feature of Aggie’s play THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1977 Page 7 PEACE CORPS ' 11 TICKET TO EXPERIENCE CAMPUS OFFICE I Agronomy Bldg. Rm. 105 Battalion photo by Betsy Kelley Jove to Tony Hal] (Harry). By GLENNA WHITLEY Battalion Staff The music is the only redeeming factor in “Here Comes th’ Rain”, a play written by Beau Sharbrough, a philosophy student at Texas A&M, and performed by the Aggie Players. This “original rock opera” is an incoherent, rambling philosophy on America, love and social responsi- blity...probably. It’s hard to get the point of the play. The plot revolves around Harry the Singer (played by Tony Hall), and April May, the Big City Dancer (played by Shaunna Green). He loves her but she can’t take his jover-powering love. Two of their friends are Al (played by Gary Wood), and A.J.(played by Karen Miller). They are “phil- i osophical spies” in an underground group called Sunshine. It’s a cute but ridiculous concept. 'onsolidated finishes project or gaining TEA accreditation lYLES. By MAUREEN BUCEK A self-evaluation project has been mpleted by A&M Consolidated PINGCB® dependent School District, and a (TEXAS »iip % 61 Biia m Yourte e-year improvement plan is being epared for submission to the s&Td'AC.'i.tvon Agency (TEA). TEA said that all schools in the ite must be accredited by 1978. A ter from TEA directs schools to gin the accreditation process. inces irting and finishing dates for lools’ work in the project is iggered over a four-year period iversity sginmng 7:30 p* th the deadline set for 1978. rrair^j DSt-$M :ration fee 16 |Dr. H. R. Burnett, assistant erintendent of instruction, is the I)eel director for A&M CorvsoU- ledlSD. In May 1975, the school :eived its notice from TEA and tiated a program. A consultant mTEA’s accrediting department, pyYvcffi, was assigned to oversee jrams<2fe| laid the district in its work. The administration developed basic philosophies and goals for the district which the board adopted in August 1975. This was the first step. A steering committee was then set up to organize and coordinate the work throughout the district with separate steering, committees created on each campus. The campus steering committees organized various subcommittees to study all aspects of that campus: the different educational programs, facilities and personnel. They have submitted an evaluation of each. Guidelines and forms were ob tained from the National Study of School Evaluations which is based in Virginia. The final reports of these committees, completed in the fall of 1976, contained commenda tions for some current elements and recommendations for possible fu- Tore improvements. Copies of the seff-evaluation re ports are available in the principals’ offices at each school. These are the only actions re quired by the TEA in the accredit ing process, but A&M Consol took it one step further. They invited a team of 30 educators from across the state which visited the campus on Nov. 31 and Dec. 1, 1976 and submitted their evaluation of the school dis trict, again containing recom mendations. Both evaluations were given to TEA representative Ruff and to the school board. On the basis of the evaluations, a five year improvement plan is being prepared which outlines the im plementation of programs to meet the internal and external recom mendations. This plan will be submitted to dvc school board \rv April. When, the board committs itself to the plan, a copy is sent to TEA followed by r ised Wl ling Tax. to 7^ iSDAY SPECIE rjed Be 1 /cream ivy jtatoes 3 one otHf table dBl eadandl or Tea ^Iatg^eavyay ■^T«hta«ay Win $M>o6 Hivtin $1,000] ■^SCHEOULb Oh UUoH r LADIES’ DRESSES SWEATERS PANTS BLOUSES MENS’ SHIRTS PANTS LEISURE SUITS Hurry Over! They Won’t Last Long! FANTASTIC RECORD SALE NOW IN PROGRESS TOO! TEXAS A&M BOOKSTORE Tony Hall sings the title song beautifully. His voice is powerful and he puts real feeling into the music. But his acting is stilted and he moves like a puppet on the stage. He’s in appropriate company Movie Review though. The rest of the cast’s acting is also stilted and uninteresting. But most of this is Sharbrough’s fault as the playwright. No strong personalities emerge from his dialogue and direction. The philosophical monologues, skits and conversations say little with many words. The human relationships are unconvincing and pretentious. There is no soul to this play. “Here Comes th’ Rain” also suf fers from bad choreography and over-crowding. The small stage in the Forum can’t effectively handle 25 people dancing and prancinq around. It’s commendable to in volve as many people as possible, but it hurts this production. A bright spot in the play, how ever, is a song and dance number called “If Only I’d Known You Then ”. Shaunna Green’s voice, the funky beat of the music and the energetic but simple dancing are excellent. However amateurish the play, though, Sharbrough’s musical talent is exciting. But his attempt to write, direct, conduct the music, and single-handedly put the play to gether was ill-advised. “Here Comes the Rain” could have bene fited from another’s viewpoint and direction. Dwight Linsley 845-7830 ^ Double up, America. This Week At Wyatt’s Cafeteria THURSDAY — MARCH 31 -J 65 CALF LIVER with onions and two vegetables. FRIDAY — APRIL 1 BAKED FISH 1 79 In lemon butter sauce with two vegetables. Wyatt's Cajeteiln Child s Plate .84 804 Texas Ave. yearly progress reports. Many recommendations call for more staff, more materials and more equipment. “There is a possibility, as we up grade our programs, that it will be more costly,” Burnett said. “A lot of the cost has already been included in the last bond issue,” he explained. For instance, one of the recom mendations calls for more space for the shop class. This cost was part of the overall cost of maintenance and expansion of facilities under the last bond issue. It was also recommended that a display counter and cash register be provided for distributive education students. This is an example of the extra costs which would be in curred. “We wvay not meet all the rec ommendations because it would be too costly,” Burnett said. Oh, You Cutie You! CITATIONS Rope and Patent Strippy Sandal ort a High Wedge Base. Black-White. Bone Multi. 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