Central State College Newsletter from Edmond, Oklahoma • 1

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Are you listening? Fite Takes OSU Extension Job Robert Fite BA recently returned to the United States from Uruguay to direct the Arts and Sciences Extension at Oklahoma State University Stillwater A Fulbright lecturer to the Un-stituto Artigas De Montevideo Dr Fite received his invitation to South America after a group of Uruguayan educators became interested in several programs he was sponsoring to improve the quantity and quality of science education in Oklahoma Dr Fite received his Masters Degree from OSU and studied at Northwestern Chicago for his doctorate was my first trip to South be said I was delighted with the hospitality and friendliness of the people They took me to receptions dinners operas and plays We went on field trips shopping tours and asadas (barbeques) together I was invited into their homes and introduced to their families relatives and THE OLD NORTH BELLES namesake of this venerable tower are seven sweet swingers from the Central 75-Add One show A complement of the men's glee club the coeds are (from left) Diana Tomlinson and Joetta Fugate Edmond Pat O'Neal Oklahoma City Kathy Hayes and Marcena Guyer Edmond Gail Owen Hennessey and Sharon Ruiz Blackwell Musical Tells of College Life of go-go girls football heroes harem dancers an ogre of a professor and the magic of young love A serious mood is realized during the performance of performed by the entire ensemble and A Grand Old the finale A song composed especially for the show is You Think of It is written by Coleman Smith and presented by Mary Upjohn and Mike Dennis This way out interpretation of the college term was presented to the public at Penn Square in Oklahoma Citv during that shopping sixth anniversary In their salute to higher education the Penn Square Merchants Association baked a cake in the shape of Old North Tower oldest building of higher education in the state A tape recording called the of Old was played inside the tower of the cake Central 75-Add One is scheduled on campus for Day April 24 at Fort Sill army base and the Lawton USO May 7 and for the Penn Square art festival May 8 Sets for the show were designed and constructed especially for the Central 75-Add One show by Wayne Buckner Edmond senior They are originally designed on portable two-faced fiats depicting various school scenes The 75-membcr cast have had many opportunities to polish their performance during its production throughout the state Besides the group numbers several solos are presented by the students during the one and a half hours show One of the more spectacular acts is the to the tune of the which is presented bv the entire east glee club Old North Belles and dancers Was A Wry Good maintains a lively pace with its varied cast This Central 75-Add One production is a musical story of American college 1966 entitled Was A Very Good The one and half hour show portrays college life with scenes in the science lab in the glory hours of a football hero during the horrors of test time the uplift of patriotism and the quiet meditation of religion Tell It On The of Sigmund and A Grand Old are some of the musical numbers This light-hearted frolic was written and directed by Max Davis chairman of the speech department Other faculty with the production are choreographer Ann Shanks CSC physical education and health instructor technical director Robert West speech and drama instructor musical director Coleman Smith assistant professor of music sound director Collins radio instructor Members of Orthesis modern dance group Old North Belles and the glee club perfonn the show.