Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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CMICQIC 0l llllCI'ilI ANS The Speech Department, under Dr. Pat Hardesty, worked for performance on the stage and training in the class room. The campus theater group, the Nic- holls Players work on a major stage pro- duction of each semester. In the fall, an original play by English professor lviax Cluertermous, Chere Belle, Chere Bete, was selected for per- formance. For the spring, the first musical in four years was performed as a cast of over 30 students combined for Cabaret A Thurber Carnival, five stories by James Thurber was the subject of a read- er's theater under the direction of senior speech student Rick Foucheux. Officers ofthe Nicholls Players are Randy Cheramie, president, Julie Hebert, vice president, Joan Chadwick, trea- surerg Dickie Barrios, secretary, and Rick Foucheux, reporter. At the Liberal Arts Convocation, the annual Niki awards were presented to outstanding theater students, Selected as best actor was Tody Ber- nard for his performance in The Puppet Prince Julie Hebert was given the best actress award for her role in Chere Belle, Chere Bete. Rick Foucheux won as best supporting actor in Chere Belle, Chere Betef' Joan Chadwick was presented with the best supporting actress award for The Puppet Prince. When the Louisiana Outdoor Drama Association premiered at the Ecore Amphitheatre in Natchitoches June 20, five Nicholls students were in the cast. On the phone in the middle ofthe workday, Dr, Wil- liam Adams is in charge of the Social Sciences Department. The parts ot the ear are easier to explain using a large scale model. Dr. Pat Hardesty is head of the Speech Department. The Pre-law Club: Kneeling: James Barnidge, advisor, Herman Young, Roy Jefferson, Timothy LeCompte, Robert Borne, Catherine Weimer, Debo- rah Turner, Marie Broussard and Paul Brown. Standing: Angela Hebert, Henry LaFont and Harold Asevedo. i College ot Liberal Arts 3, ,S , 3 I HUMAN EAR ' 'J' 2:55-T f , I

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The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana CCODOFILJ helped to establish the courses as part of the ln- Service Teacher Training Program at Nic- holls. CODOFIL was created by the French and native Louisianians who wanted to preserve and continue the language and culture of southern Louisiana. Nicholls, along with 16 other state uni- versities, formed a consortium for the establishment of a Louisiana Center for Studies in France. One ofthe aims of the consortium is to provide Louisiana students with a year's The Nicholls Choir: Front row: Gloria Della, Bera- dine Garrett, Marylane Aupied, Ftebecka Frickey, Martha Neil, Pam Wedgeworth and Pam Albright. Second row: Eddie Schiro, June Lafont, Susan Brown, Catherine Knight, Garland Thomas, Janelle Pangle, Grace Mayer, Peggy Matherne, Dawn CCIIICQIC 0l llllCI'ill Arts Shrouded by the darkness of Talbot Theater, the Nicholls Singers put on several performances each semester on and otf campus. Members are: First row: Marylane Aupied, Peggy Matherne and Dawn Duplantis. Second row: June Latont, Susan Brown, Janelle Pangle and Grace Mayer. Third row: Jamie Babin, Chesley Simoneaux, Glenn Theriault, Mark Marcel, Leslie VVilbert, Gary Scallan and Gary Pow- ell. study in France at the University of Mont- pellier. The addition of Italian 101 in the fall brought to a total six languages offered. French, Spanish, German, Italian and Latin are offered for credit, with a non- credit course in Ftussian. l-lumanities 311 CSpanish Culture and Civilizationj was another course offered. The International Students Club was reorganized after a year's absence from the campus, with Margarita Swetman, associate professor of Spanish as one advisor. Duplantis and Mary Sylvest. Third row: Chesley Simoneaux, Jamie Babin, Walter Shepard, Roger Burrell, Barry Chauvin, Glen Theriault, Mark Marcel, Clifton St. Pierre, John Kimberly, Leslie Wilbert and Gary Powell. At the piano: Sally Guillot. Director: Dr, James Fields. rf' pa uw 'W' 3

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Ny. -..S Z Pulitzer prize winning writer Paul Green of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, wrote The Louisiana Cavalier about Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, the French explorer who founded Natchitoches in 1714. Students performing were Tody Ber- nard, Randy Cheramie, Julie Hebert and JoEllen Cheramie, who doubled as the company nurse. Besides learning to step on stage and become someone else, speech students also learn to step forward and defend or attack a point in organized debate. The Nicholls Debate Team offered the opportunity, competing in three debates at Southeastern La. University, the Uni- versity of Southwestern La. and Pearl River Junior College in Pearl River, Miss. Social Sciences Department The national investigation in Washing- ton of the CIA came close to home, when two investigators from the Senate sub- committee of Sen. Frank Church came to interview Hunter Leake, assistant profes- sor of government and a former employe of the agency. Such out of state attention to the Social Sciences Department wasn't unusual, as department head Dr. William Adams attended a Library of Congress Sympo- sium in Washington on the impact of the American Revolution. Adams wrote reviews of the books The Rise of Sports in New Orleans and Paul Leslie, besides working on a biog- raphy of Earl K. Long, served as director of the South Central Planning and Devel- opment Commission's historical and cul- tural inventory for a six-parish area. Mack Nolen did research in Scotland for his doctorate and was appointed assistant to the dean. Alexander Simpson served as advisor to Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Sigma Kappa. Thomas Becnel, selected to head the Bicentennial Lafourche Heritage Project, received the Peter Fell Award for out- standing American history teacher in the southern district of Louisiana. Jim Barnidge, working with the Foreign Study League, helped to send 45 stu- dents on a tour of Paris, London, Rome, Florence, Venice and Madrid. The Nicholls Players: Seated: Julie Hebert, Nov- ella Smith, Joan Chadwick, Dr. Mel Berry, Beth LaBarbara and Rita Dantin. Kneeling: Richard Bar- rios, Alan Fomorin, Tommy Dantin and Loyal Duet. Standing: Bunster Avera, Doug Stire, Billy Foster, Tody Bernard and Randy Chermaie. MEF! The Nicholls Debate Team: Ned Beary, coach, Roger Burrel, Mary Anne Cannon, Kirk Granier and Aaron O'Neil, coach. Western River Transportation. John Rochelle, while on leave working toward his doctorate, published an article in the East Texas State Historial Journal on Port Arthur. James Kerrigan attended the annual meeting of the Louisiana Political Science Association in Lafayette in the spring. Each semester the department spon- sors a social in the Century Club room for students majoring or minoring in history, government or sociology. College of Liberal Arts 241