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Palomar College ¡ Volume 26
Number 21
¡ A Publication of the Associated Students
March 13, 1973
PE San Marcos , Calif.
92069
INITIAL PLAY OF SEMESTER
'Dylan' opens March 22 By Katie Hoadley
A scene from the Stan Waterman film, "Call of the Running Tide~, a documentary on under water exploration and life
of natives in French Polynesia islands, will be presented along with a lecture by the noted explorer tomorrow.
'Call of the Running Tide' presented by photo-diver Stan Watterman, noted explorer of the sea depths, will appear in the Student Union at 8 p.m. tomorrow for the showing of his film, "Call of the Running Tid e.'' The program is one in the travel-
JamesDeFrance pictures show in Boehm Gallery Paintings by James De France are now displayed in room A of the Dwight Boehm Gallery. De France attended the University of Colorado and UCLA and has had several shows before, including one at the La Jolla Museum. The ceramic sculpture display by Les Lawrence will continue to show for another week when it will be replaced by sculptures by Jay Willis.
film series presented by the college Community Services Department. There is no admission charge. The photographer-lecturer spent hundreds of hours on the sea bottom and along the barrier reefs of the French Polynesia Islands to obtain rare and striking scenes. The film also records with humor and excitement many adventures among the islanders. Watte rman has engaged in underwater exploration in many parts of the world, including expeditions to the Aegean, the Amazon River, the Tuamotu Islands and the Bahamas. He has made several lecture films, television documentaries and a fulllength feature film, "BlueWater--White Death.'' He has received many major film awards, and received the Jacque.s Costeau Award for "Diver of the Year" in 1968. He is presently a special consultant to the National Science Foundation.
"Dylan," a biography of the late Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, will open here Marc h 22 as the Drama Department's first production of the semes ter. The play will run March 22-24 and 29-31 in the Drama Lab. Written by Sidney Michaels , "Dylan" traces the last two years of Thomas' life. On a lecture tour at the time , Thomas spent most of these years in the United States. The play ends with the poet's death of alcoholism at the age of 39. "The play is a tragedy, but it has many comic relief segments," commented Buddy Ashbrook, drama instructor and director of the play. "Dylan was really quite acharacter," Ashbrook continued. "He lived the life of an eccentric artis t- -the perfect stereotype. Thomas was a hard - drinker, free-spend e r, and irresponsible individ ual--but he was lovable . " The cast of the play includes Roger Macauley as Dylan Thomas; Claudia Keithley as his wife Katlyn; and Starr Davis as Meg, a girl Thomas meets in America. Other major cast members are Phil Golden, Perry Skarra and Evie Payne. Ashbrook and the cast members have found that the play's production creates quite a few problems . "The play is very segmented--it has short, choppy scenes," Ashbrook said, explaining the major problem faced by the cast. "There are 23 scenes in all, which have made the play very unique and difficult in the way it's being staged." As hbrook ad ded that the scenes range in length from 30 seconds to 15 minutes. "The success of the play rides on the smoothness of the transitions from scene to scene," Ashbrook explained. "The transitions will either make the play drag or add to its artistic qualities." He added that the number and diversity of scenes have given the stage lighting crew a very difficult job.
Because of the lack of storage space in the Drama Lab coupled with the large amount of scenes, the stage area itself is "huge," according to As hbrook. "We don't have places to move the scenery around or to store it in," he said. "Each scene has to be built and adapted on stage--we're using one- half of our total area for scenery.'' In addi tion to the problem with the scenes, various acto rs in the play have problems of their own--five of them have had to master one of three major accents used in the play. Dylan Thomas described his own accent, even though he was Welsh, as "cut- crystal English," and this succinct version is what Roger Macauley has had to learn. Katlyn, Thomas' wife. was Irish-another distinct accent to be memorized by Claudia Keithley , who plays her. And three other actors have had to perfect a rich Southern drawl, so that they can convincingly portray the Southerners in one of the play's scenes.
Textbook author speaks next week George 0. Abell, chairman and professor of astronomy, University of California , Los Angeles, will visit Palomar on March 23. Invited under the American Astronomical Society's program of visiting professors, he is scheduled to meet classes in astronomy and physics. Joseph Willis, planetarium spokesman , said, "He has written several widely used college textbooks and is at the forefront of modern astronomical r e search, especially cosmology.~ He will lecture to the public at 7 p.m. in ES 19 .
MECHA officials elected Officers of MECHA for the spring semester were elected at the club's last meeting. The officers ar e as follows: chairman, Luciano Perez; vice-chairwoman, Cynthia Zimmerman; studies director, Olivia Zomara; special affairs, Estella Gallegos; communications director, Lorenzo Carmillo; finance director, Manuel Marin; secretary, Terry Castaneda; historian, Jimmy Alvarez; Huelga, Greg Sandoval; and curriculum director, Mark Esquibel.
MECHA will be holding a canned food drive this week for farmworkers in Calexico who are on strike in order to persuade the growers to recognize the United Farm Workers as their union. Coffee, beans, evaporated milk, rice, sugar and flour are some of the canned goods needed by the strikers. Donations of clothing and money are also welcome. All contributions should be brought to to MECHA office, room R-5.
English 1 modules on Tuesday and Thursday are: The Research Paper, ll - 12:30: The Journal, ll-12:30 ; and two Contemporary Social Issues, 9:30ll .
English 2 modules on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, are: The Novel, 11 and 12; The Short Story, 8; California Literature, 9; Individual Author: Mark Twain, 1; The Occult in Literature, 10. Tuesday and Thursday courses are : Poetry in Song, 11 to 12:30: Other Real-
Cogent reviews of music, art, books and happe nings are also solicited, as well as articles on issues students find relevant. Relevant i ssues may include any subject the author feels should be aired publicly. Although no restrictions outside of good taste are drawn, issues are preferred in the positive vein. All material must be the original work of the author and must not nave been previously published commercially.
104 WWI posters
given to library
World' slated
"The Cool World" is this week's nonfiction film. For 104 minutes, Cool World--a trend setting piece of film journalism--takes you into the world of a 14-year-old black trying to make it as a gang leader , fighter and love r. Cool World is scheduled in P-32, March 14, 7 p.m. and March 15, 1 p.m.
ASG election dates set Election of next year's ASG executive council will take place April 9-12. Positions available include president, vice-president, treasurer, men's select and woman's select. Candidates for office must register with the Dean of Student Activities by March 23.
Manuscripts are being sought for a literary magazine to be produced by Gene Jackson's creative writing class . Short stories, poems, essays, articles, pen and ink drawings, black and white photographs, and articles on or of new journalism may be submitted.
Manuscripts will be returned to the author upon publication of the magazine, scheduled for May 15.
ities, 11 to 12:30; Individual Author: Mark Twain, 9:30 to 11: Individual Author: Dostoevsky , 12:30 to 2. Evening classes include Word Study, 6 to 9 Wednesdays, and The Occult in Literature, 6 to 9 Tuesdays. Complete schedules for course numbers, instructors and room numbers may be obtained in the Admissions office or English offices after March 19.
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Manuscripts sought for writing class literary magazine
The deadline for all material is no late r than April 6. Material may be dropped off at Mr. Jackson's office in P-BE. Authors are asked to include their name on each submission .
Registration day scheduled for second English modules Open registration for the second session of English 1 and 2 modules will be Thursday, 3 p.m . in P-32. With the exception of those students currently enrolled in modules, who want to stay with the same instructor at the same hour, registration will be on a s pace available basis. English eligibility cards will be required at registration. Duplicates may be obtained in the Admissions office . Students required to establish eligibility for English courses may take the English Placement Test, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, in P-32. English 1 modules and hours, Monday Wednesday and Friday, are : Modern Magazine Prose, 10; Study of English Grammar, 12; Language and Linguistics, 9 and 11: Dynamics of Communications, 11; The Journal, 10; Word Study, 9 and 12.
Ashbrook cited the inexperience of many of the cast members , adding that he has been delighted with the results so far. "We have had a big turnove r in the department this year, so consequently, although the cast is large, it is inexperienced," he explained. "Luckily, this has been a turnover, not a 'st artover.' as we were blest with some talented new people.'' Inexperience may be the only thing members of the cast have in common. for the cast contains a lar ge var iety of people . The youngest actress. Donna Gialanella, who plays three different parts, is 16. and a high school stude nt. All of the other cast members are Palomar students, including Perry Skarra, the oldest actor at 63. Strung out between these two extrem es are ADCOP and Mari ne s tudents, a high school teacher with a master's degree , the wife of a Navy pilot, and others with equally diverse backgrounds . The ac ting cast is backed up with a stage and lighting crew . led by Norman Gaskins, the department's technical director. Others include David Herri n , stage manager, and Jann Campbell, s hop man age r . The play begins at 7:30 each night, with tickets costing $.50 for students and $1.50 for non-students. Ashbrook cautioned that he would not recommend the play for very small children.
Mrs. Mary McClain, library clerk. and Mrs. Ester Nesbin , dean of library services, look over some of the 104 orig-
inal World War I posters given to the library by board member Richard Kornhauser.
"Uncle Sam Wants You!", "Buy Liberty Bonds", and "The Pruss ion Blot" are a few of the slogans on the 104 original World War I posters given to the Phil H. Putnam Library by Richard Kornhauser, member of the board of governors. When Kornhauser was a boy, stores displayed these posters, getting new ones every so often. He went around to these places and got the old posters for his collection. In the collection of 104 posters there are 80 different posters. Posters in the .world War I period were the first to be used to the fullest extent for propaganda purposes. One of each of the different posters has been laminated to prevent further deterioration of the 56-year-old relics. The posters range in subject from condemnation of Germany, support of the Red Cross, relief funds and rationing; pushing enlistment and war industries. They will be on display in the library during the April 8th open house," said Mrs. Esther Nesbin, he.lid librarian.