has evolved from "macho posturing" to "reconciliation of the sexes."
"I always use Dylan in my poetry classes, it's the most popular section of the course," says Belle D. Levinson, professor of English at SUNY at Geneseo. "Increasingly," she adds, students are more familiar with Dylan's songs, mostly because he's being taught in high schools."
Levinson emphasizes the
Judges Chosen From Area By LISA TURNER
Preliminary judging for the Miss Longwood Pageant began last night and will continue tonight. At this time, five judges will select 10-12 finalists for the April 2 pageant. They will do this on the basis of stage personality and poise, a short talent presentation and individual four minute interviews with each of the 20 contestants. The preliminaries are closed to the general public, so the results will be announced next week.
How are the judges selected? According to Brenda Williams, Judges Chairman, the five judges for the preliminaries are chosen from qualified people in the area. None of them are affiliated with either Longwood College or any of the contestants. Judges were chosen by the pageant staff, which considered their backgrounds, their experience in judging or knowledge of music, dance or fachion. The five selected for the preliminaries are
not the five who will judge the pageant itself.
The preliminary judges are Mrs. J. Stokely Fulton (a local dance instructor), Douglas Kilpatrick, Righard Vaughn, Mrs. Robert Carter (an area merchant), and Dr. Albert Elmore (from Hampden-Sydney College).
One very important thing the girls are competing for is a chance at one of three scholarships. According to the Miss America pageant's instructions for judges, the winner will not be merely a beauty queen; most importantly she must be intelligent, dignified, and possess poise and several other important qualities.
The Longwood College Foundation has provided a $500 scholarship for the winner of the pateant. Long College Productions, Inc. will present two scholarships, $300 to the first runner-up and $150 to the second runner-up.
"crucial links" between the poetry of Dylan and the French Symbolists, particularly Rimbaud and Baudelaire. She lectures about the similarity of Dylan's and Rimbaud's psychic trips, how both "were drained by drugs and came out with changed senses of perception." Their poe- try is that of "evocation and experience rather than descrip- tion." Levinson often compares Dylan's "Mr. Tamborine Man" to Rimbaud's "The Drunken Boat" since both poems are surrealistic, drug induced, mystical journeys.
At Geneseo, two of Levinson's colleagues taught an interdisciplinary course on the music and poetry of Dylan that drew scads of student raves.
The chairman of the Modern Language conference, Patrick Morrow of Auburn University in Alabama, agrees that Dylan's time has arrived in "higher learning" but stresses that it's mostly the junior colleges and state schools that are leading the trend. "Popular culture has not been accepted by most major colleges yet," he asserted. Morrow himself taught a pop culture course at USC which he found was extremely popular with students.
Morrow, praising Dylan's eclectic taste in literature, explains, "Dylan is powerful because he has the vision to seize the spirit of a movement, much like Yeats."
William McClain, professor of German at Johns' Hopkins in Baltimore, was tickled when a few of his students uncovered direct parallels in the writings of Dylan and playwright Bertolt Brecht. "It's wonderful to know that the words and moods of Brecht are available through Dylan on the juke boxes of America!" McClain said.
And at Dartmouth College, where a seminar called "The Songs of Bob Dylan" was offered last fall, Bob Ringler, a biology major, remarked, "It was one of the best courses I've had. I was somewhat skeptical at first, not knowing much about Dylan, but I found that some of his songs recreated the themes of Browning, Blake and Rimbaud."
Dylan is only the latest in a long succession of renegade writers who were scorned by the literati of their day. Rimbaud was detested by the Parisian men of letters in the early 1870's, and was running guns in Asia before cultists succeeded in legitimizing his poetry. Whitman's masterful Leaves of Grass was banned for its "obscene and immoral
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STUDENT TALENT
Second Film Documentary By DEBBIE MOUL
Dr. Charles Sydnor, Assis- tant Professor of History at Longwood is in the process of completing his second historical film documentary, dealing with the American occupation of postwar Germany. The one-hour film deals primarily with the role that the United States foreign policy played in Germany in the development of the Federal Republic of Germany. The program covers the period from 1945 to 1949, and should be completed in the studio in about two weeks.
The documentary emphasizes the transition in postwar American foreign policy. It examines how the United States, under the leadership of General George C. Marshall, took its own initiative and decided to pursue, independently of the Soviet Union, a policy designed to reconstruct Germany, both economically and politically.
The documentary is based on interviews with major participants in the American occupation of Germany, those individuals instrumental in formulating and executing United States foreign policy. They include General Lucius D. Clay, the military governor of the
American zone in Germany; General Abril Hariman, the director of the European Recovery Program; John J. McCloy, President Roosevelt's assistant Secretary of War; Ambassador James W. Riddleburger, General Clay's State Department political advisor; Ambassador Robert D. Murphy, also one of Clay's political advisors; and Ambassador Earnest A. Gross, the deputy assistant Secretary of State.
Dr. Sydnor's primary source for his work was his own knowledge. Secondary sources were secured from the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. He is continuing working with Al Moffett, who is currently the Director of Communications for the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation in Richmond.
Dr. Sydnor's initial film documentary, a biography of Hitler, is hoped to be aired on national television sometime this spring, but it could be deferred and scheduled for the fall television season. It will be shown in such cities as Harrisonburg, Roanoke, and Annandale.
Once again, many congratulations are to be extended to Dr. Sydnor!
College Republicans
Attend State Convention By DEBBIE NORTHERN
The Longwood College Re- publicans recently chartered with the College Republican Federation of Virginia. Pat Jones, one of the Longwood Republicans, attended the convention which took place from Feb. 4-6. On the club's behalf, she accepted an award which was conferred upon the Longwood Republicans as the Best New Club of the Year.
The convention assembled to draw up and approve a plat- form, part of which was sent to the Virginia State Legislature. Convention speakers includedSenator Marshall Coleman and Delegate Wyatt Durrette, who are both seeking the Republican nomination for Attorney General; Senator Joe Canada, who intends to run for
Lt. Governor and Lt. Gov. John Dalton. The keynote speaker was Richard D. Obenchain, the former co-chairman of the Republican National Committee. He spoke about the up-coming elections.
Last semester the L.C. Republicans actively campaigned for Ford by working with the Farmville Senior Party, canvasing with Washington and Lee, distributing fliers conducting surveys and working with the mock elections. They also encouraged students to vote by absentee ballots, speak.
This semester the club will be revising its charter, raising funds, and preparing for the November elections. A meeting will be held tonight at 7:00 in the Honors Council Room in Lankford.
On The Road, Men's
Team Loses Both Games
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By DEBBIE NORTHERN • On February 5, Longwood's men's basketball team traveled to Hampden-Sydney to take on the Tigers and on February 8 they Went to play Ferrum. Longwood was unable to win either away game. Coach McNamee said that his team just did not play well. Both H-SC and Ferrum hurt Longwood on the boards by getting the rebounds and taking 2nd and 3rd shots. They were able to out-shoot, out-rebound, and out-defend L.C. causing us to lose the ball 38 times against H-SC and 16 times against Ferrum.
McNamee remarked that Longwood's shot selections in these games were better than they had ever been. The team was getting the ball down the court quickly and taking lay-ups to play the best offensive ball game of the year. Even though Longwood hit 46 per cent to 48 per cent of their shots from the field, their foul line shooting was not up to par. Also the "little men" on the Longwood squad, Jimmy Yarbrough and Bennie Shaw
..pulled down the most rebounds in
jLongwood: . Geoghegan Gilliam Yarbrough
*, Alexander Shaw Tomlin Strong
1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 0
PF PTS 3 0 4 22 2 26 3 2 1 0 0 12 1 0 2 4
16 64
Jfrrum: FG FT PF PTS
t^ ll 4 J £ Bladek 8 3 2 19 Robinson 12 1 2 25
; Gardines 6 4 3 16 Alston 5 5 2 15
".Jackson 11 0 3 22
53 17 16 123
the H-SC game in which Longwood was defeated 132 to 59.
Longwood only took eight team members to play the six man Ferrum team. Ferrum hit most of their shots and penetrated Longwood's defense to set up a half time lead of 59 to 30. The final score was 123 to 64.
Lately there have been several team members who have been sick and this hurt Longwood in the last two games.
This week Longwood has two games. One is away at Radford on February 17 and the other is at home on February 19 against Averett. Coach McNamee believes the Radford game will be tough, but he thinks his team is definitely capable of defeating Averett.
Longwood: FG FT PF PTS Welbaum 0 o l o Geoghegan 2 o 2 4 Gilliam 725 16 Yarbrough 6 7 4 19 Stack 1 0 4 2 Alexander 0 2 5 2 Shaw 1 0 4 2 Tomlin 1 2 2 4 Strong 1 3 1 5 Braxton 1 3 Rogers 1 0 3 2
21 17 34 59
H-SC: FG FT PF PTS Hughes 6 2 0 14 Owen 6 3 3 15 Henley 9 4 2 22 Howlett 3 0 0 6 Grover 3 3 l 9 Gray, 2,22 , 6 Richmond 2 0 5 4 Kasun 5 3 p., "13 Godhold 0 0 0 0 Tindall 6 5 2 17 Jervey 3 12 3 18 Cideman 4 0 4 8 Ship 0 0 0 0
49 34 25 132
in& Longwood gymnastics team in week end meet. Photo Nancy
Cosier.
FENCING
FEBRUARY
Feb. 11 Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb. 21
U. Va. Dual KM WC Dual N. C. State Dual Lynchburg Dual
Home (Gym III) Home 7:00 P.M. Away 4:00 P.M. Home 0:00P.M.
SPORTS Longwood's Riding Team
By DEANNA VANWEY Longwood's riding team, that
has in past years been an interest group, gained varsity status this week from the Virginia Region of Intercollegiate Horseshowing Association. Coached by Ms. Sally Bush, this team did very well last fall and is looking forward to a good -season this spring, also.
The team's first show of the season will be this week end at the Barracks, in Charlottesville. This show is sponsored by the University of Virginia Riding Gub and starts at 11:00 a.m., Saturday morning.
The team this spring consists of five riders, Debbie Cross, Dee Clemmer, Marg Jackson, Megan McDonald, and Julie Tracy. All five are experienced riders and should do very well.
There will be four other shows this spring. Competition in these shows consists of eight divisions. Eligibility requires the rider to have scored in previous matches. Various Longwood riders are eligible for various classes, according to their past performances.
The best of luck to these riders! Please come and show your support.
SPORT FOLLIES By DIANNE HARWOOD
Folly I The sun was shining on the
Longwood athletic teams this week as the gymnastics and basketball teams both escaped contest, with, narrow wins. The gymnastic girls scored 104.65 points to Appalachian State's close 100.85 and William and Mary's 83.4. Each squad entered six girls in each event, four all- around and two specialist. Of the six competing, the top four scored went toward the team total.
The balance bean crew gave the strongest performance yet with Debbie Kinzel taking first place with 7.75. DeDe Kirk- patrick scored a 6.5; Bunny Wadsworth scored a 6.25. Margie Quarles took second in vaulting with a 7.9; DeDe Kirkpatrick placed third with a 7.75 rating. In floor exercise, Kim Furbee and Bunny Wadsworth tied for third with a 7.5. The unevens were the weak spot this week despite DeDe Kirkpatrick's 6.75 second place finish. Miss Kirkpatrick also took second place in all-around competition with a total 28.3 points. The next gymnastics meet is Saturday, February 19 at 2:00 in French Gym. East Carolina University will hopefully be the next to fall. Box scores later, on the basketball.
Scorecard: Longwood 104.65; Appalachain State 100.85; William and Mary 83.4.
Bars: Kirkpatrick — 6.75; Wadsworth — 4.65; Oliver - 4.65; Kinzel—4.25; Bona —3.15; Cress -2.7.
Beam: Kinzel — 7.75; Kirkpatrick —6.5; Wadsworth - 6.25; Cress — 5.5; Stenfaniga - 4.65.
Vault: Quarles — 7.9; Kirkpatrick - 7.75; Kinzel - 6.85; Dunivant — 6.35; Wadsworth — 5.95; Cress - 5.75.
Floor: Furbee — 7.5; Wadsworth — 7.5; Kirkpatrick — 7.3; Hanes — 7.2; Kinzel — 5.5.
Ail-Around: Kirkpatrick — 28.3; Wadsworth - 24.35; Kinzel - 24.35; Cress - 20.85.
Folly n The basketball team got back
in the winners column (bravo!) this week with a 79-77 thrilling win over Radford College. Its been a while since the space queens have showed us what they if© capable of, so this victory is a relief to all.
The first half was all Radford as they controlled the boards and the nets. The fast tempo was slowed only by numerous fouls that hampered each teams performance. Radford held a 43- 31 lead at the half, but the big story is the second half. Longwood started out with its normal coldness, until freshman Courtney Mills made her first (and possibly last) appearance in the game. Miss Mills provided the spark the IX team needed as she promptly came up with two steals that were converted into scores and then drove for the basket herself. Mills left the game shortly thereafter with a reoccuring knee injury, but the LC girls were on their way. The game was tied at 64-64 with 6:49 left in the game and was an exchange game until the buzzer. With six seconds left in the game and Longwood up by two, Mary Louise McCraw was tied up at the Radford end. Radford controlled the tap and took the shot, but a Linda Baumler block prevented the score, giving LC the 79-77 decision. Sue Rama was high (point-wise) with 26, followed by Anita Stowe with 18.
With the state tournament three weeks away, things are getting interesting. The "weaker" teams have upset the "stronger" teams, and vice versa. The state title is up for grabs. Seedings are next to impossible. What it will boil down to is who plays the best ball on a particular night. Just hope Longwood plays the best ball.
Skiing isn't just fun, glamour and excitement.
It's health, fitness and happiness too.
Skiers really know how to live. And knowing how to live is one of the secrets of a long life. To live better... to live longer, means tak ing the simple care to exercise well. Because regular exercise is the only way to keep all of your 600 muscles in shape. Especially the most impor tantone - your heart.
So, check into skiing at a ski area or shop near you. Or hike, or bike or play squash or swing a tennis racket. Join the people going for the good life.
I'IIMif Service Advertisement for I he ('resident's Council 1
on Physical Fitness
By Deanna Vanwey Longwood Fencer's again
suffered this week from lack of experience. They competed in a tri-meet Saturday against William and Mary and Clemson, and a dual meet Tuesday night against Madison. Against all three teams Longwood looked strong. Statistics just do not show how very close the matches were.
Against William and Mary, Longwood lost 3-13. The high scorer of the meet first team was Susan Sparkman, who won two out of her four matches. On the second team, who lost 2-10, Sara Camacho and Mary Diller were high scorers.
Against Clemson, Longwood lost 4-12, but actually the match could have gone the other way easily. The first three bouts of this match went to label, which is a match point in which the score is even and the next touch determines the bout. Again Susan Sparkman was high scorer for the first team. The second tream lost 5-11. High scorer for this team was Francoise Aubry, who won three out of her four bouts.
Tuesday night, against Madison, Longwood looked the best it has this season. After fourteen bouts the score was tied 7-7, then Longwood faltered in the last two bouts, losing 7-9.
February 21 the fencers have a match against Lynchburg at home. It might really help the team if it had a little school support. The match starts at 6:00 p.m., please come.
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FROM THE EDITOR . .
Alas, the problems of coeducation. To hear some people talk you'd think that coeducation has yet to happen at Longwood, but like it or not, it is a fact. Men are living, and will continue to live on campus. The will continue to share classes with women, and they will on occasion eat at the dinner table with women.
Yes, the intergration of males and females has occurred; unfortunately, the resulting atmosphere is a
little less than aimiable. Obviously, the men on campus would not be here unless they wanted to be
here; no one twisted their arms and they were well aware that they were among the first resident males. What they did not expect was resentment. There is no reason why the men should be subjected to such resentment.
It seems rather sad that within a college community comprised of male and females of supposedly mature ages, that the two sexes cannot live in accord. The hostilities stem from various reasons,
yet to those females who hope that through public hostility you will drive the males away, don't take
yourselves too seriously. Should you succeed in turning away a few males this year, be assured that there will be more males next year.
•* .Jfri • The college has' changed from a single sexed *
college to a coeducational college, and it is unlikely that the change will reverse. As with all major changes
there will be some transitional changes. The solution to the immediate problem, however, should be evident. We are all here together and we must learn to live
together. If you should prefer to think of it as an educational experience, learning to live in a given
situation, do so. Think of it as any experience you like, but please, let the bickering and resentment end so
that we can all go on to better things.
Talent-Not A Weekly
Happening At Longwood
Last week Longwood, as well as other colleges, celebrated the culture of black Americans by observing and participating in Black Culture Week. To those participants in the week's events, I'm sure that it was as educational as three hours of a week's lectures in any given class. To all students it should have been a time of awareness, of the realization that black culture and black talent does not merely emerge during one week of the year. It should be particularly easy to be reminded of such talent when the students of Longwood are constantly in the midst of the accomplished Jacqui Singleton.
It seems that Jacqui has tried her hand in just about every medium of self-expression. Her success has been marvelous and there is no way to predict what future success awaits her. Jacqui, as a single individual is to be admired. She stands as a constant reminder of the talent and artistry which is present at Longwood. Praise for her, and others like her, should not be limited to only one week of the year.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Behavior Questioned
Dear Editor, We have just returned from the
Saturday night Coffeehouse featuring Jon Ims. It was a shame that a gifted performer was received in such a manner. Unfortunately, the worst of it is that this night's audience was considered the best behaved. We ,w«re astounded when-he referred*^ to this night as the quietest of the three.
The audience was loud from the beginning, laughing and talking through most of his songs. To those of us who appreciated his music, this was most disturbing and very embarrassing. When he attempted to silence his hacklers, they were either too drunk or too dense to notice that his comments were directed at them. The final insult came when he was asked to perform other people's music instead of his own, when he himself had so much to offer.
We can only hope that in the future our guests will be received with more respect.
Dottie Jerd Milly Homen Sarah Smith
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Opinions expressed are those of the weekly editorial board and its columnists, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the student body or the administration.
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Social Rights
Dear Editor, Is Longwood taking a step
forward with the Men or a step backward with the Women? The women of Longwood have too long been oppressed and with the new male population at Longwood we feel a drastic need for a change in our social rights,
-Having the-men at I xmgwood had been the only positive change ever but, are we allowed to enjoy it — NO! Why should it matter how long you keep a male in your room if it is alright with your roommate and suitmates? Believe it or not the world does not stop turning at 1:30 a. m. and begin again at 2:00 p. m. on the week ends. If your thoughts of open hours don't coincide with this, I am sure someone will be there to remind you! Longwood women have a lot of growing up to do in minding their own business, they could learn a lot from the Longwood Men. Must everything go on in secrecy at Longwood College? If not "You have 24 hours to turn yourself in!"
Concerned Females, Dorinda Childress
PattiBova'
Dear Editors, Two weeks ago, in the Rotunda,
there appeared an article entitled, "Silk-Screen Sexism", written by a non-student advisor of the paper. It stated that the choice of wording used on the T- shirts by a group of Freshman males, who were trying to show their opinion on the amnesty decision of President Carter, was vulgar as well as sexist.
I would like to state some of the facts to correcrt this comment. The statement that was so upsetting was, "1-21-77, Carter says, Pussy's come home". For some reason, you thought the word pussy was used so as to suggest that the worst way to cut down the draft resisters was to equate him to a woman.
As one of the T-shirt wearers myself, let me set you straight. The definition of pussy we used
means pussy as in "pussycat", and pussy cat is a synonym for coward. It comes from the old military expression, "are you a tiger or a pussy cat?", such as a fighter or a coward. If you read anything else into this, then you're the one with the dirty- minds. Besides that, I'd think you, as an advisor, would know the words and their meanings.
I'd like to state a personal opinion thai is more serious than the wording of a shirt...the draft itself. I don't believe any person deserves the freedom he has in this country if he is not willing to fight for it. Our country was engaged in a shooting war, even though undeclared, and our government elected by the people, commited us to it. If the individual citizen is to be allowed to decide what is a good war or a bad one, our country could not survive. The condition where people decide which laws to obey is the ultimate in individual liberty.
It may sound good but it is defined as anarchy. You can say you don't like the way the government is spending it's money on food stamps, building highways or supporting Israel. If you protest you don't pay your taxes, should you be pardoned? There's no difference. I believe Carter was wrong and still is. The people he should be taking care of are the Vets and MIA's.
Thanks TomCurtin
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The World Of The Black Artist Jacqui Singleton: Resident Artist
By SANDY WILLIAMS Nine years ago she was writing
'. "piddling little love stories that ' didn't make much sense" and had only begun taking piano - lessons. Today, since high school,
she has had a play broadcasted on an educational station, had an essay published in a national
j magazine, written lyrics and » composed the music for several | of our college plays, mastered I five musical instruments, and '. has had many of her plays staged 1 at Longwood for the students and
townspeople. This unique and talented individual is Jacqui Singleton, a Norfolk native, who is a senior English-Drama major.
Miss Singleton started writing plays while still in high school. In 1973, her senior year, Miss Singleton's creative writing
*** teacher noticed her exceptional writing ability and suggested that she try to have her play, "Through a Crack in the Wall," broadcasted on a Norfolk television station, WHRO. The local education station accepted it.
Her playwriting did not stop - there. She has written twenty-
three plays since entering ' Longwood. In the acting class,
every student is required to direct a play as a final project.
• For the past three and one-half ' years, they have produced Miss
Singleton's. In the past week, two :*!hTWie of her plays were staged. ^"Cbrhers," a*'narrative with a *' cast of five, was given Monday
' night and "For Those Who Aren't Allowed to Play the Game" was held on Tuesday. This was an
' opportune time for those unfamiliar with her productions to be introduced to them because,
" as usual, they were a success.
CREATTVITY
It must be fondled and felt, as is
The most sensitive of feelings on earth.
How precious is inai HUH Miraculous wonder of all
The freedom of my creativity.
Inspirational to my soul, To it my vitality is
chained.
AS I SIT I sit, facing the tube Seeing faces, businesslike
faces I sit, staring at walls Empty except for that
curio shelf Brother made it for
mother. I sit retracing the years Through pictures painted
of my sister And I, as children. I sit because I cannot stand The thought of being
without you. I sit day and night My mind full of thoughts. I sit full of dreams That someday with you I sit, contented.
— Valerie Davis
Miss Singleton not only writes are the piano, flue, bassoon, plays, but she also actively drums and guitar.
Gwendolyn Brook's Pulitzer
Prize Winning Annie Allen participates in them. As a member of the "Longwood Players," she has either had an acting part or been a crew member for every Longwood production since she has attended college.
There are many other genre in which Miss Singleton demonstrates her writing ability. While still in high school, she had an essay entitled "Oreos," published in a national literary magazine. She also enjoys writing romantic or nature oriented poetry. She even has a continuous poem, "Essence," which she never ends but she keeps adding to it.
Miss Singleton is also a whiz at writing, composing and singing songs, and at playing musical instruments. In the Longwood production of "Midsummer Night's Dream," she played the bassoon. She wrote "Old Lace and Lilacs," a song used for "Restroom at Rosenblooms." However, her biggie was the song "Laura's Theme," which she composed for "The Glass Menagerie." This selection as so spectacular that Owen Philips, the director of the Barter Theater in Abingdon, requested that she tape and send it to Tennessee Williams. The instruments she has mastered
Miss Singleton does not merely use her musical talents to accompany plays. She played her guitar and sang for two weeks at the popular "Mousetrap," a night club in Charlottesville.
Dancing should also be included in Jacqui's wide range of accomplishments. Last summer, as a member of the drama staff at Camp Louise in Cascade, Maryland, she served as choreographer for the musical, "Oliver." She also acted as the music director for their production of "Pajama Game."
Naturally she plans a career around her many talents but wants first to receive her master's degree in fine arts in directing and playwriting. Following graduation, her choices of schools are Florida State or the University of California, Davis Campus.
When asked the secret to a possible career in these areas, she responded, "It's important to get as much circulation as possible." She is well on her way because besides putting her various talents on public display, she has made three appearances on the Becky Livas Show, a local TV program in Norfolk.
We are fortunate to be in the presence of such an outstanding coUeagqe.
HI HI n i. ^•ww
"Searfch For ExtraiohtfrMaiiets" lecture delivered by
Dr. Peter van de Kamp 1:00 P. M. Today — Jeffers
Lorraine Hansberry,
We do not want them to have less.
But it is only natural that we should think we have not enough.
We drive on, we drive on. When we speak to each
other, our voices are a little gruff.
These powerful words come from a collection of poems entitled Annie Allen, composed by Gwendolyn Brooks. These poems enabled her to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950, the first black to receive this award.
Annie Allen is truly deserving of the Pulitzer Prize. Annie Allen contains recollections, beginning with her childhood and continuing throughout her adult
Art Credit
In Europe
A six-credit course in Art History, sponsored by the Art Department at Longwood College, will leave from Dulles Airport on May 16,1977. The tour will include London, Paris, Florence, Rome, and Madrid, with excursions to Chartres, Assisi, and Toledo. After five weeks of studying and touring, the tour will return on June 16 from Madrid.
Transportation lodging and two meals each day are included in the $1,529 package. Interested students should contact the Art Department before February 20.
I I
"A Challenge To Artists" By JACQUI SINGLETON
Besides her having been a gifted woman of unlimited abilities, Lorraine Hansberry has been noted as a free-thinker, a woman who was not afraid to speak her feelings as well as write them. Background material on her life is somewhat limited but on October 27,1962, at Manhatten Center at a rally to abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, Miss Hansberry spoke to artists all over the world about their own ability to make noticable changes in a troubled country. And even though her speech contains very strong political over-tones, the underlying theme of a challenge to all artists cannot go unemphasized.
Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago to an upper class family. Her father was a wealthy businessman and former United States Marshal. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where she gained practical knowledge of dramatics from university and community theatres. At the age of twenty- seven, she wrote A Raisin in the Sun, which, directed by Negroes and performed by an all-Negro cast headed by Sidney Potier, became a Broadway hit, won the
New York Drama Critic's Award for 1958 and was produced as a motion picture by Columbia Pictures. Miss Hansberry died of cancer in 1966. Two years later, exerpts from her published and unpublished works were performed in an off-Broadway production called To Be Young, Gifted, and Black.
In her speech at the Manhattan Center, Miss Hansberry sited instances wherein the American people can become detached in the world.
"...we can get to the place where we read only the theatre or photography or music pages of our newspapers. And then we wake up one day and find that the better people of our nation are still where they were when we last noted them..."
She went on to talk about where artists are in the contemporary struggles. Some have made notable contributions. Some of the more serious actresses such as Shelly Winters and Julie Harris have associated themselves with some aspect of the peace movement and numerous other celebrities have made significant contributions to various groups and organizations. But where are the vast majority? In their studios so
consumed with the idea of trying to find the meaning of life that they neglect the goings on of the world around them. In the contemporary arts, the rejection of the immediate world is no longer a mere grotesque threat, but a fact. Among her contemporaries, Miss Hansberry stated, the search for the roots of war, the exploitation of man, of poverty and of despair itself, is sought in any arena other than the one which has shaped the artists themselves.
One must guard against becoming a puppet for public and political opinion. There are wrongs done as well as heroic deeds and neither of these realities can be over-looked due to what happens to be fashionable to sing, write, or paint at the time. Miss Hansberry suggested that since everyone has the right to freedom of expression they must rise and exercise the rights we are defending. "We must paint them, sing them, and write about them."
Today Miss Hansberry is no longer with us but her philosophy and strength as an artist and most important of all, a black woman, will remain eternal in the heart of every artist who ever desired to someday touch thus change the world.
life, as a black living in a white world. She was frustrated, bitter, and angry at the way that blacks seemed to suffer such humiliation in their lives. She began writing whatever she thought she knew, or experienced. "I was to be a watchful eye, a tuned ear, a super-reporter," Miss Brooks has said.
Her strong will and determination grew out of her expressions. After reading Annie Allen over several times, it's emotional and thought provoking feelings may ignite guilt within the reader. The poems that Gwendolyn Brooks has written are not only jottings on paper, but they were put there because she felt her people were lost in a myriad of others. We can learn from them, and can also hop over on the other side of the fence for awhile.
Nobody is furious. Nobody hates these people.
It is only natural, however, that it should occur to us
How much more fortunate they are than we are.
It is only natural that we should look and look
At their wood and brick and stone
And think, while a breath of pine blows,
How different these are from our own.
From Montage of a Dream Deferred
CHILDREN'S RHYMES When I was a chile we used
to play, "One — two — buckle my
shoe!" and things like that. But
now, Lord, listen at them little
varmints! By what sends the white kids I ain't sent: I know I can't be President.
There is two thousand children
in this block, I do believe! What don't bug them white kids sure bugs me: We knows everybody ain't free! Some of those ones is
cert'ly bad- One batted a hard ball
right through my window and my gold fish et the
glass What's written down for white folks ain't for us a-tall:
"Liberty and Justice— Huh - For All."
Oop-pop-a-da! Skee. Daddle-de-do! Be-bop!
False Fire Alarms:
By DEBBIE WEBB Why Ix)ngwood is so lucky, no
one knows. And if that's luck, we can well do without it. In contacting representatives of other colleges in the state, we find that we are singularly blessed in this area. The topic: false fire alarms. Having to pile out of your dorm at 2 a. m. in the rain because someone is having a little fun is not many students' idea of a good time. Aside from the inconvenience, there is a danger factor involved. When you have to quickly (but safely) go down 10 flights of steps for the third false alarm in one night (even in one week), tempers are hot and unfortunately, someone may get hurt.
Longwood College supports the Code of Virginia concerning false fire alrams.
"18.2-212. Calling or summoning ambulance or fire- fighting apparatus without just cause; maliciously activating fire alarms in public building. — Any person who without just cause therefor, calls or summons, by telephone or otherwise, any ambulance, or fire-fighting apparatus, or any person who maliciously activates a manual or automatic fire alarm in any building used for public assembly or for other public use, including but not limited to, schools, theatres, stores, office buildings, shopping centers and malls, coliseums and are as, regardless of whether fire apparatus responds or not, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 in misdemeanor. (Code 1950, 18.1-
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412; I960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 75). The 1976 amendment made this section applicable to maliciously activating fire alarms in public buildings."
If a student is caught or suspected of setting a false alarm, he-or she will be brought to trial before Residence Board. If found guilty, the student will face possible suspension from school.
Most of you reading this article are not the ones guilty of these offenses. You, like a large percentage of the student body are tired of being awakened in the middle of the night for a bit of fresh air. If one of your friends wants to pull an alarm for a joke, please discourage them. You'll be doing all of us a great service, and perhaps keep someone from being hurt.
Unfortunately, most of the measures that could be used by the college to catch an offender are very expensive. If anyone has any suggestions on how to alleviate the problem, please contact either Residence Board or Legislative Board. If we all work together, maybe we'll be able to sleep better at night — uninterrupted.
By LINDA CICOIRA With respect to the article in
last weeks Rotunda concerning the housing of upper class male students, Dean Heintz was questioned as to what consideration the matter is presently being given. It is her opinion that additional residence hall space may be needed in the near future for the male students. However, it is not known whether Cox or Wheeler will be considered.
When asked what her view was on the hostility of some female students in these dorms, Dean Heintz concluded that their views also have to be considered.
When questioned as to the possibility of an all male dorm she answered, it just isn't possible at this time.
Three current residents of Cox, Maria Corbin Ann Founder, and Lee Bruno, agreed in opposition of the idea, saying, "We don't want them in Cox, but we do agree that they should have living quarters on this side of campus. However, we women should have a choice between co- ed or an all girl's dorm and Cox's choice is all girl's." Lee and Ann added, "Why can't the state do something about their lack of housing? They brought the guys here."
Legislative Board Asks
For Student Suggestions
By DEBBIE WEBB Every three years, each
organization on campus must have its constitution revised and- or revoted on by Legislative Board. The purpose of this is to delete any clause which is no longer applicable, and to add in any that have developed since the last revision. Legislative Board began its meeting, Monday, February 7, by approving the Lynchnos constitution as amended.
Sophomore Katy Rafferty will act as chairman for the Organizations and Evaluations Committee, with freshman Pam (C.B.) Brown helping her. The new chairman of Help-Out committee is Kim Furbee.
Student Government Day is tentatively set up for March 2 and 3. More details will be given later as plans are finalized.
Legislative Board is sponsoring one of its freshman representatives Debi Kinzel, for the Miss I^ongwood Pageant this spring.
It is hoped that everyone attended their hall meeting last night. The purpose of the
meetings was to get ideas and questions from you, the students, about things that need to be changed or revised. It is only through working together, with everyone's support, that changes can be made.
Please don't forget about the Press Conference in the Gold Room Thursday, February 17, at 12:45. Come armed with questions and-or ideas!! Here's your chance to find out.
If you have an idea or suggestion and don't know who to give it to, use the suggestion boxes located around the campus (at the Information Office, the New Smoker, Dr. Willett's office, and by the Snack Bar). From there any suggestions will go to the proper authority, whether it is student or administration.
If anyone has any suggestions for changes or improvements in Orientation, you can send them to Cathy Lowe, Box 576.
Everyone is invited to attend any Legislative Board meeting. As always, they will be in the Reading Rooms in Lankford, at 7 p.m. on Mondays. Hope to see you there!
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When asking another resident of Cox a different kind of reply followed. T. Jones said, "I think they have every right too. I don't think they should be confined to Frazier. It's degrading."
Carol Lewis, former chairman of residence board and present residence of Cox said, "Let them come. If they have guys in this dorm I would want 24 hour visitation. I couldn't have that I'd rather let them stay where they are."
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the "Longwood College Pointer Sisters," who made a vast attempt at being sexy. Sexy they were not, but funny they were.
Many of the poems, reading selections and songs that were presented were very emotional.. . Jacqui Singleton sang two original songs, "Please Stay" and "Don't Let Me Alone Tonight," and as usual she received a hardy round of applause.
Both events proved successful and entertaining for those individuals that participated and observed. A job well done!
All students who participated in any way with the productions during the week are to be congratulated; your talent did not go unrecognized.
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passages." And Ezra Pound's poetry was proclaimed "incoherent, the work of a madman."
This slow acceptance is probably no surprise to Dylan, who has an acute sense of history and always plays his cards right. His songs are like a newsreel of the sixties and seventies, filled with the movements, fads, slang and personalities of the time, songs that were made to be examined thirty years after they were written.
Dylan will most likely be a grandfather by the time they teach "Advanced Blonde on Blonde" at Oxford, but as he once said, "I'm still gonna be around when everybody gets their heads straight."
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HAM AND CHEESE The best ham we can find—topped with melted cheese and lettuce- served with potato chips
BARBECUE Hickory cured, made by us, and served with a specially prepared slaw— potato chips
BACON, LETTUCE AND TOMATO HAM, LETTUCE AND TOMATO CHICKEN SALAD EGG SALAD GRILLED AMERICAN CHEESE GRILLED PIMENTO CHEESE
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