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College Station, Texas
Friday, October 3, 1969
THE BATTALION
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
At The Movies
with Bob Peek
DEATH RIDES A HORSE
should have been titled “Death
Rides a Dead Horse.” This week
Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip
Law ride the same tired plot
across the Campus Theater
screen as did Eli Wallach in
“Ace High.” Both stories hinged
on anti-heroes seeking revenge
upon the dirty dastardly villians
who double-crossed them years
before. The only difference be
tween the two shows is that “Ace
High” was a comedy while
“Death Rides a Horse” is sup
posed to be taken seriously. Both
fail miserably. The first wasn’t
very funny and the latest is
ridiculous.
The movie is doubly disap
pointing because the first five
minutes or so lead you to be
lieve that this “Dollars” flic is
a genuine dramatic achievement.
For five minutes the direction
is flawless. The scene is the
murder of an entire ranch fam
ily. The scene is silent but for
the splatter of steady rainfall
and whispered last minute in
structions among the murderers.
The camera focuses on details
like boots moving stealthily
through the mud of a cow lot,
rain dripping from the killers’
hats and rifles being silently
cocked, making the tension of
the moment chillingly real to the
viewer.
The first scene sets the plot.
A small boy sees his sister and
mother raped and murdered and
his father killed, but miracu
lously escapes death in the burn
ing house when an “unknown”
savior (Lee Van Cleef) carries
him to safety. When he grows
up, all he has on his mind is
killing the four men who mur
dered his family.
Lee Van Cleef has just been
released after 15 years in prison
and is anxious to get even with
the same four men. It seems
they double-crossed him in the
caper which got him his prison
term (remember Eli Wallach?)
He and John Phillip Law, the
boy, spend the rest of the pic
ture getting in each other’s way
and rescuing each other as they
each try to blackmail and kill
their enemies.
The whole movie falls apart
when Van Cleef gets out of jail.
Suddenly all the villains wear
black, and the action is over
powered by what has to be the
most obnoxious soundtrack ever
heard in a motion picture thea
ter. Since you saw it all in
“Ace High” two weeks ago, the
plot is so predictable it makes
you want to wander back to the
snack bar, or maybe read the
“Coming Soon!” posters in the
lobby. Even the most violent
fight scenes are dull. I’ve seen
more exciting Shirley Temple
movies on afternoon television.
When I went to see this show,
I planned to judge it by the
standards of an Old West Dime
Novel. For two cent’s I’d sell it
back.
Dr. Rand to Speak
At “Coffee Loft”
Aerospace engineering profes
sor Dr. James L. Rand will speak
today at the United Campus
Christian Fellowship (UCCF)
“Coffee Loft.”
The informal presentation for
students and other interested
persons will deal with the in
fluence of science on man, ac
cording to Rand, assistant pro
fessor. The talk begins at 8
p.m.
Rand was invited to speak by
the Rev. James Fenner.
ceeding 1,120 British pounds for
a period of two years.
Although there is no grade re
quirement, Ballinger noted that
students holding a 3.5 grade av
erage or better had the best
chances for selection.
Two Aggies have received
Rhodes Scholarships in the past.
The first was Charles W. Thomas,
’22, a chemical engineering grad
uate who studied English litera
ture at Oxford. He is now an
English professor in New York.
The other recipient was Jack
Edward Brooks, ’46, an electrical
engineer graduate. He used the
award to study physics at Ox
ford and is currently the senior
staff engineer at the Space Tech
nology Laboratory at Redondo
Beach, Calif.
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Rhodes Scholarship
Applications Here
Applications are now open for
male students who seek a Rhodes
Scholarship, according to Dr.
Richard Ballinger, of the English
Dept.
Any interested tstudent between
the ag^s of 18 and 24, unmarried,
and of at least junior classifica
tion, should contact Dr. Ballinger
by Oct. 13 in Room 302A, Aca
demic Building or by phone at
845-3451.
I LISTEN UP]
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Editor:
Congratulations to the Fish
football team on their victory
over TCU. Too bad the Aggies
lose. Too bad the dignity and
image of the A&M student body
came in second best
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For those who haven’t heard
Those students selected from
A&M will be screened by a state
review board Dec. 17, and a dis
trict board Dec. 20. The students
receiving scholarships will be eli
gible for a yearly stipend ex-
about the incident Thursday, this
is what happened. About a dozen
brave Corps freshmen tried to
relieve TCU of their cheerleaders.
They did this while about six
Corps sophomores blocked the
stairs from the stands to the field
so that the TCU fans were slowed
down. The Corps freshmen grab
bed, pushed around, and dropped
the female cheerleaders. It is a
shame that many people will take
this incident and judge us as a
whole by it.
As civilians we have for five
years put up with the Corps
members’ claim that they are the
image of A&M. Well, if Thurs
day night i|S any indication of how
the Corps intends to represent
A&M, we are awfully damn proud
to say that we are civilians.
We as civilians have had to
answer for our 2%, now what is
the Corps going to do about its
2% ?
Roy Ragsdale, ’69
Mike Smith, ’73
Don Raymond, ’72
Donn Boyd, ’69
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The Spanish Civil War is a period in history that most
civilized people would like to forget. And to some extent it
was forgotten until Frenchman Frederic Rossif created this
shattering elegy, a sensitively assembled documentation of a
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One of the greatest documentary films ever made. In
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A FALL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTATION.
Tonight at 8:00 p. m. in the MSC Ballroom
Season tickets for the remainder of the searies are still available.
Students — $3.00
Faculty — $5.00
Society of Iranian Students
will elect officers at 7 p.m. in
the Social Room of the MSC.
SUNDAY
Alpha Phi Omega will initiate
pledges at 7:30 p.m. in the Birch
Room of the MSC.
MONDAY
Young Republicans will meet
at 8p.m. in the “Coffee Loft” of
the United Campus Christian
Fellowship building in College
Station.
Phi Delta Sigma will have j
fraternity’s first rush at 8j
in the Shiloh Hall on SH6.D1
is coat and tie.
Lubbock - South Plains Hii
town Club will organize at!
p.m. in the meeting room
Ralph’s Pizza.
Industrial Education Wii
Club will tour the I.Ed. Dtp |
ment at 8 p.m., starting f
Room 107 of the Industrial |
cation building.
“You’ve gotta admit, you can see all the personality they
have!”
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
A&M Soccer Club will meet at
6:30 p.m. in Room 2C of the
MSC to discuss game plans for
Sunday’s match against Trinity
University.
Chess Committee will meet
from 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. in Room
3B of the Memorial Student
Center.
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