Glenville Pioneers Capture WVIAC Tournament Title Robinson Receives 'Most Valuable' Nod By Bill Jones Glenville State College's Pioneers surprised everyone but themselves by ~;weep ing the WVIAC' tournament in Charleston last week. Led by Jackie Joe Robinson, senior captain and the tourne} .. Most Valuable Play<"r, the men who play their home games on T ank HiU knocked offWhccUng, West Liberty and the two conference pow­ ers, Fairmont and Morris Harvc) on successive nights. At about 6 :30P.M. February 25, the Pioneers started their road to glory with the opening tip against the Wheeling Cardinals. Led by Jack Rob­ inson's 18 points and Steve Datcher's 1 S. the Pioneers won by a 56-51 count. Dave Barnes chipped in 14 points and Ron Jones added tO to round out double figure scorers for the G-Men. Glenville puUed down 38 rebounds and dropped 25 of 53 shots from the noor for a 47.2 percent average. The Pio neers also hit 50 per cent from the foul Line. For the Cardinals, Bill Hutchings was high man with 14 points as Wheeling out rebounded the Pioneers by six. T he first hurdle to the conference {Continued on Page Three) "We're Number One!" The Glenville Mercury Volume XLI, Number 16 Glenville State College, Glenville, West Virginia Wednesday, March 4, 1970 Ambassador Lambertus Palar Gilmer Co. Leads Plays By Beckett, Albee Is Visiting Instructor-Lecturer County Enrollment According to second semester en­ Are Scheduled For March 13 Ambassador Lambertus· N. Palar roUment cards, the GSC student body is teaching an International Relations is composed of students hailing from by MaJgii Jones struction, Ken Coleman, WiUiam l ew­ Two one-act plays will be pre­ class here at Glenville State CoUege for 47 of the 55 West Virginia counties, is, Darrel Wilmoth, a nd Jen n~ Pitzer; four weeks. sented F riday, March 13 as part of 13 states other than West Virginia, Stage Manager, Darrel Wilmoth. Ambassador PaJar participated in and one foreign country. GSC's Fine Arts Week. Directing the Both "Krapp's l ast Tape," and the Dutch underground resistance a­ Gilme r County can boast the plays will be Mrs. Judy Curtis and gainst Nazi occupation and, therefore, highest enrollment from a single coun­ Mr. David Lough. "The Zoo Story," faU into thecate­ was nominated and later elected a ty with 140 student s. Wood County The two plays to be presented are gory of Theate r of the Absurd. member of the Dutch Parliament falls closely behing G ilme r with 132 "Krapp's Last Tape," by Samuel They depart from the theatrical after World War II. He withdrew Beckett and ''The Zoo Story," by enrolled. Lewis County has the third convention such as plot, believable immediately after righting broke out highest enroUment with 103 students. Edward Alb:e. characters with which the audience between Dutch colonial troops and Kanawha County ranked fourth with " Krapp's Last Tape,'' features Indonesian Freedom Fighters. 99 students, and Braxton County is Krapp, an aging man, who is com­ can identify, and from realistic sets The Indonesian Revolutionary rlfth with an enrollme nt of 78. pletely cui off from humanity. He lis· and lighting. Government sent him to the United One-hundred and eighteen tens to the annually recorded voice In departing from the theatrical Nations in August, 194 7, where he of his younger self and ponders the students are listed as 'out-of-state.' conventions they enable the audience started his diplomatic career as Indo· Ohio ranks highest among the 13 n ow of times, the self and the prob­ to experience the disparity between nesia 's spokesman, defending the states with an enrollment of 57. lems of ever-changing identity. Cast struggle for independence from Dutch Pe nnsylvania is next with 14, and as Krapp is Jo hn Dillow, a senior the life man hopes for and the life he Colonial rule. He continued as spokes­ Virginia and Maryland are tied with II from Harrisville. endures. "Krapp's Last Tape," and mao until the Netherlands transferred Ambassador Palar stude nts enrolled from each for the "The Zoo Story," deals with a fu­ "The Zoo Story," attempt to show c.ovt'rCI:;!:n ty to Indonesia a t the end of tile attempt at communication be· nesia as a member of the Indonesian third place rank. T he only foreign man's desparate search for the self 1949. Delegation to the annual sessions of country rep r~scntcd at is tween a conformist and an outsider. esc and his attempt to break down com­ In 1950, he headed a mission to the U.N. General Assembly. Thailand. It demonstrates that hatred and vio­ Moscow to persuade the Soviet In 1962, he was appointed for lhc Remaining counties and their en­ lence are often attempts to break munication barriers. Government not to veto Indonesia's second time as Permanent Pepresent­ rollments are listed in alphabetical through the waUs of loneliness. Plays from the school of the application of membership to the ative to the U. N. He remained unt1l order, followed by the other sta tes The cast includes William Lewis, absurd combine laughter with hor­ United Nations. The mission was suc­ Indonesia withdrew temporarily from and their c nro Ume nts: Barbour, 2; a senior from Jane Lew, as Jerry and ror. cessful, and Indonesia became a mem­ that world body in 1965. He was Boone, 10; Cabell, 6; Calhoun, 6 1; Mrs. Curtis, in charge of the two ber in September; 1950. Ambassador then posted as Ambassador to the Clay, 22; Doddridge, 16 ; Fayette, 19 ; David Lough, a senior from Parkers­ Palar was appointed Indonesia's first United States in Washington D. C. Greenbrie r. 35; Hancock, 5; Hardy, 3; burg, portraying Peter. one-act plays, directed "Under Milk Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador Palar is now re tired , Harrison, 43; Jackson, 40; Jefferson, Production crew for both plays Wood," the first semester, and is with the rank of Ambassador, a title but is still senior consultant to the I; Lincoln, 2; Logan, 5; McDowell, 2; is as follows: Lighting, Ken Coleman ; planning "She Stoops To Conquer," previously gjven him in 1948. Indonesian Permanent Mission to the Marshall, 6; Mason, 27; Marion, 4 ; Set Design, William Lewis; Set Con· by Oliver Goldsmith, fo r A:pril. Ambassador Palar left the U. N. United Nalions. Mercer, 1; Mineral, 2; Mingo, 1; Mon­ post in 195 3 to become ambassador to roe, I; Nicho las, 68; Pleasants, 30; India until 1956. During this time, he Pocahontas, 18; Preston, 4 ; Putnam, re turned temporarily to Indonesia to Tryouts for O liver Goldsmith's 10; Raleigh, 32; Randolph, 23; assist his Prime Minister in preparing She Stoops to Conquer will be Ritchie, 38; R oane, 56; Summers, 3; Fine Arts Week Calendar and leading the rust Afro-Asian Con­ Taylor, 3; Tucker, 3; T yler, 20; ference in Bandung in 1955. He held in the Lillie Theatre, Monday, AU Week lOth Annual CoUegiatc Art Exhibition in Multi-purpose March 16, 1970. Those wishing to Upshur. 41 ; Wayne, 5; We bste r, 26; chaired the difficult Commission on Room of Pioneer Center; Daily 9:00 to 4 :00. participate in the production Wetzel, 17; Wirt, 17; a nd Wyoming, Colonialism during the Conference. Sun., March 8 GSC Wind Ensemble; 8:00 p.m., Auditorium. please contact Mrs. Curtis in the J. A fler leaving India, he was posted Students which represent other Mon., March 9 Phy Uis Curtin, Recital; 8 :00p.m., Auditorium. Underground. Several students and for short consecutive periods as states include one each from Connec­ Tue., March 10 GSC Music' D~;pt. Recital; 8 :00p.m., Auditorium. faculty members are needed for a Ambassador to West Germany and the ticut, Florida, IUinois, Michigan, and Thur., March 12 National Opera Company, " Marriage Of Figaro"; 8 :00 successful production: male char· Soviet Union. Also he was Ambassador North Carolina; two from Indiana; p.m., Auditorium. acters are especially needed. to Canada from 1957 to 1962, and at tluee from Delaware; and seven each Fri., March 13 GSC Drama Presentation; 8:00p.m., Auditorium. the same time he represented Indo- from New York and New Jersey. 006_R.jpg Page Two THE GLENVILLE MERCURY • I Agronomist ,. •·. -~ . Jll.~"- ..,. ___ :_________... .. I -- Will Appear • 1. :'0_ · l -LL _; i -.-· Dr Earl G. Rodgers, professor of agronomy, will be a guest speaker <-. , ~·· here on Tues., March 17. by Jack Albert He will speak m the CoJJege audi­ torium, Tuesday morning on the topic IJ II~'I v~ -·.:·:., ~r 1 I think there is nothing as exciting, demanding, exacting and wonderful as a of "The Role of the Agronomist In I !::-~'":~ I I • " r , • college basketball tourney. That assemblage of persons from every walk of life Producing Food For An Expanding • • )(. I . - ~ : sharing an exchange of reac tion to the events at center noor. Society." . People walked and ran, and children shouted, crowds booed and shighed and Tuesday evening, at 8 p.m., Dr. leeped and some cried. Rodgers will speak o n "Herbicides, Whistles blew, players bounced and the band played on and on. T heir Persiste nce and Activity In The It was Glenville and Fairmont and Fairmont's Stage Band made the best Soil." showing for that institution. A Falfmont fan sitting near exclaimed she would Dr. Rodger's research topic is "The never have believed it and I smiled. Modern Concept of Weed Control." It was G le nviUc and Morris Harvey, and in the last few minutes of the game, His general topics include ' l.