Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Boos G NewQ (From Page 12) and he sounded almost apologetic on some of the cheers. "This is probably the last time this cheer will ever be used, but we've had a lot of requests for it so we're gonna do it for you." The cheer was the old standby "Ahhooh, un4owah, Cocks have got that soul power," a funky cheer indeed and I can't imagine anyone worse to deliver it than Bryant Wright, a person . never accused of having too much sou 1 or funkiness, for that matter. That cheer should come from the gut and be sexy and a little dirty. It was none of those things. "Shove it, Shove it, Shove 'at ball across the line," Bryant crooned. A spectator had a suggestion for Bryant. The game was a drag, a boring drag and few in my section pretended to watch it. The band left the' stands and proceeded to get set for the half time show. I wanted to go over to the ritzy section and do some reverse slumming. I got over there and walked in, people were already out on the concourse smoking and talking. They were dressed strangely, as though they couldn't understand that spending a lot of money on clothes wouldn't necessarily mean that you were well.. dressed. The band was doing some dumt show about the marvelous tourismr opportunities in the state. I went t< a gate and looked down on on the This Is y4 with Catsupl during which Disa! COME I reet ueen homecoming court.. Rita had kept her word. She wasn't there, the job had gone to Millory Merchant. The court was led out onto the field, rather Astroturf, for the crowning of the Homecoming Queen. Then came the an nouncement, a black woman had won the title. The boos started. I didn't believe them for a moment as they wafted across the stadium, but ar thev remained sustained for almost a minute, the horrifying reality was slapping my face like an unclean and smelly glove. It was true and it was 1959 and again someone had not been careful with cage doors. I turned away from the gate. opening, a flushed man in a suit and tie asked me, "Did a colored girl win or something?" "Yeah, or something," and I walked away to the far end to see the USC team leave the locker room. They ran out yelling, "Take charge, take charge." They did and ran the outranked Bobcats off the field, Grantz breaking a 23-year-old rushing mark in the process. The crowd started deserting in rly part of the fourth quarter and e: cept for drop-ins held by frater nities , for their alumni, Homecoming,was over. It was a sophomoric, silly and boring peice of business and in the end revealed a.sizable number of USC students to be -stupid and boring as homecoming itself. Thank God it was my last one. PLAY-D] or dying, oi MW hanme to get YOU en he a JA the hospital will ter is schedulE Excuse 3Y SGA OFFICE, 2nc Fonda Bennett and Workshop Theatre's of Sleepy Hollow v EAD l iust sever splinted up am v tim" of ant test Its emerg ad for Nov. 1 id class cuts will I floor Russell H< I A VICTIM Terrell Green star in production of'The Legend ihich opens Tues Oct 23. Russ Jeffcoat 'ely wounded. id bandaged up an orea hospital's asm sncy procedures. from noon to z be available. >use, for more info ai 'Dancing Days' - Tryouts Held Tryouts for the premiere production of David Wesner's play, "The Dancing Days" will be held ioday and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in 1,ongstreet Theatre. David Wesner w a graduate student at USC last year and is now n instructor at Columbia College. The play concerns a P.O.W. and his return to the United States. It is being directed by Roland Reed and everyone is invited to try out. An Oriental male is especially needed for casting. Broadway Hit Plays Wednesday The University Union Cultural Series presents the musical comedy "Two Gentlemen of Verona" by William Shakespeare, adapted by John Guare and Mel Shapiro. "Two Gentlemen" is thought to be the third of Shakespeare's plays written in 1592. It was turned into an opera in London in 1820. In 1957, Joseph Papp revived the comedy and put on an impudently comic version and won approval of this. The rock musical version was presented in New York at the annual free outdoor Shakespeare festival in July.of 1971. It was so well received that it went indoors in December of 1971. Tickets to the performance are free to USC students and may be picked up at the Russell House box office. Tickets for the public are $5.00 and $3.00 and may be pur chased at Taylor St. Pharmacy. Curtain is at 8:15. a&k dbaster," %:3O p.m. id sign up!