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Ghostly appearance The photographer who took this picture said it shows the ghost of student who was an apparent suicide victim. The picture was taken the old Columbia Hotel, which was a dorm before beina razed to mat room for the Baker's Trust building. s? Wednesday, Oct. 31 The College Republicans and Resident Student Associatioi sponsor a mock election. Five polling places will be open; a valii USC i.d. is required. The Carolina Camcrala Woodwind Quartet pla\vs fo "Wednesdays ai Trinity" ai Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. "Cat People" plays 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m. at the Russell Hous Theatre. Admission is SI for the first show and Si.50 for th others. V |p8888^|pp with the music o1 ftp, Thursday ^ Ticket Tal jjpjjp" IDEAS ft ISSUES presents CI An informational MENSA program to ex- A KJO5 plain the international organization's in- |^i[ tellectual and social purposes. WJ* * 0. ifjrm inurs., Nov. i /:ou pm JjTm RHUU #302 TjcL lVV MENSA Test: Sat., Nov. 3 3 8SS$858SS38S8& Ghosts. Continued from page historic Horseshoe, Gay said. i A COUPLE walking home from a fraternity party in a November several years past saw a girl in 1860s dress outside the President's House. She appeared to be in a spotlight. When they walked toward her, she vanished. The couple callcd university security, who told them to go home and i sleep it off. Gay later heard, although no one would confirm the report, that a security officer saw the girl two nights later and asked to be replaced. At the South Caroliniana Library, the ghosts of Wade Hampton and James Rion McKissick, USC's 19th president, supposedly have been glimpsed, Gay said, and they may have done some reading while at the old building. A few years ago the staff would p come to work in the mornings and find some Charleston and Columbia newspapers scattered across the floor Lj of the second-floor reading room. ^ Staff members denied they did it. ALSO, IN a sorority room in the u v.,. ~ r . u~ \\; r\ i a uasciucm ui iiic women s ut-''1111 furniture was rearranged overnight, and no one ever found out who did it, Gay said. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority now has the room. The strangest spook at Wade Hamp,n ton is Dr. Black's daughter. (e A girl woke up one night when she thought she heard her roommate come what's happenir n Student Senate meets.5:30 p.m. in Room 015 t d A Halloween Carnival for University Terrace, and USC staff children begins 6 p.m. at Book* r The event is sponsored by Resident Student Women's Quad volunteers. e The Athenian Literar> and Debating Societ> e tury literary exercise on the subject, "Resolved death" K p.m. in Room 332 of Russell House. CONTEMPORARY S presents MisfiTE D QI [*>, Wwa \\ is & & LL ?I1U I LLur Laser Li< Rock Corn eaturing Argon and K v ? r-* i r?I 1 -?-l_ _ r-^ _ I Yes, nnK i-ioya, i ne roi f, Nov. 1 8 pm 8 5.00 USC Student General Public / I Die outside CPU c DLTURAL SERIES presents TRA Wfna; S* BSEEMAVIH5 Lea aturday, Nov. 3 8 p.m. Ret The Township $70 ;ets available at The Township Table tudents: $8.50, $10.50 B88SSS8S8SS?. > 1 in to tell her to call her parents. She saw a girl in a brown dress and shawl, carrying a tray with a bottle of wine and glasses on it. When she called her roommate's name, the girl vanished. GAY SAII) he heard a story about a Dr. Black, whose house had stood on the site at Greene and Pickens streets. Black was a staunch Southern supporter. After his young daughter was raped by three Union soldiers, the girl supposedly poisoned herself and the three, Gay said. And if it isn't, the l.ongstrect Theatre should be haunted, both irencti and (jay said. French said he took a ghostly tour in England, and was surprised when he learned most British ghosts inhabit theatres. NO ONE has ever reported unexplained sights or sounds at Longstreet, but 16 to 26 Union soldiers were buried there, and the limestone slabs of the theatre were poured on top. One "verified" ghost who has disappeared lived in Columbia Hotel. The hotel was demolished about 1C years ago and replaced by the Banker's Trust building. Columbia Hall was built to renlace the downtown dorm Gay said he heard the story from Miss Bell, who was hotel housemother at the time. She told him students were never ig )! Calcoit College. "Racing With II Carolina Gardens Russell House Tlv -r T. Washington. SI.50 lor the othc Development and The French Cli Points. holds a 19th CenI, there is life alter The College R< Russell House. OUNDS i cz ii linn ght * Derts ? rypton Lasers ice, The Who and M i 10 pm Ballrc M A V s (advance) Day of Show >ffice - RHUU VEL & TOUR continues jn-up for New York ^ Shuttle Bus ves: Tues., Nov. 20 urns: Sun., Nov. 25 W< due upon registration < /M-ll I ouisrue uru omue ? RHUU #209 ROLiNA liROG, assigned to a certain ninth-floor room. A!N ICY presence tilled the room, and a window refused to stay closed. Sometimes running water could be heard, after which the presence seemed to leave for a while. Gay said he found a story about a USC student who in the mid-1940s either was pushed or jumped from a window at the dorm and died. He was told the death was ruled a suicide, but he could find no official records. He did find, however, a stors in an old Gamecock about a student who killed himself during that time. (iAY AND a stall' photographei went to the hotel after students had been moved out to see if the> could find anything. They took pictures all over the building, and although the\ didn't see anything, when they got the prints, one had the fu/zy silhouette ol .? .....II, i . U- 1 II u ^uuiig llicin ??ll\lll{i UV)? II MIL' llctll, surrounded by light. But the windows had all been boarded with plywood in preparation tor the demolition, and the doors to all the rooms were closed, he said. Also, Gay said, United Press International took a picture of the building as it fell, and in an upper window was the face of a young man. So don't be surprised if you see a few unfamiliar faces tonight. And il you do, be sure to tell them about the football team. . \ Thursday, Nov. 1 ie Moon" plays 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m. at the eatrc. Admission is Si for the first show and ;rs. ib meets 5:30 p.m. at Cioatfeather's in l ive publicans meet 7:30 p.m. in Room 302 of y I I 1 1 p any More W >om w #209 p VIDEO TAPE announces ^Q|j^ )ollege Sweepstakes. 5SJ atch ROCKWORLD for XK details. 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