Lambuth College - Lantern Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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First row: Mr. Jim Baines, director; Bill Bates; Second row: Shug Pierce, Eve Wilson, Mary Lou Shelly; Third row: Dutch Dorschel, Jim O ' Brien, Gary Pardue RELIGIOUS DRAMA GROUP Established as a repertoire group, the HALF- LIGHTERS, a newly organized group of actors designed to perform religious plays in local churches, are a self-contained troop in which each member performs in a variety of tasks, rang- ing from acting to caring for the scenery and the lighting. In their first season, the Halflighters presented Purgatory by W. B. Yeats and Christ in the Concrete City by P. W. Turner. In the years to come, other distinguished plays from the broad field of religious dramatic liter- ature will be added to the list of productions with playwrights such as Hendrick Ibsen, Christopher Frye, and T. S. Eliot. Bill Bates and Grade Ewing in W. B. Yeats ' Purgatory. 46

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: 1 By telling Christmas stories, Ricky Kirchoff and Eve Wilson from the interpretative reading class entertain kindergarten children at West Jackson Baptist Church. Mr. Jesse B. Byrum, Instructor of Speech and Forensics; B.A., Lambuth College; M.A., George Peabody College; graduate work, University of Tennessee Delta Psi Omega was organized March 20, 1929, as a dramatic fraternity to provide an honor society for those performing a high standard of work in dramatics. The purposes of Delta Psi Omega sre to develop dramatic talent in the art of acting, to cultivate a taste for the best in drama, and to foster cultural values. First row: Bonnie Hapes, Jim Baines, Carol Freeman, Phyllis Hardin; Second row: Bettye R. Clement, Bill Mainord, Doug Meador, Eve Wilson, Patti Page, Gary Pardue; Third row: Kathy Camp, Dutch Dorschel. 45

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Religion and Philosophy Dr. James E. Hull, Professor of Religion, A.B., Southern Methodist University; B.D., Perkins School of Theology; Ph.D., University of Edinburgh Mr. Gene L. Davenport, Assistant Professor of Religion, B.A., Birmingham Southern; B.D., Vanderbilt; candidate for Ph.D. degree, Van- derbilt M Dr. William L. Power, Assistant Professor of Philos- ophy and Religion; B.A.E., University of Mississippi, B.D. and Ph.D., Emory University A Franciscan Monk, two Dominican nuns, a directory of Religious Drama — with these guest speakers the Church Vocations Associa- tion ' s new school year began. The C.V.A. is an organization established to unify and enrich those students at Lambuth who either are actively engaged in or are contemplating en- tering a church vocation. C.V.A. officers; front row: Jinx Wallace, Susan Indergard, Sally Lewis; Back row: Bill Bates, Jim Cooper, Jim Rogers 47