'Of Mice and Men' opens run Thursday Opening this Thursday is the drama department's production of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men." The play will have two weekend runs, one March 12, 13, and 14, and the concluding runs on March 19, 20, and 21. Performance time is 8 p.m. in the drama lab, P-33. Tickets cost $.50 with an ASB card and $1.50 without. "As far as rehearsals go, we still have some polish to put on, but I feel we are right on schedul e and we'll be ready for a peak performance on opening night," said Mr. Buddy Ashbrook, drama instructor. The story's plot revolves around the travels of George and Lennie who are migratory farm laborers. They have nothing in common h11t their dream of a piece of land of their own. Lennie is mentally retarded, slow in grasping things , but capable of violence. George who ls intelligent and good-maturP.d always pulls Lennie out of trouble except at the end when there is no possible way out. The characters are compellingly realistic; yet, in spite of the harsh environment, there is a subdued tenderness in the longing of these tough, coarse farm · hands for settling down on their own lanrl--a. dream never to be fulfilled
because of a defect! ve social structure and even more because of the cruelty of life itself. Ashbrook fee ls that the cast has ach;everl the values that Steinbeck intended and that the play will provide engagement as well as entertainment. "Originally, 'Of Mice and Men' was in a short novel form. John Steinbeck was urged to adapt it into a drama by a leader of a small dramatic group in San Francisco. It achieved almost instant success there, and was moved to Broadway with a new professional cast in the same year (1937)." As hbrook also added that the play received the highest award possible which was the New York Drama Critic's Award. Among the plays it defeated that year was Thorton Wilder's "Our Town." Directing the play will be Mr. Buddy Ashbrook. Members of the cast are David Fennessy, George; Jim Southers, Lennie; Mel Schuster, Candy; Jamie Dean, The Boss; Bob Harrington, Curley; Barbara Price, Curley's Wife; Scott Hicks, Slim; Vic Machanis, Carlson; Mike Stodghill, Whit; Kirk McClure, Crooks. Other personnel include Norm Gaskins, technical director; David Humphreys, sound; Tom Henderson, lights; Lynda Buendel, costumes; Scott Hicks, set construction.
"Of Mice and Men" opens Thursdaynight in the first of two weekend runs. The play, written by John Steinbeck, is the
first drama production of the semester, and features a cast of ten veteran Palomar actors , including (left) Mel Schuster
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and David Fennessy. Curtain time for the production is 8 p.m. in the Drama Lab. Photos by John Eden----
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Committe passes grade ange A resolution jointly s ubmitted by the Palomar College Teachers Guild and the Counselling Department concerning the c ourse repeat-grade change policy has bee n passed by the Curriculum Committee. Acco rding to Mr. Victor Heyden, president of the Teachers Guild, this resolution is ''probably the most advanced policy of its kind in the California State Junior College system." The resolution is as follows: ''Whereas the Guild and the Counselling Department both approve the intent of the Faculty Association resolution on "F" grades, 12-1-69, but "Whereas permitting "F" students only to substitute, in effect, for their "F" grades any subsequently earned passing grades for the same courses of study does especially privilege the "F" student over the passing student, and
David Fennessey, left, as George, and Ji m Southers as Lennie portray with a compelling realism and tende rness
the two main characters in Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," on stage here in two weekend runs in the drama lab.
"Whereas the Guild and the Counselling Department both believe that no student should be especially privileged with regard to academic opportunity, including the opportunity to repeat course work with a view to the substitution, in effect, of a subsequently earned higher grade for an inferior prior grade, and "Whereas the Guild and the Counselling Department believe that some
students earning grades of "D", "C" , or even "B" or "A" might wish for and might ·profitably use such an opportunity, and "Whereas the motivation to scholarship of some passing students might will be impaired by the granting of a course repeat-grade change privilege exclusively to failing students, now ''Therefore the Palomar College Teachers Guild, Local 1935, AFT, and the Counselling Department of Palomar Col-
Student Art Guild reactivated; plan for expenditures adopted In a meeting last Friday, Palomar's student Art Guild was reactivated and club officers chosen by a large turnout of art students . Sam Edwards was e lected president of the guild, Scott Robe rts was chosen vice president, and Jack Buchans will serve as secretary- treasurer. The reorganizational meeting was called primarily to determine if there is e nough student interest to support the group. Designation of funds was the main item on the agenda. Mr. Val
Award winning film lhe Servant' offers macabre glimpse tonight "The Servant," winner of three British Academy Awards and an e ntry to both the New York Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival , will be shown tonight in P-32. According to "International Cinema," the 1970 film guide, this is a "s hattering tale of heartless domination of one soul by another, told through the obsessive relationship between a young, ine.xperienced master and a smooth, scheming male domestic. ' "The Servant' " offers a tantalizing glimpse into the erotic and corrupt through a literate screenplay with sharp, incisive dialog." Judith Crist, N.Y. Herald Tribune reviewer, states, "It is a macabre film, a minute study of deparvity and corruption almost for their own sake--and it grips your attention every step of its decadent way. "It is a story told in flickering tones, in reflections, in shining surfaces, in the brightness of day and the shadows of night, in the slow degeneration of a blond and beautiful young man within a handsome house that turns into a shell of vileness. . . but above all. •. four superb performers. Some may find it 'sick' in its negativism, its concentration on the sensuous and erotic for
its own sake--but I defy anyone to deny its fascination." It is directed by Joseph Losey, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter based on the novel by Robin Maugham, music c omposed and conducted by John Dankworth, with actors Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and James Fox.
Sande rs, art instructor, pointed out to the group that funds existed in the name of the art guild, and that the group needs a plan to stear the funds. The group adopted a five-point plan for expenditures including: 1) $500 to attrac t noted craftsmen and artist to hold seminars and to demonstrate and lend talent to the betterment of Palomar's art students. 2) $250 for the purchase of ceramic and glass objects for enrichment of environment and to generate ideas and concepts in the student as related to materials. 3) $200 for assistance in research into art facilities in California colleges. 4) $300500 for support of the art department in construction of a sculpture and ceramic display area. 5) $150 in gene ral funds to be used in assistance to s tudents and projects. Also discussed at the meeting was the purchase of potter's wheels. Mr. Sanders explained that money is now budgeted for such wheels, and they will be purchased as soon as the new roof is finished over the ceramic patio. Future plans for the Art Guild include reinstatement into the Inter-Club Council so that the group can once again take an active part in student government.
Veterans for Peace plan draft protest
Two photo exhibits
showing in library Two photography exhibits combining the skills of last semester's creative evening class and last semester's beginning photography class are currently being shown. One is at the Del Mar Art Guild Gallery in Del Mar. It is an annual show being put on by the creative class. The beginning class has their display in the library, and will continue to do shows there throughout the year. Approximately 65 students are e nrolled in the beginning photography classes taught at night and during the day, according to Mr. Justus Ahrend.
lege, do hereby offer for appropriate approval the following policy: "Any student may repeat any course of study at Palomar College and, subject to the approval of the original instructor, a "W" may be substituted for a lower prior grade in the student's official course and grade record, when a higher grade has been subsequently earned in a repeat course of study. Enrollment priority shall be reserved to those students taking any given course fo r the first time.
Bronze molds were prepared by students for the benefit of onlookers during "Com-
munity Day" held Sunday afternoon. It attracted over 200. D.R. Anderson photo
While nationwide demonstrations are held next week during "Stop the Draft Week," Palomar's own Vets for Peace will be protesting the draft on a smaller scale. A meeting will be held Wednesday at ll a.m. in P-9 to organize activities on this campus in conjunction with this protest. All draft-eligible male students and any other interested students are invited to attend this organizational meeting. According to Rick Jahnkow, a spokesman for the Vets for Peace, the "Stop the Draft Week", from March 16-22, is being sponsored by the New Mobilization and Vietnam Moratorium Committees.