CLARION of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS Tw O BREVARD COLLEGE, F Rid Ay,November 7, 1975 Volume 43 Phi Them Kappa Sponsors Brevard, N.C
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THE VOICE THE CLARION Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS Tw o BREVARD COLLEGE, F rid ay,November 7, 1975 Volume 43 Phi Them Kappa Sponsors Brevard, N.C. — Dr. Jam es C. Richard Wordsworth Peters, Sr., Associate Director of the Council on Ministries of the The tours began in 1970 with “The On Sunday, November 9th, Western North Carolina Con Bliss of Solitude” , a one-man Brevard’s Resident chapter of ference of the United Methodist entertainment about William Phi Theta Kappa and the Church, was guest speaker at Wordsworth. Humanities Department will convocation at 10:00 a.m., sponsor a community wide Wednesday morning, October Now, though, Wordsworth’s symposium featuring Richard 15 in Dunham Auditorium at scope has been broadened to Wordsworth, great great grand Brevard College. Taking as his include a selection of eight talks. son of English poet William text, Matthew 14: 22-23, Dr. Wordsworth. The symposium These talks range from Shakespeare, Dickens, and the Peters presented a message of which is made possible through personal challenge. Our Wordsworth Circle, to American the efforts of the Lyceum com Miraculous Best. An open in Bicentennial programs, one of mittee and Fine Arts Dept, also, vitation was extended to mem which Mr. Wordsworth will is part of Wordsworth’s 1975-76 bers of the community. Lecture Tour to American present to the Brevard Com Colleges and Universities. There munity. After taking his A.D. Degree at will be two performances, an Rust College in Mississippi, in This particular program is “An afternoon performance at 2:30 1950 Reverend Peters served as Interview with Thomas Jef and an evening performance at pastor and taught English in the ferson”, with Wordsworth high school at Winona, 8:15. enacting the part of Jefferson. It Mississippi for three years before will be a costume presentation Upon graduation from Cam going on for the Bachelor of with several students of the bridge University, Richard Divinity Degree at Gamon college acting as interviewers. Wordsworth went to the English Theological Seminary in Atlanta. These students are Bill Sexton, Classical Theater where he His work completed there in 1956, Suzanne Dickerson, Mike played many major roles in the he was ordained an elder of The Stinneford, Randy Helms, and forties, fifties, and sixties. His United Methodist Church. In Mildred Webber. Jefferson’s career has been one of richness ensuing years Reverend Peters answers will be taken entirely and variety, not only in the held many prominent posts in the from his own writings. classical theater, but in modern Church and in 1968 was the first drama, musicals, films, and black District Superintendent to After viewing one of Word- be appointed to a predominantly television as well. sworth’s performances, one Richard Wordsworth as Jefferson white district, the Winston-Salem college president recently wrote, His transition from the Forsyth District. In 1969 he was “His visit was the most inn- theatrical to the academic world awarded the Doctor of Divinity portant event on our academic has been a painless one. During Degree from Rust College. King And I calendar.” Most probably, the the past five years there have same will hold true for Brevard. been five American tours, cen Stalwart in the work of the tering mainlv on the universities. community. Dr. Peters service To Be Presented has included membership on the Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Relations Commission at Yul Brynner as the King of Siam. special ole in the past of all Jews. Brevard, N.C. — The Fine Arts Last year many students en- Greensboro for the housing and The musical is filled with some of The mountain was fortified by Division of Brevard College is Rogers and Hammerste.n s ioyed the assortmant of films downtown renewal programs. He pleased to announce that it’s fall King Herod the Great in the latter richest, most lyrical music - I that were provided by the has also been a member of the part of the first century B.C. in Manpower Development Board dramatic production will be Whistle A Happy Tune , Hello library. “Library at 6:00 has Rogers and Hammerstein’s the first century A.D., the Young Lovers”, “Something been changed to “Library at of Directors at Greensboro and magical musical, THE KING mountain was captured by a has headed that city’s In- Wonderful”, “A Puzzlement 6:30” this year. AND I. Rehearsals have been Roman Army following the terrracial Ministerial Alliance. “Shall We Dance” , “We Kiss In A destruction of the Solomonic underway for sometime for the Shadow’’, and “Getting To Know The first program began with In addition to his work with November 13, 14, and 15 Temple in the year 70. The ruins Western North Carolina Con You” , to mention only a few. Tte slides that were provided by Mr. of Masada were excavated ap- production. Roy of Brevard College. The ference, Dr. Peters presently show is additionally highlight^ proxim tely a decade ago and program was titled, “Mas^a- serves on the Board of Directors by the charming “March of th presently serve as a national THE KING AND I is based on Triumph and Tragedy.” Mr. Roy of the Methodist Home at Siamese Children’ the park. Tourists are attracted from history. In the 1860’s, the King of has made two trips to the area of Charlotte, North Carolina. colorful “Small House Of Uncle all parts of the globe for the Siam, as part of his plan to Masada. He gave toe presen Thomas Ballet”. historical sights of Masada. The prepare his country to take its tation with forty slides of his mountain has particular place among the great nations of The fine cast of Brevard venture there. The over all idea significance and meaning to the the world, hired a widowed was about the mountain of Instruction includes the proper College students and townspeople people of Israel today as they English schoolteacher, Anna is headed by Susan ToreUa as Masada. It is located on the struggle for survival with the fundamentals of skiing safety, Leonowens, to come to Siam to eastern fringe of the Judean and etiquette. Parallel skiing, Anna, and Bill Frazier as Arabs. teach the royal children. Anna fhe king. Kathi Skillen w^l wilderness overlooking ‘^e Dea The second presentation will oe parallel turns, cristies, basic jumps, and introductory wedeln and her son Louis, spent several portray the part of Tuptim^ the Sea in the State of Israel. The given by Mr. Robert Campbell. years in the court of the king, and voung girl who is a gift to tne history of the mountam played a The title appears as “Gems of are included in the course. Mrs. Leonowens later chronicled Siamese King from * e Prmce o North Carolina Mountains.” It the events of her years there in The theme for this year is Burma, and who tries to run children, slaves, and priests. The will be provided at the library on the book “An English Governness STOPPOWER. STOPPOWER is awav with her lover, Lun Tha, show’s orchestra is composed of November 19, 1975 at 6:30 p.m. at the Siamese Court.” This book a simulation of ski techniques, Sid by Rick ™ Brevard College students and became a popular favorite of the learning to stop and control skis late Victorian era. A number of townspeople. Leam To Ski the first time you put them on. It years later, Margaret Landon was developed for the U.S. Army Claire Cope is designing and rewrote Mrs. Leonowens’ 5th Special Forces Green Beret making the show’s many Those wishing to enjoy a week Winter Training Programs. biography and published it as er costumes-exotic, colorful of snow between semesters and “Anna and the King of Siam .” It Siamese court dress and Anna s at the same time learn a new Hunt, jij seen as Students who are interested in is this book which furnished the romantic, Victorian hooped sport should plan to register for background for THE KING AND rc;:w nV oeChula.on||-^ P E. 15-C, Snow Skiing. The the course should contact Mr. I- Although many of the in dress; course which carries one Gene Lovely in the McLarty- Goodson BuUding and plan to cidences have been romanticized Again this year, reserve seat semester hour credit is con attend the orientation session to in the musical, most of them are S “cope,wmp.ay.hep.rtJ tickets can be picked up at the ducted by the French-Swiss Ski based on fact. College at Boone, North Carolina, be held November 24 at 7:30 p.m. Anna’s son, Louis. A la g ^ ^ box office in Dunham in room 102 of Boshamer Gym »f Brevard ColWe J u d ^ ^ Center. Dates and times the box during the week of December 28 through January 2. nasium. The cost is $90.00. THE KING AND I was an in office will be open will be an stant success when it opened on com pS the cast nounced later. • ' • • Broadway in 1951 starring S T h f rirm any »Wes, Gertrude Lawrence as Anna, and.