Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Although seminar size classes, dynamic professors and excellent facilities can spark the intellectual climate, the heart of the college experience is still to be found in the mind of the individual student. With the omnipresent chapel in the back- ground, students enter the modern Humani- ties Building for classes. FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS . . . Wake Forest has matured to near university status . . . Its students are increasingly more capable; its faculty, facili- ties, and opportunities expanding . . . Constant growing pains increase awareness of the position the college is assuming . . . Yet, throughout, there remains a constant attitude . . . the intel- lectual attitude inherited from generations molded in the Wake Forest tradition and passed on by craftsmen ... the attitude eagerly sought, respectfully guarded, and faithfully preserved ... the atti- tude which is the basis for all academic endeavor. 21

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Outstanding professors and small classes are an integral part of the Wake intellectual at- mosphere. Dr. Robert Johnson (right) ex- plains calculus theory to an ever-more-talented group of entering freshmen. Below, Professor Bynum Shaw leads a seminar on the History of American Journalism. 20 m

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Right: Roger Rollman coils away from his domineering wife. Flora Hoffman, as she be- comes enraged because he has given shelter to his sister and her new-found baby. Below: An Jronshirt questions Grusha in order to find the ivhereabouts of the infant son of the beheaded Governor. t Bt f —w lb- ' 1 As a monk addresses the wedding guests, variations in the set design can be seen in the background, where projected scenery takes the place of an elaborate set, forcing attention on the characters and the simple foreground furnishings. College Theatre. Bertolt Brecht ' s The Caucasian Chalk Circle received such acclaim and popularity with the audiences that it was held over for additional performances and easily became the Theatre ' s high- light of the year. The play was different, and this had much to do with its success. The raw stage design ' s simplicity was complimented with overhead projectors casting scenes on a plain backdrop. Colorful costumes and masks added their own special touch to the action. Martin Bennison, director of the play, used Brecht ' s alienation ef- fect to its fullest advantage by having sets changed in plain view of the audience and by having his actors abruptly step out of character to deliver sudden personal thoughts in their own voices to the audience. The Chalk Circle will probably be remembered by its viewers as being Wake Forest ' s most daring play due to its bold use of imagery and language. 22