Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Chan< BY 'MARSHALL SWANSON i Contributing Editor a Faced with the beginning of a t final exam week, what student hasn't experienced at least a fleeting desire to chuck the routine and light out for the wild blue a yonder? One student, Jim Lamb, 28, of t Cross Anchor, S.C., is doing just that, except when he leaves he'll have already graduated. t The December English graduate will leave Columbia Dec. 18 for New York where he'll board an I ocean liner headed for the C Caribbean. Lamb, a 6'4, 220 pound graduate *of Spartanburg County's Woodruff a High School isn't off on a two-week graduation present from mom and I dad, however. When he gets to New York, he'll sign aboard the MS Gripsholm as a one of the ship's social staff whose t job is to keep passengers happy and satisfied during their Carib bean curise. t According to Lamb, Gripsholm, 3 a 631-ft-flagship, is one of the Swedish American Lines largest I and most elegantly equipped f vessels. Lamb said his "work" will in clude attending cocktail parties, INDIA l Clothing Jewelry Bra Wood Carvings Fal GRAND OPEN: svdents You have a ( $25.00 in cash for your tE Hurry on down to INDL Located 2019 Devin< BICYI Quality European Bic: Manufactured By: Gi parisSport. Falcon-Mi In 'Colum CA TE'S C Box i Cedar Terrace S 6420 Sumter \ Phoi 776 1:1I5 to 8 p.m. MI I'd be a d :eOf Lii ntroducing passengers to one nother and behaving "as if hey're in my own home." When the Gripsholm returns to few York Jan. 4, Lamb plans to be n hand to welcome aboard nother group of passengers for a rip back.to the Caribbean the next lay. The second cruise, which will ake two days longer to visit the ame parts will return to New. York Ian. 21 to pick up another group of assengers for a 90-day, 20-port ruise to the Far East and the outh Seas. If he has his way, Lamb will be iboard for this trip too. He said the opportunity to travel with an ocean iner as one of its staff is a chance f a lifetime. "I'd be a darn fool not to take this opportunity," Lamb said browsing hrough one of the ship's >rochures. "Once I get on board that ship hey're stuck with me for several rears," he said jokingly. Swedish American Lines' on ireparations for the trip have been airly simple, he said. The attire will be casual except or evening dinner engagements and cocktail parties, for which [PORTS ssware Incense )rics Ornaments [NG SALE :hance to win up to 'xtbooks next semester . IMPORTs for details 1 St. Five Points REED GLES Vcles From $95.00 tane. BQsttecchia mio, Cinelli. Colnago sbia See: OTT AG E 342 hopping Center twy. (29209) 1209 an. through Sat. arn fool not t 0 etime I Lamb will take five dinner jackets, one tuxedo and eight dress shirts. In addition to seeing the world,, fringe benefits include room and board, use of the ship's gym, bar allowance and a personal valet. Lamb was considering using his shipboard experiences as part of a project to gain extra un dergraduate credit with the university's Contemporary University but dropped the idea last week. "I'm thinking of doing something with the travels, maybe in the form of a novel," he said. "I decided against involving CU because when I'nf in Honolulu the last thing I'm going to be thinking about is USC." Lamb heard about the op portunity to travel with the ship line after a friend who worked with tem in 1969, told him about it. Lamb said he applied for the position last summer and later visited the New York office of the firm, where he got the job. Lamb brings plenty of travel experience to the job. After graduating from a junior college in 1965, he traveled in Europe, Give U: We'll gia Be a winr - identify t Personnel at the Din You'll ge fries and We ' help you Your prot r 1Name *N ame cONTI - questic *to turn a winn conte~ *Local o take it. 1efails S Canada and the United States. After his tour, Lamb enrolled at Baldwin Wallace College for a summer of art classes. He returned to Laurens, S.C. in the Fall of 1967 where he taught English in an adult education program. Later that year he enrolled at USC. In the Fall of 1968 Lamb worked at the Public Health Department as a restaurant inspector but returned to Carolina in January 1970. During 1972 he worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield, returning to USC again in January 1973 to complete work on his English degree. "There are things I've always wanted to do," he said. "I don't believe in following any patterns, andi if. I want to do something, I usually end up doing it." "Money hasn't ever been a problem with me," he added. "I've always had as much as I needed and I've never felt that I couldn't do something for a lack of" it." Reaction to Lamb's trip from friends and relatives is predic table. "They all want to go with me. A V i i this person's name. re you a free burger, fries ai er by being one of the first five peopi 11Is person, one of the University Di Simply fill in the coupon properly E ing Service office on the first floor of R :a certificate for a free deluxe bur a large coke from the Gamecock Ro /ant you to knowv our people. That vi If you ever have a problem at one >lemns are our problems, too. :>f employee af location where employee works EST RULE: You must answer both of >ns properly, and be one of the first fi in the correct answers at the UDS of er. Previous contest winners are inelig tant's name address -Eu.-0 ,enior friend in California asked if he could stow away in one of my footlockers." After a few years at sea Lamb hopes to settle down at some distant port and continue his work with the Swedish American Lines. Spain is his first choice but he wouldn't mind living in Greece or Portugal. "I love to meet people. I like to talk and I like to listen. I'm in terested in foreign countries, people's customs how they make money and the things they do," he said. "When you mention to someone that you're from out of town, or from another country, people are willing to tell you about things they know and you can soak up an awful lot of color." "I love to travel and this is the ideal way to do it," he said. The 52nd Christmas Chorale and Tea of the University of South Carolina's Women's Auxillary will be hosted by Mrs. Thomas F. Jones today in her home from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Board of Trustees' wives and the Board of Women Visitors will be guests of Mrs. Jones. id drink, e to properly nling Service nd turn it in usse|| H ouse. per, order of >m. 'ay, they- can of our units. the above ve people rice to be ihle.