The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1968 Page: 1 of 4
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YELLOW
JACKET
Volume 55
Brownwood, Texas, April 20, 1968
Number 24
'Midsummer Night's Dream' Scheduled
For Coliseum Presentation
Tonight at 8 p.m. will be a
rare moment for Howard Payne
students who are fortunate
enough to witness the opening
performance of "A Midsummer
Night's Dream." Students miss-
ing tonight's performance will
have one last chance tomorrow
night to see Shakespeare's work
of art, written to grace the wed-
ding of some noble person —
just who has not been really
determined.
Tickets for the performance
may be obtained by calling 645-
2601 ext. 57 or from any mem-
ber of the cast. General admis-
sion charge is $1, reserve seats
are $1.75 and $2.50.
And, now, one of Shake-
speare's fellow countrymen, by
the name of Alex Reeve, has
come up with another version
of the play.
Reeve the transplanted Texan
and who heads up the Depart-
ment of Speech and Drama at
Howard Payne College, plans to
produce a show in keeping with
Texas and the HemisFair.
The performances which will
be staged in the Alamo City,
July 25-26-27, will feature cos-
tumes more befitting to Texas
and the Southwest. Reeve, a for-,
mer guest lecturer at Vanderbilt
University, plans to feature a
cowboy and Indian type play —
or, as it is offically known, a
"Texas Version of Midsummer
Night's Dream."
This will mark the second
time that Reeve has been invit-
ed to present an all-Texas pro-
duction. Reeve and his 1959 HPC
company was internationally ac-
claimed for its tour of Britain,
and its participation in the In-
ternational Festival in Bristol
University.
And, "if we can work it in our
time slate," the popular profes-
sor says, we may take) the 1968
HPC company to Montevideo,
Uruquay, where it will be the
sole representative of the Unit-
ed States at the International
Festival of University Theatre."
The invitation to the college's
department of drama and music
to take part in the South Amer-
ica venture came from the Del-
phic Institute. ,
"The Delphic Institute," Reeve
said, "is the most distinguished
academic theatre institute in
Europe, and it sponsors the In-
ternational Festival of Univer-
sity Theatre held in various Eu-
ropean countries every two
years." N
Two members of the cast are
from San Antonio. They are) Ed
Frankenfeld, who plays Quince,
a carpenter, and Cindy Smith
who plays Moth.
Other cast members include:
Roy Fewell, Theseues, Duke of
Athens, Dallas; Pamela Wil-
liams, Hippolita, Queen of the
Amazon's, Turkey; Dale Black-
stock, Egeus Burleson; Carol
Ricks, Hermia, Brady; Charles
Ellis, Lysander, Brownwood.
Ocie Robinson, Demetrius,
Austin; Angie Slaton, Helena,
Wills Point; Tommy Wells,
Snug, Melvin; Edard Love, Bot-
tom, Rankin; Mike Anders,
Flute, Stamford; Steve Mercer,
Snout, Eldorado; Joe Errington,
Starveling, McAllen.
Mike Sirois, Oberon, Brown-
wood; Lynne Eppright, Titania,
Alice; Andrea Ashlock, Cobwebb,
Fort Worth; Donna Lewis, Mus-
tardseed, Dallas; Darryel Perry,
Philostrate, San Angelo, Butch
Bigbee, Puck, Houston.
Dr. and Mrs. George Baker,
both faculty members at HPC,
along with their two children,
Alicia and Allison, will also take
part in the production. Euel
Belcher, also of thet HPC music
faculty, will be at the piano.
Others in the cast include:
Cecil Friend, formerly of Brown-
wood but now of Waco, and who
made the trip to Europe; Pat
O'Neal, Odessa; Carolyn Kar-
rer, Brownwood, and Carole
Spivey, Austin.
Included in the orchestra are
Jerry Nelson, El Paso; Harry
Matthews, Dallas; and Randy
Welch, Dumas.
Set design and technical di-
rection is being done by Ray
Karrer, of the HPC Speech De-
partment faculty.
Blanton Named Vice-President Of Academic Affairs
Dr. Milburn W. Blanton, who
has been serving as academic
dean, has been elevated to vice-
president in charge of academic
affairs, according to Dr. Guy D.
Newman, HPC president.
Dr. Blanton, who holds three
degrees from the University of
Arkansas, including his doctor
of education, came to HPC last'
summer from Missouri Western
College, where he had been serv-
ing as president.
Married and the father of a
son, Larry, now a math instruc-
tor at Memphis State University,
and a daughter, Brenda, a stu-
dent at HPC, Dr. Blanton has
also done graduate work at the
Texas Christian University and
the University of Minnesota.
He served In the U.S. Army
as a member of a combat engi-
neer outfit during World War
> of Arkansas
a a member of
the Arkansas legislature.
After having served as a
teacher and still later as a su-
perintendent of schools In Ar-
kansas, Dr. Blanton was asso-
ciated with Nebraska State Col-
lege, Mississippi State College
for Women and Southern State
College, Springfield, S. D.
His offices and memberships
in professional societies include:
Who's Who in American Educa-
tion; president, Gamma Alpha
Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa, Univ.
of Ark.; Southern Council on
Teacher Education; Nebraska
Council on Teacher Education;
Inter - Institutional committee
for Academic Coordination to
the Board of Regents for Higher
Education In iSouth Dakota;
Legislative Committee, Arkan-
sas Education Association, and
Board of Directors, Arkansas
Education Association.
As Dean at Southern State
College, Dr. Blanton directed
the development of experimen-
tal research plan, "Identifying
Teacher Competency in Devel-
oping Creative Thought In Stu-
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HP Prof Opposes
Pari-Mutuel Bet
Deadline for making reservations for the American Shr-
ines Traveling Seminar has been extended to April 26,
1968, according to Mrs. Dorothy Jean Schroeder, head of
the Department ojf Sociology, and Frank Smith, business
manager. This year's Shrines tour will present the student
with a wonderful opportunity to see the country, and earn
six hours of college credit. Students in need of financial
help for the trip should contact Mrs. Schroeder or Mr. Smith,
since financial help is available.
All those engaged In retail
trade should carefully consider
the effect pari-mutuel horserace
betting could have on legitimate
business in their communities.
This is the thinking of! Bur-
ton Burrus, assistant professor
of business at Howard Payne
College.
"Proponents of pari-mutuel
betting" Burns—a graduate of
Baylor University—says, "claim
that It will stimulate business
in Texas. But the record In oth-
er states shows, .on the con-
trary, that many business as suf-
fer after horse-race gambling Is
legalised."
"It is not difficult," he says,
"to understand why retail stores
should experience decreases in
time payments, increases in bad
checks, and slumping sales dur-
ing the racing season."
Business—real business—fills
a need, he contends, "but horse-
race betting produces nothing
of value. It does not feed, clothe,
house or transport people."
He opines that profits from'
pari-mutuel horserace betting
do not go back into the commu-
nity. His contention is that they,
go into the hands of the wealthy
people who are able to finance
a race track.
"On the other hand, horse-
race gambling reduces the dis-
posable income of families who
would otherwise spend more tor
useful products and services,'*
believes Burrus.
Pari-mutuel horserace bet-
ting, proposed in the referen-
dum on May 4, Burrus says,
"will drain away wages, s&vinge
and Investments from Testae
business into enterprises which
serve no human need." ^
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The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1968, newspaper, April 26, 1968; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128578/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.