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PAGE 10 THE GOLD BUG DECEMBER 8, 1967 STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY ---Part I The REAL Questions We Must Face by Cary wouson was for repairs on the roof of the in loyalty oaths. tonar Ioyarty, ves as Americans: from our at- "It Is promising to note, as did girls dorm so the reindeer won't The point is, eisc, that it de- Although it may beendlesslyde- titudes on loyalty, war, and patriot- our illustrious President and Com- fall through on Christmas Eve and ties credibility, that within the bated as to who got us Into thts war , Ism to tbe overwnetmtng ouesttons mancer-in-ctuer ot the military smell up the place," same stratum of the Americaned- It iSlllmistakablewhoiskeeplngus on the soundness of democracy U- junta which has ruled the United If this were an isolated problem ucatlonal system there are men there. It is the men of power. Not setc. states for the last several years, It woUld be humorous. Butj except whose most critical cectstons in only the Curtis Le Mays and WU- Nelson Algren cites the story of that the population of our country for a handful of activist centers, their college lives are whether to !iam westmorelands, but al so vthe Frank Jagerstatter, an Austrian has now reached the 200 muucn the average student ISwoefully un- be a Freddy Frat or a GDI; whe- calm disquisitions of the political peasant youth beheaded by the mark. This should be parttcutar - concerned. The pre-cooked pab- ther or not to bitch about food, re- scientists on just heM'much force Nazis in 1943. In defiance or tne Ar- Iy encouraging to Secretary Rusk IUm of the Animated VoxBox is far qutrements., or drinking; whether will be necessary to achieve our yan thought-control machine, the who so gravely fears the threat of more entertaining than the "tront or not togetmarriedbeforeit'stoo ends." (Noam Chomsky, N. Y.Re- unsophisticated youth argued: "a billion Chinese." As all good page or editorials of a newspaper. late (t,e, graduation); while on the view of Books). Not only the Dean "People today come up with patriots (and most college stu- But even the tube can be valuable to other hand, - perhaps at the same Rusks and Walt Rostows, but senor- every conceivable argument to put eats east of Berkeley) know, any the eclectic viewer, which students schools, other men are forced to ar-Iy and reasoned Intellectuals the issue and the conflict in a fav- American is worth at least five are notoriously not. decide whether or not the dictates, like Mike Mansfield who "crtnct- orable light. For instance, one is Chinese. After all, howdangerous Last Sunday night an NBC special of their consciences are reason zed the,'sense of utter tr respon- simply fighting for the German can a country be that has grown up on John Steinbeck's new book, enough to go to jal l, or abandon sibillty'· shewn by th~ (Perita~i'Jn) State. In as much as Christ com- on rice and quotations from Mao America andAmericans,(through their citizenshlps, or risk losing demonstrators, (but) had nothing manded that one must obey the se- when it must face a nation raised narrator Henry Fonda and an ex- their friends and futures. The for- to say ... about the' sense of utter cular rulers evenwhentheyarenot on cornpone politiCS and Coca- {ceU~nt job of film editing by the mer problems, in that microcosm Irresponsibility' shown by sena- retlgtous , this Is admittedly true. Cola?" network's new s teamj brought alive called college life, are so blown tor Mansfield and others who stand But I do not believe that Christ ever --Billy de Wolfe in Student, a range of subjects from ccnser-va- out of relative importance that it by quietly and vote appropriations said that we must obey such rujas Statesman, November, 1967. tion to politics to prejUdice/In the often requires a tragedy of real as the cities and villages of North when they command somethingthat _!he above passage, .although author's very words. Although he proportion to bring them back down Viet Nam are demolished."(Jbid) is actually wteked, Can I still say rather tongue-In-cheek, does point ended on a note of enthusiasm,one to scare. It is perhaps men of compassion I have a Fatherland?" up a major hindrance to communl- could notheJpbut note a tone of sad- In the endvwben disttnettons llke (and not,as the unimpeachable but There often comes a nmawnsn cation between generations: the ness asSteinbeckreminiscedofltJe "dove," "hawk" "liberal," "con- recto-cranially inverted Joe Pyne silence Is criminal. Toomanyofus glaring naivete of American col- American individualism that is :::;:t~~:,'~~;~a~~a~,~ has 'called them, "congenital are guilty. lege youth. Notthatlamcallingthe being replaced by a sheepish kow- colleg1ates more naive than the towing to advertising and the mid- ligent men: men of compassion and ~kers and traitors")who Freshman Band Rocks young people of the slums, farms dle class ethic. .~ men of power'. And in the end, in ~:~~~~ or f:::~~-~;~~ factories, high school, or armed There is a record on the pop our time, there is only one major saying Ihavestrayedfromthepoint At Posf-GIGIF-Party services. Simply, it is the busi- market which is an obViOUS Ev question -- Viet Nam __ because of these arttcies which is that no ness of the undergraduate to know Dtrksen-\ike attempt to con teen- wrapped up in it is every principle college student can afford to re - by John Douglas what is going on and to have intel- agers into the Patriot Bag. It Is which has ever been held to be main Silent on these issues. They Cary 'Wolfson threw a GIGIF In ligently formed opinions. called "letter to a Teenage Son," American, from civilrightstonat- affect us in eve r-yaspect of our-sal-, his apartment at Frock's mission The author of the quoted piece, Ithink,andtheessenceofthething last Friday. Many close friends Mr. deWolfe, is president of the is (and again I can only ap- attended andmanyotherswandered student body at BaffordCollege, proximate a direct quote, my mind In from the snow for hot brandy and a liberal arts school loosely affi- being able to absorb only so much donuts. St. Bernards surrounded liated with the Ephesian Fund- bilgewater in one swallow) "if Y00 CRITIC'S CORNER Frock's to help those who needed amEntalists OfAmeri.:;;aand located burn your draft card then burn your aid to make it tothemlssion. Cary In the hills 01 western Perm- birth certificate for you'll he no and his frtends formed a multitude sylvania. Says Mr.deWolle,fur- son of mine." WhatlFicalgaf- The Trial and the walls trembled IndeUght at ther on in his article, "My own bage. The pointisthatthe boy who the pre-Yule festivity. The party, schOOlthrives on the anonymity of burns his draft card is upholding paid for out offunds stolen from the the graduates it produces - the per- the American style setbyJefferson SGA, began at 4;00 and by 6;00 was fect cog for any well-oiled church, etal.,muchmorefirmlythanthose by AlanWinik ally a.o;;Titoree\i, the stereotype of reverberating with the brotherly business, or PTA. The biggest stu- who would wrap themselves in the Certain contemporary plays, the gayarUst, Mr. Eisenberg's love slogans of Western Mary- dent protest we've had this year American flag or cloak themselves though not entertaining in the tra- artist floated around the stage in landers. The expected band failed ditional sense, oC!er the theater- complete contrast to his other to show but the St. Bernards outside A midst Dress Code Lard goer a tremendous theatrical type roles and any other character. in howled In tune to records giving the ex- this perience. point out that Psychologists Of course, blast a sound of spontaneity. of production makes much more of dreams, some characters appear When the fuel at the mission ran Don't Bypass The Bard ademandontheviewer;thedemand in more than one role-thus, this out, thosewilowerestill of a mind Interpretation involves the didho- to become involved, Understage's production of Franz Kafka's The tomy of illusion and reality. to celebrate scampered back to campus, jolningothersofasimllar by M. D. Palmer Trial was such a presentation. The entire company deserves 11k. Manyof those they met upwith Using the Gide-Barrault inter- praise for the mature way in had gone to Barney Rice's GIGIF, pretation, Mr. Solomon directed which they handled this most dif- (Garbage In Grollld Iguana Fat) In The other day I heard someone quotlngShakespeare to support an opi - (brilliantly) the situation of a man ficult script. Suzanne Pratt as Memorial Hall ratherthantoWoll_ nion on dress codes. In all fairness, I think the matler deserves more arrested for a crime unknown to leni, Marge Richardson what she son's more exclusive bash. When careful research and an admission that Shakespeare isn't always consls- him and to the audience. Using new called a charisma, Jerry Hoffman the two forces joined there of tent. For example, here are some typical comments that may be consld- techniques in sound and lighting, as the Uncle, and Wiliam Tribby course had to be a battle. ithap- ered old-fashioned; the production blended theworlds as the Chaplain were exceptional pened on Hoffa Field which was Their clothes are after such a pagan cut. --Henry VIII (l,1II,14) 01 Illusion and reality. The set by in gaining the spirit of the pro- used to such battles since a mock Here Is such a sUly style Indeed! -- I Henry VI (lV,vit,72) John Van Hart provided a perfect duction. Special effects meant so one takes place there every Tues- Did I not tell you how you should know my daughter by her garments? environment for this macabre ep- much to the development of this day morning. Throngs grouped In --Merry Wives of Windsor (V,v,208) isode in the We of a simple com- spirit and l>lr. Solomon's creat- armies at the North and South ends Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee. -- Richard II (Ii,1ii,83) mon man-Joseph K. ivity sparkled In this area, espec- of the playing fields and soon there ... !Boo women In men's apparel. --Merry Wives (III,IU,78) From the moment when he IInds ially in his use of a sophisticated was a glorious crusade led by the Take her by the hand; Away with her to the deanery. two guards waiting for him rather recording system tor sound. South snowballers against the --Merry Wives (V,lll,3) than his breakfast, until he meets As the days since the produc- North. After a short time the war his death at the hands of this ab- tion pass, the viewer tends to degenerated into man vs. man, each I like It not: old fashions please me best. --Taming of the Shrew surd executor of justice, Richard "see a new play" each time he for himself. Snow bombs fell from (II1,lI,71) McCall gives us Joseph K. as the thinks back to the production. the skies over Westminster and A very monster in apparel, and not like a Christian. -- Taming of typical man of his environment. What did this cnaracter mean by soon It became so lllbearable that the Shrew (In,U,71) Playing both worlds (illusion and that line? Why did that scene have some of the snow soldiers sought On the other hand, some of Shakespeare's characters are eloquently reality) while exploring the depths white lights on It? Why were the the fallout shelter safety of the Impatient with old fashions: of his own being, Joseph struck at walls shiny rather than justflat Grille. each of us and broughl us out of black? As we answer these ques- At first only traitors and Give me fresh garments. -- Pericles (V,I,216) our chairs into his personal hell. tions, we see thepowerofthepJay- wards fleeing !rom the war ~sldes, the fashion of the time is changed. -- Pericles (In,I,86) Mr. McCall's versatility in play- our involvement In it. The Trial, gled in, but then atew I shall begin the fashions: less without and more within. --Cymbellne Ing every type of scene from a as many of Under stage's pro- bled back from the iront (V,I,33) Chaplinesque mime tothe powerful ductions, has provoked Western the wounded sat around and To be so odd and from all fasblon. ••cannot be commendable. soliloquy at the end show us again Maryland audiences into looking war stories a great thing begantQ --Much Ado (111,1,72) his great ability for gaining the inside themselVes. Perhaps this Is happen. There was a happening. Go take up these clothes here quickly. __ Merry Wives (Ill.Ui,155) feeling of his character. the function of the intimate au- A group of the more courageouS So sball I clothe me in a forced content. --Othello (DI,iv,120) Several characters in this pro- dience-actor relationship that Mr. Freshman men formed a rock and At times Shakespeare seems to advise an hooorable Individualism; duction were faced with the diffi- Solomon and company have defined roll group which filled the so ver:vwell. "Augment, or alter, as your wisdoms best shall see advantageable." ~r~a~~::fn!~~~pes:~r:~ :~l::: Not many productions schedUle night club above the grille with (through necessity) a command per· raucous music. ;;.:::~I:;;:.~-:;t::~~ ti~S~~:r S:::re~e:.~~:e~!:nli:!:~. spector, a rather biting minor of- formance before opening. The When all those involved In the ease he records a very reallstlc warningtothe young lady who persists fictal; appeared soon after as Ad- GIGIF, wars, or m1zer returned Trial gives us an example of just to their insUlated rooms that in ~ing dress codes: uI see she'sllketo have neither cap nor gown." :~t:u=:~ ~m~~~:::n:V;:~t!~ how much can be done in a techni_ evening there was a look of --Taming of the Shrew (lV,Ui,93). fined his character well; and fin- cal situation that Is certainly nol satisfaction on their faces. ideal.