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John Hlouseman (above) as Professor Kingfield and Timothy Bottoms as a freshman Harvard Law student in The Paper Chase. Columbia Museum Baltimore Silver 0 The fame of Kirk repousse is185 KiksAmrc'ode illustrated in the exhibit of silvercotnigslemthadth made by Samuel Kirk & Son at thesivrnthcoltonoesth Columbia Museum of Art, onspnoAmrcntyeduigh display through March 3.1 The exhibit is composed of silver Mayoth20iem inh made y th Baltmorefirmsince ehii are dcoraedion reoverste Jn u a a e s Professor Ciaudane sTylesinth* and9thnendaBorde,20thhotographic rMta n of The ofiem inner PureB altim ore Versine (8eribit r forte wineu Under by Vgue re in ay the Pulitzer of En hor oet Me ncen ble hoe "ls asrd of Derry NH the intm in is Dixie," wrote the celebrated from a ec rain rosb couplet, "Alas, for the South! Her a e books have grown fewer--She never was much given to**** literature." Orders for this limited edition may be placed through Neuffer at ThCrcbeicuenla the English Department; pre-paid cpigpoefcin oty orders by March 1 insure receivinglieayctcsmflmrtcsmo copies. Later orders will be filled atertclntr,addaa so long as supply lasts.fopulctnintsirtpig Neuffer and LaBorde, editors of ise ediei ac .A the state university's place-namedrsmaucittoTeCcbl journal Names In South Carolina, cmu o 17 are specialists in American and Souternlitratre.* * * * A Rok anRolRevvaloncr berrbo, four acceptinner wil behed tmorowa 8p.m pilabeion or edtr by plastamp atsheuldt be issedupead Mrcht26nat Chalote Prk ener,Chalote,Deany Rober Alexsandesofice is featrin ChbbyCheker roh th pencnBil daing.o rotb I)el Shannon,landoFreddiefCannon.n14 Ticketsharer$5iineadvancerandl$6aa athereicl atreoadrraa The Ent By Lee Tsiantis Enterta i nrment Writer John Houseman, as Kingsfield, the professor of contract law at Harvard, is the best thing about The Paper Chase, now playing at the Palmetto Theater. Houseman exudes the icy dignity and authority the part he plays should have, and it should garner him most of the accolades (for what they're worth) for a supporting actor's performance in 1973. As co founder (with Orson Welles) of the Mercury Theater in the 1930's, he helped scare the hell out of part of the United States with the legen dary "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938. He became a broadway and motion picture producer during the ensuing thirty years and now teaches drama at Julliard. I set these facts down only for the record; The Paper Chase marks Houseman's acting debut at the age of 71, and I doubt anyone else could have turned in a more chilling, more competent performance. The Paper Chase is immensely entertaining, and director James Bridges, with aid from n Display t a technique introduced in America in 1822 by Samuel Kirk. Widely imitated, repousse became known around the world as "Baltimore Silver", the city of its origin. Repousse means, literally, "raised in high relief", and is a technique used by the goldsmith Cellini. The modern craftsman works with infinite p,atience to create the repousse silver. Hours are spent drawing the design in free-hand, carefully measuring the width of a petal, the length of a stem. The finished design is then raised or "bumped up" by hammering from the un derside of the piece. The piece is filled or backed with "pitch', which provides the tough, resiliant surface necessary to withstand thousands of delicate hammer taps with which the craftsman sculptures the raised portions of the design into flowers, leaves and scrolls. One of the earliest examples of this art is a sugar' bowl, made in 1822. Chased in repousse is a landscape with flowers and foliage surrounding the base. The handles bear ram's head decorations, and the top is completely decorated with repousse flowers and foliage. Other pieces in the exhibit in clude a mass;ive covered soup tureen, a whiskey flask, tea pots, coffee pots, canQglsticks pitchers, . bowls, and some rare pieces of ;flatware. to The Kirk collection comes to the SColumbia Museum of Art following a tour of 20 cities, at such museums .as the Metropolitan Museum and the Chicao Historical Socety. ~rtaining cameraman Gordon Willis (The uodfather, Up the Sandbox) succeeds in recreating the dead, drab, ugly-colored world of Har vard academia. John Williams' eclectic score mixes modern and baroque music with admirable effect, though making Bach synonymous with arduous study. Intellectual music, y'know. Timothy Bottoms, as the idealistic first year law student, garners our complete iden- ( tification with him by virtue of 1 those dumb, adorable things which first year law students do (breaking into the library, walking barefoot in the snow, falling in love with Kingsfield's daughter, etc.). Lindsay Wagner, as Kingsfield's daughter, walks around the film with some sort of chip on her shoulder. What it is, we never find out. Yet, she is quite good, and in her attitudes of contempt for those around her, she is strongly reminiscent of a younger Anne Bancroft. There is a priceless sequence in which Bottoms and a schoolmate take a hotel room to study for exams and are confronted by a belligerent hotel manager who cuts s r The Max Damian Band wi Golden Spur tomorrow and band, making its second specializes in music by the A Tops. Show begins at 8 p.r students with ID card, and Players T< 'Of Mice A University Players announces the planned production of John Steinbeck's play, Of Mice and Men, for April 3--5 in the New Business Administration Auditorium. The production is a thesis play, directed by Michael Heck, a masters degree candidate in the Theatre Department. Heck will receive partial credit toward his masters by directing the play and afterwards, writing a thesis discussing the problems of production among other things. Cast members are:Gary West (Lennie), Charlie Inglett (George). Tim Corder (Candy) Chase off their room service when they deny the maid cleaning oriviliages. Most of the other members of the east, though, are student stereotypes we've become con ditioned to respond to: the at empted suicide, the uncooperative ool, the pipe-smoker, and so forth. I can't help feeling Bottom's oals in attending law school are lumsily defined. Kingsfield's laughter confronts him with the )remise of "the paper chase," in which all diplomas, certificates md such, are necessary for ichievement, but in essence equal .o a roll of toilet paper--they're the ;ame stuff. But Bottoms has an nexplicable, "yeh, I know that, but ['ve got to go study" response that Ioesn't go with the rest of the film especially the final scene, which nakes everything that has gone )efore seem naggingly in :onsequential. But these considerations aside, The Paper Chase has much to offer. No one who goes will fail to have a good time; and John Houseman's performance is alone worth the price of admission. 11 perform at the New Saturday nights. The appearance at USC, Ilman Brothers and ZZ r. and is free to USC one outside guest. ___ 3 Present nd Men' Paul Ward(Curley), Snadi Shackelford (Curley's wife), Jack Hanna (Slim), Ed Wright (Carlson) and Dan Laschach (Whit). According to Katrina Pipkins, of University Players, the troupe hopes, by producing in the B.A. auditorium, to make theatrical events more accessible to the The University of South Carolina Department of Art will sponsor Saturday morning art classes for children beginning Feb. 9 and running for eight sessions. Two classes, one for 7--9 year olds and one for 1O--12 year-olds, will be held from 9 to 11 a.m, in Slann ollege.