Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Kijiifrrrm r«7T .l I Jke ( oiie eae TH EATRE TiXHXiCALi.v, Doctor Alj ' s College Theatre came a long way in the two plays presented during the year. Night Must Fall suffered slight- ly from inadequate characterizations, a lighting miscue or so ; but otherwise the production was sleek and complete. Probably the greatest deficiency of both Night Must Fall and the spring- production, Craig ' s Wife, lay in the audience : Dr. Ab ' s ambition is to It ' s now Doctor Ab. teach a cnurse in the understanding and appreciation of the drama pitched to the college level. Scenes from Craig ' s Jl ' ife: Atkieson and Kirk . . . Juvenile leads . . . Rejected husband . . . Showdown . . . Revelation . . . Climax

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REVUE BUSINESS STAFF Bill Vance.. Howell Heflin.. Orian Truss Ford McDonald OUR soap figures, brain cliildren of ex- ' Southeni student Ben VVyatt, were attractive ; but Jake Cranshaw ' s camera said No. We especially loved the plastered little guy in tophat and tails wlio was rapidly assuming a vertical position. He was to be the symbol for the Greeks. Per- haps it ' s good for us that ivory soap isn ' t photogenic. Big moments of the year were the Beauty Parade, the first all-night ses- sion with Bob Faerber, the stupen- dous write-ups of Asst. Ed. Anderson, and the moment when all the copy crawled into Engraver ' s and Printer ' s and we settled down to read proof. In this issue you will find more new photographs than in any other La Revue. The entire opening section is new ; the buildings are shown in the Qimrf-section, and an attempt at levity fills the rear pages. Aside from photograpliy we attempt nothing completely new. We bring you the chronicle of a year. Business Manager . Associate Manager Associate Mana-ger STAFF Joe Bakes Ethel Morland Boss Bill Vance looking over a bill, no doubt. The boss divided his time between finance and debating, with women as a sideline. He rested on his laurels after gaining the title of campus politi cian by acclamation. 35]

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Tense moment in Night Must fall . . .News of murder . . . Gray. Curtis, AIcAdorv — Technicians. The psychological drama of the head in the hatbox, Night Must Fall, feat- ured the Theatre .standbys, Rebecca Gray and Margaret Hickman, Charles Turner as the capti -ating murderer, with newcomer Eugenia Dabney sup- porting admirably. A simple, over- Teclinician extraordinary — To. i my Rv. n furnished set provided an atmosphere precisely suited to the stuffy English household invaded by the bland young- adventurer in emotions. Premier acting performances of Craig ' s Wife were turned in by Kath- erine Kirk in the lead, supixjrted by Mary Garrett and Eugenia Dabney. Kirk ' s sua ' e handling of the inner battle between a desire to have secur- ity at the expense of love and a man ' s desire for happiness in his own home reflected professional experience. Led by veteran Tommy Ryan, the stage technicians ])robably did the most completely satisfactory job of the College Theatre. These unsung liack-of-the-boards heroes and hero- ines include the ubiquitous Rebecca Gray, Jemmy McAdory, Evelyn Cur- tis, bookholder Jenny Mae Webb, a host of others in make-up crew, lights, cariientering, and the venera- ble Tonimv.