This Premier Issue of Parnassus is dedicated to Dr. and Mrs. Adron Doran President and First Lady of Morehead State University 1944-1976 I Vol. 1 No.1 Morehead, Kentucky Fall 1976 I ~ Karen Horsley Foreword . .. ......... .. .. ..... Dr. Adron Doran .................. ...... 2 Greetings ...... .... .............. W. David Brown ... ................... ... 3 The Doran years . .. ... .... .. ... ... Paul Wright ...... .. ................ 4 "That was my life!" (memoirs of a Ziegfeld AssidmJ;~ Follies girl) ........ ....... Thomas Carter and Mona Schanding ................ 6 Paul Wright "Since I'm here, maybe I can peddle some rain" (a Keeneland Race Track tale) ..... .. ........... Roy Horner .................. 10 Ever live in a haunted house? ... .. ............. Greg Schaber .................. 12 October nights . .. ................ .. ... Carole Nantz ........................ 16 Students "trek" to reruns (of defunct TV series, RJ,cu/Jy~ "Star Trek. ") . .. ..... ....... .. ... Michel Marriott .... .. ...... ... .. .... 18 W. David Brown The Layne home: windows on a leafy world ............. Karl Schmitt ....... ... .. 20 Tops in their cat-egory (how the Drs. Barnes raise champions) ...................... Kathy Partin .. .. ............... ,... 26 Kentucky scenes ................. ....... .. .............. _ .... .... ..... 28 Long distance runner ...................... Tom Adams ...................... 30 ~ Ceramics: earn as you learn hobby ...... ......... John Bowman ................ 32 Front and Back Kentucky brook in autumn .................. W. David Brown .................. 40 Photos by W. David Brown, Jr. Little girl finds happiness .................... Vickie Wills . ... ................ 42 Logo by Dan Alford Photo album (The Doran years, continued) ..................................... 44 You've gotta LOVE a guitar ............... ... Carole Nantz ................... 50 They like mountain music . .......... ...... Tawny Acker ..... ...... ..... 53 Photos: shapes and textures ............. _ ...... David Byrd ...... _ .... .. ....... 56 Comics are alive and well .... .. ...... .. .... Floyd Jernigan ........... ....... 58 George Burgess, W. David Brown, David Pupil, politician, president .................... Paul Wright .................... 60 Byrd, Paul Wright, Greg Sheehan, Gerry Bicentennial walker ..................... Chuck Cooper ..................... 62 Moore, Karen Horsley, W. David Brown Jr. Kentucky rural scene ..................... Karen Horsley ..................... 64 ,Att Garry Redmon and Bob Newman. PARNASSUS of MSU is a laboratory magazine produced in fall, the University, its single-copy price is $1. Offices are in 408 Combs winter, and spring by journalism students under faculty supervision and mailing address is UPO 882, Morehead State University, More­ in the Division of Communications, School of Humanities, Morehead head, Ky. 40351. State University. Free to all full-time students, faculty and staff of FOREWORD I am delighted to add my endorsement of the first issue of the student publication, Pamassus. This is a noble venture in an effort to provide laboratory experience for university students and staff in interpreting campus life and regional activities in their true light. In most instances, during my twenty·two years as President, the publications have been representative and fair in presenting the real image of the University. I hope that the years to come will provide opportunity for greater maturity and competency upon the part of those who assume the responsibility of reporting and interpreting the total University to those who read this magazine. I have endeavored to lend my full support to such efforts which will assign rights, duties, and responsibilities to those who seek preparation for full citizenship in a democratic society. My very best good wishes to Mr. David Brown and the magazine staff for success in the future. ~~ Adron Doran President 2 GREETINGS Here is our first effort, Morehead State Univer­ guages and Literature. We do not intend to con­ sity's newest journalism laboratory publication, fine our subject matter to the campus, though Parnassus of MSU_ there will be a natural emphasis here, but expect The magazine will feature primarily non-fiction our student writers to view the community and feature articles, photographs and artwork pro­ the region, and even broader horizons, as long as duced by journalism students enrolled in writing what they have to report is interesting and appro­ or editing classes, or as interns. Some contrib­ priate to the purposes of the magazine. utions from other areas of the campus will also be And, as a publication that inherits at least some considered. tasks of the yearbook, we plan to record, for our A little background - spring issue next May, major events and individ­ The magazine was first proposed in the sum­ ual achievements of the school year, featuring mer of 1975 by a Division of Communications those milestones and personalities that graduating graduate thesis that explored the possibilities and seniors will want to remember. surveyed campus magazines elsewhere. By fall it In this first issue are articles gleaned from mag­ was apparent that rising costs and a limited azine-writing and technical-writing classes, and budget had spelled the end for our traditional from assignments accomplished during the sum­ yearbook. A magazine was considered not only as mer, when most of our photographs were taken. a suitable substitute but was seen as providing a The biggest event of the year has been the more practical professional experience for jour­ announcement of the retirement of Dr. Adron nalism students than the yearbook. Doran, whose 22 years of devoted service as Uni­ Thus in December the Committee on Student versity president changed a small community col­ Communications Media recommended retiring lege into a large regional university of national the yearbook, The Raconteur, and publishing prominence, and under whose guidance this mag­ instead a magazine three to four times a year. azine was made possible, and the retirement also Detailed plans were assigned to a student commit­ of Mrs. Doran, who brought her own special tal­ tee and a student contest was held to name the ents and personal warmth to the campus, and new publication. The winner was Mary Emmons, established the Personal Development Institute, with Parnassus, whom she identified as a poet and among many memorable contributions. story teller. The name is also associated with a Thus we dedicate this, our first issue, to Dr. mountain in Greece which the Muses considered and Mrs. Doran. sacred. While plans for our magazine include "telling stories" in print, these will be more factual than fiction and we will leave most poetry to Inscape, W. David Brown the literary publication of the Division of Lan- Coordinator for Journalism 3 Dr. and Mrs. Adron Doran atMSU Their footsteps have crossed the campus, the Commonwealth, and the nation. By Paul Wright "There's a bus going east and a bus going west" and if Dr. Adron Doran, who coined the phrase, gets his way, January 1, he will be headed west. For over 22 years, Dr. Doran and his wife ("roommate") Mignon have served as president and first lady of what is now Continued on page 45 5 ~~That Was My Life!" Georgia Preston today. Sixty-seven yea r old Georg ia Preston has pant 111 the Follies and knew th e people never S f~e n the movies " Funny Girl" or portrayed in these movies. " Funny Lady" (film chronicles of the life "The Follies were m y life," Georg ia of Fanny Bri ce a nd th e Zi egfeld Follies). fondl y remembers. In defining her role as By Thomas Carter This may not seem too unusual - unless one of Ziegfeld's showgirls, she recall ed, and you reali ze that she was a n active partic i- " We were all pretty tall and just paraded Mona Schandi ng 6 around the stage wi th a ll this fancy head­ dress a nd a lm ost no clothes_" The origina l Follies we re usua ll y head­ lined by one or tw o feature acts such as comed ian Edd ie Cantor o r singer Jea nettc McDonald. The showgirl s served as anchors giving continuit y to th e program wi th a wide va ri e ty of dancing or revue acts. " The showgi rl s we re the ones who did the hard work," remembers Georgia, still with a certa in fondness. " We d id ballet, toe dance, tap dance and musical comed y - a ll betw een th e oth er acts." Born in Georgia, she studied dancing at a ve ry young age under Albertina Rash a nd Bi ll Robinson, who is best re membered as '·Mr. Boja ngles," the ma n who sa ng a nd da nced in Shirley Temple movies. ' 'I've a lways be£' n on th e stage," Georgia ex plains. " It s ta rt e d wh e n I was abo ut twe lv e." She latn moved to Ashl and, her home today, wher£' she pursued her da nce inte r­ ('s ts. " I bega n da ncing for differe nt civic clubs such as til(' Shriners," says Georgia. These civic g rou ps were partly responsible for her s uccess. " They ke pt te lling m e, ' You ' re good, yo u' re good ... you should pursue it.' My mother let me go, she didn' t push. She just wanted me to da nce if I wanted to." At age seventeen, she became a Ziegfeld showgirl. The shows were spectacul ar a nd, according to Georgia, " nothing has pa ral­ leled th em since." Zi egfeld had a re putation for hiring only th e most beautiful girl s. " The girls came from all over the world and every state in th e U nion," she says. " The girls were beautiful and th e shows just ca n't be competed with . We had as many as 75 people on th e stage. The Follies ... and yesterday. were th e most lavish shows I've seen in this country ... there's no comparison." Based in Ne w York , Ziegfeld 's s hows tou red th e major citi es in th e country on rare occasions. " We played one show every night, about she ex pla in ed . "At th e end of a season you da nccd one. At th (' end of 1928 she e ntered 21j2 hours long.