The Panola Panorama (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, January 31, 1983 Page: 2 of 4
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Tobin Glad To Be In U.S. After Australian Stint
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By LOKima BAILEY
“You can imagine the culture shock,”
says Marianne Tobin, college freshman,
as she shares some of her experiences
while living in Australia.
After moving from her Texas home in
Plano, north of Dallas, four yars ago, she
was surprised to see the difference in the
educational system.
She attended Ascham School LTD
(Limited), a private school where the
dress codes were quite different. The girls
in the school were required to wear
uniforms. They dressed in army green
dresses topped with a blue blazer. They
also wore bobbie socks and patent leather
pumps.
The dress code wasn’t the most unusual
thing that she experienced. According to
Marianne, they weren’t even allowed to
wear make-up or talk to boys in their
uniforms.
The boys in the Australian school
system had to wear uniforms also. Every
Friday, they had to wear a kilt, which is*
Scottish tradition.
Academics are also stressed a lot more
in Australia than in the states.
“Our school work had to be turned in
every Tuesday,” explains Marianne, “or
we had to meet for detention on Satur-
day.”
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Tobin, she was born in Willingboro, N.J.
After living there for eight years,
Marianne and her family moved to
Washington, D.C.
After living in Washington, the family of
six moved to Texas, which they still call
their home.
The family lived in Plano until
Marianne’s father moved to Australia due
to his work in the American Consulate.
Marianne enjoyed living in Australia,
however, she had always planned to at-
tend school in Texas.
Marianne, who is a psychology major,
plans to further her college education at
Stephen F. Austin University.
While living in Australia, Marianne was
located in the state of New South Wales,
where she spent two and a half years on
the east central coast.
She and her family lived in Sydney, a
city with a population over 3 million.
Among Marianne’s activities which
include tennis and swimming, traveling is
her favorite. She has visited several
Pacific Islands including the Isle of Pines,
Neamea, Vila and Espirit Santo.
Even though Marianne is happy to be
back in the states, she misses the climate
in Sydney.
“The beaches are beautiful,” explains
Marianne, “and it never snows.”
While in Sydney, Marianne always
seemed to keep herself busy.
“I lived in a big city,” she said, as she
also tells of her job, which kept her busy.
She was employed as a souvenir girl at
the Sydney Tower, which is the tallest
building in the southern hemisphere.
“Through my job, I met people from all
parts of the world,” she said.
Even though Australia is a part of the
English Commonweath, many things still
differ.
'Magnificent Soprano7 Joins Staff
By SUSAN CASSITY
A new voice can be heard in the PJC fine
arts building as music instructor Jan
Bruening has joined the college’s faculty
for the spring semester.
Due to a large increase in the number of
music students, an additional teacher was
hired so that everyone who wanted to take
private lessons would have the opportuni-
ty, according to PJC music director Larry
Brumley.
Bruening said she had taught private
lessons in the past but hadn’t been af-
filiated with a college before now.
She said she already had 26 students in-
cluding 13 freshmen and three faculty
members.
Bruening said she would be teaching
vocal techniques while also exposing her
- students to a certain amount of repetoire.
She said the main thing she wanted to
teach her students was to have confidence
in singing in front of people and to feel
good vocally.
“I want them to enjoy singing and not
look at it as so much of a chore,” she add-
ed.
Bruening said her musical training
began in high school and that her interest
had grown as she went along.
After finishing high school, she attended
Belhaven College in Jackson, Miss., and
graduated in 1976 with a bachelor of music
degree. She then moved to Dallas where
she completed a master’s degree from
Southern Methodist University in 1979.
She then attended Boris Goldovsky
Opera Institute in Wheeling, W.V., in 1980
to study in an apprentice program.
She majored in vocal performance and
said her goal is to perform in the operatic
theater.
“I would love to sing opera somewhere,”
she said. ‘‘I am working toward that.”
She has had roles in several perfor-
mances at the Goldovsky Institute and at
SMU. She starred as Violetta in “La
Traviata” and, as Nella in “Gianni
Schicci.”
She has also performed in several con-
certs and recitals during the last few years
including “A Bi-Centennial Celebration”
conducted by Arthur Fiedler.
Brumley said the college was proud to
have.someone of Bruening’s caliber on the
staff and hoped that many people could
hear her perform in the coming months.
“Mrs. Bruening is a magnificent
soprano,” he said. “We are delighted to
welcome her to the music department.”
As far as Religion is concern
stressed a lot less in Australia than
states.
“The people seem to be much
liberal in Australia,” she explai
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is much more advanced in Australi h
in the states. wel
“The men and women don’t weai voc
as often,” she explains, “they ari ^
into the new wave.” edu
“Beer drinking seems to lufac:
‘Australian Way’,” explains Mali601,
“It seems that every man goes st 0Pe
to the Pub after work, especial
Fridays and paydays, to enjoy his j
favorite beer which is Tooheys.”
Marianne has enjoyed her ft
throughout the states and many!
countries. There hasn’t been too ^
places she hasn’t seen; howevei ^
cording to Marianne, “It’s good .to b
in the USA.”
College Enrollment
Rises
Enrollment records for the Spring
semester were set as the College noted a
total of 1,118 students seeking college
credit. In addition to that number are the
high school contract students and CEU
credit students.
According to Dean of Admissions
Martha Miller, 'enrolling more students
for the Spring semester than for the Fall is
an unusual situation.
The Fall semester figures totalled 1,094,
24 less than the present semester.
The largest previous enrollment for
college credit students was in the fall of
'.980 when 997 students were enrolled.
Miller indicated that some trends and
facts which affected this gain were the
retention rate of students enrolled for the
1982 Fall semester was up considerably,
the Marshall Occupational Education
Center has been open for the beginning of
the semester for the first time, and the
computer science courses have become
very popular.
She said that the College hoped to
maintain this good base into next
semester and that through increasingly
effective recruiting efforts would continue
the trend of ever-increasing enrollments.
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Kaun, Paul. The Panola Panorama (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, January 31, 1983, newspaper, January 31, 1983; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508011/m1/2/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Panola College.