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

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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

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Q N 'I ' , I li ! 1'2- Lectures Series Committee and the KVFG Committee. Greg Mullins, assistant professor of speech and drama, is advisor to Alpha Psi Omega, the theatre fraternity, and a member of the State Entertainment Committee and the Theatre Technology Association. The speech department made several changes this year. Dr. Pat Hardesty was promoted to professor, and was also nominated for the World's Who's Who of Women, fourth edition. She also was appointed as faculty representative to the administrative council by President Galliano. Two Speech 101 sections were added due to the large registration for the fall semester. Several other speech courses were added and changed to meet new Louisiana state certification standards and to improve the background of stu- dents receiving degrees in speech and hearing therapy. Two courses, Lan- guage Development and The Treat- ment of Language Disorders were added. Student teaching was started in speech therapy classes. The communication arts section also made strides forward. Most important was the broadcast of student shows on cable channel 5. The television work- shop classes tSpeech 364, 365 and 3661 wrote, performed and directed several news, sports and talk shows under the direction of Bob Blazier, radio and tele- vision instructor. Communication arts majors began informal meetings during the spring semester in order to draw up petitions for improved curriculum changes in the communication arts schedule. A group of four TV tapes for the metric system for the Lafourche Parish school board was made to use in in- service training throughout the state. The TV department is assisting the speech department in this project. The NATIONAL STUDENT SPEECH AND HEARING ASSOCIA- TION was formed to foster an interest in speech pathology, audiology and education of the acoustically handicap- ped. Officers are: Linda LeBlanc, presi- dent, Kathy Plaisance, vice president: Cathy Schroder, secretary, Nina Gon- zales, treasurerg and Patty Naquin, reporter. Mary Kay Watkins is advisor to the group. ALPHA PSI OMEGA is the honorary drama and theatre fraternity. The group which formed on campus in 1968 is advised by Greg Mullins. Officers are: lace Bergeron, presi- dentg Kim Gautreaux, vice presidentg and Loyal Duet, secretary-treasurer. The NICHOLLS PLAYERS were formed to promote theatre and to stim- ulate an interest .in dramatic activities on campus. Dr. Mel Berry is advisor to Dr. Mel Berry became head of the speech depart- ment during the summer. This face belongs to one of the members of the play Ma'rat!Sade which was put on by the Nic- holls Players in the spring. the organization. Officers are: lace Bergeron, presi- dent: Loyal Duet, vice president: Kim Gautreaux, secretary: and Iulie Garcia, treasurer. Other instructors in the speech department are: Ned Beary, Aaron O'Neal and Dan Knight. Wilma Cham- bers is the department's graduate assist- ant. Receiving awards from the depart- ment at the Liberal Arts Honors Convo- cation were Stephanie Delaune, out- standing debaterg Margaret Dubuisson, feature writing: Connie Bergeron, copy editing, Sue Himel, broadcasting and outstanding graduate. Irma Arceneaux is the departments secretary. Department of Social Sciences The SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPART- MENT, headed by Dr. William Adams, added a new dimension to history classes this year with History 301, The American Character in Film. This course featured 17 films dealing with America and the world during the 1930's and World War II. The students watched films during the class in an effort to better under- stand the history of the period. Liberal Arts 235