The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 13, 1976, Page Page 6, Image 6

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(? Ballroc beer us should restrict '' 1 " ^ & 'Mister By HENRY GREEN Gamecock Staff Write "Mister God, This Is certainly not one of t backs. In fact, it is one < ever read, containing outlook. Rarely do you find a religion or, rather, one not so unique as they The book's true storj 4-year-old Anna, a rui baker's window near a takes Anna homo to hi then on, Anna is a mem Fynn reads to her, w a slide rule. Despite the 15 year a think on the s;?De levf TO UNDERSTAND alike, the reader must child. She is a prodigy, of her slip stick (slic numbers together," s melodies on the pianc any Mozart but it is no at such an early age. By CHU Ganiecc Editor im A p?h that woi alcohol eBallroon Under USC affi *m reserve charge a wine, ex at the 1 managei fkf% Spur. 1 placed oi organiz; nersons from the , ;P ~ ~ VJUU I Anna" is a religious 1 hose ordinary inspira 3f the most unusual boo a somewhat unortho i book with such uniqu whose ideas concern in are refereshingly des< ' begins as Fynn, the n naway, sitting on a g? i London dock. F'ynn, 1 s mother, where Anna iber of Fynn's family, rites for her, even teac ge difference, Fynn an( ;1. why Fynn and Anna understand that Anna She is "extracting roo le rule)" before she c >ays Fynn. She is coi before she is 8-years teworthy for a child to CK CROMER >ck Entertainment cy is being developed uld define the use of in the Russell House n. the present policy, any liated organization can 1.1 i 11 j* _ me Daiiroom tree of ind have either beer or cept hard liquor, sold ir event by the ment of the Golden 'he only restrictions 11 the sponsor is that the ation must prevent from taking alcohol ! ballroom. ! ?%*+ * ^ 'Jta < x' - y ?* * - % ? * Ns^/? 4 A \ jrovides Her id for exai does nol >ook, but it is spectrin tional paper- Anna ks that I have want! Si dox religious to draw didn't w e ideas about that is v ig religion are he didn -ribed. reflect; arrator, finds we?" ite beneath a Fynn 9 at the time, "empty is fed. From The ide original hes her to use rebutta God bee 1 Anna simply as n book's i are so much as in Fj is no ordinary reader ts With the aid For e ;an "add two differer nposing little inside t -old. She isn't realizes be composing the fam from a] J There was a need 1 permanent campus facilit; could accomodate all acl so a multi-purpose bal] was included in the most i Russell House expansion If the attendance for i cert or lecture was expec exceed 300 persons the soring organization was 1 to seek a facility off cai The ballroom can seat 1,000 persons. THE PARQUET wood fl quickly being destroyed ai is only a matter of time t it must be replaced, Tom Russell House director, i mw.j * ?* , * .* 'i'.-ij i'W > *. 1 . ? * *_ ? * >?? ' ? WP^PNMF^ * .jflge^s > fc* ? 1 Pfej ^ A y *h/* ' >* Ly % # F X'Al \ ^1 *l^ .ovo^ " v^. . x ^ W v v> - & ik ?flr * * ^ ** w IJ?V' . 5 interest eas, however, are most astor ripie, that the color of a flov absorb A vpllnw flnwpr ahc< ii but yellow, which it reflect* thinks about this: "Oh! Yel i its real color is all the bits it a conclusion, as Fynn exp anf t Via t f/\l 1 m*t 1 i/tU r-? /??-? 11 c*iit nit ^cnv/w ugui wcia tdlici /hat we saw . . . Mister God t reflect anything back! No^ inything back, we couldn't p goes on to say that we oft " because he simply does not i of comparing God to a flow , even though it is abstract. I to the atheist's argument ths ause he cannot contact God m i THE preceding illustratio nessage is found not so mucl nn's explanations of what sh the riddles. Fynn interprets xample, Anna makes a point it churches in heaven cos' e hemselves." Fynn ponders t what he thinks it means. Ar iliar idea that Heaven is fille 1 religions: Christian, Hindi \bout Campus For a Other damages include liol ythat the acoustic paneling, v tivity, costs between $250 and $6 Iroom replace, damages to table; nlioirc fKn fVinffo r\4 CLCUL nmuo auu nit uiti to vjx ballroom's and the loui i con- furniture. Usually, there ted to security. spon- The depreciation of :orced ballroom after a beer bla mpus. other alcoholic even! up to horrifying. Debris everywhere. Normally, it $88.20 to clean up the ball] after a non-alcoholic e ooris Cleaning costs can somel nd it . double after an event v >efore alcohol was served. After I Otts, cleaned, the scars of the 1 said. remain L mi *** ^ ? -j' \ ,v Sffe ^ w mynnnn y : y-. ii<4\iife'^\ j ing religiot lishing. Fynn tells her, religious d ;er is the color that it whether tl 3rbs every color of the synogogue, > to the viewer. Heaven be low is the bit it don't religious si do want." She goes on money to | lains: "A flower that themselves d yellow by us because them objec wanted everything, so The storj w if Mister God didn't reader can ossibly see him, could had been c give any h en assume God to be reader for 1 reflect anything to us. shock to th< 'er is indeed fresh and Fynn's idea may be a FYNN I it he does not believe in writer. He /ith his five senses. mother's c because th n, the essence of this Anna. Ann; n in Anna's statements her ideas. / n cQifC Anno r#i* l~? * ? rnl - - 1 IV, oujro. IIIIIKI giyca II1C 1 1113 clOSt them. . "Mister G : "Fynn, there ain't no example, F verybody in heaven is ?"Oo, yoi his statement until he Some of ina is merely restating Fynn's exj ;d with the good people "Mister Gk i, Muslim, etc. Their enjoyable. es in THE USE OF ale /hich not be permitte 00 to ballroom, no excepti ? and an extreme measun the the most part u nges' Nonetheless, it wou is no ballroom. the ^ there are no res st or the use of alcoh t is ballroom, then an o IS 9IIUU1U i-rr; tnnigci costs demnity for havii room This would pay fc vent. costs and limit t ;imes alcohol to organic /here can afford it or or oeing that think alcohol is >attle essential to the success. jjj^ | The Panth I I "The Return < | J Panther", stai RP Sellers, Herbei Catherine Sch? shown at 7 p.] p.m. Thursday eML in the Itus! wSaj Theatre. Peter as Inspector Clc sequel to "A Dark". ? /-i w IS UlOUgll ifferences are superficial?it ley worship in a church, ? Fynn says. They are "inside cause they have not allowed iporficialities, such as automc get in their way. They do n< '' nlirirfirtrl tU/vf/x %v* 1 ^111151115 IIICOC llldlUl IctJ ts of greed. At least, this is wha r ends when Anna falls from a ( sympathize with Fynn's grief ut off-cut off and not yet eight unto in iii^; pi her death, so that the death coi 3 reader as it is for Fynn. S BY no means a' polished ; rambles considerably, telli ures and his aunt's passion foi bonk is not fir?tir?n it iiiie nn a goes to live with F'ynn's fami \nna dies. The book ends all tha snce of a plot can be excusc od, This Is Anna" has its st 'ynn's description of the Cockn \ are 'orrible." what Anna says is hard to un Sanation. Yet, though much of )d, This Is Anna" is abstract an ohol should < | d in the ons. This is b that is for indesirable. lri snvn tho WW f \/ U1V trictions on ol in the rganization i $300 inlg alcohol. >r cleaning f he use of ations that ganizations > absolutely program's J I # ier $ uf the Pink rring Peter ~t Lom and ell, will be .1 /\ 111. ana u:.iu and Friday sell House Sellers stars >useau in this # Shot in the ts ft does not matter a mosque or a 3 themselves" in material things, )biles, boats, and )t leave "bits of I things, making t Fynn thinks. ree and dies. The : "This child ... f Fynn does not I s to prepare the mes as much of a * and professional ng us about his r nut toffee. Also, > plot. Fynn finds ly. Anna presents it quickly. ^ id, however, and ^ rong points. For ey accent is goodderstand, despite the philosophy of d lofty, the book is *