California State University Chico - Record Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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'CSTATE OF THE U IO Chico State's Hrst dramatic production of the year was State of the Union. This produc- tion was the Hrst by the college's new drama man, Lloyd S. Jones. State of the Union was a very timely play last fall, being presented on October 26-27 when interest was high in the national presidency race. This highly entertaining and fast moving play was about a business man who was induced by political boses into the ambition of running for the presidency. The cast included Ernest Neasham, Diana Laumer, William Burleson, Chet Rich, Dolores Green, John Rutland, Ethel Dodgson, John Blair, Rick Davies, Mary Shepard, Louis Hunt, Lou Steiman, Jack Radisich, Cleda Spencer, and Max Latham. Elizabeth Blair Was student director. Jim Kidder Was set designer. Clj Left to right: Green, Laumer, Neasham. Burleson. Rich. CZD Laumer and Neasham talk it out. Q31 The business man shows affection for his wife. C4j Burleson talks over Green to Neasham about the campaign. CSD State of the Union approaches its climax. , , ,,,, ,,.,. L .... . ..- .,...... N................t.,,. ., .M-A x-Wfwawmm...e.s.i::.4r:-.wM.,..aae::1:1m2m,..:z..'1:1, --:.a,.a.f,u::.s.fv,

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ODER AN CE The annual Spring Dance Recital was given in the college auditorium on May 24. Fifty- five students from the Modern Dance and Folk Dancing classes participated. The first half of the program consisted of Dance Designs and Fables. The second half was a dance drama, Orlando The idea was taken from Virginia Wolf's Orlando, wherein the main character is sometimes a boy and sometimes a girl. Carol Vikse danced the part of Orlando, who fell asleep and dreamed. In the dream sequences she finds herself a shadow boy in the land of dreams, as a girl in a French cafe, and as a boy in the land of jazz. ln Ancient Greece the boy sees statues come to life, and then he beats a drum for a primi- tive dance by Patti Brownell. Then he is a girl in a Spanish Fiesta, danced by the Folk Dance class. She ends up as a part of a Temple Chant of an ancient time. ll Standing: Rastler. Quiggle. Alden. Kneeling in back: Bean. Davis. Platzek, Alm. Bast. Front: Yokum, E. Brown, Vikse QZD Brown. Alm, Vikse. C31 Rastler, Bean, L. Brown, Alm. 1

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CID McGuire gets a rub-down while chatting with lzzard. C25 Rutland tries to reason with Blair as Davis and Whitegon look Sli. 16135 Mr. Jones directs his cast through a fmal rehearsal. CAJ John Blair. QBJ Elizabeth Blair. QCD John Rutland. CDD el cGuire. ' Chico State's second drama presentation was a play that was described as tense, touching, tender, and strangely fascinating. It was the comedy drama, The Hasty Heart, which was given on February 16-l7. John Blair played MacLachlen, a Scotch soldier: Elizabeth Blair was a nurse, the only woman in the play: John Rutland was Yank: Frank lzzard was Digger: Jim Davis, Blossom: Leonard Whitegon, Kiwi: Mel McGuire, Tommy: Rick Davies, Colonel: Don Robertson, orderly. The story is about a wounded Scotch soldier whose last few weeks of life are changed by the attitude taken toward him and ultimately by him to his fellow-patients. The man's eX- treme independence of spirit nearly wrecks the good intentions of those who want to make him happy' 'MTI-IE HASTY HEART