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Contact L Popular P By Becky Wingard Seeing the world through tiny plastic dises is as standard as wear ing weejuns to many Carolina stu dents. About every third person on campus is a contact lens wearer. These lens are a boon for those with defective vision, but at times they can be mischief makers, causing humorous situations. One such incident occurred in a local restaurant. During an im portant date, a boy suddenly lost his lens in his salad. lie spent the re mainder of the evening fishing into the lavishly dressed greenery. Finally managing to find his lens, he left the restaurant still hungry and very embarrassed. Yes, lenses seem to disappear at the most inappropriate times. Re cently, a girl was rushing back to her dorm to meet her curfew. She had almost reached her destination when she ran into a low-hanging branch. Although her left lens fell into the grass, the dismayed coed stopped only momentarily. She signed in on time, but had to grope her way to the room. The next morning at 6:00, she and her roommate were hand-and-knee searching the dew covered ground. Begging bypassers HOLD THAT TIGER! There is E all arou LAUNDRY & Career Cues "Hitch youi a 'growth'i and grow ~ "A growth industry is a way up - moving quicl join a company in one something extra working To find out which indust: someone in a good invest the industries he consi< Have a enses Are ossession to step cautiously, they separated grass blades for two hours. Finally, a gifted onlooker spotted the soiled dise on the edge of a path. A New Twist Dance floors seem to hold a special attraction for lenses. A group of students bending low to the music aren't necessarily rendering a new version of "The Twist." They may merely he helping hands in the search of a lost lens. Carolina plumbers have become dkigruntled with Carolina students because of lost lenses. On several occasions, these handymen have taken sinks apart only to find that the lost lenses were lying on the window sill. Tinted lenses are fashionable, but not -two-toned eyes. One student who had misplaced both lenses, borrowed a pair from her doctor. There was one problem. Ile could lend her only one green and one clear len.<. There fore she went around for a week with one green eye and owe blue eye. Ifer only matching apparel was a black watch plaid outfit! It's Worth It Despite these apparent drawbacks to wearing lenses, to the wearer they represent something vcry pre cious - sight without glasse:. 0 UNSHINE nd you CLEANERS r wagon to industry Nith it!" Douglas Leigh, President Douglas Leigh, Inc. new industry that is on the ly, expanding fast. When you af the growth fields you have for you . . . you grow up with it. y is right for you, try this: Ask mnent office to give you a list of lers 'growth industries'. Data DoulasLeih,a Camel smoker for more than seventeen years, started his career at the Univer sity of Florida by selling space in the yearbook. Today, Doug is building the biggest spectaicuilars of his career in the Times Square area, and is a director of the New York World's Fair of '64-'65. 'an your pleasure ahea real ig areil THE BEST TOBACCO MA "Cocky" ftt EXCUl)E ME,Si , rUT APE 'Survival Co Youth-Favo ( .d. Note: The following "Sir vivial C1psile" caufing walm the only 0one Suibmiitte<d it) ihe "Gamieock" ,.tory tate,1. The winning author i- a-kel to cone to roonm 208 to collet-- hi- prize.) Yo w atz h the LAst two com11e d"wly tnlward you across the rooi w ih .'vo as a selvetion center. ~~p/0uLLA.A "Columbia's finest" Beauty Salon Where Co-Eds get a headstart on becoming hair styles GAMECOCK SPECIAL on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays Reg. $2.75 Shampoo, Set Processing, plastics, and electrot Then pick the one you have a the names of the most progres field. One thing I'd like to point ou ... a growth industry may also1 on the verge of new developme college I found this situation in field. What my associates and I action and motion to dramatical brand or services being adverti veloped the modern type 'Spects smoke rings, soap bubbles, etc. . face of Broadway and the fain This is just one example. Th to remember is this: When you s< aim for an industry that is going with it. It's the difference betw off, and one that just sits there. ri to A\ e-Camel KES TiHF BEST SMOKEF By Rosemary Hankins yOU/ jq C L4Stn5oNALUn)?" ipsule'Has ired Ending A young girl, rather patle and, slight, and a very old man, obviously her father. They wait in :silence. You play wvith thle penlcil inl your. hand, not looking at, them, niot wvant ing to meet their eyes. Through the silencve you fevel the awful, r-eaching need to live beat againist you inl wvsfrom the two minids confront inig you. Twvo American. , comfort able, like nmAs of d.hv ot.hvir seveni ini thle outer r-oom -- u.med to regular. delivery of the SundaI.y paper,tg lar Ilau"-hter from their favorite Tri-TV' program, regular P'Utinles Of family life in the Ameriean pattern. And they were blind in their regularity, unseeing and uncaring, immune to the press of minids and the lives of other people about them ---inviolate, each in his own shelU. We need a new beginning, you think. We need anl understnding oif loneliness, and awareness- and sym pathy for the man and wvomnan next door. You amile wryly, and realize there is no next door. No again, for a long, long while. And so you call them al! in - and the anxious faces reflect every fleeting expression in your eyes. Tell 4 t/L fro my own caer is" enodEsn ding' A Sogrl, ater le and lgt fther O toor Avtisilne y ) persniy wth e roduct, yo hed, Ino oing so, tem de- wnt .ingnsm thei chned.Thg the tieny ouightn aare, ear, n neto w, bso in you caino waeen arocke thtom batds inrn ing yo. Two niTrba com fo (lelivr ot'the Snday p per,lina Sumwa' Ele 11y Di-)ma1 u14wl Staff Writer Overlooking Carolina's H orssiot is the historie, 151-year-old home oJ lDr. and Mrs. Robert Sumwalt, firs1 family of USC. The iesidence, until ten years ago consisted of two houses, but thi. division and later combination is al. most imperceptible. The only trace. remaining are the two stair cases oi opposite ends and the two front en. trances, which serve as "in" an( "out" doors during receptions. The outside grandeur of this home from its antique door knockers to it eharming garden, i- preseim perhapi in an even greater degre in th( interior. The front hall adji tIe iivinp room on the right at.d tw, powd( rooms on the left. The hidivs' ro.n is decorated with rose ad beiV fur. ishings. Gilt-edged mir mal < 'th Iatehing stoOsk enhance the dcor. The spacious living room, like tho other roomis, is furnished w% it " antiques and authentic Williamsburp reproductions. On opposite sides w the roon, extending I rom telling t< floor, is a library of volniu on il. most any subject. Tiheve shelve, border two handsome fireplares ol carved wood and nmbic. A s.munning highboy. dJ11nated b the prominent Kendll f aily. i- tih main feature in one of the two d1in ing rooms, both of which cIntah long hanquet tables. The haidsomi silver vandlelabras, which serve a cen terpiceps. are tised it4 fre quently. Ail .ilverware usewi In ih homne belogs to Mis. Suimlwal'. The large red and yllowx kit1he providv.- a itmo1dern vonlra-: t. t I( rvt of the first floor. Adjo-ning 11 is a serviceable butler's pa nIty which contains, amng ot.her w.I] ; complete service 41 I-:nish ham china for 60 people. Upstairs are four bedirooiis. ec1* furnished with fireplaces aid tre them, the youth must go. . . . Th4 young must have care of -he nev world, and perhaps hecause of thei youth they will be less inclined t< prejudice and condemnation - - th besetting sins of adulthx)(. And yol stand with them, watching as Billy and the quiet woman with an tin speakable grief behind her eyes. an< the young engaged couple, and thi tall, straight straight-shouldered Jev walk through the (1001. And then you wait, with the res of them. A aito n a dpnabiiyo Boldinctigh sylca special occasions. A Accmmatic A. tff.aiudim= ta1 It Hous gant Re inendous four-poster beds. One of the mater bedrooms is decorated in 1oe; the othe, gold. MrS. Sunwalt's dressing room is equipped with a ib for the (ccasions when her grandchifdren visit. Laugning, our Firs.t Lady recalled the night that hei grandson Robert Cho-e to ,sleep on the floor in a bed r ratiher than in one of the non1es beds. "lie told me that Py Scout .iizt didn't sleep in beds." Ihe said. Hewween the bedrooms is a smaller PROU l'POSSESSION - Mr.. highbo.%. so feature of onle of the flarrisoni.) roo ;.W4t aside a a1rivate living r-onm I,r thew Suimwalts. It features an Oriental rig al containi many fiamed photographL and books writ ten by USC profe-sors. Several of Jese Stuart's books, which he pre S IT'S L7~O/ - ng. Famed accuracy. he look and the feel and leader. It's one mark of wear all the time, not just on t Hamilton Jewelers everywhere. - m Is sidenee sented to them during a Yisit, are on a side table. Perhap,; the must significant feature of the second floor is the tre-meindoLus reception room, which runs the entire front length of the house. Originally two seperate Ii brujies, it is decorated with Chinese mural wallpaper and marble-topped tWbles. This room is used when large numbers of people are being entertained by the Sumwalts. Among the prominent pemons who have visited the President's 'Elm Rohrt Sui%alt di--pla. a prized main dining roonm-. (Photo by nouse are Governor aid MrZz. Ernest Hollings, Dr. James Killian, chair man of the corporation of M IT, and many college presidents. Numerous gatherings are given for both students and faculty, such as the Senior Party and faculty receptions. The largest "open house" is the Freshman Dmrp-ln, which is usually attended by I .5(0 to' 2,000 studen ts. Six bedrooms are' on the third floo r. Two~ of these arec used a.s guest roos; the iither's arie empty. On one of the be'dn>om doors, a plaque indicates that the furniture mi the room was given by Mrs. Caroline Mc Ki.ssiek Belser. lBehinrd the house, the well- panned garden contains manyv az'aieas and eamecllias, mam ly t.hr formne. Gr'ow.. ing on topl of the gar age the Lady Ba nkshire rose', M r's. S uamwa It's favorite flower. Slit al'- enjoys the coral vine which adornps the old .lave house. ''It's the pret t iet thing you ever saw,"' she said. "Thbe vine comes up in eari ly spring anid blooms until frost." Although D)r. mnd Mrs. Sumwvalt have lived in their emnp n i ' rome' for two and a half yea rs, theny also own a home ini H eathwoox~. Th're Mrs. Sumwalt's siste, miainta ; thein home, residing as a niejihbor of ex. 011(nclding t he toul, the F-irst L ady said, "'We much pie fer to live on campuis since, in thiat. way, we are closer to the student body and to the activ'ities of the University.'' Seen. IIlmardt. Spoken ON CAMPUS do/ing san oner The eroiy rotm i'euden1101 he(ulny "On|laton tunl trice 'f 'lem datet s." AThen thenetathne rels at l1:ea (lat fhodayo tiht. nhte choene ajmor happroneiate r'ememnberi to give~ the signal for the girls to return to their rooms. Tenement ocmpanste hatily r.e pairing banner readinqg "BEAT -... - CLESM."