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Sept. 25,1963 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three The Sticking Place Big Bad Wolf Huffs, Puffs, Blows In Playwright's Latest Production by Bob Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf? Last week I saw a play, Edward Albee's The Zoo Story. This was the second production of it I have seen, so I should have been pre pared for it. I wasn't. In The Zoo Story Peter, the conventional man (tweeds, pipe, horn-rimmed glasses), is ap proached in Central Park by Jerry, the unconventional man (sweat shirt, tennis shoes). The story of their meeting is rich in humor, and Jerry's soliloquy, The Story of Jerry and the Dog, is a brilliant stroke of playwrighting marred only by the sentimentality of its conclusion. The Zoo Story is not without its faults. Midway in the play, the vein of comedy becomes brittle, and Albee makes a plea for what might be called the Capote-Mc- Cullers theory of love. Another weak point is Jerry's melodramatic murder by the provoked Peter and the almost maudlin forgiving of his trembling killer. Yet The Zoo Story does have an overwhelming stage presence. In this, his first play, Albee ex hibits a highly alert sense of the theatrical. He forces the audience to listen to him, forces them to think. Thus many people react negatively to Albee. Thinking can be painful. This is equally true of his other plays. The Death of Bessie Smith, a piece of social criticism describing the death of the Negro blues singer because all-white hos pitals would not admit her after an auto accident. The Sandbox and The American Dream, attacking the optimistic foundations of what has become American life, place Al bee squarely in the tradition of the theater of the absurd. But Albee's latest, longest, most frightening play is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The play, which runs three and one-half hours, is a series of verbal duels be- Set Fulbright Deadline The application deadline for Ful bright scholarships is Oct. 1. Stu dents interested in the program may obtain application blanks from Sister Mary Eloise, B.V.M., Room 201A. The grants are available to quali fied graduate students, and are ad ministered by the Institute of Inter national Education. Bassi tween every possible pairing of the four characters. Ironically, all four are highly educated, the two hus bands are faculty members of the same university. Yet the four of them attack each other with a vi cious relentlessness which turned my blood cold. Virginia Woolf represents for Albee the highest and most com plex development of human lan guage. Yet what do these people do with this magnificent instru ment of communication ? They use it to tear each other apart in what amounts to verbal castration. This is the realization which Albee forces us to accept. And as I said before, thinking can be painful. Who'8 afraid of Edward Albee, Edward Albee, Edward Albee? I am. Cites Scholarship The honors convocation will be held Oct. 3, at 12:40 in the audi torium. Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president, will cite scholar ship winners and present awards to students who have maintained a 2.6 average. by Marilyn Wawak This summer I acquired a new alma mater I graduated from Carson's College Board. Selling the layered look, modeling in fashion shows, singing in Carson Hootenannys and soaking sore feet in Epsom salts were but a few of the activities I participated in as a board member. A one-week training program oriented the members to the work with modeling lessons, instructions on sales procedures, make-up tips and a complete look at the fall fashion picture. Though selling was the board members' primary occupation, both glamour and comedy found their way into our summer. At a party given by the Tribune for Chicago-area college boards, Phyllis Diller passed on a hint to future homemakers: When you haven't done a thing all day, put furniture polish behind your ears it will make you smell tired. But it was Back to School Night at the White Sox Park that RELAXING in one of the 13 rooms on the second floor of the Northland are (1. to r.) Pat Gallagher, Mary Reser, Dorinda Kaminske, Ginny Billings and Sister Mary Ann Da vid, B.V.M., floor moderator, and Ellen Schwalbach. The hotel was purchased to accommodate resident students. HER KITCHENETTE at the Northland provides Janet Ches- sare with the means for a tasty midnight snack. Apartments fur nish the girls with a small kitchen, dining area and private bath. Skysoraper Photos by Rae Paul Carson's Grad Reviews Summer September 26 Class meetings 27 SAC Open House 28 Day after American Indian Day 29 Michaelmas 30 CCB meeting October i 2 3 4 Big Sister meeting Why day Why not day Jr.-Sr. Coke Dance 5 6 7 8 Nite of the Marvelous Elephant Tusk Parent-Daughter Day Feast of the Holy Rosary Watusi New Year 9 Fire Prevention Day put Carson's in the spotlight as we modeled on the field, for on our way back to the stands after the show, a man stopped us to ask where Car son's College was. And during the baseball game, the College Board sat with the WLS disc jockeys. My accidental reference to WYNR had every disc jockey showering me with popcorn for using bad words. Another afternoon found three of us lunching with a representative from Lilt home permanents. Dur ing lunch, we discussed the promo tion of Lilt on campus. I was a little amazed when asked if Catho lic girls were allowed to beautify themselves while still in school. During the round of activity I encountered numerous questions about my job. Aren't you warm in those uniforms? (No ... we became accustomed to wearing wool Editors Plan Winter Issue The first issue of the Review is scheduled to be released before Christmas vacation. To meet this deadline, the editors have set Nov. 1 as the last day to submit entries for this issue. All creative writing, such as drama, poetry, essays and short stories should be left in the copy basket in the Review office, 509. The co-editors, Irene Skala and Gertrude Schoepko, associate edit ors Carol Gendron and Helen Skala, and assistant editor Mary Farrell, welcome early entries. Anyone interested in writing is invited to join the Review staff or the Stylus Club. The club hopes to conduct discussions about student writing at each of their monthly meetings. in 95 degree weather); and Did you buy the uniforms? (No again . . . Carson's gave them to us.) But the fondest memory I have of my summer at Carson's is the white mink-trimmed coat I won for making the most sales in the de partmental contest. Sister Studies, Visits Alumnae Sister Mary Irma, B.V.M., pro fessor of English, returned to Mun delein June 29 after a year of post doctoral research in New England, England, Scotland and Ireland. Working on a Marion Talbot Fel lowship grant from the American Association of University Women, Sister gathered material for a bi ography of Thomas Holme, a 17th- century English yeoman and Crom- wellian soldier. Sister started her year of work by gathering material from the Li brary of Congress in Washington, D.C., and several historical libraries and archives in Pennsylvania. When she arrived in England she attended a summer session at Ox ford for lectures and tutorial in history. Sister also gathered more background from the English public records and archives. Attendance at a writer's confer ence of the Edinburgh Festival was followed by research in Ireland, where Sister visited Holme's estate in County Wexford, as well as other sites known to have been visited by him. But travel was not all work and Sister had the opportunity to visit Mundelein alumnae and students in London, Rome and Paris. THE STUDY HALL is under stood literally at the Northland. Harry Kunz's paint brush is intro ducing only the first stages of the new collegiate personality. Fresh man Carol Vergoth studies as usual during the alterations. SIGNING OUT with floor modera tor Sister Mary Bernice, B.V.M., are (1. to r.) Bette Busalacchi and Jean- ette Young. Bette and Jeannette are two of the 42 Mundelein stu dents living at the Northland Hotel.
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1963-09-25 (3)
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