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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, May 14,1981
CLERGY CONFERENCE - A clergy conference for priests of
the Diocese of Savannah was held recently at Most Holy Trinity
Parish Hall, Augusta. Pictured are Ms. Dolores Leckey, Executive
Director of the Bishops’ Committee on the Laity and Bishop
Raymond W. Lessard of Savannah. Ms. Leckey was guest speaker
and spoke on the Role of the laity.
Top State Latin Student
LATIN AWARD -- Professor
Hackett is shown above
presenting the Latin Award to
Michael Boling at Pacelli High
School, while Sister Gratia,
Michael’s Latin teacher,
proudly look on.
Michael Boling, an eleventh grade
student at Columbus’ Pacelli High
School won first place among 76
students in the Level I Division of the
state Latin contest sponsored by the
Foreign Language Association of
Georgia (FLAG), this past March 7 at
the University of Georgia.
Under the direction of Dr. James
Anderson, contest chairman, 150
students from throughout the state
took the one-hour examination
administered by members of the
Classics Department at the
university.
The FLAG contest is the major
Latin competition for high school
students in Georgia.
Professor Paul T. Hackett,
Assistant Professor of Languages at
Columbus College (and long time
friend and supporter of Pacelli High
School), in the absence of Michael at
the state Latin awards presentation
this past month, received the First
Place Latin Award for Michael.
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A Positive Approach To TV
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BY HENRY HERX
NEW YORK (NC) - Patty Duke
Astin plays an idealistic English
teacher whose first assignment is a
high school where security problems
are kept dangerously quiet in “The
Violation of Sarah McDavid,” a TV
movie airing Tuesday, May 19, 9-11
p.m. on CBS.
The reason Ms. McDavid, like most
of the other teachers, is unaware of
the extent of the violence in and
around the school is that its principal
(played with earnest duplicity by
Ned Beatty) is in line for the next
promotion “downtown” and needs
to keep his record clean. After she is
brutally raped in her classroom and
discovers how Beatty has managed to
cover up such violent incidents, she
decides to bring it out in the open by
going to the police and the press.
The program is the contemporary
equivalent of the 1950s “Blackboard
Jungle.” Since then, the problem of
violence in our schools has grown
from ghetto playgrounds to suburbia
but has received relatively little
publicity. To its credit, the script by
Arnold and Lois Peyser blames not
only lax school administration, but
also parents who coddle their kids
and the lack of public concern.
The drama’s intention is certainly
a worthy one but unfortunately
underdeveloped. More than half the
plot is taken up with telling the story
of a new teacher who makes good
with her students. Mrs. Astin is
genuinely appealing as the dedicated
but confused Ms. McDavid, a person
“liberated” enough to share an
apartment with her fiance but
hesitant to risk the publicity that will
come if she exposes the unsafe
conditions at the school.
While this gives a human
dimension to the statistics, it does
little to convey the climate of
violence that supposedly exists in
this school and undercuts the
drama’s credibility. Once again
television, in dramatizing a social
issue, has shied away from examining
it with any real depth. The subject,
especially the violence in depicting
the rape, are clearly not intended for
younger members of the family.
“ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS
WELL,” PBS, MAY 18
Celia Johnson, Michael Hordern
and Donald Sinden are part of the
distinguished cast that breathes new
life into Shakespeare’s comedy,
“All’s Well That Ends Well,” airing
Monday, May 18, 8-10:30 p.m. on
PBS.
The farcical situation of a peerless
maiden who has to trick her
unworthy husband into accepting
their union was treated in an almost
meditative fashion by an aging
playwright. The lightearted ribaldry
of his early comedies is burdened
here with the weight of more serious
considerations -- the conflict of
generations, the enduring values of
the old as opposed to the new and
the realization that social status has
nothing to do with nobility of
character.
What makes this “dark comedy”
of Shakespare’s later years work so
well here is due partly to the fine
acting not only of the veterans but of
the younger members of the cast,
including Angela Down as the
rejected wife, Ian Charleston as her
worthless husband and Pippa Guard
as the cunning maid who brings them
back together for the “happy”
ending.
Produced by Jonathan Miller and
directed by Elijah Moshinsky, the
production is visually arresting,
patterned on the austere formality
and rich lighting of Rembrandt and
other Dutch painters. This fits not
only the mood of the piece but the
style of the French court in which
the play is set. There is more than
enough creative energy behind this
production to make it worth
savoring.
“Freedom,” ABC, May 18
Mare Winningham plays Libby, a
teen-ager who leaves home to learn
about responsibility by living on her
own in “Freedom,” a TV movie
airing Monday, May 18, 9-11 p.m. on
ABC.
Libby’s problem is that she is a
spoiled rich kid who gets into trouble
because she cannot get along with
her mother who, needless to say, has
her own problems. Mom gives up,
Libby legally becomes an
emancipated minor, goes off with a
carnival, is disappointed in love,
becomes a popular ballad singer and
is reconciled with her mother in a
teary conclusion.
Had enough? The program’s
concept of personal freedom is trite
hokum left over from the 1960s
“flower generation” and not even six
original songs by Janis Ian can save it
from the slaghealp of forgettable
television.
TV Programs of Note
Sunday, May 17, 8-10 p.m. (CBS)
“Escape from Iran.” This program is
a dramatization based on the story of
the six Americans who escaped from
the besieged U.S. embassy in Teheran
to the protection of the Canadian
embassy, from which they eventually
fled the country using Canadian
passports.'
Monday, May 18, 9-11 p.m. (NBC)
“Bitter Harvest.” Ron Howard and
Art Carney star in a drama based on
the factual story of a Midwestern
dairy farmer who tries to warn his
community of the spread of a deadly
chemical malady that has already
affected his family and cattle.
Wednesday, May 20, 8-9 p.m.
(ABC) “The Muppets Go to the
Movies.” Miss Piggy, Kermit and the
rest of the Muppet gang are joined by
Lily Tomlin and Dudley Moore for a
musical comedy excursion through
memorable moments of screen
history.
Friday, May 22, 9-10 p.m. (PBS)
“Bill Moyers’ Journal.” Moyers talks
with professor and author George
Steiner whose reputation is based on
his philosophical insights into the
human condition through an
examination of historical actions of
individuals and nations.
TV Film Fare
Thursday, May 21, 9-11 p.m.
(NBC) - “Let’s Do It Again” (1975)
- Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby play
two lodge brothers from Atlanta
who, in order to get money for a new
meeting hall, get involved in a prize
fight and some gangsters who go with
it. At this point the comedy begins to
flag and the gags become repetitious.
It would be ideal for children except
for two sequences involving some
illicit love-making and an off-color
verbal exchange between Cosby and
his wife. A-III - morally
unobjectionable for adults; PG --
parental guidance suggested.
Friday, May 22, 8-10 p.m. (NBC)
- “Animal House” (1978) -
Fraternity boys cavort in this vulgar,
slipshod comedy which features
racism, sexism and some graphic
nudity. C - condemned; R -
restricted.
(Henry Herx is on the staff of the
U.S. Catholic Conference
Department of Communication.)
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USCC Favors Voting
Rights Extension
Pope John Paul Shot—
WASHINGTON (NC) - The
Hispanic affairs director for the U.S.
bishops urged Congress May 7 to
approve an extension of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 to assure blacks
and Hispanics “their precious and
fundamental right to vote.”
Pablo Sedillo, director of the
Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs of
the U.S. Catholic Conference, called
extension of the act “crucial” and
said the U.S. bishops are strongly
opposed to a repeal of requirements
for bilingual election materials in
localities with large non-English
speaking populations.
The 1965 law, viewed by many as
a landmark piece of civil rights
legislation, has twice been extended,
and major portions of it are
scheduled to expire again in August
1982. Among its provisions is a
requirement that cities and states
with a history of discrimination
obtain approval from the
Department of Justice or a federal
court before altering any voting
precedure.
The additional bilingual
requirements were enacted in 1975
and are scheduled to expire in 1985,
although some members of Congress
want to repeal those provisions
sooner.
Critics say the law’s provisions are
an unwarranted federal intrusion into
local affairs, while proponents argue
that the potential for discrimination
against minority voting rights is as
great as it was in the 1960s.
Sedillo, in testimony submitted to
the House subcommittee on civil and
constitutional rights, called the issue
“the most important civil rights
legislation facing this Congress.”
Focusing primarily on the law’s
application to Hispanics, Sedillo said
the use of English-only voting
materials was a device similar to the
literacy tests used in the South to
prevent minority participation in
elections.
Since then, he said, more
“sophisticated and subtle’’
discriminatory practices have been
used. He cited racial gerrymandering,
changes from district to at-large
voting, and annexations which dilute
voting power of minorities.
Sedillo said jurisdictions in Texas
have tried "numerous times to
implement discriminatory voting
changes but have been prevented
from doing so by the Department of
Justice under provisions of the
Voting Rights Act.
He also remarked that states may
now be delaying the
reapportionment that is required
after the 1980 census in hopes that
Congress will nullify or dilute the
“p re-clearance” requirement for
changes in voting procedure.
Sedillo said Hispanic participation
in the election process has increased
dramatically, but also warned that
the progress would be reversed if the
bilingual provisions are repealed.
“Citizens of the United States who
are eligible to vote but who cannot
speak English should not be
penalized,” said Sedillo. “Their
problem, to a large extent, is a
function of being denied equal
educational opportunities.”
Sedillo also said he opposed
nationwide application of the law
rather than its current limited
application to a few states mostly in
the South.
“I fear that those who advocate
nationwide coverage are many of the
same advocates who are seeking to
dismantle the Voting Rights Act,”
said Sedillo, contending that
nationwide coverage would be
extremely costly and
administratively impossible.
Sedillo’s testimony came a day
after several black leaders had also
called for continuation of the Voting
Rights Act.
Ralph Abernathy, former head of
the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, recalled that when he
registered to vote in 1948 he was
asked to recite the 15th Amendment
to the Constitution, while Vernon E.
Jordan Jr., president of the National
Urban League, recalled the days
when a black with a doctorate degree
from Tuskegee Institute was denied
the right to vote.
Jordan and Benjamin L. Hooks,
executive director of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, said the extension is
essential to protect gains made since
the days when some white police
officials would do all they could to
block blacks from voting.
Surgery is underway.”
The Vatican issued a second
communique at 7:30 p.m.
saying, “Granted that the
condition of the pope is of
concern, hopes for recovery
seem to be well founded.”
The communique added that
Cardinal Agostino Casaroli,
papal secretary of state, was
flying to the United States at
the time. After being advised in
the air, the cardinal decided to
return immediately to the
Vatican.
Vatican Radio reported the
assassination attempt about two
minutes after it occurred. In
subsequent reports, Vatican
Radio became more optimistic
about the pope’s condition. It
first reported the pope’s
condition as very serious and
later said that “his condition is
less grave than had at first been
thought.”
Father Panciroli said the pope
had been hit twice in the side.
Later, information from the
hospital indicated that the pope
had been wounded six times.
In the United States,
Archbishop John Roach of St.
Paul-Minneapolis said he felt “a
profound sense of shock that
this pope of peace has been
felled by an assassination
attempt.”
“I pray to God that Pope John
Paul II will be restored to full
health and vigor so that he can
continue his providential
leadership of the church and his
determined quest for peace on
earth,” said Archbishop Roach,
president of the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops
- U.S. Catholic Conference.
“Once more the tragic spiral
of violence that has so often
engulfed the world has reached
out not just to harm the leader
of the church but to sadden all
persons of decency and good
will,” said the archbishop.
According to a White House
spokesman, President Ronald
Reagan said he was shocked
when he heard of the shooting
and prayed for the pope.
At the time of the
assassination attempt on the life
of Pope John Paul II,
Savannah’s Bishop Raymond W.
Lessard was out of the city. The
following statement was issued
by Father J. Keven Boland
Vicar General for the Diocese;
“The Catholic community is
numbed and shocked at the
attempted assassination of Pope
John Paul II. We are confident
that people of other faiths will
also share our sadness and
disbelief that something like
this could happen to such a
renowned world figure and
corrageous moral leader.
“On behalf of Bishop
Lessard, the priests, religious
and laity of our Catholic
Community, we plead with
everyone to pray for the total
recovery of Pope John Paul II.
“The world needs a man of
his inspiring qualities to
recognize the need for prayer
and the intercession of God’s
love.”
Special Masses were offered
at 5:30 p.m. (May 13) at
Savannah’s Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist and at Blessed
Sacrament Church for the
speedy recovery of the pope.
Other special Masses were
offered at churches throughout
the diocese.
At a news conference held
Wednesday at Atlanta’s
Catholic Center, Archbishop
Thomas A. Donnellan expressed
his own “sense of great shock
and grief at the attempt on the
life of the Holy Father.”
He also expressed his “fervent
prayer that God will restore him
to full health and vigor.”
The sense of sorrow at the
assassination attempt was
i m m e d iate and widespread,
Archbishop Donnellan said, and
he noted that in the first hours
representatives from many
religious denominations called
him with their personal
expressions and assured him that
they joined in prayer for Pope
John Paul II’s recovery. Mayor
Maynard Jackson of Atlanta,
Bishop John of the Greek
Orthodox Cathedral, William
Gralnick of the American Jewish
Committee, C. B. Hastings of the
Baptist Home Mission Board and
Bishop Gerald Troutman of the
Lutheran Church of America
were among those calling,
Archbishop Donnellan said.
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