University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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Campus-wide elections allow students to voice their criticisms ami opinions on college issues ami events. Voting for next year’s Stu- dent Senate officers is of primarv concern in tile election. I he New Christ) Minstrels, internationally known folk singers, appeared at SCI. The Minstrels performed ‘en masse’ and each in- dividual of the group has his or her own specialtv which can In performed as a solo. 30

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Theatre Productions Thornton Wilder's optimistic drama-com- edy, The Skin of Our Teeth was the final production of the 1965 car. The theme of no matter what disaster may confront man, he always survives by the skin of his teeth. I he conustructivist theatrical atmosphere has the flavor of letting the audience in on all the changes occurring on the stage. 1 he Italian Straw I lat, a French musical comedy, was the summer production at SCI. I he pla was an extravagant comedy, setting charming and liveh music to a madcap chase. The production featured the original music used when the pla was premiered in Paris in 1851. Max Frisch's Ihe Firebugs was SCFs first dramatic production of the 1965-66 year. “The Firebugs demonstrates the ridiculous position of the uncommitted man; clone in a farcial manner showing what happens in our age when people don’t take a stand against evil. I Ians Christian Anderson’s lain tale, The 1 mperor’s New Clothes was the win- ter production for the Children’s Theater. Young and old alike chuckled with the Km- peror in this favorite classic. Children es- pecialK enjoyed the vitality and enthusiasm generated by the cast on stage. Bertolt Brecht’s modern classic, “Mother C ourage and I ler Children w as the winter pla presented at SCI. Mother Courage is set in seventeenth centun (iermam during the Thirty Years War. The drama focuses on the adventures of Mother Courage, an earthls peasant woman who lives b selling from her traveling canteen to conquering armies. Though ignorant and often greedy, Mother Courage reaches near-tragic stature through her vigorous light for survival in the face of endless despair. 32