The Mighty Macs

WCAU AM Newstime in the city

of Brotherly Love is three PM.

ln the news this hour,

President Nixon's re-election campaign

was interrupted today

by Vietnam protestors,

despite 25,000 American casualties,

the President reiterated his plan

to stay the course.

Thousands of women rallied

in Times Square this afternoon

to demand equal pay for equal jobs.

Feminist leaders took to

the podium to voice,

we should be training to be a doctor,

not training to mary a doctor.

l wish l could say that life

was always this simple.

But, for me that really

came down to mo choices.

Could l deal with rejection

and temporay pain, or,

or should l sumer a life

filled with regret

because l was afraid to take the risk?

At the time l only knew

a few things about the college.

lt was all girls,

their basketball team wasn't vey good.

And, the school was

founded and run by the Nuns.

l had no coaching experience,

so l was somewhat surprised

when they responded to my resume.

But, on the sumace,

it seemed like

the pemect opportunih for a woman

who wasn't ready to

assume her role in socieh.

Hi, l'm May-Margaret O'Malley,

and welcome to Immaculata College.

How may l help you?

Ah, Mother St. John's office?

Room mo menh, take the staircase

to the second floor...

...lt's menh eight steps...

Proceed through

mo walnut oak doors.

And all even rooms on your left.

Thank you.

No, thank you.

Oh, Rally for O'Malley.

Catherine Rush?

Yes. Thank you.

Are you named after

St. Catherine of Sienna,

or st. Catherine of Alexandria?

ls there ah...

St. Catherine of Atlantic Cih?

Well, if there is,

l hope she didn't sumer the same fate

as St. Catherine of Alexandria.

She was beheaded.

Ah, here's my ah...

lt's all right, l have one here.

l see you're married?

Yes, just a few months now.

Physical Educational degree

Westchester State College.

Did you play there?

Two years.

What do you know about coaching?

Well, l know for the first time,

it'll be five on five,

full court with unlimited dribbling,

so it's obviously not our Mother's game.

lt will be similar to the men's game.

Yes, similar to the men's rules,

but the, the game will be dimerent.

How so?

Oh, we'll actually play like a team.

And ah, ah, thim second shot clock

means better conditioned athletes.

Are you suggesting that

our girls will become athletes?

lf they want to win, yes.

l'll be satisfied

if you just use these activities

to suppress their hormones.

Huh, l'll ty to add

that to the playbook.

Well... seeing that no one else

has applied for the position,

l'm prepared to offer you

four hundred and fim dollars

for the season.

That'll be just fine.

Do l get an assistant?

No, only if they volunteer.

Ah, this is our last ball.

Please ah, don't lose it.

Thank you.

Can l ah, have a key to the gym?

Oh, you won't need one.

Great.

The gym burned down

three months ago.

Here's the student's schedule.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

l must attend to

the needs of our Sisters.

Practice is scheduled to

begin in three days.

Ah, where?

l don't know, you're the coach.

Mrs. Rush...

l hope you're a better coach

than you are a negotiator.

Why is that?

l was prepared to offer five hundred.

That's okay,

cause l was willing to coach for free.

Congratulations.

Are you mad?

Why would l be mad?

You got that same look

when l beat you in tennis.

When do you start?

Tomorrow.

Like l said Cathy,

why would l be mad?

Come on Eddy, it's just a little

something to keep me busy.

Just like ah...

tennis was a little something to ah...

what, keep in shape?

l know how bad you wanted to

go on this vacation, honey, and l do...

lt's not about that, Cathy,

we both agreed to...

Will you...

will you just hear me out?

l, l want to have a family

with you...

more than anything

in the whole world.

But, if l don't ty this just once,

l'll always wonder,

what if, you know?

You know how much

l wanted this. Right?

Let not yours be the output

the dawning with radiant...

decoration of gold, and wearing...

but let it be the hidden person

of the heart.

Thank you.

And since you are the joint heirs of

the grace of life,

finally, all of you...

have unih of spirits...

Pass that to her.

That girl over there.

...the sympathy,

Iove of the brethren,

a tender heart and a humble mind,

do not return evil for evil,

or reviling for reviling.

For on the contray, bless, bless...

Yeah, right there. Right

...for this you have been called,

that you may obtain a blessing.

This is the word of the Lord.

Amen.

Bonjour.

Hey, l thought you were home

shopping for engagement rings?

Nah, he wants to wait till graduation.

He gave me his letter jacket,

as a pre-engagement ring.

Ah, vey nice Lizanne.

We're going out for team, right?

Why, so we can continue to

get crushed by all the bigger schools?

Look, they didn't recruit me either.

You need to let it go.

You know what,

l think l'm ready to get a job.

Yeah. Right. Trishy.

ln a week,

you'll be looking for an open gym.

You in? We're in, right?

Yeah, l'll think about it.

We're also requesting, once again,

that the heating system be

replaced in the Freshman dormitoy.

So, where do l find these numbers?

Page five.

What about the alumni support?

They're not banging

the buckets like they used to.

Yes?

Ah, Mother Superior, it's Cathy Rush.

l'm in a meeting.

l, l'll just wait out here.

Oh, excuse me.

What is it?

lt's bitterly cold outside,

Reverend Mother

and l can't find an indoor court.

Excuse me.

Sory.

The old activih center.

Oh, thank you so much,

and all of you, of course.

Thank you for this opportunih, l...

Please. Please.

l wonder if you'd

all excuse me for a minute,

l, l'd like a private word

with Monsignor.

Ah, you can't depend on the trustees

for continued financial support.

Now the board will be

meeting in three months...

so, consider yourself warned.

Mother of God.

Don't take this personally.

This is...

the business side of our church.

But Tom, why can't we use

the insurance money from the gym?

Unfortunately, it will take

an act of God to save this school.

Well, that's exactly

what l've been praying for.

Come in.

Yes?

Reverend Mother

may l speak with yo'u?

Sit down.

How may l be of assistance, Sister?

l'm not sure l can do this anymore.

Admissions is always dimicult,

especially in these changing times.

That's not what l meant.

l'm sory, but,

l'm requesting some time off.

l'm not surprised.

Did you ever struggle

with your calling?

lf we didn't have to struggle,

we could never harvest the gloy.

l'm sory Mother Superior,

l thought my service would be dimerent.

l'll be glad to

reassign you to Chapel,

that should give you plenh

of time to ask for guidance.

Trish Sharkey.

Here.

Lizanne Caufield.

lcei, it's French for here.

Merci, it's French for be

a team player. Ah, what is it?

l think l'm allergic to dust.

You will make a wondemul husband.

Gail Moore.

Here.

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