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-H10 "7Zomotior Three haliges -In the Univeruity faculty have been, annuo04 re 6ently by the administration. luby 3.urph Ott has been promoted to assoolate professor In the Depart ment of Foreign Lauguages ac cording to Professor R. M. Steph ani head of the Department. Dr. George Curry has been pro-. moted from the rank of assistant professor to associate professor of history, according to Dr. R. H. Wienefeld, head of the Department of History and dean of the College of Arts and Science. Dr. Daniel W. Hollis has also been promoted from the rank of assistant professor to associate professor of history, according to Dr. R. H. Wienefeld. An addition to the University faculty is Lt. William R. Spillers, USAF, who has joined the Depart ment.of Air Science as an associate professor. Columbia Native Miss Ott, a native of Columbia, was graduated from the Univer sity in 1931 with the A.B. degree and earned the M.A. degree in Latin in 1939. She has also stud. ied both modern and ancient lan guages at the Sorbonne, Peabody College, the University of Mexico and Columbia University. She has been a member of the University faculty since 1942, having been promoted to assistant professor in 1948. She is a member of the South Atlantic Modern Language Asso ciation and the Bain Humanities Society. Miss Ott has for a number of years served as secretary-treasurer of the University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. She is also active in Shandon Methodist Church. Doctor Curry A native of Gravesend, England, Doctor Curry received-the B.A. in French and English at London University in 1937 and did grad uate work in French at the Sor bonne in 1938-1939. During World War II, he rose from lance corporal to major in the British Army. He served In France, North Africa and Italy as intelligence and security officer and was on the staff of General Mark Clark. In 1946 Doctor Curry came to the University as a Sir John Dill Scholar for graduate work in his tory. After earning the M. A. de gree in 1947, he was appointed in structor in the Department of His tory. He attended the University of Chicago from 1950 to 1952, earning the Ph.D. degree, and then returned to the University as ad junct professor. He became assist ant professor in 1953. Dissertation Doctor Curry's doctoral disserta tion was "A Study,of the Abdica tion of Edward ViH" Containing confidential information, the dis sertation will be published at a later date. He has made three trips back to England to do research, the latest being last spring and summer. He is currently preparing a work on the office -of the Royal Secretary, private advisor to the sovereigns of England and last spring he col lected over 1,500 letters and pri vate papers of Sir Henry Pon sonby, Queen Victoria's private secretary. Lt. Spiller. Lieutenant Spillers,, who lived in Columbia from 1931 to 1942 and attended Schneider and Hand schools, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Spillers, now of Winston Salem, N. C. Mr. Spillers is with the Veterans Administration, and has also lived in Richmond, Va. After graduating from Fish burn Military School at Waynes bero, Va., Lieutenant Spillers at tended The Citadel, being grad uated in 1952 with the L.B. degree in political science. He entered the U. S. Air Force and received pilot training at MaI den, Mo.; Greenville, Miss.; and Nellie AFB, Nev. For the past two yers he has been itationed on Okdlswa. M4intenant SpiUlers Is married te thy for'mer Miss fle anne Hiar wM of Charlestoni ' Roawsbrni lr rig In t Ott Walker Hollis of York and the late Dr. John Porter Hollis of Chester County. He attended ;chool in Rock Hill and was grad jated from the Winthrop Training School. The Sesquicentennial historian IWOVED TO MARCH 22 High Set Date Is ( The date for High School and sponsored by Blue Key un< Lion, has been changed from t Af April 12 to March 22, Bol Professor Will Lecture For Navy Dr. Douglas H. Carlisle, asso !iate professor of political science at the University, has been invited to be a professor of international relations at the Naval War College in Newport, R. I., according to Dr. Robert L. Sumwalt, acting presi dent of the University, and Vice Admiral S. H. Ingersoll, comman dant of the War -College. He has been granted a leave of absence for bhe spring semester. Doctor Carlisle will lecture on international relations, interna .ional law and international poli 1ics to senior grade officers of the Navy. He will also direct research in this field for visiting foreign afficers, and will aid in the mili tary arrangements of the South eastern Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), and the North Atlantic I'reaty Organization (NATO), and the Middle East Treaty Organiza tion (METO) with top military and civilian personnel of these de fense pacts. The Mississippi native is one of five professors invited to lecture at the War College and is the only lecturer chosen from the South. Other professors teaching at the War College are from George Washington, Columbia University, MIT, and Harvard. Doctor Carlisle was graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1941, with the A.B. degree In social science. He was awarded the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in politi eal science from the University of North Carolina. He was a lieutenant In the Navy during World War II and was pro moted to lieutenant commander, USNR, in 1964. Doctor Carlisle is PEPI-COLA SOTTLUNG C0 Fa minis Curry of the University, Doctor Hollis received the A.B. degree from USC in 1942 and shortly .afterward joined the Army Air Force. Fol lowing three years' service, most of the time being spent In India, he entered Columbia University, tool Day 'hanged Day, which is being planned ler auspices of the administra he previously announced date > Andersen, chairman of the committee, has announced. Letters announcing plans for the High School Day have been sent to the principals of all high schools in the state, and Blue Key is now in the process of sending other letters to all guidance counsellors and to all Senior class presidents. The administration coordinator for the event is to be Dean Clotworthy. Because of the fact that a great number of students are expected to attend the High School Day, Blue Key will not be able to under take the entire event alone. Any student who is willing to assist in guiding tours or serving during the day in any other way should contact Bob Andersen. 2,000 Expected Blue Key is expecting approxi mately 2,000 students to attend the High School Day. Members of the planning com mittee are: Elizabeth M. Clot worthy, Dean of Women; Dr. W. H. Patterson, Dean of Administra tion; Dr. James T. Penney, Dean of Men; Bob Andersen, chairman of the Blue Key committee; and Lewis Cromer of Greenville. Act ing president of the University Robert L. Sumwalt will serve as an ex-officio member of the com mittee. a member of the American Politi cal Assoociation, the American So ciety of International Law, the Southern Political Science Asso ciation, the International Law As sociation, the Foreign Affairs As sociation, aind the American Asso ciation of On aiversity Professors. He is mArried to the former Carol Jones of Tuscalo~osa, Ala., who is an assistant professor of English at Carolina. The Carlisles have two children. wit MPAN4Y- COLUMRIA, S. C. tra.tion Hollis completing requirements for the M.A. degree in 1947. He received the Ph.D. from Columbia in 1958. He returned to the University in 1947 as an instructor in history and was promoted to assistant pro fessor in 1953. At present he is a captain in the Air Force Reserve. University History Doctor Hollis is the author of the University of South Carolina, a two-volume history of the state University from 1801 to 1956rHis historical accounts of the oldest state university in the nation have received recognition in many schol arly journals- and other national publications. Doctor Hollis s4rved as acting executive secretary of the USC Alumni Association in 1956-1957. He is a member of the Southern Historical Association, American Historical Association, South Car olina Historical Association, Ser toma Club and Tarantella Club. PRIVA Out of a red luda Dam, massi mushroomed. t, steel girders si giant smoke st< the clouds. Thi steam electric i *and largest plg -to go into oper This station I tors will cost a will be capable watt hours of f have four gen SCEGCO's pres What does t of SCEGCO First of all, usedA to fina,nce Program I Introduced The Reading Clinic is 4dint its serviqes to incl4de a "op. mental reading program ?4.Vni veraty students, Dr. Pa41-41ifft iPeoftoth iflg haW said. Thbaptograwitlbe a sig-week, volIntpyv. --nonar"dit coutse to help s:t6dents 'ihaptie thei, read Jng ahd study :skills. Thi only cost to each student will be thei purchase of two workbooks. Selection of students for this work will be based on sco;es ob t4ine4 from a diagnostic reading examination. Each person in terested in taking the examina tion must register for it, on the 3rd or 4th of February, between the hours of ':00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. at the Reading Clinic, Room 211 of the-School of Educatiop. - Those admitted to the program will be notified by postcard during the week of February 10. Classes will begin Tuesday, February 18, meeting twice a week and will continue through March 27. Two sections -are being formed in order to meet the needs of the expected enrollment. Section I will meet on Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00 P.M. and Section H on Wednes day and Friday at 8:00 P.M. Should more, students register than can be served by this initial offering, the program will be re peated in the second half of the Spring semester. Billy Latham, South Carolina's promising distance runner who recently 'won the Atlantic Coast Conference crops-country cham pionship, has found a running partner to his liking. Billy has been working out with former North Carolina great Jim Beatty, who is now stationed at Fort Jackson here. TE ENTERP A Progress Report -0 clay hillside in the lea of So vye concrete foundations hove pon these a great skeleton of ands, towered over by two icks reaching upward toword s Is the mammoth McMeekln enerating station, the eighth nt on our system, scheduled otion in 1958. lousing two immense genera sproximately $35 million and of producing 2.4 bIllion kilo irm power. Ultimately it will brators capable of doubling ent generating capacity. his mean to you, a customer not one penny of the money McMeekin Station comefan4, AY OFICR x~~~ .. . ... 4' Offiers elected by the Clarlosophie Society are (seated, left to right) Al Cheatwood, secretary; Ernest Douglas, president; and John Duffy, critie. Standing ame (left) Bob Shaw, sergeant.t armt, and (right) Tomn Tremey, treasurer. Officers also recently elected by Hypation Literary Society are: front r.ow (left to right) Sehrader .Ruff, critieg BettyoJean Allen, historian; Kathy Davis, treasurer, and Aleene Cone, chaplain. Back row: Harriet Sinkler, vie-president; Jo Allen Bradhan, presidentg and Carolyn Mays, secretary. (U9C News Service photo by Munn-Teal) RISE AT WORK! :n Mcekn tto intaxes elcted suppot of'sate Soieyd r (sde atelf TohnrDafy, ti. tand ilg mae (ev)lBobe onw egen-t evrer crasin cotl;Beand ano ll hostor;KtyDVS torteasue, l and Sout Cochalin. Bc o:hritSnlr thee-oest eideJ ena Bratemrsidnthe anitdCaoy ys setarys,S ovrgNew Servce phrokiowt byourn orl 10% Mbewn the ationoeae Tsodly wnohe inhopertion thistr new pant will enroie od wofk thousnds of ollrs in txewfr thme posrto state and dr govenmets