The Pharos: volume 58, number 08 - 11-14-1967

              The
West
Virginia
Wesleyan
"All The Way Home;" Nov. 16, 17. 18
Vol. LVIII — No. 8
Buckhannon, W. Va.
Tuesday, November 14, 1967
Peanuts' Characters Go Theological
Robert L. Short, originator of several new approaches to the interpretation of theology, willappear in The Wesley Chapel on November 21.
"One of the most" important Christian books published in our time" is Robert L. Short's The Gospel According To Peanuts. Short probes deftly into what the ingratiating Charlie Brown and his friends have to say of theological and    Christian    significance.
Curriculum
'His book illustrates what are probably the most important things people have ever thought about.
¦ Short achieves his aims by ex¬ pressing his thought through humorous channels which can and have been taken very ser¬ iously in theology' today.
¦   THE    PROPHETIC    FEIFFER     Short has numerous articles to another of Short's books wields a his credit relating to theology and
pen as sharp, penetrating^ - and deft as any surgeon's scalpel in dissecting the ills of our time.
His cutting edge wounds but always finds it. mark within the healing contect of hilarious car¬ toon humor and perceptive sug¬ gestions for the possible cure for our deeper maladies.
Pulitzer Prize Sho^v^ To Be Staged Here
Thtirsday evening will mark the debut on Wesleyan's campus of Ted Mosel's Pultizer prize-winning play "AU The Way Home."
The three act drama, based on James Agee's book "A Death in the Family," portrays a wife's reaction to her husband's death in an automobile accident and contains a great deal of universality.
To Be Changed By 1970?
Last year the report bf the Com¬ mittee for the General Studies Cur¬ riculum was printed in the PHA'R¬ OS. At this time it was stated that the question of the best general education course of study for an institution such as Wesleyan has not been and cannot ever be de¬ termined.
The committee's, report does not attempt to embody such an answer, but it does attempt to present to the college community an in depth and accurate study of the subject.-
It is hoped that the report will be a step in the right direction and will be one of a series of revolutionary changes that will improve and refine Wesleyan's educational systems.
The report was read, by the stu¬ dents and was then given to the Faculty .Committee on Curricul¬ um. The Committee is composed of different members each year.
This year. Dean Strunk has made such arrangements that any person on the faculty who is interested may iserve. It is hoped that they will review, evaluate, and change, if needed,-the sug¬ gested curriculum as submitted by their subcommittee^—
The subcommittee is composed of Dr. Capstack (chairman). Dr. Agey; Dr. Coston, Dr. Franquiz, DrrMow, Mr. 'Wickell,- Dr. Olm¬ stead and Dr, Welliver.       	
Changing any part of the curri¬ culum is a difficult and deeply in¬ volved process. -Because . educa¬ tional demands are changing, col¬ leges must cope with the situation by. revising their general educa¬ tion requirements.   .
Schools   are   judged   by   their
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The Follet family is played by the following persons: Kathy Vaughn as Mary; David Kirby as Jay; Jim Norum as Rufus; Judy Guinn as Sally; David Bel¬ cher a9 John Henry; Marcia Macklin as Jesse; Sara  Lukens
in the production.
Setting for the play is Knox- ville, Tenn., in 1915, and the set has been designed by Robert Moler. The play uses a simul¬ taneous set which enables the. audience to  view the  entire set
In a nostalgic scene between the meeting of the very old and the very young, Rufus is taken to see his great-grandmother, who has difficulty seeing and hearing, but maintains a keen sense of the youngster's presence. Appearing in this scene are left to right: Sara McCorkel as the old woman, Kathy Vaughn as Rufus' mother, Jim Norum as Rufus and Dave Kirby as Jay. "All The Way Home" is based on James Agee's appealing novel A DEATH IN THE FAMILY and was recently adapted for TV and shown under the present play's title, starring Dorothy McGutre, Robert Preston and Pat Hingle.
, as Aunt Sadie; and Sara Mc¬ Corkle as Great-great grahd- mothar Follet.	
The. Lynch family-.is portrayed by Hon lannorone as Ralph; Cheryl Horie as Hannah; Ed Blake as Joel; Pat'Waas as Catherine.
Several Buckhannon grade school boys also have small parts
at   one   time   without   changing scenes. ,
"All The Way' Home" will be presented Friday and Saturday evenings in addition to Thursday; Each performance will begin at 8:00 p.m. in Atkinson Auditoriuni and will cost $1 for adults, $.50 for students, and will be free to Wes¬ leyan students with ID cards.
Robert Lv Short, Innovator of the new theology from "the mouths of babes". Tones of Calvin and Luther and various ecumenical movements are uttered from Lucy, Charlie Brov/n and others in Short's popular book, THE GOSPEL, ACCORDING TO PEANUTS, available now in Wesleyan's bookstore.
the arts, the field in which he has done work toward his Ph. D. at the University of Chicago.
He received his B, A, degree from the University of Oklahoma, his B. D. from Southern Methodist. While completing an M. A. in English at North Texas State Uni¬ versity, he . also taught in that school's Departments of English and philosophy.
"VOICE" AIRS ROBERTS' WORK
¦ Dr. Leonard Roberts, a noted" authority in American Folk:Cul¬ ture, has written an article to be ¦ aired this month on "Voice" of America." The topic of the article will be "Magic Folk Tales in Amer¬ ica." - , . Dr. Roberts devotes much study to the folk field, and to the writ¬ ing of books and articles related to it. He has had five books and approximately 100 articles pub¬ lished, and has two other books awaiting publication.
Last year, Dr, Tristram Coffin of the University of IPennsylvania became the moderator of a series in. American Folk Culture. This series was to broadcast from Aug¬ ust 196G until February, 1967. Dr. Coffin engaged speakers from all over, the United States and' set up the division for the perspec^ tive program. Dr. Roberts; was among those  contacted.
The article which Dr. Roberts submitted was approved by the USIA^in June, 1967. It was re¬ corded at Uie- radio station Of WVWC and sent to Washington. (Continued on page 3)
A native of Texas, Mr. Short spent one year as a professional actor with the Margo Jones Theatre.in Dallas. He was a di¬ rector in the production depart¬ ment of WFAA-TV in Dallas, and later served as Director of the Department of Radio and Tele¬ vision for the Dallas Council of Churches.
At S.M.U. he directed the Wes¬ ley \Players, and has taught cour¬ ses in "Christianity and the Arts" at Chicago's Central Y.M.C.A.
Short will speak on the theolog¬ ical significance of his works."
Quote for the week:
God is alive and well in South America. Says he needs money for a Jesuit center . . .
Taken  from   THE   REALIST,
No.   75   June   1967
MEET AT D&E
Thirty students and six faculty members from Wesleyan attend¬ ed the West Virginia Philosophical Society .conference held recently at Davis and Elkins College.
'Purpose of the conference was to provide an opportunity for fel¬ lowship, presentation of papers in connection with the theme of the conference, stimulation of discus¬ sion and furthering of thought.
Seven Wesleyan students ancl one faculty member presented papers at the conference. They were as follows: Margaret An¬ derson, Ego, the World, and God in Folk Literature; Irene Mc- Kinney, The Symbol of the Heart in Contemporary Poetry; Ronald Reader, Truth and Illusion in the Plays of Edward Albee; John Curtis, Joseph Schumpeter "Cap¬ italism, Socialism and Democ¬ racy;" and Carl Cutchins, Hume's Ethics: an Evaluation.
Also, Nancy Hayes, Phenomen ology as a Propaedeutic to 'Meta physics; Richard Clooper.' Indiv iduality .in Hegel's Phenomen ology ot Mind; Prof. Orval Ander son, Kobert Lowell; and Dr. AI fred Black,, member of a panel discussing "Arc the iRace Riols Justifiable?"
The theme of the conference was "Values in Social-Ethics." In ad dition to the presentation of pa¬ pers, a banquet was held with an address by Duncan Williams, pio fessor of English at Marshall Uni versity.
In a scene from "All The Way Home", Rufus is ridiculed because of his name. The children are left to right: Pat Brake, Chris Wallace, Jim Norum as Rufus end Tom Canfield. This production will be presented November  16   17 and 18th in Atkinson Auditorium.
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In This Issue:
BEHIND THE  SCENES
IN POLITICS '
Page 2
WESLEYAN'S
CONRAD   HILTON
Page 7
YOUTH   POWER
IN '68
Page 4 and 5
REVIEW OF
RANSOM AND ALLISON
Page 3
MINORITY OF ONE Page  2
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