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At The Movies with Bob Peek CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Alice’s Restaurant is hard to classify. Is it a comedy? Is it a tragedy ? Inevitably, the answer must be that it is both. The movie re fuses to be neatly pigeon-holed into either category. Director Arthur Penn has taken Arlo Guthrie’s hilarious, satirical rec ord and transformed it into an experience of elation and melan choly, joy and despair. In the story, Arlp drives up to Stockbridge, Mass?, to visit his friends Alice and Ray Brock (James Broderick and Pat Quinn) in their home, a converted church. They have made their home a sort of “mini-commune” by removing the peys from the church. All the humor from the record is still there. After a monu mental Thanksgiving feast which produced an amazing pile of garbage, Arlo and his friend Roger attempt to “dump it at the dump.” Sadly, the dump was closed on Thanksgiving. After searching around for another dump they finally dump the trash off a cliff when they see that there is another pile of trash at the bottom. They de cide “one big pile is better than two little piles.” An elderly couple driving by the scene report it to the police, who react properly to what was to them the biggest “crime of the decade.” This includes tak ing “27 eight-by-ten colored glossy photographs with circles and arrows and paragraphs on the back of the scene of the crime.” Of course the judge is blind. Arlo’s conviction is his down fall with the draft board. His “criminal” record of littering de nies him the honor of serving his country like any good all-Ameri can hero. But beneath all the comedy is an underlying theme of tragedy. Arlo’s father Woody Guthrie is slowly dying of a disease of the nervous system. The blissful life in the commune breaks up from the pressure of internal strife between the inhabitants. One of the group dies of an overdose of heroiji, and his funeral marks the end of their life in the church. In all, it’s an experience well worth your time. ★ ★ ★ Everyone with the slightest bit of romanticism in him should see Camelot. The word is syn onymous with enchantment, and so is the movie. In the uncut version of the movie it is almost impossible to find fault with it. Vanessa Redgrave and Rich ard Harris provide regal per formances, and David Hemmings is appropriately evil as Arthur’s bastard son Mordred. The music is beautiful, and the direction and photography is magical. The most dangerous point of a musical is when a character stops speaking and be gins to sing. All too often, songs seem inappropriate and distract ing. Camelot is a magnificent exception. The songs come in the right places and the perform ers deliver them perfectly. When the house lights go up and you begin to leave the thea ter, you know that Camelot will never be forgotten, the kingdom or the movie. “ . . . Because my set went out during A&M’s last televised game—that’s why!” Animal Science Prof To Lecture Thursday Dr. A. C. Warnick of the Uni versity of Florida Animal Science Dept, will lecture here Thursday on crossbreeding and calf crop percentage. His talk is set for 11 a.m. in Room 132 of the Animal Indus tries Building. Dr. A. M. Sorensen of the A&M Animal Science Dept, said the visiting lecturer’s experience includes work in Argentina on a special fund project dealing with ways to improve calf crops. He also received National Science Foundation travel grants to the 1961 World Congress on Repro duction in Holland and the 1964 Congress in Italy. Committee will meet with univer sity officials at noon Tuesday at Sbisa Cash Cafeteria. Emergency Course Set Next Week Ford Mustang Will Be Pacer This committee has been es tablished to discuss laundry operations and to serve as a communications link between students and the University Laun dry. Students who have sugges tions concerning the operations and policies of the laundry are invited to contact one of the fol lowing committee members: A practical course on emergen cy care and transportation of the sick and injured is scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day in the Fellowship Hall of A&M Methodist Church, 417 Uni versity Dr. Allan Byrd, Schumacher 408, 5-2506; Allen Mikulencak, Mitch ell, 83; Jimmy Alexander, Davis- Gary 417, 5-3557; Robert A. Har ding, Dorm 2 Room 114, 5-2350; Jack C. Hollimon, Dorm 6 Room 301, 5-3240; Albert Kinkead, Dorm 2 Room 110, 5-1950. Invited to attend the three-day course of lectures and demonstra tions are ambulance attendants, policemen, firemen, safety engi neers, rescue squads, nurse, pub lic health, civil defense, and others who handle persons sick or in jured in accidents. Model of Compressor Given to M-E. Dept. A cut-away model of a refrig erant compressor has been given by Lennox Industries of Fort Worth to the Mechanical Engi neering Dept., announces Dr. C. M. Simmang, department head. The model of the company’s L2 line, designed and built by graduates of Texas A&M now at Lennox, will be useful as a visual aid, he said. Making the presentation were Sid Parker, ’54 graduate in elec trical engineering and now man ager of Research and Develop ment, Air Conditioning Compres sors; Dick Cawley, ’59, mechani cal engineering, chief engineer in the same division; Charles Ellis, ’59 mechanical engineering, chief project engineer, and Sam Taheri, ’69, chemical engineering, project engineer. ★ ★ ★ Laundry Committee To Meet Tuesday The 1969-70 Student Laundry Singing Cadets Cut New Album The course, given free of charge, is sponsored by the Texas State Department of Health and the Brazos-Robertson County Medical Society. A new album entitled “The Old and the New” has been re corded by the Singing Cadets and is currently on sale, according to John Roby, publicity chairman for the organization. The album, recorded in Houston at the ACA studios last spring, can be bought at the Memorial Student Center Gift Shop or at The Exchange Store for $5.00, Roby said. It can also be ordered through the mail by sending $5.50 to the Singing Cadets, Box 5718 College Station, he added. The first side, Roby explained, contains old favorites from the past, such as “Porgy and Bess Medley” and “Wade in the Wa ter.” The second side has such new popular songs as “Love Is Blue,” “Going Out of My Head,” and “Windy,” he said. Profits from the sale of the record, Roby said, go toward scholarships for members of the Singing Cadets. Dr. J. T. L. McNew, a Bryan physician, is program chairman of the Training School. It v^s announced today in New York by Ford Division, Ford Motor Company, that Mus tang has been chosen by Ameri can Raceways, Inc., as the 1970 Official Pace Car for Texas in ternational Speedway and other American Raceways, Inc., facili ties. The first appearance of Mus tang in its official role will be at the Inaugural Event at Texas International Speedway on No vember 9th — the final event of the ’69 Can-Am Series. Each track in the American Raceways Complex will have its own distinctive Mustang color. Texas International Speedway’s Pace Car will have a special “Texas Red Paint Job”. In ad dition, “Special Official Pace Car” kits will be available at Ford dealers in the Texas Inter national Speedway market area so that they will be able to iden tify themselves and their cus tomers with the track. The cars will be Mustang mach 1 models with 428 Cobra Jet engines. Mr. Lawrence H. LoPatin, President of American Race ways, Inc., stated in New York that, “Mustang was chosen as the 1970 Official Pace Car for all the American Raceways’ tracks because of its highly com mendable position as America’s No. 1 compact sports sedan; its obvious influence on the per formance market in the country; and its most important role in the growth of the popular Trans- American Sedan Series inaugu rated in 1966. Bulletin Board TONIGHT MSC Chess Committee will have a beginner class at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3B of the MSC. SUNDAY Brazos Orinthological Society will meet at 7 a.m in the parking On KBTX Tonight 6:30 Get Smart 7:00 Brady Bunch 7:30 Hogan’s Heroes 8:00 TX Friday Night Movie “Last Sunset” w/Rock Hudson 10:15 TX Final News 10:45 Friday’s Late Movie — “Mark of the Hawk” with Sidney Poitier and John Mclntire Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press Letters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced, and must be no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer's name will be with held by arrangement with the editor. Address corre spondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school per full year. All subscriptions subject to 414% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, '; $6.50 Texas 77843. atherw srigin pul latter herein are also reserved. er blished herein. Rights of rep 5 ~ alsi lusively to the use for iredited to it or not paper and local news of spontaneous Rights of republication of all other Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. 1969 TPA Award Winner embers of the Student Publications Board are ;y, chairman ; H. F. Filers, College of Liberal White, College of Engineering ; Dr. Asa B. Childe Veterinary Medicine; and Dr. Membe Lindse; F. S. College of Veterinary College of Agriculture. Jim Arts ; Childers, Ja. D. Carpenter, at Texas A&M is The Battalion, a student newspaper published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through id < J . May, and , ai ek during summer school. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services. Inc., New York City, Chicago, Francisco. Los Angeles and San EDITOR DAVE MAYES Managing Editor David Middlebrooke Sports Editor Richard Campbell Assistant Sports Editor Mike Wright Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Jay F. Goode, Pam Troboy, Steve For man, Gary Mayfield, Payne- Harrison, Raul Pineda, Hayden Whitsett, Clifford Broyles, Pat Little, Tim Searson, Bob Robinson Columnists Monty Stanley, Bob Peek, John Platzer, Gary McDonald Photographers Steve Bryant, Bob Stump Sports Photographer Mike Wright THE FALL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS WAR OF THE BUTTONS October 31 The young boys of two neighboring French prov incial villages are traditional rivals and, over some past insult long since forgotten, have begun a “war.” Buttons are the trophies of the conflict, and each captive is unceremoniously stripped of all he has. TONIGHT 8:00 P.M. MSC BALLROOM lot of the Redmond Terrace Phar macy, College Station, for a trip to Somerville Reservoir. MONDAY Industrial Education Wives Club will meet at 8 p.m. at the Girls’ Club, 306 W. 24th St. Agricultural Economics and So ciology Student Wives Club will have a Tupperware party at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Char lotte Jones, 1217 Haines, College Station. WEDNESDAY Aggie Christian Fellowship will hear Steve Atkinson discuss “His tory and Christianity” at 5:30 p.m. in Room 3C of the MSC. THURSDAY Chemistry Wives Club will tour Stacy Furniture Store, Townshire shopping Center, at 8 p.m. perma-crease Westbury Slacks ^undtnrnro ►uniberfiitp men’s toear 329 University Drive 713/846-2706 College Station, Texas 77840 ATTENTION ALL CLUBS Athletic Hometown Professional and All Campus Organizations. Pictures for the club sec tions of the 1970 Aggieland are now being scheduled at the Student Publications of fice. 216 Services Bldg. 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