Central Florida Future, Vol. 01 No. 22, May 2, 1969

              Variety Show Highlights
Parent's Day Program
The highlight of the V.C.S.A.'s
Parent's Day evening program was a
Variety Show by FTU students.
Brian Skadowski, chairman of the
Variety Show, coordinated and
MC'ed the show which consisted of
nine diversified acts or skits.
To start the program, Cheryl
LeComte and Jan Crews played a
piano duet medley of popular songs
and hits. They also preformed their
own rendition of "Mac Arthur
Park".
Following the piano medley,
Clara Southworth gave an dramatic
reading of scripture entitled
"Gabriel".
John Gustafson played and sang
his rendition of the song, "They
Call   the  Wind  Maria"  from  the
show "Paint Your Wagon". He also
sang a song written by himself.
Rick Norton and "Matsuda" Sims
did a folk comedy duet. Their last
number, "Rock My Soul" featured
audience participation.
A trio consisting of Mary Lou
Rajchel, Jan Crews and Val
Williams sang several popular
numbers. Their rendition of
"Tonight" from "West Side Story"
was exceptionally well done.
Debbie Bacchus, the Tangerine
Bowl Queen, followed the trio with
a lively dance - twirling number,
"Lovesick Blues".
Lord Invader, his Intruders, and
Stella then arrived on the scene and
performed a pantomine rendition
of Stan Freberg's "ShBoom". The
excellent pantomining and an
overstuffed Stella made this
number the comedy hit of the
evening.
The show finished with Mary Lou
Rajchel singing her version of "This
Girl's in Love with You" and
"Goin'   Out  of My  Head".
Interspersed between the acts
were three "Laugh-In" type short
skits performed by Frank Santry
and Diana Prevatt. Diana was the
"old woman" and Frank, the "dirty
old man". All three short skits were
well received by the audience.
The entire talent show was
video-taped by the University's
Communications Department for
posterity.
Dorms To Get Color Sets
A fashion show in the lobby of the Library Building was
also a part of Parent's Day. Mrs. Charles N. Millican is shown
presenting a corsage to one of the models.
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Preparation is now being made
for the installation of two color
television sets in the FTU
dormitories. One set will be located
in the lounge of "A" dorm for
women residents and the other set
will be placed in the "D" dorm
lounge for men.
The color sets, expected to be in
operation by next week, are RCA
console models with 295 square
inch viewing screens. Before the
sets can be installed the FTU
maintainence department must
devise a method of permanently
securing the sets to the lounge wall
or  floor.   Also  on  order  is  new
Strike Ends,
Workers Return
The strike that halted work on
two of Florida Tech's buildings this
week has been resolved. Workers
are back on their respective jobs,
now that the non-union Delta
Electric workers are finished with
the work for which they were
contracted.
For awhile, it appeared that the
construction of the Tech campus
had once again been delayed! The
construction workers on the
Science-Computer and Technology
Building and the Administration
Building were on strike, protesting
the hiring of Delta Electric
employees. Delta Electric is
non-union while the Wiggs-Maale
workers, the strikers, are all union.
The carpenters, technicians, and
electricians working on the
Science-Tech Building were actively
on strike, while the carpenters and
electricians on the Administration
Building job struck in sympathy
with the other striking workers.
The Classroom Building which
has already been delayed, as was
previously reported in the FuTUre,
will not be further delayed by the
strike.
According to a Board of Regents
official, approximately 120 men
were off the job.
SG Releases
1969 Budget
The Budget Committee
submitted the following budget to
the Student Government April 15,
1969.
$1.500 Lake Clair Project
$500 Travel Expenses
$500 Freshman Class
$450 Junior Class
$500 Club Appropriations
for this quarter
$125 President's tuition
(Changeable)
$75 Vice-President'^ tuition
$100 ExecutiveOfficers
Expenses
$503.25 Miscellaneous
(Contingence)
$400 Secretarial Fees
$200 ($40 ea.)    Each College
$50 Colleges (HS,NS,etc.)
Surplus
Total   .. , > .....'. \ ) .«.«.'. • . .».♦, .$4,903.25
lounge furniture for use with the
sets.
Two color antennas have already
been installed in the dorms. The
antennas are designed to receive
both VHF and UHF broadcasting
signals and are also equipped with
rotors. These antennas are
described to be the best available to
insure good reception since campus
buildings and electrical facilities
might cause signal interference.
If the sets are well received and
are properly used, it is possible that
the lounges in B and C dorms will
get color sets also. There is a
possibility that color television will
be provided in future dorm
buildings.
At the present, no system has
been designed to determine which
channels the sets will be tuned to.
The majority of students wishing to
watch a certain program will decide
the channel. If more sets are
installed, certain sets may be
permanently wired for one channel
reception.
Executive Board
Chosen For V.C.
At the April 24, 1969, Village
Board Meeting, 1969-70 Executive
Officers of the Village Center Board
were chosen. Tom Nooft was
elected President of the Board and
Diana Prevatt was elected Vice
President for Financial Affairs.
Department assignments were
also agreed upon at this meeting.
V.C.S.A. is divided into ten
departments and one V.C. Board
Director is in charge of each
department. Sue Geisler is in charge
of the Personnel Department; Don
Lilly, Recreation Department;
Steve Poley, Public Information
Department; Jim Stringer, Public
Relations; Dan Tressler, the Fine
Arts Department; Roy Werner,
Cultural and Educational
Department; Diana Prevatt, Campus
Services Dept.; Frances Bender,
Spirit and Traditions Dept.; Andrea
Hillyer, Special Events Dept.; and
Melissa Hardman, Social Program
Dept.; Tom Nooft will take care of
the Standing Committees.
If any students are interested in
joining    any    of    the    above
departments,   please   contact   the
above department directors or the
Village Center staff and they will
f u f t her explain the committee
breakdown   of   each   department.
For example, committees under the
Cultural     and     Educational
Department are Speaker's Program,
Lecture and Debates, and College
Bowl.  Anyone interested in these
programs should see Roy Werner,
Director of the Department or Mrs.
Russell,   Program  Director of the
V.C.
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The   American   public   is   eating
and    drinking    more    outside   the
home    today    than    ever   before.
Restaurants     and     bars,     which
employed  more   than  two million
people   in   1968,   are   expected   to
provide  jobs  for more than  three
million workers by 1975, according
to Labor Department forecasts.
We Live in the Present,
By the Past, but
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Theatre Tent Erected
For Florida Tech's Motha
A flameproof canvas tent, to be
used by the theatre division at
FTU as an auditorium, was installed
Wednesday, April 30, adjacent to
the Science Auditorium. The tent is
124 feet long, 50 feet wide, and
241/4 feet tall. The sides are blue and
the top is blue and yellow
alternating stripes. The tent is stake
supported with a large amount of
open space. The cost of the tent is
supported by the state of Florida.
When the inside of the tent is
completed, there will be a 35' by
22' by 15' stage, a concrete slab for
the audience area, seating for over
200 people in the form of plastic
shell chairs in various colors, a
lobby, and dressing rooms.
The physical plant at FTU will
aid to the theatre division by
building the interior of the tent and
the lobby. Providing that the tent is
completed by summer, there will be
a play presented before the fall
quarter. When completed the tent
will offer "perfect sightlines", a
condition where every member of
Health Service To Show Drug Films
Dr. Edward Stoner of the
Student Health Service has arranged
for the showing of two drug films
from the Navy Medical Library.
The films, "Trip to Where" and
"L.S.D." will be shown in the
Science Auditorium on Thursday,
May 8, and Tuesday, May 13,
respectively.
"Trip to Where" will begin at
11:00 a.m. on May 8, and will last
approximately 50 minutes.
"L.S.D." will begin at 11:00 a.m.
on May 13, and will last
approximately 35 minutes. Directly
following the latter film a question
and answer period will be
conducted by Dr. Stoner. Assisting
in the question and answer program
will be Dr. David Tucker of FTU's
Developmental Center and Jim
Powers of the Board of Health-Drug
Administration.
Von Hilsheimer To Speak at FTU
The Rev. George Von Hilsheimer,
headmaster of the unusual and
controversial Green Valley School
in Orange City, will speak
Thursday, May 8 in the Science
Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Von Hilsheimer, an ordained
Baptist minister, will speak about
Rev. George Von Hilsheimer
"Behavior Engineering Man", the
"Psychological Retraining of
Behavior Problem Students", and
controversial issues concerning the
present educational system.
The goals of the Green Valley
School are not entirely academic;
they are largely moral. The goals
are to enable students to become
individuals who are able to take
action, and to be responsible for
their actions. The students will be
able to make intelligent choices, to
be critical learners, and to adapt
flexibly and intelligently to new
situations.
Students receiving an academic
diploma from the Green Valley
School will have achieved a
minimum percentile rank of 85 in
the College Record Examination; in
all academic subjects .
Tuition for twelve months
residence at Green Valley is twelve
thousand dollars. Class attendance
is required only for physical
education and assembly.
The program has been scheduled
by the W.R.A. as a part of their
ETCETERA Series. All students,
faculty, and staff are invited to
attend.
the audience, no matter where
seated, can see the performance
perfectly with no angles of vision.
An air-blown tent was acquired
by the theatre division in
October of 1968 for the same
purpose as the present one, from a
Seventh Day Adventist group. Due
to acoustical problems,
impracticability, and audience
comfort problems, the tent was
rejected.
According to Dr. David D. Mays,
head of the theatre division,
the function of the tent is two fold.
It is to be used by the theatre
division for   the  teaching  of
theatre courses and by Motha, the
FTU Theatre Group, for the
production of plays. "We hope for
the theatre to be financially
supported by the students and in
turn we will produce plays", said
Mays.
Four major productions are
planned for the 1969-70 school
year. These plays will be directed
by Mays, Harry Smith, who will
be in the theatre division in
the fall, and faculty members. Also
there are plans for student
organized direction of plays.
Motha, the FTU Theatre Group,
is comprised of students interested
in the theatre. Motha stands for
muddl'd orange (the color used to
paint Shakespeare's theatre) and
theatre (abbreviated to tha).
Freshmen Slate
Symposium
A "Speak-Out Symposium",
sponsored by the Freshman Class,
will be held Tuesday, May 6, from
11:00-12:00 noon in the grass area
next to the Snack bar.
Each speaker will be given three
to five minutes to explain the
context of his job, what he has
accomplished and what he intends
to accomplish.
The following speakers have been
approved and will speak: Walt
Komanski, Student Body President;
Phil Odham, Freshman Class
President; Brendon Voss, Junior
Class President; John Gholdston,
Editor-in-Chief of the FuTUre;
James Eller, Director of Auxiliary
Services, a representative from
Student Affairs, and one from the
Village Center.