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  • 'ACE 4 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 1975 A wise move Jim Hartbarger surprised a lot of people by his sudden resignation as WCU's basketball coach. Although it had been circulated that this was his last year as head coach unless he turned WCU's unimpressive basketball fortunes around, his resignation Sunday wasn't anticipated despite four straight losses, one by 58 points. While Hartbarger wasn't a totally lackluster coach, he had a hard act to follow when he replaced Jim Gudger, who resigned in 1969 after building a basketball dynasty here with Henry Logan and other former stars. However, Hartbarger went about trying to upgrade the program this year by playing monsters such as N. C. State that were totally out of range. At any rate, Hartbarger had five and one-half years to prove himself, and when he didn't produce a quality team, he wisely stepped down for the good of the athletic program. The remainder of the season has been somewhat soured, but we wish the new coach Fred Conley the best of luck in regrouping. LCE criticism The Lectures, Concerts and Entertainment Committee has received a lot of undue criticism in the past years, but old mistakes are sometimes repeated, and for that reason deserved complaints need to be repeated. The complaint is a simple one: LCE should bring more appealing artists and speakers on campus. The committee is composed largely of faculty members who receive student money to finance the performances they book. Since it's student money being used, it should be discretely handled, and it usually is. However, Senator Fritz Hollings spoke last night to a sparse crowd who went away disappointed. Hardly worthy of a lecture tour, the senator flew in from Washington and made an impromptu speech about whatever popped into his head, which observers said was very little. Our question is this: Why Fritz Hollings? The man is not big brass on Capitol Hill, and WCU isn't in South Carolina. A U. S. Senator from North Carolina hasn't been in Cullowhee for a formal speech in several years, and both Sen. Jesse Helms and Sam Ervin, now retired, hold more distinction than the esteemed senator from South Carolina and reportedly give logical speeches. We feel it's better to pay a lot for a good speaker than lesser sums for a somnambulist. Only two non-student or LCE members paid to see Hollings last night which speaks for his attractiveness. LCE has never tried to book the people who draw the largest crowds, instead it wisely chooses in most instances talented artists who are not recognized by the average hard-rock fan. However, every year or more, a Hollings-type is scheduled. Since it's student money being spent, we would like to see LCE be more careful and see that students get their money's worth. ITlEr Wl=5TErPK< ELaRTjLiMIAM Published twice weekly through the academic year and weekly during the summer by the students of Western Carolina University. Member: Collegiate Press Service. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF . , BUSINESS MANAGER , DWIGHT A. SPARKS . » . . MIKE KILLAM Offices, first floor Joyner, phone 293-7267. Mailing address, Box 66, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723. Subscription rates, .$4.00 per yeart A review: Holmes flick held tonight by Steve and Barbara Eberly The mist swirls over the moors, a bell tolls again and again, and the people gathered in the Journet Pub look at each other in consternation. The silence is broken when one mi.n says to another that "it's strange to hear the church bsll tolling at this hou- of nighty." particularly since the priest is sitting in the pub, too. " Maybe "It" — the strange thing of the moor — is tolling th? bells suggests the postman, who has just come in» The priest ventures out with the postman as his driver to see who (or what) has been ringing the bell. He finds I-ady Penrose, dead, with her hand on the rope of the bell. Her call for help had been in vain. She had expired of a nasty wound to the neck reminiscent of three deaths one hundred years before which had given the village its gory name: La Morte Rouge (The Red Death). Uird Penrose, meanwhile, is lecturing members of the Royal Canadian Occult Society on the "facts" which prove to his satisfaction the existence of supernatural forces. Holmes,played with suave arrogance by Basil Rathbone, is a sceptic about the occult. But how can Holmes doubt the facts, Penrose asks with asperity. "Oh," says Holmes, "I never differ with the facts. Only with some people's interpretation of the facts." So begins The Scarlet Claw (1944) — a typical Sherlock Holmes who-done-it with "clues- as-you-go", created at the turn of the century by Arthur Conan Doyle. There is a letter from the dead begging for help, spooky walks through nrsty moors, chases through boggy fields, multiple disguises, numerous suspicious characters, and multiple premonitions of mortal danger. Holmes deduces and Watson is properly amazedo Holmes stalks the moors alone at nightt sure-footed and alert — Watson falls in the bog,, Holmes is the essence of elegance and grace ~ Watson is his slow witted, bumbling, but (usually) genial companion,. At one point Holmes, hoping to have some unimpeded time to sleuth, pretends to g0 to bed, instructing Watson to go to the pub and observe the villagers and to be "inconspicuous, if possible." Watson, happy to be trusted with an important assignment, lumbers around the pub, jotting notes as inconspicuously as a tiger in a lion's den. The final scene in this sequence shows Watson, rather tipsy, with everyone in the pub listening to his orations on the art of s leu thing*, The humor is a blend of subtleties and slapstick. The suspense is like a winding stairway with several landings for you to pause and catch your breath again. The lack of blood and gore is typical of the period, so it is not proper to praise the restraint — but the movie is certainly proof that blood and gore are not necessary to a good thriller. Another sign of the times is the ending ~ typical of the wartime Holmes movies. Holmes and Watson motor away in an open car as Holmes presents an encomium on the relationship between free men and free nations in a world threatened by evil. However, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are unforgetable as Holmes and Watson respectively. Their series of films between 1939 and the late 1940's were so well acted that despite the current popularity of thrillers from James Bond to Agatha Christe, no actor has been able to dispel the image of Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. If you have never seen one of these films, you should treat yourself to this one. If you have seeen any of the Holme* films, you need no encouragement. Bon voyant! Tonight, Forsythe Auditorium, 7:30 p„m,
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