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Palmetto Play Presen i i Great Poet Is Honored Biographical Sketch Of Life Of Edgar Allan Poe, Great Southern Poet The Palmetto Players will pay homage to the great Southern author, Edgar Allan Poe, by celebrating the 123rd anniversary of the poet's birth with a new biographical drama entitled "Edgar Allan Poe", which will be staged in Drayton Hall the last week in February and the first week in March, under the direction of William Dean. Rehearsals have already been started for the production. The first act of "Edgar Allan Poe" is laid in the salon of Miss Lynch in New York at the time when Poe was being "lionized" after his successful poem "The Raven". The second and fourth acts are laid in Fordham Cottage near NewYork. The scenes go from the garden, through the phantamasmagoria scene in which Poe is torn between his dead love, Virginia, and the love of Helen, and finishes with a crashing climax when Griswold gives Poc "a draught of sweet nepenthe" to give "surcease of sorrow ?for the rare and radiant maiden, nameless here for evermore." I The authentic stage characters of the k play are as follows: Nathaniel P. Willis, Rufus Griswold, Helen Whetman, Virginia Poe, Edgar Allan Poe, Margaret Fuller, Charlotte Anna Lynch, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Mrs. Maria Clcmn, Mrs. Chivers (another poet), and William Burton. I and w< to talk i abo All races of people . of time, so far as i to read, have had s< and have smoked s( they called it tohc AND since smoking l from smoking ; we made a most pa study in an effort to a tobacco which was We found out, fu kind of tobacco tha Grass section of Kei Burley, and that thei of this tobacco whic tobacco used for cij bacco used for che^ this tobacco which i We found out that many years ago, mi which was very po never advertised an away nothing more 1 We acquired this W< that is what we use i ersTo t Drama Soon * Finds Notes In Old Book Shows How Early South Carolinians Lived On "Buy At Home9' Basis South Carolinians nearly a hundred years ago believed in buying at home, even when local prices were higher, according to a statement recently found | in an old travel book by J. Rion McKissick, dean of the school of journalism in the University of South Carolina. James Silk Buckingham, distinguished Englishman who visited South Carolina in 1839, met in Georgia a farmer's wife who raised silkworms and wove silk cloth. She told the traveler that she could sell to South Carolinians as much silk as she could supply at double the price of French and English silks. Her explanation was: "The people of South Carolina were all for living on their ozvn resources, and having no dependence on other countries; they, therefore, readily paid double prices for silks grown and manufactured at home, because it shut out the foreign trader, and kept all the money in the country." u. n. o. Spanish Frat Holds Election I*?cal Chi chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, national Spanish fraternity, elected the following officers December 13 at a mooting which was held at the home of yu sil i'd like 1 with you ji ut it p |p since the beginning we have been able HB mie kind of a pipe miething?whether pMzj icco or what not. ; a pipe is so different a cigar or cigarette, linstaking, scientific make, if we could, i suited to pipes. st, that there was a t grew in the Blue IIGGETT 4 itucky called White TOBACCC re was a certain kind ;h was between the Ne: ijarettes and the to- tobac* ving tobacco. It is fast, s best for pipes. your Mr. J. N. Wcllman, remci ide a pipe tobacco their pular. But it was "whit id after he passed smok< was heard about it. gums ellman Method and So n making Granger. sell tJ BplB warn s~''<''IIP - iV^il^HVfl flMF i' i ii i i/ , mii* jtyi- V l^n jjWjjasy^k^.KraBtnW *n^H i^? x WpMpF < ? | JjMsmJjBm lllW Above is a scene from the prodifl Women". Left to right are Josephine! Julian Lemmond (looking over her shoH Hunt (reading a book), who took the! who played Amy. H Professor O. L. Keith. Susannah Barn- I well, president; Josephine Wharton, vice- I president; William Woods, secretary- H treasurer; Mary Elizabeth Graham, cor- I responding secretary. After a program of short plays, jokes I KlMv 'IH I R? ?^JT J?'"'P:::"' ' ' I M fl^R^r . :.: W < Hi mi I Ipr " : S- I - HH I j| lp^:;y jJgM -9 H co. let was the cut. We knew thi Ko burnt hot because it bui You could hardly hold your p I hand, it got so hot at time Inhering how folks used to ffwl fts cooler, lasts longer and I the pipe. I far, so good. Now we wan nis tobacco for 10c. Good t< ittle Women " P^iW-. w4? B& '> '<:' Hi^HK ^ mm ction of the Town Theatre, "Little Griffin, who took the part of Beth; ulder), who took the part of Jo; Ruth part of Meg; and Elizabeth Withers, and readings in Spanish, the host served dclicious refreshments. Visitors were Virginia Timmons, Cccile Richman, Jack Fishbournc and Pinckney Walker, members of one of Professor Timmons' classes who took part in a mmWKmm r^am mEs&B&BMk&mtBsi " wa it fine ?right process?ci nt so Granger in a sensi ipe in instead of an expens 5. So that a man can't sm little GRANGER has n at like long, but it has beco ' ' It And we have yet to never started to smoke it, Folks seem to like i >bacco "Little Wiome ToCai High School Prints Sheet The Biddy Is Title Given New Organ Of University High Students A ncwcomer in the city's journalistic field is The Biddy, otherwise known as the Gamccock, Jr., the official student publication of the University High School, which was first issued on Monday, January 23rd. The Biddy, a four page, mimeographed sheet, .is a project of the junior class in connection with the study of journalism. It contains interesting news, editorials, original cartoons, and a school song. The Biddy, however, is not the only journalistic project at the University High, as an anonymous publication entitled The Yellow Sheet, has been appearing from time to time. The editor, who calls himself "Popcyc", types his paper and distributes a limited edition of carbon copies among the students. u. m. a short play which they had arranged themselves as a part of their class work. D. I. O. New Course Added In School Of Education A new course, the Teaching of History, is being offered this semester by the School of Education. The course, known as Education 144, is being taught by Miss Lucia Daniel, teacher of History in the University High School at j j jamm h b'l/ MHHMMiMmB The Granger pouch aps the tobacco fresh Lit right. So we put ble soft foil pouch ive package, knowing oke the package. ot been on sale very me a popular smoke. know of a man who who didn't keep on. t. . VI . n" Plays jacity Houses Latest Play Is Success Town Theatre Production Receive* Requests For Extra Performances Playing to capacity houses in addition to repeat performances, "Little Women", which was presented to Columbia theatergoers, at the Town Theater, January 19, 20, 21, was a dccided success. So successfully was this show presented on its first three nights and its two repeated performances, that seven requests for road performances were received. These seven requests were from Winthrop, which the Town players filed February 4, Union, February 16, St. Matthews, February 20, Veterans' Hospital, February 22, Camden, March 3. Cheraw has filed a request but no date has as yet been set for a performance there. The play was so well received at Winthrop that Rock Hill High School put in a request for a performance to be given there at some later date. The members of the entire cast of "Little Women" acquitted themselves commcndably. In particular, Josephine Griffin, in the part of Beth, was exceptionally good. Her death, in the third act brought tears to many in the audience. Elizabeth Withers, as Amy, the baby of the family, with her misuse of words and quaint primness, provided the audience with laughs throughout the performance. Her role was well received. In the role of Meg, Rutli Hunt was excellent, showing a remarkable development from the time she portrayed the thoughtless girl whose chief sport was sitting on Jo until she became the settled young matron with two babies. Dr. James T. Penny, as Professor Bhaer, made his part stand out above most of the others by his charming accent and hesitant manner whenever he was within several feet of his dear one, Jo. Townsend Belser, law student, was very effective as John Brooke, the tutor, who eventually proposed to Meg. He, too, was remarkable in showing character development. w. m. o. Four Initiated In Honor Frat Mike Browne, Henry Willard, Frost Walker, and Frank Durham were recently initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary leadership fraternity, at services held in the Euphradian hall. Bland Hammond, president of O.D.K. presided. Also present were active members of the fraternity and the following faculty and alumni members: Edwin G. Seibels, J. Rion McKissick, Robert L. Sumwalt, and T. F. Ball. Mike Browne, a Pi K. A. from Columbia, was track captain last year. Henry Willard, Kappa Alpha, Columbia, is captain of the Gamecock boxing squad. J. Frost Walker, Union, is the youngest member of the General Assembly and editor of the Garnet and Black. He is a Pi Kappa Alpha also. Frank M. Durham, Jr., Columbia, is a Sigma Nu and ex-editor of The Carolinian. Officers of the University chapter of O.D.K. are the following: Bland Hammond, Columbia, president; Lawson Scott, Johnston, vice-president, Sanders Guignard, Jr., Columbia, secretary; and Thomas B. Scott, Columbia, treasurer. Omicron Delta Kappa was founded at Washington and Lee in 1914. To be eligible for admission a student must have been accorded one or more major honors and have shown the qualities of a leader. Religious Club Plans Program A program to be prensentcd at Newberry College on February 17, is being planned by the Carolina Christian Service Club. The club is composed of about fifty students, and meetings arc held cach Wednesday night in Flinn Hall. Officers of the club are the following: President, C. W. Cox; first vice-president, Alton Brown; second vice-president, "Mutt" Wise; third vice-president, "Dine" Gaines; fourth vice-president, W. IT. T. Fairfax; fifth vice-president, John Bolt Culbertson; secretary, Mary Stevenson; corresponding secretary, Lucille Grant; news reporter, Francis Lybrand; and advisor, R. G. Bell. The club entertains every week with programs, which are presented by the members at the Alms House, the Home for the Blind, the Industrial Home, the Confederate Home, and the jail. V. I. o. 4 o'clock Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.