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Vol. 39, No. 7 Edgecliff College Cincinnati, Ohio May, 1974 New Executive Board ~!!~!.~~- ~~~eU .£~~nges ment elections resulted m the bring Student Government closer students. Students on Student selection of Cliuck Matthews as to the students. This will be Government and Administrative President of that organization. hopefully accomplished by Committees will be asked to Kathy Kohlman was elected as scheduling meetings at an af- report on each meeting held, and Vice-President, Joe Deak as temoon time, thereby making it this information will be compiled Secretary and Bill Harvey as more feasible for the student for publication. Treasurer. body to attend. They also desire Serving as Senators for the Cltuck Matthews, Kathy Kohlman, BW Harvey and Joe Deak, the As the 1974-75 Executive that students have more voice in following year will be, Jim recently elected Executive Board of Edgecllfrs Student Governmmt. Board, they feel that many the decision making processes of Mollmann, Steve Collopy, Paul positive changes must result for the school. Rudemiller and Linda Toole, the College, and that these Also, better communication Senior class; Jim Jackson, Ellen Search committee appoints changes can and will be initiated between committees, Student McDermott, Loretta Connors and through Student Government. Government and the student Kathy Stricker, Junior class; and One of the main changes is the body at large will be ac- Gerry Martina, Janet Weisen New College President revision of the Student Govern- complished through use of a bi- berger, Pam Mentrup and Jan Sister Margaret Ann Molitor, schools; received her B.A. from ment Constitution, particularly weekly publication which will Mollmann, Sophomore class. R.S.M. will become President of Edgecliff (then Our Lady of in the areas of election contain reports of all committee Students are urged to contact Edgecliff College effective May Cincinnati College) in 1942; a procedures and delegation of meetings and Student Govern- their representatives to Senate 1. The announcement was made Masters in Education from powers and duties of the mem- ment meetings in addition to concerning any matter they feel by Sister Mary Adrian Mulloy, R. Xavier; an M.A. and Ph.D. from hers of the Executive Board, covering news which is of in- is of importance. S. M., Provincial Administrator the Catholic University of Senate and Committees. terest and importance to of the Sisters of Mercy Cincinnati America, Washington, D.C. Province. The new president has held Sister Margaret Anne has been numerous executive positions acting president of Edgecliff within the province and the since June 1, 1973. Generalate
:•~················································~ Member of the Catholic School Press Association and The Cin- • •cinnati Editors Association : tiM £d.tf ffl4t i Co-editors ...... Pat Soellner, Kathy Kohlman: Columnists ...... Nick Schenkel, Paul Cupito,: : Cliff Kersker : : Writers ...... Bill Harvey, Margie Wetterer,• • Diane Vaught, Kevin Mosher, Sharon Bradford, Kevin Mosher,: : Sharon Bradford, Linda Toole, Nancy Kammer : : Typing ...... Nick Schenkel: : Photography ...... Chuck Matthews• •Cartoonists ...... Fred Martens:. : Business Manager ...... Chuck Matthews: : Circulation Manager ...... Pat Douthwaite • • Advisor ...... Sr. Patricia Connors: ~···········~····································· May, 1974 THE EDGECLIFF Pag~ Three ConroY.: a teacher Against the sy~!~~ .. ~fr= by Pat Soellner superintendent of ~eaufort the Brunswick, Georgia area. Pat Conroy never realized that Coun~y . schools to giv~ Pat Even though the scenery in the five years ago, as he set out to penrussion to teach on the !-'land. picture resembles the beauty teach on a small American So Pat proceeded on, croua_ng the Pat describes !n his book, the island, that today, in 1974, he short stretch "!- the A~ntic ~d actual setting for the movie was would be staring at part of his life taking only his essentials with an island 150 miles south of story on a technicolor screen. But him. He was told that he would be Yamacraw called St. Simons. it did happen; amidst all the teaching the 5th. ~o . the 8th. grade Pat stated that he had nothing Hollywood cameras, make-up but he never anticipated exactly to do with the making of the men, directors, and anxious what reality held for him. movie. " At first I was dead actors, the film based on one The school was a t'!~room certain that I wouldn't like ~ year in Pat Conroy's life as told schoolhouse; Pat occupied one movie. Then, after I saw it an in his autobiography, The Water room and the black woman completion 1 realized that Is Wide, was adapted into the principal occupied the .other Martin rutt' (the director) had movie "Conrack." while teaching the primary done an excellent job. I consider Going back in time a bit, Pat school children. Within just a few myself lucky since Hollywood relates how everything began, hours on the first day of class Pat has been known to butcher films " In 1969 I was living in Beaufort, realized that he could not teach taken from books." South Carolina. I protested the the usual 5th-8th grade material. war in Vietnam and found There were eighteen students myself, like everyone :!lse in the In the fihn one can see a and out of those eighteen, Pat definite conflict in the area of '60's, involved with the civil writes in his autobiography, educatiooal philosophies. It could rights movement. I discovered "Some of them could barely be espressed as the teacher vs. Jon Voight stars as Pat C.Cnroy In the movie "C.Cnrack" · that I just wanted to do write. Half of them were the system. Pat views teaching in something worthwhile with my incapable of expressing even the relation to the student's en life. So a close friend and myself simplest thought on paper. Three viroment. He states, "I simply One person's opinion applied to the Peace Corps. Well, quarters of them could barely wanted to prepare those kids on my friend was accepted but I was even spell the most elementary the island for the time when they not. That's when I found out words. Three of them could not would have to cross the water On Task Force results about Yamacraw Island." write their names. Sweet little and enter into the cities. They did by Cliff Kersker discovered. Yamacraw Island, the site for Jesus, I thought, as I weaved mt know anything about the the movie "Conrack," is not far Well, the year has drawn to a However, the communication between the desks, these kids cities. They thought that the involved was tremendous. We off the coast of South Carolina. don't know crap." largest city in the world was close and here we sit. It's been a It's an all black island with a busy year in which I've played have the means of shaping this Savannah, Georgia because institution to the needs of the small population. In 1969 it that's the only city they were the game, watched the game, The movie "Conrack" portrays people here, if the people here • needed a teacher very badly. Pat familiar with." loved the game and cursed the had graduated from "The all of this quite well. Jon Voight, game. I've been on pretty many specifically students • make an Pat thinks that Yamacraw is a effort to create what they need. Citadel," the South's military the young star from "Deliver sides of this institution from academy, and he had experience ance" and "Midnight Cowboy," beautiful island. Placid, serene, pipedreaming with the Dean and We can do it if we will. All it takes untouched by any type of is believing it. Maybe we should teaching, so he applied for the plays Conroy. He gives the part President about how good this position on Yamacraw. all of the intelligence and spirited industrialization. The people of place can be and actively look again to the ideals guiding Yamacraw look to the island as the institution, and say a little It didn't take long for the flavor that it needs. There were recruiting students to becoming twenty-one children used for the their whole existence. Politically upset with this place and actively prayer for faith in those ideals. and socially they are backward. stirring dissent. We've all- The people still think of Administration, Faculty and ~········································································· themselves as "coloreds" and students, been through look to the whites as holding all something this school has never the f)Ower. seen before--doubt and ' Mo~ies~~.~~ ~ :i:i%t~:;~r~·~~.:almost worth the money one disillusionment that grew very ~ must pay to see it. The story of close to a student strike. We've Auntie Mame is old; after The main idea that Pat had battered our heads, wracked our H you 're a moviegoer who everyone knows the characters, lroadway the movie version wanted to convey to his readers brains, shouted, threatened, thrills at seeing Richard actors, and scenery by heart. tended to be ancient. Yet one can in The Water Is Wide is brought talked, listened, and in general Chamberlin, Michael York, Everyone probably also knows still find people crooning over out realistically in "Conrack." raised a lot of questions, the Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston the story by heart, because little Patrick or laughing along Many characters and many answer being the Task Force. As and even Raquel Welch in any reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's with Mame. scenes are eliminated but the full a part of all this, I wanted to role whatsoever, you'll love "The Great Gatsby" , has become Lucille is a fine established depth of the people and the take a little time to share mr Hollywood's most recent glitter, ritual in most high-schools. actress. But somehow the part of situations is revealed in a feelings. an adaptation of Alexander The acting by Robert Redford Mame just doesn't fit her. Every fast-paced, artistic film. I worked for many weeks both Dwnas' The Three Musketeers. and Mia Farrow is excellent. scene that she appears in is Besides Voight, other support in and out of meeting after In rejecting all the con Redford must portray such an cheese-clothed, which may say ing actors include Paul Winfield meeting, and at the end of it all, ventional norms of classical insecure and shallow character something about all of AIDltie as Mad Billy, Madge Sinclair as part of me feels like I won and adaptation, director Richard that his talent does not come Mame's wrinkles. Mrs. Scott, and Hume Cronyn as part of me feels like I lost. A lot of Lester has created a wonderful through until mid-way in his Bea Arthur and Robert Preston the superintendent Skeffington. good ideas were kicked around, comedic production, not without preformance. The other save the show. With Arthur's The film was produced by Martin 1D1fortunately none of them could the usual heroic and ell in characters appear as though they deep-throated wittiness and Ritt and Harriet Frank, Jr. and raise enough money to keep the terludes. The basic plot, that of come right from Fitzgerald's life. Preston's bellowing voice the directed by Martin Ritt. It's a positions in various departments saving the queen of France's There is nothing missing in show is not a total failure and, Twentieth Century • Fox pr~ that we have not lost. honor from the plotting of the cluding Fitzgerald ' s own yes, is almost worth the money duction and it opened at the I don't however, intend to bitch notorious Richelieu does come description uttered throughout one must pay to see it. Place in Cincirmati on March 'El . about it for the next few from the novel. But, from there by the narrator, Nick. paragraphs, by the same token, on adaptation runs supreme with The one criticism of " The I'm not going to try to pacify highly exaggerated sword play, Great Gatsby" is the length. The anybody. I'd just like to share chivalrous escapades, and a light book is followed word for word, what I feel are some facts. humorous attitude even page by page. After Gatsby's Edgecliff is staffed to ac somewhat on the part of the tragedy the audience begins to conunodate between 800 and 1200 villain, Cardinal Richelieu. shuffle tired feet and reach for For anyone who enjoys a movie their coats. But alas, Fitzgerald students. Presently we have 666 with no real message but a lot of must finish, Nick must end his full time students. The income fun, The Three Musketeers will story, and the audience must from those students does not foot delight. wait another ten minutes for the the bill for the iresent staffing. I ending of one cl the best pictures feel honestly after investigating What·················· can one say about~ a in '74. the situation that all areas have movie that has been intensified been cut back to the bone and by every news pa per and Despite~·················· the fact that Lucill e that for the nwnber of dollars w ~ magazine around? By now , Ball cannot sing and she is get- have to work with, we carmot afford to operate any other way fo r the coming year. Any alternate ways would demand GRADUATES - past and present complete revision of the system, Let us permanently preserve your diploma, not mere adjustments. sheepskin, or certificate of achievement. . This loss of faculty does hurt as Exclusiv e New Process Guarantees against some departments can no longer yellowing and fading for life. Display your honors with Summer Edgecliff offer as broad a range of courses pride. Mounted on imp~rted .birch wood ..~o Glass. or etc. as they could in the past. breakable material. Ships with ease. Mailing service Student Bon us However, financially it is im available. All work guaranteed. No job too small. Special possible to operate any other way rates for school activities. Call us or stop in and see our next year. . . show room . One Free Admission This school is reachmg a pomt where something must give. It Bring This A d Plus must either improve or end its A lpha Laminating and Mounting existence. I believe that there is growing going on bu~ as in all Your Edgecliff ID institutions, the growang moves 9870 Springfield Pike slowly. By the same token, there 771-0967 on Friday May 1 0 is a lot of wasted effort going on. After several weeks of the task And Saturday May 11 force, nothing new was Page Four THE EDGECLIFF May, 1974 Love triumphs in musical production by Nancy Kammer that the decision will be earthling poet. from Northwestern University in The cosmic, magical, music Playhouse in the Park will determined by the fate of one While these relationships are Chicago. To earn a living when written by Jonathan Tunick, close this season with an particular earth person. Whether taking their course, there is yet she first came to New York, together with the strange, outrageously unconventional or not this person commits another .involving Lillian's Corrine taught Algebra, Chem- electronic sounds and colossal musical, " The Travellers". suicide by midnight of that daughter, Nan, who is a painter, istry, Geometry and Physics noises used for rockets and Written by Corrine Jacker, evening determines which planet in with a man named Ken. high school. She has written hovering, create an auditory playwright and lyricist, the story will control earth. " Travellers" is clearly a love science books on many subjects, experience serving to accent the evolves around love relationships Lillian, an unhappy, middle story based in a science fiction science fiction, outer space between certain earthlings and has written for television, and aged commercial artist who setting. However, everyone in has published poetry. element of the play. creatures from outer space. cannot cope with life, is the play is truly human, In the field of theatre, Corrine Guest director of this final play of "Travellers" takes place on Andromeda's choice. Problems experiencing very real, deep has adapted and directed the season is Tony Giordano, who the twelfth day of May, between arise when Stephen, an agent for feeling, whether they come from Katherine Ann Porter's, " Pale comes to Cincinnati with an noon and midnight. The scene is one of the planets, falls in love our world or from another planet. Horse, Pale Rider" in an extensive background in theatre. set on a typical playground in with her. Instead of remaining It is a study on love, a play about off-Broadway production. He was nominated for the Best Central Park, New York City. uninvolved for the sake of his being in love and not being in Director in 1973 for his Two intergalactic corporations mission, he now has serious Among other accomplishments, love. she has written such plays as production of "Funny Girl". simultaneously discover earth reasons to keep her alive. The Corrine Jacker, the creator of and attempt to acquire it for its two agents from the other planet "Bits and Pieces" and "Seditious this extraordinary play, received Act", to name a few. raw materials. In order to avoid have differences of opinion her B.S. and M.A. in Theatre an inter-planetary war, the regarding the fate of Lillian, but controversy is submitted to the another complication develops computers on Andromeda for when one of these agents falls in arbritration. Andromeda decides love with Dora, a 63 year old Shortstops .. • • • • • The Voluntary Services Committee, headed by Marianne Critic chooses Schomaker, is CWTently seeking WHERE? Saga Food Ser- ies throughout Ohio to the kind, wonderful, fantastic, and vices newly-created Task Force on warm people to volunteer some University of Cincinnati Credit for Women. of their time in working with Sanders Hall This Task Force will be needy people in the area. These Jefferson Avenue (parking lot studying sex discrimination in Best and worst off Jefferson; go in blue doors at the granting of credit in the state rather by the time you are cut programs include Victory Neigh bor hood Services, Meals on loading dock). of Ohio. They will also examine by Paul Cuplto ting albwn number 6 or 7, you Wheels and the Cincinnati Area WHEN? Monday through state and federal laws, retail should be doing something new This last article will delineate Chapter of the American Red Saturday credit practices, the lending and different and not the same my personal choices for the best Cross. Anyone interested and 11:00 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. (The policies of banks, savings and melody over and over again. and the worst in rock music wanting more information should whole process takes one to two loan associations, and credit Disasters of the year-Carly during the past year. contact Marianne (891-5153). hours to complete). unions, the operations of credit Best new group--Bachman Simon-"Hotcakes", Led Zeppelin ...... WHAT DO I DO? bureaus, and bank credit cards. Turner Overdrive. Randy Bach - "Houses of the Holy", Humble Senior Services is an agency Call Barbara Doll, Tran The two women appoinied to man, formerly with the Guess Pie - "Eat It", and Neil Young - whose purpose is to provide a sportation Developer, at 721-4330 serve on the Task Force from Who, heads the group, and his "Time Fades Away." variety of services to the elderly ...... Cincinnati are Roberta Hair and superior guitar work and their in Hamilton County to help them Bobbie Sterne. These 25 mem hard-driving sound will make Red is "in" remain in their homes and Student Government ended its bers will serve for a six-month them a hit for a long time. continue to lead healthy, reign on a pleasant note by voting term. Best new solo performer-Rick For summer fulfilling lives. unanimously to contribute one ...... Derringer. Rick has been around by Diane Vaught One of the services is the Meals thousand dollars to the Brennan Memorial Library, at the for a long while and is finally Denim is the scene this sum on Wheels Program. We need Continued from page one receiving recognition as a solo volunteers to work with us in suggestion of Jim L-Orenz. The mer. Everywhere you look, contribution will specifically performer. He has played with denim or a facsimile is being delivering the meals throughout Double majors include Steve Johnny and Edgar Winter and the area, to people who are cover the expense of maintaining lmholt, Debbie Deibel, Debbie incorporated into every style of student labor for ten hours of the Mckoys ("Hang On Sloopy"). clothing. Purses, hats, shoes, unable to get out for meals or Hill, Maureen Baisley and John His new album "All American cook at home. Many of these library time per weekend for the Matthews. luggage, dresses, evening gowns, 1974-75 academic year. It is Boy" shows his fine guitar work, wallets and bathing suits will be people are low income and the Carolyn Blanchard has been good rhythms and fine melodies. majority are 60 years and older. understood that an increase in offered a Dietetics Internship at bearing the Levi brand. the minimum wage shall cause a It is well worth it. The color red is being rein Volunteers are critically im New England Medical Center Barry Manilow-His first solo portant since they may be the reduction in the number of hours Hospital in Boston, troduced into the fashion world to the library can remain open on albwn is super. It is replete with offset the "blue jean" look. Red only person these Seniors see all Massachusetts. beautiful music. Barry has been day. weekends. Marianne Zwick also has polka dots are popular this It is understood that proper with Bette Midler during her season as are gingham, checks, We deliver meals Monday received a Dietetics Internship at climb to the top and now through Saturday between 11: 00 administration of this award Cincinnati Gen-eral Hospital. studs and rhinestones. The shall be the responsibility in faith showcases his fine talent. He bandana print is also coming a.m. and 1 :00 p.m. The meals are New members of Kappa could be compared to a male prepared by Saga Food Service of trust of the director of the Gamma Pi include: Linda Ann back. library. Carole King, with his style being Burlap and canvas trim will be located in Sanders Hall on the Accetta, Mary Lynn Braeuning, a little more rocky. University of Cincinnati campus. Says Sister Lucy Beischel, Margaret Ann Gajus, Jan Kast, seen to designate a carefree look. director of the library, " I'm very Bette Midler also deserves Big brim, straw, polka dots and If you can help these home Mary Ann Lampe, Patricia Ann recognition. She's bright, alive, bound Seniors: pleased that the students care McCall, Jane E . Powers, Beverly gingham hats are coming out that much." and exciting. With her mixed bag also. The tennis hat, the british WHAT? Drivers (who have ...... A. Rudnicki, Annette Marie of 40's-60's tunes, she has injected paper boy hat and the train cars to drive on deliveries) Scheve, Mary Jo Stegeman, Wini the whole nostalgia movement engineer's hat can also be found Jwnpers (who ride in the cars On April 12, 1974 Governor Stine, Mary Margaret Tevis, with class. on the market. and deliver the meals to the John J . Gilligan appointed 25 Elaine Annette Trotta, Linda For continual excellence-The The "big thing" in the jewelry doors ). members from five count- Marie Weller, Mary Wilz. Doobie Brothers, The Who, department is the " Big Bead." Eagles, Elton John, Dave Mason, Again the popular color is red but and Loggins and Messina. whatever you buy will look great Losers in the "we've heard it with denim. And a good place to all before" category are Chicago find the latest denim fashions is and John Denver. This is not to "The Great Escape" department say that the are not good, but of Pete's of Grosbeck. There, you can't go wrong. HAMILTON PHOTOGRAPHIC Is Coming To DELHI In The Van Leunen's Shopping Complex 5132 Delhi Pike The weekend . And you've got a little time ~ ------Grand Opening Prizes. Give Aways to spend. Any way you want. Good times, good friends. And Coca-Cola to help ------Color processing ---by KODAK------. --- make it great. Custom B & W processing. 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