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H istory pri Europe wc Historians have generally assumed that Europe first learned of marijuana when Napoleon's soldiers brought it back from Egypt in the 19th century, but a USC professor says that some Europeans were getting high on "pot" as early as the 1600's. USC history Prof. John P. Dolan has published an article in The : urnal of the South Carolina Medical Association which states that in the 1600's not only were European doctors aware of marijuana's medical uses but also some European college students . 'en ate marijuana seeds as stimulant. Dolan discovered Europe's 17th century knowledge of marijuana by studying the journals of Englebert Kaempfer, a German physician, botanist, diplomat and historian who lived from 1651 to 1713. Kaempfer, Dolan explained, studied medical practices in Ceylon, Persia, India, Sumatra and Cambodia. Kaempfer found Indian and Persian doctors usin a plant called eko Phone 254-8 10' 'l'ake A Break From Lini Enjoy &ome Peal Hc A Open For Winn Breakfast, C*r Lunch and Dinner R sa 1111 GREEN~ STRBRT. V10LA IDWED injLA Who's first? 9fessor mal !nt to pot if Cannabis sativa, better known as hashish t,. iriluana. These doctors, raempfer wrote, used Cannabis to prevent or relieve convulsions. "What's interesting," Dolan said, "is that Kaempfer writes that this Cannabis was the same plant he often ate as a stimulant while a student at the University of Cracow in Poland." "Kaempfer also criticized TERMP' PERS UNLIMITED 'WE GIVE RESULTS' 295 HUNTINGTON AVE. BOSTON, MASS. 02115 (617) 267-3000 ssom ) 001 levine fie oints orist in Five Points The Long Cafeteria ~st me-style Cooking r Br's Waitress le Service Complete Menu r t Under $2.00 Ces study: i 1600s his contemporary European doctors for refusing to use marijuana as a medicine,' Dolan said. As that famous NEW DO "Other V4 NEW Man Papas "People Lil $37 EA4 THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' H SLYa IEFAMILYSTONE IIKE 30 .splay th genius oc 5.98 LP - O NLY $399 I The Open 10-9:30, Law stud poet-min-re A first year USC law student has been chosen one of eight poets-in residence by the South Carolina Arts Commission for the 1971-72 school year. Dale Alan Bailes, a 1964 USC graduate and Aiken native, was chosen by the Arts Commission to teach poetry workshops in secondary schools in the state under a program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by state arts commissions. Poets-in-residence will conduct week-long workshops in elementary and high schools in the state designed to encourage originality and creativity among students through developing an appreciation of the creative processes of reading and writing poetry. Bailes began writing as a student at St. Petersburg Junior College in poet "RALPH" RECORD ) "When Y ,. ou re -Hot - You're Hot" Que Coox A spec ORS LP Aix,da Ifyo or pert. I *ices" chance ias & 12.91 Ce Us" REC 9 PRIC H Rod St4 Picture $5.98 LP --C Classical P NONE 986 STEREO 4 ~ain ANY 3 DISCS Record I Mon .-Sat DUTCI ent is sidence Florida and was first published in the school magazine there. He transferred to USC and continued his literary interests as editor of the Crucible. After graduating he lived for several years in San Francisco, working in book stores and as a mail man while developing his interests in poetry and short fic tion. His first collection of poems, "Cherry Stones," published last summer, included poems that have been chosen for a forthcoming' anthology by Follet Press and a poem that won first prize in a reading competition sponsored by the South Carolina Poetry Society in Charleston. In addition to poetry, Bailes has published short fiction and book reviews. Presently he is book review editor for "Common Sense," a Columbia-based magazine. BAR once said, ally Priced 4-Record Set AtCarnegieHa netkd. 3 Poster And A 20 Pep Pgram Stions 67And 68/1m A ManBeginnngs My World/Make Me Smile/25Or 6 To4 Plis 260#wes ally priced 4-record set-C4X 30865* edible 4-record set taken from their live p rformance at Carnegie Hall. were re, You know what to ex f you weren't there, you have a to make up for it. Lbum contains: 20 PAGE BOOKLET 3 POSTERS SList - ONLY $8 8 ORD BAR EBUST ER I iwart "Every Tells A Story" NLY p2" APE $499 rice Buster SUCH LASSICS $500 lar - I SQUARE