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HARDIN-SIMMONS BRAN.
by Steven Isaac
Majestic cathedrals and
ruined castles along with the
pomp and tradition of cen-
turies will form the backdrop
for four courses offered next
summer.
Hardln-Slmmons Universi-
ty's Study Abroad program
will again return to Great Bri-
tain In the summer of 1989.
The courses to be offered are
19th Century Literature and
Culture in England English
Literature British Social
Welfare System and Modern
British Politics.
The group will leave
Abilene on July 13 and return
August 17. The five-week stay
will be divided into three
weeks in London and one in
Scotland.
Anybody who is currently a
student at HSU may apply to
take these courses. Former
students are also eligible as
well as graduate students
who make arrangements with
the proper instructor.
Study abroad is estimated
to cost approximately $2800
excluding tuition. The price is
subject to change however
because of transportation
room and board expenses. Dr.
Madden chairman of the In-
ternational Education Com-
mittee said that Dr. Fletcher
had personally raised the
funds to provide 20 scholar-
ships of $720 each for those
Little places offer good football
by The Nighttrain
Every person who has pick-
ed up a sports page from a
Texas newspaper during the
fall has seen some high
school scores that read
something like "Lazbuddie
80; Paint Rock 14."
The first question that
comes to mind is "Can Laz-
buddie really be a place?"
That one is soon followed by
"How can a team other than
Odessa Permian score 80
points?" After reading the
game summary the reader
says "Golly gee whiz wow!
This is six-man football; what
in the world is six-man foot-
ball?" Six-man football is a game
played by 81 rural mostly
West Texas high schools in
front of several hundred
fanatical fans (i.e. the whole
town). The schools must
enroll no more than 95
students.
The largest school fielding
a team is Christoval with 95
and the smallest is Aquila
with 31. Most of us graduated
from high schools with five
times as many students as
those two combined.
Council offers scholars awards
The National Research
Council has announced the
1989 Resident Cooperative
and Postdoctoral Research
Associateship Programs for
research in the sciences and
engineering to be conducted
on behalf of 30 federal agen-
cies and research institu-
tions whose 115 par-
ticipating research
laboratories are located
throughout the United States.
The programs provide op-
portunities for Ph.D. scien-
tists and engineers of
unusual promise and ability
to perform research on pro-
blems largely of their own
choosing yet compatible
with the research interests of
the supporting laboratory.
Initiated in 1954 the
Associateship Programs have
contributed to the career
development of over 5500
scientists ranging from re-
cent Ph.D. recipients to
distinguished senior scien-
tists. Approximately 450 new full-
time associateships will be
awarded on a competitive
who study in Great Britain.
Interested people should
have their applications in by
December 1 1988. The com-
mittee will inform everyone of
their selection by December
15. Once selected a person
has to make payments to Dr.
Dan Cooper (Sociology)
beginning on January 15
1989. Applications are
available from Madden
Cooper Dr. Larry Brunner
(English) and Dr. Charles Gar-
roway (Political Science).
Students who go will visit a
great number of sites some
required for their class and
others as the opportunity
arises.
One of the items on the
Itinerary is St. Paul's
Cathedral. Dr. B.W. Aston
who taught Modern British
History in Great Britain this
past summer said they
visited the church soon after
their arrival so that the
students could experience
"high church." Dr. Ira Taylor
who taught Art History on the
last trip said that on a
previous trip they were there
when the Lord Mayor of Lon-
don was escorted in with all
the usual ceremony.
Naturally the Houses of
Parliament are on the list
also. Aston said that Parlia-
ment runs as late as midnight
or 1:00 a.m. During the last 30
minutes of the day the prime
The game allows for the
schools who cannot field an
eleven-man team to be involv-
ed in the national sport of
Texas (and we all know that
the originator of American-
style football is sitting at the
left hand of the Father).
There are 317 rule dif-
ferences between six and
eleven-man football of which
only eight need to be men-
tioned. The field is 80 yards
long by 40 yards wide. A first
down requires 15 yards. A
touchdown is still worth six
points but a kicked extra
point is worth two points
(those run in or passed are
worth one). A field goal is
good for four points.
All this is due to the lack of
men to protect the kicker.
There has to be at least one
exchange before the quarter-
back can run the football
making the triple option really
exciting. All linemen are eligi-
ble to catch a pass.
The game is played for four
eight-minute quarters. If at
any time past the half a team
gains a 45-point advantage
the game is ended. This pro-
tects smaller inexperienced
basis in 1989 for research in:
chemistry earth and at-
mospheric sciences;
engineering and applied
sciences; biological health
behavioral sciences and
biotechnology; mathematics;
space and planetary
sciences; and physics.
Most of the programs are
open to both U.S. and
non-U. S. nationals and to
both recent Ph.D. recipients
and senior investigators.
Awards are made for one or
two years renewable to a
maximum of three years.
Senior applicants who have
held the doctorate at least
five years may request
shorter tenure. Annual
stipends for recent Ph.D.'s for
the 1989 program year will
vary from $27150 to $35000
depending upon the sponsor-
ing laboratory and will be ap-
propriately higher for senior
associates.
Reimbursement is provided
for allowable relocation costs
and for limited professional
travel during tenure. The host
Dr. B.W. Aston in one of his more professorial moments
with Kyle Pierce at St. Andrews Golf Course Scotland
minister will open the floor.
"The last 30 minutes are open
for any questions to be
brought before the House of
Commons and consequently
some pretty hot debates can
ensue from the things that
arise--asking the prime
minister why she is doing
such and such" said Aston.
For the upcoming trip Brun-
ner said that his English
classes will include trips to
the homes of Carlisle Col-
eridge Dickens Keats and
the English Lake District the
favorite area of Wordsworth.
He added that of course they
would also visit Stratford-on-Avon
even though
Shakespeare was not a
teams from total humiliation.
Remember that 80-14 score?
That game ended at halftime!
These rules have produced
a very exciting brand of foot-
ball. Most players have to
play both ways so they must
be in excellent physical con-
dition. The game is wide open and
moves up and down the field
quickly. Scores in the 60s are
not uncommon. An excep-
tional defensive effort is re-
quired to hold a good team to
under four touchdowns.
It is a hard-hitting game
since most tackles are one on
one with both players having
run a long way (reminiscent of
that linebacker slobberknock-
ing the tight end across the
middle). Admittedly bad
teams can make for a boring
game but give the guys a
break. They only have seven
guys in the school!
So go see a game. Fourth-
ranked Trent is only 20 miles
away. I will warn you though
the game can be addictive.
And in case you're wondering
Lazbuddie really is a place
and no they don't have to
chase cows off the field.
laboratory provides the
associate with programmatic
assistance including
facilities support services
necessary equipment and
travel necessary for the con-
duct of the approved research
program.
Applications to the Na-
tional Research Council must
be postmarked no later than
January 15 1989 (December
15 for NASA) April 15 and
August 15 1989. Initial
awards will be announced in
March and April (July and
November for the two later
competitions) followed by
awards to alternates later.
Information on specific
research opportunities and
federal laboratoiies as well
as application materials may
be obtained from the
Associateship Programs
(GR430A-D1) Office of Scien-
tific and Engineering Person-
nel National Research Coun-
cil 2101 Constitution Avenue
N.W. Washington D.C.
20418. Or you can call (202)
334-2760.
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Romanticist or Victorian as
the others were.
Other places include the
British Museum Tate
Museum Victoria and Albert
Museum and the National
Gallery. Taylor said the
museums were the most
fascinating parts of the trip
for him. Aston noted that
back when the British Empire
stretched around the planet
they brought much of that em-
pire back to museums in Lon-
don. Further sites on the
itinerary include Westminster
Abbey Trafalgar Square
Greenwich Observatory and
others. Outside London
Stonehenge Bath a city built
Van Ellis
by Steven Isaac
I finally broke down
and tried to absorb a little
culture. Last Saturday I at-
tended a performance by the
Hardin-Simmons University
Theatre Department of Jean
Anouilh's Thieves' Carnival.
First off I am not a learned
play critic but I could
recognize it as comedy. Much
of the humor derives from the
deception and entanglements
the several major characters
weave for oneanother. Direc-
tor Trish McAdams Ph.D.
said Thieves' Carnival is dif-
ferent from much of Anouilh's
work which is more serious.
The theatre group performed
his Antigone last year.
Even so it is an excellent
comedy which has a wonder-
ful lack of that humor of
stupidity that grates on me.
Anouilh's play relies more on
a twisted plot to bring laughs.
The play is set in an
unspecified time not long
after the end of the 19th cen-
tury. The main characters are
a family of the British jet set
who have gone to the French
resort of Vichy. There they
encounter the father-son duo
of Dupont-Dufort who are try-
ing to assure their fortune by
marrying the wards of the
elderly British society couple.
If that was not material
enough for a play Anouilh ad
Julie Elias technician Renna Lambert and Matt Cross during CAC blood drive
by the Romans Windsor Cas-
tle and Hampton Court a
favorite retreat of the English
monarchs since Henry VIII
are sites that will be visited.
After leaving London the
group will take a private
coach trip of two days up to
Edinburgh Scotland to finish
their coursework.
Aston said that normally
"we try to get in approximate-
ly 25 classroom hours of
teaching. Normally on cam-
pus you'd get 45. But out in
the field when you go to
museums or on field trips
those hours could be in-
numerous." Aston said that things are
busy on the trip. "When we're
in London you're on the go
for 3 weeks. They stay busy
making assignments making
art museums making other
trips required" he said.
The students and faculty
get a break partway through
the five weeks by taking a
four-day weekend. Aston said
that many students take off to
see places of their own
choosing at that time.
The professors all agreed
on the fundamental advan-
tage of studying in Great Bri-
tain. Taylor said "It really in-
troduces them to another
culture another way of think-
ing." Speaking as an artist he
said "It exposes them to
world-renowned original art
showcases
ded a trio of thieves who
while masquerading as
Spanish grandees are
mistaken by the British socie-
ty lady as a noble of their ac-
quaintance. From there the
plot thickens.
For the HSU players it was
a excellent choice to
showcase their strengths.
McAdams speaking of the
several new faces in the
department said she had
wanted the play to do just
that.
The HSU actors and ac-
tresses had their work doubly
cut out for them. Comedy is
by its very nature difficult to
perform. The players have to
accomplish through a great
deal of effort a performance
that is especially natural in
appearance. It cannot look
like work to the audience. On
the whole they did just that in
Thieves Carnival.
The other side of their ef-
fort is the fact that having an
audience of peers they must
be better than normal to make
their audience forget who
they are in real life and in-
stead concentrate on the
characters in front of them.
Again the group did a fairly
good job of doing so.
Roderick Vann and Marcie
Lea had no trouble in getting
the audience to believe their
character. Forty years of
works."
Aston agreed saying "The
best part about the whole
idea of foreign study is im-
mersing yourself in a foreign
culture and learning about
yourself. The kids learned as
much about themselves as
they learned about the course
contents." He also noted that
in his case he had a
classroom at his "beck and
call." He said "You talk
about the Magna Carta and
you can go down to the
British Museum and actually
see it."
Kyle Pierce an HSU stu-
dent on his second trip
overseas said "The greatest
benefit I think is learning
how to live outside your own
culture. You don't realize how
good we have it here until you
live outside the U.S." Even
after a second visit to Britain
Pierce found it still
"fascinating."
Brunner in anticipation of
the upcoming trip said "The
great advantage is that you
are immersed in the environ-
ment that produced that
literature (Romantic and Vic-
torian). You're more sensitiz-
ed to what is implicit in the
author."
"It's a tremendous learning
experience and it's just
something you can't do
here" said Taylor.
new skills
makeup can definitely
change an appearance. They
both turned in great perfor-
mances however. Nobody
can crumple as well as Vann
as Lord Egard demonstrated.
Marcie was an obnoxious
chatterbox but since that is
what her role demanded she
is to be commended for her
portrayal of Lady Hurt.
Chris Haas in his second
performance came on strong
as did his thieving ac-
complice freshman Jay
Cline. The third thief however
seemed a bit uncomfortable
with his lines. By the second
act he had overcome the pro-
blem and really came alive.
Tammy Taylor gave a con-
vincing show as the. younger
ward Juliette. I never knew
anyone could be so desperate
for love. Meanwhile
freshman Sara Wetzel provid-
ed a contrast as the much
sought-after but never loved
Eva.
I really should not even
mention Dean Nolen and
Zachary Richardson. These
two came dangerously close
to taking the show away as
the sniveling devious pair of
Dupont-Dufort. Guys you are
not supposed to do that as
supporting actors. Seriously
both of these seniors are
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