Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Fir By MIKM The big theatrical news t sity Players have let their ] tion of "The Drunkard" prc emerged from their artistic in the dramatic sun. After experimenting wit Sophocles during the past se Players have finally hit ul New National Guard Unit Is Formed Here Formation of "Columbia's Owr National Guard company, Es Claire Rifle company F, 1181 Infantry, was announced Ia: week. Invitations were extende to all persons interested in er listing. The unit will function with rep ular army pay rates. There wi be two night meetings weekl3 at which two-hour armed drill will be held. Enlistees in th outfit will receive $2.50 per dri period. Alva Lumpkin, a lieutenant o the newly formed group, attende, Carolina in the College of Art and Science and received his de gree in 1943. After his discharg from the service, he resumed hi studies, enrolling in the school o law. Lumpkin pointed out that earl; enlistees will be rewarded by i better opportunity for advance ment. New members of the com. pany will enter as privates an progress according to ability, hE stated. Summer maneuvers will be helc for two weeks with the 51st di vision, of which the 118th com pany is a part. July 6-20 are the tentative dates for the war games. Interested persons are requested to contact Capt. James Castles, company commander, at phone 8114 or Lieutenant Lumpkin at phone 4-1802. Southern Society Makes Provision For Scholarship The New York Southern Society is setting aside $600 for a one year scholarship, either college or advance study, for a young man or woman who is a blood relative of a member or former member of this society. The applicants must also be from 18 to 25 years of age and of Southern birth. They must present evidence of exceptional promise or talent in their subject of study, be of good character and unable to finance the desired study without such aid. Applications with evidence of the foregoing requirements should be mailed to the New York South ern Society, 165 Broadway, New York City. The deadline for ap plications is June 30, 1947. Compliments el Columbia Hotel LEARN T COPE LA 1409 MaIn Street Men's Fine HATS -SHOES Al COLUMBIA COCA-CO COLUMBL st Nighter I KARVELAS - his morning is that the Univer lair down! Their recent produc ves that they have at long last rut to find their proper place h Shakespeare, Andreyev and ison-and with dire results-the 1 'on the most suitable form of - expressing their dramatic talents: 1890 melodrama. If memory serves, the group has always been effective in its straight comedy I presentations. Add to this the ex- 1 aggerated farce provided by "The ! Drunkard" and the good-humored way with which the actors kidded < themselves throughout the per u formance, and you have the Play h ers at their best. it "The Drunkard", a literary de d lirium tremens, is pure corn-on - and off the cob-about the gran dad of all sots (vintage 1844). It s has apparently survived the rav- C 1 ages of time rather well, for al- V , though it has never been a worth- t s while lesson in sobriety, it is still d e orie of the better examples of a C 1 first class binge-well preserved v in alcohol. f To provoke laughs from the 0 audience, it is mandatory that this melodrama be overplayed through - out. This, it appears, is right up the Players' proverbial alley. Paradoxically, they succeed in this play for the same reason they ( have failed in some of their other offerings. Over-acting is the order of the day in "The Drunkard" and C let it never be said that the Play- a< ers permitted this golden oppor- ir tunity of a lifetime to "ham" ti things up pass them by. cl Many of the performers were in seventh heaven as they exerted themselves to the hilt. Phil lfer nanke, the title-rolist, seemed par ticularly to be in his element. His p dipsomanic grimaces, tantrums, pl wild eyed hysterics and hip pro pulsions, were really something to see to be disbelieved. At times, c w his unleashed energy was enough m to drive some of the audience to drink (the orange juice passed te around by tablehopping waiters). At any moment he appeared ready to start out on a trek to pawn his n typewriter. But, he failed to come through like a genuine loser of weekends, even to the extent of f finding his bottles in tree stumps h instead of chandeliers. t of M. G. Christophersen's direction was keyed strictly for laughs. Oc- ch casionally he would slip, giving of the impression that he was stag- e ing a tussle and not a play. The re atmosphere of the gymnasium in re which the play was given helped as to heighten this impression. Incidentally, the novelty of con verting the gym into a bowery music hall lent immeasurably to the success of this moral domestic ] drama. The cozy tables, the cruis ing waiters, the between-act tumb lers--all contributed their share in bolstering the inherently weak a piece de resistance. Columbia Dairies 917 Main Street COLUMBIA, S. C. v d d 2 HIE WAY r - CD CO Columbia, S. C. st Clothing ID FURNISHINGS 1 MI Coca.coLA comPANy *v Plu * Tm ( LA BOTTFLING CO. L S. c Gamecock Suffers While Dean Childs Washes Her Clothes By SAYE GASTON When Dean Arney Childs washes hier clothes The Gamecock suffers. Dnce in the last week, the office has been flooded and again on .he verge of flooding. This is due o faulty plumbing. The Gamecock offices are lo ated directly beneat,h Mrs. Child's apartment in Sims. On a recent sunday afternoons water began )ubbling up and flooding the en ;ire office. Water remains con itantly in a hole in the floor, and - vhenever very much more comes lown the drain the whole place is ; ooded. It seems as though the mighty a samecock will have to turn into duck or Dean Childs will have o wear dirty clothes. The members -of the staff have. 11 bought boots to wear in the ffice during the emergencies and ,hen the pipes start rumbling, hey grab them and climb on the en esks while someone calls Mrs. Eu hilds and asks her to please Ha rait until the office is empty be- - ore washing anymore. (We're nly kidding!) F Vlimeographing lasses Offered abc )ffice Workers d The R. L. Bryan Company of fou olumbia has begun a special eve hool in Mimeograph Duplicat g beginning yesterday, and con- the nuing through Friday. The fa asses will be held in room 586 Ma ade Hampton State Office Build- Cor g. valk The school is said to be help- wo 1 and interesting to both inex- the rienced and experienced em oyees in offices using the ma- ing Lines. Representatives of the A. . Dick Company have already ue e ntacted offices on the campus t hich have mimeographers and est any of their employees are at- his nding. Each session lasts about two off urs and forty-five minutes and scheduled from 9 a. m. to 12 on and from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Classes yesterday and today are r users of open cylinder mimeo aph duplicators with those on e three remaining days for users closed cylinder duplicators. The school is presented free of arge to all employees of state fices including those of the uni rsity. The especially trained presentatives of the Dick Com ny are conducting the classes sisted by the Bryan Company 1f f. NIewspaper Started By CBI Veterans Clarence R. Gordon, of Den er, Colorado, recently started newspaper, called the "Ex BI Roundup," in behalf of armer members of the 44th ir Service Group in India. So iany people have become in ~rested that the paper's scope as been widened to include all >rmer members of CBI. Any eteran of CBI at Carolina who esires further information lay write to the following ad ress: Ex-CBI Roundup, 1021 1st Street, Denver 2, Colo ido. The subscription rate is 1.00 a year. 427 MAIN ST. AUTOMOBILES FOR RENT 85 per 24-hr. day Special Rate. for Trips Lenting hour--8 a. mi., ( 'til 7 p. nm. hone 2-6386--100 Main I )ne Block from Campus a Gibson, vice president, Ram< treasurer, and Joe Rutheve phradian Literary Society, ai rris in an informal pose at Ma i Retrospective Looking lack in 1942, there was worr ut Communism on the campu t seems that one fine day, tli ge walked on the campus an nd small red arrows, tacked t ry tree. lost of the arrows pointed i general direction of that not ious (or it is infamousl ccy college. Could it be the nmunistic elements were pre nt on the campus the ju4g idered, when he recalled the local headquarters of the not inct WPA were- in that build ravely and resolutely th re ripped the red arrows fror trees and "broke up the great espionage ring in Carolina' ory." ut the judge failed to stav the inevitable. Students ha PHILIP I is so I better to "It's always fair weathi get together" . .. with It's true . . . if eve, PHILIP MORRIS smo ALL change to PHILIP Yes, the PHILIP Mi gets what other smoke* PERFECT SMOKING So for pefect smokin1 today! m Schwarts, president, George Stan $, secretary, present officers of the -e caught by photographer Manning Key Monument. .I Backwards y also seen the little arrows an I s. rumors were flying throughout e the campus. Perhaps they were d put up for visiting high school t o students? 8 'Some of the pranksters then r n began putting up little arrows t V pointing in every conceivable di- 3 ) rection, even to "woman territory" - t and Sims college. Yet, came Monday p. m. and t the solution. Posters were placed t on the campus which revealed that the little brown arrows had been pointing to a booth in Maxey. e The posters announced: "Fol low the Arrow to Buy Defense - Stamps in the Booth in the Can B teen." Too bad about the Communists, e the WPA, and the high school I students. HORRIS much smoke I rwhen good fellows PHILIP MORRIS! y smoker knew what kers know . .. they'd MORRIS. ORRIS smoker E.ggy - s only _hepe. to get .. . PLEASURE. E laur . try a pack ALASUPTEe Needs For Geo Listed By Dep By WIL Prof. Stephen Taber, head the department of Geology, issui a statement recently calling f a new geology building at til university to be used also as state museum. Pointing out that the universil now had a collection of specimei valued in excess of $100,000, Pr fessor Taber said that there wi no adequate place to store or di play-them. The university's g )logy department has been offer( )ther collections if it can get iutable place to house them, Ti Mer said, and he asserted that ood museum would attract fua her gifts. - The geology department is no ioused in the science building, L )onte C'ollege, which is describm >y Doctor Taber as "the won Ire trap on the campus." A lark )art of the collection Is in Li Jonte, and much of it Is still I torage. The rest of it is scattere n several classrooms that are I ontinuous use, Taber said. Doctor Taber- forecast rapi hanges in mineral production, an rged that South Carolina lb 'laced in a position to compet vi neighboring states. The South Carolina Geologici lurvey has collected extensive ma erial since 1924 that is store it the university. "These speci nens have been helpful when at empts have been made in receri ears to re-open old mines tha Barnett's Radio For Sales e RECOR] 828 Main Street BETTER ALL W alogy Buildin artment Hea LAM SPEERM *f have caved in and filled with wa d ter," Doctor Taber said. "Persons >r looking for various minerals of ie commercial value frequently come a to Columbia to consult the state geologist and to examine the Main y eral- products of the state," he is stated. "Our present exhibit of - the mineral resources of South is Carolina could be expanded at i- practically no cost, and this is one i- of the most effective ways of ad d vertising our mineral resources," a he said. I- Calling for a new building for e a his department, Doctor Taber said - that additional room is needed for efficient instruction. He says that w classrooms are crowded and that - the situation is now "crittcal." He d also points out that a new geology It building would give temporary e relief to the other science depart . ments in LeConte College. n "The most efficient way of pro d viding the geological services of a n state museum and of a university museum would be to combine both d in a single building under a single d management," Doctor Taber e stated. e "We now have the material on hand, which if properly displayed, I would give South Carolina the - best geological exhibits in the " d Southeast," he said. "A building - with space for a museum should be provided so that full advantage t may be taken of this valuable as t set," he declared. EE & Television Co. yr Repairs of ) PLAYERS ADIO * Phone 7408 k4 IiI AY