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Show April 2, 1965 SIGNPOST Page 4 Baahimy JFar Ilahhy Try JPluyiny Chess by Billie D. Howard The Queen has carefully placed the last pawn in place, checking to see if the knights have gone to fetch the Bishops, before she enters the castle to kill the King. The killing or checkmating of the king is the objective of the game, Chess. A checkmate occurs whenever the king is in such a position that he cannot move without being captured by any of the opponent pieces of the board. A chess set consists of a board with 64 square divisions and 32 pieces (16 white 16 black). The names of these are . . pawns 16, knights 4, rooks 4, queens 2, kings 2, bishops 4. They move in the following manner: Pawn: 1-2 squares forward on the first move, at the discretion of the player, and 1 square after wards and has killing power diagonally 1 square. Knight: 1 square forward then 1 square diagonally. Capable of jumping over men obstructing a movement, also kills in likemanner. Bishop: Moves diagonally, on an assigned color, any number of squares as long as the path is not obstructed, kills in the same manner. Rook: Moves forward or side ways any number of squares as long a path is not obstructed. Kills in like manner. Queen: Moves any number of squares in any one direction at a time, provided the path is not blocked. With the power to kill in all directions. King: Moves one square in any direction except when castling, this is when the rook moves to the side of the king and the king piece moves over to the opposite side of the rook to occupy the blank square. Killing (capturing) means that a piece has the power to replace and occupy the space of an opponent piece. Tli is is believed to be the man ner in which the Buddhist Hindus relieved themselves of pent up emotions, because the chess is a warlike game in strategy. Therefore, it seems only feasible that they invented the game as a substitute for war. The true origin of chess is not known, but the first authentic literature on chess came from the Arabs and Hebrews, in Granda, about the 11th century. It was already wide spread among the Mohammedan Nations. It probably originated in China then it passed to India where it was known as "Chartarunga" and was played by 4 persons. It then passed from India to Persia about the beginning of the 7th century of our era. It was then adopted by the Arab conquerors of that country and introduced into Europe, from which we obtained it. Jobs Overseas Available Now The American Student Information Service (ASIS) is granting 20,000 'European summer jobs to American college students. A variety of jobs such as life-guarding, resort, office, sales, factory, childcare, farm, plus a multitude of others are available to the interested students. Neither experience nor language ability are needed. 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"The Fantasticks," a delightful and humorous musical fantasy, employs a variety of unusual stage effects, at times mere hints of reality, to help captivate the audience. Although on surface observation some aspects of the play seem daring, first appearances soon are transformed to reveal moralistic generalizations about the false and fading glamor of the world as seen through the eyes of the immature. For example, the hilarious "rape" scene (rape in this case meaning seize or kidnap) illustrates that worldly excitement and adventure does not produce true and lasting enjoyment.John M. Elzey, one of the main reasons Weber State has such outstanding drama productions, is at his best as director and star of the show. And John Elzey's best includes sensitivity and understanding in interpretation, technical accuracy, and an unerring tsese of the dramatic. movgly sug ad cbed by Jeto nical accuracy, and an unerring sense for the dramtic. 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