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None of these reviews--as fuzzyminded as they were--presaged the visciousness of Andrew Sarris in The Village Voice, or the pretentiousness of Eugenia Collier in the Sunday Times two weeks ago. Sarris attacked what he called "UNESCO-inclined critics," proclaiming that those who like Conrack (and other more-or-less "message" movies, including Sounder and Hoa Binh) are hopeless much-headed idealists, overwhelmed by uplift. But the critics Mad Andrew wrote about are figments of his imagination, since the only famous critics who praised the film (Kael and Kauffmann) are rigorous, not at all the "melting marsh-mallows...
...EUGENIA Collier's arguments were more persuasive. Her rightful concern for the film's neglect of native Sea Islands culture follows from her profession (she teaches black literature at a Baltimore college). But her professional disposition may well be the sole source of her criticism. Although she says, "the Sea Islands actually have a very rich folk culture," she reiterates her charge instead of proving her argument. According to Conroy's book, The Water is Wide (the basis for Irving Ravetch and Harriett Frank Jr.'s script) pollution from surrounding factories ruined Yamacraw Island and starved its hunters and fishermen...
...regulations shift the responsibility for House changes from each House to the Housing Office. In the past, students wishing to transfer Houses could place their names on various Houses' waiting lists, but Collier said this practice will...
...Bruce Collier, research associate in the Office of Instructional Research and Evaluation, said yesterday that students who received their seventh or lesser choice will be allowed to switch Houses...
...ratios in the remaining Houses has been equalized as much as possible, Collier said. "The range varied from a low of 3.2-to-1 to a high of 3.8-to-1, which is not a very great difference," he said...