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Scholarship Applications Un All scholarship applica- pel tions must be received by the Di- Te< rector of Student Aid prior to Feb. An 15, 1964. * * * Garnet and Black A picture of the general staff wil members for the Garnet and Black nig will be taken in the Garnet and lan Black office on Monday afternoon 3pe at 3:30. This includes all people is < who have worked on the annual me this year, except editors. Summer Job Op1portunities Several summer jobs, especially J in camp work, are now available to of - -- - - - - - - the P.b Professor Ho Gets Grant For Study W day Assistant Professor Cecile Hug- Sur gins of the Department of Biology be I at USC has been awarded an tion $8,086 grant by the National In stitutes of Health for research in bacteria in "Gambusia affinis hol brooki." a common top-water min- S nlOW. We A bacteriologist, Prof. Huggins lo, will study the relationship of and bacteria in the minnow to bacteria ninl in the surrounding water. Hol Miss Huggins said she will also We, study the amount of bacterial "in- aft< take" of the guppy-like minnow which lives in waters having con siderable pollution. A b u n d an t in fresh - water T st realmls, ponds and lakes through- tion out the United States, these small the fish have been exported to Greece 10: and other foreign countries to aid ing in the control of malaria. They 7 P eat mosquito larvae which incubate just below the water's surface. P rofe.,sor Huggins received the \I.A. and M.S. degrees from USC, and has taught bacteriology in the wor Department of Biology at the Uni versity since 1946. She is a member of the Ameri can Society for Microbiology, S. C. A ( a d e m y of Science, LeConte day Scientific Society and American Hoi Assn. of University Professors. cloE Portrait Of Dr. To Be Unveiled A large, framed camera por- and trait of I)r. William Spenser Cur- unt rell will be presented Thursday to suc the University where it wvill hang I in Currell College, a b)uilding Cui niamed for the former presideCnt of the the University. anc The oil-colored portrait by one I of the nation's outstanding p)hoto- wh graphic firms, Harris and Ewing, anc is the gift of the surviving six of at Dr'. Currell's seven daughters. I Three dlaughters wvill visit the the University Thursday afternoon to "H present the portrait - Miss Elise S o Currell and Mris. Robert H. Lucas Cu of Columbia, and Mr's. Frank Sim- spi r'ill of York, widow of a former aclh USC trustee. ing The remaining three donors are ent sisters living in other states - I Miss Susan Currell, Black Moun- car tain, N. C.; Mr's. William Henry sue Burr'uss, Lynchburg, Va.; and all Miss Mary Cui'rell, also of Lynch- den burg. firs In 1914, Drm. Curi'ell succeeded hig Dr. A. C. Mooi'e as presidlent of to< the University of South Carolina ei'n so' TI Briefs iversity students. All interested sons are asked to contact Mr I Ledeen at the Administrativ( nex. * * * Eahaeer's Joint Council he Engineer's Jo i n t Counci I sponsor a program Friday ht, Jan. 31, at 7:30. The Rec cation Bureau is providing a aker and a film. The program >pen to all Engineering Depart nts. } * * WUSC-AM Lnyone wishing to join the staff WUSC-AM is urged to attend station meeting today at 6 I. in Room 205 of Russell ise. * * * Westminster Presbyterians and all other in sted students are invited to stminster Fellowship for pro mns and supper meetings Sun and Wednesday at 6 P.M. day morning coffee hour will eld at 9 A.M. with transporta to church services provided. * * * Wesley unday services will be held at iley Foundation at 10:15, fol rd by Study Classes. Vespers a forum will be held that eve i at 6:30 P.M. The service of y Communion is at 7 A.M. on Inesday. Breakfast is served rward. * * * L S. A. he Lutheran Student Associa will have worship services at Lutheran Center Sunday at 30 A.M. There will be a meet Wednesday at the Center at .M1. 4 * * Canterbury anterbury meets every Sunday P.M. for supper followed by ship and a discussion. * * * Newman Club ewman Club will meet Wednes at 7 P.M., Room 101, Russell ise, following the Holy Hour ing Religious Emphasis Week. Currell Thursday administered the institution it 1922 when he retired and was eeeded by Dr. W. D. Melton. .fter leaving the presidency, Dr. rell remained as first dean of University's Graduate School taught English as well. [e was a native of Charleston >earned bachelor's, master's doctor of philosophy degrees Washington and Lee University. )r. Daniel W. Hollis, author of two-volume sesquicentennial s t o ry of the University of u t h Carolina," describes Dr. 'rell as an "effective and in. ring teacher" who, as president, ieved "genuine" success in rais the University's standards for rance, grading and degrees. )espite severe financial handi s, Dr. Currell was a strong and cessful proponent of quality in education, and during his presi cy the University became the .t state-supported institution of her education in South Carolina barn membership in the South Assn. of Colleges and Schools, YOU'L llTH KTBC GIVE THE IAST OF THE BIG ing lines of registered students 4 this time most students were ha New Higl Uncompli A high-speed electronic compu ter which arrived at USC just be fore Christmas is at work, zippin; through complicated p r o b I e m many times faster than the equip ment installed two years ago. For example, student grade re ports for the semester which ende Jan. 22, were c o m p u t e d an printed in about three and one-hal hours with the new IBM 1401 com puter, compared with about 2 hours for the data processin equipment previously used for thi task. Harold Brunton Jr., associat dean of administration, said th University has just completed space-use study of all classroom and laboratories on the campu: using the new computer. The stud will enable the University to mak maximum use of present facilitie and provide a clearer indication o what addition'l physical facilitie are needed, Dean Brunton said. The speed of the new compute is indicated by the fact that problem requiring eight man-hour when done with a calculating me chine can he solved and printed b the computer in less than a minut and a half. The University's IBM 1401 map netic tape digital computer is th first in a higher education insti tution in South Carolina. It will b used for research, teaching, pro< essing of student records an many other purposes including fi nancial a ce ounting and co: studies. Information is' stored on maj netic tape which spins at ultri high speed as the computer select wanted information from the tapa Information and problems a: inserted into the computer in "in: chine language" after translatio from conventional instructions. A many as 141 million "in a c h i n language" characters m a y 1 stored on a single 10-inch reel< magnetic tape. "Programs" of instructions al also stored on tape, allowing tI system to repeat a process whe1 ever called upon. The new equipment gives ti University's C o m p u t e r Cent< much more flexibility in data pr< cessing and increased economy< L FINDi3 CARE "A CROSS Fil IOKS, ' US A2' "XI SPENDERS pay their fees before ti Iwindled down to a slow drip towar ek in their rooms, diligently studyi Speed C cates Reg - recording, transporting and s1 ing large volumes of informat g in compact form. s Although it is designed for dependent use, the new system also be retained in future pansion as part of a larger-s< d system. d The USC Computer Center f been operating at capacity or nc capacity since the first equipm 0 was installed two years ago. g One of the most important c< s puter uses at the University suits from the growing volume e USC research. Units like the e now in operation solve researchi a problems in a small fraction of s time required by conventio 3, methods. y Dr. J. Hubert Noland of e electrical engineering faculty s University Is Awarde< Wood Priz, Professor Ennis S. Rees nounced Monday that the Univ sity has received the Fanny I e Wood Poetry Prize award from eAcademy of American Poets. The Fanny Fay Wood POE d Prize is one of several such awa dlesignedl to stimulate and ence iage an interest in poetry on American colleges and universi1 American college and universil Shave r eece iv ed these awai - Among those to wvhich the Ac semy of American Poets has gi e. these annual $100 awards e Yale, Bryn Mawr, H a r v a n- Princeton, Cornell, and, of cou: n USC. s College E n g I i s h Departme e are in charge of all contest deti e Dr. Rees has said that the de >f line for the poetry contest is A) 16, 1964. The $100 prize will re given for the best poem submii ie on Awards Day. The poemsa i- mitted must be original, unp lished wvorks. Manuscripts must ne typedl and double-spaced. The c ar test is open to both graduate <>- undergraduate students enrollei >f USC. !' VER YTI AT THE ILINA COM THE C6 "RY BEFB ie Naval Armory closes. The long pour ts Tuesday at 5 p.m. Undoubtedly by ng ahead in their new courses. omputer istration ,or- director of the USC Computer ion C e n t e r in the Administration Building and in charge of the re in- search and teaching uses of the can equipment. ex APO Elect has entFor Spring Fayrell Furr has been re-elected >m re- president of Iota Mu Chapter of of Alpha Phi Omega for s p ri n g one semester. wrs' Also elected are: Jim Friar, vice the president; Bill Deaver, second vice president; Charles H e d g e p a t h, the treasurer; Larry Lineberger, re is cording secretary; Mike Kibler, corresponding secretary; and Jerry Bright, a l u m n i secretary; Ted Watson, historian, and Wayne Witt, sgt.-at-arms. The new officers will begin their respective duties at the next regu e lar meeting to be held on Feb. 7. Alpha Phi Omega also an an- nounced that their Winter Ban 'er- quet will be held on Feb. 1, 1964. ay This is a semi-annual affair of the the chapt2r. try At this time the chapter will rds recognize all of its newly activated ur- b r oth e r a, the presentation of the awards to the outstanding pledge and outstanding active of the year. eds. At the banquet, the Chapter ad- Sweetheart for 1964, Miss Carolyn ven Gaines, Miss South Carolina, will are be p r esae n te d with a plaque, r d, rae, The Gamecock is beginning a nt new semester under new man a- agement and would like to ex pril tend an invitation to all those be who- have an urge to express ted themselves via newsprint. No ub- experience is necessary, just a ub- feeling for adventure and a be o-little hard work. The Gamecock and is your newspaper and needs I at your support. ING YOU BOOM R?NELL ARMS' IED Al 9RE YOU Debaters. To Regior One of 16 To Vie ; For Championship The Carolina varsity d e b a t e :eam is one of 16 in the nation [ which have been invited to com pete in the 1964 Championship Debate series of the American Forensic Assn. USC debaters will participate in he first rounds of the series when hey meet Baylor University Feb. ) in Atlanta, Ga. during a re ional tournament. The eight regional winners will eompete in Chicago, Ill. where the debates %Oill be televised by the National Educational Television 2 Network. Representing the University will be William Frank Cantrell of Columbia and Edgar (Toby) Van- r buren of Summit, N. J. Dr. M. G. Christophersen of the USC De partment of English is coach of the debate team. t The debate teams competed last weekend in Columbia with teams from Macalester College, St. Paul, 1 Minn. The Macalester debaters, now on tour, will also compete at the University of Georgia and in Washington, D. C. at Georgetown University. Members of the Eastern Colum bia Lions Club observed the first i Officers Semester designating her as Chapter Sweet heart, of 1964. The program will include the 1 introduction of new officers. International Receives Privc The Institute of International Studies at USC has received i $60,000 private grant in support of its program for the next three years. Charles E. Ford, vice president and governor of T. Mellon and Sons of Pittsburgh, Pa., notified USC President Thomas F. Jones that the grant was p r o v i d e d "through the generosity of Mrs. Alan M. Scaife of Pittsburgh." The grant will be used to expand the graduate program in inter national studies, support publica .tions, help finance wvorld affairs institutes for regional leaders, aid in development of study confer ences, and help support "develop ment of research projects concern ing democratic political strategy and ways to help fill the gap in American education about com munism," the notification said. Dr. William H. Patterson, dean of the University, said this is "believed to be the largest uin restricted grant the University has received from a private founda tion," and that it "reflects the high esteem in which the Univer sity's Institute of International Studies is held by many knowledge able and influential individuals, corporations and agencies." Dr. Richard L. Walker, head of the Department of International Studies and director of the insti tute, said the grant "is very grati fying recognition of the leadership role the University of South Caro.1 NEED STO ID NE BUYV Invited I Meet ounds of the contest at 8 p.m. 'riday in the Jefferson Hotel fol. )wing a dinner meeting of the lub. Other rounds of the debating rere held 1-4 p.m. Saturday in )avis College. Dr. Jones [s Director a Df IEEE Dr. Thomas F. Jones, president f the University, heads the list f 16 directors elected to the na ional board of the Institute of ,lectrical and Electronic Engi eers, leading professional organi. ation in its field. An announcement of Dr. Jones' lection was received from the na ional office of the IEEE in New (ork City. It listed results of a nail vote taken among the nearly 50,000 members. This placed the Jniversity head on the board as ne of two directors - at - I a r g e ho.;en for three-year terms. The ther was Dr. F. W. Willenbrock. issociate dean of applied sciences it Harvard University. The re naining directors were chosen for horter terms or on a regional >asis. The action came as a form of -ecognition of Dr. Jones' profes ional standing and of work done p >y him year before last. While ead of the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue, he was rditor of the Institute of Radio ngineers publications. The IRE ecame part of the IEEE in a nerger last year. Studies Dept. te Aid Grant ina has taken in the field of raining and re.earch in interna ional relations." lie said, "The world problems which impinge on the lives of very one of us call for increasing attention in education and re scarch. Our University has recog nized this as have the directors f T. Mellon and Sons." Three high executives of the firm came to Columbia in Noveni ber to tour the University and review the international studies program. In the group wecre Richard Scaife, vice president and gover nor; R. Daniel McMichael, exec utive associate; and Vice President Ford. The Ford letter to USC Presi lient Jones announcing the grant commented: "We should like to take this op portunity to compliment the Uni versity of South Carolina for its ability to attract and1 make such skillful use of men of the caliber of Dr. Walker andl his staff." COMING SOON! Gamecock Classified Ad Section See' January 31st Issue For Details RE w