Viking_Yearbook_69

42 By spring term a Center for the Moving Image, a combination of film and t.v. into one area, had been estab– lished. The center would be imple– mented, over the years, as staff and funds allowed. Headed by Bob Summers, senior, the university's Film Committee launched a Tuesday night film class, tagged "History of the Film." The class, spon– sored winter and spring term by a grant, was open free to the student body. Attendance at the committee's Fri– day night films perhaps best indicated the cresting vogue of celluloid. Al– though the gate count has risen annu– ally within the last three years, it was in '69 that attendance was up nearly 100 percent on the average from last year. Approximately 6,000-8 ,000 stu– dents a term gathered in 75 Old Main to see works by such directors as God– ard, Chaplin, Bergman , and Warhol. In response to obvious student inter– est, the committee added new cate– go ries - animated flicks, the Janus film series and independent films - to its program . A few independent films shown wer made locally . And plenty more were in the making.