1983: Saint John.
King Hassan. Ronald Reagan.
Part 2.
Saint John arrives to New York. JFK. He stays at the Princeton Club. Manhattan.
Stays there for a few days. Enjoyed going to Times Square.
Dinners At The Princeton Club.
with McPhilips, his rich mother from the State Of Alabama, and
the
gentle Mrs McBey.
Why the Princeton Club? Rich White Boy Joseph McPhilips III from Alabama graduated from Princeton.
"McPhillips told the
Washington Post, in a 2003 interview, that the American School was "the Andover of the
Mediterranean. We provide an old-fashioned education. Students rise when adults come into the room. They read
Lord Jim and
Julius Caesar. There's not a lot of
ancillary nonsense in the
curriculum."[<em><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></em>]As well as a rigorous and passionate teacher and administrator, McPhillips was a theater director. His annual American School plays became a Tangier tradition, and since 1964 he directed more than 20 of them. McPhillips's direction and production turned the convention of high school play into high-quality dramatic art. The 1992 production of
Euripides Hippolytos, in Arabic, featured an original
Paul Bowles score and costumes designed by
Yves St. Laurent.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._McPhillips_III#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a> His staging of
Tennessee Williams'
Camino Real in Tangier's Petit Socco plaza was the fulfillment of McPhillips's promise to the playwright. In his hands, the school's annual Christmas play was based on the Koranic version of the Bethlehem story."
Yes McPhillips made us read Lord Jim By Joseph Konrad. That was rough. Shakespeare. And many other books.
YUP. he taught us Literature
first thing in the morning. But I did enjoy "The Old Man And The Sea"
by Ernest Hemingway. he kept us busy and he was the Principal. ....
The Big Boss.
McPhillips died on June 11, 2007, at his home on the Old Mountain Road, in Tangier, aged 70 years old
He was a big guy. Very strong.
But he was a heavy drinker. .... Well at the least in the 80s. I doubt
he changed .... I am 59 and I am still drinking. The good stuff. The heavy stuff.
