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NO BE BY CARL BAAB -Gamecock Staff Writer . All the action began Friday night around 8 at a small bar on Rosewood Drive, The Rosewood Lounge. Women, about 30 in in all and mostly of college age, were carrying signs that spoke of "BEER WITHOUT BALLS" and "MALT FOR MS." They walked in a circle, and at times sang "We Shall Overcome" and "100 Hun dred Bottles of Beer on the wall," never getting below 94. What they were attempting to overcome, according to Beth Robinson, a graduate student in psychology at USC, was the Lounge's "unescorted-women beer drinking policy." Though the real action began only Friday night, the story owed its roots to an incident last Tuesday, said Robinson. According to Robinson, last Tuesday night a friend of hers, Kay Roland, also a graduate student in psychology at USC, was refused service(trying to buy a beer) by the proprietor of the Rosewood Lounge, "Doc". According to Roland, "I walked in with two girl friends." But, said Roland, "Doc said, I'm sorry, you have to be escorted with a male before you can drink." Following this development, the women organized. Beginning with 1mmn inm mom U U I A i .4 igood coil Ul g $100 for each month of t * $900 annual scholarshii * earn it as a member of th * Leaders Class. * You'll also be earninc * mission through PLC * Quantico, Virginia. * Talk to the Marine * campus. U U U U U * looking fora iew U * 3RD FLOOR RUE 4-5DECEMBER ER HERE women p There were si damned whore they leave the organization, Women in Psychology, and graduating to include, according to Ellen Shapiro, "the Columbia Chapter of NOW(National Organization of Women), the Columbia Women's Center, and concerned citizens." With their forces marshalled Friday night,. the females began their assault by trying to enter the bar, but, according to Robinson, "after we got part way in the door, we were physically pushed out." After being refused admittance, which, according to "Doc" and his numerous patrons, was because it was a "private party," the women initiated their circular march and one of them called the police. But before the law arrived, the men "may have" made an assault of their own. Out of the clear autumn night sky a strage cloud burst broke, sending about a bucket-full of water down on to the heads of the protesters. Sightings of a figure on the bar's roof were vigorously reported by the women, but could not -be mmmm mammg U B U nthI few [ege men. he school year. It's like a . If you qualify, you can e Marine Corps' Platoon a Marine officer's corn 3 summer training at officer who visits your I C II Bnsare godmen. SELL HOUSE 10:00 - 4:00 = rotest bar 'outs of 'those s' and 'why don't us alone?' verified. However, the water was real. Although some of the picketers were dampened, their spirits remained undrenched and unquenched, and there were fresh shouts among them to "call the police" and 'call the State." Finally the police did arrive. And, apparently having had their dinner interrupted, the officers put a pizza into the backseat of the squad car, and stepped out. Ellen Shapiro, who works for a legal aid service, and several other women surrounded the two wary policemen and gave their side of the story. At one point Shapiro told the officers, "It's an insult to our chastity." Appearing just slightly confused, Officer C. R. Chandler said, "I'll have to talk to the man who owns the business." The women created a path for the two policemen to get to the door, but admittance proved dif ficult even for the police. The door was locked so Chandler knocked and said, "Let me in, I want to see the manager." "This is a private party," returned one of the patrons, who glared ominously at the man in blue through the glass door. This exact exchange was repeated by both men several times. Finally, "Doc" got to the door and unlocked it. Meantime, Chandler used his walkie talkie to call for back up units. The policemen then went inside and began to hear "Doc's" side of the story. Inside the Rosewood Lounge .it was crowded with males, young and old, long haired and short haired. Several were USC Bc Exch: Retu Is policy oi students. The place was filled with cigarette smoke and the smell of beer permeated the air. Though four women were present, one young and the others somewhat older, all accompanied by men, the atmosphere of 2716 Rosewood Drive was of solidarity, inside and out. The scene was raucous and rowdy, resembling a saloon on the western frontier. But instead of being the vanguard of a new era, these men and this place were a last, defiant refuge of times now past--a kind of "Hole in the Wall" place and crowd. There were shouts of "Those damned whores" and "why don't they leave us alone." Strangely, these words came predominately from the younger men. The older men remained quiet for the most part and seemed to be just very confused and upset. One old, whisker-faced man in the Lounge said, "I been coming here since '58 and 1 ain't never seen no trouble--we never had such a problem." But one woman in the bar, Mildred Kelly, who lives in Wisconsin but was visiting in Columbia, said she and her husband had been going to bars for 40 years and had never seen women not allowed in--"I think these girls should be let in and served." Her husband agreed, and their Columbia hosts laughed, but not derisively. Among the younger men the feeling and the shouts added up to "we don't want em' in here--this is a private party--and I don't believe those girls have a picketing license." About the only thing all the patrons agreed on was that "Doc's the nicest guy in town." One women, who did not wish to be quoted or named, said, "I worked for Doc for seven years and I wouldn't do or say anything to hurt that guy." "Doc", whose real name is L. Gray Ellisor is gray-haired slightly bald and is rather slight of build. ok inge Lrns i service I "Doc" said it had been his policy not to let unescorted women drink in his place since he opened it. According to the women, "Doc's" reasoning had something to do with unescorted women coming in for the purposes of solicitation, an association the protestors termed "inexcusably degrading" and a "vacuous in nuendo." "Doc", who was extremely upset about the whole affair, said, "This thing was planned--it was in the paper--so we closed up to have a private party." Unlike his younger male patrons, "Doc" had no bad words for the women protestors, he just seemed traumatically confused, as the changing mores and laws of this country began to touch him per sonally. Back outside, the policemen asked the women to disperse. The officers said it was a constitutional question and would have to be decided in the courts. The women amicably cooperated and the demonstrators began to break up into small groups and leave. Rosewood Drive began to return to normal and the traffic flowed more smoothly. But seemingly the action is not over. According to Columbia Police Lieutenant, W. R. Denet who was on the scene, the women plan to take the matter to court. And one USC women who was among the protestors said, "If you don't tear down the wall, you're up against it."