Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ll ■ 1 n ti Useful Experience Gained Through College of Music Jordan College of Music offers training and experience in four areas: radio and TV, thea- ter, music and dance. The radio and TV department offers 100 majors practical expe- rience through WAJC, the stu- dent-operated radio station. WAJC covers a 50 mile radius of central Indiana with a potential listening audience of two mil- lion. Seniors work as interns at Indianapolis stations. A new addition to the programming was a 10 a.m. interview show. Theater majors at Butler were involved in productions throughout the 1977 year. They staged John Guare ' s House of Blue Leaves, Archy and Mehi- tabel by Don Marquis, Robert Patrick ' s Kennedy ' s Children, and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Mari- golds, by Paul Zindel. Senior drama majors produced and directed one-act plays in late May. Besides the performances by the University M arching Band, concerts by the University Sym- phony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble, the music department added a Jazz Band Festival to their calendar. The dance department con- sisting of approximately 90 majors, offers an intense four year program. Along with the class rehearsals and studies, many performances are given in the Indianapolis area and throughout the midwest. Academics ... 23

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p. 22: UPPER RIGHT— Gilbert Heier rehearses a vocal selection with his accompanist; UPPER LEFT — A duet is played by Mr. Fitzgerald and his stu- dent; LOWER LEFT— Ed Quiett works at WAJC; CENTER— Pictured is a saying posted above Dorothy Mun- ger ' s door; LOWER RIGHT— WAJC houses the BU radio station . . . P. 23: UPPER LEFT— Portia Parsell tunes her viola; LOWER LEFT— Fifteen- year-old Deanna Durbin performs in One Hundred Men and a Girl, 1937; LOWER RIGHT— An advanced bal- let technique class features Butler dancers. Life is like a piano (Cmmds on fim uoti p(aa W, «te

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P.24: UPPER LEFT— Mr. Hicks goes over an accounting problem with tiie class; UPPER RIGHT— Quentin Bre- deweg checks his debits and credits in accounting: CENTER — Ted Ford checks his work in Introduction to Mass Communication: LOWER LEFT — Dr. Nichols lectures to his govern- ment and business class . . . P. 25: UPPER — Dr. Orris watches the results as they appear on the Sol Terminal Computer: LOWER LEFT— Guest speaker Fred Bayless from IBM lec- tures to business students: LOWER RIGHT — Students ask for explana- tions on the newest principles in eco- nomics from Dr. Wilson. 24 . . . Academics