California State University Northridge - Sunburst Yearbook (Northridge, CA)

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EVERYMAN The Spring semesTer was highlighTed wiTh 0 TirsT in SToTe's hisTory, a sound film produced for sToTe-wide disTribuTion Through The combined efforTs of The LoboroTory TheoTer and The Radio- Teleyision Class. Dr. James Brock, DirecTor, Dr. BerTrom Borer, AssisTonT DirecTor, ioined Their efforTs wiTh senior Paul McGuire. The producTion of Everyman was McGuire's senior dromoTics proiecT. Everyman is The besT surviving example of 0 Medieval English moroliTy ploy, wriTTen in ca. 1485. An allegory wiTh a sTrong moral purpose, The play is meanT To dromaTize The moral sTruggle ThoT ChrisTioniTy invisions as presenT in every man. The ploT consisTs of Everymon's var- ious reocTions To The quoliTies wiThinIhim, good or bad, as They push and pull him one way or onoTher, or in more ChrisTion Terms, Towards heaven or hell. Though a didocTic play, if has a rough humor, wiTh The ChieTc humor lying in The undue hosTe wiTh which The hero's friends abandon him when he calls on Them for help. Though The play conToins much direcT sermonizv ing, iT makes iTs grim poinT mosT effecTivelyeThoT man can Toke wiTh him from This world noThing ThoT he has received, only whoT he has given.

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San Fernando Valley STaTe and iTs organi- zaTions have hosTed numerous concerTs ThroughouT The Fall and Spring semesTers. The faculTy sTring Trio TopposiTe page, TopT, scheduled a performance for The benefiT of The music faculTy's scholarship fund; Sigma Alpha IoTa, naTional professional music fra- TerniTy, opened The Fall concerT series wiTh Bach's English SuiTe 111; The Tolk-singing Troubadours of The college seT, The BroThers Four TopposiTe page, boTTom righTT, appear- ed on OcTober 5 To chrisTen our new gym wiTh a Two-hour performance; The Madrigal Singers presenTed a concerT in The LiTTle TheaTer on December 6 and 7 under The di- recTion of Dr. Gerald Lawson; also in Decem- ber The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, The firsT known group of HS kind in The UniTed STaTes, held iTs TirsT concerT in The LiTTle TheaTer TboT- TomT, and The Paul Horn QuinTeT TopposiTe page, boTTom leTTT, known ThroughouT The counTry as iazz experTs, illusTraTed a dra- maTic approach To a new idea in concerTs; The ChrisTy MinsTrels TTopJ, anoTher folk- singing group, combined humor and TalenT To make for an enjoyable evening; and Henry Mancini, leading STaTe's Valley Symphony OrchesTra, was guesT conducTor in 0' SPECiOI Spring paps concerT held in The gym.

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background In a d n U .m, o P P o C a r o N and l, to rJ: and Conrad Bachmann. Heft, thiddem, is Joe Korioth. rehearsal In Gorey Joe Karioth in the Title role of Everyman kaoveL Strength Klifford Pottsi, Knowledge Koren CcdleL Everyman er KariothL Good to rJ: In action on the set are bottom, left, I. Vxxxxxxx Bottom right, Dexler. Everyman asks Goods Dennis Helvenw To accompany him g is Paul Cameraman xxxyx .izxg? Deeds Myro TrebicofH. 2,?