Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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improving the cjunlity of lead Methods

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The college professor may hand his students the stars, hut without concentration in their observation, not even the wonders of the world can help a person to become educated. For those who have a little trouble drawing the line l)etween astronomical parodies and everyday life, we offer a simple cooking lesson. Instead of creating something delectable for the table, however, we’re concocting a product that becomes an integral part of the chef himself. The recipe: Take one cup of knowledge, combine with a liberal fistful of the ability to learn, plus one-half cup of tolerance. Add a dash of liberality, a touch of humor, and season with an open mind. Bake well in a container of curiosity with the heat of concentration. The discerning chef will find this is one product which is never done, it just keeps cooking —for a lifetime. 5

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direction Just as a play or production must have a director, so must the extravaganza we call college life. Students find that in learning the basics of direction, they learn while helping others. It is said that 50 per cent of leading is learning to follow, and that’s why the good leader prepares himself enough in one field to lead and adequately in others to follow. Contributing to a group does not mean formulating all the ideas, rather it is a give and take of all the suggestions and the combining of them into one basic plan. When college life begins, Fall term, the director takes his seat and the cameras start rolling. It is then that the technicians, the prop men, the wardrobe girls, and the cast begin work. TTie director, with his script, regulates the activity but it is the cast and the technical side who determine the show’s run by their performance. Everyone learns to be a leader in his own right, just as everyone must learn to follow at times. No one is bom to direct, but directors before him will ward off the old pitfalls. The young director must find the new dangers for himself. Ever)’ day is a new act in the show, with the dawn breaking, as the rising curtain, and the sun floodlighting the stage. Toward evening the spotlight falls on one event and with midnight the curtain falls, giving the actors a chance to change costumes, in preparation for the next rise of the curtain. Oregon State has had a successful run, and from all appearances it looks as though we’ll have a full house for many years to come. The cast may change, and the directors may find new blood, but the show is still basically the same and the audience seems to enjoy it. 7