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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER March 1,1967 ll HI NIL UII I U U IIIII L II will grip current issues and events and hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. Advocate New 3-3 Revisions The long-smouldering dissatisfaction on Mundelein's cam pus has erupted into a pervasive concern for its solution. Among the upperclassmen, and particularly with the seniors who brought the matter to a head before the Academic Affairs Committee, the tendency is to place the blame CenSUre on the 3-3 system. r , The insufficient re-evaluation of courses, y m f.ne 0ften unrealistic class assignments and the overestimation of the free time for in-depth study have pro voked criticism of the term system. 1) We submit that students should be given the oppor tunity to evaluate every course and that the results should be seriously considered when restructuring courses. Criticism of courses would become even more constructive if students were represented on the Academic Board. 2) A partial solution to the sometimes overwhelming number of papers demanded in one term could be a broad, minimal code for inter-departmental papers set up by the faculty. 3) The problem of overestimating free time for study might be the fault of students. The three or four-day week under the 3-3 may seem to allow plenty of time for outside employment or relaxation, but the experiences of students on probation, many of whom have jobs, point up the deception. A more basic censure of the term system is its inflexi bility. Under the tightly structured 40-course . quota there is no provision for the girl who fails a KOISe course, needs a teaching minor with her educa- p JUn tion requirements or changes majors. veiling 4) The ceiling on the number of courses should be raised to allow for individual problems and to permit students to take more electives without paying an extra fee. Some of the impetus for complaint among the underclass men stems from the basic studies requirements. Many students are either bored silly by Mickey Mouse busy-work ... or plunged into material totally beyond their capabilities. The Committee on Liberal and Tutorial Studies grappled with these faults at a day-long session Feb. 25. Perhaps the unrest expressed at the Academic Affairs meeting really stems from a communications block. So far, the greatest step toward removing it has been the students' eagerness to express their views to the administration. But, typically, the students attending that session were primarily the outspoken involved core of leaders who are ReiTIOVe already familiar with many avenues of com- qi I munication. lot, por ne reg jie channels of communica tion are unknown and unexplored. What of the number of students who barely make the effort to learn their advisor's name and the advisors who don't know the answers to aca demic questions and haven't time for personal problems ? 5) A professional counseling staff to deal with personal difficulties could greatly alleviate the work load of advisors, leaving more time for answering academic questions. Naturally, the ultimate source on academic matters is the dean, who necessarily and beneficially represents the College at a variety of conventions, committees and other functions, both on and off campus. It is unrealistic to expect one person to handle all student problems. There should be others in the academic dean's office who can speak authoritatively on such questions. 6) One assistant dean could concentrate on urgent mat ters arising in each class in the absence of the academic dean. Obviously it is not solely the faculty and administration's responsibility to communicate to the students. Admittedly, it's so much easier for the student to sit back in a nice cozy class of 30, wait for the teacher to spoon-feed the pablum and spit it it back undigested to the instructor than it is to think, discuss, probe and learn. The fault in SUTVIVe communication is mutual. A nrl r The discontent which emerged last week in- MiTOCK dicates that students care about their academic life. Criticism need not imply total rejection of the 3-3. The term system can survive if constructive proposals can be implemented with ac tion. Restrained Historical Drama Humanizes St. Thomas More by Peggy Sieben After much preview advertise ment as Best Picture of the Year, A Man for All Seasons has finally arrived in Chicago. And surpris ingly enough, the film is quite good. Its glory resides, not in its obvious polish, but in the restraint of its direction. To Columbia Pictures' credit, this historical drama has not been turned into a spectacu lar. THE STORY concerns the ele vation of Sir Thomas More to the office of Chancellor of England during a time of political and re ligious crisis: Henry VIII, seeking to provide an heir to the throne and avoid possible civil war at the end of his reign, has proposed to divorce the barren Catherine of Aragon in favor of Anne Boleyn. The papal politics evoked by Henry's decision are repulsive to More's sense of integrity and his subsequent refusal to support the king leads to his resignation and martyrdom. Perhaps the most striking aspect of playwright Robert Bolt's con ception of More is his humanity. The greatness is there, certainly, but Bolt's More is not superhuman. As More says of himself in the film, ... this is not the stuff that martyrs are made of. More's death is treated quite simply as a political execution; the viewer is certainly not overburdened with re ligious overtones. PAUL SCOFIELD'S interpreta tion of More is similarly deft. What one sees is a reasonable man who acts, not out of religious zeal, but out of a basic sense of integrity and justice. More counsels, A man should go where he won't be tempted. Further the chancellor tries to find loopholes in the im posed loyalty oath so that he may Sensitive Portrayals Mark Wilder by Marilyn Gibbs Laetare Players carried off their latest production, The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder's message-ridden play presented in the College Theater, Feb. 18 and 19, with sensitive interpretation. Minor technical difficulties, how ever, kept an observer conscious of mechanical operations until the ac tresses were able to draw one away into the plot. THE DIRECTOR, Sister Mary Jeanelle Bergen, and her student assistant, Danae Alexander, em phasized humor, allowing the ob vious sermons of the playwright to unfold without any additional stress on the homilies. Messages were periodically light ened by several appearances by Danae Alexander, dramatically dis traught, delivering staging instruc tions. SABINA, part-time glamour girl, part-time maid, played by Janet Bina, was the pinnacle of the plot, characters and acts. Her role at first led the onlooker to feel she was merely stealing a scene. However, once her first side glance came unexpectedly, the actress' major contribution was quite clear. Sabina's frank com ments on the script added a strik ing humor to the main plot. Janet portrayed Sabina with professional skill and through her dual role gave the audience the feeling they were catching a glimpse of two people. Through this technique she estab lished a particular bond with each observer. SHARING THE CORE OF THE plot with Sabina were her employ ers, Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, played by Kelly Matthews and Thomas Farrington; and Kathy Rochford as Gladys, their daughter, with Wally Owcharuk as their son, Henry. The family is taken through a glacial summer, a national con vention and a world war in the course of a semi-primitive timeless existence. Living in New Jersey and com muting to the office, Mr. Antrobus was in the process of inventing the wheel, the alphabet and numbers. THE AGELESS FAMILY which survives anything, but just barely, represented all of mankind which initially weathered a sub-zero era and became involved in a Play frivolous society that boasted of entangling organizations resulting in conventions and family corrup tion. Weather and social folly were overcome only in time for subjection to a major war. Kelly Matthews as Mrs. Antro bus far outshone her theatrical spouse in acting as well as stage repoire. In most cases one felt that the actresses were carrying the show, motivating any reaction emitted from the actors. One ex- Skyscrapcr Photo by Jennifer Joyce Janet Bina ception was Wally Owcharuk, who came across the footlights as a strong and real character troubled by the hypocritical world and his role in it. maintain his integrity. Mr. Sco- field's acting is accordingly calm and sure. Supporting actors are equally fine. Nigel Davenport is especially capable in his role as Thomas How ard, Duke of York. Davenport creates a believeable character, a forthright, rough man who is also a shrewd lord of the kingdom. Howard has a strong sense of basic politics and knows when to bend with the political breeze. His sense of survival is too strong to allow him to dabble in heroics. Daven port's success in conveying the na tural honesty and shrewdness of this man is admirable. ALICE MORE is likewise a re freshingly portrayed, if not fully developed character. Ably played by Wendy Hiller, Dame More is treated as a person as basic as her husband is refined. But this simple character cannot be called shallow. She is all woman, strong and practical, and shares her hus band's sense of justice and honesty. The minor roles are not neglected although they too lack character development. Robert Shaw's young and vital Henry VIII departs from the traditional portrayal of an obese tyrant. Orson Welles puts in a brief but masterly appearance as Cardinal Wolsey. But the whole film is dominated by Scofield which would seem to prove that More's silence is more effective than brilliant rhetoric. TECHNICAL EFFECTS in the film are handled with excellent taste. Local color and unity are added to the early sections of the film by making good use of the Thames River. Photographer Ted More resists indulging in flashy camera tricks while director Fred Zimmermann wastes no time on superfluous scenes; the picture runs 120 minutes. The result is a clean, tight story. The movie version has eliminated the stage device of the narrator- actor Common Man. As a separate artistic work, the movie production seems in no way lacking because of this change. If other characters in the movie take some of the lines originally spoken by the narrator, nothing seems forced about their delivery. Even the disembodied voice heard during the epilogue, though reminiscent of the closing verdicts on Dragnet, seems appro priate to the production and serves to orientate the viewer historically. THE FILM IS, if one word must be chosen, human. It cannot be called stirring for there is no great pageantry or drum-beating, although the drama and splendor of court are in evidence. Yet, the film could never be considered dull. Restraint is the watchword. Slick photography and scrubbed faces notwithstanding, this time Holly wood seems to have told it like it is. DL St uicraner Vol. XXXVII March 1, 1967 No. 10 Catholic School Press Association Newspaper of Distinction The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly, September to May inclusive except during exam and vacntinn periods, by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Rd.. Chicago, I , 60626. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the U.S. Post Office. Chicago. III., under the act of March 3. 1897, The Skyscraper is a member of the Catholic School Press Association and subscribes to the Natiomd Educational Advertising Service. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters in case of limited space. Co-Editors Jennifer Joyce. Kathy Riley Feature Editor Marilyn Gibbs Business Manager Theresa Ebenhoe PhotoKrHpher . . . Nancy Vandenberg Fn Cartoonist Staff - - Mary Fran Campbell Julie Caruso. Kathy Cummins, Pat Crapar, Pat Devine, Jean Durall, Aldine Favaro, Kathy Flynn, Marianne Fusillo, Kayellen Hartman, Sheila McCarthy, Mary McMorrow, Mary Beth Mundt, Jayne Quinn, Giselle Riba, 'Diane Sargol, Janet Sass, Peggy Sieben, Mary Beth Wagner, Anndrea Zahorak
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