The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 14, 1948, Page Page Six, Image 6
Theater Em(
With One P
Of One-Act
"He Done Her Wrong" or
act melodrama, was presentec
the University Theater, as ti
The student-directed produ
aInd hisses for the villian and
inv. Joe Bishop of Columbia
Ie wooed all women and mar
ering to divorce any of them
Retailing Club
Hears Speech
By Advertiser
R%,. ID. 111altiwanlger, advertis4ing
mIaager for tle Columbia news
papers. spoke to the Carolina re
tailing organization last Week on
adver"ising.
" whimt write your advertising to
"Vt people to read them, but rather
get tole to buy," he said.
llaltiwanger instructed the group
t mllake advertisements as long
as nicessary and no longer. le
-a.tid they shouhd present facts to
the public.
" Be honevst w it I the public.
Pe"pleit ioonl catch on to the false
adveriiSers and will then disCount
all twir. advertiillem its."
"TodaY advertising is a nlece,
I The advertising field is nl
va s mt e est i ng. In that filId
toine et every eVe\ kind ofpers
11lahtiwanivi Said.
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Is Season
erformance
Melodrama
'Wedded But No Wife", a one
last week in Drayton Hall by
e season finale.
etion was received with boos
shouts for the hero and hero
played the part of the villian.
ied quite a few, without both
Glenn Esdorn of Charleston
played the part of the hero, Fitz
John, the gardner. He strove to
undo the damage done the fair
ladies by the villian.
Betty Horton of Greenville made
her first appearance on the Dray
tori Hall stage as the wealthy
widow, Mrs. Money-Cracker, who c
refused to think that her money
was the only attraction which she l
held for the villian. f
The virtuous maid was portray
ed bly Jo Anne Dellinger of Green
wood. -Jean Strother of Santuck,
also a newcomer to the Drayton
Hall Stage, played Mrs. Money
Cracker's daughter.
Belinda Colluni of Batesburg
also sought to win the villian with
her hilts and Coyness.
Virtue ruled triumphant in the
elld when the villianl shot himself
a ,:,.;it was learned that he had I
two wives and was preparing to (
wed a third. Then the gardener
married the maid to take her to
the West to raise sheep.
The t Iheat te toMI pletd t itri
saMs w ith a per fo rmanilce of
lope at L.ancaster before an audi
enee of 700. This trip marked the t
evid of the univeisity dramatic n
gill0LI'S season. durII'inlg Which they
pri'duced sevenl three-act plays
ain1d two one-act melodriamas.
Trwo plays. Tovarich and Can
dida, directed by Merrill (;. Chris
topher ,'t1 favuly adviser for he
Theat Ie, opened the season, fol
lowed by George and Margaret,
a Colmedy. Ieavier drama follow
ed with the production of lenirik
Ibsen's fHedda Gahler. More com
eldy was plesilted with Barnlie's
What Every Woman Knows and
Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth,
and the season wa. topped off
with P'atrick Hlamilton's mlystery
drallia Rope.
The dramat iC group Will con
tie their work withI a repeat
perfoirmance of Hope andl a "mel-4
h-rd ramta"' in J unre for the summer'
es'sion. One new major prIoduIc-4
tion will also take the b)oards dlur
rig the summenur season, arid regu- t
lar meetings will continue to be a
helIl E'very3 Wed'inesday at 7 :30) p. r<
mn., at lirayton) Theatre, to which o
all studienits arid faculty are' in - h.
vitedl.
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Carolinian
Old Chart
The Caroliniana library has re- I
ently returned the colonial 1
,harter issued to the Winyah In- r
digo society of Georgetown in c
L772 to that society, after making I
)hotostatic copies. C
The charter, believed stolen in I
1889, was located several weeks I
igo when Dr. F. A. Bell, president I
)f the Winyah Indigo society, was
,iven a Philadelphia antique deal- t
?r's catalog by the Rev. H. D. c
Bull of Georgetown. Advertised c
)n the front cover was the origi- c
al charter of the society, priced I
it $120.00. E
The Winyah society voted,at a
neeting the same day to purchase f
he charter, only to learn that it e
lad been sold to the South Caro- r
iniana library. The library, how- /
ver, sold the charter to the so- t
i0ty at cost. t
This is not the original charter C
ut a provincial charter issued in t
orm of a proclamation by Gov. t
Players Elect
Yew Officers
For Summer
Phroggue Grenville of Colum
)ia was elected president of the
Jniversity Theater for the sum
ner term last week.
James R. Simmons of Columbia
vas named vice-president and pub
icity director for the summer.
tichter Moore of Mayo was elect
d secretary.
Out going officers are Betty
"ellers of Columbia, president,
oc Bishop of Columbia, vice
resident, and Saye Gaston of
ichbur. Perptary. ,
Simmons will be president dur
ng the fall semester. He is a
iember of Alpha Psi Omega, na
ional honorary dramatic frater
ity, a member of the debating
L-am, and has apl)eared in many
'layers productions. He directedi
What Every Woman Knows", one
f this semesters prIoductions.
Mort Bernanke of Dillon has
een elected vice-president and Joe
lishop of Columbnia will be secre
ary.
Richter Moore was elected see
etary of the Carolina chapter ofi
L1pha Psi Omega, at a dinner
Iucting last wock.
Moore was :recently initiated
ito the fraternity, along with
1anks Scarborough of Timmons
ille. Mort Bernanke of Dillon
ill be pledged to the fraternityl
I the near future.
f Native Tribes
siVeni O CArolina
A group of weapons used by
'e Zulu tribes of South Africa
nd the Usia Indlians of Chile werej
t-cently' donatedI to the University
f South Carolina's McKissick Li
rary by Egmont von Trescow,;
mnsul to Tacna, Chile.
A* mong the weapons is an as
e'gai, a light wooden spear with
nl iron~ point, which came from
South A frican Zulu tribe.
Usia Indian weapons include a
mw five feet. 10 inches tall, andl
so( arrows. The how andI arrows
re covered with brown and white
t raw laced on to form designs.
A lania, or spear, and a blow
un from which p)oison dlarts are
hot are also included in the ('01
-et ion. They are constructed of
ery light wood.
A tacape is the most unusual
oking of the weapons. It. is a
irved( w~oodenj)(' clb, greatly orna
ten ted wvit h ieads of shells andl
-at hers.
The weapons are now on dis
lay in t he Mc Kissick Library mu
umf ini room 200.
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a Library
!r To Geo
jord Montagu at "Charles Town
4ay 16, 1772, which ratifies th
oyal charter signed at the cour
f St. James, London, January 21
753. The royal seal of the firs
harter is missing and believe
ost about the same time th
>rovincial charter was stolen ii
889.
Several efforts have been mad
o secure a duplicate seal bu
wing to its great age no matri:
f the seal exists in England, ac
ording to officials there. Th
Iritish ambassador to the Unite
tates has aided in the search.
The Winyah Indigo society date
rom 1740 when a group of plant
rs formed it as a social club. Th
Dyal charter was issued in 1758
,fter dues paid in indigo mad<
he society rich members decide<
3 establish an "Independen
harity School for the Poor" a
,e best means of disposing o:
ieir surplus funds.
Other valued treasures of th<
3ciety have been lost or stolen
THERE'f
NO FINER CIGA
THAN CHESTERF
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for c
the
I thi
Returns
rgetown
In 1664 when Georgetown was oc
a cupied by Union troops a Ger
tman soldier in the Federal forces
, stole a letter written by George
t Washington, addressed to the peo
I ple of Georgetown, in care of the
D society, thanking them for their
i hospitality and praising their ef
forts during the Revolution. The
3 letter was returned in 1883 by
t Major W.' C. Manning, stationedi"
C at Fort Leavenworth, who stated
- that the letter was taken "by a
3 mercenary German soldier." Some
I how a Capt. Leonard had gotten
possession of the letter and re
3 quested that Manning return it to
-the society.
Other items held by the Win-i
yah Indigo society include letters i
from Presidents James Madison
I and Grover Cleveland thanking i
them for hospitality when they I
s visited Georgetown; also bound
r volumes of Georgetown news- t
papers dating back to 1779, New
York papers of the 1790's and
London papers from 1768.
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Seibels Art Col
On Display In
The Seibels art collection, si
n the Caroliniana library, has
VWemorial library. Several of
room 200 while the rest will b(
The paintirigs include a minia
ure oil painting bought in Rome;
dadonna, a pencil drawing; two
log etchings by Marguerite
Ciourse; Stirrup Cup, an etching;
toman Bath, an etching by Alma
radems; St. Michael's, an etching
)y Hutty; Ponte Vechio in Flor
mce, an etching on satin by Jo
;eph Pennell.
Also an etching of Wall Street
)y Franklin Gregory; interior of
he Metropolitati Museum by
'rederick Webber; an engraving
of the Duke of Chandos and Buck
ngham; New Orleans street scene
)y Margaret Wright; Mezzotist
'the Duke of Wellington saluting
ds own statue in Hyde Park) en
,raved by J. Harris; Lord Gren
rille (student at Oxford); por
rait of Philip IV by Velesquey;
md Charleston Gardens by Da
;ilva.
Edwin C. Seibels gave part of
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ored for the past four years
been moved to the McKissick
the paints will be shown in
- exhibited in the dome.
iis collection ic the Columbia Art
Association several years ago and
that association is storing them in
Lhe McKissick library.
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