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The Bad
Seed To
Open
NEddle Georgia College
opened its doors of the Walker
Auditorium on November 19
and 20 to present "The Bad
Seed." This was the opening
production for the 1969-70
season.
The cast included Trena
Hyman as Rhoda Penmark,
Michael Browning as Col,
Kenneth Penmark, Diane Lane
as Christine Penmark, Rose
mary Mullis as Monica Breed-
iove, Mike Hobbs as Emeri
Wages, Betty Havrillaas Miss
Kern, Benny Suarez as Re
ginald Tasker, Nannette Forth
a s Mrs. Daigle, Johnny Wilson
as Mr. Daigle, Robert Yeager
as Messenger, and Brigham
Simmons as Richard Bravo.
The production was directed
a ad designed by Nelson M.
Carpenter, Chairman of
Speech and Drama. Assis
tant director was Miss Pris
cilla Beall. The cast really
forked hard to make The
Had Seed one of the best
productions MGC has ever
Presented,
Dear Eula Mae:
q. Why can’t we smoke in
the classrooms if we bring
our own ashtrays?
A. It’s not polite to have
cancer.
Q. Do you believe in astro
logy?
A. No!
Q. When will you make your
first personal appearance at
MGC?
A. I don't know. I’ll have
to consult my horoscope,
Q. What Is a rare sight at
MGC?
A. Mr. Glazer not wearing
a wild tie.
Q. Why is there carbon
dioxide? *
A. To make beer foam!
Q. What does GT mean on
new cars?
A. Got Took.
Q. Why shouldn’t one drink
lake water?
A. Ask W. C. Fields.
GAMMA BETA PHI
The Gamma Beta Phi So
ciety Is a service club open
to former members of the
National Beta Club. The Mid
dle Georgia College Chapter
of the Gamma Beta Phi has
elected officers for the year
1969-70 term. They are:
Pat Ashley, President; Susan
Arnold, Vice President; Jim
my Barksdale, Secretary; Ce
leste Strickland, Reporter.
The club meets each second
Tuesday in the month at 7 p.m.
in the library-Room 5. All
former Beta Club members
are urged to join.
Midga Players
Rehearse
Tommy Poicher
Has Show
One of Middle Georgia Col
lege’s Commercial Art
Majors, Tommy Pilcher, will
share some of his work with
the club. The display will
include some sculpturing,
acrylics, oils, and pastels.
Tommy, who came to MGC
from Macon, has found many
ways to use his talent by
working with clubs, churches,
sororities, and fraternities.
He is the art director for the
Mabel White Baptist Church
in Macon and works annually
with the Georgia Baptist Con
vention and the Southern Bap
tist Evangelistic Conference.
Tommy has also had the
opportunity to work on various
projects for the city of Macon
under the direction of Mayor
Ronnie Thompson.
Tommy, who is presently
a sophomore in college, feels
he has made much progress
and has seen a great im-
' provement in his talent under
the instruction of Mr. Glenn
Chesnut, associate professor
of art, since first beginning
at Middle Georgia College.
He enjoys working on por
traits in different mediums
and is especially proud of his
graphite rendering of Mayor
Ronnie Thompson.
Tommy is the son of Mrs.
Katherine Pilcher and Altom
Pilcher of Macon and works
part-time at Macon Paneling,
Inc.
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One Acts
December 8, 1969, is the
date set for a double feature
of one-act plays, "Hello Out
There" and "The Dream Ma
kers."
"Hello Out There" is about
the problems that confront a
pickup and a young gambler.
The cast includes: John Dan
iel, as the young gambler;
Ruth Pipkin, as the girl; Steve
Morgan, as ihe husband; Pris
cilla Jones, as the wife; Sam
Mcgruder, as another man;
and George Jordan, as the
third man.
"The Maker of Dreams’’
is a love story. The cast
includes Pierrot played by
Rodney Smith; Pierrette
played by Linda Solomon, and
the manufacturer played by
Larry Royal.
Both casts have been work
ing very hard to make these
plays successful.
Four Mew
"Profs”
Middle Georgia College has
acquired several new teachers
for the 1969-70 school year.
Four of these new teachers
are young, single and female.
They are: Miss Ourania Gnnn.
ares, Miss Maxine Wilson
Miss Patricia Smith and Miss
Patricia Harrell.
Miss Gounares is from Mo
bile, Alabama; she is an Art
Instructor. Middle Georgia
is the first teaching assign
ment for Miss Gounares who
received her Bachelor of Arts
from Agnes Scott College in
Atlanta. She received her
Master of Fine Arts from
the University of Georgia in
Athens. Miss Gounares has*
several exhibitions on record
in places such as Southern
Contemporary Art Shop, Vin-
cint Price Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois. There she received
a purchase award. Miss Goun
ares made several trips
abroad and has visited every
major art museum in Europe.
She still makes regular trips
to New York City in connection
with her art work.
Miss Maxine L. Wilson,
born in Connecticut, is a gra
duate of Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia, withaBach-
e lor of Arts and a Master of
Science in Biology. She was
a member of Alpha Chi Omega
Sorority while at Emory. She
currently belongs to Biologi
cal societies. Miss Wilsonbe-
gan her teaching career by
giving tennis instructions for a
city recreation department.
Her Junior year in college she
taught a Biology lab and con
tinued teaching labs for two
years as an undergraduate at
Emory. She completed her
graduate work in one year.
Her hobbies consist of tennis,
golf, and volleyball.
Miss Patricia Smith, from
Atlanta, Georgia, is one of
Middle Georgia’s Speech and
Drama teachers. She re
ceived her Bachelor of Arts
degree from Harding College
In Searcy, Arkansas in Ele
mentary Education, and her
Master of Arts degree at The
University of Arkansas, Fay
etteville, Arkansas in Speech
and Drama and is now working
on her M.F.A, in Drama at
the University of Georgia,
Miss Smith taught the first
and second grade in Georgia,
the last five years in Atlanta
and high school speech and
drama in Neosho, Missouri.