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April 18,1962 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Mundelein Visits New York -- from Broadway to Chinatown BROADWAY HERE WE COME Before leaving the College the faces of the 35 students light up like Times Square with the thought of the weekend in New York. (I. to r. and down) Eating up the miles over the In diana Tollway, the Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Turnpikes, the Greyhound bus makes one of its fre quent stops moving East over the mountains. The Taft Hotel, home in New York for the tourists is seen here after a night on the town. While touring the city students saw a pagoda-topped telephone booth in Chinatown and the expansive height and breadth of the Empire State Building. A view of uptown Man hattan from the Empire State Building, ice skaters in Rockefeller Plaza and St. Patrick's Cathedral on Madison Avenue were also among the sights of New York. On returning from the trip the girls presented Sister Mary Assisium, B.V.M., dean of students with a souvenir whip as Mrs. Leo Gorski, one of the chap erones looked on. (Photos by Cathy Rose, Gerry Con- wick and Virginia Piecuch.) Bus Brings Tourists to Broadway 'Man for All Seasons' Wins Critic's Acclaim by Christine Doran One of this season's imports from the London stage is A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt. The play is concerned with the decision of Saint Thomas More not to condone the marriage of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn. In time, the play covers the period between 1521 and 1635 when Henry's desire moved from the one to marry Anne to the desire to be supreme head of the Church of England. During this time, Thomas was one of the few prominent English men to hold firm to the Catholic Church. For More, it was a choice between saving his life or saving his soul. He chose to save his soul and was executed at the king's or der. The activity of the play is intel lectual. This is emphasized by the simplicity of the scenery and cos tumes. The setting consists of a curved stairway which stretches across the length of the stage, a table and, usually, two chairs. The accessories needed for each scene are added or subtracted by the common man. The common man, played by George Rose, takes the part of any common workman who might ap pear in the play. For example, he is a steward, a boatman and a jailer among other things. He in troduces the play and each scene and ends it similar to the chorus of the Greek drama. The ending is quite effective, for the moral of the play for the common man is to ac cept a decision opposite that of Saint Thomas. Because the setting is simple, the attention of the audience is focused on the actors and what they are saying. This is not to imply that the play is serious and dull. Thomas More was a witty man and Robert Bolt has incorporated this characteristic into his portrayal of the saint. Paul Scofield, a British actor, su perbly portrays Thomas More. At times, one wonders whether the au dience is reacting to Mr. Scofield's (Continued on Page 5) I Bussing It Friday, March 23, CST 3:30 p.m. Lv. College 4:00 p.m. Ar. Chicago Bus Station 4:15 p.m. Lv. Station 7:45 p.m. Ar. Tiffin River on Ohio Turnpike 8:45 p.m. Lv. Tiffin River Saturday, March 24, EST 12:20 a.m. Ar. Towpath on Ohio Turnpike 12:30 a.m. Lv. Towpath 3:20 p.m. Ar. Greensburg on Pennsylvania Turnpike 3:30 p.m. Lv. Greensburg 6:45 p.m. Ar. Highspire on Penn sylvania Turnpike 7:40 p.m. Lv. Highspire 10:40 p.m. Ar. New York (first stop light in 18 hours green) 11:00 p.m. Ar. Taft Hotel Sunday, March 25, EST 8:10 p.m. Lv. Taft Hotel 11:45 p.m. Ar. Mechanicsburg on Pennsylvania Turnpike Monday, March 26, CST 12:35 a.m. Lv. Mechanicsburg 5:40 a.m. Ar. Great Lakes on Ohio Turnpike 6:40 a.m. Lv. Great Lakes 9:05 a.m. Ar. Indian Meadow on Ohio Turnpike 9:55 a.m. Lv. Indian Meadow 12:10 p.m. Ar. Stop on Indiana Tollway (to call for Mary Jane Spillane's coat at last stop Patti O'Toole got stung by a bee Mary Jane found her coat on the bus) 12:25 p.m. Lv. Indiana Tollway Stop 2:05 p.m. Ar. Mundelein College 500 Check Earmarked For Student Assistance The ?500 received from General Electric through the College's TV appearance on College Bowl has been put into an emergency fund for the students of the college. The money will be used to aid those students who are confronted with emergencies during the second semester and are unable to meet their tuition payments. Camelot Recalls Days of Arthur by Joanne Twomey ... The snow is forbidden 'til December and exits March 2 on the dot. Of course there's simply not a more congenial spot for happy everaftering than here in Camelot. To the visitor from Chicago the land of King Arthur was beautiful, entertaining but just a bit phony. The Lerner and Lowe musical stars Julie Andrews as Guenevere, Wil liam Squire who has replaced the darling of the Appian Way, Rich ard Burton as King Arthur, and young Robert Goulet as Lancelot. The plot, loosely revolving about T. H. White's The Once and Fu ture King, concerns Arthur's at tempt to establish his Round Table and keep his wife from the arms of Lancelot. It even contains a little plug for Geneva as at the end of the play Arthur looks to the day when men will set down at a table to try and bring peace to the world. The play alternates not too suc cessfully between heavy drama and comic relief both seem forced at times. Robert Coote as Pellinore, an elderly friend of the king, seems to serve little purpose to the play but admittedly is funny. The staging of the play is strik ing. The castle at Camelot is sur rounded by classic turrets often manned by trumpet-blowing pages while the forest haunted by the fairy Morgan LeFey is murky and forbidding. The overwhelming ef fect of the staging caused one cyni cal New Yorker to comment, You come out whistling the scenery. The costumes also add greatly to the spectacle of Camelot. Shin ing armour and horses fulfill every young girl's dream (even if you see aluminum legs peaking out from under the trusty steeds.) Robert Goulet riding on a high crest of publicity has the oppor tunity to sing the show's best song, If Ever I Would Leave You. Guenevere is ignored during the singing of the song as Lancelot seems to be courting the audience (Continued on Page 6)
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1962-04-18 (3)
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