The State from Columbia, South Carolina • 5

For and Seill UP The S.C., Tuesday, August 23, 1988 5-A Apple From 1-A Carolina who works as a reporter with the New York Post, said. Adams, in a counter proposal, has challenged Koch to prove his claim that "Big Apple" was musicians' slang that came from jazz circles in Harlem. Adams has offered 10 pounds of mustard-based barbecue as his ante in the bet. No mention of dessert has been made, although apple pie for the winner and humble pie or crow for the loser might be appropriate. "The origin of the dance the Big Apple in Columbia makes perfect sense and I'm willing to concede, although I have no documentation," Koch said through a spokesman Monday afternoon.

"But we're not going to be able to convince each other of our stories about how New York got the nickname the 'Big Apple." Koch spokesman Larry Simonberg portrayed the difference of opinion as something that shouldn't be taken seriously. "We're not disputing the story about the Big Apple dance. Does it link up with the nickname? We're not sure," Simonberg said. "If these people want to come up with their evidence, we'd be glad to have them. "Barbecue would be most welcome," Simonberg added.

"But we'd rather have a couple of hitters for the Mets and just to be fair, some pitchers for the Yankees." The Columbia dance and Harlem jazz theories both have their origins in the Great Depression, when music and dance were ways to forget the economic trouble of the times. But Adams believes he has a leg up. Documentation. Lots of it. Clocks From 1-A puters at all the utilities' control centers and is monitored by American Electric Power which acts as the official timekeeper for the United States and Canada east of the Rockies.

The Columbus, Ohio-based utility holding company assumed its timekeeper role back in the 1920s, when it used a grandfather clock with a huge pendulum as the standard against which an electric clock was measured. Today's set-up is more sophisticated. Like Southern California Edison which is the West Coast's official timekeeper, American Electric constantly receives a radio signal from the National Bureau of Stan- The evidence includes newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, oral histories of those who lived during the era including blacks who played and danced at the club and the white counterparts who danced the step on the stage of New York's Roxy Theatre in 1937. When city officials celebrated the re-opening of the old Big Apple building in June as the headquarters for a catering firm, Adams' staff was deluged with material he insists proves Columbia's claim. Some of that documentation was mailed off to Dear Abby, who earlier this month ignored the Columbia version.

Adams was dejected, but not crushed. He had one last shot. Earlier this month, Adams granted an interview with the New York public radio network articulating what most Columbians know about the dance and the nightclub. Apparently, that broadcast inspired The Times to publish Monday's article, which included comments from Lucretia Cayruth, who is believed to be one of the last surviving blacks who danced in the building at Hampton and Park streets. Mrs.

Cayruth chided New Yorkers for their unwillingness to acknowledge Columbia's purported contribution to the big city's image. The Big Apple is easier to promote than today's teenage dance trend. "All they do is shake their fanny. We had a lot more steps," Mrs. Cayruth told The Times.

The Post, a headline-blaring tabloid, was expected to have a follow-up article in today's editions, including a picture of Adams hamming it up with a plate of barbecue. "We're planning to go wild with this," Hoffmann said. "It's a good ole fashioned Civil War kind of story here." dards in Denver, telling the precise time of its atomic clock. The readings are fed into a computer, and, whenever the time of the atomic clock and a synchronous clock in Columbus deviate by more than 4 seconds, the company orders a time correction. American Electric calls its utility subsidiaries and they call their neighbors until, like in a pyramid game, every Eastern electric company has been notified.

it Then, at a designated time, usually at night when demand is down and more capacity is available, they all change the speed of their generators to produce power at 60.02 hertz if time has lagged or at 59.98 hertz if time has gotten ahead of itself. Within hours, clocks are again on time, and the utilities' power plants revert to generating electricity at 60 hertz. yourself. 6. Obey cue spot (a location in front of the blackboard, where Ms.

Colvin expects attention directed). Because it's the first day, no names will go on the board when the rules are broken. But in the left corner of the blackboard is written in chalk and tomorrow an unfortunate few may be listed there, Ms. Colvin has warned. That's what the first few days sometimes weeks of school are really about for first-graders: learning the rules, testing the rules, learning the consequences.

For now, everyone's quiet, working hard, tracing their hands on bright yellow paper. "Boys and girls, I asked you to trace your hands so I can have some helping hands," Ms. Colvin says. "One day you'll walk in and see your hand on the board, and you will help pass out papers, pass out books. You're my helper." Amber Thompson diligently finishes cutting out the last finger of her small hand and bites her lip as she hands it to her teacher.

As Ms. Colvin passes, Amber stands near her chair and twirls her scissors on her desk. The first-grade classrooms are in the oldest wing of the school. Ms. Colvin's cinderblock walls are painted a bluish grey.

At the windows are white curtains with the alphabet in many colors. An orange and blue bulletin board says, "Busy as bees meeting new friends." The room has its own sink and bathrooms, the object of much attention in the few minutes before lining up for lunch. "You stay with the people with the apple on. These are our people in our class," Ms. Colvin instructs.

She has pinned on each child a cheery red apple, their names written in black. The students line up according to meal choices: A's first (they're eating corn dogs), then B's (pizza), then those who brought their lunch. As they shuffle and whisper, Ms. Colvin speaks gently. "I need Shauna (Branham) to remind me of a rule.

What do we do with our hands when we're in line?" Several voices chime in: "Keep them by our sides." Once seated, Ivy Fowler helps her new friend, Erika West, who's having trouble with the milk carton. "Want me to open your milk?" Ivy asks. "I can," says Erika, then adds a few seconds later, "Maybe so." Ivy efficiently shakes the milk, neatly tears open the cardboard lips, even inserts Erika's straw. Across from the two, Ivy Harris is enthused. She beams at the pizza, Louisa WAREHOUSE AT WOODHILL MALL will be closed Wednesday, August 24th until 12 noon for final drastic reductions on men's and women's fine quality, famous brand clothing and women's shoes.

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She warns the students this is to be a short class with time for only one drawing. "Now, how many of you went on a trip this summer?" Nearly two dozen hands wave in the air. "How many of you stayed at home like me and had a good time?" A few hands creep up. Karen Walters swiftly sketches a rolling aquamarine hill with a truck at its peak. "There's the road, and there's our camper," she proclaims.

Raoul Bonvouloir draws swirls and loops for a purple ocean heated up by a lime green sun. "Don't fold up the papers," Miss Rhame warns as they finish. "Somehow, they end up hitting people in line when they're folded up." It's hot walking back and forth among the buildings, so the children I NEED A DIAMOND? DON'T LET OUR LOW PRICES FOOL YOU! REMEMBER-WE OFFER ONLY THE FINEST QUALITY, BUT FOR MUCH LESS. 5982-63 JEWELRY WAREHOUSE GMAT Stanley H. KAPLAN EDUCATIONAL CENTER LTD.

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"I would think you would remember from kindergarten, when the teacher is not here, you need to sit down and be quiet." But she knows the day is long and tiring with all its newness, so next on the agenda is a filmstrip, "Pinocchio." "If you'd like to put your head down, you may," she says. "This is resting time." The filmstrip is a modernized version of the classic, with a list of little boy pranks shaving cream on the mirror, a mess making banana and peanut butter sandwiches, tying together Geppetto's shoelaces and warnings not to talk to strangers. When the lights are back on, the class follows Ms. Colvin in exercises, clearly delighted to "stretch up high." The final task of the day requires the children to listen and follow a series of directions. They must, in the proper sequence, add a bell to a worksheet drawing of a schoolhouse.

Next, they must add windows and a door, then a flag, then some flowers, and last of all, themselves. "These dark words say, 'My School Ms. Colvin notes. And several voices proudly announce, "I can read." She strolls up and down the aisles, admiring their work, making suggestions about flags and flowers. "I have a surprise for you for the end of your day," she says.

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