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Page Four-THE SKYSCRAPER - December 7. 1967 Prison blinds 'Eyes,' distorts life and sex by Rose McKiernan Approximately 196 well-fed, fairly well-educated, comfort ably affluent people will settle into the seats of the Hull House Theatre. 3212 N. Broad way, to be entertained tonight to be informed to undergo an emotional experience to observe the experimental theatre to . . . who knows? They will snicker, giggle, laugh or state in the initial shock of understanding that the piece of artistry they are observing deals openly with two homosexuals, a male pros titute and an innocent who will eventually descend into homosexuality as a necessary part of prison survival. Jchn Herbert's Fortune and Men's Eyes. playing until February is a touching, beautiful and, most significantly, a powerful treatment of the personal deg radation and depravity inher ent in the existing prison sys tem. Fortune and Men's Eyes isn't just any play and it does not have just any cast. David Michaels (Queenie), who In real life attended the Ameri can Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and also received his degree in art from Indiana State University, does a convincing portrayal of a young man who discovers that he can be comfortable fi nancially and satisfied sexual ly by becoming a homosexual. Cavorting around the stage wearing jockeys, and later be decked in the full costume of a chorus girl, he deftly defines the inconsistencies in a person so disposed The viewer feels uncomfort able looking at him. Raphael Dunn lt;Mona gt;. who is actually a veterinarian's as sistant at the North Shore An imal Hospital and who studied at the Goodman Theater School, portrays a homosexual who demands a different type of acting irom that of Mi chaels, for Mona is with drawn, submissive and thoughtful. What at first glance appears to be a rather mediocre performance he- comes an obvious masterpiece after a break for intermission. Dunn forces tears to roll down his face in the agony of reject, ing his now not-so-innocent young friend's passes. Al though not so much the au dience favorite as Michaels, Dunn takes a difficult role and constructively fulfills it. Bill Condor (Rocky), a build ing maintenance man five days a week, is convincing and involved in his tough guy role. But because it is a touch guy. loud mouth role, it is a much simpler accomplishment than that of Michaels and Dunn. Stuart Eckhaus (Smittyi, who portrays the first offend er the young innocent is a computer operator by profes sion. Ironically, in the first part of the play he is unable to do anything other than re peat the lines of a far distant playwright. But by the conclu sion of his performance, he is creed to take certain steps. He is Smitty rather than Eck haus. Playwright John Herbert is the voice of experience speak ing. Condemned to six months in a Canadian prison for a sex crime he claims he didn't commit, he emerges to give the world a message, especial ly about the degradation of the penal system now in effect. Director Bob Sicklnger can certainly be credited for much of Ihe play's success with re gard to its Chicago staging. In any play, convicts are not convicts and a cell is not a cell without a capable director. The play is a masterpiece, the actors talented although not professionals, and the so cial message worthwhile. If theater is more than a group of songs woven together with insignificant words, if it is more than didacticism, then it is this. SKYSCRAPER Dholo bv Kuthleen Flvnn I DON'T NEED any of your wisecracks, you hear. I'm the sentinel at the Art Institute and if I want to wear an evergreen wreath with a floppy red ribbon around my mane. I can. After all, it's Christmas. Understand? Sky scrapings PHILOSOPHY LAB. DEPT.: How many times have we heard it said that the theme of such and such was alie nation. or estrangement or disaffiliation, of the individ ual from society, to which ex trapolations our instinctive re sponse is Oh, come on. But this week, Tully cites the hor ridly concrete case of just such an unfortunate as she wound her disassociate way through daily debacles in the skyscraper. L'etrangere's first stop was the registrar's office, where she picked up a drop-add slip, i Quaintly cryptic term for such an emotionally charged article. Then, contin uing her search for Professor Bird of the poultry science department, she found that he was in his tenth year of sab batical leave. Nonplussed, our outsider dispassionately forged the drop. portion of the slip, and proceeded to the of fice of the chairman of the demonology department, who upon seeing the proffered and alMoo familiar item, suc cumbed to the combined ef fects of apoplexy and existen tial nausea. At this juncture, the alie nated began to ponde--. with clinical detachment, what. In deed, was the point of it all. Fatigue suffused her aware ness. She couldn't remember which course she had meant to add and which to drop. So, with her last spurt of energy. L'etrangere took the slip back to the registrar, and disputed the root premise of the drop- add equation. Why can't we go to the classes we want, and not go to the ones we don't want? she asked. Life isn't that simple. said THE SKYSCRAPER Mundelein College 6363 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, 111., 60626 the registrar. Whereupon the alien went to the Tearoom, where she intended to meas ure out her daily dole of life with coffee spoons, but could not find any. MORE SOCIAL SYN DROMES: Another phenome non we read about but seldom have opportunity to observe firstrhand is mob psychology. So last Saturday a busload of Mundelein students took a field trip to the McCarthy Rally at the Conrad Hilton. Upon entering the Hilton, they were swept by the methodical onsurge of the crowd to the closed doors of the overcrowd ed conference hall where the rally was being held. There guards diverted the people down an escalator to a base ment level to hear piped-in McCarthy. Understandably miffed at such impersonal treatment, Mundelein malcontents re grouped near the beleaguered birricade of guards while Skyscraper staff members tried to exert their problemat- ical press privileges to get into the rally proper. After a few preliminary skirmishes. 1he news editor was summari ly hustled down the escalator by a guard who roared Mun delein press passes are no good you hear ? Mundelein NO GOOD Even In context it sounded bad. But reports from those who by dint of sheer animal tenac ity managed to penetrate with in, reveal a strange duplicity in mass reactions to McCar thy's Democratic alterna tives to Johnson. Upstairs, the atmosphere was all New Year's Eve Party, confetti-in- hair wholehearted acceptance of McCarthy and all his pomps. The presence of great ness was felt. Downstairs, amid the waves of applause pouring in over the P.A., the audience sat on the floor in si lent ncncommital clumps. Al Lowensteln's stirring introduc tory Phillipic. enthusiastically received upstairs, here evoked only scattered, morose grunts. McCarthy's much-touted plat form struck this basement con stituency 'out of range of Charisma i as unoriginal and vague. Whereas, being thoroughly disenchanted with nec-McCar- thyism we propose an all- school caucus to draft a Mun delein candidate, to which fa vorite son would conjoin all the most salient and sterl ing qualities of iwhat else) the faculty; specifically, the cata logue frontispiece grand man*- ner of Dr. Barta. Mrs. Pos- mantur's unflagging empathy with youth. Sister Sharon's ebullience and verve, Mrs. Matasar's opposition squelch- tog logic. Mr. Fortune's un pretentious forthrightness, Fa ther Senski's enthusiasm, and Dr. Meyer's wardrobe. How could we fail? Tully (the Dark horse) News Briefs NORAD Tour: Five Mundelein seniors selected by a facul ty student committee will tour the U.S. Air Force Academy al Colorado Springs and the North Amer ican Air Defense Headquar ters at Cheyenne Mountain. Col. March 21-23. The trip, sponsored by the Air Force Recruiting Detachment In the Chicago area, is de signed to show these stu dents the opportunities avail able to women college grad uates in the U.S. Air Force Commissioned Officers Corps. Interested seniors may qualify for the trip through the Dean ol Stu dents' office by writing a brief 1 e 11 e r of application stating why they wish to participate. Deadline is Dec. 7. Juniors are eligible to ap ply as alternates and must follow the same procedure. The finalists and alternates will be announced Dec. 13. This same invitation has also been extended to St. Xavier and Rosary' College in order to form a combined group tour. Summer Camp: The Illinois State Employment Service. 208 South LaSalle St., will hold a Camp Day Dec. 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to interview college students for positions as summer counselors at day and resi dent camps in the Midwest. Art Exhibit: An exhibit of Sculptural Form by Sis ter Patricia M. Briare's Hu manities IV classes is on display through Dec. 15 on the Mezzanine. The art proj ects include a colorful as - sortment of varied sized ani mals ranging from a large papier mache giraffe to a small wire cat. Woman's Board attempts to enhance college image A recent luncheon meeting in McCormick Lounge would have delighted any local name-dropper. If he was not impressed by the presence of a member of the Chicago School Board, a state representative for this district, and the wives of the chairman of Mundelein's Board of Trustees, the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago and major corporation exec utives, he would have been, once the ladies got down to business. Who are these 40 prominent Chicago-area women compris ing the Woman's Board? Moth er substitutes? Bridge-set fund raisers? We were formed. explains Mrs. W. Lydon Wild, president, because We want to make Mundelein more at tractive to the students, both those already here and those considering the college, and we want to help students fil ter into our society as we know it. We are just getting started; and if students would give us an idea of what they would like to do, the places they would like to go, this would be a great help. Launched in February, 1966 by Daniel Cahill. vice - presi dent in charge of development, and Mrs. Wild, member of the Chicago School Board, the Woman's Boaid has three for mal objectives: li to expand Mundelein's influence in the cultural and social communi ties of the Midwest; 2i to make the college's academic contributions better known to the general public and to pro spective students; 3) to Intro duce the students, especially out-of-state residents to the social community of the city. Members offer their magic touch to open not only their own homes, but also parts of the city that college students rarely see on their budgets. These women have volun teered to replace the Honors Convocation with an all-college luncheon at a downtown hotel to honor seniors and to organ ize a tea dance with hand- picked ideal men from area universities. The beard, however, is more than a fun for students serv ice. It has a practical side also, aiming to inform the col lege of possible schriirship sources and seeking books for the Learning Resource center. Classified New Holiday Fashions N.Y. Calif, designers. price. , Dresses S2.00. S3.00. S5.00. Values to 40. LEE'S SAMPLES Webster Hotel Room 429 Room 429 2150 N. Lincoln Park West Call: DI 8-6800 WIGS 100 HUMAN HAIR, a S200 value, must sacrifice 55: wiglets falls, lay-away for holiday. Call 676-0622.
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1967-12-07 (4)
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