Sul Ross State University - Brand Yearbook (Alpine, TX)

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UPPER LEFT AND UPPER LEFT CENTER: The Stranger, portrayed by Steve Compton, cocks his pistol, then fires at Cheri Brownlee in a rehearsal sequence from Out of the Darkness. LOWER LEFT: Compton rehearses scene from Beyond the Fringe. LOWER LEFT CENTER: George Medley, Miss Brownlee and Compton rehearse The Happy Time. UPPER RIGHT: Compton, Brian Baldwin, Medley and Leonard Thurman rehearse a humorous scene. LOWER RIGHT: Compton, Mike Hunter and Baldwin play several different roles in Beyond the Fringe, a satirical British comedy directed by Roy C. Lassiter. 28

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valley stompers take crown for third straight year For the third year in a row, the Valley Stompers won the Sul Ross State Men ' s Intramural Football cham¬ pionship. After smashing Big D, the last big conten¬ der for the crown in the playoffs this year, the Stom¬ pers went on to trample the men faculty members in the annual faculty challenge by this team. In the women ' s division of the pigskins competition, Lawrence Hall came out on top, downing Morelock Hall by a slim 6-0 margin in the intramural playoffs. One hundred-thirty-seven men and women students participated this year in the Intramural Football Pro¬ gram. Thirty-six games were played in which only three minor injuries were reported. The attendance at the games averaged about 61 spectators. More than 180 students participated in intramural basketball this year. The men engaged in a round- robin tournament playing two games per night, and the women played one game per night. 27

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fall plays presented Three plays were scheduled for the fall season under the direction of E. Clayton McCarty, Roy C. Lassiter, and Dr. Cecilia Thompson. Productions included Out of the Darkness, Beyond the Fringe, and The Happy Time, respectfully. Out of the Darkness, the year ' s first play, was a tense drama set in the mountains of the Southwest. The plot concerned the deliberate framing of Bart by a psychotic stranger. The play had several tense scenes and unusual stage effects, including a cave complete with echo effect. It was a play of realism. The English Church, the English royal family, war, civil defense and numerous other things were satirized in Beyond the Fringe. There were only four actors and during the course of the play they assumed many different characters by relying on their acting ability rather than changes in clothing and makeup. The cast consisted of Mike Parenti, Brian Baldwin, Steve Compton, and Mike Hunter. It was a play of intellect comedy, and satire. Feminine appreciation was the theme of the third and final fall production, The Happy Time. The three- act comedy was about a French Canadian family liv¬ ing in Ottawa in the 1920s. The play was based on a series of incidents written by Robert Fountaine and was centered around a young man ' s appreciation of women. 29