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              The Carolinian
November 14, 1974 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Volume L1V Number 20
Problems with reluctant witnesses
Senate impeaches Gray's Royster
BY PAM BLACKBURN
Staff Writer
Senate Tuesday night voted to begin
impeachment proceedings against
freshman dorm coordinator Roslyn
Royster of Gray Hall. The final vote to
impeach came as a result of a move to
reconsider the motion to impeach that
had failed narrowly to get the required
two thirds majority early in the
session.
The motion to reconsider which
must be made by a member of the
prevailing side touched off a challenge
to the chair which failed to get a two
thirds vote to sustain it.
Senate president Cathy Krinick
ruled that the vote of whoever is
seated for the dorm is the dorm's vote
and not (he vote of the individual
seated. Therefore, Strong consul
Barbara Baron was allowed to move to
reconsider even though she had not
been seated at the time of the first
vote. Strong senator Lou Wilkerson
was seated for the first vote.
TS senator Ben Sells led the
challenge to the chair. Sells was
presiding at the time of Ms. Baron's
move to reconsider and had ruled that
she was not a voter on the previously
prevailing side. Ms. Krinick, however,
returned and allowed the motion to
reconsider to be made.
The final vote to impeach was 26
Windom-away from selling soap
BY VICKY INGRAM
Staff Writer
William Windom presented his one
man show "Thurber" before a large
and enthusiastic crowd, Monday night
at the War Memorial Coliseum.
His repertoire included some of
Thurber's best known works, such as
The Bear Who Let It Alone, Interview
With A Lemming, The Teacher's Pet,
and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
In an interview before the
performance, Windom talked of his
life, acting, James Thurber, and the
Thurber program.
"I enjoy acting," he said. "It's the
way 1 earn a living. In that regard it's
the most important thing I do. But for
some people that's all they do. They
think, and breathe, and dream, and
write, and sleep, acting.
"I don't want to do that. It's a job.
I enjoy it when it's there, and I want
to be able to do something else when
the time comes."
Windom prefers guesting on
television shows to the grind of a
series.
"It's fun. It's much more fun than
being in a series, because you normally
have the lead that week, and it's your
story. When I go out and guest on
some other show, even with a tough
producer, he's going to be nice to me
because I'm only going to be there for
one week. And he wants to get a good
job out of me."
According to Windom, "It takes an
hour to get a minute. You see a
minute on the tube, and that
represents an hour of work somewhere
in front of a camera. They've got
marks on the floor for you to go to
because if you don't go to those
marks, the camera won't see you at
the proper spot. You're treated like
puppets - skilled puppets.
The actor commented about the
priorities in the television world. He
said that programs are chosen and run
with one thought in mind: "How do
they offend the least number of
people."
What happens if viewers are
offended?
"Well then, they won't buy the
soap," Windom replied. "They're in
the business to sell soap. They're not
in the business to entertain you. If by
selling soap they can entertain you,
they'll go for it. The objective is to sell
the soap."
Windom admires James Thurber and
called him an "Intelliffcnt and witty
man with an angry mind and a kind
heart."
William Windom on stage as Thurber . Staff Photo by Bill Hunt
He chose the Thurber pieces that he
presents in his program. "I selected the
material that made me laugh, or
touched me, or moved me right
away."
The actor's favorite Thurber story is
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
"I've found some other good ones
though," he added. "I've never read a
bad story by him, or even a dull one.
He was a meticulous man. He would
go over his work maybe 30 or 40 times
before he'd show it to anybody,
including his wife. The skill he had was
simplification. It looks
effortless . . just smooth."
The life of playing the college
circuit is hectic but Windom enjoys it.
"I get a kick out of it. The whole
thing represents 30 years of running
around just as crazy as we are today.
It's more fun than working in an
office."
But Windom did work in an office
between 1947 and 1950, and he
labeled it an "educational" experience.
"The main educational feature of it.
was that I found out that I didn't like
it. Otherwise I would have sort of felt,
'My God! You threw your life away
on this dumb make-believe when you
could have done something
worthwhile .. . make something out of
your life'."
"Well no," he objected. "I don't
want to make something out of my
life. I want to play, and that's what
I'm doing." Windom has been on tour
with the Thurber show off and on for
two and a half years, and has a
Thurber II show in the works.
"Eventually, what I want to do is
take this show and the one I'm
rehearsing (Thurber II) and cut them
up into about four one hour specials
for the tube." But he said that he'd
like to have about five or six months
of tour with Thurber II under his belt
before he films the whole thing.
Windom said that he'd like to leave
Greensboro "with the reputation of
'My gosh, Windom really filled that
house."
He continued, "1 want to leave
them saying, 'Geez, when can we get
him back again, because I understand
he's got a second show. Let's call up
his agent'."
for the motion and 5 against the
motion. Earlier the vote had been 19
for, 12 against, and one abstain which
was not a two thirds majority.
Ms. Baron believes that the reason
for the shift in Senate sentiment was
the lack of understanding earlier in the
session that impeachment proceedings
can lead to acquittal as well as
conviction.
The special investigative committee
set up last Thursday to explore the DC
problem in Gray recommended at first
that Ms. Royster be reprimanded for
the general charge of conduct
unbecoming a dorm coordinator. Later
TS senator Cynthia Broome, chairman
of the committee, asserted that, in
order to be fair to Ms. Royster, an
impeachment hearing must be held.
Ms. Royster first answered and then
refused to answer queries by the
senators during the first debate on the
motion to impeach. He counsel, Kevin
Moore, was granted speaking privileges
to assist Ms. Royster in answering
questions. A move by Sells to give
Moore privileges to debate was
defeated.
Attorney General Cherie Flynn
stated that in her opinion, "a
reprimand can not grow out of an
impeachment proceeding" and,
therefore, there was a change in the
temporary impeachment policy
adopted last Thursday. Ms. Flynn also
presented a clarification of the trial
procedure which was accepted.
Ms. Broome, in her committee
report, said that there was evidence
that Ms. Royster threatened Anna
Villani, a floor adviser in Gray with
removal from the dorm. When Ms.
Royster was answering questions, she
said that it was her understanding after
a meeting with Dean Shirley Flynn of
Residence Life that she as the DC
could ask a floor adviser to leave
following consultation with her other
advisers.
"I didn't threaten her," stated Ms.
Royster of the incident with Ms.
Villani. She also said, "I think this is a
bunch of bull. I'm not going to police
everybody in the dorm. That's not my
job."
Ms. Broome said of her committee's
work, "We are having a difficult time
getting people with complaints against
Ms. Royster to bring them about
publicly."
In the debate on the motion to
impeach, TS senator Cliff Mitchell
declared, "We can't say that the
charges are unfounded. Are we going
to overlook the rights of a few to
satisfy the majority." Mitchell referred
to the vote in Gray dorm taken by Ms.
Broome which indicated 97 girls were
against impeachment and 6 were for
impeachment of the DC.
TS consul Chris Jones argued that
See JONES, page 3
Quayle as ' Everyman'(right) with 'Riches.'
Quayle to perform
famed morality play
Sir Anthony Quayle, the noted
British actor and director, will play the
title role in the popular morality play,
Everyman, when the Clarence Brown
Scholar's Troupe visits the UNC-G
campus, Nov. 16-20.
Quayle. widely acclaimed as one of
the top English speaking actors now
involved in serious drama, will bring
more than 30 years of experience from
both sides of the Atlantic to the role.
The story of Everyman is that of a
man who is told that he is going to die.
His eventual death is preceded by the
desertion of all the characteristics of
his life, which appear as allegorical
characters.
Dr. John L. Jellicorse, the new
head of the Department of Drama and
Speech at UNC-G, saw the premiere
performance of Everyman by the
Scholar's Troupe at the University of
Tennessee in Knoxville. where he
formerly taught, several weeks ago. He
says that Quayle is "very powerful" in
the play.
"He is a very commanding presence
in the play from the first moment he
comes on stage," said Dr. Jellicorse.
"Quayle uses the full strength of his
magnificent talents and training in the
performance.
"I might add that his co-star in the
play is Robert Cothran. who designed
a visually, dynamic set for the
production. It's a circular design with
windows which portray the various
aspects of Everyman's life. The
windows close as Everyman progresses
to his ultimate destiny. It's a beautiful,
dynamic set - and your eyes are
immediately arrested by it."
This same set will be utilized by the
Scholar's Troupe when the company
presents Everyman in Taylor Building
at UNC-G Nov. 18, 19, and 20 at 8:15
p.m. A 2:15 p.m. matinee also will be
performed Nov. 20.
Not only will Everyman be
presented, but the Scholar's Troupe
also will perform Second Shepherd's
Play, an English farce from the
medieval period, during the same three
evenings and Wednesday afternoon.
A third play, Elizabethan
Miscellany will be performed Sunday,
Nov. 17,at8:15pjn.
The Clarence Brown Scholar's
Troupe was formed earlier this year
with the expectancy that it will
rapidly become a major professional
theatre company for the Mid-South
Region.
The Scholar's Troupe is being
funded, in part, by grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts, a
federal agency, and the Tennessee Arts
Commission, a state agency. It was
also formed with the support of a
consortium of six cooperating
universities, consisting of UNC-G, the
University of Kentucky, Memphis
State University, Vanderbilt
University, the University of Texas at
Austin and tne University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga.
While the company is in residency
at UNC-G, the actors will teach drama
classes and meet with students in
informal settings.
Addis & Crofut try Bi-Centennial program
BY WENDY KALDON
Staff Writer
"It's so much more fun to give a
concert with people instead of for
R.C. to host Black Arts
BY PAM BLACKBURN
Staff HMa»
The Residential College will host a
second Black Arts Festival Monday,
Nov. 18 and Tuesday, Nov. 19. Three
black women artists will be conducting
workships and discussions to which
the entire university community is
invited.
Betty Moseley, a graduate of
UNC-G in art, will present the
slide-lecture on "Africa Aesthetics and
the Afro-American Artist: Can We Go
Home Again?" Monday at 2 pm is
the Residential College Parlor in Mary
Foust Hall.
Pamela Fraily. a singer and expert in
black folk music, will present an
exploration of black folk music with
live and recorded music. Ms. Fraily is
the chairman of the Theory and
Education department of the Elma
Lewis School of Fine Arts, a part of
the National Center for Afro-American
Artists in Boston, Massachusetts. Ms.
Fraily's multi-media presentation will
be in the R.C. parlor at 7:30 pjn.
A panel discussion highlights
Tuesday morning activities as Ms.
Moseley, Ms. Fraily, and Linda Brago
of the R.C. faculty examine the black
aesthetic. The sessions will be at 10:30
in the R.C. parlor.
Ms. Bragg who will soon publish a
book of poetry, A Love Song to Black
Men, will read poetry Tuesday at 1:30
p.m.
The individual workshops will begin
at 3 pjn. Tuesday. The art workshop
led by Ms. Moseley will be held in the
Seminar Room of R.C. Ms. Fraily will
conduct the music workshop in the
large parlor of R.C. The small parlor
will be the site of the literature
workshop conducted by Ms. Bragg.
The Neo-Black Society Choir will be
in concert Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the
Nursing building. The program will be
devoted to gospel music.
The festival grew out of an interest
in black studies in the Residential
College. Other schools from the
Greensboro area have been invited to
attend the festival.
them," retlected Bill Crofut near the
end of last night's UC/LS program
with Crofut and partner Steve Addis.
The sparse crowd of 605 people
delighted in the professionalism used
by the duo to create an informal
atmosphere that carried throughout
the entire show.
Starting out by discarding the
standard program order to use the
audience as guinea pigs for a section of
their Bi-Centenial program, Addis and
Crofut proceeded upon a musical tour
of life in America during the ISOO's.
Varied Instrumental*
After the intermission, they stayed
closer to the program while showing
off the varied instrumental talents
they had learned in foreign countries
during their tours.
Closing the night with three encores
of familiar tunes, they didn't have to
wait for the audience to start singing
along . .. they already were.
Add* and Crofut at Staff Photo by Foul Braxton