PAGE SIX mm. . mm lifeline than By Robert, Adelson The story of a young negro, bewildered by the apparent injustices of the world he lives in. and rebellious against it, is ex- cellently portrayed by Canada Lee in Orson Welles directed, Native Son. The play, un‘ like many plays based upon novels, does not lose sight of the underlying message and theme of the mother work, Native Son, by Richard Wright. Bigger Thomas, a negro youth of Chl~ cago’s south side, appears before us in each of ten scenes, and with each successive appearance we glean new understanding of his character and makeup. Bigger, early in life, lost his father to a southern lynch mob. After this, the family, composed of Bigger, his mother, Hannah Thomas, a pious and righteous woman, his sister Vera, who wanted to make something of herself, and his younger brother, Buddy. moved to Chicago in search of freedom from poverty and violence. In Chicago they found their poverty-stricken lot unimproveduthe fami 1y on the relief roles. Bigger, in response to these life-sapping influences, became sur- ly and. cynical. Only when he is given a job, as chauffer and handyman, do we see that Bigger is anxious and struggling to rid him- self of the slavery to which poverty and his color subject him. Even then, however, he is in great sure of his employer, Mr. Dal- ton, and of the entire Dalton household. Especially is he fearful of Mary Dalton, (lilletante radical, who wants to “under stand” Bigger. He commits the first "real” crime of his life, when in panic‘striclten thoughtlessness he smothers Mary with a pillow in order to stop her from making any sounds which would have betrayed his presence in her room —— he had brought TECH N GLOGE.’ NE‘WS 1:?“ her there because she was too drunk to make it herself. in an eiiort to cover up his crime he stuffs Mary Dalton's body into the furnace. The last two scenes serve as a medium for a final resume, where Bigger’s case with all of its implications» is formulated and laid bare, as it were, for the final driving home to the audience of the thesis of the author. Mr. Max, the defense attorney at Bigger’s trial, brings out in his summation to the jury that although Bigger‘s guilt cannot be questioned, Bigger is not guilty, alone, that his case is an evidence of a “cancerous” growth, an illness of our so- ciety. He points out that as long as we have slums and areas from which negroes are restricted, as long as negroes are discrim— inated against in factories and in schools, as long as there are lynch mobs and tar and feather parties in the south, as long as there is Jim Crowism in our armed forces, and as long as the negro is not ac~ cepted as an integral part of our society on an equal basis with all others, so long shall the case of Bigger Thomas remain un‘ closed. in the final scene, Bigger realizes, with the help of Mr. Max, that his struggle is not against men of different color than he, for here are white men who subject other white men to the same conditions that Big- ger experienced, but against those things—— slums, poverty, filttii, and disease—which white men and black experience alike. Big» gcr with this realization feels for the first time that he is alive and as we leave him he seals his bond of consciousness by shak- ing Mr. Max’s hand. Although the entire cast acted with great sincerity and feeling,‘ Canada Lee, an ex- ceptionally versatile man, stood out bril- liantly in his facial portrayal of the com plex character of Bigger Thomas. He never, from beginning to end, relinquished the un- divided attention of his audience. illinio to start cluekin‘ through my cilia- pezm again, out through the haze caused by all you who contrive to not this old world Miro, and emerged begriineii and Im- smeared with a few charred bits oi‘ chal- lenges and charges. HAIR “WE COME And speaking of challenges, Dr. ileum- issues one to all of our boys who cavort about with those sawed oil hair do’s. Or maybe he’s trying to instigate a bit of hair raising competition with Bernice. Falk’s three inch amputation performed last week on that hank 0’ hair. Even the good Doc; tor‘s accessories received a trimmingll And with winter coming onl! Speaking of ‘hanks’ and ‘bobs,’ and while in the department of: little blocks, puzzles, and gruesome gad- gets, Bob “Tiny Tim" Meyer has been defin- itely proved subnormal by Hank lachowvicm Seems our boy Blob just couldn’t get in the groove with the Ferguson Form Board. Really gettin‘ in character for his first star» ring role of Hank Aldrich (tickets .40 in the business office or from any member of the cast.) lllob popped ng) with the intent genera of a 15-year-old. But ya can’t fool us with that beard, fella. “'ANTEHZ Dr. lountrynnm lost his bubbles!l So if you have any spare box tops in your jerkin, be sure to shake ’em out and forward them to Dr. Countrymim, the Double Bubble Blower Demon. Seems the Doctor’s little contraption is a bit in the nil department in regard to a few more highly essential nuts and bolts. That Dr. Countryman may blow bigger and better bubbles, all contributions will be gratefully accepted. Tait) TROUBLE Triple trouble has Floyd Winn these (lays. The old Winn ticker gives forth in iiirsttriegf onenmnnn ii, ion. am"... triple-quick time. Not one, or two, but three devastating distractions have laid siege to his heart, and scored a right smart hunk of blitzkrieg” Those liltin’ lassies of lyrics and stuff, Allin, Jane and Mary, really slid over those sharps and flats a week ago Saturday night at Northwestern. The croon- in’ chicks clucked on the three numbers be- they realized the mike was dalder’n a door- nail. Testing, one . . . two . . . three. Hurry-up man in the chem. department. is Maurice J. Murray. So anxious to adjourn the meeting of the Flask and Beaker Bri- gade, that he doused the glimmer in dou- ble quick time so as to grab some unsus- pecting pups by the tail in Ye Olde Cafe. Methinks that such an able alchemist as “Hurli‘y” Murray should be able to synthe- size Ersatz vitamins without leaving the kiddies in the dark. :11 2k 2h ll: Really on the ball last Saturday night were our boys when they dribblecl around the University of Chicago ball boys. Dot- . tie “X" Giambellucn really holdln’ that line with John “likip’l Carroll, pigskin carrier for Marquette at same. basketball game. Public Nuisance number 2,7890 in the book, is Howie “Hold that li'oee" Raiser. Cuttin’ himself a mean hunk of blackmail is this lad, with that infernal machine. Candid-1y speaking, he’s just another flash in the panll ll! Ill ill Ill Well, gotta go and plunk down my forty cents for “What a Life,” (tax included) from either the business office or any member of the cast. And also here’s a re- minder concerning the Gamma Rho Snow- clril’t, December 19. So get out your snow- shoes and prepare to make tracks to the affair with the rest of us. 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