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11 Jvember 17, 1967 BELLES OF ST. MARY’S j^peedhall . .. Feminine” Sport! % CYNTY McAlister j^'Ouch! Oh! Ah! These are the >uiids most frequently lieard on le athletic field as the Sigmas 'Id the Mus battle for the title of ef)eedball champions. Have yon * ' "’itnessed the actual mass- rcie of many of yonr Senior conn- * ^ yonr upper-class friends, our friends on yonr hall, or even our own roommate? If the t 'ought interests yon, then yon II 'ould attend one of the exciting tpeedball games! As the audience loisely cheers for its team, we see i'l.inries of many different kinds. I', you’ve ever had a twisted knee, be able to sympa- 1 ize with L\i Dixon who was helped off the field in Monday’s ?^^nie Willingham played ^ffghtingale by running P I'esene with the stretcher "■om the infirmary! If you’d like fp ’"’hat a sprained finger Jfeis like, just ask Kaye Lasater. ® ^'0"’ an authority in this ^ after her in.iury in tbe played November' 1. When win 'someone walking around and^ r face, look closer ^ bolieve you’ll recognize Grillespie! Poor Jessica was this facial in Monday’s "hhere’s something odd all these accidents — they teaipT^J’* hapiien to the Sigma avp ’ it be that the Mus ...pi^^^Sher? Oh well, the Sigmas 'ave their revenge!! do As "’0 Watch these girls run held kicd^ing madly at the m u^' aiut everything — be it or a gi’ound, the referee, cmr,!! ?.PP°"ent — we see the stiff tp„ f between t h e t w o both\/^^ Sigmas and the Mus "'ho dp'*^ .strong girls the h n*^ *^Plo"did job of keeping ents Ih’om their oppon- "’erei ’f ^ many skills that 190.7 invented before the .. oigmu-Mu teams began them "’ateh '^oason a few weeks ago. We "ertp 1 fP'ound balls are con- ffrai/^ to aerial balls in the the pft^^ "'ays and we learn how ‘bom/tmdy can be of use in "ate ' the ball to a team- ‘uspu 1 tarty Eskridge certainly u head” to keep the ball Til ob a« 'oorleaders do a very good heer’ stand on the sidelines "ce their team on. The audi- ee .vv^^^hs up a steady battle to lor outcheer her neicrh- by overyoiie 'ame'" iot^^f'5 ''‘'tdly, St. Mary’s girls are 'tie only fans —the children the end of is standini the and their >11 ** peep thru the fence to watc "’ay home from school agile gu "Id he -s in their blue tunics 'oil some of the workers ookir hini in "g room have been seen p,, ‘‘ft out tin games are "ul uioia windows! very exciting, orpe Sigmas and Mus should Pile to suiqiort their team, •ture sports should proyide 0 ir the ” >t the 'lore same competition hitirmary door will re- t'-’outinued on Page 4) SYMPATHY WITH CRIMINALS MARKS “BONNIE AND CLYDE” (Editor's Xofe: This articte is reprinted from THE DAILY TAR HEEL, Oct. 27, 1967.) “Honnie and Clyde” is perhaps the best gangster moyie to ever come from Hollywood. It is the story of Bonnie Parker, a young bored waitress, and Clyde Barrow, an ex-con, who met in a little dusty town in northern Texas. For three years during the Depression they terrorized the dust bowl country with their gas station, grocery store, and bank robberies and their murders of eighteen people. In 1934 their ca reers were ended finally when they were ambushed and literally shot down in “cold blood ’ at Ar cadia, La. Directed by Arthur Penn, the film has stirred up more contro versy than any film released in quite some time. After being at tacked three times by Bosley CroAvther of the New York Times for excessive violence, historical inaccuracy, and immorality, the movie was strongly defended by angry viewers who sent Crowther a deluge of mail. The purpose of the tast-paced film, according to Director Penn, was “first to engage the audience with the comedy and then to snap them around quickly, with the ef fect of heightening and distilling the violence, of making it more acute.” The viewer laughs at Bonnie and Clvde’s getaways in a succes sion of stolen cars at breakneck speeds accompanied by the twaiigy music of Flatt and Scruo’g. However, when Clyde shoors a bank teller in the face as he .tumps on the car’s running board during a getaway, the view er receives a sudden violent jolt from his comic mood. But even more sobering is the scene in which the police ambush the Barrow gang in a clearing in the woods after having attacked the gang’s hideout earlier and wounding Clyde’s brother and sister-in-law. The officers stand in a circle around Buck, Clyde’s brother, and watch him writhing on the ground like a wild, hunted animal until he dies while Blanche, his wife, tries to escape but is un successful because she has been blinded in the previous assault at the hideout. The ending isn’t pretty either as Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by numerous police with machine guns and their bodies riddled with bullets. But the violence is tempered with touches of comedy in the first part of the movie. When Bonnie remarks, as the pair is leaving a restaurant, that the car Clyde gets into is not the same car they came in Clyde answers, “Just be cause you come in one car doesn’t mean you have to leave in it.” Throughout the film the viewer feels sympathetic towards the two and he genuinely regrets their be ing killed. In fact, the police seem almost like real villains for am bushing them. Bonnie and Clyde are real peo ple with a naive outlook on life who are alone with a tragic des tiny. At times they even seem like two children just out to have a good time and the violence which accompanies their escapades ap pears mindless and childlike. COULD IT BE “SOPHOMORE SLUMP?” By Jess Gillespie Tears drop, eyelids droop and spirits fall endlessly. Rules breed discontent teachers downgrade, aiM everybody feels like giving up. All of these are symptonis of “sopbomore sliinip, wh which is ap- seniors. The is o-one for seniors. Everything is ill M little groove -which is chaiac- and short weekends. Theie isnt much to offer eigoynimit, rela.xa- Hon or stiniiilatioii. Things are S’wV,. trips to the 1.1 .ge or PR come but once a qiiaitei. Er'Stt wlbion brings self- ” V .vddch in ma"." eases analyM , ' begins to aieaiis ‘ f do with her I i'e V lU be marriage, tvork, or life. Will It 0 yiaking de- Ifbe v" frustrating, ''need'morarnstr.tion! there’s stress. Four are fun. especially 1 , three of them fall on the " '‘o dav After they’re finished, 'for a aavs Then comes Jp^annoiincemeiit at dinner that English tbeiiie is diie tomoi- ,.„w Won’t it ever end And then there s sleep. Oi iuul 'vho And then there s tests in a row ari w should we say lack of it? Wake up! It’s 7:30. You’ve been asleep for five hours. That’s a record high for the week. Seniors do like to sleep. Most just have to leave their lights on in order to find their way to the bed at 2:00 A.M. Then it’s Saturday night and a great party. But while the band takes a break, the thought hits, “What am 1 doing here? I have two tests Monday and a book re port for 'ruesday!” The night is spoiled, and one wishes that Sun day morning would never come. Confidence vanishes quickly for most girls when they see the first questions on a test. Have you blanked it, or have you never heard of it before ? Oh yes, it was on the bottom of that page that the teacher said not to worry about. Oh well, it’s only a five point question. You’ll just have to study for three days instead of two for the next test. Someday “sophomore slump” will be humorous. Everyone will remember it and think how silly and petty it was. Right now it’s not. For seniors it’s now or never in terms of graduation and trans fer. Endurance seems to be only one solution. To quote a mother we know: “Buck up; it will all be over in seven months.” VIETNAM... Right or Wrong? By Susan Taylor The situation in Viet Nam has caused much controversy on many American campuses. We at St. Mary’s are no exception. The majority of students feel that an end should be put to the war as soon as possible, not by bombing, but by negotiating. Many feel that the Uiuted Nations is the place for this negotiation, and that whatever the decision reached, each country shoidd par ticipate. Beverly Lett, junior, sums up the general feeling. “I think that the United States should do every thing in its power to stop the war. This includes stopping the policy of ‘creeping escalation’ which might very likely lead to a third World War. The U. S. should turn the Viet Nam problem over to the U. N. and give the U. N. support in whatever it decides to do.” A minority believe that the United States should withdraw from Viet Nam immediately. One student observes, “If Ave pull out of Viet Nam as Prance did from Algeria, there Avould be no prob lems.” Sally AVoodleaf, junior, strongly belie\ms that the U. S. has no definite place in Viet Nam. She said that the main enemy in Viet Nam, Communism, cannot be fought by force. Communism has to be stopped in the minds of men Avho decide their ideological be liefs for themselves. Our beliefs cannot be forced on someone else since this detracts from our role as a democratic nation and puts us on a level Avith Communism. Many students declined to com ment Avhen asked for their opinion on Viet Nam. This refusal shoAVS a definite lack of knoAvledge con cerning the Avar and in many cases a lack of support. Do such ignoi-- ance and apathy have any effect on the men in A^iet Nam? The folloAving is an excerpt from a letter from a marine in Viet Nam avIio re-enlisted after a tAvo-Aveek leave in the States. “Even more disturbing Avas the definite lack of 100% ‘all the Avay’ type support from the American people Avhich I learn ed to my sadness during my tAvo Aveeks in the States. Most people back there really have no comprehension of Avhat is ac- tAially going on OA'er here and Avhat Avould happen if Ave Avoidd turn our backs on the people of South Viet Nam. . . .” Several students A'oiced their opinions on support for the Avar and the men. Bridie Clark, junior, feels “the American people ought to support the men fighting over there by supporting the government poli cies oAmr here.” Another junior, Bradley Mat- tlicAvs, said, “Personally, I’d like to see the Avar someAvhat stepped up and ended. HoAvever, 1 think it is most important that Ave sup port our nation and armed forces in this battle, because I think it Avould be disastrous to pull out.” rc—vrxis r com- ifairs. both in and in arolina, Mary’s ;ed Dr. ist dat- Aersunax job is raduate. s.” [ really but I p teach- ;hly en- of St. ins Play II :ted for eduction at St. To be Pather- produc- ’s “The ful mu- ’inishing leir love B 1920’s, asic and lead is portray- en Rose 's of the ubonnet. school, ’y Lena ters in. rh Ann ^’^yanm yfriend)! also Rittll
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