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Scenes From At Universit By PA'l "My dear!" shouted Lady particularly shocked at a line This greeted me as I dasht little late for rehearsals. Th1 senting "A Woman of No In March 8 and 9. As I wanted to "What's happening, Prof?" I asked Professor Christophersen, who is -directing this vehicle to be spoinsored by Alpha Kappa Gamma. "Shhhhh!" he said, then whis pered, "You're late! The second act has already started." "Have I missed anything?" I asked in a hoarse whisper that carried all over the theatre. "You missed the best part-when Mrs. Allonby describes the qualifi cations necessary for the ideal M an." "Ideal Man? Is there such a thing?" "You'll find out when you see the play! Let's listen," muttered Prof, turning his attention to the stage. O)n stage were Lady Caroline ( tiahara Cloyd), Lady Stutfield I lary Kate Strother), Hester W1orsley (Ethel Matthews), and Mrs. Arbuthnot (Pat Davis). Lord Illingworth (Miller Lide) enters speaking to Mrs. Allonby: "This world is simply divided into two classes-those who believe the incredible, like the public-and those who do the improbable.-" "like yourself?" queried Mrs. A llonby archly. "Yes, I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living." "And what have you been doing lately that astonishes you, Lord Illingworth?" I have been discovering all sorts of beautiful qualities in my own nature.' "Gee! Prof," I whispered to l'rofessor Christophensen, "That Iid Illingworth is incorrigible! What a character!" "You should hear some of his lines! lie describes women per fectly in one sentence." "Describes women in one sen tence! It can't he done!" I ex claimed. I decided that this Illing worth character must he a nine teenth century Clifton Webb with Robert Taylor appeal. However, an the play progressed I was drawn from my thoughts into the atmosphere of the English upper-crust society of the country home. The guests of Lady Hun '-tanton entertained themselves by throwing witty remarks at one another as the story progresses. Oh! Oh! Looks like Lord Illing wo rthI and Mrs. Arbuthn1ot have cut te witty remarks and are about to cut each other's throats. "My son Gerald (Bill Johnson) wais not discontented here with me anitil y'ou offered him the post as yinur secretary, Lord Ililingworth. Youi have made hinm discontented." "Of course," he said blandly, leanuing on his cane, "'I made him "'I will not let hinm go awvay with you of all people, Lord Illingwvorth. You are bad." Whalut had Mr s. A rbuthnot got :iainst Lord lllingworth? Why doe's she call him bad? Why won't shle let her son Gerald accept the Iiost as Lord Illingwvorth's secre tairy? What will Gerald Arbuthnot do? Will he leave his poor mother and go away with the evil Lord Ill ingworth? A\t tend the University Players proiduiction of Wilde's "A Woman 3-Hour D)ry Cleaning Service Press While You Wait 1-Da Dry le fling a d Laun Service ARROW CLEANERS 1209 Gm..,as i Backstage e Theatre DAVIS Hunstanton (Flora Jeffries), from Mrs. Allonby. d into Drayton Hall, already a University Players are pre portance" by Oscar Wilde on see the second act, here I was. of No Importance" on March 8 and 9 and these questions will be answered. Religious Program Rapidly Increasing Here At Carolina The statement made recently by a national figure in the field of education that there is scarcely a college or university which has not recently either created a depart ment of religious studies or sub stantially enlarged existing depart ments certainly holds true for every school with which the chaplain has had any contact since the end of World War II. Among public universities, Caro lina pioneered in this field. The original charter of 1805 provided that there should be at least one minister on the faculty of the uni versity and that he should serve as chaplain for the institution. In 1919, by action of the board of trustees, a chaplain and teacher of Bible was elected. Previously, the occupant of the chair of Sacred Literature had served as chaplain and prior to that, the president of the university was also the chap lain. Since 1919. courses in Bible have been part of the curriculum of the College of Arts and Science. UIder the leadership of the chap lain, regular chapel services were held until the pressure of large en rollments and stepped-up sched ules during the war years forced the discontinuance of this program in 1943. Since the war, the religious pro gram at the university has been expanded in several directions. In 1946, the name of the department was changed to Department of Bible and Religion in order that the scope of the courses could be broadened. Since that time, the variety of courses has been in creased until at present, eight courses are taught. Four of these are Bible courses in which the pur pose is to enable the students to read the Bible with understanding andl app1reciation. The courses in religious problems and ethical p)roblems are conducted on a read ing ai discussion basis with a view to helping the student obtain a mature understanding of his own faith as a basis for life and of the isights wvhich the Hebrew-Chris tian tradlition can give into the personal and social problems of to day. The course in comparative religion seeks to give some under standing of the various faiths by which men live. A course in prin ciples of Christian Education and lic hir application to the local church andc community situation is given to those. who plan to take an active p)art ini the educational program of their churches. The courses offered in the de p)artmnent arc offered on an elective basis andl serve three distinct groups of students. A number of students elect these courses simply because they are seeking help in answering their owvn personal re ligious problems. A second group is madle up of those who are doing or p)lan to do work as laymen in their churches and desire ~oun dat ion for that wvork sg'cp t , do not contemplate professionbl (Tain ing at the graduate level. The third group includes about sixty students who plan to go on from college for graduate p)rofessionlal raining in various church voca tions. Most of these students take a minor in the department. This year for the first time since the war, a period has been made available for student assemblies anid chapel programs. At least once each month this period is devoted to a religious program wvith an A2.4e Good Mea Students ( Open Daily Irom~ Opien Sundj(? Capitol Bowl g' 4 1401 GERY Consider The Trouble In A Campus Call Have you ever stopped to think what goes into a telephone call you make on campus? What composes the some 5000 calls a day that go through the University Exchange? The Exchange was first set up in 1929 in Legare College with Mrs. Dugan as the -head of opera tions, she is still with the univer sity in the same capacity, and says that there have been many years of happiness here. "Dixie," as she is fondly known to many students and faculty, is one of the kind voices that you hear when you make a call. I asked "Dixie" was there cooperation from the stu dents here and with complete sin cerity she told me that on the whole the students were "lovely" to work with and she had always been pleased with them. It was the best possible, to have college students so cooperative. However, there was a desire of all of the operators, who incidentally are all grandmothers except one, that we should observe a time limit of five minutes or less when using the phones during the rush hours. During the early existence of the exchange there were no opera tors other than six students and "Dixie," along with 38 phones on the campus. Now the operators are Mrs. Abbott, who is not one of the grannies, and Mrs. Hersey, Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Newman, and Mrs. Hayes, who all said that there was no better place to work and no better group to work with than the university. There are now some 20 outside lines and 265 phones in use. "Dixie" asked that when stu dents make calls that require an outside line that they please use digits and not units or larger separations. The reason for this is that there is nattlral translation that is necessary before the num ber can be dialed; this takes time and sjIw\ .r.rie. It is the desire of the whole telephone staff to be as cooperative as possible and give service as fast as possible. The exchange will not handle any calls going out that are long distance. We cnn well appreciate this as to the amount of work and time that must go into a long distance call. Incoming calls that are prepaid will be taken and put through if at all possible to the person being called. Calls being made to the fraternity houses should be made with the tenement number, and calls to sororities should be made by number, since they are outside lines. Mrs. Dugan expressed her deep regret that she did not know the students as was once the case, and she is most interested in having all that have any questions and wish to see the operation of the telephone office come over and see howv it all works. outstanding speaker brought to the campus for the occasion. In addi tion, there is a vesper service each Sunday evening which is planned and conducted by the students as a part of the program of the Y's. The annual religious emphasis week is a function of the univer sity, the student religious organi zations and the local churches. For this wveek, ten outstanding repre sentatives of the Christian and Hebrew faiths are brought to the campus. The program of this week envokes a more general student re sponse than any other program or activity during the year with the exception of major athletic events. On the campus, the YMCA and the YWCA are the center for the religious program. In addition, seven denominational groups - Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Jew ish, Lutheran, Methodist and Pres byterian - have organizations on the campus and centers near it. Four' of these have full-time stu dent passtor's or student workers. In 194'7, the Carolina Religious Council was set up by these groups. It includes relg'esentatives from the Y's and the denomina tional groups and serves as a means of coordinating the progress of the various groups in the de velopment of the total religious program of the university. The chaplain is the advisor for this council. s At Prices Afford 4. M. ili 12:00 P. Mf. oon ti Hidnighte enter Restaurant US STREET Hillel Dance Sponsors . .f.~. Shown above are sponsors for the lillel dance to he held at the Jefferson Hotel tomorrow night from 8 to 12. Top row, left to right are: June Gottlieb for Bill Novit, president ; and Marion Wengrow for Frank Drucker, treasurer. Hlottoin row, left to right: Betty Lindau. recording secretary, and Shirley Reason, corresponding secretary. Oscar Levant To Appear At Township Auditorium Hv J. M. BLALOCK Oscar Levant, one of the most colorful personalities in American music, will a,ppear in person with the Atlanta Sytn phony Orchestra at the Township Auditorium here on Thurs (lay, March 1, at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Levant, in his "Program of Piano Music with Com ments," is a man of many careers. A brilliant concert pianist and an unrivaled raconteur, he is - - also the composer of both serious with Arnold Schoenberg. When it and popular music, a prominent hecamn necessar to earn some film personality. an author, and an nroicr, he turned to the lucrative acknowledged radio star. field of popular music and got his Movie-goers have seen and heard first job playing the piano in a L.vant in "Rhapsody in Blue." the . .. garden i story of his friend, George Gersh- subub His adaptable musician win; in "The Barkleys of Broad- ship and faniliarity with hit tunes way," in "Humoresque," in which brought him immediate success and he co-starred with Joan Crawford he went on to better jobs. After and John Garfield, and they will , ot king hi.w.,nw,dt r see him shor tly in MGM's newBt n orhsa,auvil musical, "An American in Paris,"atdmi .loey,h 'rea in wvhich he appears with Gene ppltsigtile 'ayPa Kelly.~ot'lidlin' hc ruh Oscat L evant was b)orn ini Pitts-hm hsfts otatpbi butrgh, a c ity he seldom fails toteogiii mention ini his "asides" to audi- In1'8I vtihdplydte ences in his concert appearances.lit0i lttk'tYseei h H is father was a jeweler ther e.Bod~a rcna cht 'B Fr om his earliest childhood he w'as dsje We olwo o~e'e intetrested in music and when he ti ttiiI(1kisPa iti1 began piano lessons there wer etak.I 'an 'aeggdfoth never any Ptroblems about practice.~i ttlhs~~a i trdc His father converted the attic over o ohmve ooyweeh his stoie into a studio for his son oi tciitaa'rtep'siilt and thetre, night after night, he sat adth ' ~ .~ai eedwt at the piano dev'eloping the must- I.gn Iol odcipt'tsso cal skill, the technique, andc the ititI ~tI lai omtt t memor y whic h identifies his ar't to-tiititdt~tle~un iuit day. When he was only a fresh-csal d t fe stecoyo man in high school, he organized(,tg((e hii.le ;'i his own band and playedl at sc'hiool in oetf'idaditsftig danices.hi iog l'yassneta At 15 Leviant abanidoned formal iit iniml'ceah.Lvt schooling to go to New York. Ther elish.tn' totasth'ltnPl he was iready to devote his full ~~oln fhsmsc time to his music studies anid he- P ptth aifl c ii C camne a pupil of Sigismnintd Stojow-th~ ic ~ llsic Lvn ntlt "Hapy nnveiary I)c'r. ibees nme ou necesa i'o s earnidm we'llatel)Out o theVmoney, ' heT N fure somte ofcthive deliciouspopularmusictandA-otski shpad aiiaiywihht3ue bough himmate scesn Hillel Founda Annual Danc< Hillel Foundation will eni formal dance tomorrow night the ballroom of the Jefferson Clarence Brazell and his ( which is a script dance, is opt There will be a special no Lewis To Lead Alpha Delta Pi For Spring Term ?uzanne Lewis of Charleston has been elected president of Alpha Delta Pi social sorority for the spring term. Ellen Barker of Fair fax is to serve as vice-president; .June Marshall of Anderson, secre tary; Carolyn Wyman of Estill, treasurer; and Fugenia Holliday of Anderson, rush chairmub. Formal initiation for eleven pledges has lben planned for Sun day night. Following the ceremony a banquet will be held at the Green Derhy restaurant. ff.' egistration To Be:i.MT,duy Irene Hert.,, presidet;,, P IHellenic. has announced that. $ "ill be late registration for lrII interested in going through Rush' Week. 'an-Illeniie t(i was held T(5(dav. l-'elrual y 241, late regis trat ion t, bce lridav. February 23, from 9 to 5 in the lp,ost office of Maxy college. P'lans for l'an-Hellenic fashion how lt be held March 6 are also near ig cimplet ionu. Further an nouncenllts of the show will be made at a later ldate. a movie actor. a radio whiz and an . !!- . ilun m ., , information, I.evant considers himself primarily a con ert pianist. This is the role he enjoys most and he takes time out each season from his screen ad rte adio s(hedules to make highly successful tours in his "Programs of Piano Music with Comments." Appearances with the New York P'hilharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the' Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphcony. the San Francisco and the .linneapolis Symphonies and m1an11y others have consolidated his prestige :> a serious artist. I.evait ' hissical com) positions reflect his sound musical back ground and include the "Overture 1912" and "l)irge" which were in ttducedl by lhe H~~otn Symphony. two sti mog htuartettes, a piano cont erIto. a niocturn le tor symp lhony or. che-Itra and1( 'everal piianio pieces. He ha- also comiposed the scores It was "Inftormnat in 'lease"' t hat comlet ely~ prtojetted t he I .evantI llel'onaiilityV uplon thle plilc. For nearu ly a dcade hi i was lie fleet - es t. most confouin tg perfl ormla n(e mt this~ aduhll hattle of wits. Hie appleare.d ill all iif the motion pie. ture V vesion ofl t thle rad io qju iz and theitse led to hiis etngagemienits for tther moluvies. I )uring all thlese btusy years I.e annt has also found timne to prlac tie lit erat ure. HIis qunasi-aiuto - bliography, "A.* Smattering of Ig niorantce." is -t ill a biest-seller anld lit has wrIitteni arIticles for "'Towni atnd Coutry"I atnd ''The New~ Yorker'." THE CAMPU The girl? Oh surle! But I r chocolaty TOOTSIE ROLL Page Five tion Presents Tomorrow .ertain with its annual semi from 8 p.m. until midnight in Hotel. Irchestra will play. The dance n to all university students. break dance honoring the new officers. Officers and their escorts are: Hill Novit, president, with Jtune (otlieb; Stewart Applehaum, vice-presideit, date unannounced; Hetty Lindau, recording secretary, with Jerry Fedder; Shirley Beason, corresponding secretary, with Ray ymond Stern; Frank Drucker, treas urer, with Marion Wengrow; and Jack Sinmons, historian, with Margie ltuss. Ilillel iemiber's are expected from the University of North Carolina, University of Georgia, North Caro lina State College, The Citadel, and Clemson. Ilcluded on the week end's program will he a basketball game between the university's and The Citadel's Hillel teams, and a discussion Sundn afternoon. Inter-Fraternity Council Announces Spring Officers ; 6>gQuick, retiring president of trernity Council, has an retary is Ge%e Lewis . Phi: and treasurer, George James, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The m eeting for the election of ifficers was held last Monday afternoon and it was also decided to have olpen rushing fol the ZIPringe semester. Robinson To Lead Westminster For Spring Semester ('harlie Rolhinson if Rock H ill has been elected president of West nin-1 ter lellowshillp I the spring teim. \'ice-president is L.ibby L.ewis of Whitmi re sec'letary, Chiudia Pave. ('ilun lia ('ollege; ('yde 'Thomas of lock 11:11, t ras urer:I and llclen ('oggeshatll of DIarlington. retresentatiVe. \Westlinster Illov.-hIp has its re gl at Wednesday t ight supper p,rogram at G:15. All P'resbyvterians and other students \who art' inter ested( ale coridially invited. for Shoes that look like new V IS IT 9pg SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE Shoe . eere Leathe ,P(ootl * * Acr# Fromt 1319 Sumtler St. S FAVORITE eally meant that delicious, .Try them Bm, .hen