Venango Christian High School - Saga Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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 £ ch urch % .tefrt °'4 CALL IT QUITS - teenager today withstand the pressures of school, home and community? This is a fast growing world of fast moving people and machines. More is expected of the teenager, which is understandable. However, he shouldn’t be pushed beyond his ability. True, much of the pressure and tension is brought on by himself. No one can go out every night of the week, stay up to one or two o’clock, have the energy or time to fill the requirements of a noteworthy student. O l other hand, everyone, no matter his age, needs some time to relax, to spend as he or she wishes without the worry of completing assignments or fulfilling obligations. Ev.-'yone was, will be, or is a teenager and everyone is connected with him in one way or another. He is merely going through a stage where his ideas o-J elings ore in contrast with the “normor' way of th:nk•9on t |udge him too horshly.

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PRESENTING This film is adopted from the play of the same name by Edward Albee and deals with the inability of a middle-aged couple to distin- guish between reality and their world of fantasy. The action is set in a small college town where George (Richard Burton), a history professor, is married to Martha (Elizabeth Taylor), the daughter of the dean. The setting is the home of George and Martha after a faculty party. Martha has invited a young biology professor (George Segal) and his wife (Sandy Dennis) over for a few drinks and some conversation. The evening is filled with harsh, cutting conversation between Martha and George, in which they bare all their hostilities and contempt for each other. By the time their alcohol- filled, all-night party is over, the half-fantasy, half-reality world of their marriage is a shattered thing and all the little games they play as part of their married life are over. The technical work in the film is magnificent; and Mike Nichols, in his first go at film directing, is extremely successful. Use of quick cuts, film editing, visual images and mood-conveying settings all contri- bute to the technical excellence of the film. The acting is very convincing, and Elizabeth Taylor is magnificent in her role as Martha, the harsh, crude.middle-aged wife of a mediocre history professor. Richard Burton's portrayal of George, Martha's hus- band, is also outstanding. George Segal is realistic and credible in his part as Nick, the ambitious young professor; while Sandy Dennis is merely adequate in her portrayal of Honey, Nick's young wife. The script of the film is its only weak point. While it is very realistic, in some parts it is unduly profane. The desired effect could have been achieved without resorting to such full-scale obscenity and crudity. All in all, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is an excellent example of the technical production of a film and of acting achievement; but its script leaves something to be desired. TELEVISION Entertainment Heads Home Marta Savage Little did Congress know that the Homestead Act of 1862 would inspire ABC to produce The Monroes, a new hour long, series on every Wednesday night at 8:00. It's the adventures of five orphans led by Michael Anderson, Jr., who portrays the eldest member of the family. Barbara Hershey. the oldest sister, doubles as mother to Kieth and Kevin Shultz and Tomanne Socke. The action, set in old Wyoming is heart warming but a little too optimistic to be real. Too many happy endings can be frustrating. I don’t know if you'll like The Monroes but I'm sure your mother will. 14

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contents COVER STORY FEATURES 4-5 Cinderella Goes Modern, Julie Ward Nite Fright, Pat Skiba A Fish Story: Dime Store Hobby, Joseph Harvey 12 Socializing-The Spectator Sport, Mary Megnin A Mod-Madness? Barb Slonski DEPARTMENTS Tony Horos runs for another victory. (See page 11 for story.) 3 Student Forum: To Grow or Not to Grow. 6 Alumni Spotlight: Graduates of 63 Rank Studies High, Diane Wilson Laugh Awhile: Passes-Anything Goes, Chris Cartwright 8-9 The Focus is On. . . , Kathryn Baj orek Lois Symons 10-11 Sports: It Was So Nice to Come Home To, Kevin Sullivan Co-Captain Tony Horos Sparks Team Spirit, Chuck Jetter 13 This Is the Way We Go to School. 14 Presenting: Entertainment Heads Home, Marta Savage the barque “Let the word go forth that the torch has been passed to a new feneration of Americans.’ Vol. V, No. 1: Fall, 1967, Quarterly Pub- lication Voyager Press Venango Christian High School 1505 W. First St. Oil City, Pennsylvania S2.00 Yearly. Photography, Ted Szalewicz, Thomas Kis- singer. Art, Rosemary Coyne, Nancy Matis, Mary Burke, Michael Burke. Editorial and Layout Staff, Betty Warcholic, Lois Symons, Patricia Wollaston, Kathy Bajorek, Diane Wilson, Patricia Shanahan, Charlotte Connery, Constance Logue, Cami Kutch, Theresa Everman, Marta Savage, Charles Jetter, Kevin Sullivan, Jo Ann Gahr. Printing Staff, VCHS Voyager Press, (Charles Bechtel, James Lauer. Voritypists, Mary Jane Gureczny, Mary Jane Fink, Rosemary Waddell. Comoro-mon, Frank Rizzone, William Martin. Advisors, Sr. Mary Peter, Sr. Joseph.