Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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it happened! Concerts Homecoming Inaugural Ceremony Miss MSU Scholarship Pageant WorldBtate Events The Whole Story

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.s; On Tuesday February 16, approximately 45 stu- dents from our University travelled to F rankfort for the Rally for Higher Education in Kentucky. $tory on Page 176-173, PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy

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FALL AIM SERIES agiegato 265 Queen Ida and her Bon Temp Hitlerism and the Holocaust. On September 29, stu- Grammy Award winner, dents as well as members of Queen Ida and her Bon Temp the Morehead community, were privileged to hear two separate accounts of the Ho- Concert and Lecture Series. Iocaust. The views were pre- sented by Helen Waterford, a combination ofCreole, Black survivor of the, Auschwitz death camp and Alfons Heck, a high ranking official of the Hitler Youth. This pair is definitely in sharp contrast to one an- blues, they added a wash- ether, but they feel they must travel and lecture about their experiences. Mrs. Waterford began by explaining why they do what they do. They speak to people uto inform them of what happened and what can happen again? 0 Mrs. Waterford detailed her and her husbandis relocae Zydeco Band Zydeco Band opened the 1987-1988 Arts in Morehead The bandis music was a and Cajun. The instruments the band performed with in- cluded the button accordion, fiddle, triangle and guitar. To add a touch of Afro-American board, bass and drums. The band brought a taste of culture to Morehead that stu- dents do not normally see. Kevin Goldy, a senior jour- nalism major from Mt. Ster- ling said, They put on a great show. he Suzanne Smith Washboards, bass and drums gave the band a touch ofAfro-Ameri- can Blues. Other instruments played included the fiddle, triangle, and guitar. PHOTO BY: Kevin Goldy $093230 Grammy Award-winning Queen Ida and her Bon Temp Zydeco Band opened the AIM Series with combined, Black, Creole, and Cajun music bringing a taste of culture MSU students donit normally see. PHOTO BY.- Kevin Goldy tion to Holland, their hiding from the Nazis in the under- ground and their eventual capture in 1942. Both she and her husband were sent to Auschwitz and were separat- ed, never to see each other again. While in Auschwitz, Mrs. Waterford met both Dr. Josef Mengele and the Anne Frank family. After six months in Ausch- witz, Waterford was sent to a Czechoslovakian work camp until its liberationrby the Bus- sians in 1945. Heck, on the other hand, painted a vivid picture of his Nazi career starting at the age of 10. He rose quickly through the ranks and at age 16 he commanded over 3,000 men. Part of his duty was to sign orders for the ex- ecution of fellow Germans. As he said I would have died for Hitler andI killed for him ,! Both Mrs. Waterford and Mr. Heck immigrated to the United States after the war. They have both dedicated their lives to keeping the public aware of this episode in history and of its chances of recurring. ... Christie Sheppard GDeto , 065 A Midsummer Nightis Dream A 16th century script, 20th century costumes and man- nerisms and a set entirely de- pendent on the audiences imagination were combined to create the North Carolina Shakespeare Festivals pre- sentation of A Midsummer Night s Dream. As the play opens, The- seus, the Duke of Athens, is lying on the set to give the ' impression of a king sized bed. Hippolyta enters, carry-