At The Movies
with Bob Peek
In a previous column I com
pared today's movies with litera
ture. Some movies are historical
novels, some are “escape litera
ture,” some are biographies, some
are pornography and some are
poetry. Qssacionally a movie can
be something else entirely. “2001:
A Space Odyssey” was a work of
art, a visual and audial painting
of grandoise proportions. This
week a “statue” will be playing
at the Palace.
The Battle of Britain is not so
much a movie as it is a McLuhan-
esque monument to the young
men who valiantly fought to de
fend England from Herman Goe-
ring’s mighty Luftwaffe. Like its
predecessor, “The Longest Day,”
“The Battle of Britain” is poor
literature but magnificent statu
ary. The photography is spectac
ular without being distractive.
The famous young actors relish
playing the reckless pilots, and
the even more famous elder stars
obviously enjoy their roles as
heads of state.
The movie’s strength as a mon
ument comes from the breadth of
its coverage of the battle from
the perspectives of both German
and English high command, fight
er pilots and non-combatant civil
ians. The overall effect is enthral
ling, for a while at least.
Unfortunately, the same breadth
of coverage is also the cause of
most of the show’s major weak
nesses. There are several people
in the story who would have made
fascinating detail character stu
dies, but the movie skips from
one scene to the next so quickly
that they remain cardboard fig
ures scarcely more interesting
than those found in history books.
Similarly, the movie lacks the
unity of plot needed to combine
the various subplots into a co
herent whole.
Despite these weaknesses, “The
Battle of Britain” is an eminently
“watchable” movie, one I wouldn’t
want to miss. The tragedy is that
it would have been so much more.
Gordon Parks i,s one of those
Campus Briefs
New ID Embossment
Rule in Effect
Students who pay room and
board should remember that a
new rule concerning the emboss
ment of identification cards is in
effect this year, said Howard S.
Perry, director of Civilian Student
Activities.
The new rule allows all stu
dents to have their cards em
bossed at the beginning of the
semester to serve them the entire
term, Perry said.
The old rule, Perry said, re
quired all board-paying students
to have their ID cards reembossed
after each board installment came
due.
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Corps Menu Panel
To Meet Thursday
Corps members who have sug
gestions concerning the operations
and policies of Duncan Dining
Hall are urged to contact a mem
ber of the Corps Menu Board
which meets with university of
ficials at noon Thursday in Dun-
achievement and activities while
in high school.
Presentation was made by Dr.
H. O. Kunkel, dean of the A&M
College of Agriculture.
The scholarship memorialize ( s
Dr. Carl Lyman, former head of
the A&M Department of Bio
chemistry and Biophysics.
In high school, Puryear was
treasurer of the National Junior
Honor Society and lettered in
football and basketball. He plans
to work toward and advanced de
gree in biochemistry.
The student is among the first
recipients of scholarships in a
new program started by A&M
faculty and staff members to
attract outstanding young men
and women to the university.
Energy Commission grant to pur-
cha/se three new TRIGA fuel ele
ments for its reactor.
Dr. John D. Randall, NSA di
rector, said the need for new
fuel elements is the result of
increased operation since the re
actor power was increased to
1,000 kilowatts last year.
“We compiled more megawatt
hours last year than in the pre
vious seven years,” the A&M of
ficial noted.
Randall said previous experi
menters are using the facility to
a greater extent and several new
users have been added in recent
months.
★ ★ ★
$12,000 Awarded
A&M Reactor
The Nuclear Science Center has
been awarded a $12,000 Atomic
The Texas A&M reactor is the
largest facility of its type on any
campus in the Southwest and one
of the busiest in the nation.
Randall said the NSC is pro
viding $2,800 in matching funds
for purchase of the new fuel ele
ments.
Bulletin Board
The committee, established to
discuss dining hall operations and
menus, serves as a communica
tions link between students and
the dining hall management.
Members of the committee are
Robert Harding, Dorm 2 Room
114, 5-2350; John R. Drewien,
Dorm 2 Room 116, 5-2550; Ter
rell A. Newberry, Dorm 4 Room
218, 5-7186; Albert Kinkead,
Dorm 2 Room 110, 5-1950; Charles
Korbell, Dorm 4 Room 219, 5-
7286; Perry R. Miyauchi, Dorm
10 Room 203, 5-4258.
★ ★ ★
Three to Attend
Agronomy Meet
Three students have been
elected to represent the univer
sity at the annual meeting of the
American Society of Agronomy
and Soil Science Society of Amer
ica Nov. 9-14 in Detroit, Mich.
Louis Dusek of Holland, Texas
and Garland Wiemers of Hondo
will be the business delegates.
Otis R. Maddox of Beaumont is
entered in the speech contest.
Dusek and Wiemers will take
part in the business of the so
ciety on a national level. They
will also have an opportunity to
run for a national office.
Maddox will be tested on his
ability to prepare and present a
speech in a specified time.
★ ★ ★
Puryear Receives
$500 Scholarship
Paul E. Puryear of Dallas,
freshman biochemistry major, has
received the $500 Lyman Scholar
ship in recognition of academic
TONIGHT
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club will assemble in front
of the MSC at 7:15 p.m. to meet
at the home of Dr. O. L. Dorsey,
2500 Williow Bend, Bryan, at 7:30
p.m.
Port Arthur Hometown Club
will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 110
of the Military Science building.
discuss
p.m. in
THURSDAY
Dallas Hometown Club will dis
cuss plans for a Thanskgiving
party at 8 p.m. in Room 2B-C in
the MSC.
Eagle Pass Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Zarape’s.
Club dues will be collected.
Host and Fashion Committee
will organize and plan a “Taste-
In” for Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Birch Room of the MSC.
DeWitt-Lavaca Hometown Club
will discuss Thanksgiving and
Christmas parties at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 203 of the Academic build
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Chemical Engineering Wives
Club will hear Mrs. P. T. Eubanks
speak on the “Total Woman” at
7:30 p.m. at her home at 2515
Towering Oaks.
Radio Committee will
Bonfire plans at 7:30
Room 2A in the MSC.
Texas A&M Sailing Club will
see a film on Olympic sailing at
7:30 p.m. in Room 110 in the
Architecture building.
THURSDAY
Association of Students from
Mexico will discuss a December
dance and view the movie, “His
tory of the Ballet Folklorico of
Guadalajara” at 7 p.m. in Room
3B of the MSC.
Baytown Hometown Club will
organize at 7:30 p.m. in Room
145 of the Physics building.
A&M Parachute Club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in Room 113 of the
Plant Sciences building.
Grayson County Hometown
Club will meet in the at 7:30 p.m.
in the lounge between Dormitories
2 and 4.
SUNDAY
Rugby Club will hold a develop
mental practice at 3 p.m. on the
field across from DeWare Field
House.
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
fascinating people who can do
almost anything, and do it well.
He is a photographer, an artist,
a novelist and a poet. And now
he is a motion picture director.
Parks’ first film is The Learn
ing Tree, an adaptation of his
famous autobiography. The movie
is a powerful and beautiful state
ment of the forces of prejudice
and human nature to which every
child falls victim. In the case
of Parks’ childhood, the exper
iences were parhaps more bitter
than is normally the case, but
that fact only increases the im
pact of the movie.
Weaknesses? Perhaps some
scenes are overly sentimental, but
who would deny a man the right
to be sentimental about his own
life?
Another strength of the movie
is the photography. The photo
graphic direction reflects Parks’
photojournalistic background, and
is an asset to the mood and move-
Gordon Parks is black. His
story is for everyone.
“It’s the same homework assignment given in ’67, but
we’ve got to guess whether he’ll grade it with the 1968 or
1969 key!”
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