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"Desire" Show InI Special Ada] Of O'Neill'] Few theatre goere attending a play on opening night appreciate the fact that almost as much work and time goes into designing and building the sets which form the background against which the various scenes are played as is expended in rehearsals for the actors. While the audience concentrates on the actors, and even though some plays can be presented on an almost bare stage, the sets have their own significance in most plays. They often help'set the mood of the play and indicate the period in which the action takes place. The University players in plan ning sets for their next play, Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under The Elms," well aware of the importance of the sets and tech nical aspects of the play, soon be came convinced that they would have to use some ingenuity to adapt O'Neill's elaborate sets to t heir stage. O'Neill, for example, called for a full sized four-room house with the front wall removed to reveal the inside, and an adjoining yard in his original script. Since a two-story house obviously could not be squeezed onto the Ware house Theatre Stage, the players were compelled to exercise their ingenuity in adapting the setting to their own stage. Two temporary platforms were erected on either side of the stage. One was to serve as the kitchen and the other as the parlor, while the space between them would be used -for all scenes taking place in the yard. The two bedrooms were constructed on the stage it self. The unusual arrangement of the different sets will allow a maxi mium fluidity of movement, as the action shifts from one scene to n other and is expected to result in a more smoothly flowing and faster moving production. Acting time of the play should be reduced andl the necessity of changing sets betwveen acts will be eliminated as a result of the special design and construction techniques used for these sets. Once the sets wvere designed and built, colors had to be chosen wvith wvhich to paint them. These colors had to be appropriate to the period in which the play's action takes place and to be so applied as to make the interior a W' Settings enuity ptation Used 1equirments sets appear long unpainted and neglected. The fresh paint had to look old. For this purpose dark, dingy shades of green, blue and brown were chosen. The next step was to secure the furniture, antique shops all over the Columbia area were visited in the search for various pieces of furniture in designs popular in the 1850's that the players could borrow. Among the needed pieces of furniture were two beds, a kitchen table, a sofa, a cradle, a washstand, and four chairs. Although most of the action will take place on the stage or one of the two adjoining platforms, some scenes of the play will be enacted on the yard set which is on the same level as the audi ence. At least one entrance will call for the actors to come in through the audience, using the aisle between their. seats and the same door that those attending the play will use. This, of course, will not be until after the audience has been seated. In contrast to the last several plays, which were presented to tally or largely "In The Round," "Desire Under The Elms" will have relatively few scenes done in this manner. Effective lighting of the prod uction was another problem faced by the Players, who have only a limited amount of lighting equip ment. Because of this lack of sufficient equipment it was de cided that only a limited amount of lighting would be used. Only those parts of the stage or its vicinity where action is actually taking place at a given moment will be lighted. The rest of the set will be kept dark until the scene of action changes. Th theater itself will be unlighted or dimly lighted once the play begins. A cutaway wall, a device the University Players have not used in recent years, will separate the two bedrooms on the main stage. It is about six inches wide and about the same height at the edge of the stage nearest the audience, gradually increasing to a height of about two feet at the back of the set. At no time does it ob struct the audience's view of the actors. Newton Neely, who also has a leading role in the play, designed the sets while Alex Lancaster decorated them and added much of the detail. Others who worked on the sets or lighting were Cynthia Gilliam, Jimmy Quick, D. F. Gilliam, Julie Petoskey, and Bill Lumpkin. The play will open March 10 in the Warehouse Theatre at 8:15. Performances will be given through the 11th, 12th, and 18th. re Put a Si -, N$/DE AN 08~ 70 A L EA4 SOME ARE TI 10 MILLIOI AN HOUR ! YOtU SEE, VICEROY HAS 20,000 Fl LTER TRAPS. AND THOUSANDS MORE r- LEADir MORE TASTE,TOO. REAL YES, VICEROY' RICH,M TOBACCOS ARE SMOOTI / , PERFECTION STHE VICERC FILTERf~. "That the Sun Has Set on the I for debate on Monday, March 11, and Ronald Bernard Anderson, i Clercq and Pete Martin on the Un in a native of Glasgow, Scotland, faculty at the University of Glasgoo presently in the law faculty at th Hamilton, Lenarkshire. Caughman I Monday In - Miss Patricia Caughman, pian ist, vill be presented in her Junior Piano Recital by the De partment of Music of the Uni versity of South Carolina, Dr. Hugh Williamson, Director, on Monday afternoon, March 3, 1958, at 5:00 p.m. in Lieber College. Miss Caughman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit H. Caugh KSK Names Officers, Members Kappa Sigma Kappa service fraternity honored its newly elected officers and its new mem bers at a banquet held in the Rus sell House on the 20th of this month. The banquet followed the initiation of new members and the installation of new officers for the coming semester. Speaker for the evening was Dr. Mayo, head of the Political Science Department here at Carolina. Dr. Mayo spoke on "The Relations of the United States and Canada." New officers as installed are president, Fred Wigfield; vice president, King Dixon; recording secretary, Fred LeClercq; corres ponding secretary, Jimmy Leven tis; treasurer, Julian Shand; and board of pardons, Tonm Caskey. New members are Nick Abrams, Bob Anderson, Gary Banks, .Bill Berne, Tom Caskey, Bill Handel, Larry Ladue, Jimmy Leventis, Pete Martin, Boopa Pritchard, Ranny Randall, Carl M. Reynolds, Sammy Vickers, and Jim White. Reedomet VER VATCR YAlTAC(NED T HIS & ING V/N/VERSI7V A pILl (AVEL LING LIGHT MILES AT Wow! PROFESSOR, - HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY. TELL? MAORE THAN ffOUS ANDS THAN OTHER 16AD!VIC LY SMOOTH! ELLOW lEDT' BY . nald A n a ... .. ...... Iritsh Empire" is to he the topic when Leonard Mackenzie Turple cottish debaters, meet Fred Le iveruity campus. 1,eonard Turpie where he is presently In the law Y. Ronald Anderson, who is also same university, Is a native of lecital Set Lieber man of High Point, North Caro lina. After her graduation from High School in High Point, she entered the University to become a pupil of Dr. Hugh Williamson. Her former teacher was Mrs. Sidney Gayle of High Point. Miss Caughman appeared last year at the University in recital and is well-known in North Caro lina for her performances in the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs. Miss Caughman plans to sail for Europe at the end of March where she will represent North Carolina as an official guide at the United States Pavillion at the World's Fair at Brussels, Belgium. After a six-month stay in Europe Miss Caughman will return to the University to continue her study. The public is cordiaily invited to attend Miss Caughman's re eital. The program follows: Prelude and Fugue, No. 4; By: Bach. Sonata, Op. 53 (Waldstein); By: Beethoven; Allegro con brio; Adagio molto; Rondo: Allegretto moderato. Etude ,(Un Sospiro); By: Liszt. Nocturne, Op. 27, No. I, Ballade in G Minor; By: Chopin. Fred Russell, well-k'nown sports editor of the Nashville, Tenn., Banner and author of the annual Baturday Evening Poet "Pigskin Preview,'. has never seen South Carolina's great halfback Alex Hawkins perform, but after talk ing to Hawkins here recently he commented, "That boy really Im presses me. There's a lot of character In his face." er on thei PECT ROSCOPE ACTS LIKE T HI ER. IT SEPARATES ThE IS WAVES -TE LLS US HOW WHl TARS ARE MOVING. OUR V KNOWLEDGE OF SPACE DEPENDS TO A LARGE DEGREE ON THIS INFORMATION t One! Discover... EROY GIVE$ YO LREOF WHAT CHANGE Th 1lTER FOR!' I$c ..40,. Professor Publkhed S. C. Book The University Press has jusi published "Economic Readjust ment of an .Old Cotton State: South Carolina, 1820-1860," b3 Alfred G. Smith, Jr., professor ir the School of Business Adminis tration. Doctor Smith is profes. sor of economics and his book is based on his dissertation, pre. pared for Columbia Universit3 where he received the Ph.D. degree a few years ago. * It. gives In detail the economi situation which began shortl] after South Carolina became a state and ends with the Con. federate War. To many citizen and students it will come as a surprise that when Secession tool place in 1860 some 40 per cent ol South Carolina natives alive al that time were residents of othei states. The 60 per cent who re mained at home realized the sec. tion was in a depression of wide dimensions and sought by several means to counteract its effectt and correct its course. Professor Smith During the period described in Doctor Smith's book, it is shown how attempts were inaugurated in the production of crops other than cotton, in manufacturing, and in general improvements in cluding better transportation facil ities and a sound banking system. These measures were evidently far inadequate, however, in ba lancing the loss caused by migra tion to the west where new and underoded cotton lands had at tracted the larger number of South Carolinians who had left the state. Doctor Smith's material has been drawn from various sources, such as newspapers published all over the state which detailed the day-by-day misfortunes of the years, diaries and letters, and the numerous legal and legislative measures attempted in the effort to curb the anemic progress of the economy. Stars!" FILTER ON A CIGARETTE |MPORT ANT TOO. T HAT'S Y I SMOKE VICE ROYS. CEROY GIVES YOU MORE F WHAT YOU CHANGE TO A FIL.TER FOR f Law Prospects Dean E. R. Latty of the School of Law, Duke University, has re quested the office of the College of Arts and Science to bontact Juniors and seniors who might be Interested in attending a school of law other than our own. Resi dent South Carolinians who djsire informaition about the Duke School of Law scholarship pro gram will have an opportunity to meet Dean Latty on our campus, Tuesday, March 11. Students interested in this pro gram are requested to inform the office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Science so that an interview with Dean Latty can be arranged. 0 0 C Wesley Elections Wesley Foundation will conduct election of officers Wednesday night at a special meeting -at 6:30 Any active Wesleyan . is invited to attend and vote for candidates for the four offices and for rep resentatives on the Board of Stewards, according to Rev. Rob ert K. MarshalD, mihister to the campus. * * * Wesley Speaker Wesley Foundation's Tuesday luncheon will feature Dr. Isabella Thoburn, a former Methodist missionary to India and one-time director of the Fulbright program in India. The program will be at 1 o'clock and any interested stu dents are invited to attend. Cost of the luncheon is 75 cents. Bridge Tournament Student Union Committee's bridge tournament will begin Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Rus sell House, room 206. The tour nament will be open to all Uni versity Students and those in terested .should leave their names < Summer Sc Begins On . Registration for the summer I session at the University will be I Monday, June 9, Registrar H. 0. Strohecker has announced. Classes will begin Tuesday, June 10, and the session will end with final examinations Friday < and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9. < Foreign language e4aminations will be on Monday, July 7. OrrFriday, July 4, Independence Demonstration, Of Latix Dances Set Several South American stu dents studying at Carolina wvill de'monstrate andl give instruction in dances native to South America in the Russell House, room 204, Monday night. The demonstration is under the auspices of the Student Union Committee and any Interested student is invited to attend from 7 to 8 p.m. Among the dances to be demon strated are the bolero, merangue, cha-cha-cha, mambo, rhumba, tum ba, samba,' calypso, and the tango. The demonstration is being sponsored by Student Union to foster -an exchange of the Latin and American culture on thet campus. ASCE Smaoker For Prospective s Members Held The Walter E. R'owe Student[ -Chapter of The American Society of Civil Engineers held its seednd 'semester smoker for prospective a members on Thursday, Feb. 20, s in the Engineering Building. c Some 20 freshman and soph- 8 omore engineering students at tendied and were invited to submit d~ applications for membership. The l' members and prospectives heard a v~ brief talk by the South Carolina a Highway Commissioner and Pres- b Ident of The American Associa tion of State Highway Officials, n Claude R. McMillan, Jr. Follow-- e ing Mr. McMillan's speech, re frelLhmbnts were served in thec Engineering Lounge.h Any person who could not at tend the smoker but who Is interested in becoming a member of the A.S.C.E. should contact Joe Ramsiay or Lin McNafr as soon P an possile.a at the Russell Ijouse Info Desk by Monday afternoon. 'A-S..E. Applications The Walter -E. Rowe Student Ohaptei of the American Society Df Civil Engineers accepted . plications for membership fro Ere~shmen and sophomores at it second semester smoker for p pective niembers last Thursday. Any peirson who could not at tend the smoker but who is in. ;erested in becoming a member )f the A.S.C.E. should contact joe Ramsay or Lin McNair as son is possible. f Viterans Meeting The Carolina Veterans Associa tion will hold its semi-monthly meeting at 7 o'clock tonight in room 204 of Russell House, Pres. Bob Armstrong has announced. The meeting will concern pro gram planning and a party. New Housing Housing Dire6tor James D. Kin. :aid has announced rates on the LJnivkrsity Terrace Apartments :or married students. Some of ;hese will be available for occo. oancy in September. Rent on the one-bedroom apart. ments has been set at $42 per month, for two bedrooms 48 per nonth, and for three bedrooms, 54 per month. Kincaid added that a refrigera. ;or and stove will be furnished ,vith each apartment: Rent covers mch utilities and services as vater, heat, electricity and gar. age disposal, the housing diree. ;or concluded. * * * C.V.A. Meeting The Carolina Veterans Associa. ion will meet at 7 p.m. tonight n room 204 of Russell House, iccording to David Pierce. At the meeting, the C.V.A. will liscuss plans for a party as well is outline programs for the rest of the semester. hedule June 9 )ay, no classes will be held. "lasses will be held the prec,eding 3aturday, June 28. Dormitories open for new stu. lents from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on rhursday, June 5, and for all stu lents, from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sun lay, June 8. The new student )rogram will be held Friday and 3aturday, June 6 and 7. Dormitories will close at 6 p.m., saturday, Aug. 9. Additional fee for late enroll nent wvill be charged beginning uesday, June 10, and Monday, rune 16, is the last day for en oliment. Students taking the Graduate ~ecord Examination should apply or~ it by Saturday, July 12. The . xam will be held Saturday and hfonday, Aug. 2 and 4. Those planning to graduate in august should apply for degrees donday, June 16 through Tuesday, une 24, Strohecker said. Grad Iation exercises will be held at 0 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 9. Fall semester registration in 958 will be held Wednesday, lept. 10, for freshmen and tranls er students, and Thursday, Sept. 1, for all other students. Classes vill begin Friday, Sept. 12. Track and baseball teams at !ar'olinia will had?e new "homs his sp)ring with completion of ttractive layouts behind the new thletic center. However, the : aseballers will probably play ume home games in Capital City ark, former home of the local ally League entry. The University Players recently nnounced that all UniversitY tudents will be admitted free of harge to Fsugene O'Neill's tra edy, "Desire Under The Elms." Ldmission will be granted stil ents on presentation of their eientification cards at the door, ihile an admission of 715 cei piece and $1.25 per couple Will e charged for non-students. The Student Activities CQ/m' tittee .of which Dean Penney IS hairman, is co-operating with the layers in their plans not to harge students admission bY elping to pay some of the baSsf roduction coats. The play OPeUM9 t 8;15 p.m. in the Wareho5Us 'heater, Monday, March 10. Ot: erformances will be onM 1, 13, and IF.