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LONGWOOD COLLEGE, FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1976
NOW I KNOW ALL ABOUT COLLEGE . . . A Page From The Diary Of A Prospective Student As Recorded . . . By Laurie McCullough When I received the invitation to Spring Weekend at Ixmgwood (that's the one in Farmburg), I was pretty excited. It seemed like it would be fun to go and check the place out. Then I found out that my parents were invited too. HOW EMBARRASSING. We got up at 7:00 this morning to drive down there, and by the time we arrived at 10:00, I was already tired. I didn't even know we were in Farmburg until I saw the sign that said Longwood College. "Well," I thought, "This must be the place. Once we were on campus, we didn't know where to go, so we stopped to ask a policeman. He was real big and tall, and my little brother asked him if he had ever killed anybody. HOW EMBARRASSING. Anyway, the policeman sent us to a place called Lankford for registration. I didn't really understand why we had to register, but I didn't ask any questions. My mother thought it was probably for some kind of door prize. The first thing we did was walk around the building and look at all the displays that had been set up by various clubs and organizations. I thought a lot of them looked pretty neat, and I made a list of all the things I want to join when I go to college. Then we went into a big room where they had academic advising. When the man there told me
about all the classes I would have to take if I came here, I started scratching some of the clubs off the list. Then we went back out to a big room in the middle of the building, and a girl was there to give us a tour of the campus. We got to walk around and look at the outsides of all the buildings. It was very good exercise. We went in a place called the Rotunda that has a big dome on the top. The tour guide said that it was kind of the main part of the campus. If that's the main part, it looks awfully small to me. The dining hall is right behind it. We went in there. It's very pretty, but it smelled funny. Then our tour guide saw somebody she knew, and they started laughing and talking for a long time while we just stood there. Finally she told us that it had been very nice meeting us, and took off with her friend. She was a nice girl, but she was kind of spacey. And now we were lost. We had been given a schedule, and we knew that we were 10 minutes late for the next thing, which was supposed to be held on the grounds of Lankford. We asked some people how to get there, and we finally found it. It was some kids singing patriotic songs. They were cute, and looked like they were having lots of fun. My little brother sang too. After that was over, we
Harvest, in concert, on Wheeler Mall at Saturday's picnic followed the crowd to the place where we were supposed to have lunch. We had to stand in line for a real long time, but the lunch was pretty good, and it was fun listening to the Bluegrass band. A lady got up and started dancing with some man, and a bunch of girls were playing a game where
Mr. Homer Springer of the Art department talks to prospective students during Academic Advising Session.
you run around in circles and hold hands with everybody and yell a lot. It looked like they were having a good time. I would have liked to do it too, but nobody asked me. Maybe when I get to be a mature college woman, I can do those things too. We could have stayed longer and listened to the band after we finished eating, but Mom got a sunburn on her nose, so she wanted to leave. We went across a little parking lot to where the bazaar was supposed to be, but I didn't see any bazaar. There were a few people there selling things though. We bought some cookies for dessert, because our ice cream had been melted when we got it. My Dad bought T shirts for me and my little brother. The shirts are really neat, but I still don't know what SUN and Wright Bros. mean. My Dad said he thought the SUN shirts were factory seconds because there was a dash between the S and the U. We went to hear the poetry reading, and then saw exhibits of weaving, pottery, and glassblowing. If I come here, I want to take the glassblowing class for sure. That part looked really neat. We wanted to go to the water show at the pool, but when my mother found out that we had to squeeze through a little space between the side of the building and the tennis courts, she wouldn't go, so we went to hear the choir instead. They were super, and I really enjoyed the music. I learned something too. I never knew you could wear a long
dress with topsiders. My mother was trying to find out whether or not the conductor wa.- named, so I missed the second song trying to get her to shut up. After the concert, we went back over to the lankford building to see a Bicentennial Music Presentation. All of us enjoyed that. There was a little guy running around there. He looked like maybe he worked for the group, but he had on one of those T shirts. I wonder if he'll come here next year when they go coed. I^ater on I saw him again, sitting upstairs in Lankford In somebody's office. Maybe he had some kind of interview. We went to see some sports exhibitions. This school must have some good teams. My little brother got scared watching the fencers. He thought they were knights or something, I guess. Then my parents spent from 4:00 until 4:30 trying to find out where the alumni house was. It wasn't on the campus. Boy, whoever lives there really has a nice place. They went to the party to meet all the important people, while I stayed in the car and babysat my stupid little brother If I'm the one who might come to school here, isn't it funny that they didn't introduce me to all the important people? All in all, it was a tiring, frustrating, embarrassing, confusing day, and I'm really glad to be back home and ready for bed. By the way — did I tell you I've decided to go to Ix)ngwood?
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Tuesday, April 13, 1976
~ Annual L.C. Awards Assembly Will Give And Take Recognize Outstanding Achievements
This week brings yet another press conference and once again the hope of straight answers to straight questions. The probability is that the Gold Room will be approximately half-filled with people still hungry after lunch. Free food and cokes have the power to lure even the most apathetic student into a room. Once they are seated, though, very few take the initiative to ask questions — usually because it accomplishes little to voice an opinion. The friendly art of the run-around prevails along this campus, and very few are able to overcome it. How many of the questions that are asked receive satisfactory answers? How often are students told "we'll check into it" only to never hear about it again? How many times has the condition of the CurryFrazer parking lot been brought up, and how many limes has a temporary layer of gravel lasted about as long as it took to put it down? We have heard for years that a new gym will be built at this site and that any permanent surfacing would not be practical. However, it is also not practical to refill holes month after month after month. Who would pay for the damages if the bottom of a car was scraped to the point of needing repair? Would the situation "be looked into?" What about new classes and new professors to be available in the fall? Will students be told about them ahead of time or will it be a surprise during registration? Who made the decision to hold registration in the fall? It came almost as quickly as the decision to end the signing-in procedures after hours. People generally like to be kept informed. Even the most apathetic student would rather know about proceedings before they are put into effect. The three student government
By MAUREEN HANLEY On April 20th at 12:45 the annual awards assembly will be held in Jarman Auditorium. The purpose of this presentation which is sponsored by the Honors Council, is to recognize those students who have excelled in their field or their school participation. This year the awards that are being presented are the Alpha I-imbda Delta Awards, which
are the Maria Leonard Book Award and the certificates to Seniors the American Chemical Society Award; the Atletic Awards, which are the Oliver T. nier Award, and the Rebecca Brockenbrough Award; the Barron Award; the Dr. Blackwell's Scholarship; the Business Awards, which are the National Business Education Association Award of Merit, the Outstanding Freshman Business
New College Programs Fail To Win Approval Reprinted from the Richmond News Leader, April 17,1976 LEXINGTON- The State Council of Higher Education has agreed to postpone approval of new academic programs at eight state-supported colleges and universities and to study further its own policies for program approval. During a meeting at Virginia Military Institute yesterday, council member W. Roy Smith of Petersburg said the colleges requesting new programs had failed to provide program costs and other information required for intelligent decisions by the council. Last fall, the council agreed to delay action on new academic programs until after the 1976 legislative session. The council indicated colleges which got approval for new programs would have to cancel old programs or make pther plans to finance them from existing appropriations. Delays at V( I
The council action yesterday could mean delays of a year or more on some programs which colleges have requested recently. Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond University will apparently have to delay master's degree programs in gerontology and mass communications and design and a bachelor's level program in literature.
Virginia State College at Ettrick will be required to postpone an undergraduate program in general studies and a plan to give a certificate of advanced studies in industrial education. In another matter, the council asked its director, Dr. Daniel E. Marvin Jr., to inform seven fouryear colleges and universities of the council's displeasure at their failure to supply faculty tenure and workload information requested by the General Assembly Considered Useful The University of Virginia, Virginia State College and Longwood College were among the institutions failing to supply information that can be considered usefully by the council in its study of tenure and workload, the council's associate director, Gordon K. Davies said. The council also agreed to conduct a full review of the state's "eminent scholars" program, under which endowment earnings and private gifts are matched with state general fund money to provide salary support for prominent faculty members. The General Assembly ended the state's commitment to match endowment earnings with tax dollars. Council member Frank Batten of Norfolk said he would fight to return to the old policy. He said the change would cost the colleges millions of dollars.
hoards are making an honest effort to keep students informed as to the issues that are being considered. Legislative and Residence Board meetings are open to all, and each of the boards has submitted various articles to the
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attention to these is debatable, but at least the opportunity for information is there. Can the same be said about the administration? Wouldn't it be great to know that something is about to happen before it is over and forgotten? A press conference would be the ideal time to announce issues under consideration. Students sometimes have worthwhile ideas to contribute to discussions. Why not do this at the press
EDITOR Ellen Cassada BUSINESS MANAGER Sally Graham TYPISTS Ginny laving Cathy Hite
CIRCULATION Thalia Gerachis Tricia Brown Ginny laving Patti Can* PHOTOGRAPHERS Liz Phelps Ms. McKinney
ADVERTISING Betty Vaughan Debbie Campbell
LAY-OUTS Karen Foster Maureen Hanley
conference? Why not make this an addition to the time REPORTERS spent answering questions, munching, and deciding who and what to believe. Faculty, tuition, housing, tenure
the list goes on and on. Let students know
what is going on — maybe we'll surprise you by being concerned.
Martha McCotter, Jo Leili, Maureen Hanley, Storm Topping, Jean Possnack, Laura Moy, Sue Rible, Dianne Harwood, Penny Robinson, Thorn Metheny, l.ialia Gerachis, Diane Quinn, Patti K. Chapman 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.
Education Major, and the Pi Omega Pi Textbook Award; the Dabney Lancaster Scholarship; the Drama Award, which are the David Wiley Award and the Leola Wheeler scholarship. Other awards that are also being presented are the Elizabeth Burger Jackson Scholarship; the English Awards, which are the Mary Clay Hiner Scholarship and the Scholarly Book Award; the Gyre Award; the Home Economics Awards, which are the Diane Collet Scholarship, the Lora May Bernard Award, the Nell H. Giffin Scholarship, the Silver Trivet Award, the Worthy Johnson Craft Scholarship; the Honors Program; the Kappa Delta Pi Scholarship; the Mathematics Awards, which are the Badger-Magnifico Award, and the John R. Clarke Award. Also being awarded are the Music Education National Conference Deams Honor, the Music Performance Award, the Sigma Alpha Iota Academic Award, and the Sigma Alpha Iota College Honor Award; the Panhellenic Scholarship Cup; the Phi Kappa Phi members; the Rotunda Award; the Science Awards, which are the Edith Stevens Awards; the Freshman Chemistry Award, and the Tri Beta Award; the Swap Shop Scholarship, and the Virginia Award. "The recipient of these awards, stated Anita Dewell, are selected by the departments giving the awards, who set up their own eligibility requirements. "Also you do not have to be a senior to qualify for an award which gives everyone a chance to receive an award," said Anita. She also stated that "some departments present their recipients with money while others are recognized with a certificate." Even though members of honoraries are the only ones required to attend this assembly it would be encouraging to have the support of the student body present at this assembly.
Leg. Board Activities In Review By MARY LOUISE HARRIS The April 5 meeting of Legislative Board was brought to order by Susann Smith. Pitch-in Week was one of the first topics to be discussed. The Legislative Board decided, at its March 30 meeting, to wash the college buses as its contribution to the Student Union sponsored Pitch-in Week. The buses have been in constant use so a date to wash them has been hard to find. The representatives still plan to wash the buses as their Pitch-in project, but were unable to do them during Pitch-in Week. The deadlines for two scholarships were announced. The deadline for the Dabney Lancaster Scholarship is April 12. This scholarship is awarded to a rising sophomore, junior, or senior and is based on scholarship, service and need. Karen Kimbrough, last year's recipient of the Dabney Lancaster Scholarship, is in charge of handling applications. The Swapshop Scholarship Applications are due April 12 (Continued on Page 6)
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Frazer Head Resident Mrs. Layne To Retire At End Of Semester
S-LN workers paint benches behind Lankford to begin a successful pitch-in week.
Mrs. Layne, head resident of Frazer, will be leaving Longwood this year. Mrs. Layne has been at Longwood for five years and she stated that she "loved every minute of it." she came to Longwood because the position was available and the campus delighted her. She inquired how many girls would be in Frazer and "...(I) found out it was 414 and I fainted!!"
Save A Life! Learn How To Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation When is CPR needed? CPR can be used to revive an individual whose heart has stopped beating as the result of electric shock, drowning, reaction to medicines or drugs, an accident, heart attack, cafe coronary (choking on food), etc. However, knowledge and practice of proper CPR techniques is essential to successful performance and the safety of the victim. On Thursday, April 15, the Virginia Chapter of the American Heart Association will conduct a CPR Clinic in the ABC Rooms of the Lankford Building. The Clinic will be open to the campus
community from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 3:15 to 6:00 p.m. Interested individuals should complete the form below and return it immediately to Carolyn Hodges, Physical Education Department. Participants must obtain and read a packet of materials from the Heart Association before attending the clinic. The clinic will be practical in nature. Each participant will be given the opportunity to practice CPR techniques on different size manikins (infant, child, adult). As a final "test" the participant may have his or her own skill
Mrs. Layne came from a liberal college (University of Delaware) where there was 24 hour visitation, and she had some difficulty in going back to signing males in and out. The major changes she has seen the open .louse hours. To close the doors at 1.30 is too late she feels, because by then the guy and the girl have fallen asleep and it is difficult to get the guy out. If Mrs. Layne were remaining, she would like to see the residence hall become a "unit and not just a place to sleep or take a man." The hall would elect senior and junior assistants
rather than presidents who would work with the head resident as counselors. Also, with the males coming, she thinks the dining hall should go to the cafeteria style "because men will fight." Waitresses should be eliminated and they could possibly have a continuous meal served from maybe 11-2. Mrs. Layne thinks that as far as security goes, Campus Police is "okay." Concerning the incident with the man in the halls in the middle of the night, Mrs. I -i yne said about Campus Police, (Continued on Page 8)
evaluated on a manikin which monitors the trainee's performance of CPR-lung ventilation, minimum and maximum chest compressionand provides a permanent calibrated tape read out of the trainee's performance. The clinic may also be used as a review or re-training for those individuals who have CPR certification. The clinic registration will be limited, so please return the registration form as soon as possible. The participant should allow approximately one hour for the clinic.
REGISTRATION FORM Name Box Number or Department CPR Experience 1. None 2. Date (approximate) of previous CPR certification 3. Other Clinic Attendance Preferred time (indicate order of preference by numbering 1,2,3, etc.) 1:00 4:00 2:30 4:30 3:00 5:00 3:30 5:30 NOTE: You will receive notification of your time to attend the clinic and where the packet of materials will be available
Fourth Toxicology Lecture ARTISTS Probes Myths And Presents Facts and ATHLETES/an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Elisabeth L. Flynn, Associate Professor of Art History
ByJOLEILI Tuesday night, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. the Longwood College Department of Natural Sciences sponsored its fourth lecture in a series of "Toxicology" special topics seminars. Speaking on "Emergency Room Toxicology" the lecturer was Dr. Robert V.
Blanke who is currently on the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia, in the department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pathology. Besides holding this teaching and research position, Dr. Blanke is also the director of the Toxicology Laboratory at M.C.V., where analysis for toxic
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Two members of the Art faculty of Longwood College will have works on exhibit at Randolph-Macon College from Monday, April 5, through Saturday, April 17. Barbara Bishop, well known as a photographer and printmaker, is chairman of the Art Department and sculptor Conway Betty Thompson is assistant professor of art at the College. A native or Roanoke, Ms. Bishop was trained at Longwood, at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, in Paris, and has studied at Columbia University. Conway Betty Thompson, a former student at RandolphMacon College, graduated from Cooper Union in New York City and has her M.F.A. from the University of Guanajuato, Mexico. The exhibition may be seen in the Frank E. Brown Campus Center, open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to midnight and from 1 p.m. to midnight on Sundays.
agents are made when persons enter the hospital suffering from drug or chemical overdoses. The poison control center for this section of Virginia is also maintained by this laboratory. Believing that there are "Many myths and misconceptions about poisons," Dr. Blanke emphasized that "everything in the world around us can be harmful, or a poison if we're exposed to it in too great of an amount." listing some potential poisons as being over the counter prescription drugs, home products like fuels, kerosene, or cleaning solutions, or even pure oxygen and water, he stated, "I want to emphasize the point that anything can be harmful if abused." The professor explained that "in our lab we could never evn hope to be able to cope with every toxic case which arises, so we have to try to prepare for the common cures which occur." Aiding his talk with a tray of assorted slides, Dr. Blanke then proceeded to give a brief survey of toxic substances, defections and (Continued on Page 8)
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Enjoying the music on Wheeler Mall.
Jubilee Singers - A Bicentennial Musical ,
Food, fun and friends.
5th, 6th, and 7th Graders in a salute to the Bicentennial.
Follow the train. . . Rocking and Rolling to the sound of Bluegrass.
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Fencers salute. . . engarde!
Jubilee — A sunny day and a sunny group.
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Dance Concert Consistent In Impressive Movements By MARTHA E. MATTUS The Longwood College Company of Dancers gave their spring concert April 8, 9, and 10 in Jarman Auditorium. The evening got off to a snappy start with "Click," choreographed by Carla Van Fossen, using six dancers in a combination of quick, jazzy movements and impressive acrobatics. It is difficult to put this large a group on the stage without yielding to the temptation to treat them as a 'corps de ballet," with everyone performing in unison in two straight lines. Ms. Van Fossen made the dance especially exciting by resisting this expected arrangement, using her dancers in twos and threes in intriguingly asymmetrical special groupings. The choreographer's other offering, "Rigamarole," featured more contrasts, playing angular movements against the flowing music of Debussy. Humor was increased by pantomimic interludes, accentuated by electronic sounds resembling a computer laughing at itself. The second offering of the evening was a series of six short pieces by first time choreographers collectively entitled "Feelings Of." "Tranquility," by Patti Curtin, was most successful in capturing and sustaining a single mood as three dancers in white draperies floated against a pale blue background like sea birds poised on the wind. Kim Harris's "Fun" was a total change, using two dancers for a quick-moving study in duplication and contrast. In "Humour" I^aura Bailey used pantomime and electronic sounds to show conflicts among three performers. Tilsia Stephens employed a blend of flowing movements and jazz rhythms, emphasized by the strong contrasts of black and white satin costumes, to capture a feeling of "Sophistication." One sometimes thinks of dance as movements done primarily with the legs; in "Native Rhythm" Cyndi Davis has built a pattern of arm movements, including a tenarmed Indian diety that forms and dissolves. My personal favorite in this section was a study in "Form" by art major Anmarie Nemetz. The number was the only totally "nonhuman" one in the program, using the three dancers as pure sculpture in motion, going through a slow series of inticate groupings between the stunning silhouettes that marked the opening and close. Three of the longer numbers of the evening used similar energies in a variety of ways. In "Diabolique" choreographer Sandy Williams combined appealing special arrangements of her five dancers with gestures and extended poses to produce a mood of energy and excitement. In sharp contrast to this was Beth Tomlinson's "Misasma," a dramatized conflict between a pair of dancers in red and a lone spirit in deep blue. The composition gained its effect of suppressed energy by playing slow, controlled movements against quick, sitar-like music. The most unusual piece of the evening featured three dancers manipulating strips of elastic under black light in Nancy Milan's interpretation of "Tension." On Friday and Saturday nights some general stage lights were used to illuminate the dancers.
Thursday's performance, using only the black light, was far more effective, for the dancers were invisible and the strips glowed and moved with a life of their own, like a "Star Trek" nightmare of three creatures growing, uniting, and subdividing. Unusual in a different sense was Susann Smith's "Discotheque" which featured three men and four women in a fast moving "cafe scene." The uniqueness of the cast was used to provide an effective climax to the piece. The three men, having joined the other dancers in a variety of partnering combinations, performed a series of movements alone at the front of the stage, and while the audience was occupied by the "shock" of three — count 'em, three — male dancers on the Longwood stage, Ms. Smith appeared, "flying" out of the wings several feet above the floor and was caught by the three and carried overhead to the rear of the stage as the composition dissolved under strobe light. The piece that received the most enthusiastic audience response was "Hoedown," choreographed and danced by Susann Smith and Sandy Williams. The piece is a joy to watch because the dancers are so obviously having fun, combining acrobatics and pantomime with oddities of angular movement that seem at first glance humanly impossible. Susann Smith's "Rebirth" was the only solo and without doubt the finest performance of the evening. I have seen and enjoyed Ms. Smith's work in past concerts but was quite unprepared for this complete departure from her usual boisterous style, which displayed her exceptional growth as both choreographer and dancer. Her control is superb, each bone and muscle precisely placed from moment to moment with apparent effortlessness. One thinks of dance as movement performed to music; in this case the music seems to be produced by the movement. Small and intricate changes — a turn of the head, a lift of the shoulders — change the tempo from fast to slow and back again as the renascent body weaves its own universe of sound and space. Much of the effectiveness of dance depends upon lighting, and designer Emily Bergwyn and her crew have done a consistently fine job of providing settings that complement the mood of each piece. Of special interest are the numbers in which the light changes to follow the dancers, such as "Tranquility," "Form," and "Rebirth." The Company dedicated its Saturday night performance to director Sandra Gustafson, who is leaving Longwood at the end of this year. The many, many hours of work, care, and concern that "Ms. G." has contributed can be clearly seen in the growth of the group over the years, and it is a fitting tribute for the Longwood College Company of Dancers to dedicate to her their finest concert.
Press Conference Thursday
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Geist's annual bloodmobile, held Thursday, April 8, saw the goal of 200 pints surpassed to equal last year's turn-out of 216 pints. In the picture above, Geist members Brenda Chisholm and Sandy Maloney discuss the success, as Red Cross workers begin packaging the blood. The picture on the right shows Sandy Maloney in the process of giving blood. (Photos by Phelps)
Multi-talented Shiloh Morning Captures Emotions Of Audience By PATTI K. CHAPMAN Thursday, April 1, 1976, at 8:00 p.m. Shiloh Morning started their concert with some soft instrumental effects that built up to ear blasting boogie. After the song was finished the same soft build began again to a song they had written called Come Fly. This was sequenced by Captain Sunshine which exhibited a beautiful control of harmony and special techniques. After the first set of songs was played, Ken Scheidler gave some background into the group. Ken began by saying, "Here we are at longwood College in Farmville, Va. Just think — A few miles from here General Lee sat in this great big house and said, 'I'm feeling fried, man; I'm losing the war.' " After several other puns Shiloh went into their second set of songs — a medley from the Eagles. Once more Ken came in and told us about the battle of Shiloh, the turning point during the Civil War because it was the most
devastating on human trauma and death. This was the mood setting for the next theme, which was started by three songs sung during the Civil War, two of which were Maryland, My Maryland, an excellent display of harmonious singing with no instruments, and then Dixie. Then the Civil War theme was brought completely forth with several songs written by Peter Welch, the bass guitarist. The songs set the emotion high. They depicted the human agony suffered during these times of the Confederate South. The last song during this peak was a song entitled, It's Beautiful, with lyrics not using the word love at all. To break the tension and emotion, the next skit was a satire on the Wizard of Oz. Ken told the story from the landing of the house to the arrival at Emerald City with great sound effects from Mark Hancock and Jeanne M. Walker. To the delight of the audience, Shiloh Morning did a medley of the Beach Boys that included
California Girls. Good Vibrations Get Her Out of My Heart, and many more. It was a bumping and bopping medley that made it hard for anyone to sit still. Shiloh started the last half of the program with some cowboy ballads written by their cowboy Paul. One was entitled Sandman and there were a couple of love ballads. A^ain the audience was taken back to the Civil War and Shiloh explained that they were giving the impression, "Beyond the black and white aspects of our history books." Several songs were written bv Ken Schneider. The Final Dream had as its theme a young man who was to enlist the coming day and his envisionment of death in the coming future. « The impression Shiloh Morning gave to the audience was a combination of satire and the realism of tragedy and dreams. Shiloh Morning certainly presented an extreme variety of talent, effects, and songs to tie together the whole content.
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Production Date Nears As Players Refine Roles By GAY HARRINGTON The Longwood Players are currently preparing their fourth major production of the year, Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House. The play will be performed April 21-24 at 8:00 in Jarman auditorium. The plot of A Doll's House centers around a woman named Nora who feels she must play the roles which other people have assigned her. Her husband Torvald does what he can to make certain his wife develops properly. Torvald, however, is unaware that his wife is guilty of forgery and has been independently reimbursing a creditor for the past eight years. Nora, convinced that her actions have been for the welfare of her husband, is both anxious and frightened about having Torvald discover her secret. Diane Quinn, a Sophomore music major, portrays Nora. Although Diane has previously played several roles on Longwood's stage, this is undoubtedly her "most exhausting." The difficulty lies within the character of Nora herself. She reacts differently to each person she comes into contact with and finally realizes that she will never be able to please everyone. In Diane's opinion, her most challenging task is to "have the audience understand why Nora acts and reacts the way she does." Diane has enjoyed working under the direction of
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Dr. Patton Lockwood. "During the rehearsals he sat down with me and presented about five different interpretations of Nora. In essence he said, 'this is how it has been done — now do what feels right to you.' He has trusted my judgment all along." Dr. Lockwood feels that "casting Diane for the role of Nora was a work of genius. She has several massive speeches during the course of the play which are quite a feat for any actress. Diane does it. She has an intuitive grasp of the character." Both Dr. Lockwood and Diane are pleased with the cooperativeness of the cast. Diane is especially impressed with the receptiveness of all involved. "Everyone works for and with each other." Linda Frank believes that "this is the most intelligent cast I've worked with." Other characters in the play are: Torvald, Bill Ferguson; Dr. Rank, Steve Chu; and Ellen, Lucy Hollins. Newcomers to Jarman stage include: Doug Moore, Louise Arthur, and Mary Isemann. The intricate tri-level set has been designed by Dr. Lockwood. Trish Howland is responsible for designing and executing the lights. The costume designer is Val Kestner, with the construction by Mary Beth Carkhuff. Other crews include: stage manager, Lee Murray; sound, Sara Jo Wyatt; set construction, Clare Baxter; house, Susann Smith; props, Ron Kieloch. Linda Frank is the student director.
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ATTENTION SENIORS 1. Please remember to notify the registrar's office if you plan to attend graduation. 2. Please respond to invitations to Senior Banquet. If you didn't get an invitation, go by the Alumni office. Deadline for RSVP is April 15. 3. Graduation announcements may be picked up April 15 in the Rotunda from 1:006:00. 4. Deadline for housing for graduation is April 30. 5. Order caps, gowns and hoods. 6. Attire for Senior Banquet is semi-formal — long dresses.
Hot Dogs And Hamburgers Highlight S-UN Picnic By PATH K. CHAPMAN On Thursday night, April 8, at 7:00 p.m., The Student Union Membership Committee held a picnic supper at the cabin. The purpose of the supper was for the membership drive for S-UN. At least 40 students arrived by the car-shuttle and a little later the administration arrived. Liz Phelps, chairman of the SUN membership committee, gave a brief welcome to all, and stressed the need of more active members in S-UN. The supper was indeed a welcome change, with hamburgers, hot dogs, and baked beans, plus the works; everyone lavishly started eating. Of course, the flavor was enhanced by the change of setting. Any change is welcomed by all. Of course, there was the agreement of having the picnic, and Ann Johnson went through the red tape of checking with half a dozen people over menu, number of people, date, place, and the final OK. Also handwritten letters were sent to most of the administrative members of the College. Some comments of several participants were: Lynn Trotter, "It was a welcome change from eating in the dining hall and a good type of membership drive for S-UN." Dianne Morris, "Just the getting away from campus was different, and the atmosphere was better." Mary
Legislative Board (Continued from Pa?e 2) also. Two Swapshop Scholarships will be awarded, one is based on service, the other is based on scholarship need. Susann Smith reminded the representatives about the Press Conference on April 15. Many of the representatives raised questions about registering for classes next fall instead of this spring. Fall registration will certainly be one of the topics at the Press Conference. In other business, Amy Miller told the rising junior representatives to remind their fellow classmates about applications for Legislative Board Treasurer. The Legislative Board approved Diane Vermilyea as this year's business manager for the Virginian. Approval of next year's editors and business managers for publications will take place at the April 12 meeting of Legislative Board.
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THE ROTUNDA
Longwood Lacrosse Team Wins
Tuesday, April 13, 1976
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One Victory Out Of Three Games By DIANNE IIARWOOD The Lacrosse Team salvaged one victory in three attempts this past week, first by beating Randolph Macon Womens College, but then dropping two decisions to William and Mary and Bridgewater. In an excellent offensive outburst, LC demolished RMWC 14-5. Longwood took the opening draw and controlled the rest of the game from that point. The blue and white scored 9 in the first half while holding RMWC to 2, the second half had LC with 5 and Randy Mac with 3, give LC the 14-5 victory. Jenny Marrow and Carl Filo scored 4 each in the LC victory, Cathy Lowe and Terry Voit had 2 each and Terri Sawyer added one for the LC tally. The game with William and Mary ended in defeat for the Longwood team as the girls could only manage to score 3 goals. Terri Sawyer scored one
and Cathy Lowe chipped in two in the losing effort. The Longwood defense couldn't seem to contain the aggressive W&M offense. LC dropped its last game of the week to Bridgewater by a score of 8-5. In the closely contested battle, LC mustered 20 shots a goal while Bridgewater attempted 19. Terri Sawyer won the opening draw, but it wasn't until the middle of the half before either team could score. Jenny Morrow opened the scoring for Longwood, but Bridgewater countered right back. Final scoring showed Jenny Morrow hit 3 goals while Terry Voit and Terri Sawyer each added one. Final score read Bridgewater 8, LC 5. Scoreboard; The LC Lacrosse Team II defeated RMWC Team II by an 8-1 score. O'Brien and Hall scored two each while Donohue, Eagle, Wolfo and Edwards scored one each. The second team tied with Bridgewater 3-3. (scores unavailable) (Photo by Dun.11 vant)
IXL Carroll, Kim Steacy, and Terri Sawyer display their determination.
Longwood's Undefeated Tennis Team Maintains Its Unblemished Record By DIANNE H AK WOOD
(Photo by Dunni vant) Emily Easter fights for the ball.
Dr. Carolyn Bell To Speak At Longwood On April 19 Dr. Carolyn Shaw Bell, the Katharine Coman Professor of Economics at Wellesley College, will be speaking at four Virginia colleges and universities next week under the auspices of the University Center in Virginia on "Welfare Reform — For Whom?" and "Issues of Unemployment Insurance." She will appear at Longwood April 19 at 1:00 p.m. Before joining the faculty at Wellesley, she taught at Holyoke Junior College. She has also served as an economist for the Social Science Research Council at Harvard University, and an economic consultant to publishers and to consumer marketing firms. She has done extensive studies on employment and on problems of the urban poor. Mrs. Bell is widely known as a professional economist because of her frequent commentaries on current economic problems in the press, at conferences, and on the air. Her criticism of administration policy on unemployment helped produce a change in the official reports
issued monthly from the White House. She also worked with the women's caucus of the American Economic Association to persuade that professional group into positive actions to remedy the position of women economists. Her most recent full-length work is The Economics of the Ghetto. She is also the author of Consumer Choice in the American Economy, numerous articles published in professional and general periodicals, and coauthor of several books.
The Longwood Tennis Team continued its unblemished record by defeating Averett College 6-1 and Lynchburg College 7-2. This gives the Longwood ladies a 6-0 record with one match to play before they travel to Charlottesville for the state tournament. The LC girls traveled to Averett College Tuesday, April 6, in what proved to be a victorious journey. Diane Lowman was the only LC girl defeated; she lost a close, well-fought match 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Sandy Watkins defeated Vickie Clarke 6-0, 6-0; Dee Donnelly defeated Heide Hallday 6-4,6-2; and Gwen Koechlien was victorious over Debbie Urban 6-1. 6-0. Miss Koechlien is also the only LC continuious singles player who has yet to be defeated. In doubles the team of Harwood and King won a close one from Pam Reynolds- Vickie Clarke 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; Angie GerstMary Barrett defeated HalldayUrban 7-6,6-3; and Clare BaxterTerry Shifflet defeated BrishLelo's 6-1, 6-1. The Longwood Squad then put on a show for the home crowd by defeating Lynchburg 7-2. Sandy Watkins of LC was defeated by Ellen McAcker 6-2,62; Diane Lowman won over Debbie Ong 6-1,6-3; Dee Donnelly lost to Becky Spratt 6-3, 7-6; and Gwen Koechlien defeated Peggy Stimple 7-5, 6-0. In their singles debut, the doubles team of Dianne Harwood-Lisa King split to take both remaining singles matches. King winning over Leah
ATTENTION STUDENTS For the first time in over two years, Dr. Quentin Vest will present a poetry reading on the Longwood Campus. Included will be new works that have never been read before. The date is Tuesday, April 13,1976 at 7:00 p.m. in Wygal Auditorium. This event is sponsored by the Gyre.
Sicuraza 6-2, 6-4; Harwood defeated Janet Riddale 6-1, 6-1. Harwood and King then teamed up to defeat McArcken and Ong, 6-4, 6-2. Two new doubles teams also appeared on the IX courts as Gwen Koechlien teamed up with Diane Lowman to defeat SprattStimple 6-7, 6-0, 6-1; and Dee Donnelly joined Sandy Watkins and defeated Sicuraza and Riddale, 6-1, 6-2.
All Ages Can Do It Although breast cancer is usually found in women of middle age and over, the American Cancer Society urges all women from high school age on to practice bieast self-e\amina lion. I he bieast cancer death toll is high an estimated 33.000 annually says the American Cancer Society. But it could change for the better if more women regularly practiced bieast self examination and consulted then doclois if they noticed any change.
On Wednesday, April 14 at 3 p.m., a representative from the H. W. Wilson Company (publishers of the Reader's Guide and other indexes) will lecture in Lancaster Library. All students, especially Library Science majors and library assistants, are invited to attend.
Greek Week happenings Monday, April 12, (Banquet — lower dining hall at 6 p.m.) Fraternity and Sorority mixer at H-SC; 2 kegs for each fraternity put up by IFC and Longwood Panhellenic starts at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 13 — Mixer at Longwood with '50's music and beer for sale 8:00-12:00 p.m. Cold Duck to play. Admission $1. Wednesday, April 14 — Happy Hour at Red Lyon Inn and Duck's Ltd. featuring Nard's. Dinner Special at Red Lyon 2:0012:00. Thursday, April 15 — Casino Party at the lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon houses with beer for sale 8:0012:00. Friday, April 16 — Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Gammon Gymnasium; formal wear optional, coat and tie mandatory 9:00-1:00. Saturday, April 17 — Traditional Greek Week events in the day — chariot race, beer chug marathon, country music, 20 kegs. All events on the Fraternity Circle 10:30-2:30. Saturday night features Act 3 and the Grandures at either the Fireman's Arena or the Elks Lodge 8:00-12:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, April 13, 1976
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Toxicology Lecture
PANHELLENIC HEADLINES recently elected president of the Newman Club. Renee Bourgoise recently participated in the H20 The semester is drawing to a Water Show. Judy Moffit and Ann close and the ADPI's will be Marie Morgan participated in the IiOngwood I-ancers Horse Show. active until the last day. We won our first softball intramural game against South ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA Cunningham this past Wednesday by a score of 17-8. Our The ASA's are really proud of next game is with Sigma Kappa. Beth Tomlinson, the new 1976 Good luck, team! Miss Ixmgwpod. Beth is a junior During the bazaar at Spring from Orange, Va. Her talent was Weekend, we sold plaques of a modern dance. Beth has a big various sizes made by our year ahead of her such as: The members. Miss Virginia Pageant, The Reading day, April 28, will see Tobacco Bowl, and many the ADPi's traveling to Goodwin parades and functions. Good I^ake for a picnic in honor of the Luck, Beth! new initiates and to celebrate the Other ASA's in the pageant end of the year. After graduation were Robin Deans and Mary several sisters plan to go to Woolfolk, both of Richmond. Virginia Beach for a final visit Robin's talent was hoop-baton before heading home to summer twirling country style, and jobs. Mary's was displaying her As the end of the year gets sewing talent. nearer and nearer, everyone There are three new faces looks forward to leaving the among the Alphas. Gwen ses and hassles of school. But Koechlein, Peggy Monroe, and it is also sad to have to say good Jeannie Webb are our new open bye to the graduating seniors. bids. Ribbon pledging for the There will be 15 ADPi's girls was Friday night. graduating, and we will miss I^ast weekend was an imthem. Good luck and come see portant weekend for the ASA's at us ! -Longwood. Our Province Director, Lynne Chambers, paid ALPHA GAMMA DELTA us a visit on Friday and left early Saturday afternoon. April is a busy month for the Peanuts and candy bars have Alpha Gamma Deltas. Our an- been money-making projects for nual formal dance was held at the the sisters and the pledges. A car Holiday Inn in Lynchburg on wash was held at Hardee's this Saturday, April 10. A special week and because it was so committee headed by Pattis successful another one is planned Braun and Michele Nealon for April 22, from 12:00-6:00. planned the dance and numerous We would like to take this candy sales were made to raise opportunity to congratulate our money for it. Instead of a band, a seniors that will be leaving us this Disc Jockey was present to May: Jean Drum, Patti Smith, supply the music for all the Steph Steinbeck, Mary Croom, members' requests and Jaynie Thomas, and Cindy dedications. Kathleen Link, the Conrad. province president of our sorority, will be spending several ALPHA SIGMA TAU days with our chapter this month. She will be present for our Our annual Swing-a Thon for International Reunion Day on Cystic Fibrosis ended Sunday. April 25. A luncheon, a special Congratulations to Tricia Smith speaker, the reading of our history, and a talent show have for being accepted to MCV. Congratulations to Sally all been planned for that day. The Alpha Gams' final April function Chewning for being in the dance will be Senior Parties on April 27, company. a special night to thank and remember our seniors. KAPPA DELTA Special congratulations are in order to Molly I>ee for winning Yvonne Morrison won second the Alpha Lambda Delta runner-up in the Miss Longwood fellowship and chairman Anne Pageant. Hunt for the success of Dawn Drewry won Miss Sophomore Road Show. Congeniality in the Miss I/mgwood Pageant. ALPH PHI Nancy Milan will be in the dance company production. Alpha Phi State Day was Saturday, April 10, in Richmond PHIMU with Ixwigwood acting as hostess chapter. Sue Beers, Judy Cash, The Phi Mu's had their annual and Debbie Bailey got initiated dance on April 3 at the Holiday April 12 into Kappa Delta Pi, the Inn Crossroads in Richmond. The education honorary. Ann Marie band was Pandemonium from Morgan was initiated into Alpha Suffolk. Psi Omega, the dramatic arts We would like to congratulate honorary. Sue Turner was in- Ixiuise Arthur who received a ducted into Pi Gamma Mu, the part in the play, "A Doll's social science honorary, on April House." 6. Cathy Barbar had the honor of Julie Burner was chosen officer performing in an interat large for the Inter-Religious departmental piano recital on Council. She was also chosen to March 31. We are all very proud be a member of publications of her. board. Beth Tannen was cochairman of last week's Pitch-In SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA activities. Debbie Bailey recently got initiated into Lychnos, the At this time we would like to math and science honorary. She acknowledge and congratulate is now serving as treasurer of this our seniors that will be organization. Cindy Bull is now graduating this May. They are acting as secretary-treasurer of Kathy Forrester, Betsy Gainfort, the Modern Foreign language Susan Hundley, Mary Jane Club. Cindy I^foon represented Navin, Diane Thompson, Jody Alpha Phi in the Miss I xmgwood Vance, and Mary Alice Webb. Pageant. Kathy Kazmareck was Several members and pledges ALPHA DELTA PI
visited Tri-Sigma's National philanthropy, the Robbie Page Memorial, this past weekend in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. While there, they stayed with Delta Delta chapter at UNC. A tea was held this past Monday, April 5, in the chapter room. Alumni and complimentary guests attended. Jenny Glover-Droney will be performing in the one-act play, 'The Mirror," Thursday, April 15.
LC Students Win Recent Business Awards Six IiOngwood students won recognition at the State Conference of Phi Beta lambda at the Hotel Jefferson in Richmond, April 2-4. Candace Maifeld, an office administration senior from Waverly, placed first in the State in the Executive Typing event. She will represent Virginia in this event at the National Phi Beta lambda conference to be held in Washington, D.C., June 20-23. Susan Lewis, a business education sophomore from Richmond, placed third in the Executive Typing event. Rhonda Knight, a business education sophomore from Ashburn, was elected State Recording Secretary for 1976-77. Rhonda thus becomes a member of the State PBL Executive Board. Ix>rraine Bailey, a business education senior from Keysville, received the Mary C. McGinty Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is in the amount of $100 and was awarded on the basis of scholarship and contributions to Phi Beta Lambda. In other events, Debra Motley placed second in the state in the Ms. Future Business Teacher event. Debra is a business education senior from Portsmouth. Claudia Nuchols, a business education junior from the Richmond area, placed second in the Senior Secretary event; Doris Bradley, a business education sophomore from Emporia, placed third in the same event. Phi Beta lambda is a national organization for all collegiate business majors. There are 23 chapters of Phi Beta Lambda in Virginia, located in most of the community colleges and senior higher education institutions that have business programs. Almost 700 college business students belong to Phi Beta lambda chapters in Virginia. Co-advisors of the Longwood Phi Beta Lambda chapter are Miss Sarah Lowe Thompson and Mrs. Frances Hamlett of the Business Department faculty.
Mrb. Layne (Continued from Page 3) "those gentlemen...did everything they could do...Campus Police is also very kind and patient in dealing with the girls on campus." Her plans for the future include travel and possibly another position elsewhere, but right now she would like to be free, or, as she put it, she "might just go fishing!"
(Continued from Page 3) treatment. The doctor initially showed home product poisons and explained that accidental poisonings kill more children annually than all the childhood diseases combined, accidents which he felt could be avoided. Suicides due to drugs were discussed, with women far outnumbering men victims, even though men as a total execute a greater number of successful suicides. Here barbiturates were the leading cause of drug deaths, with a 1970 Virginia tital of 66 victims. Dr. Blanke claimed that "at M.C.V. alone, 10 patients a day are admitted for toxicological problems, quite an impressive number!" Dividing poisons into five major groups, he then illustrated pictorially, examples from each group, and cases of victims, their symptoms, and results. Gases such as carbon monoxide, a product of incomplete combustion, is a leading cause of a number of deaths, becoming more predominant in the winter with heavy fuel usage. Volatile substances such as cleaning fluids or ethyl alcohol are also a leading cause of emergency room admittances with alcohol "being especially dangerous as any poison has a greater effect with alcohol which causes about 100 deaths a year. Plus, anyone who drinks enough to go into a coma comes very close to death!" Strong mineral acids or bases, such as drain cleaners, nonmetallic poisons like sillica dusts, and metals such as common iron, lead, and arsenic poisonings were then discussed. Drug related poisons were separated into the two main divisions of the Barbituates and the Amphetamines. "Barbituates," stated Dr. Blanke, "exist in 37 types, including phenobarbitol, pentoburbitol, and secobarbitual, all of which are central nervous system depressants." The professor described an experience of going to a P.T.A. group to lecture,
where "the women were honified by my tales of drug addicts and their actions. However, discussing drugs later with several women after the meeting probed a great number of these women themselves to be abusing their prescription drugs for nervousness and depression!" Amphetamines 'are not prescribed for treatment too much anymore," and cause symptions of schizophrenia, personality disorders, and paranoia. Topics of hospital drugs such as librium and methodone were touched on, and peculiariteis or trends such as shooting up with milk, mayonnaise, meat tenderizer, and peanut butter were mentioned. As Dr. Blanke said "I guess some people will do anything to get high!" Following the lecture, a reception was held by the Lychnos Mathematics and Science Honorary in Room 103. where Dr. Blanke was approached by several students interested in the field of toxicology, which as Dr. Blanke said, "May in the quite near future have many new openings due to new legislation being passed by Congress."
Additions Made To Contemporary Art Collection
The Longwood College Purchase Committee for the collection of contemporary art by Virginia artists has chosen three works by Bernard Martin, painter from Ferrum, Virginia. Mr. Martin is an associate professor of art at Virginia Commonwealth University and widely known for his realistic portrayals of American folk heroes, artists, and writers. The three pen and ink drawings chosen are from his current exhibition at Longwood which deals with landscape and people in landscapes. They will become number 56 of a permanent collection begun in 1951 which encompasses some of Virginia's best artists. The drawings are Path with Steps, Child with Hat, and Batman.The Committee representatives are both art and non-art faculty and student art An exhibition of work by Marri majors. S. Dukelow will be featured in the Showcase Gallery at Longwood College from April 9 to 24. Ms. Dukelow is an art education major from Honeoye, N. Y. Her major art interests include drawing, painting, and ceramics. She has just returned to campus from student teaching See our many in Fairfax County and will graduate in May. She is a past gift ideas president of the Longwood chapter of the National Art engraved free! Education Association. Before transferring to Longwood in the fall of 1974, Ms. Dukelow attended Syracuse VIRGINIA NATIONAL University for two years as an BANK illustration major. Farmville, Va. Ms. Dukelow's work may be seen in the Reading Rooms of Lankford Student Union Two Convenient Locations Building. • Longwood Office
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