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Pt'D. Hoy To, Itetire June 30 Dr. William E. Hoy, head of the Department of Biology at the Uni versity of South Carolina since 1929, will retire from his Univer sity duties as professor and de partment head on June 30, accord ing to Dr. R. H. Wienefeld, dean of the College of Arts and Science. Doctor Hoy will continue his re search until August 31. Dr. Wade T. Batson, associate professor of biology, has been ap pointed acting head of the Depart ment of Biology as of July 1, Dean Wienefeld further announced. Doctor Hoy, born in Japan oi missionary parents, attended Franklin and Marshall.' College, earning the A.B. degree 'in 1911. He then entered Princeton Uni versity, where he earned the Ph.D. in Biology in 1917. He taught at the University of Rochester from 1916 to 1918, when he entered the army, serving as a sergeant from April, 1918, until June, 1919. On his discharge, he joined the faculty of Presbyterian College, where he taught until coming to USC. His chief research has been con cerned with "An Ecological Study of the Land Plants and Cold Blooded Vertebrates of the Savan nah River Project Area," con ducted under an Atomic Energy Commission grant. He has also participated in a state-wide bio logical survey. Doctor Hoy has published widely, both indepen dently and as co-author. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, and American Men of Science. ' Doctor Batson, who will become acting head of the department on Doctor Hoy's retirement, came to the University of South Carolina as assistant professor in 1952 and was promoted to the rank of asso ciate professor in 1955. A native of Marietta, in Green sville County, Doctor Batson at tended Mars Hill College and the University of Tennessee and earned the B.S. degree from Fur man University in 1984. His grad uate study was done at Duke Uni versity, where he earned the M.A. in 1949 and the Ph.D. in 1952. He was a part-time instructor while working toward the doctorate. Doctor Batson served as lieuten ant commander in the Navy from 1944 to 1948 and is presently in the USNR. Before entering the service, he was teacher and prin cipal at Slater-Marietta High School. He has been engaged in research under an AEC contract since 1952, with his special fields of interest being plant taxonomy and plant ecology, as well as the study of the accumulation of radioactive materials by plants. Doetor Batson has published a wide variety of papers on his re search, both independently and in collaboration with other scholars. Camspus Briefs Euphrosynean Poetry Contest Euphrosynean Literary Society wvill again sponsor its annual poetry contest. All University students are eligible to enter this contest. Each entrant may sub mit as many poems as he wishes. Entries should be mailed to Mary Jo Griffith, Box 1363 Campus, be fore April 29. The winner will receive a gold medal and a cash award on Awards Day, Wray Davis, president, has announced. Music Club Award Miss Evelyn LaBruce, a voice major in the Department of Music of the University of 5. C., has been awarded a $100 Scholarship won through competition on April 12, 1958, given by the Afternoon Music Club of Columbia, S. C. Miss LaBruce is a pupil of Eve lyn Potter Williamson, Professor of Voice at the University of 8. C. * * * in Children'. Play The Wizard of Oz, the last play presented by the Children's Thea tre for the 1958 season sponsored by the Town Theatre and the Junior League of Columbia, fea tured three Carolina students Newton Neely as the Tin Man Cynthia Gilllarn as the wicked witch and Punkin Atwater whc handled technical and backstage TAU BETA PI INITIATES AT I School of Engineering initiated int< eluded (first row, left %o right): P bia; Livingston R. Wever, Cocoa E side, Columbia. Second row, lefl Alliston, formerly of Columbia no, Bulce, Rock Hill; and Lewis E. I eampus in January. (USC News TODAY AT 3:30 Professor At Last Et Professor Carter Goodrich of L Columbia University will be the L b' guest of the University of South b Carolina Economics Seminar at B 3:30 Friday afternoon, April 18, si according to Dean S. M. Derrick of the School of Business Admin- ti istration. n The Seminar will hear a paper L by Professor Goodrich on "The I Gallatin Plan-150 Years Later," d, followed by a discussion among L the faculty and graduate students S A and guests from other depart- 1 ments of the University and from n other colleges in the state. ei Doctor Goodrich, professor of i2 economics at Columbia, earned the si A.B. degree from Amherst and the Ph.D. from the University of Chi- - cago. He joined the faculty at Co lumbia University in 1931, after having taught at the University of Michigan. He was executive officer of the Economics Depart ment at Columbia from 1946 to 1949. ti Author of a number of books, t Doctor Goodrich is currently work. ing on a volume concerning the n relations of government and the c c economy in the United States, ae field in which he has been a pio-t neer. Among his works are "Fron- e tier of Control,'" ''Migration and Economic Opportunity," and "The' Economic Transformation of Bo livia." In addition, he is author of numerous articles in scholarlyt journals. He has also held various consult- g ing and advisory posts with the Iti RENTA LS -SALES owa ATTENTION SiOSeM 6Srct SURI LAUNDI USC ... Facult y and alumni of > Tau Beta P1 national engineeri rofessor J. W. Lindau Ill, Columl leach, Fla.; Robert A. Nance, Opa to right: Jack P. Coldschmik o living in Pittsburgh; Newland lawls, Raleigh, N. C. Tau Beta I Service Photo by Munn-Teal.) Goodrich ' .onomics ks . S. government and with the Inited Nations. Among them have een consultant, Resettlement Ad tinistration, 1936; Social Security oard, 1937; U. S. Labor Commis oner, Geneva, Switzerland 1936 7, 1938-40; U. S. government ember, governing body, Interna onal Labor Office, 1936-40, chair ian, 1939-45; member, U. S. gov rnment delegation, International abor Conference, 1937, 1938, D39, 1941, 1944, 1945; member, elegation on economic depression, eague of -Nations, 1938-45; pecial assistant to the American .mbassador to Great Britain, )41; chairman, preparatory com iittee, and program director, nited Nations' Scientific Confer rice on the Conservation and Util ation of Resources, 1948-49; con iltant, United Nations, 1952-53; ,ecial United Nations' represen itive In Bolivia, 1952-53. )ean Morrisor ational Phari Robert W. Morrison, Dean of ie School of Pharmacy, will at mnd the meetings of the American ssociation of Colleges of Phar acy, the American Pharmaceuti i Association, the American So ety of Hospital Pharmacists, and te American College of Apothe aries to be held in Los Angeles, alif., the week of April 20. All ieetings will be held in the Bilt iore Hotel. Dean Morrison is a member of 1e Recruitment Aids Committee ! the American Association of olleges of Pharmacy and will ive a report on the revision of we career brochure "Shall I Study IEST ON THE SOUTHEAST" LL WEAR FOR MEN m a. * ne.hoei~o IA SOUTH CAROLINA STUDENTS 4MMMSS YOU'RE WOUNDED BY.. KV HINE RtY & CLEANERS the University of South Carolina ig honorary society recently in )ia; Dr. Rufus G. Fellers, Colum. Locka, Fla.; an# Robert E. White. 1, Memphis, Tinn.; William H. C. Collier, Norfolk, Va.; Joel B. i was installed on the University ro Speak emimar Professor Goodrich is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Associa tion (vice-president in 1946), the Academy of Political Sciences, the Population Association of Amer ica, the Council on Foreign Rela tions, and the Economic History Association, of which he was pres ident from 1954 to 1956. He is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The University's Economics Seminar has had as its guest this year Professor B. U. Ratchford of Duke, Professor James A. Morris of South Carolina, and Professor Frederic C. Lane of the Johns Hopkins University. Professor Goodrich will be the last guest during the current year. The ma jor purpose of the Seminar meet ings is the stimulation of contacts with a wide range of noted schol ars and graduate schools. i To Attend nacy Meets Pharmacy?" This brochure is used as a recruitment aid by the 75 accredited colleges of pharmacy throughout the United States. Dean Morrison will represent the University of South Carolina School of Pharmacy as official delegate at all meetings of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and will also serve as official delegate for the South Carolina Society of Hospital Phar macists at the House of Delegates meetings of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. S * BMO( *Big Man On Campus-yea ma treat, the gals to Coke. Who es with charm like that. So If you' and a little underweight, remen don't have to be a football here popular. Just rely on the good t Coke. Put In a big supply todas Poted under authority of D COLUMRIA CQCafACOeLA Al FLORENCE Beckytith USCExten Wightman S. Beckwith, ret at the University of Georgia a University, has been designate of the Department of Mathems the University Extension Divis Timmerman To Review ROTC Cadets Captain Lewis A. Doan of the Depirtment of Air Science has announced that the Governor of South Carolina will be present at the annual Governor's Review given by the Air Force ROTC on Tuesday, April 22. The review is scheduled to take place on Davis Field at 11 o'clock. At the ceremony Governor George Bell Timmerman will re .ceive a hand-painted scroll' which will be presented by Cadet Lt. Col. E. C. Morrell who is com mander of the Department of Air Science. The public is enrdiaUy invited. 2 USC Students Receive Chi Psi Scholarships Chi Psi social fraternity has awarded two $200 national schol arships, which the chapter gives each year, to Jo Harold Johnson and Jim Foster. The awards are made on the basis of scholastic achievement and leadership. Johnson has been an officer of the Euphradian Society and has served as Number T.wo in the fra ternity. Foster is president of the Interfraternity Council and has served as Number Four in the fra ternity. LeClercq (Continued from page 1) ady, 91. Others in the race were Gene Amick, 75; E. V. Kimbrell, 42; Rhett McLeod, 40, and Jill Ryon, 33. Those in the run-off for histor ian are Jo Kirven, 169; and Tom Cook, 79. Others in the race are Gloria Hopper, 58; Harvey Shif let, 50; Eddie Craig, 35; Mimi Johnston, 35; and Henry Ramseur, 33. Disciplinary Committee Kitty Wells was elected to the disciplinary committee with 1,275 votes. In the election for the male member of the committee, Ranny Randall, 804; and John Houser, 699; are in the run-off. YOU HAVEN TASTED STEAK tV4TK YOU mY ouR owN STEJ I Euphradian's. An ualpbate C2t64tc Held The 10uphradian Society's annual debate contest was held last Tues day. Topic for the debate was: Resolved, that membership in g labor organization as a condition of employment should be illegal. The affirmative was debated by the team of Pete Martin and Fred LeClercq. Negativq team was composed of Bill Able and Mike Osborn. The team of Martin and Le Clercq was judged best. The best individual debater award was won by Fred LeClercq with Mike Os born second. The judges, were Dr. George Brauer, Professor Bruce Parrish, and Dr. James Cist. Awards for winners of the con test will be presented at Awards Day, May 6. Other Euphradian contests will be held over the next several weeks. Campus-wide Contest All male students of the Uni versity are invited to participate in the George Seabrook Legare Declamation Contest. It Is an award for oratory presented by Dr. M. G. Christophersen. The contest is being held in the luphradian Hall at 7 p.m., April 29. Students who wish' to enter the contest should contact Robert Bell to place their names in registration. USC (Continued from page 1) 1947, when Mr. Darden succeeded. President Darden, one of the country's outstanding administra tive educators, was born in South ampton, Va., February 11, 1897. He holds the B. A. from the Uni versity of Virginia and the M. A. and LL. B. from Columbia Univer sity, and has also studied at Christ Church College, Oxford, as a Car negie scholar. Now that President Darden's efforts to establish the South's first separate Graduate School of Business Administration have been successful, he is currently con cerned with developing leadership in the adaptation of nuclear energy to peacetime uses. He is also work ing to strengthen teaching in the humanities and in developing junior community colleges within the University system to help meet the demands of the increasing numbers of young Virginians who want college training. During the fall of 1955 Mr. Darden served as a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations. In 1957 he was a member of the Fairless Commit tee, appointed by President Eisen hower to make a round-the-world tour in the interest of studying the government's foreign economic aid program. ~n compete re 6'0" ber-you to be0 sate of SIGN OF GOOD TASTE * Coca-Cola Company by BOTTLING CMPANY Is Nam'd ired professor of mathematics nd assistant professor at the I by Dr. W. L. Williams, head stics, as assistant professor at don. Professor Beckwith was grad. uated from Emory and earned the M.A. degree from Harvard Uit versity in 1917. He studied at the University of Chicago from 1924 through 1926, completing all re quirements toward the Ph.D. ex cept the dissertation. He worked under Professor G. A. Bliss at Chicago on "The Calculus of Var iagions." ,Head of the mathematics de partment at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1909 to 1912, Mr. Beckwith was on the faculties of Georgia Institute of Technology, Texas A & M College, and Ohio Northern University before join ing the mathematics department of the University of Georgia in 1926. W . .Beckwith Retired from Georgia as associate professor in 1955, he was assistant professor at the University of Tennessee in 1955-56. . He is a member of the Mathe. ' matical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society and for many years was a member of the Society for the Promotio?, of Engineering Educa tion. He has done extensive re search on "The Relativity Case in the Calculus of Variations." Professor and Mrs. Beckwith will make their home in Florence beginning in September, 1958. AKS. pat Mooo