Rend Lake College - Tarn Yearbook (Ina, IL)

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A Qpecial Honor Peggy Disroe received special recognition from the National Poetry Press by having her poem, entitled Rain, selected to appear in their ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY OF COLLEGE POETRY. RAIN It ' s raining, pitter. patter, ' ■pla ' h I ' m cruising along A car passing I can ' t see My ision has just been blurrt d It ' s okay I wiped it away 1 don ' t hk ' w hat I see 1 see re l hghts 1 see three people Lying on the highwa I k« ' « ' p on Tiiising There is nothing I ' an do I think I see a babv ' rving Can ' l tell rh« ' rain is really (xuirlng Students eagerly await the announcement of awards. 19

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A Poet Visits Rend Lake Rend Lake College held a Communal Poetry Seminar last spring. The Seminar, which consisted of three sessions, was conducted by Dan Jaffee, a well-known contemporary poet as well as an English Professor at the university of Missouri. The first session included a limited number of students who wrote a poem with Jaffee ' s help. The second session, attended by all intereste l students, was a Poetry Concert where certain poems were read aloud and discussed. The third session was held specifically for college instructors. A video-tape of a group of students creating a poem was presented. The Seminar was intended to increase the appreciation of poetry as a means of communicating.

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Bad wealher played havoc with the Spring musical presented by RLC on March 22 and 23 in the Mt. Vernon Township High School Auditorium. Snow and ice failed to prevent an enthusiastic audience from attending the final performance. Carnival is the story of a young girl who wanders into the hurly-burly carnival world. Though enthralled with the magic of the troupe ' s magician, the orphaned girl finds true love with a crippled puppeteer who tells her of his feelings through four darling puppets. The show moved from one scene to the next without the use of a curtain. Roustabouts simply pushed scenery on and off as needed. Banners were flown in as necessary. The haunting theme song, Love Makes the World Go Round runs through the show, weaving together one of the most enchanting musicals for stage.