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Book Review MORTE D'URBAN, by J. F. Powers (Doubleday and Co., $4.50). Of all the priests in the Order of St. -Clement, it is Father Urban who is most in demand to preach retreats, who gets the publicity, who raises the most money. Urban enjoys his work, which includes dining on the curf at the best restaurants, getting closer to sin ners on the golf course. Then the blow falls. Urban, who all his life has lived the dictum "Be a Win ner," is assigned to the Order's least inspiring venture - a bleak retreat house in Minnesota. It is out of this disaster that this witty, polished novel takes on its sparkle. Urban's machinations are a thing of beauty. But author Powers' writing is a joy forever! Everything these days seems to take a turn toward the president and that's the way it is in John Hersey's new book, HERE TO STAY. In this collection of un forgettable journalistic pieces, Her sey deals with the will to live. One story tells how John F. Kennedy, then a Navy Lieutenant, helps his men after their PT boat is rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Shouts Kennedy, to an enlisted man who despairs of swimming to shore: "For a guy from Boston, you're putting up a great exhibition out here, Harris." It is the right psy chology: Harris makes it. (Printed by Alfred A. Knopf, $5). The TEXTB EN 0I The Unive saysQuinus (he4 very bst. Ad-whe you nver hougt yo Maxcy Brotherhood Spring Semester Of 4-...,: r . .:"rC {4...>{ .::,. 7f .;.: Front row, seated (left to right): Flynn Warren, Jr., Treasurer; Sun James, President; Don Sease, Recording Secretary. Standing, back row bership Committee; Ty Cobb, Athletic Chairman; Larry Barrett, Corrc man, Membership Committee; Sonny Timmerman, Social Chairman; D Blackhurst, Membership Committee. Campus Shop OOK DIVISION TRANCE ON SIDE OF RUSSELL HOUSE 'POSITE DAVIS FIELD wned and Operated by rsity of South Carolina ireyton's Dual Filter in duas partes divisa /e) Tacitus, well-known hunter and man about town. "My m< it comes to flavor in a cigarette-'Ihreyton is nulli secundus. Il N' get from any filter cigarette." Dual Filter makes thme d(fference .DUAL FILTER Elects ac, a h et 1 4 tI w n4 ii A n( .h .u ipter Moore, Jr., Vice-President; Art 4 (left to right): Jerry Slaughter, Mem- e sponding Secretary; Ernest Leather- ca ill Pace, Publicity Ciairman; David II :1 What's Happening I THEATRE Lorenzo S e m p l e' s hilarious 'GOLDEN FLEECING" continuer , hrough Saturday night. Several ) University students are included imong the cast and set crew. This u lay, presented very well, is one t .hat keeps the audience laughing. A SPORTS N :r AMF free Bowling Clinics are i 3cheduled for Saturday, February g 2nd. There are three sessions: 10 r 12:00 P.M., Farrow Lanes; 2-4, Park Triangle Lanes; and 8-10, Richland Bowl. There will be spe cial bowling fashion shows at the 1 Clinic sessions. Admission is free. SCIENCE The Science Museum is featur ing a new exhibit, "The World of Insects." The Planetarium presents b "Winter Stars" twice weekly, Sun day, 4 p.m., and Saturday at 10:15 a.m. 9 C C Ci est i" ode,s ee'te utiu wyton L Hair-Raising rale About Men "Ink blot" testing is recognized analysts as one good way to terpret personality, but centuries fore it was created by the Swiss ientist Rorsehach, you could get good "inkling" about a man by erely looking at his hair! Down through history, in vari is parts of the world, a man's ir style was the clue to his social anding and virility. Even in our mi country today, the way a man pes with a luxuriant or thinning atch can reveal much about his wsonality and even his profes >n. Today's crewcuts would have rrified the Biblical patriarchs - ey equated long, flowing locks ith masculinity! To "make bald ms upon the head" was a sign deep mourning among the an 3nt Hebrews Centuries later, however, St. aul proclaimed that "if a man we long hair, it is a shame unto m." Young men of ancient thens probably agreed - they ied to clip their hair short to an >unce their coming of age. But ort hair lost prestige again in e dark ages when primitive 3ltic and Germanic tribes con lered it a badge of dishonor re rved for slaves, thieves and war ptives An Englishman of the mid-17th ntury could proclaim his religion, >litics and social class merely by Le way he wore his hair! Middle ass tradesmen who dissented om the Church of England and llowed Puritan leader Oliver romwell, cropped their hair and ere known derisively as "round ads"; their aristocratic foes wore >wdered wigs or cultivated their vii long curls. Not only the length of a man's tir but the manner of dressing has varied picturesquely with is race or occupation. Unlike the ell-groomed young man of today ho shuns that "greasy kid stuff," any American Indian braves icked down their hair with bear rease! The samurai (military waders) of old Japan could be cognized not only by their fancy words, but by the lacquer they pplied to their locks. The Polynesian male wound his >ng hair into pigtails or buns, or he chose, shaved off part of his air and wove a complicated coif ure out of the remaining thatch. Perhaps the most "hot-headed" ten in the world were the Mayas ,f ancient Mexico who actually urned a bare spot on the top of heir heads, and braided the rest f their hair around the burn in oronet fashion. Behind this elab rate arrangement dangled a long ueue. In our own country too, a man's rofession and his personality are ften revealed by the hair style he hooses. The GI is readily identi ied by his close-cropped head of air. The student -- or the older ian who wants to look youthful refers a brush cut, burr cut, or ne of the numerous other variants f the shorter trim. The Madison .venue type adopts the short, air-to-the-side, carefully combed la thisth using Me Skin Bracer's rugee vious attributenBut ih After all, MernthoI4e lotion that cools ra shaving nicks and sc Conditions your skin. Aren!t these sound, than'the purely emo women? In that case Meader Rise Fads come and go. Fads, such < as stuffing into telephone booths or spinning around in laundromat < dryers or Davy Crockett hats or a hobo harts. Some fads, as the Twist, a stay. Vaughan Meader was the t victim of a fad, although he has p sot really been victimized. V President Kennedy's speech and mannerisms made him easy to Imi tate and comics all over the nation 0 tried to Imitate him. They ranged rrom the famous (Peter Lind v Hayes, Gordon MacRae) to un- r known Vaughan Meader and they c were all profiled in "Life." h An album was to be put together . portraying the Kennedys as an ordinary family, A script was t written and a few sk:ts were re corded. Several companies turned them down. Archie Bleyer, presi dent of Cadence Records, the com pany which finally bought the 1 rights to the album does not blame the other companies: "When anyone knocks the firms 1 who turned down the album, he's wrong. What they heard was not the material that finally came out on Cadence." They planned a campaign to see the members of the First Family cast on television but it turned out that radio was what made the al bum go. People could envision the hilarious scenes on the album. U The record sold and sold. In a few short months, it surpassed "My Fair Lady" as the no. 1 album r of all time. As success does, it brings com petitors. There now are "The President Strikes Back," The Other Family," and "That Other Family." These albums did not slow down the sale of the album; such a terrific sales record had to stop. It has. The album is still selling at the rate of 10,000 a week. How ever, much of the public has got ten tired of the album. Recently Vaughan Meader has been shown that popularity on albums is not popularity in person. His in-person shows have been losing money and several have been cancelled. He will not be poor, though, be cause he was the only one to take a percentage instead of a straight salary for doing the album. Naomi Brossart who works as a salesgirl in a department store wants a percentage. She got $300 for play ing Mrs. Kennedy. Success has not gone to the head of Vaughan Meader. His friends are still the same and he lives unpretentiously. He says that he drifted until the album. He may have to drift some more although hopefully not. ... Alan Freed, the professed king cut, to project the "sincere" image. American men can be grateful that they have an easier method of achieving "high brow" status than do the Arunta aborigines of Aus tralia. For certain important tribal ceremonies, they raise their brow line several inches by plucking hair from their foreheads. But then they're only doing what men in all ages and cultures have dont: using their heads to elevate their prestige. c only reason to nen Skin Bracei d Si icr ste a ~rsave Lhrtto bun~ t help heal rap& ep pvent blemishes. 2;ientififyvirtues 'nore impartant tienaleffect Skin Bracer has on ,. buy a bottte. An4d-have fun. s And Falls f rock and roll, was fired from WINS for taking payola. WABC ffered him a job and he readily .ccepted to keep his New York adience. Freed later went down o WQAM in Miami and now is ractically penniless. Recently he vas convicted of taking payola at VABC. Some people will never earn. Alan Freed has a fine sense ,f morality. The whole record industry is rorried about payola that is cur ently going on. If allowed to ontinue, it may blow almost as igh as it did in the late 60's. . . It is interesting to see what ongs are popular in foreign coun ries. Speedy Gonzalez tops the lists a Argentina and Italy. Return to ender is the most popular song in )enmark and Eire. It's Up to You sads in Hong Kong and All Alone Lm I in Israel. Tony Bennett's ong, Have A Good Time, did not it big in the U.S.A. but leads in he Philippines. These are the Lmericans that have the top hits ri other countries. . . Chubby Checker has finally een caught. Probably the biggest ecord thief in the industry, he has een sued by Gary (Y. S. Bonds. o n d s charges that Chubby hecker capitalized on the success f "A Quarter to Three" by put ing out "Dancing Party." It is a little far in the past to ernember whether he had the pony irst. However, the Twist was riginally done by Hank Ballard ad the Midnighters and Limbo Lock was done by the Champs. In oth instances, Mr. Checker cap talized on successes. It is about ime he has been caught. .. Peter, Paul, and Mary, accord ng to "Billboard," are the most opular folk-singing group in the :ountry today, followed by the (ingston Trio. . . "Molly," currently on the top [00 is another example in bad :aste, dating back to "Teen Angel" ind other records of that ilk. Disc jockeys should not necessarily play the record due to its popularity. They should use their own good taste. ... "The Ballard of Jed Clampett" was a big hit and now "Kentucky" has been released. Soon others will be. This may be a new trend but it may not be too big although who can tell. . . . The five top pictures of all time, money-wise: "Gone With the Wind," "Ben-Hur," "Ten Com mandments," "Around the World in 80 Days," and "West Side Story." ... The top five movies for 1962: "West Side Story," "Spartacus," "El Cid," "Lover Come Back," and "That Touch of Mink." . . .Currently the top five are: "Mutiny on the Bounty," "Gypsy," "Taras Bulba," "Longest Day," and "Brothers Grimm." . .. Frank Sinatra, a former Oscar winner, will emcee the Academy Award show this year. Bob Hope is unable to do the stint because of a sponsor conflict. The show will feature a new format in cluding all previous award win ners and the history of the Acad emy. I Iskin braceg P THE fW ON S P .AS