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Jones, Progress The South Carolina Comminission iatitn isited the Uni%ersit y on f or t % o day. of fours and briefir the progress being made by the ins Prt'sideot Thomas F. Jones inl I year viding called it "This Va1u1lol in". a varity 4of reason., 1!165-11.66 Jvt.ivv. .\ mong progressive moves he stre graduate and graduate enrollment de%elopnient of the residence hall honors program; $22 million buit Ittissell louse addition, Mtemorial llouse. humanities center, new n physical sciences center; 33" 3 incr Figures The Student Affairs Division of (he 1Unive U ixsity hiaded by Doanl of Students Charles 11. Witten ex li rienced much growth in vari tus its1 durling the past year. Urldvr the jurisdiction of the Unclergracuat Dean of Arts and Scients .11 W. Davis st.rs'ed the iiportance of the undergraduate program say ing "a state university nmut make its contribution to the pool of b:10hel"lr's level graduates," and "frt he rmire, the state will Con t mue to have need of people trained in many areas for which graduate programs may never ex is! or at least be a long time off." The Uniiersity's undergraduate offlerings include 61 different pro grams of study leading to 16 dif terent bachelor's degrees. Citing the new Honors Program innovation in the College of Arts Graduate Area Graduate Deanl It. Hf. Wienlefeld M h is presentation traced the growth of the graduate program sinice 14 when the ioard of Trul.stees restored prograis lead ing to the degree of Doctor of I'hilso iphy following general cur tailment during the Great Depres sion. With the beginning of the aca detic ear 1966-67, the Master's degree will be availtble in 27 fields of sttdy. Mf these. 11 have len instituted during the past six years. Problems Of Si2 Dea of Adminiistraition HIarold Itr*ount n em phatsized to the ('om miion0i t br ee priole ms faced by t U'niive'rsity which will become even morI te acute duiring t.he comn ing years -t student e nrollment, how big itoo b(0lig?" and bullil mg pr'ogram0. In regard t student enrollment, D ean~ liruinton pitted ou It liat all indicagors say that there w"ill lbe no abatement in the de'mandl to at tend the University. Withi gr'owth otf total stuode nt enrolb,ntnt, there is a still greater inIcre'ase ini the inmber of grad uniA' st udentiis. Itrunoton emipha - si zed that while it mnigh t be possi. hble for the, Unis trsity to hiandle itcreased undterigradituate. sitdent s at aphprotximiattely the same c'ost p4er stu tirent as at thit prIesenit, Deans F Report1 on Iligher Ed- and vilplo%luent May 12 and 13 Aso cited wer gs to illustrate li-Olvd; lew hl titution. (pellee I c. eferring to tihe I*tdio-IX sequel Is Year" stres- 11- 11.D )W K leserves tihe ad- I-11 ;t i( I I t lid men'it, (P , a . coull"~ p)s - vch()!, 12N c(illi ssed are: under- dial-I 1.1ig ag growth; further I'Metic departil living concept; Pau! Dietzel. iing program- ( IT I's N Hall, Capstont ervit arews on en's dorm and work to the cor ease in budget; 11aid ar found Irnadicate Bu Dean~ of -tudelnts is the l)ean of .11c, Dean of Woten, atilector of ( - 1111schi ng il-veall. D irector of tudvnl Aid, D)irectm. of the Stu dll . Viid, i-irector of tle Stu (itt it l1valth Ser v ice, I) iretoc)I o f e Staatus Told 1n1d Scietives this year Davis re VtaledI thaw the program will be vXpalied noxt year to include: a SetCOld year for this year's group; Dansttut ion Stu hod ts courses anf act ivit Esit the junior-senior level tot maidjo,.i in several depart deIUs; and exptnsion th include sno t other academic units orf Oe tIllivel sity'. The Da uis presentation to the aondulsien also included his in depth e-Naluations Ef the programs (if the' vaus~U schools and depart me. atid the advancements in tse arious areas in keeping with ihe gro th of the University. Growth Viewed Oti t the doctorl level, accorleing to Wivrmafeld. programs leading to the octox of thilosophy de goe ae availahle i 12 major f ie sItds. E anrollent i n thie Graduate School has increased at a rate greatei than that of the Univer sat at large. drov an enrollment (E 1w3 in the 1960 Fall Ter, en rollwent has swellved to 0 in the 196n Fall 'Term, and barring un foreseen c rntongencies. projections show 1966 enrollent to Ge over 1,000. geter than that ote'r Uni oiyat are. Fromthi ani fenrolcment of3i he 9t ijii)0s FalTrm enp rot llet ha s Wf( heved to 50 in-h 9n1 rF'al Tem andw barig isn-o foresee coirntinge)ncied1 pjetons morle x 'enesi t has unegrod uaterc3. it tis direncelcan hoe pade uin f teremj statep tuersiid. leas one In tlo regard t how can isc'rue frb ize.Buto onedotta all fthe E'ive t, efrths row app e ., iet is til f ll ih cmaison th otherin mjnore sate unieritIns 1He5 als pJotedft out lte If) an'aEs thal)tt cllaniau The~t!t more we fhuihit, the frthe 'olinba.ttliit In 95 1,t0 s. ft. o per studenttt. resent oGroup of new drania and choral directors. e two new regional campuses estab Idings in Beaufort and Lancaster nstruction underway in Conway; ve dlded in School of Journalism; -ams1 in businless administration, in ivs aid political cience; est4ablish eling serv ice. including reading lab, o, oniputer liai, ETV facility and lah; and reorganization of thc wnt under new Athletic Director )TE: Several Deans supervising dif canipus presented outlines of their nmission. Sumiimaries of what they rjelowv.) sy Year Intranurals and Foreign Student.s adviser. T'he coun,eling service which :egan operation last summer has experienced rapid growth. In the month of March 1966 over the nmonih (if September 1965 there was a 185% increase in testing' and o a ;10%, increase for counsel mng Also growing rapidly is the fi nancial aid area of Dean Witten's divi ion. In the past five years aid given has increased from $333.000 to $1,323,000. Financial aid comes in the formil of loans, SV) e1 0 Il i C opportulnity grants, scholarshis, s t u d e n t assi-tant ships, and Federal Work Study giants Student Union, the unifying force in the life of the University and the center of the University community life is the coordinat ing auspice for social, cultural and recreational life on campus. Actively participating in the Student Union program are nearly 150 students on boards and comi mitctes. Tabulat ions of student participation in Union events are: Artist Series 8,000; dance and pop-; 2 1.000; movies 1:3,800; recrea t ion and tournaments G,500; R. G. Hell Camo 17,000; and othor spe cial events 11,000. Jul.% I the Student Union will hav%e a new director to carry on its program of work. Aeccroding to Dean Witten. the builget of this division is $2-10,000 a year including expenses for the Studit Union prograill. S t u d e n I organizations under jurisdiction of the Dean of Stu dents include 110 professional, honor, religious, ser% ice and inter est groups w%ith 3,900 members; and four communications media The~ (;n rtoc0)k, Ga~irnet andiit Black, WI'S( -AM, and Th'e ('rucih!e. IAlso. 12 men'i's andl nine women's intriamuoral sports; and( e'ighit so i or it les comiiposedl of 43.0i miembeS.rs anrd 1 5 fraterinit ies with 835 mem - Duiring 1965-66 the new resi denrce hall "'learning thirough liv - ing" concepit canie closer to ini I oho ing all thie 2,099 women stui denits anid 2,715 nmen students housed on campus. In orderm to cotntie the wide tpread work of thbe division an as stant dean of men and an as sistant dlenn of womtfen have be en added'i to the staff for next fall. The ma in funct ion of these staff :tlbbtiuns will lbe to Iinterwve(i Itence halls withi the total educ'a tional life' of tho' 1:roi.sity. (:rowds climor for their 1966 1 the past few das -. E-dited h.v Chri colored with at black ini,.ersit% Pw The bik is (Itedicialed to Dean lof Dorm's Loun( Honoring Foc The large new I o u n g e in the "veit block" nien 's residence halls at USC was dedicated Friday in honor of the late Michael Forrest (Mike) Johnson, offensive center on the 196;4 Gamecock football team who died last fall. Dedication of the Michael Johnl.,%onl Memorial lAmge reiiamed the fa cilit% which rer%es "%eil bhck" re..i de-ce hialls "K," "L," "11" and "N." USC President Thomas F. Jones (on1ducted the dedication program. Other participants were Johnson's parents. Mr. andl Mrs. Clay John son of K i n g s P o r t, Tenn.; Tom Price, USC sports information di Fine Arts I Shown In P A painting by Prof. Edmund Yaglijian of USC has been sent to Paris where it will he displayed by U. S. Ambassador and Mrs. Hiarin Cleveland. Ambassador Cleveland is the permanent I'nited States repre sentative to NATO. The painting. titled "The Pian ." is one, of two lent by Prof. Yaghjian to the Art in Embassies Six Vice-Presidel ((Continued I of arts and inastir of arits deigrees at thet l'niversity of North ('aro tin a and( the mIIaster (If e'ducat ion degree at the Un~tiversity of South C'arol in a. 11 e ret iredl in 1 9t;2 ?fromt the I'. S. Navy as a captain, fol lowinlg servie as had of the D)e Jparitm(enlt (If Nav al Scienc(ie at I'SC the I. niiver.ity olf M4Inth (Carolina, .iined the, adinli,ii%rative s'taff ini 1 960 a. diretor for die'i4IIelomnt foi-. loing a bini'men catreer wiiihi in-. .-Inded4 pireidenl'ut and4 genera'lh muan D r. I )avis earned the bachelor's .Iegreei at I 'S(' and the master's and11 doitoi oIf nhiloso(phy rh.-gr.. i s -r '% 'arnet and Mlack. distribtvil during EfaWarok. 1he --earlmoki i% garniet it avmi i- composed of 496 pages. itudent,1 C. 11. Wittenl. le Dedicated >tball Player rector; and the Rev. John Barr who led football players in devo tional periods at the time Johnson was a member of the squad. Former Athletic Director amid Ilead Coach Mari Bass, now head coach of the lon-treal Canadlians profes. siomial foolll teani, iiformed the program committee of his "great dis. app4o)inltlmIt" inl being unable to attendff the ceremony. Coaclh Bas, a cloe friend of the Johimmn faimily, has p-aid he 4misidered Johinso the m11-t ttand4inig 41(fen-ive ceniter hie had0 Coached. Ushers and guides for the d. cation were members of the Block "C' ('lub who knew Johnson. lead's Work iris Embassy Program of the Department of State. Mrs Nancy P. Kefauver, adviser on fine arts in the Department of State. notified Prof. Yaghjian the painting had been shipped and ex pressed "sincere appreciation for 3our welcome participation in this progr am." 'rof. Yaghjiian is head of thi IDepartment of Fine Arts at the University of South Carolina. nts rom Page 1) at t he U'nivyerxsit y of Cincinnati. lII jineitd the (I SC chiemistrmy depart menit facolty ina 19.11, advanced to head of thme cheni istrmy depart mentm andi, in 1;t). to dean of the C'ollege of Armts and Science. D)r. Morri, earnaed the hachelior of art- de4gree* at Northmeasterni imi ni'erit. amnd tie mia,ter of arts andt doctor of pihiosoph,ii degrees. at HaIirs ard i versity. 114e joiiieiI thei. I S.I ini 1947, serve a. s director oi et ilmreanm otf li,ies4 anid FAronoic Re~search, andit became dean11 of time ini 1961. fillmdl intem