The Hilltopper (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1964 Page: 3 of 8
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HILLTOPPER
A&M Nat’ Affairs Confab
Attended by Luis, Delepiani
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Writing 4 Symposium
Treats 'Virgin Spring'
A verbal exchange of Christmas
wit between faculty and senior
students will mark the light spirit
of the president’s Christmas can-
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at the conference. Oscar said that
he was anxious to go to the con-
ference at Texas A&M and is “in-
terested in what the other stu-
dents will have to say. Many times
people express strange theories
about Latin America. I plan to
fill in with my knowledge of Lat-
in America at the conference and
correct any misconceptions, if I
can/’ Oscar will graduate this
coming January. He plans to go
home to Venezuela and work for
a while before returning to the
States for graduate school.
Luis Luis is from Kansas City,
Missouri. He is originally from
Cuba, but was expelled from his
country during the Castro take-
over. Luis has always been inter-
ested in politics and in national
and international affairs. Two
years ago, he attended a mock
United Nations meeting held at
the. University of Texas. From
the student conference at Texas
A&M, Luis said that he expects
Appropriations
Will Greet SAC
On December 14
The recent SAC recess has been
due to the many scheduled bas-
ketball games, involving members
of SAC, and the Thanksgiving
holidays. According to Bernie
Yun, most of the work being done
at present involves “behind the
scenes” committee work. In the
coming SAC meeting, next Mon-
day, December 14, 1964, several
appropriations will be placed be-
fore the House of Clubs and then,
if passed, before the Senate.
The scheduling of two major
dances close together and around
the Thanksgiving holidays was
apparently no hindrance to their
success. The K of C-Illini club
dance, “A Night in New Orleans,”
left the individual clubs with
neither profit, nor loss. The sopho-
mores have yet to declare their
financial report on the Christmas
dance, “Blue Crystal Christmas;”
however, judging from bid sales,
it appears that the dance was a
success, reports Bernie Yun.
Texas A&M university is pres-
ently sponsoring a student con-
ference on national affairs. The
purpose of the conference is to
bring together a few outstanding
college students from Canada,
Mexico and the United States to
explore timely national and in-
ternational issues and promote
enlightened, responsible citizen-
ship.
St. Edward’s was invited to
send two of its students to the
conference. Father Maurice John-
ston, OP, director of student af-
fairs, accepted Texas A&M’s in-
vitation. Oscar Delepiani and
Luis Luis, two senior economics
majors, are at College Station at-
tending the conference, which be-
gan last Wednesday, December 9,
and will close tomorrow, Decem-
ber 12, at noon.
Oscar Delepiani is a foreign
student from Venezuela. His gen-
eral interest in foreign affairs
has prepared him for attendance
By Mike Dow
Last Sunday, December 6, at
7:30 pm in the University dining
hall, Writing 4 magazine present-
ed the second movie of its Art
Film Festival and sponsored a
symposium after the showing of
the film. The movie shown was
Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin
Spring. The symposium had as
its broad aims to bring about an
understanding of some of the
aspects of film art, to evaluate
the cinema as an art form, and to
discuss the theme, symbolism and
techniques of the Bergman pic-
ture.
The Virgin Spring is based upon
a 14th century Swedish legend. It
tells the story of the rape and
murder of a virgin by a couple of
tramps, the murderous revenge
by the girl’s father on the rapists,
and the retribution by the father
for his act of revenge. The movie
is Bergman-filled with symbolism,
well-wrought dialogue and clever
camera work, all of which pro-
voke poignant implications and
meaningful questions.
The post-movie symposium lost
no time in sinking its teeth into
the implications and questions
provoked by the Bergman film.
The audience, as well as a panel
composed of Brothers Simon
Scribner, CSC, and Dunstan
Bowles, CSC, Krandall Kraus and
Richard McIntyre and moderated
by Frank Zuik, participated in a
meaning-search of The Virgin
Spring.
The topic of the general theme
of the film was introduced for dis-
cussion by Frank Zuik. Members
of the audience and the panelists
proposed different views on what
they thought the general theme
was. The inseparability of good
and evil in the movie was given
as a clue to the general theme,
and instances of both good and
evil were cited. The symposium
felt that the subjects of faith and
redemption were tied into the plot
of the movie, and that the general
theme was a religious one. It was
decided that Bergman was con-
cerned with Christian involve-
ment in a good-evil world.
The impact of The Virgin
Spring was discussed next*. Dif-
ferent individuals expressed how
the movie affected them and how
they interpreted their reactions.
Panelist Brother Dunstan pointed
out that we, as sinners, have a
basis for identification with the
characters of the movie, and that
the impact of the Bergman movie
was great precisely because we
can readily identify with the char-
acters.
The question of the presence or
lack of faith in the main char-
acters was raised, and again the
search for the general theme was
on. The father’s words and actions
in the story were scrutinized in
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Hobbs Honored
By SEU Knights
Berry Hobbs, a senior humani-
ties major, has been selected as
the Knights of Columbus’ Knight
of the Month for November.
Hobbs is chairman of the Public
Relations committee of the
Knights of Columbus council here
on campus. As chairman of this
committee, he is chiefly responsi-
ble for publishing the St. Ed-
ward’s council’s monthly news-
letter and getting publicity for
the council’s activities.
Hobbs also played an import-
ant part in the success of the
“Night in New Orleans" dance.
His committee sold almost half
of the tickets for the dance. In
addition, he organized the use of
cars for bringing Edsmen’s dates
from San Antonio and made ar-
rangements for the girls to stay
at St. Mary’s academy the night
of the dance.
Hobbs, who comes from Loving-
ton, New Mexico, is thinking
about joining the Peace Corps
after his graduation.
to “learn from the viewpoints of
others and the authorities in the
field.” He added that he is “pre-
pared to discuss the economic de-
velopments in Latin America.”
Luis Luis will also graduate in
January. He intends to work be-
fore beginning graduate study in
economics in September of 1965.
The broad theme of the con-
ference is “Challenge to the
Americas—Pan-American Trends:
Promise or Threat?” Students
from Canadian, Mexican and
US colleges and universities
are discussing different aspects
of this theme with the purpose of
seeing the complexities rather
than solutions to various prob-
lems. The moderator of the stu-
dent conference is Mr. Thomas
Pastoriza, Santrago de los Ca-
belleros, from the Dominican Re-
public.
“The University is very happy
to have the opportunity to send
these two students to this con-
ference,” Father Johnston said.
“A student in a Catholic college
is to be educated for life in the
world with a knowledge and con-
cern for others. Such conferences
as the student conference on na-
tional affairs will provide a won-
derful opportunity for our stu-
dents to inform themselves of
world problems and to prepare
for a Christian solution to these
problems.”
order to explain Bergman’s theses
on faith. Two general conclusions,
which the symposium felt that
Bergman intended to convey, were
that genuine faith is needed for
human existence and that im-
perfect faith at times needs to be
strengthened by a soul-stirring
phenomenon.
The technical side of The Virgin
Spring was the last topic dealt
with by the symposium. Berg-
man's use of the camera was dis-
cussed; the question of whether
the camera added to or detracted
from the film was raised. Panelist
Brother Simon said that he felt
that the camera work was intend-
ed to achieve an intensity of
effect, and that the filming of the
action forced one down and into
something highly tense and
tragic.
Dan Riordan, editor of Writing
4, closed the symposium, thanking
the panel and audience for their
participation and encouraging all
to view and discuss future movies.
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dielight supper, to be held Sunday,
December 13.
Greetings will be voiced by
Brother Edmund Hunt, CSC,
master of ceremonies; Nick
LeJeune, senior class president;
Mr. James Koch of the lay facul-
ty; Brother Joseph Cain of the
religious faculty; Father Harry
Baker, chaplain to the students;
and Brother Raymond Fleck,
president of the, University.
The singing of “Silent Night”
and “Joy to the World” will be
accompanied by pianist Father
Pryor, OP.
“The pleasant Christmas din-
ner atmosphere gives the senior
students and the faculty a chance
to enjoy each other’s company
while expressing the family
spirit of St. Edward’s,” stated
Father Maurice Johnston, OP, di-
rector of student affairs. “We
cannot do this more often be-
cause we lack the facilities of a
student union building.”
The tradition of the candlelight
supper originated about twelve
years ago. All students partici-
pated, but, as the enrollment
grew, the affair was narrowed to
the senior class.
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