Pembroke State University - Indianhead Yearbook (Pembroke, NC)

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Norman Macleod Poet-in-residence r, poet in residence, win- ner of the Horace Gregory award, and editor of the Pem- broke Magazine. A resume of his work and personal accomplishments would fill pages of single spaced typed copy. He has taught in more than twenty three various schools through- out the United States and in such places as the University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. He has edited several magazines: 1930-32, American editor of the first tri-lingual literary magazine in the world, FRONT (Amsterdam, Holland); American editor of the MORADA (Lagodi Garda, Italy); 1942-44, Editorial Direc- tor of the MARYLAND QUARTERLY (University of Mary- land, College Park, Maryland); 1944-47, INTERNA- TIONAL LITERARY REVIEW (Briarcliff Junior College, Briarcliff Manor, New York); Guest Editor of CRONOS (Ohio State University, Columbus); and from 1969 to pre- sent Editor of the Pembroke Magazine which is known in- ternationally. In addition to the number of literary magazines Norman MacLeod has been a part of during the past forty years and the teaching he has accomplished, he has managed to write and have published two novels and five volumes of poetry. The papers of Norman MacLeod are housed in the Yale Collection of American Literature. He is included in the 1969 Edition of the Directory of American Scholars. MacLeod ' s reading of his poetry has been recorded on six- teen 12-inch discs for the archives of the Division of Music, Library of Congress, and his work is praised in Literary History of the United States. MacLeod, who is completing his seventh year at P.S.U., and is approaching his 68th birthday, has no plans to re- tire. As he said, a writer never retires. vmiWtlAMlMilikMtUitutlMfiv

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Players Freseht Wide Variety Anticipating the completion of a new theatre, the Players continued to draw audiences in Moore Hall. Under the direction of Al Dunavan and Don Dalton the drama department filled the stage with varying moods and plots. The musical comedy Once Upon a Mattress was the last produc- tion of the spring semester of 1973. Director Dunavan, facing the prob- lem of a small stage and large cast, succeeded in making the medieval fairy tale an enjoyable presentation. A standing ovation awaited the curtain on opening night of Of Mice and Men . The John Steinbeck classic was the first production of the season. The timeless story of migrant farm workers offered emotional relief to those wishing to see serious drama. Director Dalton skillfully combined the constructlvistic set and mood lighting to enhance what one critic called one of the most ambitious productions yet of the Players of Pembroke State University, but one in which the dramatic gauntlet was lowered and the challenge met successfully. Right — Sandy Hancock and Gary Smith played the romantic leads of Lady Larkin and Sir Harry in Once Upon a Mat- tress . Below — On stage with Of Mice and Men . - '