Dakota State University - Trojan Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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The student opens her brief case as the Professor begins his lesson. The Professor, having killed his pupil, seeks forgiveness from the Maid. As the-pain of the Student's foothuche increased, so did the anger which flared up within the Professor. Two Avant-garcle Plays Hit General Beaclle's Stage Two avant-garde plays ENDGAME and THE LESSON, were presented on General Beudle's campus November 17 and 18. ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett was direct- ed by B. Paul Arnold. The cast included Jim Treloar, Dave Thoreson, Elmer Lovrien, and Cindy Ellwein. Beckett, of WAITING FOR GORDON fame, Wrote ENDGAME as 21 com- mentary on the frutility of life. THE LESSON directed by Ruth Wilson, was a satire on modern education by Eugene Ionesco. The cast included Gary Nyland, Jean Lorang, and Irene Dugdale.

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::!'1 Laura uses an old high school yearbook to show her mother a picture of .lim O'Conner, her one-time high school hero. Cast of Four Excels In Williams' The Glass Menagerie Nearly 1,000 persons attended the performances of the popular drama THE GLASS MENAGERIE, March 2-4 in Kennedy Hall Auditorium, setting a new attendance record for dramas at the campus theatre. A cast of four excelled in making a tender, sensitive drama of something Tennessee Williams wrote with much humor. Through James L. Johnson's interpretation of the play as direc- tor, a touching tragic effect, more or less autobiographical of Williams, was conveyed about a mother who dominates her two children to the point that their hopes for creative ability wanes. The characters included: Amanda Wingfield, played by Ruth Wilson, Tom Wingfield, played by Dave Thoresong lame Laura Wingfield, portrayed by Laura Dailyg and the Gentleman Caller, played by Jim Benjamin. 112 Laura, who lives in a dream world of glass trinkets rather than in the world of reality, gazes at one of her most cherished possessions. The room glowed with candlelight as Laura watched Jim admire her prized qlass unicorn,