THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1979
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By RHONDA WATTERS
Battalion Staff
If Shakespeare could see the
Aggie Theatre Arts’ version of his
comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s
in the least bit mild.
Another interesting aspect of
the play is the way music is used
to set the mood. The play is sup
posed to portray a dream, and a
small orchestra consisting of a
harpsichord, flute and clarinet
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funny. And the comedy comes
not only from Shakespeare’s
in 1963,14 jlines, which are funny enough in
icrehebetj themselves, but from the Clevel
and timely portrayal of the char
acters by a very energetic cast.
Energetic is definitely the
right word to describe the cast,
because one of the most distinc
tive aspects of the play is the
amount of physical action carried
out by each character. People
fall, punch, scream, howl, jump,
run and roar. Very few things are
helps to give the play a dream
like quality. The harpsichord is
especially effective because of its
unfamiliar sound and somewhat
magical quality.
As is a problem with Shakes
pearean plays, the language at
the beginning of the play took
some getting used to, partly be
cause some players were talking
so rapidly. But as the audience
got used to the “thee’s” and
“thou’s,” and the actors and
actresses slowed down their lines
some, everyone seemed to be
able to follow the story line and
few people appeared lost, which
says a lot considering the play has
four different plots.
One delightful character in the
play is Puck, a magical sprite who
goes around doing mischief for
Oberon, King of the Fairies.
Puck is played by Sybilla Erwin,
and not only is she a very believ
able sprite, but her wild laugh is
so infectious the audience can’t
resist laughing whenever she is
on stage.
Though the entire play is fun
ny, the highlight is a skit per
formed by a group of craftsmen
and presented to the Duke of
Athens. The skit portrays a man
. who commits suicide over his lost
lover, and the characters range
from a ferocious lion who can’t
scare anyone, to a wall that has a
personality and its own lines.
All in all, the cast not only did
an exceptionally good job at pre
senting a very funny play, but
they added their own inspirations
of humor to make it an evening of
hilarity.
Former Ag displays
art collections here
Three separate collecitons of outstanding American art, gathered
over the last 20 years by Texas A&M University graduate and benefac
tor J. W. Runyon Jr., will be on exhibit through April at the Univer
sity.
The first part of “Trilogy” features the work of eight artists from the
turn of the century who become discontented over the conservative
control of the National Academy of Design and made plans to exhibit
their own paintings.
The collection is called “The Eight” and opened in the Sterling C.
Evans Library Thursday. It runs through Dec. 9 to help celebrate the
library dedication. Formal dedication ceremonies for the expanded
and newly library are set for 10 a. m. Saturday. The exhibit includes the
works of Robert Henri, John Sloan, William Glackens, Everett Shinn,
George Luks, Arthur Davies, Ernest Lawson and Maurice Pender-
gast.
Docents will be available at the exhibit entrance on the first floor of
the library Monday through Friday, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., for guided
tours through Dec. 9. Special group tours are also available by calling
845-1914.
The exhibit was first displayed at the MacBeth Gallery in New York
in February 1908 and became the pace-setter in a radical new move
ment in Amrican art which led to the formation of the Association of
American Painters and Sculptors.
Other exhibits in the Runyon “Trilogy” collection include “Eight
American Impressionists” which will be on display Jan. 15 through
Feb. 10, and “Eight Western Americana Artists” which will be pre
sented in the Evans Library in April.
Runyon, a 1935 Texas A&M graduate, is a Dallas engineer, building
contractor and journalist who has established a faculty chair in the
College of Engineering and two President’s Endowed Scholarships.
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,ab to visit rural high schools
TAMU to operate mobile foundry
A mobile foundry which can be
icked to rural schools to teach high
100I students to make mental cast
ings is being assembled by a team of
students and professors at Texas
ApcM University.
Dr. James L. Boone, an industrial
ucation professor, said the trial
loject, funded by the Texas Educa-
|m Agency, will provide a brief exp-
to employment skills for
ungsters, particularly in rural East
xas where there is a high concen
tration of foundries.
“It is an attempt to let the children
see first-hand how things work,”
Boone said. “We will choose 15
schools districts and deliver the van
lab to them for two weeks each. Dur
ing that time students in industrial
education classes will have an oppor
tunity to pour four castings.”
The Texas Chapter of the Amer
ican Foundrymen’s Association is
also sponsoring the project. Many of
its members have donated equip
ment, including the $10,000 van
which was given by Lufkin Indus
tries. Trinity Valley Iron & Steel Co.
has agreed to help move the lab from
school to school.
Graduate students from several
colleges at the University are in
volved in the project, including a
student from the engineering design
graphics department who is writing
the curriculum and students who are
making instructional films and
slides. The education team will be
setting up summer workshops for
the school districts participating in
the pilot program.
The Texas A&M team is estab
lishing criteria for selecting the
schools which will participate in the
program. Boone said the main con
cern is having a place to install the
tractor trailer, power and access to
propane gas.
Boone said the van should be
ready to test at a local school in the
spring.
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United Press International
I AUSTIN — Seyed Miri was freed
on bond Thursday thanks to an
nerican friend.
Dick Gill, an engineering student
th Miri at the University of Texas,
sted $5,000 bond for the Iranian
itudent Wednesday in Bexar
[ounty.
Miri was arrested at his South Au
stin apartment Sunday and charged
with violating his student visa re
mictions by taking a $3-an-hour job
as a waiter.
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RENO — Iranian students are
K no longer welcome at brothel
J owner Joe Conforte’s Mustang
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T Gontorte put up a sign
Wednesday excluding Iranian
students because of the American
hostage situation in Tehran.
Conforte says he is fed up with
the hypocrisy of Iranian students
who support the Ayatollah
Khomeini yet patronize the
brothel.
From now on, he says, any Ira-
I nian student who wants service at
I Mustang after the hostages are
e dontgei' I released will not only have to de
nounce Khomeini, but also the
Iranian government’s policy of
sternum^ shooting prostitutes.
’hen, ever ;
Carter, Gill said.
“There’s just not a possibility he
said that,” Gill said. “I’ve known
Seyed now for almost four years. I
know what his feelings about this
country are. He doesn’t belong to
any political organizations. He
doesn’t go to any demonstrations.
He goes to the library every night
and studies.”
Gill said his friend took a job at a
restaurant last spring because his
checks from Iran quit coming
through the mail during the Iranian
revolution.
“Seyed was not receiving his
checks, and he had no way to pay his
rent or buy food, so he took a part-
time job. About a month ago he
started getting the checks again, so
he quit,” Gill said.
A foreign student is not allowed to
hold a job in the United States unless
he gets permission from the Immig
ration and Naturalization Service
and works for an employer who certi
fies he has been unable to find an
American citizen to fill the job.
A hearing has been set tor
Wednesday on Miri’s deportation.
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