University of Virginia Library

Rapier To Open Year With
New Talent, Location, Ideas

By Bob Gramann

For the first time in its history,
The University is going to have a
monthly magazine that really is a
monthly magazine. "Rapier," a
magazine of "Satire and Broad
Discussion," under a re-organized
staff, is expanding it operations to
include concerts, raffles, and film
festivals, as well as their newly
increased publication rate and an
increased circulation.

Due to the pounding of
creditors, a separate staff entitled
RAPIER ENTERPRISES, has been
established to handle
money-making ventures for the
magazine. This organization has
already set up a film festival
featuring two of renowned director
Fred Zinneman's greatest movies, a
concert, posters, and a raffle for a
$120 custom-made suit from Eljo's.

The film festival will begin on
Monday, September 23 with the
movie "High Noon." This film, the
epitome of the American western,
stars Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly.
The following night Rapier will
present "From Here To Eternity,"
acclaimed by many as the greatest
war movie ever made. Starring
Frank Sinatra, who won an
Academy Award for his
performance, and Burt Lancaster,
the film also features Deborah Kerr
and Montgomery Clift. Both movies
will be shown at 7 and 9:30 in
Gilmer Hall Auditorium. Tickets
are on sale at Mincer's, Newcomb
Hall and at the door.

On Saturday, September 28th,
Rapier will present
CHRYSANTHEMUM in concert. This
group is a University folk-rock
group which has received a good
deal of notoriety since it formed
last year. Chrysanthemum is
composed of musicians Gary
Greenwood, John Chesson, and
Rod Merrymor. They combine a
program of well known material
with many compositions of their
own. According to Paul Larsen,
director of Rapier Enterprises, a
near sell-out crowd is expected for
the concert due to the fact that it is
the first home football week-end.

Future plans for Rapier
Enterprises include monthly film
festivals, concerts with both local
and nationally-known rock groups,
a continuous cartoon presentation
during exams, and a chartered plane
various vacation spots.

The magazine, whose September
issue appears on newsstands today,
was termed by The Virginia Weekly

New Offices Of Rapier Magazine Which Recently Opened

Magazine Foresees Great Era Of Collegiate Writing, Ideas

as "slick and sophisticated." The
newly-formed staff which
comprises of many of the most
well-known writers around the
Grounds recently acquired a
three-room suite of offices at 214
Rugby Road. According to Chuck
Adams, managing editor of the
magazine, "With the new offices we
are able to enlarge our staff, our
circulation, and our coverage. We
have plans for becoming not just a
eatern-located magazine but in
several years one which will be
nation-wide in scope. There really
isn't any national college
publication and we feel that with
the increased interest in our work
over the last few months by both
writers and readers that we can
eventually spread our circulation to
include the entire nation."

The current issue, which
although does not approximate the
plans the staff has for national
circulation, does seem to provide a
more varied interest-span than
issues of the past. The September
issue includes a drinking guide to
Charlottesville, an interview with
John Kenneth Galbraith, a report
on the ROTC training camp, a look
at politics, and a review of the
Beatles.