Southern Nazarene University - Arrow Yearbook (Bethany, OK)

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Top: Sherry Smith and Brenda Little portray “loving” sisters who are so worried about possible inheritances that they don’t realize their father, Danny McDowell, isn’t really dead yet in ‘The Dear Departed.” Right: Randy Boatright and Connie Wind star as the ‘‘tamer’’ and the ‘‘tamed” in Shakespeare’s comedy classic. Left: Mary Lynn Morris and Larry Joiner practice the art of make-up in preparation for the Spring production of ‘‘Charley’s Aunt.”

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Speech Department Plays Right: Donna Kyzer performs the title role in “The Widow's Mite.” Below left: Stan Paulk is flanked by Jerry Kitts and Tod Renegar awaiting his hanging in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Bottom: Robert Canino is pursued by Cheryl Keesee in ‘‘The Umbrella.”

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sae ED ' | af L Po L Ie Recitals and Exhibits Fine Arts at Christian Colleges generally falls into the music dominated spectrum, with the emphasis on per- formance and technique. Conservative religious ideals and creativity have clashed since impressionism broke through the financial bondage the church held it under for centuries. Wearing this albatross, the departments of Fine Art in our colleges struggled to finance effective education in the arts. Others may have succumbed to the pressure but not the artist. The creative spirit rises from the darkened cor- ridors where it was assigned to smother in its proverty. Chewing twigs to make brushes, and employing imagina- tion to express the emotions of mankind, we rise. As Christ without bitterness. We offer our talent, our lives that others may see that suppression only makes success sweeter when it is achieved. We are what we choose to be. |