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Vol. XLVII Winona State College, Winona, Minn., Thursday, February 10, 1966 No. 15 `Players' to enact Tennessee Family When Wenonah Players open Somewhat realistic sound effects beck, making her first appearance their winter show, Tad Mosel's are also included. with Players. Playing Aunt Han- Pulitzer Prize play, ALL THE Costumes of the period will be nah will be Carolee Johnson, also WAY HOME, Friday, the Guthrie provided by a professional costu- appearing for the first time on stage replica will again be used, mer in the Twin Cities. Proper- the open stage. according to director Dorothy B. ties suitable to a middle class GRANDFATHER FOLLET and family in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Grandfather Lynch will be done Magnus. the early 1900's are now being A composite setting on four by Bruce White and Dennis Koch, levels will remain in place sought by the production staff. ta, respectiVely, both newcomers. throughout the performance. Double cast as Mary Follet, Aunt Sadie will be played by Car- mother of Rufus, are Jeanne Mor- The areas, only partially repre- ole Ann Nelson, who alternated as sentational, will indicate the liv- rison, last seen as Lady Alice in A Woman in the fall show. ing room, kitchen, child's bed- the Player's fall production, A Great-Great-Grandmaw — with room, and the yard and street. MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, and Mary Francel, making her first Mr. Reidelberger and his design Judee Fuglestad, who played appearance in the role, and Fa- class are preparing the set. Margaret in the fall show. ther Jackson, played by Gary AS THE areas are used by the Mike Sheimo, who did the title McDowell, who did Archbishop actors and the plot progresses, role in A MAN FOR ALL SEAS- Cranmer in A MAN FOR ALL lights will be focused on the ac- ONS, is cast as Jay Follet, the SEASONS. tion and "latent" levels will be father of Rufus. Victor Borgeson, Five boys from the community dimmed out. who was seen as Master Richard will be the first children to ap- Set in Knoxville, Tennessee, Rich in the fall show, will play pear on the open stage at Wino- 1915, the drama tells the poig- Andrew, the artist, brother cf na State College, it was an- nant story of young Jay and Mary. nounced by Director Dorothy B. Mary Follet, their son Rufus, and Magnus. the families on both sides. The Ralph Follet, black sheep of the family, will be done by Tom The play runs Feb. 11 through play has been described as a ten- Feb. 15 at 8:00 p.m., Somsen Hall der portrait of early 20th century Leuchtenberg, last seen as Roder- igo in OTHELLO. His wife Sally Arena Theatre, and is open to the American life — a portrait with public. a "wallop." It is based on James Follet will be portrayed by Linda Petersen, making her first appear- Agee's Pulitzer Prize novel "A TICKETS WILL go on sale ance in the college theatre. Death in the Family." Feb. 3 at the college box office Music of the 1915 period, or JUDEE FUGLESTAD CAST AS MOTHER MARY FOLLET . Grandmother Follet will be and Ted Maier Drugs. Reserva- earlier, some of it especially writ- Judee Fuglestad rehearses a scene with one of the boys from played by Sue Lofquist, who al- tions may be made by calling ten for the play, plus folk songs Winona who is also one of the first children to appear on the ternated as Lady Alice in the 8-2951, extension 245, during the selected by the playwright are a stage in a play at Winona State College. fall show; and Grandmother hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily notable aspect of the production. Lynch will be done by Judy Sten- except Saturday and Sunday. Coronary takes life of psychology professor Associate Professor of Psychol- at Winona State since 1949. Pre- 9, 1898, at Palmyra, Mo., to Lillie attend the funeral service con- gy of Mental Retardation 414G ogy E. L. Ragar, 67, died of a viously he had been at Kearney, Catherine Brown and George ducted by the Rev. Robert Fen- and the daily-Mental Health 312G heart attack at Neb.; Columbia and Fulton, Mo.; Ragar. wick, St. Luke's-- Episcopal class. Rev. Martin Olsen, Chap- 3 p.m. Saturday. Ann Arbor and Jackson, Mich., HE WAS A MEMBER of the Church, Rochester, and a gradu- lain at Newman Club, will teach Although he ad Demorest, Ga. At Jackson he Scottish Rite Bodies here and of ate of Winona State. Burial was the two Introduction to Psychol- had had periods was a psychologist at the state Pi Deuta Kappa and formerly in Woodlawn Cemetery. A Mason- ogy 210 courses. Father Olsen re- of illness, he was prison. was a member of Kiwanis Club. ic service was conducted. ceived his master's degree in still active. He He received his bachelor of SURVIVORS include Professor According to Dr. George Chris- psychology. taught his Sat- arts degree at William Jewell Ragar's wife; his stepson, Stan- tensen, head of the psychology urday morning College, Liberty, Mo., a master of ford Schneider, Osseo; a daugh- department, two people will teach class as usual. arts degree at the University of ter, Mrs. Charles D. Trigg, Ar- Professor Ragar's classes to com- Tuesday file deadline Professor Ragar Missouri, and had done graduate lington Heights, Ill., and three plete winter quarter. Students must file for Student had planned to work at the universities of Michi- grandchildren. Dr. Carroll Hopf, director of Senate candidacy by Tuesday. retire in June. gan, Nebraska and Missouri. Some classes were dismissed so elementary education in Winona, Contact Cheryl Fick, RO. 1133- PROFESSOR RAGAR had been Professor Ragar was born Oct. that faculty and students might will teach the Saturday Psycholo- Somsen or 3rd floor Lucas Hall. Nationally known group to be WSC first "The Back Porch Majority," the their own, soon developed as the tertained for the President and loo, Shindig, and have done six `The Tidelands' in Houston; 'Har- young understudies to "The New BPM trademark. As the enthus- his family at the White House shows with Tennessee Ernie vey's Wagon Wheel' at Lake Ta- Christy Minstrels," will appear iasm of the West Coast audiences and sailed up the Mississippi Ford. They have also had their hoe; and 'Taylor's Supper Club' in concert on Tuesday, in Me- for the group became unmistak- singing on an old-time riverboat. own TV special, 'An Evening in Denver. moral Hall at 8 p. m. able, Randy Sparks decided that They have won the Billboard D.J. with the Back Porch Majority.' THE BACK PORCH Majority This will be the first time that they deserved their own profes- Poll as 'The Best New Folk Act' Some of the country's best night have traveled nearly 200,000 WSC will host a nationally known sional identity. and performed on television and spots where they have played in- miles in less than two years singing group on campus. Their Among their numerous and in night clubs. clude San Francisco's 'Hungry i'; playing for high school gradua- appearance had not been antici- varied accomplishments, this They have made appearances `The Thunderbird' in Las Vegas; tion parties, rodeos, fairs, and pated until recently when they be- group of talented singers has en- on Hollywood Palace, Hullabal• The Nugget' at Sparks, Nevada; supermarket openings; however, came available between book- their major occupation is per- ings. forming for college concerts. THE SEVEN young men and What makes "The Back Porch women who collectively are "The Majority" distinctive from other Back Porch Majority" began groups? On record it's their their career at Randy Sparks' sound: exciting, happy and in nitery in West Los Angeles. In tune; in person, their enthusiasm "Ledbetter's Store of Fun and is unexcelled. The fact that they Folk Music" they were initially were formed and are still guided trained in a style imitative of by the man who invented the big "The New Christy Minstrels," the group concept is a major factor first of the BIG folk groups. which sets the group apart from The Christies, also a Randy other large folk combos in to- Sparks creation, have a flexible day's 'group trend.' Dedication policy of encouraging members to their art is also an important to take advantage of individual asset. They are the best rehears- career opportunities as they arise ed association anywhere. To be and members of "The Back "okay" or "pretty good" is not Porch Majority" were prepared nearly good enough for this Ma- as possible replacements. jority; they've promised them- However, the quality of "The selves to be the very best. Back Porch Majority" indicated ADMISSION FOR this concert the promise of an individuality will be by presenting ID cards that set it apart not only from at the door.