"Oh Dad,
Poor Dad. . •
Success For
Drama Club
The Drama Club’s Spring production
“Oh Dad, Poor Dad . . was presented in
the Highacres Commons the evenings of
April 25 through 28. Judging from the
audience response, the play was a great
success on campus.
“The farce,” directed by Dr. Carl
Frankel, starred Lisa Sonner as the
domineering Madame Rosepettle, Butch
LaMont as her stammering son Jonathan,
Sybil McGuire as Rosalie, who is not as
innocent as she pretends, and Keith
Knearem as the distinguished Commodore
Roseabove. Also featured were John Lewis
as the head bellboy, Renee DiSabella as
the maid, and Gerry Nork, Ken Dudeck
and Bud Swenson as the bellboys.
The play, set in Port Royal, a city
somewhere in the Caribbean, tells the
story of a domineering, over-protective
mother who comes to this city with her
son, her silver piranha fish, Rosalinda,
and her Venus Fly-traps. The plot of the
play deals with the effect their stay has on
two other inhabitants of the city. The
Commodore is told the story of Madame’s
life. It kills his love for her and all he feels
is pity for her son. Jonathan not only kills
the love that Rosalie feels for him—he
actually kills Rosalie.
The actors and actresses did a superb
job of bringing their parts to life. The play
was also helped along by the scenery,
sound and lighting. The work done in these
three areas gave a very professional polish
to the entire production. The stage crew
definitely deserves a share of the credit for
the success of the play.
Once again it seems that the dramatic
talent on this campus has found-its way
into an entertaining evening enjoyed by
many.
Highacres Hosts Reading Festivals
Belles Lettres Society and the Student
1 Government Association recently co-spon
.ored the dramatic reading festivals. The
•vents, which are held annually at High
acres, are the Tri-County Dramatic Read
ing Festival and the Highacres Dramatic
Reading Festival.
The Nineteenth Annual Tri-County
Dramatic Reading Festival was held Fri
day, April 21, 1978. The campus library
was the setting for the competition which
featured participants from sixteen area
high schools. A total of twenty-eight stu
dents competed for three prizes in each of
the categories of drama, poetry, and
prose.
Winners included: drama-lst—Trisa
Edwards (Lehighton Area H.S.), 2nd—
Alice Navitsty (Weatherly Area H.S.),
3rd—Jolene Bradigan (Shamokin Area
Collegian Board
Elected For
78-79
By DAVID KRAFT
Collegian Editor-in-Chief
New officers for the Editorial Board of
The Highacres Collegian have been ap
pointed. The Editor-in-Chief for next year
will be Lesa Bagley. When asked to state
her goals Bagley said, “As editor of the
newspaper I hope to maintain a coopera
tive Collegian staff and to recruit new
freshmen for the staff. I am also looking
for students for next year’s paper to be
editors. I plan to produce more issues with
the money allocation received from the
Student Government Association and with
advertising. I also hope that the students
will use the Collegian as a way of express
ing their views by means of editorials.”
News Editor on the Editorial Board will
be Lydia Bojsiuk. “I am looking forward to
performing my duties as News Editor and
plan to listen to the voice of the students
and present a balanced newspaper bet
ween dorm news and news concerning
commuter students,” Bojsiuk said.
Other board positions include: Willard
Donner, Sports Editor; Mark Dworsky,
Advertising Manager; Chris Clunie,
Composition Editor; Terri Winters, Photo
Editor; Robert Geffert, Illustration Editor
and Linda Rppin Business Manager.
By CATHY RUSINKO
Collegian News Editor
H.S.); poetry-lst—Thomas Butcher
(Bishop Hafey H.S.), 2nd—Rene Liminsky
(Weatherly H.S.), 3rd—Deidre Ellen
Powell (MMI); prose-lst—Joseph Dutz
(Bishop Hafey H.S.), 2nd—Vicki Ridale
(Berwick Area H.S.), 3rd—Philip
Voystock (Freeland H.S.).
Principals in the event were Ms. Lou
Ann Renninger, President of the Belles
Lettres Society and Dr. Alan Price,
Advisor to the Belles Lettres Society.
Members of the campus faculty and ad
ministration who served as judges were
Mr. Jay Breckenridge, Dr. William J.
David, Mrs. Mary Ferry, Dr. Carl
Frankel, Dr. Carl B. Holmberg, Professor
Andrew Kafka (ret.), and Dr. Harriet
Rudolf. Student judges included Ms.
Nancy Klotsko, Ms. Patty Marsh, and Mr.
Brad McNab. Also acting as judges were
Ms. Donna Baver and Mrs. Gene Collins.
The Twentieth Annual Highacres
Dramatic Reading Festival was held
Wednesday, May 3, 1978 in the Highacres
Room of the library. The event was opened
by Dr. Alan Price, Advisor of the Belles
Lettres Society, Ms. Lou Ann Renninger,
President of the Belles Lettres Society,
and Mr. Mark Rovito, President-Elect of
the Student Government Association. Mr.
Anthony Rocca was master of ceremonies.
Fifteen Highacres students participated
in the event which drew a capacity crowd.
Winning first place with her reading from
Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,”
was Ms. Lisa Sonner. Second place in the
competition was taken by Mr. James J.
Dine who read from Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain, and Sybil McGuire won third
place with selected sonnets by
Shakespeare.
Judges for the event were Mr. Gene
Collins of the Greater Hazleton Fine Arts
Council, Mr. Charles Gallagher of the
Hazleton Toastmasters Club, Professor
Andrew Kafka, faculty member (retired)
of the Department of English and Speech
at Highacres, and Mr. Win Shule, also of
the Hazleton Toastmasters Club.
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s—The Highacres Collegian, Tuesday, May 16, 1978
Rovito-Parsons
Win Student
Government
Association
Election
By CATHY RUSINKO
Collegian Staff Writer
“I didn’t think we had it,” said Kim
Parsons commenting on the election which
made her vice-president-elect of the
Highacres Student Government
Association. Marc Rovito ran for S.G.A.
president on the same ticket with Parsons.
The team defeated the Gerry Nork-Ken
Dudeck ticket by a margin of 40 votes.
Over 300 students voted in the election
held on April 12, casting their ballots in the
Commons Building and the Residence
Hall.
“We can’t thank any ONE person,”
Rovito said, “we had alot of help from a lot
of people.” Rovito and Parsons ran on a
platform stressing efforts to increase
student cooperation and involvement in
campus activities. They hope to achieve
their goal through increased support of
two S.G.A. initiated organizations, The
Highacres Club Advisory Council and the
Organization of Town and Independant
Students. (0.T.1.5.).
As part of their victory statement, the
winning candidates pledged to revise the
present system for allocating monies to
S.G.A. clubs and organizations.
The new officers also see the need for
increased inter-campus communication.
“We plan to improve campus com
munication through intensive cooperation
with THE HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN and
the campus radio station WHCB,” Rovito
said. “We want to make students more
aware of S.G.A. and we have tentative
plans for an S.G.A. Newsletter,” said
Parsons.
Nork and Dudeck, S.G.A. senators,
pledge their continued support to the new
administration.