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THE SALEMITE Page Three Crowther Predicts Guiness Win Academy Award Bosley Crowther, in an interview [ter his lecture here Monday even- * disclosed his choices for the Arademy Awards for 1958. He elected The Bridge On The River ICwai to win the “best movie" title, ,jd its male lead Alec Guiness as best actor. Hesitantly, he chose Joanne Woodward in Three Faces of Eve as the best actress; but he could not choose a support ing actress. The best supporting jctor rested between William Hol- jen for Bridge On The River Kwai and Maurice Chevalier for Love In The Afternoon. He finally chose Chevalier. A film critic and motion picture editor for the New York Times, Mr. Crowther discussed the “van ishing comedian” with his inter viewers : “We have excellent comedians but no good comedies are being written for them. Kay Kendall (Les Girls) is becoming a highly skilled comedienne. And Marilyn Monroe, .1 think, has shown in Bus Stop a rare, extraordinary gift for comedy. She has an off-beat, dead-pan approach.” Crowther, who still has overtones of a Southern accent, also pre dicted that Miss Monroe would be come one of the fine actresses of our time. He mentioned that she would return to the screen in a remake of Blue Angel, in which Marlene Dietrich made her Ameri can debut. In a discussion of criticism Crowther, who received the first Dramatic Critics Award, mulled over the question of whether judg ing new movies on the basis of all-time greats was a valid criter ion: “An experienced critic,” he said, “does this almost unconsciously. As a doctor doesn’t remember every operation he has performed —he uses what he remembers un consciously—so a critic remembers the all-time great motion pictures in criticizing a new movie. The greater body of experience the critic has, the better equipped he is to criticize effectively. Especial ly in our time when movie audi ences are highly discriminating and selective, the critic has more pres sure to go beyond reporting whet her he enjoyed the movie or not.” In speaking of “The Shapes” Crowther said “Kim Novak and Jayne Mansfield have gone about as far as they can go.” Those who attended the lecture caught Mr. Crowther’s knack for humor which was exhibited in his lecture and his natural good humor that kept him unharried after ; hetic drive from Charlotte, speed ing ticket, wrong turns, which brought him to campus a few min utes before lecture time. As for the lecture, Crowther made his topic timely by discussing the decline of the movie industry and its relation to television. How ever the lecture tended to become merely a discussion of the finan cial state -of the industry, and why audiences have become more selec tive in their attendance. The title, to the minds and interests of most college students, was most mis leading. Since Mr. Crowther is a critic, I would like to have heard more said on the position of the critic and what he looks for in criticizing a movie. —Jeane Smitherman Rondthaler Competition Opens Friday Calendar News Brief Mrs. Melvin has organized a so cial hour for students interested in informally practicing their French conversation. This group assembles every Tuesday morning between 11:00 and 1:00 and has informal conversations or plays games, in French. Though the hour was ori ginally planned for students o'f French 102; how'ever, all past stu dents of the course and others in terested are urged to sign up with Mrs. Melvin. If there are enough requests, additional hours will be set up to accommodate more stu dents and varying schedules. Competition for the Katherine B Rondthaler Award opens today and all entries must be submitted by May 1. The Katherine B Rondthaler Award w^as established by the alumnae of Salem in mem ory of the wife of the past presi dent of Salem College, the late Bishop Howard Rondthaler. The contest is open to all students and its purpose is to encourage achieve ment in the fine arts. The areas of competition are creative writing, art, and music. In the field of writing entries may include poetry, short stories, essays, and research papers. The musical entries may either be an original composition or a recorded per formance. In art, projects of paint ing, drawdng, sculpture, or design may be submitted. A special committee will judge the entries, and select one winner in each of the three areas. How ever, the committee is not required to choose a winner if they feel that the work in any of the fields does not meet the high standard ex pected, Miss Marsh will announce the winners in the awards assembly‘in May and each of the winners will be presented with an engraved silver tray. Friday, February 21— 8:30 Program of Viola and Harpsichord Music. Old Chapel. Movies: Carolina “Old Yeller” Winston “Peyton Place” Sunday, February 23— 2:30 Wake Forest Drama De partment presents the film, “Art of the Theater”, Arena Theater. 6:30 Vespers. Little Chapel. Movies : Carolina “Sing, Boy, Sing” Winston “Witness for the Pro secution,” with Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton Monday, February 24— 8:00 Morning Chapel 1:15 Day Student Meeting 4:45 Basketball Tournament 8:30 Salem College Trio present first of series of concerts feat uring the Beethoven Trios. Memorial Hall. Tuesday, February 25— 7:15 Communion. Little Chapel. 1:45 Class Meetings 6:30 Music Club 6:30 Home Economics Club 7:00 Basketball Tournament Wednesday, February 26— 8 :00 Morning Chapel 7:00 Basketball Tournament Thursday, February 27— 1 :45 Eric Newton, Rondthaler Lecturer 6:30 Denominational Groups 6:30 I. R. C., Dr. Francis Ans- combe, speaker 7:00 Basketball Tournament Friday, February 28— 8 :00 Morning Chapel 8:00 p.m. Panel Discussion on Art and Religion, Gallery of Fine Arts, 104 N. Trade St. NSA Speaks On Problems of Education At the Fall Regional Assembly of the USNSA held December 14, 1957, the Educational Affairs Com mission drafted the following dec laration: Increasing number of high school students are applying for admission to colleges and uni versities. Many students cannot gain entrance because they have not met the college entrance re quirements or having gained en trance are unable to acquire a passing average. Therefore colleges are forced to require courses in the freshman and sophomore years of the secondary school level. This programming lowers the college academic standards. Declaration: The Carolinas-Vir- ginia Region of USNSA expresses its deep concern for the problem facing higher education and sup ports strongly the following: 1. That secondary schools in the Region increase and streng then their requirements in both college preparatory and vo cational courses. 2. Requirements for high school graduation should be set up by each respective state edu cational board on a level that would develop the high school graduate’s ability to gain the maximum from his educational experience. 3. That colleges in this Region raise their requirements for entrance in order to eliminate important courses of a secon dary school nature. For All Articles Mentioned In the Senior Class Skit Visit SALEM BOOK STORE Books—Records—Jewelry—Salem Shirts NEW ASIA RESTAURANT, INC. New Asia Restaurant, Inc. Our Chinese and American Family Dinners Are The Talk of The Town LUNCH 65c DINNER 9SC W. D. STARN, Manager Phone PA 4-1356 315 IV. 4th St. Orders Prepared To Take Out A new idea in smoking! Salem refreshes y CREATED BY R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.. WlNSTON-SALEM.N. 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