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ountainhead and the truth shall make you free' Vol.1, No. 62 P.O. Box 2516. hast Carolina University, Greenville. N.C. Auiiust 10.1970 vLa Mancha' opens By JAMES SLAUGHTER ?"The Impossible Dream one of the great songs of this century, will lift the hearts of liences with its tuneful lilt i ,j its message of courabe at the Summer Theater. I he musical play that brought it to fame. Man of La 1 a n C ha h a s a n eight-performance engagement Monday, Aug. H) through Saturday Aug. 15. The run includes two special matinee performances on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 2:15 p.m. One o the longest-running hits in New York stave history. tins internationally-acclaimed musical play ranks with "My Fail 1 adv 'Hello, Doll and "Oklahoma in the list o all time stage favorites Besides The Impossible 1)' 'am "Man of La Mancha" threaded with musis In Mitch Leigh and Laiics by Joe Darion. Cervantes1 masterpiece, "Don Quixote de La Mancha was adapted by Dale Wasserman, and it presents the high points in the hilarious picaresque adventures o' the fumbling knight who imagines that the vulgar world around him is still in the golden age of chivalry. WRITTEN IN PRISON Quixote's gallantry is extended to a slatternly tavein wench whom he sees only as a fair maid in distress, to a ruffian innkeeper who to him is lord of a cattle, to a coarsely impish barbei who becomes to him a courtly sorcerer. The soberfaced Don puisnes his lunatic career with fanatical zeal, completely oblivious ol the mockery receives from those annind him. Weaving in and out ol Hie storv of Don Quixote's unattainable quest m the character oi his creator. Cervantes, the harassed soldier who wrote his masterpiece while in prison. David Long a Washington D. C. native, will be starred in the dual role of Cervantes and Quixote, transforming himself from one to the other before the audience's eves with an exhibition of stage magic climaxed by the rousing song, "I. Don Quixote DULCINEA ANDSANCHO Another Washingtonian, Jeananne Kain. will portray the reeking barmaid. Adlon.a. who is astounded to be regaled as the lovely "Dulcinea John Sneden will play Sancho, the humble servant who stoutly squires his pixilated master because, as he plaintively sings. "1 Like Him Others in the cast of the Summer Theater's production the award-winning musical hit will be Ken Eliot as the overbearing innkeeper. Michael (continued on page 6) Union combats boredom By JANET PIERCE As the long, hot summer school session nears an end. the Student Union continues to combat the boredom oi spending the summer m the metropolis of Greenville. All summer long the Union has provided all sorts of tun activities for ECU students. Most successful of these activities have been the watermelon feasts and the Bingo Ice (ream parties where everyone has gone to enjoy the fun and games and free food. Also, the campus may have seemed over-run by bicycles ihat could be rented at the Student Union for as little as 10 cents. Between 12 and 20 girls have been fighting the fat by attending slimnastics class once a week this summer. To expand their mind by learning a new game. 12 students attended Beginners Bridge Classes sponsored by the Union. FOR THE INTELLECTUALS Eoi the more intellectuals on campus there have been Chess Tournaments and Duplicate Bridge to pass the time. A Budge Tournament is planned tor August i: foi those who major in this game. Ihie lemus I oumaments Fountainheadlines Tarr sets draft limit. See page 2. Adult classes scheduled. See page 2. Programs started for contributors. See page 2 Suits filed in voting cases. See page 2. Occult followers gam in numbers. See page 8 New police look. See page 8 A younger citizen reflects on the state of the Union See page ? Zittel shines in Forum See page 7. weie sponsored for those who to have a ball, ping-pong ety. rwenty Students took part in these And thirty-three of our ECU athletes took part in the more rigorous form of tennis As far as the rest of the summer is concerned. Jerry Smith, acting President. reported that he has not given up on a Folk-Fesl yet and is still trying to get one organized. As fall quarter comes and school is back in full swing, the Student Unio.i will still be providing a variety of activities and entertainment foi the students. Besides the fournaments sponsored ibis summer, there will be Billiards I irnaments and Bowling i urnaments in conjunction with a Bowling 1 eaguc. COFFEE HOUSES I K. student Union will also ffee Houses in Room ih variety ol acts; folk. pop. and haul , performers will be ils Mom New . ially run foi Y or k , Coftee. , ; served DAVID LONG, A veteran of the American Lighi Opera Company, will play the lead in "Man of La Mancha' News Bureau chief set William A. Shires has been appointed director of the ECU Department of Public Relations News Bureau effective immediately. Dr. Leo W. Jenkins. ECU president, announced. Shires has been assistant director o the News Bureau since April 1. "We are pleased to appoint Mr. Shires to the position ot director Dr. Jenkins said. ??We envision the taking ol further positie steps to improve, strengthen and broaden informational services concerning overall activities and specific programs ot EC I "We aie sure Mi. Shires' e p e r i e n c e a n d practi c a I knowledge will be valuable in this effort Shires, 44. is a name ot Jackson, Tenn. He majored in chemistry at I ambuth College and has done additional study in geography and geo-politics at the University of Minnesota and in meteorology an N.C. State University. He attended science writing seminars in Palm Beach. Fla Phoenix. Arizona, and Chapel hill in 1961. 1964 and lc66. He began his newspaper career in college working on the Jackson. Tenn Sun and later the Memphis. Tenn Commercial Appeal. He joined United Press in 1947. serving as bureau manager in Richmond. Va as Southern Division night news manager in Atlanta, and had assignments in Washington and Cjpc Kennedy. lie was Raleigh Bureau manager and North Carolina state news manager from 1951-62. In Greenville he is serving as publicity chairman foi the Pitt County United Fund, lm addition to ECU duties. in 1 jmuMMHHJ J1BttMw.M.w ?,wm?? , Department of Correctional Sciences established at tlU Scientists lecture Sere I II ol it a si f M r( P "ar sfts or2t ? 4 . ilS ?T r ? ? - im"aitt$ ? fciiis Sw it ?ntf House changes voting rules ? rntinMn I FRRETON uuecu .1? By EDMOND LEBRETON WASHING ION (AP) The House has agreed to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding some of its most important votes, ending a tradition that has endured since 17X9. By voice vote, with only a few scattered no's, the House wr(,te into a legislative reorganization bill Monday a provision for recorded votes on amendments. Votes on amendments now are taken under a teller system borrowed from the British Parliament when Congress first convened in 17X9. This system results in a vote- total but no indication of how individual members voted. There is a procedure by which one-fifth of the members can force a later roll call on adopted amendments, but not on amendments which were defeated. The action, coming in the third week of debate on the bill. is the farthest reaching of several antisecrecy moves. VOTING CHANGE Earlier, the House opened committee meetings to television and radio coverage, required that votes taken in closed committee meetings be made public and banned the use of proxies in committee votes. Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill. D-Mass a sponsor of the voting change, noted that votes on such kev issues as Cambodia and Ervin reopens hearings Washington, DC. Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D-N.C). Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, has announced the resumption of hearings on the constitutional rights of the mentally ill. The hearing has been scheduled for August 12, 1970. in Room 457 of the Old Senate Office Building beginning at 10:30 a.m. Witnesses who are to testily before the Subcommittee include Dr. Roger Egeberg. ssistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs of the Department of Health. Education and Welfare; Dr. Bertram Brown. Director. National Institute of Mental Health; and officials from St. 1 lizabeth's Hospital in the District of Columbia. ERVIN SAYS In announcing the hearing. Ervin said. "These hearings are a part oi the Subcommittee's long and active interest in the rights if the mentally ill. The current series of hearings began in November. 1969. We have focused upon the present state of the law concerning commitment procedures, recent medical and legal developments affecting the hospitalized patient, the implementation oi the 14 District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally III Act. and suggestions for improvements in present laws. policies, and practices in dealing with mentally ill persons AWARENESS Ervin added. "1 am hopeful that the Subcommittee hearings will contribute to an increased awareness on the part of all Americans ol the problems facing the most neglected and misunderstood minority-group in the country Draft calls level off mtinued from page ) October; X 000 foi November, and 7.000 doi December. Those figures will bung the total draft foi 1970 to 163,500 men. the lowest annual draft since the start of the Vietnam 'A a 1. I lie Selective Service Svstein had anticipated the I veling off oi the draft lottery numbers being called a formerly d e ! e 1 1 e d m e n m a 1 11 I a d u a t i n g coll e g e students lost then deferments and became available. "Oui manpowei Mows are confirming what we expected m June when we said we were peaking off in sequence numbei limits ai said in today's announcement. "An influx of nev. manpowei mostl) formerly, deferred students has reall) helped the situation to the point where we think that il well be unnecessary to raise the ceiling on sequence numbers during the remaindei ol 19 0 Vietnam policies, the supersonic- transport, the multi-warhead MIRV and the antibalhstic missile defense system had gone unrecorded. "We bind the people of America he said. "We say whether they will go to war. We levy taxes and yet we are not willing to tell the people at home how we vote CONCERNED Rep. Hale Boggs. D-La the Democratic whip, said he is concerned that "young people say this House has ceased to be relevant "We are saying; 'Let a man stand up and be counted he continued. "If you didn't want to be counted, why did you come here in the first place The amendment allows as few a 20 members to demand that names of congressmen and how they vote be rec ,ded by clerks or possibly by electronic devices. Monday. August 10. 1970. Fountainhead , page 3 Argentine student now is teaching English By MAXIM TABORY 'What is your secret formula'7" I asked Dora, who is from Argentina and has been studying English since Sept. 1969 at ECU on a Fullbnght scholarship "It is very simple. There is no mystery about it. I just have a good memory was her answer. "Do you have certain fixed study hours0" "Oh no. Today I may read one hour and tomorrow sixteen It seems indeed simple for HER. like the Master's thesis she will start in the Fall. As there is a story behind every success, here is hers: Dora Silvia Schwaer. the daughter of Swiss immigrants, was born in Quilmes. a suburb of Buenos Aires. She started to study English in high school. At the Teachers' Training College she earned a degree which translates as "Professor of English and Spanish She had the best scholastic average in her graduating class and also won the literary prize given by the American Embassy. At ECU she now is a teaching fellow in the English Department and recently won the In ternational Peace Scholarship and the Altrusa International Grant. She finds our educational system quite different from that of her native land. In Argentina there are few minor tests during the year and at the end a comprehensive. Each student is examined then by a board of three professors. This Final has an oral and written part. The grade is not the sum of their mistakes, but the degree of achievement. Nevertheless Dora praises the system at ECU: "The student knows exactly what is required of him; at home things are not as well organized but she adds. "greater intellectual effort is expected (continued on page 7) Federal efforts enforce law (continued from page 3) all. Other provisions of the new act that federal officials hope to enforce through the suits include a ban on literacy and good-character tests at the polls. Of 14 states with such tests. eight have told Mitchell they will comply. A third provision establishes a uniform 30-day residency requirement for voting in presidential elections, the department said 21 states have agreed to conform to this provision. The ban on poll tests poses the most immediate problem for federal and state officials. Taking effect when President Nixon signed the law June 22. the provision was ignored in at least one summer primary election. The lowered voting age minimum takes effect Jan. 1. 1971. Mitchell, however, has said the states must establish proceedures for registering younger voters if the Supreme Court upholds the law. This must be accomplished before the end of the year, he said. By filing suits at both the Supreme Court and lower court levels, the government is assured of getting at least one case before the high court. Should the Supreme Court dismiss for lack of jurisdiction or for other reasons, the government could push ahead with the lower court suits. Either way the decision goes in the lower court, it surely will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Texas and Oregon already have Filed suits in the Supreme Court to block enforcement of the 18-year-old voting age minimum. Five New York state residents have filed suit in the District of Columbia before a three-judge panel, contending the law conflicts with the state's constitution and voting laws. The Supreme Court, now in its summer recess, is not scheduled to sit until Oct. 5. It may return before that date, however, to hear a case it determines cannot wait. Join Ihe Iflfl Crowd 421 Greenville Blvd. (264 B Pass) D1NI INN 01 1 Akl Dl i ( ,n Ahead For Faster Service relephone 756-9Q . not K SHIRT SERVICI I not RCLE VNINC. Hour Glass Cleaners DKIM IN CURB SERVICE 9 ,4th and Charles StCorner Across From Hard s U UL complete L.aundr and Dry Cleaning Service SALES AND SERVICE Open until 9p.m. daily STARR BEATON CHEVROLET Highway 70 West Kinston Phone 523-4123 ?HM?- ? ???-?. w Reflections HAD MISFORTUNE NOT BEFALLEN ? A ? ? ? ai ? ay. 1 would have ai . . - weeks. 1 ? lering this morning. May! get . ? ? My i - ??? . i t it wa : ! - one word fi tl itsid rai - wrong 1 can i myseli DOES ANYBODY CARE7 i ? ? . ? Die su n cam i neck tJ I could see a coupk f uk grated window fa 'he times l"v - ? ise and never gh 'en a fleeting I r be al si . thai igau anj lifferent ways. 0 allow his sensitivities I pened u . hink I led 1 the lattei nfinement w How m societ) expect these met ?- sensitive to the world ai when that world ? ? ;te walls and nothing else? Perl ? ?? ehabilitated and conditioned to fu : nvironmeni . i pi i and atualls could he ? ' when the ire tl n 1 i : . ? trai I i '?' I tl . S far, froi what l' Is tl . ? ? ? ? ? eht II first what ti fi ? out into society, they are totally unj ct that every person in this cell I as s- sweepii . rms are nude, m sl w among the prisoners : n the outside Everyone hero ? . uld call "meaningful . at the veiling and Owen, the 11 j I tid be the other wa arou . mt (nine of the last II- ? im) I; i time serve little The Inside Monday, Augusl 10.1970 Fountainhead, page 5 better. PA Y FOUR We got a new cellmate for a few hours today: a straight studem at 1(1 who wrote a S10 check at Shoney's on his roommate's account, with his permission and got charged with forgery. MINUTES BEFORE EXAM He was arrested minutes before he would have taken his final exam to graduate Now he will have to come back tall quarter. It seems if the campus cops could have waited two hours before arresting him since he was a prominent student Icadei during his entir careei here. You know- how they say though: "Justice cannot wait Ha! I've been reading a book of passages and quotations from all the world's major religions, which is supposed to offer "spiritual guidance in one's daily life I don't understand it though because I can't make any distinction between the cachings of one religion and another. They all could have come from the Bible. Koian. or anything eke For instance, there are two passages from Confucianism and Anti-Confucianism which offer essentially the same moral principle, only in different phrasing. Anyway, this book set me to thinking about the relevance of religion to prison. I seem to be alone in my agnosticism even though I've probably had much more formal training in religion from childhood than anyone here. I here are several small crosses around the cell and graffiti on the walls such as "I love Ihec, 0 Lord and "Please help me. Lord Man turns to God in despair when there is nowhere elso to turn. To me this is the greatest function of religion it offers hope in an afterlife, when there is no hone m this one. I got my first note from the outside world today, along with some clean clothes. It assured me that my friends are trying then best to get me out and they may have bail money by tomorrow. . That certainly is good news, but I'm not getting my hopes up. bvery morning I've awakened and thought, "today will surely be the last day but it neve, is A. leas and at last. I'm beginning to accept hardship and things wh ch are ou of my control. I can almost feel myself maturing from day to day. One thing is Me I've be a changed person when I get out of here. I wen, to bed hungry tonight. They gave us the same slop fo. suppe. as f km and I jsut couldn't eat it either time. Sometimes I have to fight ofl the nausea jus, Irom smelling it. DAY FIVE I he days all run together now. Sunday is the only different one because it is visitois day. My parents were coming, but I just go, a message saving they couldnt make bul had found someone to sign my bond and would have me out tomor ow I couldn't conceal my happiness and my fellows congratulated wholeheartedly. i?thes cigarettes, and Also several close friends came by to visit bearing books, clotnes, j "i only go, to talk fo. about five minutes, bu1 il was reassuring just to see then laces and know that someone out there cares. I'm going to go by and thank everyone personally when go . Qne can One bit of wisdom I've picked uP from my associations mi find out who h.s TRUE friends are, b seeing who will sticK oy n .i , i . i uon t tomet it eitnci thrown in prison and forgotten by everyone else, i wi mgUjsj1; friend who has been busted and has gone through the an and s brought me a book entitled Being Busted In a prominent pni? being persecuted for his political views and sympathetic a specially marijuana users , ??k os oi Anothei gave me a copy oi Jens Rubin's Do .illustrating van the second American Revolution. Both books will be devoured tonight and tomorrow. Foi three oi four hours tonight the blacks all got in a cell and sang, mostly gospel songs and soul. It's the only music I've heard in five days and it really sounded nice. Although I wanted to join in, I jus, sat and listened, partly because I didn't know most of the songs and partly because I would have been the only white, and there are a couple ol blacks with whom I can't get very personal. It's not that thev are unfriendly or hostile, just that they keep to themselves and probably wouldn't be as loose with a white as with a brother. I wish I had now. but I missed my opportunity. DA Y SIX Today I was planning to start my diary with the word "freedom" in capital letteiv I was supposed to be released by 4:30. so I packed what few possessions I had as soon as I awoke and told everyony what a gas this had been. By 10:30 I was getting somewhat impatient (to say the least) so I started playing poker to pass the time. I was still playing at 2 p.m. when I decided that something had gone wrong again and I was doomed to another long night in this hell-hole. Around 4 p.m. my father finally came. 1 grabbed my junk and leapt for the steel doors when he informed me that he had gotten the wrong information from the clerk of court about the size of my bond and the procedure for my release, so he would have to drive back down here again tomorrow. Despondency didn't creep in this time it slapped me right in the face. But then 1 told myself that one more day wouldn't be so terrible after having wasted six already. A few minutes later a friend who has been trying to raise bond came by (I have no idea how either of them talked their way into letting the jailer give them permission to see me) and said they had raised almost enough to get me out and would have the rest by tomorrow. So now it seems I am assured of release then. ROLE OF BLACKS AND WHITES I have finally found a method of starting a dialogue with the black brother whom I don't know very well. I asked him if he wanted to read my book Do It' and he graciously accepted. After he had read the introduction by Eldridge Cleaver, which naturally turned him on, he asked me if I was a revolutionary. This lead I ? enlightening discussion on the comparative roles of blacks and white- in the M .ement. The most useful tact he pointed out, one that had never occurred to me although it should have, is that while white kids can choose whether or not to become Radicals, black kids are bom that way. They have to press for instant changes in the social and economic structure in many cases, just to survive. I am elad I gave him the book. DAY SEVEN " The day broke cloudy today, but before it was over the sun was shining brightly. both metaphorically and literally. Until mid-afternoon, my routine was practically identical with yesterday. Once again I packed and played poker all morning. Once again my father got in, this tune bearing slightly different, yet none too heartening news. He only had two-thirds o the bond and my friends were on their way to Washington, N.C. where they had found a bondsman who would put up the remainder. . . I prepared myself for the worst, however, after having been so let down V Aftei three hours I had resigned myself to my suspicion that the bondsman and backed out, since every single one in Greenville had refused. I even composed a song about spending the rest of my life in prison. Then one o the trustees told me that some people were out front and it looked like thev were putting up bond and he heard my name mentioned. 1v onlv reaction was one oi shock. As I shook everyone's bands before leaving. I couldn't help but notice the envious, yet benign looks on their laces. Unbelievably 1 even felt a tinge o sadness as 1 saw them, probably for the las time Alter a week, one seemingly short week. I felt as if I was born there, and at times that 1 would die there. All along I had been wondering what my thoughts would be upon walking out, hut now I don even remember. , most vivid recollection is that as I walked through the door to freedom and saw the happy faces o( my father and my fou. closes most faithful friends. I was simrjlv too overwhelmed to say a word. Myevery thought the pasf seven days had pointed toward this one moment. and I couldn't think ol a word to express my feelings. The rest o( this dav will be leisurely consumed simply bv enjoying my freedom Z:2:V7Z sweeter. If. difficult to understand that this world ,i unrpal so far awa just a tew minutes ago. SCX ,h nes used take fo granted, not, seen, so meaningful and important ,? rebuild im life, although it won't he anything like Tomorrow I wil was I It! 8 1 l v i; h But ughi now I don't care HflH ?MWW-?- ?w???wJiM,?? ??? . ?. ' ????? Cardboard Flaps Union serves many needs I GESEPAT : FT A A ? ' A? ??1it whai'j .? -M: -AND ELVIS tfhn ist acceptable ? -1 ???'?'? MGGERVuSlC - ; - . ' - - ? - ??? ? ? - ? ? . ? ick belt ? ? i r o f ? ? -??. : - " ' Or. fO! ? ' ? ' ? ? ? black low gotll-tocd high Vnd the t : 3 Is. And '?. ? ? tVhue 1ELVIS ERA r rnv tod we? ? : H i nd Dog protect ? lrei ihat dirty lewd mggei nd " general i - " nd then Elvi C?oc5 Ihinas &r r l ftt TH6 nUSHRODfl closed o ataAays ??Hv ? H ??- 'Don't Be Love Me Ten - Ea: ' : - w ' ? and girls, if . i missed tl e lei ent the t tn ind RCA Victoi wisdom has four record de Worldwia ' Iden ward Hit Voi (R A LPM n - " "He irtbreai Hoi (Jai tary Kentucky R fJai iar 70 and d 1 Elvi y ? ? citing isc ? ? ?? . ? ' ?Houndog 'Love Me B luse this, a 14 sear tn esn't h . ? ? . ? jet . ? ? 1 . : If you ai - ,1 ?s Presly and f rock and i ? - Ph first tw bums for RCA ailable MOMS AND DADS : ?- ? . E rvis at I M his h - a H nger weai . ? When he plays m the pi lings I Las Vega! H : mums lads who were teenag 14 ? - ? ? relive the vhen the i md dad iin about the I mu! no, you an'i Have the :ai tot T and is that ) . iss ring around 1 lay the are moms a : themselvo and they Ail shoulder length hair and a.id rock and be bottoms and what's wrong with this generation anyway"? "h ? 't they be like their mom and dad0 Play opens tonight ice ' ? i ' ? " P 9 e I ) Sari ' i a patient priest Mark Ramsey a tl mic hj:her : Gregory Zittel as the : :1 -i. M :? f La M id . : Igai R Loe . ? reoj I by Ruhard ? . i ? " ' - ' '? ?' ; ' - twaiting b e c o m e s transfoi . ni the various f Quixoi fai tastic ? , ; Kned ' ? John tghtmg HOUR StactiuHi Drive-in Cleaners & Launderers r 10th & Cotanche Sts Greenville, N. C. 1 Hr Cleaning 3 Hr Shirt Service .car 'here will and iound effecl 1 ies the thly calendars of events distributed hv the Union, there will also be a free Student Dire I ry for all EC I" st u den I I pUs orgai ? s will be able to reser.? - ms foi meeting k it chei ? ? ? ?: ? lua ise FALL BANDS The spotlight ?? Lai : ? red by tl Student 1 ' ? Red nformatioi V. that be .ing date Sept 12 Big B ther and the Holding C ? th- s' i ? ' l !d Oct. 17 ? abasl ( tion Nov. 14 i Soul Review ' kcasionaUy z wit! the street dai I' ' Bal called to Unioi Carnrva I sphere with cotton :and and snowballs -r 'he Homecoming gan e tl ?re will be an Open H ase with refreshments and a - ?mbo plaving FINAL POINT One final point that might be especially -1'1 t0 incoming Freshmei is how to become an r !he Student Union. Aco i ling to Jerry Smith, the Stud has pcn membei I who l- willing ? ' become a memb going foi dv int ? Evei if) ? u,u should supp ? d Union and its ftei all. when &o much foi 50 . A m e r icai fron Classified SPINET PIANO BARGAIN M sbk' pa aw montni) he sa Credit Mai ' j 241, McClellanville. S ? Carolina things gO better.i Coke Monday. August 10. 1970. Fountainhead, page 7 Zittel shines in 'Forum' N0,HYS, YOU'VE" S0TM? ALLWPoMG. I'M working- iNCoswrfo @&MA ?ELTA &l?rM IS A CODE Student compares life those who grow hair and pretend to be flower-children without the true spirit of the hippies. When 1 asked her opinion about American college men, she said: "Wow Ft was only one word, but you all should have seen her eyes brighten and that mysterious smile (continued from page 3) She misses the cultural life of her city. It has a Standard Opera Company, Philharmonic, and theaters which present many plays translated from English. Her favorite composer is Beethoven. She makes an interesting comparison between her country's dating customs and ours. There is a popular form of group dating when many boys and girls go out to spend an evening together. On arrival Dora felt like one of us. She loves America and likes Americans with the exception of "fake hippies" Now, boys, if you are marriage-minded she is NOT for you. After getting through her studies she plans to go back to her little lovely city of eight million people and to marry a very special native there. By Robert McDowell The Monday night opening of the ECU Summer Theater production of "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" was highlighted by the superb performances of Graham Pollock. Gregory Zittel and Mark Ramsey. Under the direction of Edgar R. Loessin. the fourth production of the summer season opened to an excellent audience response. Graham Pollock, a veteran Summer Theater performer, gave an excellent, though somewhat uneven, performance as Pseudolus. the wily slave to Hero (James Longacre). the son of Senex (Mark Ramsey) and Domina (Baillie Gerstein), and the master of the play's intrigues. The plot revolves, to a great extent, around the character of Pseudolus. His schemes and connivings must succeed for the play to reach the happy ending promised in the play's opening number, "Comedy Tonight For the most part. Pollock speeds the action along, but there are dead moments which can be attributed to the small amount of time (one week) that the actors have had to rehearse their parts. POLISHED PERFORMANCE Gregory Zittel steals the show with brilliant performance as Hysterium. Pseudolus' chief accomplice in trickery and slave-in-chief to Senex and Domina. Zittel. a former ECU student and a veteran of over 30 Playhouse productions, gives a very polished performance as the hysterical, handwringing chief servant whose household habits must be reordered to meet the requirements of Pseudolus' chicanery. Indignity is heaped upon indignity as the plot becomes more complicated until as a final disgrace the ? priggish Hysterium is forced to impersonate a dead courtesan, so that order might be returned to the House of Senex. The plot, based on a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, draws heavily from the Roman comic tradition of Plautus. piling comic confusions, mistaken identities and coarse innuendos like ballista on the stage to be catapulted into the audience. The characters are stock figures from the Roman comic stage: the wily slave, the addled patrician (Erronius, played by Kelly Payne), the domineering wife, the braggart soldier, the courtesans, etc. COMPLICATED PLOT The plot is complicated in the Roman tradition. To win his freedom, the slave Pseudolus must unite his master, Hero, with the virgin Philia (Carolyn Greene), a courtesan of the House of Marcus Lycus (Ken Eliot). Since Philia has already been sold to an absent Roman warrior. Milos Gloriosus (William Stone). Pseudolus must convince the soldier to break his contract, freeing Philia so that she can marry Hero. When Gloriosus refuses to give up his bride, Pseudolus begins a series of deceptions designed to convince Gloriosus and Lycus that Philia is dead from a plague which she contracted on Crete. COMIC DIFFICULTIES The plot is further complicated when Here's father Senex (Mark Ramsey) returns early from a journey and catches a glimpse of Philia for himself and demands that Pseudolus fetch the girl for him. Then the shrewish Domina (Baillie Gerstein) returns unexpectedly from a trip to see her mother, and the comic difficulties increase for Pseudolus. who must satisfy both his masters and his mistress, and for Hysterium, who must return his household to normalcy or lose his job and, perhaps, his life. ?$?-?tt& Fe Mark Ramsey gives an excellent supporting performance as Senex. whose desires to satisfy his geriatric lust lead him into conflict with his son. Baillie Berstein is appropriately shrewish as Domina. and Ken Eliot is a master panderer in his role as Lycus. UNSEXY AND LIMP William Stone is excellent as Milos Gloriosus. the proper mixture of pomposity and stupidity, and Kelly Payne performs well as the senile Erronius. The multi-purpose Proteans are played to maximum effect by Mister Haskins, James Leedom and Andy Keyser James Leedom, in particular, stood out in his multiple role of eunuch, soldier, sailor and citizen. James Longacre and Carolyn Greene, as Hero and Philia, make the best of their parts as starry-eyed virgin-lovers. The courtesans-Tintinnabula (Lois Hathaway), Panacea (Rosemary La Placa), the Geminae (Rhythm Belcher and Marcia Dressel). Vibrata (Murphy Cross) and Gymnasia (Sandy Mumford)-are, for the most part, uninspired. Perhaps it is the fault of Richard Lyle's choreography, but much of the dancing is decidedly unsexy and limp. SETS AND LIGHTING As usual, John Sneden's set complements the action to a great degree, and the costumes and lighting by Margaret and Andrew Gilfillan complete and Roman setting. "A Funny Thing" is a funny thing; and, if it can have any comparison as an excellent production, it can be compared only to an earlier Playhouse production of "Forum" which had the benefit of more rehearsal time. Otherwise, the production stands as one of the finest of the summer schedule. iiD AA7 M I ??? ? lto0l???W AM1 MMttrtW ??-? ? ?? ?? psi ? A younger citizen reflects on the state of the Union College age students are nottheonlv people in the under 30 generation who think about the plight of the world today. The Movement ha monopolized by the rollege students just because rhev are the ones most heard of by the pedestrian other world The following poetic reflections oo the world situation were written by a 12 year old girl who also has done some thinking about our way of life. OUR WORLD 0 I b worldwide s N J hate :? - p mosl ifoui lifi While we spend millions and millions to fight, p p( . starving by day and by night; Prices are ihumanly fast, arving millions will remain outcasts; Oui Earth's polluted bv people who say ?! nothingwrong l n world today. Yet we - ur world's dirty and stale. We know that many are hungry and frail; We knou that daily many lives are ! P I if they express theii thoughts; S ? people ink our world's just fine. Re l hunger and crime; 1 ets ? ? gei in ?lved in wars overseas. 1 et ve oui blems and needs. OUR NATIONS GREA1 NEED We're . ? rid of guns and knives. u ? ? precious lives; . ? re being senl away to fight ly wai where their future's not bright j) illed the draft. It's headed by a ' p tti I tafl p iys I'm against this strife H ? a be told. "Give t years ol your lite " lii . ? leaders have nerve to say. "There I much crime in our cities today. Yi ind hate will stop that's a must Look at the example they've set tor us' I; we abide I I lcdJ- We will never meet oui nati i great needs. s let's make our own plans;just tor a start. Let's bring . Iiome from them we won't part. by Carol Eads Voting efforts laudable The efforts on the part of the Justice Department to defend the voting rights measures now under fire because of a question of constitutionality are a step in the right direction. Despite the misgivings of Attorney General Mitchel, the department has made plans to file suit in both federal and state courts to get 26 states to pass legislation which will uphold the recent 18 year old vote law. Such action on the part of the national government is highly praiseworthy in a time when the government often receives no praise. fountainhead WAYNE B EADS Edit Chief jrm GARY GASPERINI Business Manage v . i ini'i dltoi News I Occult followers gain numbers By GARY PRIDGEN I i many people science is the religion ol tomorrow Others however, in this age ol Aquarius, are returning to the world ol the occult for the answers to their questions As long as man has existed he has been terrified and mystified by the unknown Although science has solved main mvstenes there are still thousands ol reports each yeai of events that evade scientific solutions These events range from simple Hashes ol intitution to people reportly visiting Venus in space ships. Many of these reports are fraudulant, with financial gam .is the only motive. Others are repotted hv sincere and honest i e o p I e looking tor explanations SCIENTIFIC AND EMOTIONAL Many institutions and organizations are beginning to do work in the held ol the occult. These organizations can generally be classed in two groups, the scientific and the emotional Duke I niversity's Institute for Parapsychology and similar private and public groups use scientific controls and critical analysis in their work Spiritualism examplities the emotional side ol psychic activity. often vvith faith as its only require men! I he Spiritualists" Association in B r i t i a n gives public demonstrations and lectures concerning their concepts ol life after death Many subjects foi scientific research can resull fn ?m these meetings An upt oming series ol artk les in the Fountainhead will rev ispects ol the occult and the institutions and organizati thai work with thr ugh it th the hpliovpi inH thi Wll ?het being done by different organizations People often associate the occult with fon es ol darkness and evil rhese people an often surprised at the occult background ol the superstitions that they don't believe in. but "Why take chances they often Ad with a smile SUPERSTITIONS 1 he occult effects most ol us to some degree as William fielding slated m his hook. Strange Supt rstitions and Magi ul Prat tit t s "No t w ith standing the remarkable progress ol science, the great diffusion of knowledge and the widespread increase in populai enlightenment age-old superstitions still continue then tenacious hold upon the minds f the overwhelming majority oi the people, and to a greater oi lesser extent influence practically everyone Some superstitions today have almost become traditions The tolling bells on New Years Eve signify the death of the old yeai Our custom ol making resolutions came from the early English practice of cleaning the chimmey so good luck could dec end RELIGIOUS NUMBERS Judas, in I einardo da Vinei s fl Last Supper has b ilically spilt salt which is a long standing ill omen I (day's beliel that a broken mirror will result in seven years ol had luck may have originated with the ancient Romans who believed a man's reflection represented his soul Foi the Roman's a broken reflection w luld release the soul to dnlt for all eternity I tain numbei an believed hv many to have my stkal value I In oughout the Bible the numbei even is ?ei Seven is ol times and ? God rested the ? as the basu ' has obi listinction be aiise 13 (J and the 12 disciples) togethei jusi ; a nested tried icified Another rel . .V Most rel three part godl I Christ not only has I Holy hr.iH but also Mary ' I and and Jesus and th 2 th( ? the three c rosses On most conctdered a the Oreek ' rth however. 3 i andles arc lit from one taper Soldiers ar with the thought that the 1 o? a match death and ' wonwn pregancy is assu " ?"? ulce the third light RICE THROWING Throwing todays result fertility rite I i ancient mple will have many children I his has only bei look at sort I the more common superstitions thatart sU observed today tw? i, 1V . ions faded, u: origins haw ? 20th century mai ?" i , fiv tind science and te -( '?? 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