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Page 2IWesiem Maryland College/February 27, 1986 by Kelly Connor August 25, 19~4. She calls by Beth. Jones cently The Color Purple said it "the day Pans was fiber- that there are still struggles ated." He calls it "the day we for blacks in the acting pro- lost Paris." "I put together 'Dark Sym- fession. "Racism is practiced On Wednesday, March 5, at phony' because people tend in casting. People tend to 8 pm in McDaniel Lounge two to forget about the struggles pigeon-hole black artists," he opposing perspectives of which led to modern black explained World War II will be presented culture," said Dwight Collins Collins also claimed that in a lecture on "Hitlerism and of his performance in Alumni he'd "never talk anyone into the Holocaust." Hall's Understage on Feb. 17. going into acting," and he Ms. Helen Waterford, survi- "Dark Symphony Revisited" advised all aspiring artists to vor of the Auschwitz extermi- is directed by Herman Lavern remember that "theater is a nation camp, and Mr. Alfons Jones and is comprised of business." He stressed the Heck, a leader of the Nazi dramatic readings of poems importance of gaining com- Youth, share their very differ- ,'" and prose chosen and per- munications and technical ent experiences of Hitler-ruled formed by Collins. The mate- skills, of being prepared to Germany in a unique and Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck rial, which came from such make sacrifices, of getting the perhaps controversial per- was born in Wittlich, West Waterford sees her mission noted poets as Langston most out of education, and of formance. Germany. He joined the Hitler as "a strong commitment to Hughes and Countee Cullen, being aware of limitations Waterford, born in Frankfurt, Youth in 1938 at age ten the dead; to the millions of concerned "the mental and In addition, Collins ex- West Germany, was living in There he accelerated in the Jews who died solely be- physical progression of plained that his ability to com- Amsterdam with her husband program and was promoted cause they were Jewish." blacks from slavery to modern municate well has helped him and daughter when the Ger- to captain, in charge of Unit For Heck, he has a chance society." to compete. "People judge mans invaded Holland in 244. He later commanded to "set the record straight for Collins, who has appeared the quality of your thinking by 1940. She participated in re- 3,000 boys engaged in de- the young of Germany, who in Equus, One Flew Over the sistance work and lived in fense projects. In 1951, Heck were turned into mindless fa- Cuckoo's Nest and most re- continued onp.ge 10 hiding from 1942-44, until emigrated to Canada and en- natics and died for an evil their arrest and deportation to tered the United States twelve cause" Auschwitz -- her husband years later with his Canadian- Though Waterford and Heck FAN'S CfINE8E flElTAURANT never returned. Later, in 1947, born wife. may share a microphone, Waterford and her daughter emigrated to the United In 1980, Heck joined Water- they do not necessarily share a common perspective. How- Szecl1un ~ WlISIminster States, where she worked ford for joint lectures on "Hit- ever, it is their mutual concern CatOMM 5P W. Main St.. with medical research in Chi- lerism and the Holocaust" at that the rest of the world not Polynesian 848-0019 cago. many universities and col- forget the lesson Nazi Ger- American . 876-3166 Heck, a writer and lecturer, leges. many laught us. Cocktail aeMce 0uIckey Lunch & Carry Out Open county schools criticized 11 AM-l0 PM Sun-Thu", 11 AM-ll PM Fn-slll Catering lor Banquets, Parties. Hors d'oeuvres continued from page 1 ~=================~observance for the past sev- House of Liquors eral years, outlying county schools had not. As school systems around Carroll Plaza Shopping Center the state and county an- nounced a holiday for Jan specials '" 20, Carroll and Baltimore counties were the only sys- tems in Maryland not closing. Chihuahua Mexican beer This decision provoked angry protests from the National As- $7.99/case sociation for the Advance- 1 case per coupon ment of Colored People civic groups. The Baltimore r ~=================~(NAACP) and other black County Board of Education Free topping for each large pizza bore the brunt of the protests due to the county's large NEW YORK black population; while Carroll escaped relatively unscathed. Both school boards defended J&P PIZZA their decisions saying that it would be more appropriate to observe King's memory with FREE DELIVERY in-school educational pro- grams instead of a vacation NOW AVAILABLE day A survey of black leaders on campus produced a simi- Crossroads Square Shopping Center lar response, but with a cau- Westminster, Maryland tion toward consistency Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Not as a black American, 30 MINUTES GUARANTEED but as an educator I think they (school systems) should do," said Mr. Mitchell Alexan- brate King's holiday because IF WE TAKE MORE THAN 30 MIN. be consistent. They did what der, Assistant Director of Col- it is a federal holiday, but ITS $3.00 OFF PRICE was best for their system, but more importantly it's a cele- I think it would be more le~i~a~~tisi~~i~rWanda Spar- bration of the ideals of a 876-5950 876-5951 effective to keep schools row, Minority Student Associa- a black people. It shouldn't be open and gear activities to- tion president advocated just a day for the kids to have ward him (King), the move- L ___j ment and what he tried to two pronged effort. "All off, but be celebrated within school systems should cele- the schools as well as out.