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102 "All the world's a stage ••• " UOkay ••• let's do our best." These words are said often in the Performing Arts Department. The faculty busily prepare their ,studentsfor performances and for future use and appreciation of music and drama. Time, hard work, concentration, patience and fun are all characteristics of the department. Teachers and students find their tasks re-warding and self-satisfying. Besidesthe regular courses, the music teachers provide private instruction for anyone interested. New instructors in music are: Stan Engebretson, voice instructor and Erma Garrity, piano instructor. The department also has a new course in Conducting. The Symphonic Winds, as of January, are sporting brand new uniforms for performanc-es and later marching. In addition to her courses in speech, drama, and oral interpretation, Jane Grey Stewart directs the Collegiate Players in a fall dramatic production and a spring musi-cal. Mathemati cs - New Face and New' Course This year brought to the Math Department a new instruc-torandalso a new course. Roger Riveland, the new instructor, received his degree from NDSUand has previously taught for four years at Minot State College. The new course Metric System 100 is being taught by Gibbs Molland. It is an introduction to the metric system and its conversion to the English system of weights and measures. Continuing Education Eric Gajeski Directs the numerous programs that are part of the Continuing Education Division. Among these are the evening coursesoffered Monday through Thursday, the Standing Rock Community program, and the Visiting Scholar-Program, which, this year, sponsoredappearances by renowned performers and speakers. Among them were the following: Ayako Uchiyama, Kabuki dancer; Theo-dore P. Labuza, Professorof Food Sciences and Technol-ogy at the University of Minnesota, speaking on food additives; Richard Casper, concert pianist; the Annapolis BrassQuintet; Miguel Rubio, Spanish guitarist, in his second appearance at BJC; and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Due to the energy crisis, the Guthrie Theatre Tour group, originally scheduled for a Moliere production in February, was forced to cancel its plans. Don Bigwood M.S., UNO Mathematics William Redmond M.S., NDSU Mathemati c