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Frosh BY CAROL ROBINSON Feature Editor Most students around here who find themselves required to take a foreign language choose French, for some obscure reason. Most of them feel that French is used more often than the other forms of hieroglyphics offered at t h I a school. The cheerful, carefree fresh man thus enters his French 11 course with the feeling that, since he knows all the lyrics to "C'est Magnifique" and "C'est Si Bon" and has been such a fan of Jeanne Moreau or Yves Mon tand that he can understand what they're saying, he will automatically be an A student. Oh, those things help, indubi tably, but how often is the teacher going to require one to sing? There are certain basics. "C'est" means it is. "Oui" means yes. "Mais" means but. "Noel" means hooray, or Christmas. Miss Fairey tells the one about the girl who translated the French sentence of "My goodness, here comes Joan of Arc - hooray, hooray" as "My God, here comes Joan of Arc - Merry Christmas, Merry Christ mas." In spite of the certain basics, as one can see, this language is tricky. It is also frustrating to go Students Sea For Some ( BY PRECIO Assistant Fe That comes out to 1.973 - but That's the standard aftermath couple days figuring which grades that it's really time to open your guzzle coffee in greater quantities us to the subject of this article, wh raising a g.p.r. but coffee, the old No matter where you go on-or that there will be coffee there. Thi found in dormitory rooms, in insta is almost hot enough to make a g lowed to run for an hour or so-an by students seeking a means of stU Then you also have coffee mac that some people get coffee from t Or nothing at all. Not even their m Machines are completely unaff from their customers. The student sight; he cannot make the machin more pitiful is the student's roomr to him first. But I digress. Most of the coffee available on< locations. Each is a part of a strani me, system, which sells its version< You can get an excellent cup of cc good coffee there quite often, abot If none of these coffee substiti dirug store or luncheonette nearby. Band II The University Symphonic Band will be presented in concert .in Drayton Hall, Tuesday, April 21, at 8:15 p.m. as the seventh and final concert appearance of their annual spring tour on which they played for a combined audience of approximately 4,000 persons. Con. certs were p r e se n t e d for high school students in Aiken, Camden, Holly Hill, Orangeburg, Saluda, and Ware Shoals, on the two-day Indecision May Pay Students (ACP) - A study conducted in part by Dr. Edward C. McDonagh, professor of sociology at the Uni versity of Southern California, Los Angeles, found that future executives do not decide what they want to be until they have nearly completed or have completed their formal education. The D)aily Trojan quoted the re searchers as saying this may be a good sign. The "undecided" young man is as likely to possess execu tive talent and be able to take a broader view of the company 's operation than the meticulously prepared specialist whose view point may be too narrow to be come a good leader. Flowers for AUl Occasion. Blossom Shop "Excellence without Equal* Five Polnts 2001 Devine S. Phone 253-1683 * Columbia, South Carolina Most Convenient T o Fight F through six semesters of this sub. h, ject - three entire years - and T still not understand a single word. d< The professor gets up smilingly J< and reads you a joke, and you sit ai there wondering what he's saying. t( Then you laugh, you and the rest a of the class - you needn't let him F know how stupid you really are d: until the first quiz. It's even worse tl to hear Charles de Gaule on tele- -- vision, or a girl singing French f< love songs, or Maurice Chevalier, f4 and not know what they're trying " to get across - and Chevalier is p saying it in Englishl f The line that gets the biggest laugh in the French 21 book in g the one used by the French boy n when ordering wine in a restau- e rant: "Oh, John is an American g -he drinks only water." There are, you see, some interesting points to the reading material. s There are stories - or rather, y conversations - about drowning, mushrooms, oil fields in Saudi Arabia, and farm machinery. But we won't tell you the ending, or it would spoil the suspense. (There is nothing suspenseful about a French book except the language, but we must be op timistic.) But nice things happen in French classes, too. It is usually rather easy to get the teacher off on some tangent about the time C e rch Campus 'j R Food Coffee f US ZURLO s ature Editor 0 I need a 2.0. Sound familiar? c of mid-term grades. You spend a a can be raised and finally conclude books. Consequently, it's time to than you usually do. This brings ich is not studying or the trials of friend of night people. -around campus, you can be sure s popular reawakener can even be nt form, of course. The tap water ood cup of coffee-if it's been al d many cups of coffee are secured Lying awake. hines in the dorms. Rumor has it hem, but most, I believe, get mud. oney back. t ected by complaints and requests who loses his money is a pitiful 1 e respond to his anger. But even I nate, or friend, or whoever speaks v g 2ampus can be found at one of five se and complicated machine, excuse t >f coffee at an unusually low price. ffee there, never. But you can get a it once a month.t ites satisfy you, you can go to a 1) Most students do.s Kill Hold ( tour April 14-15. C The 46-piece Symphonic Band presented varied programs from C their repertory of twenty selec- a Jions while on their tour of South a Carolina high schools. For their I concert on the University campus Tuesday evening, the following o program has been announced by f James D. Pritchard, director. I Soloists to be heard will include c clarinetists Barbara Blitchington o and Frank Pape pla y in g the la "Scherzetto" for clarinet duet by Henri Rabaud; and trumpet solo- e ist Mitch Santiago, featured in e Paul Yoder's newest composition- a "Bobby's Blues." c Several selections written origri nally for the symphonic band will I include the "Symphony For Band, t GOLF CENTER, HARDEN STREET AT Special Price Students Witd * MIKE SERINO, P.G.A. * PUTTING GREEN (# * DRIVING RANGE * SAND TRAP * IRON PLAY SECT1ION' * COMPLETE GOLF RE] * COMPLETE SALES DE * COMPLETE AREA LIC * For FREE GOLF (INl GOLF CENTER, Owners- Alhert J. Asmer - rench a was in Paris, or looking for oulouse-Lautrec print for a stu ant, or bought a first edition o an-Paul Sartre, or was teachin t a better university. One Frenc acher likes to argue politics, an nother will tell you abou rance's literary history at t rop of a hint. And, of cours iere are your fellow student nu - who in the class will ev< )rget when the teacher asked or llow to "fermez votre livre" - flose your book" - and he r lied indignantly, "I've got nr !et off the chair!" If y'all have to learn a lat uage, people, you couldn't do t< much better than French. Yo :uldn't do too much worse, eithe :r that matter, but after al lain Delon and Brigitte Bard( peak it, and if you ever met ther ou could Like Communicate. Carolina Becomes BY PRECIOUS ZURLO Assistant Feature Editor World peace through world la% hat was the theme of the AIIR onvention. From 450 memb( lubs there were 400 delegates, oi f which, Martin Price, was repr enting Carolina's IRC. The convention took place in t hicago Sheraton Hotel on Apr irst through fifth. The 11 chools represented were scatter ver a wide geographical area i luding Canada, all of the U. nd Puerto Rico. The Association of Interna tional Relations Clubs was or ganized in 1914 as an antedotf to the then prevalent isolationis tendencies. Since then it has con tinued to grow; now AIRC if the second largest student or ganization in the country, th4 largest being NSA (Nationa Student Association), and ha a membership of approximateli 28,000. The guest speaker featured he convention was Mr. Sidney rates, U. S. Ambassador to tl 'rusteeship Council of the U. ,ach morning, the plenary sessi ehich started the discussioi would break up into small ,roups giving greater attention ifferent facets of the conventior heme. The discussion topics center round the rapidly developing n ions in relation to world la 'here were four major subdii ions under this topic. They des ~oncert Pp. 69" by Vincent Persichett Fantasia For Band" by Vittor liannini; "Overture - Fanfa nd Capriccio" by Willis Schaefe nd Gardner Read's "Two Mooi 'or Band." Also on the program are tv rchestral selections transcribi or the symphonic band. They a .eroy Anderson's "Serenata" at Kcerpts from the first moveme f Gilere's "Symphony No. 3 (II: furometz) ." Eric Osterling's brilliant co ert march, "Totem Pole," and ti xciting circus march, "In Stor nd Sunshine" by J. C. Heed wv onclude the program. All University students as aculty members are invited to a end. Admission is free. Incorporated COLONIAL DRIVE s For U.S.C. I.D. Cards Professional on Duty 328 grass -- 18 holes) MAIR DEPARTMENT PARTMENT HTED FOR EVENING P~LA1 IC Call AL 2-7164 Incorporated Mike Serino, P.G.A. Pro a f h d t e r e y 1, It~ LE MISERABLE - Caught be tween Spanish and French. Delegate Candidate with the Middle East, Latin Arner ica, Africa, and Asia. V Carolina's delegate, Marty Price, led the discu.;sions on those na tions rising in the Middle East. Martin Price emerged as the strongest political candidate in the Southeastern caucus. Thus through compromise on the nominating floor of the conven il tion, Marty became one of the 0 two candidates for the presi d dency of AIRC. In the fifty - years of the club's existence, this is the first time that a Southern delegate has ever been nomi nated to this office. The other candidate for the presidency is George Stein from A s s u n p t i o n Collegc, Massa iusetts. Both Stein and Price re -eived the candidacy after careful screening and interviewing by a special committee composed of the iresent officers, faculty advisors, a representative froni the Foreign Policy Association, and others. As the convention drew to a R. close, position papers summarizing the consensus on the topics dis cussed, were drawn up. Copies of these were sent to the Secrel ary )n of State, and our delegates to the is United Nations. to Within the next week the member clubs will be deciding on their votes. Materials stating dthe qualifications of the candi dates for national offices will be Sconsidered. By the beginning of ' May, the results of the election Sshould be known. It -- Martin Price is the current vice president and program director of Carolina's IRC. it dI - NEWSZI Breathtaking, ber All the surging beauty, th sea itself seems capture< ment ring from Artcarves yet timeless, design of St Jeweler. Priced from $18 pluis helpful suggestioni send 25C for Wedding Sons, Inc., 216 E. 45th! York, Department C. SeSurf Star only at these Ai CAMDEN JEWELERS Famden - Summerville DORCHESTE Span1, BY MARGARET SHALEULY Feature Staff Writer Spanish is one of the easiest and most interesting languages affered in the USC curriculum. That is, if you just got off the boat from Spain, or happen to be a Cuban exile. Otherwise forget it, and sign up for Swahili. Most students enter into the study of Spanish with a trusting heart and the words, "Take Span ish, it's easy," echoing in their gullible little ears. SURPRISE! Speedy Gonzales may have been a little stupid, but at least he didn't sign up for English. It is quite a revelation when students realize that the course consists of more than "gracias," "Si, Senor," and "hombre." That moment is re sponsible for the formation of many a cynic. Life is inded cruel! Vital Facts Once you are in the quicksand, there is not much left to do but Drama Club Organized; All Invited The U.S.C. Drama Society met on Thursday night, April 9, and elected officers, designated a con stitution committee, and discussed the purposes and functions of the society. The newly elected officers were: President L. E. Mintz Vice President Cecil Hardy Secretary Kathy Staples Production Manager David Dreiman The faculty advisor is Dr. W. R. Ferris. The constitution committee said it would be able to recommend a constitution in the near future. Among the functions discussed at the meeting were the produc LICn of full - length and one - act plays, discussion groups, reading rroups and public readings, and lectures by prominent guests in the dramat.ic arts. Membership is open to all Uni versity students and we sincerely nvite all interested students and faculty to attend our next meet :ng. Meetings will be on Thursday ,tights at 7:30 in the Russell House. "Would I send a boy to college? WVell, at the age when a boy is 'it to be in college I wouldn't have him aroundl the house." - Dooley : arvec7 Lutiful and yours e excitirg mystery of the 1 in inis newest engage. '2. See the distinctly new, ,rf Star at your Artcarved D. For more information, on wedding etiquette, Guilde to J. R. Wood & treet, New York 17, New thorized Artcarved Jewo r Columbia - SYLVAN BROS. wlr t .JEWELERS h Slays drown. If Zorro could do it, so can any intelligent and mature collegiate. Besides, French is probably just as bad. The stu dent eventually grasps a few vital facts about "Espanol" such as everything is backwards, nothing makes sense, and all things which are considered bad are of the feminine gender. Un fortunately even these rules are not consistent. Most disillusioned students end up making the no torious "sign of the F." It is the right idea but wrong letter. Spanish is a mess, but an in ellectual mess. Therefore, to out dders it doesn't look like a mess. 1owever, to those who are trapped orever in its "with-verbs, with .,erb pronouns, and with-verb pro ,ouns without verbs," it is a sad ness. One is required to tell dear Poquito that he must go play in he yard. Most students can and would like to tell Poquito where to 'zo, but fail to find the right form. Fortunately they are able to re 'ease their pent-up emotions by rushing straight home and throw ing rocks at passing cars, or stick ing pins in the voodoo doll of their professor. Smart Spaniards Besides making the acquaintance 'f Maria Elena, Julio. Pablo. and Lheir gang of "little rascals,"; SPS All' Can $1' Wednesday WARDA, RESTAURANT ANI "Ladmark for Hougry Amenrig Corner of State and Blossom St. CAYCE, S. C. You're invited to "Miss Gamecock" Charge Account h. i. s pants look so great or the girls have gotten into tl tool Now you can have th~ same men's wear tailorin he-men hunger for. Docrc Cotton poplin in sizes 5 to 15. Slack In white, avocado, denim bli and 6.98. Shorts in denim barnyard red, or blue chan s, Some Spanish students are instilled with a great admiration for the Spanish people. After all, anybody who can speak Spanish at the speed of an auctioneer must be exceptional. Rumors imply that even the small children speak it fluently; obvious propaganda. Perhaps the most sur prising fact is that they also seem to understand each other. Spain must certainly be a land of geniuses. Another treat associated with SPanish courses is the required attendance at labs. Twice a week diligent scholars trot to lab, se lect their tape, adjust their ear phones, and proceed to sleep for } forty minutes. Occasionally some inconsiderate professor or lab instructor will interrupt this 1a esta with a few well chosen, pro found remarks. Boredom leads to the invention of numerous little games. Students have devised a contest to see who can guide the most planes to a safe landing. Congratulations are in order for the pilot in lab no. 4 on Tues days at three o'clock. Only three casualties in two semesters is quite a record. A cold tamale will be awarded to the person who can untangle the most tapes in five minutes. 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