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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APR. 29, 1976
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Room 304 of Bizzell Hall will be
empty July 7, 1976. The smooth pine
bookcases filled with books on di
recting, theater arts, plays, and fam
ily pictures will leave only outlines of
dust on the shelves because Dr.
James Thomas, assistant professor of
theater arts, is resigning after teach
ing at A&M for only one year.
He cites the lack of proper
facilities, low pay, excess teaching of
non-theater courses and little coop
eration from the administration as
his reasons for leaving.
Dr. John Joy, former assistant pro
fessor of theater arts, also left last
year after one year of teaching for the
same reasons, Thomas said.
The theater arts classes and the
Aggie Players have no facilities of
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groups.
Thomas said that he and Bob
Wenck, assistant professor of En
glish and theater arts, spent approx
imately 40 hours one week reserving
various spaces for rehearsals of the.
musical “Celebration” that was pre
sented April 12-17.
“The administration doesn’t see
any pressure for theater lab facilities
because the theater arts degree
program is not bona fide,” said
Thomas, shaking his head.
“We even asked for a tin building
but the administration said that it
didn’t want any temporary buildings
erected on campus,” said Thomas.
The theater arts department lost
their stage and rehearsal area when
Guion Hall was torn down in January
and February ofl971 to make room
for the university center.
“Many administrators feel that the
university is where the buildings
and the money are instead of the
university being where the students
and faculty are. This is not restricted
to A&M on ly,” said Thomas.
Administrative problems have
also occurred between the English
resurrection faith
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said. The theater arts department is
located on the third floor of Bizzell
Hall which is across campus from the
English department in the Har
rington Complex.
“The English and theater arts de
partments just can’t seem to get to
gether. We re told one thing and
then treated the opposite,” said
Thomas.
“There is such a great separation
among the deans, the department
and the students.”
Some theater arts courses have
been canceled, said Thomas. He
feels that the theater arts depart
ment hasn’t been treated as a sepa
rate entity and is used just for teach
ing speech courses.
Dr. David Stewart, head of the
English department, said that
Thomas was hired to teach theater
arts courses; but it was assumed that
since he taught theater arts courses
he was capable of teaching speech as
well.
According to Thomas, the ad
ministration has also said that the
theater arts department must func
tion as a club. One-half of the funds
for the theater arts program are de
rived from box oflice profits, one-
fourth bookstore profits that are dis
tributed to clubs, and one-fourth
from university sources that are allo
cated through the college of liberal
arts. These funds must be used
wisely because they are allocated for
specific things.
“For example, some funds are
specifically allocated to buy the
lumber that is used to build the sets.
Because of this type of arrangement,
bookkeeping gets very messy,” he
said.
Thomas said that the theater arts
department lost approximately
$2,000 on “Celebration” because
live theater doesn’t appeal to all of
the residents of the community.
“Bryan-College Station is a rural
community. The people work hard
and there is no time to get dressed
up to go to see plays after an 18-hour
day,” said Thomas.
“The live theater requires people
to listen for two to three hours and
keep abreast of events and ideas that
are happening and have a wide toler
ance for eccentric behavior that is
different than their own,” he said.
“These qualities aren’t present in a
rural community.
Thomas loves his plays, the audi
ence, and the applause. He said he
feels great admiration for the stu
dents that participate in making the
productions successful .
“A play has to be something that is
close to you,” he said. “This is the
philosophy of directing.”
Even though he enjoys working
with students, Thomas said that the
long hours of directing without extra
compensation has created hard
ships. With a $12,500 salary,
Thomas said he finds it difficult and
economically “trying.”
“Money isn’t the major thing, but
it helps,” he said.
“I was promised $13,150 if I
stayed but the raise wouldn’t even
cover my rent increase.”
The coordinating board report
currently lists the following base-
level faculty salaries. This it
puted on a nine month basis*:
reference to tenure, said))
Lasell, assistant director loij y MARY ;
ning.
Professor
Associate Professor .
Assistant professor..
Instructor
“An instructor without adoj 1511,1 enro
degree (Ph.D) is usuallyIj
$ 10,995 hut Thomas was wort edicine (E
his Ph.D when he was
instructor at $12,500,” Stewaiti
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“I hate to see Dr. Thomasi
A& M. He’s a man of great tale:
promise,” said Stewart.
Thomas said that he would!) j>st-doctora
see the administration mak t r g er y> P 1
provements in the theater*, pd other fi
partment by hiring a full-timeB M° re o(
ter arts instructor andbypmjW 0 small-!
laboratory facilities. ■!. George
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