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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Wednesday, March 8, 1967
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By DONNA REIFSNIDER
DTH Staff Writer
Porgy and Bess is one of
the most heart warming and
one of the most flammable
films ever to be shown in this
section of the country.
Local producers were re
luctant to show it over south
ern networks when it first
came out a time when civil
rights threatened to spew into
volcanic proportions.
But Sunday night the film,
featuring such well-known Ne
gro performers as Sidney
Potier and Dorothy Dan
dridge was shown on chan
nel 5 in Raleigh.
And it spilled forth in all
its colorful pageantry of a
Negro slum called Catfish
Row.
. Briefly, the musical is a
love story between Bess, a
beautiful seductress, and Por
gy, a crippled beggar with a
heart as large as all man
kind. With acting that is tender
and compassionate the two
sing and act their way into
the hearts of the audience.
Bess, who runs from the
police after her lover, Crown,
murders a man, seeks refuge
Math Not Our
Cup Of Tea
CHICAGO (AP) Ameri
can students fared poorly in
an international study of how
well students in 12 countries
learn mathematics, a group
of educators reported today.
The study, conducted by
the International Project for
the Evaluation of Education
al Achievement, showed that
the United States is among
the least effective of 12 coun
tries tested in developing
mathematics talent.
Educators cited the highly
comprehensive education sys
tem in the United States and
lack of opportunity to learn
some phases of mathematics
as reasons for the poor show
ing of American students.
Japan appeared to do, the
best over - all job of mathe
matics instruction in p u b 1 i c
schools.
"The differences (between
countries): really begin a to
show -up at the seventh -rand
eighth grade levels," Maurice
L. Hartung of the University
of Chicago told a news con
ference. Hartung was one of
five American educators who
participated in the project.
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with her people. They coldly
turn her away as a "woman
of the devil." In desperation
as the police wagon approach
es, she runs into Porgy's
(played by Sidney Potier)
hovel and asks shelter. Kind
ly, he tells her she can stay
as long as she likes.
And that she does. No long
er caught in the tyranny of
her old lover, Bess comes to
love Porgy.
Realizing their love, the
two sing the well known
"Bess, you is My Woman
Now."
For the next half hour, the
two are very happy and the
story is filled with the color
and mellow songs of the Ne
gro people as they take off
on a gay and frolicsome pic
nic. At the picnic Sportin'
Life steals the scene with a
jazzy rendition of "It Ain't
Necessarily So" that turns
into a glorious hallelujah time
for all.
A hurricane breaks, sym
bolic of the trouble ahead.
The hurricane leaves Bess
with an orphaned child and
the threat of Crown's return
to take her away.
Crown returns in stealth
one night to Bess and Por
gy's bungalow. Porgy dis
covers him skulking by the
window. In the struggle that
ensues, Crown pulls a knife
and accidently falls on it.
The next morning the police
come and take Porgy away
for questioning. Sportin' Life,
always hovering near, gives
the distraught Bess a drug to
ease her sorrow and then
tells her Porgy will never
come back.
Bess believes him and fol
lows him to New York. But
Porgy returns. His grief when
he finds what has happened
has no bounds.
Hitching himself in a little
wagon pulled by his goat, he
vows to travel to New York,
1000 miles away to search for
his love.
If perhaps the plot is a lit
tle far-fetched the beautiful,
lilting music makes up for it
two-fold. It doesn't . disillu
sion one to know that the
voices are dubbed. "Sum
mertime" was never more
soulful, "I Can't Sit Down"
never so jolly.
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Prize Writers To
Three prize-winning North
Carolina writers are to speak
in Raleigh Friday, March 16
at the twelth annual North
Carolina Literary Forum, at
8 p.m. in the Erdahl-Cloyd
Union, North Carolina State
University.
Authors Sylvia Wilkinson,
Reynolds Price and Max
Steele will all address the
topic "The Writer's Role," in
a panel to be moderated for
the twelfth consecutive year
by Raleigh editor and poet
Sam Ragan.
Open to the public without
charge, the forum iss co-sponsored
by the Union " and the
Raleigh Woman's Club. . As
usual, the audience will be
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Miss Wilkinson, of Durham,
teaches English at William
and Mary College in Virginia.
Following publication in 1966
of her widely acclaimed first
novel, Moss on the North
Side, she was named by Mad
emoiselle 'Magazine as one of
the four "most exciting wom
en in America."
Former Raleigh resident,
Reynolds Price, a member of
the faculty at Duke, has pub
lished three volumes, the lat
est (1966) being A Generous
Man. A movie is being made
of his first novel, A Long and
.Address.
State
ets Concert Here
Charlie Byrd is a rare
breed of musician, both as a
brilliant jazzman and as one
of the world's great classical
performers.
The guitar giant has come
to international fame through
his swinging, melodic combo
jazz and impressive recitals
of sixteenth century guitar
music.
A student of Andres Sego
via, Byrd's playing is char
acterized by extraordinary,
supple technique; warmth and
fullness of tone; and a capa
city to sustain flowing melo-
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Talk about women changing
their minds!
Carpenter Ted Knight, 47,
was just about out of the har
bor aboard the Italian liner
Fairseat enroute to Australia
as an emigrant when he de
cided he was making a mis
take and told the captain. A
harbor launch was near
enough to be summoned and
Knight was put aboard.
Back home with his wife,
Gladys, and two daughters, be
said, "I just couldn't bear the
thought of not seeing my fam
ily for a long time."
Said Gladys, "It was good to
get him back. We haven't been
separated in 23 years."
The fare, $484, was forfeit
ed. Speak
Happy Life, which won tne
North Carolina Literary and
Historical Society's 1962 Sir
Walter Raleigh award for fic
tion. The recipient of a national
Arts and Humanities grant,
he is currently on leave to
work on a second volume of
short stories, an earlier col
lection having been published
in 1963 as The Names and
Faces of Heroes.
Note: Students will especial
ly enjoy these young writers
and students will be es
pecially welcomed at this
year's Forum.
Elizabeth Reid
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.Zip Code.
die lines. Although he plays
some electric guitar in his
jazz role, Byrd is refreshing
in his skill at improving jazz
on an unamplified concert
guitar without a pick,
ington's Showboat Club
Lounge, has been extremely
popular and has caused Byrd
to start a weekly half-hour
local TV show.
As a professional Byrd, a
life-long performer, has cap
tured virtually every major
award available to a guitar
ist, climaxing his rise to fame
with a White House perform
ance in 1954.
He has been winner of the
Downbeat Magazine poll and
the Playboy magazine poll as
well as appearing on num
erous TV shows.
Byrd will appear in Memo
rial Hall on Saturday, March
U at 7:00 PM with Father
Malcolm Boyd. UNC students
will be admitted free.
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