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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1964-05-08_Vol29_No24_06

Friday, May 8, 1964 Page 6 Streetman Musical Opens Tonight In New England If you were in Maine tonight you might be witnessing the premiere performance of an original musical comedy entitled "Are You Kidding Me?" A glance at the playbill would inform you that the music, lyrics and book were written by last year's Carolinian editor, John Streetman III. He's also director of the production, and he accompanies the musical numbers on both piano and organ. Several Cullowhee residents who heard a "run-through" of the words and music back in March described him at the time as "another Cole Porter." The one-act play, which pokes fun at all the sacred cows of "prep school" life, makes its debut at exclusive Berwick Academy where Streetman is an English master. "I got the idea for the musical by simply observing campus life," says Streetman, who teaches advanced junior and senior English and is chairman of the Academy's Dramatics Association. "Educators who've watched rehearsals describe it as 'controversial' because we treat heretofore touchy topics," he points out, "but they seem to like It anyway." His colleagues don't even object to a program note which warns the audience that "Any resemblance to persons living or dead is not altogether unintentional." Streetman admits that in preparing the technical end of the production it was difficult not to be somewhat "eclectic." "I remembered the effectiveness of the costuming in the Raoul-Murphy production of A Little College Is A Dangerous Thing at WCC last spring, and consequently my cast is dressed in madras and white," he explains. He's also indebted to Miss Josefina Niggli, whose courses in theatre history and criticism have proved invaluable, he says. Eight orginal muscial numbers are woven into the script and serve to advance the plot. One highlight of the play is a new "folk song" entitled "Wimberly," which is sung by the Moody Men, a trio well known in New England preparatory school circles. Another is "Glad I'm Free!" with lyrics by Ruth Nelson of Cullowhee. "It's a strange sensation to hear your own words and music come to life on a stage, and it's even stranger to hear your tunes whistled around campus by students who aren't even in the cast. It's as though they don't belong to you anymore," Street- . man admits. "Iv'e never worked with such I talented, responsive people," he says, praising his 30-member I cast which is made up of students ranging from ambassa- i dors' sons to the offspring of | corporation presidents. The technical supervision of "Are You Kidding Me?" is handled by Elyot Henderson, former professor of art at Vassar and now artist-in-residence at Berwick Academy. Streetman, who graduated from WCC in 1963 and joined the faculty of Maine's oldest academy this past September, was a member of the Carolinian Dr. Marcus Bloch, L-Hy. President Eastern Magical Society P. O. Box 118 New York 9, N. Y. JOHN STREETMAN '63 writes and directs musical comedy tonight In Maine 'prep' school. staff for four years, serving as editor of the campus newspaper during his senior year. Immediately following graduation he attended the International Shakespeare Seminar at Oxford University under the sponsorship of the British Association for Cultural Exchange and then toured Western Europe. Though an English major, Streetman was well-known on campus for his musical activities. He served as official organist for basketball games in Reid gymnasium, and during his sophomore year gave a recital of original piano compositions. As a Junior hs composed an original musical score for the Little Theatre production of ANDROCLES AND THE LION. Two of Streetman's poems have been published in national poetry anthologies and four have appeared In campus literary magazines. A memebr of Tau Kappa Epsilon, he was voted the fraternity's outstanding pledge during his outstanding pledge during his freshman year. And what Is John Streetman doing now that "Are You Kidding ME?" seems assured of a successful run? He's working on another musical comedy! —R.K.N. Employment... Continued from page 3 Counseling: Employment opportunities in the field of counseling are excellent, especially for those with a master's degree or better, in the field of guidance and counseling or education, psychology, or social work. The need for vocational counselors in the State Employment Service offices is expected to increase. Library Work: Excellent opportunities exist for well- trained librarians in all kinds of libraries — school, college, public and private—in government agencies, educational and research associations, medical institutions and business and industrial firms. Law: Graduates from recognized law schools and those who rank in the top 10 per cent of their class will have good opportunities to join legal staffs of large law firms, corporations and government agencies, and to become law clerks to judges. Other graduates will experience more com- Detition in locating salaried positions as lawyers. Young attorneys who plan to open their law offices must be prepared to face a period of low earnings while they build ud their practices. Salaries of lawyers employed in beginning positions with business and manufactures firms average around $6,- 500 a year. Journalism: Graduates majoring in journalism as well as liberal arts graduates with writing ability will find numerous openings with newspapers and in advertising, public relations, trade and technical oublishing, and other fields. Newspaper editors are actively seeking - well-qualified young reporters with exceptional writing talent. The largest number of openings for beginning reporters are with weekly and daily newspapers located in small towns and surburban areas. Large city dailies also have openings for inexperienced people with a good educational background and a flair for writing to enter as reporter trainees. Social Sciences: Many of the more than 50,000 social science graduates this year will go on to graduate school. Some seeking employment will find opportunities in government, enter high school teaching and jobs in industry. PhD's are in demand, especially for college teaching. Economists with graduate education including several courses in mathematics 'and statistics have very good employment o p p o rtunities. Those with the bachelor's degree are in demand for trainee positions in government and industry. Sociologists are finding increasing employment opportunities in teaching and in research. Health Profession: Psychologists with PhD's are in great demand in every field of specialization. Mental hospitals, mental hygiene clinics, rehabilitation centers, schools and colleges and various agencies of the Federal Government are seeking wll-ctualifid psychologists. Graduates without a graduate degree may experience some difficulty in finding professional work. Graduates in social work will find many vacancies in settlement houses and community organizations and youth serving agencies. Numerous vacancies also exist in agencies handling public assistance and child welfare services. The need is especially critical in medical and psychiatric social work. Physicians will continue to have excellent oppoiltuniities. This year's graduating class wil not be sufficient to replace all of the practitioners who will retire or die, to relieve shortages in many areas, and to keep pace with rising demands for specialized medical services. Expanded medical research will require more trained research physicians; medical schools will have opening for additional faculty members: and the growing number of hospital training programs will require more interns and resident physicians. Opportunities for dentists are excellent in most parts of the country. A- bout 3.300 dentists will complete their training this June, but nearly three-fourths of these will be needed to repalce retiring dentists. The number of veterinarian graduates is not expected to be sufficient to meet the needs for veterinarians in private practice, government service and colleges and universities. Fewer optometrists are graduating this year than are needed to replace those leaving the profession. Thus, there will be less com- Detition for desirable locations than in the recent past. Due to the recent extension from four to five years in the post high school training required for the licensing of pharmacists, only 2,100 students will graduate from pharmacy colleges this year, about half the number graduating last year. These new graduates will find jobs readily, as replacements for pharmacists leaving the profession and the staff research, sales and production positions in pharmaceutical manufacturing companies. Professional nurses continue to be in great demand. The outlook is especially favorable for those with a bachelor's or master's degree for administrative and supervisory positions and as teachers. There is widespread demand for medical technologists, physical and occupational therapists, dietitions, medical record librarians, and many other workers in the health professions. Performing Arts: The employment outlook for musicians, singers and dancers who have the educational qualifications for school and college teaching is much better than for those trained only as performers. The picture is especially bright for elementary or secondary school teachers. Civil Service: This year the 70 departments and agencies of the Federal Government plan to recruit more than 15,000 well qualified young men and BELK'S DEPT. STORE "The Home of Better Values" "Entire Line of Popular Priced Clothes For All College Students" 586-2015 SYLVA, N. C. H. J. Landis, Manager women for careers in a wide range of professions and occupations. Government agencies need more than 4,000 new engineers in all fields, including electronics, electrical, aerospace and mechanical and about 1 - 800 new graduates in physic's, chemistry, mathematics and other physical science specialties. Starting salaries for graduates in these fields are $5,650 a year, but those who have superior scholastic records or those with one year's graduate work may start at $6,770. College graduates in liberal arts, business administration, public administration, biological sciences and social sciences are recruited to fill positions for economists, statisticians, writers, revenue officers and claims examiners. About half of the Government positions are filled through the Federal Service Entrance Examination. This year, applicants can substitute their scores on the aptitude test of the Graduate Record Examinaion in place of the FSEE general test. The starting salary in most cases is $4,609 a year, but outstanding graduates can begin at $5,795. Peace Corps: The Peace Corps is looking to college graduates for its planned expansion during the next fiscal year—up to a possible 14,000 Voluteeers. The greatest number of Volunteers is needed in education—primary _ secondary, university, adult and vocational. Community action, rural and urban, is the second largest field. Next in order are agriculture, health and public works programs. Volunteers are not salaried but they receive a living allowance sufficient to maintain themselves in the host country. At the end of their service, they receive a readjustment allowance of $75 for each month of completed service—$1,800 in all less income tax and social security. All travel and training expenses are covered by the Peace Corps, plus a modest training allowance. Business: Accounting grad uates continue to be especially sought after by private firms and by government agencies. The supply of qualified applicants is well below the needs of CPA firms, manufacturers, insurance companies and other business organizations. Trained accountants are also being sought for planning work in connection with electronic data - processing operations. Starting salaries range between $450 and $625 a month for most graduates with bachelor's degrees. The demand for business administration and liberal arts graduates for employment as sales representatives and sales trainees continues to be great. In addition there are sizeable numbers of openings for management trainee positions. Many positions are available in personnel work and advertising but competition for these jobs will be keen. Competition will also be keen for the positions available in public relations work. Starting salaries range between $425 and $ 600 a month for most business trainee and sales jobs. 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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

• Creator
  • Western Carolina College
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1964-05-08;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-04
• Extent
  • Dimension: 16" x 10.5"
  • Pages: 12 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
• Identifier
  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1964-05-08_Vol29_No24
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library