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

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it Department of Music The MUSIC DEPARTMENT is headed by Timothy Lindsley, professor of music. The department's major project for the year was a variety show called Parade, directed by Ben King, instructor of music. The show included student talent in all areas and the Nic- holls choir and stage band. Also helping in the production were Vernon Taranto and Paul Mathis, music instructors. The profits from Parade went toward music scholar- ships. The department got a new electric piano lab this year, open to both music and non-music majors. The lab cost 310,000 and consists of an electronic teacher's combination piano-communi- cation center, eight student pianos, a

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Dr. Armando Garzon-Blanco became the new art department head after Dr. Ron Benson resigned, Dr. Marie Fletcher stepped down as English department head at the end of the spring semes- ter. with plans to continue teaching at Nicholls. Lula Ameen served as a temporary head of the art department for the summer session, in , . nan was also chosen as guest speaker .t dedication ceremonies for Lag- tiappef' a collection of poetry pub- ished in New Orleans. An experiment in team teaching was indertaken this year in the Humanities i01, 302 and 351 classes. Dr. Herbert Sraf and Charlene Crawley, both issistant professors of English, shared he teaching tasks of all three courses, ield in Peltier Auditorium. Iames Cowan, associate professor of English, received his Ph.D. during the fear. Noel Toups, associate professor, ook a sabbatical leave during the pring semester to complete his Ph.D. lissertation. Charles Gaharan was promoted to assistant professor. Several faculty members are nvolved in special research projects. Jr. Leon McLean, associate professor, Jrepared a paper on dialect features ound in composition for presentation vi' I tw :Q QF' ,Ili ' igafi' at the American Dialect Society at Dal- las. Dr. Alfred Delahaye, associate pro- fessor of journalism, prepared an oral history of Nicholls as a junior college. Delahaye is editor of American Iournal- ism Quarterly Bibliography. Many of the English department staff advise campus groups. Marie Fletcher is advisor to ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA, the freshman women's honorary. Glenn Swetman advises PHI ETA SIGMA, the freshman men's honorary, and also ACACIA fraternity, a Greek social group. Both Noel Toups and Alfred Dela- haye advise PHI KAPPA THETA, a Greek social fraternity, and Leon McLean is advisor to the BAPTIST STUDENT UNION. Other members of the department are: Page Collier, Betty Elfert, Novie Graham, Iackie Iackson, Lesley Mar- cello, Mary Morton, George Norris, Marguerite Norris, Dr. Max Querter- mous, Hunter Reynaud, Sister Mary Edward Romagosa, Shirley Simpson, and Paul Vaccaro. Department secre- tary is Mary Anne Bergeron. Graduate assistants are Olivia Gresham, Mary Viguerie and Sylvia Zeringue. Off-campus activities are also a part of the faculty's routine. Members of the department attend such academic con- ferences as South Central Modern Lan- guages, National Council of Teachers of English, College Writers Society of Louisiana, Southern Literary Festival, Louisiana Folklore Society, South Atlantic Modern Languages, and the Association ,for Education in Iournal- ism. A workshop for the Mississippi Poetry Society will also be conducted by Dr. Swetman in November, 1977. Certificates for completion of the honors program in English were awarded to graduating seniors. Liberal Arts

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G tape recorder and a record player. Two faculty members went on sab- batical this year. Ierry Gee and Iohn Croom both went to LSU to continue working on their doctorates. Ben King was hired to replace Gee and Vernon Taranto to replace Croom. The Nicholls band, directed by Raul Prado, assistant professor of music, performs at all home football games. This year they went to the Superdome, gave a spring concert and area concerts. The Nicholls Chorus and Singers gave a Christmas concert and spring concert and visited area schools. Both groups are directed by Dr. Iames Fields. Other members of the faculty are Dr. lack Shinn and Loretta Haddad. The music department held music festivals: the piano and vocal festival, the stage band festival, the solo and ensemble festival, a chorus festival and a band festival. Faculty members will hold wood- Charlene Crawley. assistant professor of Eng- lish. answers a question after class for one of her humanities students. Iune Lafont. education major from Cut Off. steps forward for a solo during the music department's performance of Mozart's Vespere Solennesf' In addition to Lafont, the spring per- formance featured Ben King, instructor of music: Dawn Duplantis, education major from Belle Chasse: and Dr. Iames Fields. assistant professor of music. Dr. Timothy Lindsley. head of the music depart- ment. seems to be enjoying registration l H . S uv 1 Q15- P C.iLltirl'I wind and brass workshops in area schools. lane Watkins and Iohn LeBoeuf received outstanding music student awards at the Liberal Arts Honors Con- vocation. Shirley Hebert serves as department secretary. Department of Speech The SPEECH DEPARTMENT. headed by Dr. Pat Hardesty, includes the theatre and communication arts. The Nicholls Players had two pro- ductions this year, You Can't Take it With You and Marat!Sade. You Can't Take it With You, directed by Dr. Mel Berry, is a three-act comedy by Moss Hart and George Kaufman. It was presented during the fall semester. Marat!Sade is an alienation play which was also directed by Berry. lt is a two-act play set in an insane asylum and was performed in the spring. Berry. associate professor of speech, was elected Louisiana representative to the Southwestern Theatre Conference for Colleges and Universities. He also was chosen to represent South Louisi- ana for the Theatres of Louisiana. Theatre students in Speech 410 tDirectingJ directed one-act plays this year. In the fall. Ioan Chadwick directed Memorial Day and lace Ber- geron directed The Feast. In the spring semester the directing class presented Garden District, two one-act plays by Tennessee Williams. lace Bergeron directed Suddenly Last Summer and Loyal Duet directed Something Unspoken. Berry is advisor to the Nicholls Play- ers and is a member of the Artists and - A5 l.ilit-I.ll.'XIl .ZH