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Joey Segutn
really bed, perhaps he should
wear a pair of elevated boots
and not play “mad Lear" so
comically. A short funny Lear
Is simply not Lear.
There were, however, two
really outstanding perfor
mances which helped to save
the play from being a com
plete farce. The* were the
portrayals of Kent, William
Hamlin, and Oloucester,
Charles Murphy.
Kent became a magnificent
sseet in holding the entire per
formance together and when
he was off stage for any
length of time the play threa
tened to fall apart.
Gloucester turned in what
was probably the most tragic
and best performance of the
entire play and perhaps should
have been cast as Lear. The
only times he was bad was
when he was pulled down by
one of the other characters,
notably by Edgar in the scene
on the cllfh of Dover. This
scene should have come across
with real emotional force and
involvement but unfortunately
it came almost sa comedy.
It is also unfortunate that
the state was so inadequately
equipped to handle a play of
this magnitude and this ham
pered the actors. As an overall
evening of entertainment the
play was passable but for any
one with a knowledge of
Shakespeare’s Lear there were
some very uncomfortable
moments. Perhaps Lear cannot
be performed successfully.
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King Lear Falls Flat
Tragedy Turns Comedy
by Chuck Jackson
I’m still wondering what
play the National Players per
formed under the title King
Lear; It certainly was not
William 8hakespeare's King
Lev. Although the entire per
formance came off ratber
nicely as an evening of enter
tainment it was a poor inter
pretation of the Shakespearian
Classic.
Perhaps If this group of
gifted acton stuck to comedy
they Would prove consistently
good but to have attempted
such a difficult tragedy as tear
was a mistake.
The performance was play
ed too much for high comedy
and in the end there was no
tragedy. There was no great
feeling of loea at the death of
Cordelia and no feeling of re
demption for Lear.
Adding to the comic effect
of the entire play were eeveral
poorly done performances.
Especially horrendous was
Regan portrayed by Emily
Michaud who constantly
shouted her lines and over
acted every motion she made.
The only adequate thing she
did was manage to get off
stage quickly. Only one notch
above her performance was
that of Peggy Goegrave in the
role of Goneril. Miss Gosgrave
needs to be reminded that the
relationship between a wife
and her husband is different
than that of a mother and her
son.
Although the portrayal of
Lear by James Lang wes not
Youth
Organize
Last October, high school
and College students from the
Macon area Incorporated to
form the Greater Macon Area
Youth Council, a non-profit
organization designed to give
the youth In the Macon Area
a voice in the community.
Miss Lou Burkhalter of
Macon, a freshman at Mercer,
was elected the first president
of the organization.
The Council is currently
working with the Macon Re
creation Department on such
projects as the Master Plan, a
plan to provide recreation fa
cilities throughout the city of
Macon. The council Is also
playing the role of mediator
between high school students
and Board of Education offi
cials in the current meetings
concerning the future of the
Macon schools.
The youth council is com
posed of various elected and
appointed representatives from
Macon high schools, college
and universities. Members
appointed by officials of the
city of Macon, the Chamber
of Commerce, and County
Officials as well as represents
three appointed by the youth
council itself round out the
membership. The idea of this
system la to establish the most
effective and fairest represen
tation possible to voice the
opinion of youth In the
Macon wan.
Mias Manaon Marshall, who
was appointed by Student
Government President, Bobbie
Potter, is Mercer's representa
tive' for the Q.II.A.Y.C. Any
students who have suggMtkms
or opinions that they would
like to have presented before
the council are encouraged to
contact her by writing to Box
832 in the Campus Poet
Office.
(Fraternity News)
The Zets Omega Chapter
of Lambda Chi Alpha initiated
seven pledges last week. The
seven who were initiated
were: Steed Van Cise, Paul
Ferns ter, Tony Brown, Bill
Aiery, Bob Kirkpatrick, Larry
McDermott, and Mike Noell.
On Saturday,the newly
initiated brothers were treated
to a steak dinner at Coyner’s
At this dinner, the scholar
ship award, the best pledge
award, and the best big
brother award were given out.
The scholarship award went to
Mike Noell. The best pledge
wes Tony Brown, and the best
big brother was Chris Tyler.
Mercer Independent Men’s
Association held its formal ini
tiation ceremonies on January
14 at Hadden's Restaurant.
MIMA initiated four new
brothers, eight new pledges
and an honorary brother after
the buffet dinner. New
brothers are Jack Barrett of
Savannah, Georgia, Ricard
Eckwall of Stockholm,
RWGA
News
RWGA is presently revising
its handbook. Since this con
cerns all resident women,
RWGA is asking that recom
mendations for rule changes,
additions or deletions to their
RWGA representatives by Feb
ruary 1. The Executive Com
mittee will compile these
suggestions and post them on
each hall for consideration.
Any additional ideas or ideas
evolving from this list should
be turned in, in writing, to
the hall representatives by
Feb. 8.
On Feb 16 and Feb. 22
RWGA meetings will be held
in Room 316 of the Student
Center. Any resident woman
is invited and encouraged to
attend these meetings. Discus
sion will be limited as each re
sident will have had an op
portunity to consider, discuss,
and express her opinion on
her hall. All revisions will
come from these suggestions.
Sweden, Bob Hawley of
Miami, Florida, and Randy
Rowe of Columbus, Georgia.
Dr. F. Robert Otto became
an honorary brother at the
banquet The former Dean of
Chapel and present professor
of Christianity and philosophy
has been MIMA’s advisor for
several years.
The new pledges are Mike
Akin, First Officer, Neil Heath
Second Officer, Javier Bernal,
Edwin Bryant, Julian Gordy,
Sam Halpert, Brian Murray,
and Takashi Yamashita.
(Continued from Page 2)
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about non-violence as you
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how much you give a damn
about nonviolence until you
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more violence and bloodshed
in this country as long as your
stinking white racist institu
tions persist It is also very
poesible that my death, Mr.
Carey, will be one of those
tiny statistical marks on that
tally sheet of yours but I
promise that you won’t be
doing the tallying.
Jimmy Samuel
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