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sothdwenstern at memphisvol. 62 no. 6 memphis. tennessee 38112 november 1, 1977

Trustees grant Daughdrill six months R&RBy Mary Palmer

The first meeting of South-western's Board of Trustees washeld on October 20 and 21. Theagenda included, briefly, an in-troduction and committee meetingson Thursday, and committee reportsand adjournment on Friday.

Committees of the Board discussbusiness and propose actions to theBoard; they are comprised of Board,faculty, student, and ex-officiomembers. The Board Directions andLeadership Committee has nostudent members. The Deans oryour student representatives to theBoard can tell you who yourcommittee representatives are.Briefly, the committee actions are asfollows:

Admissions and Financial Aidplans to increase the number ofability-based scholarships and toincrease enrollment (limit 1200),especially that of minority andinternational students.

Building and Grounds projectedthat $2,300 will be saved with thenew shower heads. They reportedprogress in conquering some of theF-J leaks, in landscaping thecampus, and in making campusadjustments for the handicapped byJune.

And now, the answer to the$64,000 question, "What can you dowith a degree in Neo-Platonism,besides be unemployed?" Theanswer is forthcoming tonight at"An Evening with the Humanities."

The Humanities Division and theCounseling Center are sponsoringthis open forum in an effort to dealrealistically with the value of theHumanities. Representatives fromthe departments of English, ForeignLanguages, History, Philosophy,and Religion will lead the discussionof the two questions that concernstudents most in the study ofHumanities. According to ProfessorBernice White, they are one "Why isthere such a large Humanitiesrequirement in the SouthwesternCurriculum, and how do

Tonight's Evening with theHumanities will provide the South-western student with some of thetheory behind the study of thehumanities and with some of thepossibilities that follow. OnThursday, November 3, MortarBoard will tell you how to make themost of those possibilities in aprogram on Careers and LiberalArts Students.

The activities start with a dinnerin the Refectory at 5:30, followed byan address by Brad Foster, a partnerof Rosenfield, Borod, Bogatin, andKremer, Attorneys at Law. He willspeak at 6:00 on career op-

A campus-wide telephone systemis not yet feasible, as Southwesterndoes not receive the business taxdeduction from TSA. The ZTAhouse will soon be bought incompliance with an obligation topurchase the house of an inactivesorority or fraternity.

The proposed Performing ArtsBuilding will cost approximately $3million for 70 thousand square feet.The projected cost of the Building incurrent dollars is $31/2 million.Added to this is an anticipatedmaintenance and insurance cost of$1.1 million for a total of $4.6million. The proposed site is east ofthe Student Center and north ofNew Dorm, in the grass and parkinglot. It was voted to proceed with thesketches, and President Daughdrillproposed not to break ground until$15 million had been given in theCapital Funds Campaign. $3.1million has been received so far.

Faculty and Educational Programapproved the recommendation forpromotion to assistant professor forProfessors Kay Randle and BarryLatzer of the Political Sciencedepartment as a result of theirrecent completion of the PhD.degree. They also approved sab-batical leave for the followingfaculty members: Richard Batey,

Humanities relate to life and theliving of it?" and two "What is aHumanities major anyway, and howcan a humanist find a good job?"

The first part of the program willfocus on the Humanitiesrequirement featuring a slide-andtape presentation from the Centerfor the Humanities called "ManAgainst Man: A Study inAggression and Conflict."Professors Llewelyn, Queener,Hatfield, and Amie will fieldquestions as well as invite responsesfrom representatives of the otherdivision of the college-the FineArts, the Social Sciences, and theNatural Sciences-regarding theirviews of the value of the humanities.Under the guidance of the

Professor Robert Cooper, Chairman

portunities for liberal arts studentsin Memphis, and more generally onmaking plans for "aftergraduation."

After dinner, all those attendingwill be divided into two groups for apair of workshops. The first, led byTom Kepple, Director ofAdministrative Services, will be onResume Writing. The other, led bySarah Burchfield, Director ofPersonnel at the C&I Bank, will beon Interviews. Each group willattend both workshops, beginningat 6:30.

The program concludes with apanel discussion by Southwestern

Terms II, III; Robert Cooper,Terms III, I; Thomas Cloar, TermsII, III; James Jobes, Terms II, III;Jack Russell, Terms II, III.

Board Directions and Leadershipapproved a six month sabbaticalleave for President Daughdrill.

Students and Campus Life ex-pressed satisfaction with an ap-parent increase in student moral(where?-you wonderl) as evidencedby increased voting, athletic par-ticipation, etc.

Finance report showed South-western to compare favorably withDow and Jones in capital (-2.3 % to-7.5 %) and in total return (-1.1 % to-6.3 %).

The President's Report at theintroduction of the meeting men-tioned a proposed increase intuition, room, and board for nextyear of $450 (to total $5,000): $350for tuition, $35 for room, and $65for board. The reasons for thisincrease are 6% salary increases,wage adjustments for those below$1.65/hour and an increase inbudget requests of $850,000 overlast year. Compare this with Rose-Hullman's costs of $5,150; Center'sapprox. $5,000; and Sewanee's at$5,125.) The increase in the pricetag will only cover approximately$420,000 of the requested increases.

of the English Department, and Mr.Randy Dupont of the CounselingCenter, the second portion of thediscussion will approach thequestion of the Humanities as aroute for job preparation. South-western graduates who have pur-sued a variety of careers will also beon hand.

Following the formal discussion,students are invited to join facultymembers from each department inthe Humanities for coffee andconversation.

This program is open to theSouthwestern community, not justHumanities majors. If you've everwondered why you were takingMethods in Mesopotamis 152, youare invited to 200 Clough from 6-8p.m.

alumni on the contribution of theliberal arts education as preparationfor a career. Sitting on the panel willbe Coble Caperton, AssistantDirector of Memphis and 'ShelbyCounty Pretrial Services; KelleyHinman, a waiter at The PierRestaurant; Jane Ann Jegley, afourth grade teacher at the KansasStreet Elementary School; andCharles Tuggle, a lawyer withHeiskell, Donelson, Adams,Williams, and Kirsch, Attorneys atLaw. Starting at 7:30, the discussionwill be held in 200 Clough.

The program is open to all in-terested students.

$420,000 of the requested increases.The department budgets have not

yet been approved-Speak upNOW if you have complaints orquestions. Smitty Charlton is yourstudent representative on the

Administrative Advisory BudgetTeam. The tuition increase willprobably be set at the next Board ofTrustees meeting (January 19 and20). So, gripe now; don't grumblelater.

Your student government"Know Thyself"

Since the first week of this schoolyear there have been SGArepresentative elections at least onceor twice a week. The problem,though, is that no one, besides theSGA itself, knows the newrepresentatives. Therefore, here isthe 1977-78 SGA.

OFFICERS: President, HoltonGuyton; Vice President, GaryMinor; Secretary, Janet Olson,Treasurer, Frances Clevenger.

COMMISSIONERS: Athletic,Stan Bradshaw; Elections; BartSpenser; Publications, Bill Nolan;Religion, Randy Sumner; Social,Destry Held, Chmn.; Welfare, LiLiChung; WUB, Lee Ensign.

AT-LARGE REPRESENTA-TIVES: Fresh., Linda Green; Soph.,Cary Blancett; Jr., Barney Stengle;Sr., Judy Panipinto.

DORM REPRESENTATIVES:Voorhies, Betsy Berryman;Townsend, Paul Ward; Trezevant,Gwen Jones; New Dorm, KathyWhitehorn; Glassell, Jay Haynes;University/Evergreen, Erroll Eck-ford; Robb/White/Ellet, DavidHoover; Bellingrath, Kathy Bruce.

TOWN REPRESENTATIVES:Rusty Galloway, Bobby Greene.

BOARD OF TRUSTEESREPRESENTATIVES: MaryPalmer, Tom Parrish, Ralph Jones.

The following is a list of studentscurrently on Faculty Committees.

ADMISSIONS ANDSTUDENTS FINANCIAL AID:Helen Theo, David McWilliams.

CURRICULUM STANDARDS:Annette Neblet, Tommy Hudson,Lee Ensign.

ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY:Mike Berton, Frances Clevenger.

COMMUNITY LIFE: HoltonGuyton, Stan Bradshaw, DanCogswell, LiLi Chung, Destry Held,Randy Sumner, Dan Searight,Marva Davis.

LIBRAR Y: Brian Thompson,Mary Jernigan, LiLi Chung.

These students are therepresentatives in your studengovernment. If you have any ideason what type of activities you wouldlike to have on the Southwesterrcampus, then do not hestitate toexpress your views. All SGAmeetings are open to the studen;body and are usually held on everother Tuesday night. There will alsobe a SGA Open Forum in either theAmphitheater or FJ-B during breakon every other Wednesday morningThis is another opportunity forstudents to express feelings oranything that deals with the averageSouthwestern student. Rememberthis is your SGA so give thesestudents your support.

Student forumfacilitates communication

By Jerry Heston

There have been several meetingsof the SGA prior to this first SGAreport. It has taken time for the newsystem of government to settle. Thefirst meetings served mainly as anintroduction to the system and tothe newly elected representatives.The purpose of these reports is toinform the students both of theactions and issues of the studentgovernment. With open channels ofcommunication, it is hoped that theSGA will be an active and usefulbody rather than a purposelessgroup of people.

The main order of business todate has been the approving of thebudget of the various commissionsof the SGA. The SGA is allotted atotal of $15,800. The Social

Commission received $11,600 andwill function, for all intents andpirposes, as an autonomous group.

The remaining money was dividedamong the other Commissions and aContingency Budget. WelfareCommission (Lili Chung) received$400; WUB (Lee Esign) receive::$200; Athletics (StanBradshaw) go,$575; the Religion Commissior.(Randy Sumner) was allotted $150.and $50 was given to the ElectionsCommission (Bart Spenser). $2,825was left in the Contingency Budge:of the SGA. Of the $2,825, $25 hasbeen set aside for dues to theTennessee Inter-Collegiate StatLegislature; $240 was spent forbuses to the Homecoming Dance;and $75 was earmarked for TownStudent affairs.

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Letters to Oz. ...............It. would seem to me that once

again the Dilemma Committee hasopted for the trite rather than theinquiring as its subject for thisyear's Dilemma.

I have only been here two years,but the previous topics, I believe,will illustrate my point. In 1976 theCommittee chose a Bicentennialtheme, appropriate enough, but itwas very idealsistic. The subject was"The Fabric of a People."

The choice for 1977 representedan idea which was made moresolient by the Presidential race, i. e.the contrast between the old Southand the South's seeming adaptationto the present. In political terms:Jimmy Carter as opposed to GeorgeWallace. The Committee naturallyfollowed this idea propogated by themedia.

This year the theme seems to be anostalgic longing for a lost era whenpeople acted instead of talked. Theinertness of the mid 70's hasbrought about this longing for theperiod of activism when meaningwas demonstrable and concretelyrecognized. This will be a sadgeneration if it begins to searchthrough its past before it has even

reached maturity.These examples and the principle

speakers, who have either presentedthemselves by their exposing ofminiscule fiscal aberrations(Fullbright) or who have given ahigh school lesson in Political.Science (Erwin), show how thethemes lean more in favor of PRthan inquiry. Admittedly, a fewexcellent speakers have come;however, they did so by their ownright, not by the subject matter's.

What issues could the programpursue then? It could search out thereal problems of today such asdisintegrating cultural modes, theadvent of modern-day apathy, or theproblems of modern education, tomention only a few.

Some may say these problemscannot be solved. This point isobvious; however, Dilemma is aninquiry into the present condition ofour culture, not a "man" test.Dilemma's speakers can help point tosome answers and continue in theinquiring spirit which is themainstream of Western Culture.This, I believe, is what Dilemmashould model itself on in the future.

Bryan Taylor

THE SOU'WESTEREDITOR ................... .Stephen Minor

BUSINESS MANAGER ......... Dan Searight

CIRCULATION ................ Greg Hughes

PHOTOS ..... .John Worden, Kathryn Carver,Deck Reeks, Kathleen Smith and many more

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STAFF .......... Kelly Bass, Rick CartwrightJill Johnson, Eva Guganheim, Alice J. Smith,

David Dwiggins, Martha Mitchell, BuckThompson, Peter Cobb, Edward Wheatley,Mary Crawford, Wanda Webb,Tom Hudson

Chamber Orchestra presents two concertsThe Southwestern Chamber

Orchestra, under the baton of TonyLee Garner, has expanded itsschedule for 1977-78 to include twopublic concerts and a number ofother appearances.

The concerts will be in HardieAuditorium at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 andMarch 30. Admission is free. TheNovember performance will includestudent vocalists MargaretPinholster of Atlanta and PamelaMontesi of Memphis. They wereselected in a recent audition judgedby Garner and Wayne Davidson,assistant conductor for OperaMemphis.

Miss Pinholster will sing "DoveSono" from "The Marriage ofFigaro" and Mrs. Montesi will sing"Batti, batti" from Mozart's "DonGiovanni."

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will be "Voyage, Op. 27" (brass trio)by Robert Muczynski and "Quintetfor Clarinet and Strings" by QuincyPorter.

In keeping with the goal of in-creased student participation in theorchestra program, a concertocontest has been announced forNov. 20. Pianists will be competingfor an appearance in the March 30concert. The concerto to be per-formed in the concert is "Klavier-Konzert Nr. 21 in C Major, K. V.467" by Mozart.

Garner said he is pleased with theprogress of the 30-piece orchestra asit begins its second season under hisdirection. He said his goal is todevelop an expert chamber or-chestra and to expand and broadenits activities even more than hasbeen done this year. He would liketo schedule more concerts andinclude guest artists from theprofessional ranks.

"It is exciting to think of ourstudents having the opportunity tosing and play with an orchestra asundergraduates," Garner said. "Forthe music majors, the experience isinvaluable in the pursuit of theirprofession. For the nonmajors, itwill provide knowledge and ex-

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pertise which should enable them toarticulate artistic and esthetic ideasto their communities."

"In addition, of course," he said,"There is the pure pleasure derivedfrom well-prepared and artisticperformance."

Selected orchestra members areentertaining the campus communitythis fall with short performances inthe Student Center during thestudents' Friday morning break at10:10 a.m.

"Music for Flutes," the Nov. 4program, will include "Syrinx" byDebussey, for solo flute; "Sonata"by Loyillet, for two flutes; and"Sonata in B minor" by J. S. Bach,for flute and harpsichord.

On Nov. 11, the program "Stringsand Things" will include "Quintet"by Porter, for string quartet andclarinet; and "Jota" by Hoffman,for piano and bass clarinet.

Members of the Southwesternorchestra and of the MemphisSymphony Orchestra will join theSouthwestern Singers and theEvergreen Chancel Choir for aperformance of J. S. Bach's"Magnificat" at 11 a.m. Dec. 4 inEvergreen Presbyterian Church.

At 7:30 p.m. the same day, theSingers will present OttorinoRespighi's "Laud to the Nativity" inHardie Auditorium, with membersof the orchestra furnishing ac-companiment.

Opera Memphis presents

Gounod's FAUST legendThe FAUST legend dates back at

least as far as the sixteenth century,and draws many of its originalcharacteristics from even earlierlegends. These legends havefacinated many throughout thecenturies.

Memphis will be afforded a lookat the Gounod masterpiece whenOpera Memphis opens the curtainon the season's second production,FAUST, November 10 and 12 at8:00 p.m. in the Auditorium MusicHall.

Gounod composed his version ofthe FAUST tale in the middle of thenineteenth century, when theFrench lyric stage was dominated byforeign music. The Parisiancomposer brought a fecound andcharacteristically Gallic gift formelody into his opera. Though heundertook opera compostitionreluctantly and enjoyed few realsuccesses outside of FAUST, written

midway in his life, this work remainsthe high-water mark of Frenchromanticism.

Opera Memphis' FAUST, whichDavid Hicks of the New York CityOpera will direct and which KurtKlippstatter of the ArkansasSymphony Orchestra will conduct,includes in its distinguished cast,Metropolitan Opera basso, JeromeHines as Mephistopheles; tenor,William Harness as Faust(remembered in Memphis for hisTonio in last season's DAUGHTEROF THE REGIMENT with BeverlySills); beautiful young Americansoprano Kathryn Bouleyn asMarguerite and baritone WilliamMacFarland as Valentin.

Tickets to Opera Memphis'production of the legendary FAUSTare available by calling or stoppingby the Memphsi State Universitybox office (901) 454-2043 or atGoldsmith's downtown and OakCourt.

Last Friday night, a group ofseven went to Broadway Pizza forsomething to eat. As we approachedwe noticed a large crowd, composedmostly of SAEs. We decided thatthere were too many people andstarted to leave. However, a waitressand an SAE invited us to stay. Weaccepted.

We were casually eating our food,watching the SAEs and their datesraising hell. Everything was fineuntil a certain song (You SexyThing) inspired a large group ofSAEs to compose their own obscenelyrics explaining why they hate"hippies."

It was obviously directed towardus (?l) in the left back corner of thebar. We got up to leave and weregreeted by choruses of "Bye,Hippie!" and were serenaded outwith the above mentioned song.

Heretofore, the SAEs were notedfor gentlemanly behavior. Itastounds us that the SAEs wouldsing such an obscene, offensive songin a public place, in front of theirdates, that was directed toward agroup which included a girl and twofreshmen . rushees of the SAEfraternity.

Thank you, SAE, for an enjoyableevening.

The Seranaded Seven.

SGA ReportContinued from Page 1

Reports were made by theCommissioners and Officers.President Holton Guyton an-nounced the establishment of theSGA Forums to be held every otherWednesday during break. Differentpeople form the Administration,Staff, etc., will be at the Forums toanswer questions of students.

Vice President Gary Minorreported on the formation of theFood Committee, a group ofstudents to discuss problems withthe food service (Epicure). Hereported that the meetings of theCommittee will be open to thestudent body; anyone concerned isinvited to attend. (Watch SFA etc.for meeting times and locations.) i:;Welfare Commissioner LiLiChungannounced that the first Student-Faculty- Administration Coffee willbe held Wednesday, Nov. 2, duringbreak in the East Lounge. (SeeAmplified Announcements).

Miscellaneous discussion involvedways of getting town students moreinvolved in campus activities. It ishoped that the $75 for town studentaffairs, along with help from theCommons, will be used to this end.In other business, Janet Olson wasvoted Secretary of the SGA.

The inclusion of the SFAnewsletter in the Sou 'wester was alsodiscussed. A large majority of thereps were of .the opinion that theexisting situation (SFA inSou'wester) is ineffective; thepresent SFA isn't as noticeable,handy, reliable, or exhaustive as theold, independent SFA. The PubBoard will be questioned about thematter.

The meetings of the SGA areopen to all concerned students. Thenext meeting will be held Thursday,Nov. 3, during break in the EastLounge.

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Rehersals for "The Matchmaker" (above) and "Hamlet" (right) near completion.

Notes from the. Cowardly LionBy John Worden, Lynx Editor

A note to all seniors: you haven'tbeen forgotten. Rather than lastyear's studio format, the new seniorformat is whatever you want it to be.Drop by the Student Center lobbywithin the week, and fill in the form,mine forevermore, to tell me whenand where you wish to bephotographed. There are few limitsto your imaginations.

If you want to be photographedengaged in your favorite collegiateactivity, then write it down. If youwant to be photographed whilebathing in the pleasure of yourfavorite non-collegiate activity, thatis okay, too. You can express

yourself via subtle tones of apathy.You can dress up; you can dressdown. You can pretend you'rePresident Daughdrill drowning inthe river. You can express yourselfin those (up to now) privatemoments shared with your lovedones. You could show your truecolors pouring laboriously overancient pages of wisdom. You candraw yourself. You can tell me tophotograph a rock and I'll pretendit's you. You can reveal your con-victions through a photograph ofgrave social and political import.

It matters not to me what yourideas might be. What matters is that

surely by this time, you have gotsome ideas that you want to expressto the rest of us. The forms shouldbe completed by every senior byNovember 8. The photograph mustbe taken before February 29th.

A note to all sophomores andjuniors who have yet to see them-selves in the yearbook: meet in theback of the Student Centertomorrow morning at break, 10:15.

And a final note to the yearbookphotographers and anyone else whois terrified of the Sunday eveningvoid: there will be a gathering thiscoming Sunday at 7 P.M. in the EastLounge. Bring your minds.

Thornton Wilder's The Mat-chmaker, a farce which concerns anold Yonkers Merchant who decidesto marry and engages a mat-chmaker, was the play upon whichthe musical Hello Dolly was based.The Southwestern Players willpresent The Matchmaker in Theatre6 November 9-12 at 8:00 p.m. andon November 12 at 2:30 p.m.,directed by Betty Ruffin with stagedesign by Scott Bowden andcostumes by Melissa Kent.

The major parts will be played byByron Loyd as Vandergelder and byRachel Leeker as Dolly Levi. Othermajors include Neville Carson, Steve

Dowell, Amy Shouse, Dickie LynnGronseth, Preston Johnson, andRuth McAfee.

Also, tonight at 9:00 in theCloister, the Players will present thecloset scene from Hamlet. Those whosaw it last year during theRenaissance Festival will be in-terested to know that this per-formace is being staged differently.The tension and 'outwardlyemotional character of the formerperformances have been toneddown, shifting the emphasis of thisnew interpretation in anotherdirection. A discussion will followthe show.

Three Women: Altman's enigmatic new film successRobert Altman's much an-

ticipated new film, "ThreeWomen", is now playing at the FareFour theatre on Summer Avenue.Although the film inevitably meanssomething different to each personwho sees it, most everyone will agreethat the film is strangely disturbingand weird, weird, weird. The filminvites, indeed, almost requires asecond attendance because there isperhaps too much symbolism, toomany heavy-handed intimations of"hidden meanings," thrown at theviewer; and too much that istroubling in the film for one to feelat ease with one's grasp of it afteronly one viewing.

The film's main force lies in thepower of the sketches provided byAltman of the three maincharacters. The film succeeds as acharacter study. The three womenportrayed in the film arerepresentative of distinctly oppositepoles of femininity. Altman'senigmatic illumination of each oftheir characters is a small stroke ofgenius.

The plot mainly revolves aroundPinkie and Millie, played by SissySpacek and Shelly Duvall. The twomeet at the rehabilitation centerwhere they work, caring for the oldand the handicapped. The filmopens with a thorough pictorialdescription of the center whichsuffuses the film's first impressionwith a sense of morbidness anddisease.

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The film follows Pinkie's growingadmiration for and eventualemotional dependence on Millie,and the strange, misguided at-tachment that ensues as a result ofthis admiration. Shelly Duvall isflawless as the pitiably ridiculousMillie.

Millie is a "type"; she is superblytacky and absurdly self-important.She fancies herself sophisticated,worldly, and well-liked, but is, inreality, merely an object of ridiculefor her colleagues and neighbors.She chatters endlessly, whetheranyone is listening or not (and theyusually are not ), and forces herselfon any attractive male that will evenhalf-way look at her.

She prides herself on her culinaryaccomplishments which consist oftuna melts and hamburger melts;she even knows how to make abarbecued chicken melt. Her clothesare tacky; her apartment is garrish;everything about her is in bad taste.In fact, if Altman had crammed onemore iota of tackiness into Millie'scharacter, it would have been morethan even the most average ofhuman intellects could endure.Altman rounds out her character inmany small brilliant ways, such ashaving her always catch the hem ofher skirt in her car door and writingeach day's events down in herprivate diary.

Her character is believable in anunbelievable way; and she is in-credibly laughable. But to the

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younger, in-experienced, and un-worldly Pinkie, she is the mostwonderful person in the world, theepitome of everything to which sheaspires; Pinkie ends up sharing anapartment with her paper-doll idol.

Pinkie is also a type, but one notso easily recognized as Millie. SissySpacek is effective as the shy, un-self-confident, and eager-to-pleasePinkie and remains a. most bizarrepersonality.

At one point in the film, Pinkiebecomes disillusioned with Millieand attempts suicide. When sheawakens from her resulting coma,she undergoes a personality traumaand takes on a completely differentcharacter. She takes on traits thatshe had previously, mistakenlyattributed to Millie. She .becomesself-assured, popular with men, andmore attractive. The transferal iscomplete and well-executed.

The third woman, Willie, is lessdeveloped than the other two, but inthe subtlety of her portrayal lies thestrength of her character. Willie andher husband own the apartmentbuilding where the other two womenlive and the bar that serves asMillie's hang-out. Willie, played byJanice Rule, is also a bizarrecharacter, and certainly the leastunderstood of the three.

She is a mysterious, silent artist.Her paintings are large muralswhich she paints on the bottoms ofswimming pools, sidewalks, or anylarge, empty space. Her drawings

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are strange mythic images evokingimpressions of another world and amurky, mysterious stream ofconsciousness. The have a powerful,unexplained effect on Pinkie as sheis drawn to them time and timeagain with a quiet curosity.

These strange, symbolic imagesseem to tie the film together and togive it an added dimension,. oddly,but interestingly, at variance withthe theme of the Millie -Pinkie bondand with Millie's glaring ob-trusiveness.

"Three Women" is obviously afilm devoted to the special distantmystique exclusive to women. Thegrotesqueness of Willie's husbandserves to emphasize the range anddepth of this mystique. The end ofthe film shows the three womenliving together as a family unit, thepoint of which seems to be that theworld of the female is often onlypolluted by the presence of the male,that he is not a vital element in thelife-force of the woman. At thispoint, Willie's husband has beendisposed of and the women arehappily unified.

There are one or two extremelydisturbing scenes in the film. One isthe scene in which Willie gives birthto her child while the frightenedMillie attempts to assist her underunfavorable conditions, i.e., nodoctor, no supplies, and no skill.Willie's screams of agony shoot

through the audience like a knife,and the scene is wrought withanguish and high-powered tension.Altman ingeniously captures in thisscene the extent of Willie's pain andof Millie's fear. Her predicament isone in which we have all envisionedourselves: She is utterly helpless andburdened with the responsibility ofdelivering the child. The scene isdistinctly a credit to Altman'sdirectorial abilities, although ex-crutiatingly nerve-wracking.

My main criticisms of the film arethat the pace is often painfully showand that parts of the film are toounclear and confusing. One can onlyguess at Altman's intentions incertain instances, and sometimes atpoints in the film when clarity isessential. Janice Rule's charactercould have been a little moredirectly dealt with; and the way thatthe three come together at the end ofthe film could have been elaboratedupon. But "Three Women" remainspowerful, disturbing, and thought-provoking in spite of its flaws, andthe humor involved in the poignantabsurdity of Shelly Duvall'scharacter is priceless.

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By Kelly Bass

Dick Thornton's foot ballers havedominated the sports news in theSou 'wester as completely as they didSewanee this year. Although aSouthwestern student dependent onthis paper for his sports infoprobably wouldn't know it, therehas been news from the SAMathletic scene besides new the ex-ploits of Craig Solomon's arm.Where Solomon, Harper, Mischke,et. al. are blessed with experience,freshmen are in the top spots for theSAM tennis and cross countryteams.

Lewis Duckworth looks muchmore appropriate attached to apizza and a pitcher than to a tennisracket but has used a powerful shotto vault himself into the number oneposition of Coach Sarah Risser'smen's tennis team.

The squad prepared for thespring season with practices onMonday, Wednesday, and Thursdayafternoons before mid-term. In itsonly competition, the team waswinning a scrimmage match withM.U.S. (that's Duckworth lingo forMemphis State) when rain forced itscancellation. Behind Duckworth theteam shapes up in this order: DonSimmons, Sam Archer, Sam Pat-

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terson, Char)les Barnett, JohnHarwell, Joe Krakoviak, and MacRamsey.

Entering its last three meets,SAM cross country cruisers havehad a successful season. Statisticallyit's been all Hillman Mann, . fresh-man Memphian, who has led theteam in every meet.

In four meets against theMemphis Track Club, assortedothers, and anyone else who wantedto run, Hillman has finished firstonce and second the other threetimes. The Southwestern runnershave also competed against manyDivision II teams at HardingCollege in Searcy, Ark. All membersof the team finished with their besttimes of the year. Hillman wasagain the first SAM runner acrossthe finish line, but this time it was in27th place.

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CONVENIENCE FOOD SER-VICE, Minute Stop Store. Contact:Mr. Phelari. (1620 Getwell Road,452-0028 or 452-9173) 4 nights/wk.(3:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.: 40 hrs./wk.)$2.50-$2.65/hr. 20-22 years of age.

The most recent meet before lastweekend's Division III state contestin Nashville was an all-comerscompetition at Audubon Park,sponsored by the Epilipsy Foun-dation. Hillman finished first in hisage group and fifth overall. TomHarty, also a freshman, finished19th and Eddie Batey was 20th inthe 10,000 meter event. (That'sfarther than most of us like to ridein a crowded car.)

These three runners plus Al Earlyand Jeff Glezer make up the teamthat Coach Bill Maybry will field forthe CAC conference meet hereSaturday. For the few, if any, CoachMaybry sees capable, a trip to theDivision III national meet inCleveland is in store November 12.News of the third facet of South-western's non-football sportsters,the SAM soccer team, next week.

HANDYMAN, YARDWORK,MINOR WORK. Griffin EnterpriseContact: Ms. Dyer. (578 CenterDrive, 458-2749) Hours flexible;$2.50/hr., if car used, mileage. Carneeded, handy with mechanical,electrical repair work.NOW AVAILABLE!! Applicationforms are on the board for thosewho wish parttime jobs; if anythinggood comes up, the CounselingCenter or Welfare Commissionercan contact applicants.

See Counseling center for ad-ditional info. All job info wasreceived last week. Check bulletinboard by Lair for any newpossibilities.

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Tuesday, Nov. 1301 Briggs Student Center. Interviews for thoseJuniors and Seniors interested in career oppor-tunities available with Nationwide Insurance Com-pany.Palmer 202. A meeting of all those students in-terested in participating in the IntercollegiateBusiness Game Term II. Sponsored by the De-partment of Economics and Business Adminis-tration.200 Clough. "An Evening With the Humanities".A program designed to look at Humanities for lifeand careers. Open.Neeley Social Room. An informal topical BibleStudy on discipleship. Open.Voorhies-Townsend Social Room. An informalstudy of the Letter to the Hebrews. Open.East Lounge. A discussion of foreign travel. Stu-dents who have, and those who would like to,should attend.

Wednesday, Nov. 2East Lounge. A coffee for all students, faculty andadministrators. Come meet all the folks you don'tknow yet.102 Glassell. A group study on relationships.Open. Spon. by the SW Fellowship.FJ-A. A meeting of the Southwestern OutdoorClub. All interested students, faculty and staffplease attend.East Lounge. "Christianity and Abortion." A veryshort lecture and discussion, sponsored by"Openings." Open.FJ-B. Movies: Dance of Ecstacy, a short docu-mentary; and Beauty and the Beast. Adm.: 50'.Student Center. A meeting of all Pub Board mem-bers, esp. new members. Please attend.East Lounge. An energy meeting. Come and bringyour ideas. Open.White Hall Social Room. Foreign travel forstudents, or Getting Around Without GettingRipped Off. A discussion of hitching, hosteling,passports, etc. Open.

Thursday, Nov. 3Bell Room in Refectory. A Table Francaise, achance to practice your French or just to hear itpracticed. Come any time during supper, leavewhen you want. See Prof. Vest or Brian Burkhardtfor further information.Mortar Board program on Careers and LiberalArts students.Robb Social Room. A meeting of those interestedin spending Term III in NYC. A chance to talk withstudents who have done it.203 Ellett. An informal Bible study and dicussiongroup. Come and share your ideas. Open.

Friday, Nov. 4Student Center. Uncommon House.

Saturday, Nov. 5Cross Country. CAC.Soccer: SW vs. University of Alabama (Hunts-ville)Mallory Gym. Louisville Ballet, Lecture andDemonstration. Free. Open.Mallory Gym. Louisville Ballet Performance. Adm.:$1.00 students; $4.00 general admission.

Sunday, Nov. 6 BEGINNING OF BLACKAWARENESS WEEK

Mallory Gym. Louisville Ballet Performance. Adm.:$1.00 students; $4.00 general admission.

Monday, Nov. 7301 Briggs Student Center. A discussion for thoseinterested in law, esp. the Pre-Law Society ofSouthwestern, with Mary Jo Hoover, Assit. Dean,UT Law School.East Lounge. English Senior Seminar.

Amplified AnnouncementsTo Robb Commoners: This is yourlast chance to get T-shirts. The onesleft will be sold on a first come, firstserve basis. If there is enough in-terest, will order one more batch.Orders must be in by Friday, Nov. 4.Price: $2.50. See Brian Burkhardt,203 Ellett.

A student advisory committee isneeded for our new campuschaplain, Richard Crocker. Anyoneinterested in serving on such acommittee should see the chaplainin his office in the Student Center onWednesdays and Thursdays orRandy Sumner, 225 Glassell.

The Welfare Commission willsponsor its first student Faculty

Administration Coffee, Wednesday,November 2. This is an opportunityto meet some of the people whomake Southwestern work, but arenever seen. If response is favorableto this first coffee, the Commission

will sponsor semilar eventsthroughout the year. Go meetprofessors you've always heard greatthings about, but never had achance to meet. Meet the ad-ministration; meet the faculty; meetthe students. Coffee and doughnuts

will be served. The Student FacultyAdministration Coffee will be held,November 2, Wednesday, duringbreak, in the .East Lounge.

LOST AND FOUNDLost-Pair of wire-frame eyeglasses. They were in a black casewith gold/yellow lining. If found,please return to Kevin Jagoe 323Glassell or to the Dean of Studentsoffice.

If anyone knows the whereaboutsof volume 14 of the 1973 edition ofthe Encyclopedia Britannica thatbelongs in the Burrow Library,please help us see that it is returned.No questions asked. Thank You.

Non-football sportsters in the news

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NAME: Tom KeppleAGE: About the life expectancy of a walrus.OCCUPATION: Energy Czar of Camp SAMHOBBY: Conducting studies on how much denial dorm students can take

before cracking up or reverting to slovenliness.LAST BOOK READ: How to survive a Siberian winter.LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Reinstated the greaser look by installing shower

heads that refuse to allow enough water to come out to rinse one'shair, no matter what cream rinse is used.

QUOTE: Let's try it, and if it doesn't work we can see about somethingelse.

PROFILE: Loves an Artic snowstorm and believes everyone should have theopportunity to experience one. Grew a mustache as a camouflageagainst irate walruses and seals. Tom claims to have inherited his redhair and rosy complexion from his mother. The truth of the matter isthat they result from a secret internal energy source that make himinvulnerable to winter's icy blasts. In fact, he is uncomfortable in anytemperature that exceeds 50 degrees.-So don't let that warm expressionfool you!

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