Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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THE RtwER STUMBLES Tbevcr crossed love between o priest ond o nun provides o ripe sruorion for dromo. The portsh is a smol rown in Michigan where Ssret Rita arrives to reoch in the toed school. Slowty Their tove grows, Though eoch fighrs r Mien fljro is found murdered Rivard 6 excused At the last momenr the cozed Mrs. 5handg odrrtrs bearing rhe nun to dearh. Despte the foe rhor There were no Carholcs in the tost ond no one was sure how ro cross themselves, rhe ploy was o greor success. Ir is interesting rhor r is based on a rrue story in which rhe priest was convicted of The murder of rhe nun who was carrying his chid. Breaor .........................Lewis Fuler Amos ...................John Young Father Rivard ......Charles Reynolds Erno Prodie........... .Penny HGyes Toby Fete.......................Oovid McMonus Sister Riro .........Susan Haywood Mrs. 5hondig ...................Celia Drewer fYosecutor ............David D. Hoas Monsignor Nchobon ..........Dora Vnrh Louise ................ Ginny Herren Gechy [loss Trio fxxje lop Father tVvOKl tovci hr, le rpe cxxJ pwnchti pfoiocuKx Qarrcvn Lett however iiorsLowse Qonom riighi 5iyct IVo offws 10 teoch Mfj Shanckg

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acts On November 4th-7rh. Mercer Umver Theatre preserved on evening erf oneocs in the Dodwjoar Theotre Pre sehied fry wos “Fumed Oak , rhe yary of o womon who has spear her life bullying her husband ond famly The ploy opens with o breakfast scene on ihe day he leaves her for a Sfe of free dem Hqppy Endings', o sonnea com- edy. deals with rhe lives of two fckxk demesnes and ihe nephew who lives with them He disapproves of rhe offec- rian for rhetr emptoyers unit he reafczes rhor rhey are not being used bur rather using their employers ’’Fumed Oak” CHrector..........................Dovid Puiom Henry Gow...................Ent Peck Doris Gow.................Sandy Duncan Eli e Gow .............. Lisa Tor ben Mrs Rockerr ...............Hoiy Meade Hoppy Endings'' Director ................ Poul Oppy Ellie ..................Jertena Griffin Vi .....................Moucfce Daniel Jurne ............... .Druce Foreman Joyce.................... Tina JenWns Bed y Do» “FUnctf OoK ond Mocpy Endng V3

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 F A AME'RST The Oe e 0 Arnhem M THE belle A powerful performonce given by Phoebe OBord os Emily Dtchinscm. mode The Belle of Amherst quite o success The ploy, o biography, o composed of excerpts from Dickinson's lerrers ond pc- erry lr is set os on afternoon teo with the audience, during which Emty wirriy ex plains her seckson ond her fondness for whire dorhing, ond rhen describes scenes from her childhood. To prepare herself for the ploy, Phoe- be spent rhe pasr summer researching, Phoebe found a k r of Emfy in herself. Although I cW nor agree wirh some of her ideas about heaven and God, rhey were expressed beourifufly ond I pot rroyed them true ro the scnpt, ex- plained Phoebe. When osked how she memorized the scripr. she rep ed. 1 Memorization wos easy for me Mem- ory 6 the a muscle — the more you exercise ir the more it wl work for you All rhe lines were poetry ond it was importonr ro remember word for word. I reread rhe scripr every boy ond memo- rized rhe pkjy h about three weeks. Dechy Dais Defero Fndfey