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THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, November 15, 1966
At The Movies
with Bob Borders
“You’re having that nightmare again! For th’ last time—
they missed th’ field goal—we won! We won!
Excellence-A Tradition?
Excellence in intercollegiate
competition is fast becoming a
new tradition at Texas A&M.
More lipstick was collected by
Aggies at Kyle Field this year
than the total collected in the
previous ten. We have improved
on the opportunities to partake in
our most enjoyable tradition
while creating a new one. Al
though this trend is new and not
completely developed, the evi
dence shows that the unofficial
Aggie handbook had better make
room for this new material.
Over the past several years
this trend has been evident in
football, track, baseball, basket
ball, and — surprisingly enough
— in debate.
Most Aggies are unaware that
such a program even exists on
the campus, but it does and the
signs of excellence are also ap
parent here.
The debate program began two
years ago under the direction of
Mr. Carl Kell. That first year
their record was a rather unim
pressive .333. But the program
grew and developed during that
first year, and the second year
saw them post nearly a .500. Thus
far this year the squad has at
tended two tournaments and
posted a record of 21-20. Not yet
excellence but a definite sign of
development toward this goal.
Standouts at the Bellaire Speech
Tournament were the team of
Wayne Prescott and Ron Hinds,
and the team of Robert Peek and
James Byrd. Both teams posted
a 5-1 record. Hinds and Prescott
lost to Rice University in the
quarter-Finals while Peek and
Byrd lost to the University of
Texas in the Octo-Finals. Hinds
and Prescott were once again
standouts at the T.C.U. Tourna
ment, where they posted an im
pressive 4-2 record. Look for
more and better things from the
debate program.
With such evidence that all
programs across the campus are
developing toward the goal of
excellence, the old handbook will
have to be expanded to include
the new Aggie tradition of excel
lence in all intercollegiate com
petition.
idol” is a movie well
. two hours’ time and the
small admittance price.
It concerns a young American
painter who has rebelled against
his parents (so what else is
new?) and moved to England to
study art.
He excels in his trade, but he
has one serious character flaw.
He has a compulsion to alienate
all his friends.
This unfortunate compulsion
gets him into all sorts of difficult
straits, such as when he seduces
his best friend’s mother. This
upsets the friend.
The hero, supposedly struck by
remorse, drowns himself, and
leaves his friend facing a murder
charge. Or was this his last sad
istic act, calculated to bring the
results it did? Since he can’t tell
us, we’ll never know.
Michael Parks plays the Amer
ican painter who seems bent on
his own destruction and that of
everyone around him. He is an
excellent bad good guy. He may
even remind you of someone you
know.
John Leyton is the young
friend. The hero is always brow
beating him, calling him a
mama’s boy. He is, but he is
forced to grow up very painfully
and quickly at the end.
The boy’s mother is played by
Jennifer Jones. She may have
been suited to the part, but some
how she didn’t come off as well as
the others.
Jennifer Hillary does a very
good job as the much-abused girl
of the painter. Even though she
is abused, she remains faithful to
the end, even as they pull his
body from the river and return it
to shore with only the feet show
ing from under the blanket.
Faithful, huh?
The story was well-structured,
and it moved along seemingly by
itself. From what we are told
about the characters, they do
only things which are natural,
and everything falls right into
place.
One of the things that helped
the movie most was the fact that
it was unencumbered by advance
reviews and big names which
lead the moviegoer to expect too
much.
Instead, the viewer goes into
the theater not knowing what to
expect, and if he is no different
from the majority of the audi
ence, he is not disappointed.
Unfortunately, it seems that
the English always manage to
outdo their American cousins
when it comes to meaningful, en
joyable movies.
whole. But perhaps worst of all,
character portrayal is sacraficed
for a big-name box office draw.
The “Budwing” story was rea
sonably good, but it was handled
badly.
This is a shame when we con
sider all the potential of Holly
wood, which is usually expended
in multi-million dollared, cast of
thousanded, panavisioned spec
tacles.
The English imports that we
see are uniform, but only in that
they are original and well-done.
This one was no exception.
Granted, occasional feeble at
tempts at imitation are made by
the movie moguls. The recent
“Mr. Budwing” is a good exam
ple.
When this paper comes out
Tuesday, there is still time to see
“The Idol.” If you don’t have
anything else to do, or if you
have something to do but don’t
want to do it, go see this movie.
If you don’t like it you can al
ways write a letter to the editor.
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Will have their portrait
made for the Aggieland
’67
November 16 - January 15
Portraits will be made at the
University Studio (coat and
tie).
AGGIELAND 1967 OUTFIT
PICTURES
Uniform will be Class A Winter.
Outfit C.O.’s will wear sabers;
seniors will wear boots and mid
night shirts. Guidons and award
flags will be carried. ALL per
sonnel in the outfit will wear the
billed service cap issued by the
University. The type of cap
worn by underclassmen to and
from the picture - taking area
is left up to the discretion of
the outfit C. O.
Outfits should be in front of the
Administration Building by 1230
hours on the appointed day.
Arrangements should be made
by first sergeants with the Mess
Hall supervisors to allow the
outfit to be admitted to the
Mess Hall early.
November 14 El & FI
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ATTENTION ! ! !
ALL CLUBS
Athletic, Hometown, Pro
fessional, and Campus Or
ganizations.
Pictures for the club sections of
the Aggieland are now being
scheduled at the Student Publi
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CORPS SENIORS &
1ST SERGEANTS
YEARBOOK PORTRAIT
SCHEDULE
Corps seniors and outfit first
sergeants will have their por
trait made for the AGGIELAND
’67 according to the following
schedule. Portraits will be made
at the University Studio in Class
A Winter uniform.
Executive officers and first
sergeants will also have por
traits made in GH caps for the
military section.
Commanding officers will have
full length portraits made in
boots. PLEASE MAKE IN
DIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS
WITH THE STUDIO FOR
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