THURSDAY JANUARY 25, 1973
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Smash Musical Opens Friday
January 26, 27, and 28
are the dates for the Reveler's
bonus production this year.
Under the direction of Dean
Regenos, and with the talents
of Pam Henry, Ed Simpson,
Henry P. Hackett, Daniel
Schommer, Allen Berger and
Clint Brown, "The Fantas
tiks" will be presented.
This play of light enter
tainment will display the sing
ing and dancing talents of
these actors in the 'show-biz'
style of professional musicals.
Dean Regenos is the first to
direct a musical at Guilford in
several years and fteels that
the "Fantastiks" is a better
than average one. "Musicals
are fun", said Regenos, "And
that is how I direct them."
This will be the first time for
these actors to display before
Frisbees Cost Navy $375000
The Department of the
Navy spent . $375,000 study
ing the potential military use
of frisbees between the years
1967 and 1971.
Paul S. Brown reported
in the "Rutgers Targum" that
the Navy was looking for a
new type of illuminating pa
rachute flare to replace the
one being dropped from air
craft being used in Vietnam.
The flight principle of the
frisbee was studied to develop
an alternative to the present
parachute flares.
One of the reasons why
the present flares have been
found inadequate is that not
all of the components are de
stroyed after they are fired.
According to Lieutenant
Commander Hugo Hardt,
who took charge of the fris
bee program two years ago,
the "enemy" has been using
the debris by transforming it
into aggressive implements,
against the American war ef
fort.
by Maryann Barone
an audience their dancing and
singing capabilities, in such
songs as "Try to Remember,"
and "Soon It's Gonna Rain."
The plot is by no means
heavy, and is somewhat
touching in it's story about
growing up and maturing re
lationships. Two fathers (Ed
Simpson and Henry Hackett)
pretend to hate each other
and forbid their children
(Pam Henry and Ken Schom
mer) to ever meet. This is
done in the hope that this re
verse psychology will drive
the two children to marry,
which is the father's dream.
The plot thickens when the
boy 'saves' the girl from a
kidnapping that has been set
up by the fathers. The result
is unexpected but fortunately
there is a happy ending.
Extensive tests of the fris
bees were held in the wind
tunnel at the Navy Ammuni
tion Depot in Crane, Indiana
and at the Hurricane Mesa in
Utah.
The results of the tests
showed that although frisbee
flares were technically feasi
ble, they could not be used
for practical and economical
reasons.
Hardt said that he felt the
problems the Navy had en
countered could have been
solved with additional experi
mentation and funding, but
that now the nature of the
war, and the development of
new technological advances
in the infra-red sensing equip
ment, eliminated the need for
the frisbee-illumination de
vice.
"From a scientific view
point, the (frisbee) study was
an interesting one, but there
are uses for it from the mili
tary's point of view," Hardt
said.
THE GUILFORDIAN
This will actually be Pam
Henry's first leading role. Ken
Schommer, a freshman this
year is also cast in a leading
role, considered to be remark
able for a newcomer.
The play is a sure success
as it has been running in off-
Broadway theatre in New
York for 13 consecutive
years.
Curtain is at 8:15 p.m.
Friday through Sunday, with
a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday,
Tickets b y reservation
through the Drama Depart
ment box office in Dana. The
number is 292-5511, ext. 46,
and 292-5513, on weekends
and after 5 p.m.
You shouldn't miss this
one, for it has become a
classic in theatre production
and this is as off-Broadwav as
you can get.
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NCSA Orchestra
Concert
The North Carolina
School of the Arts Orchestra,
conducted by Norman John
son, wi " perform Saturday,
January 27, at 8:15 p.m. in
the Salem Fine Arts Center of
the Hanes Auditorium in Win
ston-Salem. Featured is Pro
kofiev's "Peter and the Wolf"
with Jean Arthur narrating.
There is no admission charge.
r FILM NOTES -■
Ingmar Bergman's Aca
demy Award winning film
"The Virgin Spring", will be
shown on Tuesday, January
30, at 8 p.m. in Dana Audi
torium. Guilford students will
be admitted free with I.D.
"The Virgin Spring" grim
ly depicts a father's ruthless
vengeance for the rape and
murder of his daughter. Berg
man fills our eyes with highly
contrasting black and white
to evoke an imaginative med
ieval world, suggesting the
battle of Christianity and pa
ganism. For a man of Berg
man's sophistication, the aus
tere simplicity of this film
is a rare achievement.
Time Magazine called it
"A violently beautiful mira
cle play" while Saturday Re
view said it wa? "masterful. . .
flawless. . The film was
termed one of the year's ten
best by the N.Y. Times, Her
ald Tribune, N.Y. Post, Satur
day Review, Time, Daily
News, Newsweek, and Cue.
The story concerns Herr
Tore and his two daughters.
Karin is blond, beautiful and
good. Ingeri is dark, pregnant
and a stepdaughter. Ingeri is
envious of Karin, and when
Karin is sent to carry the holy
candles to church, as only a
virgin may, Ingeri slips a toad
into her bread.
Karin is stopped by some
herdsmen, and innocently of
fers to share her meal with
them. The toad pops out, and
their anger and lust is
aroused. They rape and
murder her, leaving her body
naked. Later, as guests at Herr
Tore's farmhouse, they try to
sell Karin's robe to Karin's
mother.
Bergman's study of Herr
Tore's ensuing vengeance
brought wide critical acclaim
Film Quarterly said "With
'The Virgin Spring', Ingmar
Can You Trust Your Roomie?
University police at the
University of Colorado attri
bute the recent sharp increase
in dormitory narcotics arrests
in part to dorm residents re
porting marijuana use to the
police.
Twenty - four students
have been arrested for mari
juana possession since Novem
ber 1, and 47 other dorm re
sidents have been contacted
by university police, accord
ing to department records.
University Police Chief
John Towle said his depart
ment had received "more
complaints this year than ever
before. The complaints come
from students who don't
want to get involved, but
want it (marijuana use) clean
ed up."
By law, police are requir-
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Bergman has moved without
further hesitation into the
deep crucial places of tragic
art, into the abiding forest
which surrounds our daytime
and gives the lie to our belief
that all contingent evils can
be socialized away. The Vir
gin Spring' is as strictly com
posed as a sonnet, pictorially,
each image contains, predicts
or recalls every other image
the sustained reverberation of
a bell in which the original
note and final overtone sound
as a continuum to the ear.
This is the most compactly
visual of all Bergman's films."
In his book "The Personal
Vision of Ingmar Bergman,"
Jorn Donner continues this
thought. He says "It is un
doubtedly correct to look up
on 'The Virgin Spring' as an
expression of cinematic asce
ticism. The film art's chief
means of expression are the
motion and contrast, but the
spectators immobility can un
derscore the brutality of the
scene, as in 'The Virgin
Spring.' Everything is told
directly. The fixed quality
of the film, its transitions be
tween idyll and violence,
piety and blood become a
weapon in Bergman's hand.
In everything he does, he re
mains saturated with con
temporary ideas. His pictures
are the questions and asser
tions of a modern man. 'The
Virgin Spring' is a film one
does not easily forget."
The film was directed by
Ingmar Bergman from a scen
ario by Ulla Isaksson, and
stars Max von Sydow. It won
the 1960 Academy Award
for Best Foreign Film.
Students are reminded
that, in accordance with State
law and college policy, there
can be no smoking, drinking
or eating in the theatre.
Ed to follow up on every call
and tip that their department
receives. "Following up" can
mean investigating, contact
ing, or arresting suspected
parties.
Since the semester's be
ginning, police have tried to
talk to, rather than arrest,
persons suspected of using
marijuana. "Most students
straightened up, but a few
haven't," said Towle.
Towle cited two possible
factors for the sharp increase
in complaints. "It appears stu
dents are more into Ripple
wine and beer than before.
Also, students have seen
roommates burnt out by nar
cotics."
"There just appears to be
a whole different attitude in
the dorms towards dope,"
said Towle.