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* Studei Continued From Page 12 group therapy, such as weight control therapy utilizing. behavior modification techniques and assertive training for women, more than nine-tenths of all clients are treated in to dividual therapy sessions. Almost 57 per cent of the problems treated were defined as personal or social. This included broken romances, roommate troubles and other personality problems. Approximately one third of the problems were defined as vocational, and 6.5 per cent were labeled academic. The problem with these definitions is that problems are never isolated. Personal. social. academic, and vocational problems are interlocked. A person who continaally argues with a roommate may not be able to study when that person is around. Ultimately, the situation may result in tension-caused loss of appetite. insomnia. irritability. or other psychosomatic disor ders. The student is soon unable to cope with responsibility, or * 'The Boy Friend' Continued From Page 9 cast. Even in this number. however, Bobby's voice is strained to match the excellently played part of Maise. As it does throughout the play. the dancing saves the number. Maisie and Bobby dance a free form Charleston that is both exuberant and flashy without being trite. The part of Tony is played by Harold Stockton. wt o also played the part of Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Mr. Stockton's performance is marked by the same flaw that marred his performance as Hero. His smile is so bright, his manner so loveable. his acting so sprite that one wants to punch him in the face just to make him stop. The scene in which he meets Polly is drenched in a cloying cuteness that permeates the entire play. By the end of the first act. everyone is so cheerful. so happy. and so nostalgically camp the Intermission is a welcome relief. The Second Act opens on the Riviera in Nice. !.t is just as full of cute numbers in which the dancing far outshines the singing. The act, and perhaps the play, is June 25- q August 11 MYRTLE BEACH C box offisce te saUNESTY ns SOt Gt Mental. any other problem. And for the diagnostician who eventually counsels this person. the most difficult problem may be finding what specific problem initiated the trouble. It has been estimated that one half of all patients treated by medical doctors in the United States have no physiological problem. Apparently then, an enormous number of Americans have unrecognized psychological difficulties. The Counseling Bureau alone treated alsmost one out of every 20 members of the USC community in 1973-74. Their success in these treat ments can be measured by response to a questionnaire which the bureau mails to a randomly selected group of former clients. Almost 80 per cent of those polled indicated that they were in no way disappointed with the treatment they received. More than half answered that a definite improvement had been made in their situation. About one-third responded that the saved by the performance of J. Russell Weatherford as Lord Brockhurst. "A frisky old gen tleman." who is also Tony's father. Weatherford portrays a spry old man who would love nothing better than to dally with one of the lovely young ladies. Un fortunately, he is prevented from doing this by his "stuffy wife" played by Janice Pryor. Weatherford's role as Lord Brockhurst is similar to his role of Senex in "A Funny Thing Happened..." In both plays. it was the most entertaining and refreshing performance of them all. Throughout the Second Act the showy theatrics of the dialogue and acting are unfavorably contrasted with the effective and well executed dance routines. La Rue Alton agair shines in a dance number with the boy friends as she exhorts the virtues of "Safety In Numbers." It is the brightness of Weathorford's part. and the visual effectiveness of th choreography that keeps th painful hammyness of the actin from becoming unbearable. By the Third Act. I was waitin for Lord Brockhurst to reappea and rescue me from a seac glucose. The ending. in goo Shakespearean fashion, ha everyone paired off with a mate fty Wo h Tues. - Sun. 8:30p.m. ONVENTION CENTER lphone 448-3041 IT C'AROL INA THEATF E Flealth treatment kept them from leaving the university. The responses were also.favorable in about 90 per cent of the cases to questions concerning patients' confidence in their therapist. and their ability to be honest-and free during therapy. The Psychological Services Center at 1819 Pendleton Street provides diagnosis and therapy not only to the University, but to the community at large. They receive referrals from many other organizations. including juveniles and family courts. and the Counseling Bureau. As Dr. Robert Deysach. director of the center. explained. the center exists to provide training and practical experience- to Ph.D. candidates about to obtain degrees in clinical psychology. But this aim is inseparably in terlocked with the desire to - provide a vital service, according to Dr. Deysach. Neither the service nor the training can exist independently, he said. Although the center's annual report is not completed. the director estimated that -150-200 students were treated in the last Oddly enough. it succeeds despite the heavy-handedness of the acting in the preceeding three acts. It is amazing that the resolution worked as well as it did. The techn-ical side of the play was expertly handled. The sets, designed by Terry Bennet. and the lighting, designed by Jim Fay. conveyed the atmosphere of both the place and the time and were well suited to the tone of the play. There was a yellowish tint throughout most of the play that connoted perfectly the at mosphere of a finishing school. This matched well with Mr. Bennett's yellow and blue-based staging. As mentioned throughout this review. it was the choreography of V'oigt Kempson that carried the play. All the dances were designed with flair and zest but aa ....n...* a.nan * year. Forty USC adults and 150 non-USC adults, and 20 University-connected children and 125 children from Columbia were also treated. The students averaged four hours of treatment apiece. the adults received an average of two-and-one-half hours of treatment each, and, the USC and Columbia children were treated for five hours and three hours each. respectively. The services offered by the center include psychological evaluations, which involves testing and, in the case of the children, actual observation in school or at home. and individual psychotherapy. The areas of treatment include improving work achievement, and sexual adjustment and general social functioning. Psychosomatic disorders are also treated. meaning such symptoms as headaches, hypertension and insomnia. Parents are offered child management training, which teaches them how to develop patterns of self-help and social skill in their children. Marital, family and other types of group therapy are also offered, changing from semester to semester according to demand. Some topics which have been dealt with in past years have they never entered the realm'of spectacle and farce. The entire cast performed their dancing assignments with considerable skill. It is difficilt to comment on Mr. Russell Green's direction. If he is responsible for the sugary wrappingthat covers the play, he is to be chastised. If he was CHINA GARDE] At Boozer Shoppii PRIVATE F We Serve Manarin. Canu * $wve Sey and Wne ew we Pen 7 Days a Wee New SUM oslo J Di muna 6 4PM TO included weight control, dream intet'pretation, and sensitivity training. Unlike the Counseling Bureau, Psychological Services .has no formal or general program of followipg-up cases at this time. Therefore, it- is not possible to . evaluate ~ the success of their program as a whole. However, individual cases are followed up, each therapist making his own decision whether, and in what manner, a former patient's progress will be evaluated. The services of the Counseling Bureau are absolutely free to all members of the USC community, except for a reading program administered by the Com munications Skills Development Center. The Psy:chological Services Center, which is also funded by the University, offers its diagnostic services free to the University community,but charges a nomincal fee of $2 per hour of therapy. Persons not connected with USC are charged on a sliding scale according to their income, but no one is ever denied treatment because of an inability to pay, according to Dr. Deysach. Of course, to be eligible for treatment in the infirmary a student must have already paid the activities fee at the beginning of the semester. burdened by incurable actors and actresses, he is to be consoled. The great fault of the play is that the cuteness established from the onset and carried with great effort throughout the play; becomes intolerable.after the firs few minutes. Overall, "The Boy Friend" succeeds 'if you like sweet musicals. , RESTAURANT Lg Center 798-1708 ARTY ROOMS onese & American Foods WEEKDAYS WEEKEND NAMtO1NPM 1AMae1PM SOS ST. MER TIME PE=CIAL DK OR UTE L415* Am V NEE tY MONDAY PEN 3PM R APPY HvOURS 7PnMWR SAY