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THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1968
Pill” Symposium
Dr. Allen^lng, professor of
physics at Dartmouth college,
Is the fourth speaker in the
Danforth visiting scientist lec
ture series to visit St. An
drews. He and his wife Nancy
will spend two weeks on our
campus.
Dr. King will lecture to the
Basic Science class and to
Science students. This past
Monday Dr. King presented his
public lecture intitled “Let
There Be Light,” giving con
cise history of the develop
ments of light phenomena.
He presented many interest
ing demonstrations featuring
the laser beam. Dr. King’s
major research has been in the
fields of Optics, Biophysics, and
History of Physics.
SCB Flick-Billy Budd
The next presentation in the
Student Center Board Film
Series will be “Billy Budd”,
staring Terence Stamp and Pete
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Ustinov. The film will be shown
Saturday night at 8:00 p.m.
and Sunday afternoon at 3:00
in the Liberal Arts Auditorium.
In “Billy Budd’’ Herman Mel
ville’s great sea story has now
been brought to the screen with
unique attention to captivity the
authentic details of life aboard
eighteenth century sailing
ships. A highly emotional story,
involving the inner conflict be
tween the ship captain’s passion
for his fellow man. A young
sailor to provoked into murder
ing a ship’s mate. The captain
must decide his fate*
There will be a small fee of
25 cents.
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“Birth Control” was the sub
ject of the first symposium
sponsored by the Student
Christian Council last Sunday
night.
The panel members were Dr.
Bill Purcell who is a Laurin-
burg pediatrician, Father Gal
lagher of the St. Mary’s Ca
tholic Church, and Mr. Bob
Davenport.
The first speaker, Dr, Pur
cell, gave an informative pre
sentation including a chart
showing the comparative effec
tiveness of various birth con
trol methods and a description
of the two most popular types
of pills. “Like the coll,” he
said, "we still don’t really know
how the pill works.” According
to him, the pill is 99 plus
percent effective. The second
most effective method, said Dr.
Purcell, is the Intrauterine coll
'lUC), which allows only one
pregnancy in 3.7 hundred
ivoman-years or hwy. In re
sponse to the question of con
traceptives for the man in
stead of the woman, he answered
that he thinks “we’re a long
way” from making such a pro
duct.
Father Gallagher discussed
the traditional and changing
stance of the Roman Catholic
Church onthe issue of birth con
trol. The traditional position
began in the 9th and 10th cen
turies when the reasons for
matrimony, according to the
church, were two: procreation
was first and the mutual satis
faction of love was secondary.
Not until Pope John XXIII’s
Second Vatican Council was this
reasoning changed and the two
factors were considered on an
equal basis. The church’s of
ficial view right now is pend
ing Pope Paul’s decision, for
several years ago he asked
the Council’s per mission to
make the decision and is stiL
debating the question. Father
Gallagher stated that any Roman
Catholic today who believes that
the tentative ruling against all
contraceptives other than the
rhythm method (of abstaining
from intercourse those five or
six days in the middle of the
woman’s cycle when she is
producing an egg that could be
impregnated) is “gravely in
doubt’ ■ may use another method
of birth control without cen
sure by the church. The of
ficial and unofficial attitudes,
he concluded, are in the pro
cess of great change.
Mr. Davenport pointed out
that what had been discussed
thus far had been sexual In
tercourse within the bonds of
matrimony and that now, with
so many people ignoring the
church’s teaching, birth con
trol is also a practical neces
sity for many unmarried
couples. One out of five girls
who has intercourse before
marriage, he said, does get
pregnant outside wedlock.
Further, extramarital sex is
more frequent among women
who have had premarital re
lations. Unless there are other
good bases for marriage, he
discourages it whea there is
pregnancy.
The notion that using birth
control methods prohibits the
spontaneity of sex relations and
therefore is bad is absolutely
foolish, he said. If the two
people really cared for each
other it looks as though they
would be eager to take all pre
cautions against pregnancy out
side the marital bond. Premari
tal intercourse, he stressed, is
still very dangerous because
of the many subtle psycholo
gical problems it creates.
Finally, he noted that many
moral ethicists believe that
now -- when complete (pill)
protection is available -- we
have the privilege of making a
moral decision for the first
time.
The second symposium in the
series will be this Sunday night
and the topic will be ‘ Abor
tion.”
Dudley’s Stargazer
Two motion pictures worthy
of praise end runs in town
tonight, one from Britain and
one from our own California
dream factory. The latter is
one of TwentiethCentury-Fox’s
latest,'a private-eye caper
about a free-lance detective on
a highly unpredictable case in
Miami. The show — and Frank
Sinatra -- go by the name
“Tony Rome”.
Sinatra is at his best here,
and matching performance
quality to his own in “Von
ilyan’s Express*' two years
aarlier, he is both comfortable
and convincing in a dramatic
role. He plays Rome with the
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deathly cool self-assuredness
that made the late Bogart
famous; he can be the suave
man-about-town as long as he
likes, then switch on an emotion
Dr two at will, and switch It
off just as quickly.
Now this Rome fellow is an
ex-cop who now operates for
some wealthy, demanding, and
sometimes lethal clients on
what initially seems to be a
mlsslng-person case but which
quickly expands to include a
wealth of such incidentals as
alcoholics, fences, dope push
ers and bar girls.
What makes this such an
enjoyable film is Its integra
tion of subtle humor with taught
suspense. Gordon Douglas, the
director, has given his picture
power enough to clutch viewers
tightly by the throat and then
slap their cheeks with hard,
black-comedy style laughs.
“Tony Rome’' takes off as a
Grade B flick and may well be
one, but this incredible tour of
the lower spots of Miami use
its own ingredients to be one
of the most distinguished
second-c lass productions in
years.
The cinematic Import down
the road from “Rome” is the
mad comedy “Morgan!”, who
is Morgan Delt, who is David
Warner, a young Communist
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