Ouachita Baptist College - Ouachitonian Yearbook (Arkadelphia, AR)

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“Tain He Pale ie Madte esl ba aghd esas bal eed’ Variety spices up play productions If the spice of life is variety, then the drama department certainly filled the bill with its productions this year. The plays ranged from drama to comedy and from fantasy to reality. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, a compilation of comic strip funnies, began the season in the summer with a student director. Following it was the thought- provoking play, Tommy, Looking for a Road, which was student written. 28— Theatre The first play of the fall was Tennessee William’s first major produc- tion, The Glass Menagerie, a story of a recuperating society of the 1930’s beaten down a decade before. Even after the play was presented on campus, the cast and crews continued to spend long hours working and rehearsing to perfect the play. They were getting the play ready to take it to the annual American College Theatre Festival, which was held in the late fall in Little Rock.

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Bs Paes ¥ os eset ise seisiiias As . te hy ae Ge oa Walesr ores ornare AEN 5 amen: Religious Emphasis Week had alittle bit of everything for everybody. There was Gene Cotton and his group, demonology and occult lectures by John Newport, and humor from Grady Nutt and John West- brook. The biggest hits of the week were Gene Cotton, Sam Taylor and Jerry Wasley. They entertained students with popular and their own arranged songs. Gene Cotton and Grady Nutt performed at chapel and a concert in Walton Gym. REW has a bit of everything for all Grady Nutt is a serious Christian and he used his stories to show that being a Christian can be fun. John Newport lectured on demons, the occult and extra-sensory perception. Newport talks provoked many dis- cussions in classes. The Baptist Student Union presented three films dealing with religious and social attitudes. The films were, “A Man For All Seasons,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Parable.” Life at OBU—27

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oak: ra a = nr Tar CL UPS i i OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: Fredna Hicks plays the part of Snoopy in the play “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: Mitchell Edwards maintains his vigilance throughout the play, Tommy, Looking for a Road. TOP LEFT: Larry Raines opens the play with a soliloquy on a make- shift stairway. TOP RIGHT: Cheryl Tolsen and Reanel Blacklock pause for a moment of quietness and closeness in The Glass Menagerie. LEFT: Larry Raines, Cheryl Tolsen and Bill Elliff make a toast over the evening meal while Reanel Blacklock rests on the sofa in The Glass Menagerie. Waaaee Pe, P hive, i Theatre—29