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By FRANK NIGHSMITH Feature Writer' Eugene Ormandy was born In Budaest, Iungsrs and was named for Jepo Hubay, Hunger iai violinist. He is today con ductor of the world famous P," elphia Orchestra. F Sharp Instead of F Wh6rt he was two years old Ormandy could identify many symphonies. At four he inter rupted a violin recital to an nounce loudly: "You played an F-sharp instead of an F." ~nd at five he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest. At 14 he was awarded a masters degree from the aca demy. Ormandy set out for the United States at 21, lured by the promises of a manager who turned out to be untrustworthy. When he arrived he had no job and no money. Climbing Steps to Success The "difficult years" as he called them now followed. He became an abecure violinist in a movie theatre, the Capitol, in New York City. Before long he b-ame Concertmaster of this orchestra and later fourth as sistant conductor. Ormandy feels that the per formance which "changed the course of his life" was when he was asked to conduct three m o v e m e n t s of Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphony with only 15 minutes notice. He feels that here, in conducting, is where he discovered a new instrument "richer and more responsive than the violin." He remained at the Capitol Theatre until 1929. During this time he conducted a large part of the symphonic repertoire four or five times a day thus gaining much experience. N. Y. Philharmonic Due to his success at the Ca Get WILDROOT . CREAM-OILChadie! JAYNE NEANDERTHAI., promineng clubwoman, says: "I so wild for a Wildroot man!"~ ~'Just a little bit of Wildroot' and...WOWI Do You 1.Wh 2. Do ga lighte Ny* want 4. Given hving &having *The ManWi BY DAVB BLBDBOB Feature Writer Contading with the "Gome cock's" enlightened policy, the last art4e. was an attempt 0ecipher some t the more eom. mon heard aroind aton buildig The 1snitiated student thinks that4 ex$4ma are to toet one's knowledge. Beware of this thinklng, it is conformist and dangerous. An examreally test your mastery of the scholarly approach to the Finagler theo-li rem as applied to the various departments which more or less subscribe to this basic tenet. For your reference here Is "Bledsoe's Guide to University Exams": English "Complete breakdown of mor al order." Everybody dies at the end. "Complete restoration of moral order." Everybody gets married at the end. pitol Theatre and over radio, Ormandy was asked to conduct the New York Philharmoni. Toscanini Stand-in In 1931 Eugene Ormandy had his first really big honor paid him. He was asked to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra for Arturo Toscanini who was ilL He was later called to Min neapolis to conduct the Minnea polis Symphony in the place of its conductor, Willem Verbrug hen, who was ill. Very son it was made known that Verbrug hen would not be able to conduct again and Eugene Ormandy was given his first real contract w1hich was for four years. Co-Condpetor of Philadelphia In 1936 Leopold Stokowski an nounced he was going to devote more of his time to do research. Ormandy was appointed co-con ductor of the Philadelphia Or chestra. Columbians will have the op portunity of seeing Bgene Or mandy march up to the stand, click his heels with precision and plunge the orchestra into the Suite of "The Firebird" by Stravinsky, Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" by De bussy and innumerable other works, tonight at 8:30 at the Columbia Township Auditorium. CAMPBELL PHARt Cornell DRUGS -- SCH NOTIONS -8 Think fo you feel that certain fads are a do you talk against themt, dgets such as new cigarette rs often intrigue you so you to take them apart? u think that political candidates I write their own speeches ci of using a "ghost writer"? the choice, would you prefer San apartment of your own to at home with your parents? oThinks forli Usef "Two levels "of meaning." In elude what y think and what the professor "M In damn. I rt "Plasticity.", May mean the ability to m dfest volume in spaes, but no One really knows, so don't worr too much about "Maui." If you can't defiwe plasticity, how -could you possibly define mass? Anth*opology "At this point the animal was by-passed by the mainstream of evolution." This phrase may be applied to the dodo, the Unicorn, a Clemson Sophomore, or any other species whose evolutionary development was not continued past page 124 of the outline. Sociology "The child is a victim of in adequate primary group social ization." His parents hate him and he doesn't like grits. "Margaret Mead says." She said everything. This phrase may be applied to anything. Sketch a Zulu blow-gun in the margin for added effect. Psychology "The subject had leveled off to a plateau on the achievement scale." All I remember is the white rat just sitting there. "Results followed a bell-shaped curve." A lot of other people failed the course, too. Political Science "Candidate orientation moti vated most voters." I really didn't know too much about that election or the issues. "The men in power employ a program of the carrot and the stick." Useful in describing any aspect of Soviet Policy. "The British Constitution Is unwritten." This actually ex plains the whole British Govern ment. "The American Constitution undergoes changes In interpreta tion." This explains the South. History "In essence, this was a prob lem of church and state." Here we go again. "At this point, the monarchy declined." Useful when you can't remember the next king's name. I hope this little treatise will aid all of you. In the words of the great Lobochevsky: " but please call it research." 5S CORNELL MACY I Arms 00OL SUPPLIES IDA FOUNTAIN, .0 NOE3 9. Do you base your chi a cigarette on what g tell you rather than your own thinking? You'll nqtie that think for themne VICER0t. Their re tJhi&kitedoice. They in a filt cigarett SVICER gives it saan's flh and a an *1j. vo0e - Gasvere ofthe Ast four qww oNu of ?Aet tae Aie liImelf Kna C078d04t1W 0p anl nght to clean up her rooft * 0 0 Student at Russell House, noting that the Stater System bulletin board was u#changed from the night before, ordering franks and sauerkraut for bripakfaet. * * e Overheard at the infirmary, one patient telling another that the reason for. his being in the infirmary was probably because he went to Clemson last semester. * * * Another patient at the infirm ary complaining that Dr. Mc Nulty must own a chicken farm because baked chicken was served the night he got there, eggs the next morning for breakfast, and fried chicken that day for dinner. * * * Student identifying a picture of the Parthenon as the Caro lina gymnasium. * * 0 "Gamecock" reader complain ing about the quality of the paper's humor after mistaking "Campus Briefs" for "Seen, Heard, Spoken." e* * AnVry students in the new dorm discovering that honey had been poured on their doorknobs. 0 0 0 Student bragging that he made the Dean's List-on one subject. 0 o * Father overheard saying that he enjoyed his trip to Carolina while his daughter was standing her entrance exam because he went to the biology department and they let him play with the snakes. Scholarships For History Announced Scholarships providing for further studies in American His tory and social science have been announced by the department of history at the University. These scholarships will be offered to 25 qualified teachers of high school social studies. The American Studies Institute is provided by the William Robert son Coe foundution, and admission is open to South CaroHna teachers who teach social studies, whether they are accredited In that field or not. Dr. Robert Och.s and Dr. S. Cushing Strout will be the profes sors conducting the Institute. Both graduate and undergraduate credit will be given on the courses. Grad uate credit will be given If the applicant is qualified for admission to the University's graduate school. Tlhe Institute will be adminis tered by Dean Patterson, Dean Savage, Dean Wienefeld, and Pro fessor Oehs. CAN TI .Do you prefer a sata.mar , anxious to make a quick who will patiently ase 6. When arriving late for a you inclined to join a gro1 fensrather than attem strike up new acquaintani 7. If you met somebody witl wudyou tend to conside beat" and treat him with on8 a "blind date? oie* ofYasE NO loing men and women who; Ives usually smoke meon? They've made a know what they want to. They know that to them! l N YES" 4 ouw ions and "NO" fus -ONLY VICEROY MAS """PLTlER...A Maman4a University students Alke Hol the paintings of James Watson n4 Colege Art Department, is exhil is "Gingerbread House," one of Watson P Museum of Art Show Features Award Painting By BETIY BAILEY News Service Bold style and unusual experi ments with texture in various media characterize the paintings of James Wat6an, currently on display in the Russell House Assembly Room at the Univer sity. 24 Exhibits Watson, head of the Columbia College art Department, is ex hibiting 24 paintings in oils and water colors, drawings and litho graphic prints. The exhibit, which will run through February, is the second in a series of four arranged by Prof. Edmund Yaghian, head of the University department of fine arts. "I try for an architeetaral or linear quality in my paintings," Prof. Watson said. Most of his abstractionist works are of bridges, trestles, and houses. Even his figures, in his words, sometimes "look liki they are made of cast iron." In his effort to introduce tex ture into his paintings, the artist employs such techniques as glu ing construction paper or apply ing white lead to a canvas before painting or sprinkling powdered paint on a wet canvas. He has achieved unusual effects by com bining ink with oil paints or by using enamel for all black areas in his paintings. Gingerbread House 'hae most subjectIve painting on exhibit Is an oil named "Gin.. gerbread Rouse," which depicts F QUESTIONS FLL. YOU A LOT1" YOURSELP'I */ who is aeto on.e~ Y[] NO] all your act? uip of close YEJ WLo pting to Des? berd []-NOLJ orush. bes A THININO MANS b MANS TASTE I :31:;. . .i .4.. .... iland and Gwynne Sanders of Colun1 :ow on exhibit at Russell House. Prol 4ting several abeftractionist paintings his more subjective works. (News S e2 e a tmgs C a large piazzed house. From this beginning his work becomes more abstract. Gamecock A striking painting called "Gamecock," in deep red, black and blue, demonstrates the ar tist's preoccupation with texture. A three-dimensional effect was produced by piling white lead on the canvas and modeling it by hand. This was than glazed and paints applied. "Daguerreotype," the artist's impression of an old-fashioned wedding picture with the bride standing stWffly behind the seated bridegroom, features the use of colored construction paper, cut in various shapes and glued to the canvas. This was then painted and varnished. Paint by the Gallons The brilliant, irridescent blue which predominates in "Kowlid ja" was accomplished by sprin kling dry pigment onto wet paint. 'Ie deep black is enamel paint, which Watson uses "by the gal lon." Most of the paintings on ex Placement I Scheduled P Placement interviews for the week af Febriuary 16 through 20 have been scheduled as ,follows. In terested students may contact the company representativies through the schools where the interviews are set up. Monday, February 16 Tennessee Valley Authority will be the school of engineering 'to interview Civil, Electrical, Mechan ical Engineers. U. S. Naval Proving Ground will also be in the school of engineering to interview Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, and Electronic Engi neers; Mathematicians; and Physi cists. First National Bank, Charles ton, South Carolina, will be the sebhool of business administration to i,nterview Business Administra tion-graduates. February 17, 18, 19, and 20 The Bell Systems: Field Ergi neering Forces, Division of West WISE STU To hav, that extra mnones enjoy.,. . have your lati quiehly, and convenietly 10k PER POUND SHIlRTS 14c EA LAIIW Nk, bla admire "Gamecock*," one of . Watson, head of the Columbia during this month. On the wall ervice photo - McGrail) In Display hibit are recent ones. "Circus City," which gives the impres sion of a sky-line of scores of brightly colored tents, was done during State Fair Week in Co lumbia. Watson received the B. F. A. and M. A. degrees from the Uni versity of Alabama and has taught at Troy State College in Troy, Ala. and the University of Chattanooga. His paintings have been ex hibited in several New York galleries; in Tennessee at the Hunter Gallery of Art in Chat tanooga, Watkins Institute Gal lery in Nashville and Brooks Memorial Gallery in Memphis. He has also had exhibits in the University of Alabama Gal lery, the Birmingham Municipal Gallery, and at the Alabama and South Carolina State Fairs. Award at Museum One of his paintings, "To. reador," has won an award and is currently being shown in the Columbia Artist Guild show at the Columbia Museum of Art. -terviews aext Week ern Electric Company; Bell Tele Phone Laboratories (and Sandia Corporation); Long Lines Depart ment of American Telephone and Telegraph Company; Manufactur ing Division of Western Electric Company; and Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Company will interview seniors majoring in Mathematics, Physics and Engi neering in the school of engineer ing. The Bell Systems will also inter viw non-technic0' seniors, major ing in Liberal Arts, Journalism, or Business Administration in the school of business adnriniutration on February 20. There will be a group meeting of all ir terested (Technical and Non-Techn, cal) in Room 1D in the school ef engi neering on February 16 a'. 5 p.m. The Trane Company 'wlk Inter view Mechanical Engineers in the school of engineering. DENTS USE for pleasures you really ndry done economnlcally, ' a SUNSHINE. (9 Lb. Mininmum) 2I (Included in DBrndl.) W84Rlt SERtVIGC, r a amanss