Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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Because of the great need for talent in television, many people have said that vaudeville has made a comeback. But students at Kent will be quick to ascert that vaudeville has never gone out. Each year all the unknown talent which exists around the campus is brought out into the open, dusted off and produced Roll out the ' ' Pork Barrel for the benefit of the student body and all Hollywood casting agents within eye or ear shot. The event in which these skits, dances and comedy routines are staged is called Pork Barrel. But there is more than pork in the barrel. There is a great quantity of corn . . . and some ham, but regardless of this, when it is prepared for several weeks and much seasoning has been added, it is quite surprising how very appealing Pork Barrel really is. Last years production was a cross-breeding of the nation ' s top amateur talent shows with a pinch of typical KSU frivolity added at the opening and sprinkled generously between acts. Eleven campus organizations reached the finals in the May 4, 1951 extravaganza. Trophies are given to the winners in three groups. The Alpha Phi Betas, winners of the competition among fraternities, catch their new pledge and attempt to get him back on his feet after he received his draft notice. It said he was I -A. 20

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Anne, Norma Home, extreme left, sits in the court room while she is being tried for adultery. Others in this climactic scene from the University Theater ' s production of Anne of the Thousand Days are: left to right, Clerk of the Court played by Bill Morris; King Henry VIII. Harding Olsen; Duke of Norfolk. Larry Bah- ler; Lord Cromwell. Vera Roberts; Court Bailiff. Dale Breck- buhler; and Henry Norris played by Bill Feaster. The show was directed by Earle E. Curtis, assistant professor of speech. With a supernatural air about herself. Anne, played by Norma Home, sits calmly at the close of the play knowing that she is con- demned to die. In this photo she is reliving her past in a few short memories. She thinks mostly of her time spent with Kmg Henry. CAST OF CHARACTERS Norma Home Anne Boleyn Harding Olsen King Henry VIII William Zucchero Cardinal Woolsey George Paristeris Thomas Boleyn William Feaster Henry Norris Dick Johnson Mark Smeaton Larry Bahler Duke of Norfolk Bob O ' Neil Lord Percy Francine Forme Elizabeth Boleyn Arlene Kyle Mary Boleyn Walter Pierce Servant Tom L3,vrich Servant Si Lee Sir Thomas Moore Margaret Owen Madge Sheldon Norma Remmy Jane Seymor Bruce Ralston Bishop Fischer Bill Morris Clerk of Court Vern Roberts Lord Cromwell Dale Breckbuhler Court Bailiff Thoroughly disgusted with the actions of human beings. Car- dinal Woolsey, portrayed by Bill Zucchero. dejectedly scrawls out his resignation with the quill pen typical of the period after he learns of the marriage between King Henry VIII and Anne. 19

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The highlight of the evening ' s entertainment was the appearance of the Moulton hall Dream land skit. People strained from the balcony and stirred in all sections of the auditorium as line after line of synchronized dance teams slid across the stage. Complete with identical costumes and definite evidence of many, many hours of practice, these girls thrilled the audience. In this par- ticular chorus line, the girls, from left to right, are: Joan Arick. Marlene Hamblin, Connie Gannis. Bobbie Brazee. Mary Ellen Butin, Penny Wells. Joycelyn Harrah, Marty Garver, Carol Worm and Maxine Shmgler. However, other girls in other dance routmes deserve just as much credit as do these girls. The pre- cision dancing of these amateurs, resembling the Rockettes of New York Radio City Music Hall fame, easily won the trophy in the independent women ' s division of the contest. Turnabout is fair play, so they say, and the professors of Kent set out to prove it last year. Tired of having their talents frustrated each year, the pro- fessors produced their own Pork Barrel. In this photo. Fred (Mario Lanza) Davidson of the psychology department croons to Ken Pringle, English professor. Ray Metzinger emotes for inde- pendent winners, Stopher hall. Por- traying Bugsy Manchaser. he is about to be shot by the gang. Looking on is Senator E tes Kefau- ver, Dryden Reno. High-Hat. Bernie Russi and the bartender, Len Dockus. Scene of the brawl is the Brady Bar, the group hangout.