Southern University - Jaguar Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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ff , 0 V ART MUSIC SPEECH AND THEATRE

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You work ThaT you may keep pace WiTh The soul oT The earTh For To be idle is To become A sTranger unTo The seasons, and To sTep ouT oT liTe's procession ThaT marches in maiesTy and proud Submission Towards The inTiniTe . . . Work is love made visible Kahlil Gibran There was a Time, when To say Tine arTs meanT plays. operas and musicals, ThaT none buT The highly culTured could really undersTand and en- ioy. PicTures and arTwork oT people. places. and Things so beauTiTul ThaT only in The imagina- Tion could They be Tound. Today Tine arTs have gone Through The process oT change. Plays and musicals Tell oT life as iT is-The good, The bad. and The ugly--in a lan- guage ThaT everyone can undersTand. The mu- sic noT only consisTs oT Tones pleasing and sooTh- ing To The ear: buT Tones TorceTul, clashing. alive and consTanTly changing as life iTselT changes. PicTures and arTwork noT only show The maTerial Things: buT Teelings, emoTions, and The imagina- Tion also. This year we shall noT only show The Tinal producTs: buT The work ThaT goes inTo making The Tinal producTs.

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Speech and Theatre The plays presenTed by This deparTmenT reTlecT noT only The purposes and morals oT The plays Themselves. buT also The many hours oT preparaTion ThaT go inTo each play. The sTeps in The producTion oT a play are well known To The persons who perTorm Them: buT hardly known To The maioriTy oT The people who enioy Them. This year we shall emphasize These sTeps. The TirsT sTeps involve The choosing OT The play and The direcTor. This is usually done by The TaculTy wiTh The aid and advice oT some sTudenTs. ATTerwards, The direcTor conducTs TryouTs Tor The play To decide who will play The parTs. While This is going on The workers are securing The cosTumes and begin building The seT. TryouTs TIT The righT people Tor The righT parTs. Nw