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Theatri First Play Scheduled For Oct. 31 By Melba Corley Feature Editor The Greeks did it in 500 B. C. and now it is going to be done on the Carolina Campus. The seats in the Warehouse Theatre, home of the University Players, will be arranged as they were at the Greek Theatre. At the opening of the 1956-57 theater series, the audience will be seated on all sides of the stage and there will be no stage cur tains. According to Newton Nee ley, president of the players, this forthcoming play is probably the first play to be presented in this manner in Columbia. Theatre Name Changed The theater, formerly known as the Carolina Playhouse, was re named this year. The apropos tag was selected by the players for the large, dark room that was, un til several years ago, used by the buildings and grounds mainte nance department for storage. The theater is located in the maintenance building behind Pres ton Dormitory. Oscar Wilde's comedy, "The Importance of Being Earnest," will be the first production of the season. It will run Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 and 2. The play will begin at 8:15 and admission will he 65 cents. "The Importance of Being Earnest" is directed by Prof. Gene Crotty of the English De partment. The nine-member cast includes Newton Neely as John Wortkhing, Bruce Lindle as Algernon Mon crieff, Jimmy Quick as the Rev. Canon Chasuble, and Marion Dur den as Merriman. Also, Bill Lumpkin as Lane, Daphne Wilson as Lady Brack nell, June McCauley as Gwendolen Fairfax, Jean Heape as Cecily THE MAIL MUST GO THIR4 from the little r-ed automobile at service since August. (Photo by 1 LiTTLE RED CAR Post Office Becomes L< By Bill Black Staff Writer Dubbed affectionately as "The * Beetle" by members of the cami pus postal service, a small red Morris automobile makes the rounds of the campus daily, pick ing up and delivering campus and U. S. mails. The automotive serv ice is part of th~e postal division's plan to iner:ease its efficiency as well as expedite its delivery and -pick-up services for Carolina's faculty and student body, accord ing to Joe M. Lawrence, Carolina postmaster for the past 12 years. Driven by John Martin, the small red car is equipped with 30 odd "pigeon-holes" into which A Martin sorts andl distributes mail as he makes his rounds. The idea of the small car is attributed to Dr. W. ii. Patter son, D)ean of Administration. It has been an integral part of the campus postal system since this past August, Lawrence said. The little auatomobile is painted redi to distinguish it from other services of the University. Making 30 stops on each of its 'D)AVID)SON STORY' FIIMEI) Filming of "The Story of D)avidson" is slated to begin late this month on the Davidson cam pus. The film will be made in a series of television presentations called "The Banners of Freedom" being sponsored by the Protestant Radio and Television Center. The D)avidaian. e Gets UNIVERSITY PLAYERS PIE tance of Being Earnest," are, left ham, Newton Neely, and June M Theatre. (Staff photo by Ken St Cardew and Jo Allen Bradham as Miss Prism. More Plays This Year This year the players are ex panding their s<ason. In past years the group has produced only two plays a year, but this season it plans to get in four plays, two during the fall semes ter and two during the spring semester. Professor Crotty attempts to cast different people in each show to give as many people as pos sible a chance to act. Several one act plays will also be produced this year for club meetings and civic organizations in Columbia. Last spring three one-act plays UG , Jlhn Marin, driver o1 ance of the. many' miail stOps4 on1 cum Valt) 's 'Beetle' acal Sight wo rounds(11, '"The Beetle" spenids from three to five-minute inter vals betw~eeni stopIS, which include various dlepartmenits of the Ad miniistriation1 Hu ildintg ats well as all (Ither dlepa rtmienits of the v'a riouis schools (If t h.e Unii vers ityv. Other Services TI'his sei'Vce is onie of th many131 provided( by', the VA:111npus 15 posto five, i(oated oni theA gro lot (1t(or ofI the I luassell I luse. O t her serv ices intcl ude the rebintg ofI s tmps, pos-cardis, an td inv ~elopes along with the proIdigious task oft stt ng an d delivyering from tell to 1 5 thbousand1( lett rs dai ly to the 4100) postaul b.oxes. The P'ist Officie recives bilk miail ftroma the Po.. O)ffice (If C'o h~tuhint thiriee tmes daily, Mr. Lawrtetnce ex plainied. Tlhe' fi rst de Ii very is mtade att 7 ::30 a.m1.; thet secondo at 10:30) a.m1.; and the third at 2:30 11.3m. * Students Cain Assist Studlents 3may3 assist thle polst t>ffice expediency by notifyitng their cor)reondentlbttts oif teir cor riect box tnmbets, L awrv ence an1 iounciied. Many studenits, possibly those liv inig ofif-c'ampusll1 have niegle'cted to pick upl their malIil, which greatly a ffects its propiler distri bultion) where box -sharting occurts. The accumlulationl of tmail iln the boe miakes it a ifficutlt task to' tices, and other hulky items, he uiddedl. Nick names are noi p)robIleml as long as the correct box number Greel *~ 9. Vy f ACTICE Preparing for their to right, Bruce Lindle, Joanne Wal cCauley. The production will be pr4 urgeon) directed by students were given at the State Hospital to entertain the patients. Besides offering a chance to act, the players provide work for persons interested in various fields. People are needed for cos tume, make-up, publicity, house, set, and prop committees. Much Work Required Producing a play requires more work than acting alone. The con struction of sets is one of the most important aspects in produe ing a play, according to Neely. Many hours are required to take a stack of old wood and a bolt of cloth and make a realistic look ing set from it. But such work is "Th }ete " r m v s m ib g py.Tr WINSTO TASTES G M TryAmeria's f Yo'llk h ul the Wnsto filtr, t Swtht$n Look first performance, "The Impor ker, Jimmy Quick, Jo Allen Brad 'sented Oct. 31 in the Warehouse characteristic of the theater, Neely added. The players need art majors to help paint sets. Electrical engi neering students may serve as lighting technicians and journal ism students may work as pub licity agents. Aeccrding to Neely there are plenty of jobs at the Warehouse Theatre. Sometime this year the players hope to produce a three-act com edy entitled "Singularly Plural" written by Prof. Hugh Pendester of the English Department. The group sponsored a public reading of the original play last spring. Working with the players en ables members to obtain theatre work during the summer, Neely related. Geddeth Smith, graduate of the University and now serving i the U. S. Army, was master of ceremonies in Paul Green's out door drama, "The Lost Colony," at Manteo, N. C. Another grad uate member of the Players, Jack Rast, did technical work with "The Lost Colony." Last summer Neely did technical work at Gatlinburg, Tenn. in Kermit Hunter's drama, "Chucky Jack." Many of the Players work with the Town and the Junior Thea tres. Jo Allen Bradham, D)aphne Wilson, Jimmy Quick, and Alex Lancaster, present members of the organization, have appeared in Junior Theatre productions anid Mimi Wald is working with the Town Theatre. The players limit their menm bership to 35 and ir a chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, a national hion orary dramatic fraternity. ISTO! vorite filter smoke! smool ich taste. You'll like really o. It does the job so it! Fc ISIQN Amrim's bes+. Eight-Cof Group P Representatives from eight South Carolina colleges and uni versities will meet at the Univer sity Nov. 2 for the third executive committee meeting. The committee was organized to make final plans for the Southeastern Regional Conference of International Rela tions Clubs. The University chapter, which will be the host club for the con Met Western .. ... . Dick Foster joined Western Electric, the ma unit of the Bell System, in February 1952, B. S. in mechanical engineering at the Un development engineer on a new autona worked at the Hawthorne Works in Chic the Montgomery plant at Aurora, Illino above driving into the parking area. Here Dick and a set-up man check over th used to manulacture a wire spring relay cwitching equipment. This automatic lim relay on a reciprocating conveyor throu and ' ery precise operations - such as small block contacts of palladium are at within a tolerance of .002". Dick finds time for many Western Electric ities. IIere he is scoring up a spare whi the engineers' bowlmtg leatgue. lie is activ club, camiera club, atnd a professional eng Dick, atn Army veteran, keeps bachelor urban Chicago where he is able to entoy as well as the adv'antages of the city. Manufacturing piants in Chicago, ill., Kea Greensboro and Winston-Salem, N. C., Bl Distributing Centers in 29 cities and insto CIA rr hly and effectively that the comes through - so you can *r finer filter smoking, get Wir selling. bestidanHnn 4il lege IRC I ans Nov. 2 ference, will meet next week with c Charles Bushong, fifth regional S representative of the Foreign ti Policy Association, to discuss the speakers and other plans for the el convention. h, Bushong will arrive here Oct. C 23, from New Orleans. ci Tentative plans for the 10-state R conference include a number of el outstanding speakers who will dis )ick Fos1 Electric develop) nufacturing and supply Dick's day may beg shortly after earning his office chat with his iversity of Illinois. As a tackle a particular tion process Dick first working with skilh rgo. Later, he moved to development labor s where he is pictured he checks perforn wa. to do things. e automatic production line Examining the part for complex telephone the wire spri carries a component of the when h'e was h as many as nine diferent coining tools ercussive welding in which line for fabric ached to the tips of wires to relays. 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