Baldwin Wallace University - Grindstone Yearbook (Berea, OH)

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Student One-Acts A few Baldwin-Wallace students have been busy mounting productions of three one-act plays to be presented at the Studio Theatre on June 4, 1982. These plays are unique because they are student produced, student directed and student acted. 27 Wagons Full of Comm by Tennessee Wil- liams. Directed by Patricia McElroy. A southern drama heated by the fires of human passion. The lust cast: Geoff Spoeneman, Cindy Pctronzio, and Brent Russell. The Feast written by Daniel Wright. Directed by Clare Burnett. An unusual onc-aci of' astounding universality. The peculiar cast: Dave Allen, Willard Franklin, and Michelle Koppleman. Live Spelled Backwards by Jerome Lawrence. Directed by Tracy McAfee. A modern moralistic immorality play. The debauched cast: Jim Ealy, Polly Newell, Charmae Stamper. Willard Franklin, Tammy Beaumont, and Larry Seman. rap left: Dave Allen from The Feast. middfe left: Brent Russel and Cindy Pclronzio in 2? Wagon: Full of Carma. middle right.- Willard Franklin. above: Willard Franklin. Jim Ealy. Polly Newell. Larry Scman, Tammy Beaumont. and Charmae Stamper ail from Live Spelled Backwards. Student One-Actsfzi'

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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail The theatre department presented Law- rence and Leeis The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail in the Studio Theatre on May 24-29, 1982. This stirring drama ofone manis search for his identity and place in the great scheme of things was in production under the direction of senior Joseph Korcuska. The play revolves around 19th century transcendentilist Henry David Thoreau and his voluntarily spent night in jail. This act of Civil disobedience was Thoreau's way of 0b- jecting to paying taxes which were used to engage what he considered a war without ade- quatejustification. It also dramatizes his time spent at Walden Pond and his intellectual re lationship with Ralph Waldo Emerson. The cast included Robert Umek, Larry Se- man, Maria Bircher, Michael McIntosh, George Contini, Wiliard Franklin, Monica Morris, John McCarthy, Adrienne Puntar, Keith Cole, Amy Taffe, and Pally Newell. above: Robert Umek ichryi and George Contini iBaiicyi become very close friends after spending the night together in jail. left: Monica Morris tElleni and Robert Umek tHenry; Henry,l tries to explain his logic to the confused Ellen. above: Lam.r Seman iWaldoi, Robert Umek tHenryJ, Mike McIntosh tEd- wardl and Maria Bircher ILydianJ: The home life for young Edward Emerson is iilled with have when Henryr comes to live in their home. 26jThe Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

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The first organized Interfraternity Sing was held in 1929 on the lawn of Emma Lang Hall. It was presented in the form ofa fraternity serenade and the winner was awarded a smoking stand. The early sing contests were sponsored by the YMCA and YWCA and present- ed on a spring evening by the light of lanterns hung in the cherry trees about Lang Hall. In 1935 the sororities were admitted to the competition and the Sing became a Baldwin-Wallace tradition. After a lapse during the war years, the Sing was revived in 194610 become again a tradi- tional gift of the fraternities and sorori- ties to Baldwin-Wallace College and its friends. The Fiftieth year of Sing brings with it the following winners. There are two categories to bejudged in competition: a formal type of three part choir and en- tertainment: a type ofa skit is done. The awards are given in the following areas, male and female first place winners; at second ptaee winner for competition: a first and second place winners for entera tainment; and a honorable mention award. The Alpha Gamma Delta's and Pi Lambda Phi won first place in compe- tition. The Delta Zetats and Lambda Chi Alpha won second place in competi- tion. The Alpha Phits took first place and the Alpha Xi Delta's took second place in the entertainment category. ZSIInterfraternin Sing IItBIZ-t $ng !! Two of the officiai judges of the sing competition.