Tennessee Wesleyan College - Nocatula Yearbook (Athens, TN)

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y The footprints of the Falcon (symbol of student concern ) would not allow a snow of complacency to go unmarred. These marks wherever they appear denote a striving spirit to better our campus and our world. They are on e of the several creative symbols around which Wesleyan students build their college lives. This is the Prologue to The Nocatida, review- ing some of the creative highlights of the past academic year. The pages that follow should be read with our theme always in mind: creativity is the essence of Wesleyan life. Here begins a picture story, A Typical Night in Centennial Hall. ' Haney Howell and Steve Carlson studying? (continued on p. 45) 17

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Spring: Choir on tour . . . mock Republican Convention with Representative Brock in at- tendance . . . Dr. Alwin Thaler, noted Shake- spearean, came to Wcsleyan as part of Shake- spearean Quatercentennial . . . Greek Week- end was somehow sandwiched into the schedule . . . My Fair Lady students, alumni, and visitors agreed was fair indeed . . . Plans for breaking ground for the Fisher Hall of Science . . . Honors Assembly proved to be a time to remem- ber for many . . . Final Examinations . . . Grad- uation and the end of four years at Wesleyan for those who started as freshmen here in 1960.

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THE NOCATULA recognizes Professor Harry Coble ' s Contributions to Wesleyan Cultural Life Teacher, actor, playwright, director, dancer, choreographer is a description that applies to very few people anywhere and to only one person at Tennessee Wesleyan Col- lege. It is our good fortune that Harry Coble is not only as versatile as this description in- dicates but that he is completely capable in all facets of his work. A widely travelled native of North Car- olina, Mr. Coble holds degrees from the Uni- versity of North Carolina and from Emer- son College. His many professional appear- ances include those with Ted Shawn, Men Dancers in nationwide tours, in off-Broad- way productions of the Dramatic Work- shop, and as performer-choreographer in the summer productions Horn in the West, The Lost Colony, and The Stephen Foster Story. He served for four years with the United States Army during World War II and taught at the New England Conservatory and at Union College before coming to Ten- nessee Wesleyan. Since Mr. Coble joined the Wesleyan fac- ulty in 19 56, the academic program has been augmented and the performing arts have thrived. Playwright and director of the College Centennial production The Legend of Nocatnla in 19 57, he has staged a won- derfully varied panorama of theater and has built a department of speech and drama which offer a wide selection of courses. His productions have involved students, towns- people, and faculty and have ranged from classical Greek to modern experimental drama, including Shakespearean comedy, Victorian melodrama, romantic comedy, satire, and religious drama. He has also staged and choreographed musical comedies with the College Choir and has, on occasion, portrayed memorable characters in campus productions. Students are attracted in increasing num- bers to tryouts, plays, and courses offered by Mr. Coble. Uniquely creative himself, he expects and draws creativity from stu- dents, actors, and technical assistants. This is perhaps his greatest achievement. His gifts of perception, talent, and dis- ciplined training are combined with a special sensitivity to people and with the ability to participate in life on and off stage. His devo- tion to initiative, his sophistication, his sense of humor, his honesty, and his fine sense of values are subtly but firmly impressed upon all who know him. 18