The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, January 28, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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PTIMIST
VOLUME 53
Officials Will Break Ground
ARTIST'S
Directors
Casts have ben selected for the
two major drama productions of
the spring semester according
to Lewis Fulks head of the
drama department
Rehearsal is now underway
for "The Man Who Came to
Dinner" to be given February
11 and 12.
The play by Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman will be di-
rected by Mrs. John B. Gamble.
This is the first major production
Mrs. Gamble has directed at
ACC and is the final require-
ment for her master's degree in
speech.
Russ Klrkpatrick of Longvlew
will appear in the lead as Sher-
idan Whiteside. Klrkpatrick has
appeared on the ACC stage most
"recently as King Pellinore In
"Camelot." He has also played
J. B. in "J.B." and Col. Pickering
in "My Fair Lady."
Sharon Schneider Roscoe
sophomore will play Maggie
Cutler. Anna Kay Kelso Well
Zentner Orchestra
Musicians Going Toward
Si Zentner award-winning trombonist and his or-
chestra will perform tonight at 8:30 in Sewell Audi-
torium. Zentner will come to ACC tonight from Las Vegas
on his way to play in Austin for President Lyndon
Johnson.
He and his orchestra have made numerous record
albums including his biggest hit record "Up a Lazy
River."
The group has copped two Grammy Awards given
by the National Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences. One was for their performance of "Up a Lazy
River" and the other for the album called "Great
Band with Great Voices."
At the age of four Zentner began playing the violin.
In high school he switched to the trombone so that
he could play in the marching band. After playing
the trombone for Just six months he won the Philhar-
monic Guggenheim Foundation Scholarship.
Through the 1940's Zentner worked as "sldeman"
with Les Brown Harry James and Jimmy Dorsey.
ABILENE CHRISTIAN
MODEL OF COLISEUM-AUDITORIUM
Name Play Casts
ington freshman will appear as
Lorraine Sheldon.
Other members of the cast In-
clude Larry Hall Bedford Okla.
freshman as Beverly Carlton
(cq); Milton Brack Jasper sen-
ior as Banjo; -Jerry Brown Abi-
lene senior as Dr. Metz; Mike
Marlin Little Rock junior as
Bert Jefferson.
Gaye Russell Mansfield fresh-
man as Mrs. Stanley; Bonnie
Isaac Austin junior as Mrs.
Preen; Mike Miles Memphis
Tenn. junior as Richard Stanley;
Tom Newman Downers Grove
111. sophomore as John;
Ann Smith Grand Forks N.D.
freshman as Sarah; Carol John-
son Valley Mills senior as Mrs.
Dexter; Donna Wright Corsi-
cana senior as Mrs. McCutchcon;
Nathan Cleck Los Cruces N.M.
junior as Mr. Stanley;
Mike Tuckett Irving sopho-
more as Dr. Bradley; Judy
Crews Odessa junior as Har
COLLEGE ABILENE TEXAS.
riet Stanley; and Leesa Cravens
Pearland sophomore as June
Stanley.
Miss Russell is also the assist-
ant director.
The comedy is said to have
been written about the. life of
Alexander Woolcott.
Gary Aday speech director
will direct a "A Man for All
Seasons" April 1 and 2.
John Farrcll Lake Charles
La. senior will play the lead
role of Sir Thomas Moore. Jim
Nichols Holywood Calif senior
will portray Thomas Cromwell
and Dale Ward Denver junior
is cast as King Henry VIII.
Other members of the cast
and their roles arc: Glenn Stand-
ly Hillsboro senior as the Common-Man;
George Avilla Spring-
field Mass. junior as Master
Richard Rich; David Pack Al-
lendale S.C. freshman as the
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After playing with a studio group at MGM he
started his own band. And he took it out on the road.
"Everybody said it couldn't be done" the trombonist
admits "but I thought everybody who was trying was
doing it all wrong."
His many recordings awards and bookings evidence
Zentner's success in doing It right. He is a leader in
the old tradition of the big bands the best instru-
mentalist in the band and the featured soloist.
"Down Beat" magazine said "a persuasive combin-
ation of unbridled power intelligent arrangements
and over-all taste in music and appearance make his
aggregation one of the hottest bets in . . . the league
... Zentner is a well nigh perfect front man . . .
"... Zentner's crew is one of the swingingest
bands working today. Although hot aimed primarily
at the jazz audience it holds more than a passing
Interest for tho jazz fan."
Tickets are now on sale for the ACC performance.
Reserved seats at $1.50 general admission $1.
JANUARY 28 1966
Coliseum Named
For Moody Fund
Ground breaking ceremonies
for ACC's new Coliseum-Auditorium
will be held February 22
during Lectureship President
Don Morris has announced.
The president also announced
that the building will be named
the Moody Coliseum-Auditorium.
The Moody Foundation of Gal-
veston contributed $500000 last
May toward construction of the
multi-purpose structure.
Seat 5000
The arena section of the build-
ing designed to seat 5000 will
provide facilities for basketball
games Lectureship Commence-
ment chapel Homecoming and
other large events. Temporary
seats on the floor will Increase
seating capacity to 6000 for auditorium-type
events.
A health and physical wing
will extend to the east
Announced gifts to the Coliseum-Auditorium
amount to
$1152000. Morris said "Total
commitments to date will not
completely take care of the cost
of the building." The president
.indicated that the final cost of
the building is expected to ex-
ceed the $1.5 million originally
estimated.
Can B Expanded
Plans now call for the Coliseum-Auditorium
to be con-
structed so that 2000 seats may
be added later without a major
structural change.
Other major donors to. the
building are: Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Walling of Glendale Calif.
$200000; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pow-
ell of Paducah Ky. $100000; the
Blakley-Branlff Foundation of
Dallas $100000; Mr. and Mrs. E.
Doyle Thomas of Abilene
$100000; an anonymous West
Coast family $100000; Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Wheeler of Robstown
$40000.
The Moody Coliseum-Audi
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torium marks the first major
step in Phase I of the Design
for Development. In addition to
extending the physical plant the
three year phase will include
academic enrichment.
Ready March 15
Progress upon Coliseum-Auditorium
plans being prepared by
Jcssen Jesscn Millhouse Gree-
van and Crume of Austin indi-
cates that architectural plans
will be ready to submit to bid-
ders on or before March 15.
Officials Indicate that they
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Study Starts
Second Time
When the registrar's office
closed Wednesday afternoon
2164 students had registered for
the spring semester. This was the
last number available before the
Optimist werifto". press.
According to the registrar's
office fewer students generally
register in the spring than in
the fall. The fall semester en-
rollment reached a record high.
The IBM machine which is
used in the final step of registra-
tion procedure broke down
Tuesday which prevented many
students from completing regis-
tration on Wednesday.
Registration began Monday for
new students and Tuesday for
returning students. Registration
ended Wednesday at 5 p.m. and
classes began at 8 a.m. on Thurs-
day. Friday February 4 is the last
day to register for a full load
and to change classes. Friday
February 11 is the last day to
register for credit.
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