Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Variety Provides the Fare for Arts After Five Culture takes many faces; the face of music sheltered in the melody of a symphony at War Memorial or the vocals of a well-traveled A cap- pella choir; or the tenseness of a drama which brings alive the cruelty of man to man, and the amusing satirism of an English comedy; or the ivory trained fingers traveling over the keys of a piano picking out the melodies of Beethoven, and the current, hit-making blending of voices. Open doors admitted students into the world of culture as drama offered respite from academic pursuits. The Diary of Anne Frank allowed stu- dent actors to enter the world of persecution, dis- playing the prejudiced nature of a man for another nationality. Earnestness entered the picture with the subtleness of English humor with an Oscar Wilde masterpiece, The Importance of Being Ear- nest. Vocal harmony unequaled in current hitmak- ers of mass confusion, The Lettermen provided a pleasant relief. Their program at Lipscomb will long be remembered, not only because it was the first of its kind, but for the unusual warmth and successful reception they gave the audience. Alice O’Daniel Downs, a pianist extraordinary, entered the soft light of the stage to present a program of music which have endured through centuries and portray elegance and culture of the ages. These combined to create the term of Arts After Five. “EARNESTNESS” BECOMES a problem for marriage for Carol Ken- dall and Eddie Lenoir in the play The Importance of Being Earnest. MAN’S INHUMANITY to man was vividly shown in the theft of a loaf of bread from those sharing their safety with him in the thought-provoking, Diary of Anne Frank.

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WOULD-BE ARTISTS and taskmasters extraordinary work out problems in plaster and mass confusion while trying to pledge the art fraternity. Pledges Again Fall Prey To Active Taskmasters Supposedly slavery went out in the days of the Civil War, but on all college campuses students revert to almost Medieval serfdom obedience as taskmasters place barriers to their climb from their “lowly” position in the non-fraternity society of collegiate activity to a higher caste. Several times a year the clubs and fraternities select those which they want to be in their organi- zation. At the first meeting of the pledge-to-be and his superiors, purposes are explained, standards are drug out and dusted off for the pledge to meas- ure up to. Beanies are distributed; feathered hats are received; little sisters find out that the benevo- lent older sister has a list of duties for her. Words are often inadequate for the drudgery of work assigned. Shoes appear magically for pol- ishing, not in pairs, but in groups of ten as friends turn enemies. Filth laiden rooms, not cleaned for a quarter, are thrown open to the eyes of mop carry- ing, beanie capped pledges and through the labor of a Saturday morning it becomes nearly habitable and the reward is a signature of an active. Weeks drag on until the day comes when pledges are no longer pledges but sisters and broth- ers, each only waiting for the time when he or she becomes the taskmaster for another pledge. ROBERT WILLIAMS, shoe-shining expert of the Civitan pledges, shined what seemed to be multitudes of shoes during the task week under Rod Smith. rat

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CAMPUS FAVORIT The Lettermen, presented a program which wil! long be remembered at Lipscomb for its songs and zan STRAINS OF music denoting years of practice seemed to float effortlessly from the piano at the concert of Alice O’Daniel Downs.