UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 35, Page 5
June 23, 1994
Up and coming

McCarthy era lecture June 29
     Gary May, associate professor of history at the University of
Delaware, will discuss his new book, Un-American Activities: The
Trials of William Remington, at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 29, in the
Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center.
     His talk continues the University's Faculty Spotlight Series and
is free and open to the public.
     His new book charts the rise and fall of a high government
official accused of being a Communist and Soviet spy.
     May himself made history during his research for the book as the
first historian in the country to successfully petition for the
unsealing of grand jury records.
     Remington was sent to prison for perjury, where he was murdered
by anti-Communist zealots. May's research revealed that while
Remington was no hero, the government, which brought about his
downfall, bent and broke the law to convict him and then failed to
adequately protect him in prison, where he was beaten to death at the
age of 37.
     The book was published by Oxford University Press.
     May also wrote China Scapegoat: The Diplomatic Ordeal of John
Carter Vincent, another McCarthy-era personality.
     May joined the University of Delaware faculty in 1975. He
received his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of
California, Los Angeles.
     The Faculty Spotlight Series is sponsored by the Perkins Student
Center.


Blues program on campus July 12
     The Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education (DIAE) will
present "BLUESTORY!," featuring country blues, music and legends from
11 a.m.-noon, Tuesday, July 12, in Pearson Hall Auditorium. This
performance is one of eight performances/exhibits to be featured by
DIAE during its 1994 summer session for teachers.
     This collaboration will feature acoustic blues by John Cephas and
Phil Wiggins, with stories from the blues literature by Jackie
Torrence. The artists will perform both individually and together to
give the audience a look at the blues as literature as well as music.
     Torrence learned storytelling from her grandfather, aunts and
uncles in the hills of rural North Carolina.
     Wiggins has played the blues harp since he was a child. He has
performed with many blues artists over the years.
     Cephas began playing the guitar at the age of 9.
     For more information, contact DIAE's executive director, Marilyn
Bauman at 454-2217.


Bus trip scheduled to see Blue Rocks
     The Perkins Student Center has scheduled a trip to a Wilmington
Blue Rocks game this summer.
     "Take me out to the ballgame," a trip to the game between the
Wilmington Blue Rocks and the Lynchburg Red Sox, will be held
Saturday, July 16. Buses will depart the Perkins Student Center
parking lot at 6 p.m. for the 7:05 p.m. game. Tickets will go on sale
Monday, June 27.
     Cost is $5 per ticket, which includes both the game ticket and
transportation.
     Tickets, which must be purchased in advance, are sold from 8:30
a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, in Room 107 of the Perkins Student
Center. University ID is required, and one guest is allowed for each
ID.
     For information, call 831-1296.