Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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With budget cuts and the state-imposed freeze, "the only way to implement the sy; simply to take people presently here and te to stop what they are doing and do this," E said. He explained that the act adds to c reponsibilities, and normal work mav hav postponed in some areas to comply. "It will I i incredible amount of effort" and will aff ! departments, he said. j One program being set back is a propose puter program with the bookstore. Brunton s fc university made a firm commitment to inst program that would help tell which books t< and to keep on hand. "All work has been stopped on this," he sa I program had been planned for next sprir I would have made the system of ordering easier, Douglas Fitzgerald, assistant president for operational services, said. Fitzgerald added the setback was not entin to the Stevenson Act, but because of more pi needs of computer time. Reports required under the act incl statement of expenditures for all tra1 statement of all existing contracts for permai capital imorovemonts nnH tho stntnc r?f cn/.i LSee FISCALRKPOH TIN(i" l m?i ?imn? iimiim !? iwinmimniii Theatre By Sylvia Wise The renovation of Ix>ngstreet Theatre should be completed by fall, allowing the A A rr%\ A * * uepm iiueui 01 ineaire ana speech to p move into their new home by next semester. The Department will be able to occupy only the office space, however, with the theater itself ready by the spring. The first production at Longstreet Theatre will be on March 3. The only work that remains to be completed on the offices is the carpeting, electrical wiring and the stairs, according to the Department Head Dr Patti Gillespie. The project has been either in the planning stage or under renovation for several years. Until the actual theater area is completed plays will continue to be performed at Drayton Hall. The new University theater will contain rr r ...TOU YOU'I: . nay be prepare ? >f fiscal [r ~ --~^venson larterly ipriated ^ y vPij? and in- \? S/ ;ins the I li rr~> I for the ""T* ocation P^fTTl l ^ ^ Li loo anly be d ^ I, use , hiring stem is 11 them /?jv irunton vy I: n existing FRtEMAflH e to be nt^ t't I taJ take an ect all d comaid the itute a 3 order \g and / b??ks / V'C6 essing " '^^^1 /el, a "c" nent or i work >age 2 Dept. ge a number of interesting features, including a stage mounted on a hydraulic lift that can be lowered below audience view for set changes and then raised again. The stage design is also unusual because it is an arena theater, surrounded on all four sides by the audience. This is a first for Columbia and is one of the few such stages in the Southeast. A /\4 V* _____ A * miuiiici iu:w ieaiure is me computerized lighting system, one of the most sophisticated in the state. The site itself, however, is probably the most notable feature about the new home for the Department. The Ix)ngstreet Theatre has been a part of the University campus since 1853. Since that time it has been used for a variety of purposes, but never the one it was originally constructed for: a chapel. The first sermon was given in it before the building was finished and the accoustics CM THAT" SWITCH AN If Z-\ nr-iCA r li ic i/c n -? ?? g % ? / ? w ri i \,? |s & I'v jgm| ffltfrffltS <B J /} f i L i^ is new I were so bad the building committee suggested dropping the idea of using it as a chapel. Carpeting the floors and stuffing spaces in the building with moss and hair did not improve accoustics. During the Civil War the building served first as a Confederate hospital and then as a Union headquarters. After the War a special session of the General Assembly was held there. The legislators lasted only aha 41?. 1 * * * unc wcjy uciuic lilt! UtX'OllSUCSI prODlPHl drove them into other campus buildings. From 1870 to 1887 it served as an arsenal and armory. It housed science and agriculture classes and doubled as a gymnasium until 1892, when it became solely a gymnasium. It is named after the president of the University from 1857 to 1861, Augustus B. Longstreet. The Theatre Department's first production in their new home will be ID /f\ V JTBJ1 S" i ???| K l_X I_ rtome "Waiting tor Godot" by Samuel Beckett, which will run March 3-12. The Longstreet Theatre will also provide a showcase for a University first when the Theatre Department presents the French ballet "Gaiete Pa^isienne," staged by faculty C - tr? 1 ? iiiciiilA'I <>usd11 r<?u ll". The Department, the USC Music Department and the Lyric Theatre will repeat their collaboration to produce the Puccini opera "Tosca" in April. The Department of Theatre and Speech will initiate the new season with the 1968 musical "Hair," performed sans nudity. The second play will be an original comedy in thi? Noil Simnn tmHitinn r? ?. _ - tluuUIUH tllllllCU One" and written by USC student Jonathan S. Crow. Other season productions will include "Hedda Gabler" and "Much Ado About Nothing." Students are reminded that auditions are open to the entire student body.