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DROP BY DROP.. Dr. R biology department is filling a c from an eyedropper as she prepa tion with her research on marini Sturgeon) USC Profs J In Various One of seven representatives from South Carolina to a Mental Health Conference held in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 and 2, was Dean William W. Savage of the School of Education. People who attended the meet ing were connected with either mental health organizations or educational work. The purpose of the conference was to bring together people in terested in the field of mental health and to discuss ways and means of improving mental health practices in schools and colleges. Considerable attention was given to the need for teachers doing a better job in schools with regard to mental attitudes and the need for colleges doing a better job of preparing students for teaching positions. Wienefeld Speaks on Budget I)ean of Arts and Sciences R. H. Wienefeld spoke Nov. 1 to the Columbia Teachers' Council on the problems of the City School Board in drawing up a budget. He spoke as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Schools of Columbia and Richland County. British Studies Dr. George Curry will attend the autumn meeting of the Con ference on British Studies in New York City tomorrow. Those at tending will be ones "interested in the study of British history and United States history." This meeting to promote in terest in the study of British history covers the Eastern and Southern sections of the country, Dr. Curry saidl. Dr. Curry will reviewv for the Conference the state of the collec tion of the papers of the late Lord Milner at New College, Ox ford, and the p)lans for their publication. This was one of his Senior Men Ma For Danforth Applications are now being re (eived for the sixth class (1957) of D)anforth Graduate Fellows from college senior men and re cent graduates who are pr-eparing themselves for a career of college teaching, and are planning to en ter graduate school in September, 1957, for their first year of grad uate study. D)ean William W. Savage of the School of Education has been namedi Liaison Officer by Presi denit Russell to nominate D)anforth Foundation candiidates. Dean Sav age wvill nominate at least two anid not more than three can'didates to the F'oundation for- fellowships. The maximum annual grant for single Fellows is $1800; for mar ried Fellows, $2400 with an addi tional stipend for children. A Dan forth Fellow is allowed to carry other scholarship appointments such as Rhodes, Fulbright, Wood row Wilson, or Marshall concu rently with his Danforth Fellow ship. The Danforth Foundation is open to applicants from the areas of Natural and Biological Sci ences, Social Sciences, Humanities and all fields of specialization to be found in the undergraduate college. Candidates must be men of out standing academic ability, integ rity and character, possess a per sonality congenial to the classroom and be seriously interested in the Christian faith. All applicationns, inclnn the V X. berta Lovelace of the University ulture plate with drops of water res for an experiment in connec annimals. (Staff photo by Ken Participate Activities interests in England earlier thi year. Patterson at Meeting )r. Robert W. Patterson, hea< of the University Bureau of Bus iness and Economic Research attended the 10th annual meetina of American University Bureau of Business and Economic Re search held Oct. 24-26 at Tucson Arizona. Directors of university researcl bureaus and research economist from all but three states in th, United States attended the ses sions and field excursions to point in Arizona and Mexico. The Uni versity was admitted to the asso ciation in 1955. French Receives Grant Dr. Anthony D. French of thi University physics department ha received a research grant, accord ing to a recent report of Researcl Corporation officials. The grant, distributed quarterly is designed to aid investigation: in chemistry, physics, astronomy mathematics and engineering. Dr. French is conducting re search in nuclear emulsion studi and is the only professor in Soutl Carolina receiving aid tmndei present grants which were dis tributed to 60 colleges and univer sities in the United States llawaii, Cuba and Canada. He came to the University fron Cambridge University in Sept 1955. D)avis Counsels Dr. Willard Davis, head of th' University Chemistry Department is the counselor of the Universit' to the Oakridge Institute of Nu clear Research on cancer. The institute's main purposei to facilitate thec use of the Oak ridlge laboratories. As a counselor Dr. D)avis attends the annual r'e gional meetings in Memphis, Ten nessee. y Apply Now Fellowships recommendations, must be' com. pleted by January 31, 1957. A ny student wishing further inuforma Lion is uirgedl to get ini touch wit) D)ean Sav~age. Air Science Lists Two New Instructors A pair of recent graduates o the Air Force Ac(adlemic Inst ructo: Course at Maxwell Air Fore< Base, Montgomery, Alabama, h-uy .Joined t he staff of the D)ep art men of Air' Science at the U1niversit y. The new staff members arm Capt. Lewis A. D)oa n anmd Lt. Rob ert E. Patrick. Capt. D)oan, a native o1 Trinity Texas, and a graduat e of Sout%i wester'n University, has flying ex perience in B-24's, B-32's, anm B-29 type aircraft. Hie has had si: years teaching experience in thi p)ublic schools at Fort Worth am has been awarded his M.A. (degre, in Adiinist rative Educ(ation fron Tlexas C hrist ia m n Uivyersi ty. Firtst Lt. Pat rick, from Wh it< Oak, Sout h Carmoli na, wvas grad uated from Erskine University ii 1951. A fter winning his wings an< commission in December, 1952 a Bryan, Texas, he was with thu 45th T a c t i c a I Reconnaissanci Squadron in Korea, from JTuly 1953 to June, 1954. Upon return ing to the States he was assignet to Shaw Air Force Base and latei to the 363rd Wing Hendqnarterm Biologist Studies Sea Life Dr. Roberta Lovelace of the University biology department did research on the treatment of ma rine animals with ultra-violet ra diation last summer in North Car. olina and Massachusetts. She worked on sea urchins' egge at Duke Marine Laboratory al Beaufort and on marine wornis eggs at the Marine Biological -Lab oratory at Woods Hole in the twc states, respectively. Dr. Lovelace kept a record of the development of treated egg after fertilization. She treated eggs with ultra-violet radiatior before fertilization. "Knowledge for the sake of knowledge," Dr. Lovelace de scribed as her purpose. "It has nc immediate practical significance Sonic facts that come out of it in directly have practical signifi cance," she explained. "Any knowl ~ edge on ultra-violet radiatior helps answer the question of ho,% ultra-violet rays bring about mu tation in chromozones." "I hope to publish the result: of the experiments," she said. )r. Lovelace also attended thc International Congress of Devel opmen tal Biology in Providence Rhode Island. Embryologists from all over thc . world came to present the results of their research to other embry ologists and discuss their ideas. Speakers talked on subjects il their own field of research. Prof Talks On Trends In Politics I)r. D. Ii. Carlisle of the depart. nent of ptolitical science will reac a Iaper on ''Recent Politica: Trends iii the South'' tomorrow at a meeting of the Southern Politi. cal Science A sociation now it progress at Gatlintburg, Tennessee The meeting conc!udes tomorrow, lIe led a program on teaching of American government yester day. He and seven others led a discussiotn on the objectives of ' teaching Aae ricanl governmnt. t Last week, I)r. Carlisle acted au moderator at a political rally at - Township Auditorium Friday eve - ning. "The purpose was to inform th< people of the views of the tIrec political groups of the state," I)r 1Car!isle said. It was open for any one interested in the views. Sai'age Autends N. Y. Symiposiuim l 'rnfessor1 George Saivage King ofteUiversity Law School at I tnded a symoposiumit oni the prob. h-mots of' the on inusuredl motorist ir New York the last three dalys 0f last mtonith. Professotr K.~inig is coounsel foi the SouthI Carol inua Sen ate com imittee stundyintg thIe Finantcial Re sponi~illity' Att. I Ic is also study intg thte feasibility of adt((ltion o1 somet formt of compulsory)) 1 at omto tive liability insurance. CV .A Banquet Tickets Veteranus who ar pcIlatnning t< at tend the fall bamnquet of Carolina Veteruans Association may p)ur chase tickets alt the informatior decsk in Rtissell llouse fron R ichatrtd Mimis. Tick ets, wvhich air< $1 .35 eatch, mamy also Ite purchasen for dattes and wives. The banquet, which is set foi Nov. 30 in Russell House audi torium, is openl to all veterans the ir dlates otr wvives. LIABILITY Mendel D)ay< Men's Clothing, E Will Resume Classes Quint Rett American By Carol Watson Staff Writer Dr. H. H. Quint has returned to Carolina from the University of Mexico after teaching there as the first American historian under the Inter-cultural Exchange and FIulbright programs. Dr. Quint will resume classes here after the mid-term. He spent June 6-Oct. 29 in Mexico City. "Mexicans today are becoming more and more aware of the inter cultural relationship between the two," I)r. Quint said, "and the University of Mexico is anxious to develop an American studies program." Little U. S. History "The Embassy - asked me to make out a bibliography of essen tial works in American history," he said. They have had only a to "sparse collection under United an: States history." giv Dr. Quint taught a survey Qu course in American history with about 15 students in each of his tu classes. C. "Maestro" was the title given Pa Professors Judge Art; Give Talks Edmund Yaghjian, head of the lig department of fine arts at the thr University, flew to Raleigh, N. Dr C., last week where he judged the Un North Carolina Artists Competi- aft tion. lig Other judges of the annual ex- del hibition were Clinton Adams of the University of Kentucky and cer .ulien Binford of Mary Washing- wa ton College. wh A f,er judging the show, Yagh jian, Adams, and Mrs. Binford clu appeared on a panel to discuss tov "The Education of the Young Ar- on tist Today." leg Ca Dr. Velma Hayden of the Uni vcersity education department and Dr. Nicholas 1'. Mitchell, director ied of News Service here, spoke coi at the South Carolina chapter of leg Interniational Association of Per- the sonne"l in Employment Security last week. The Association's the theme is "Employment Security in pol Our Expanding Economy." sul gri Ka Reeves Reviews American Novel 2i an< For Magazine Dr Dr. George Reeves of the Uni v'ersity English department has reviewved "Transatlantic Migra tion," a contemnporary American novel in France. The reviewv was pub ,1lied in a 1956 issue of "'Coin I'ara;tive( Literature." D)r. Reeves is the author of "Thomas WVol fe and Europe," a b,ook pJublishled by Soirbonne Unt ve(rsity ini Paris. It has becen dlis trihuted widely throughout this counItryt 3 anid abroadl, according to D)r. IHavilauh Habel~ock, hlead of the U niversity D)epartment of English.I D)r. Reeves wats asked toi write the r.eviewv on "Transatlantic Mi gra tion'' beca use of hiis specializa tion in French-American literary relations. 'lThe Aniericans who influenced Frenchi literatunre most widely r during this ge'neration are Dos - P'assos, Hemingway, Faulkner, ,Caldwell and Steinbeck, Reeves said. INSURANCE r Mearriedi Stuadents C. Boykin t. PIhONE 6-3071 iir Night mnd Life Iuurance I 1280 MAIN 5l!. me Yor Kent hoe. Here At Mid-Teri irns To U History ly sa ba ba on sti Di to of yc TI gr so Dr. H. H. Quint w< co him by his students. Almost ne tone who does any teaching is er en the title; he enjoyed it, Dr. int said. w< )uring his stay, Dr. Quint lec- to ed at the University of Oaxaca, R. Nevada Academy, and the ki n-American Workshop. w religious In lature WitJ 'College students are more re ious fourteen years after college ar in they were in college," reports st . Erland N. P. Nelson of the he iversity psychology department, is er concluding a study on re- re ious attitudes of college stu- d se its. 'The only exception was con- or ning Sunday observance, which re s revered more by students ile in college than afterwards." te )r. Nelson published the con- ac sions of a study on attitudes ai iards the church which he made or 3,758 students from sixteen col- th cs and universities, including t roina. ti 1-Year Study pc ourteen years later he restud- ti' 900 of the first group and ipared their attitudes in col- or es with their attitudes after to fourteen-year interval. 4 si: Psychological Monographs," ar subject of the booklet incor- ac "ating his study, was also the ject of a regular bi-weekly pro m he gives over WIS on the y Collins show from 2:30-3 p.m. wi rhe booklet wvas published by th American Psychological Asso- er tion, Inc., and has been distrib- ye dI to most university libraries er IA.P.A. members, according to io Nelson. N New Harmony ..headliners e 'SC After i Mexico "I had to teach in Spanish," he id. "I started teaching with a sic three years college Spanish ckground." "Judging from what they wrote their final exam, I did get ross to them," he said. Comparison between American idents and Mexican students . Quint said is difficult because e "teaches under two different ts of assumptions. Students re are assumed to have a cer in amount of basic knowledge the United States; but there u have to start from scratch. ey didn't take anything for anted; our students have all rts of preconceptions." Students Work The University of Mexico has >rld history and European urses, but as Mexico is highly tional, he said, there is a greater nphasis in Mexican history. Most of his Mexican students :rked during the day and went classes from 4 to 10 p.m. "The students asked me what nd of quizzes would be given, tether they would be objective c inations z Students He studies "to see whether there e any relations between what a udent says on paper and the way behaves." He concluded there a "positive definite significant lationship between an ex-stu nt's attitude toward God and veral samples of his behavior. ie who indicated that he is fav able to the church attends more gularly," Dr. Nelson reported. "One who is more religious nds to be more active in civic tivities," Dr. Nelson said. "Re ,ion would be a greater predicter percentage of voting." He said at there is more relationship be 'een the church and voting ac rities than social, economic, and litical attitudes and voting ac rities. "One whose attitudes are fav able towards religious values nd to show behavior that is con ;tent with his religious beliefs d is also more active in civic tivities." . Southerners Religious Students from Southern schools mre more religious at college than ose from Northern and Midwest n universities, he said. Fourteen ars after college, those of South n schools remained more relig us than those who attended artherni and Midwestern schools. trio Ill, Style-wise are ap year. For cl its smart b Sbe mal sport mod with its and im Appearing campus oGen, $ $5.95; U, wove' AR ROW --first in fashion aSITSa..T.E......C. Teaching City or essay, and they asked for sam .ple questions--there's no differ ence in students," he commented. "When I left they presented me with a hand-painted Patacuaro tray," he added. Dr. Quint took his wife and two children with him. His daughter Janet won the primary spelling contest in the English-Spanish schools in Mexico City. Wealth and Poverty "There are tremendous ex tremes of wealth and poverty there," he said. Next door to a beautiful super-modern house would be a less economically privileged abode, and Mexicans go in tremendously for modern archi tecture." "Prof. L. L. Smith, who was attending a geology conference, and his wife visited us in Mexico, and also, Prof. S. H. Ackerman and his wife visited us, he explained, "so we were never isolated from the University." "I didn't see one pair of Ber muda shorts down there, thank goodness," he exclaimed, compar ing their clothing with ours. Six Attending Historical Association Six University professors from the history department are attend ing the annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association to day in Durham, North Carolina. Those attending the meeting from Carolina are the following: Dr. W. H. Callcott, Dr. D. W. Hollis, Dr. R. L. Meriwether, Dr. R. D. Ochs, Prof. David Ogg and Dr. R. H. Wienefeld. Dr. Callcott is on the executive committee and will attend its meetings during the meeting. Dr. Meriwether will discuss the papers of John C. Calhoun. It is a "regional association whose membership is made up by historians teaching in Southern institutions or historians who in the main are interested in teach ing the history of the South," ac cording to Dr. Wienefeld. The programs are not confined to subjects on southern history, he said, but it will include sessions in European history and Latin American history. This association includes histor ians of Southern institutions who meet to share ideas. Girls wer more religious than boys while they were in college; the difference decreased over the fourteen years. coilegians everywhere plauding Arrow this >se harmony in color, utton-down Glen, can't ched. And, the Squire dl has style to spare, trim, short-point colIar ported cotton flannel, with them: an eternal savorite, the Univerday w neck sweater. 95and $5.00; gira, uvernty sweater, $11l.95 j Stun'll ees, $1.50n