Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EDITOR IAL The University Blooms From the Ncir.s fond ('tre,May 15,196 * urstinlg at the seamis in dowvntownm1 ('OI-libia, tll U'niver sity of South (arolina i; striving Ito cope wvit 1. a gr1.ig num1111ber of stuldents whilhe r.4stmring the luster Of its golden e before the Civil War. If dedication of its president and deans to this cause, and ihe burgeoning of South Carolina's indust r. to supply finan cial support, are the chief ingredients, the 'niversity is on it. way to an illustrious new era. oistruction now mider way or on the drawing boards inVl6s . million for buildings. An a<lditional $32.7 million is forecast for fitulre Iee(ds of a universitY with an efinmted enrollment by 1975 of 20,000 students. Of these, 5.000 would be engaged inl gradtlate work. The twin explosions of population and knowledge pose gigantic problems for the administrators of a state univer :-ity, as well as for the legislature which levies taxes. The U'niversity depends for about half its support on appropria tions from the State of South Carolina. Its current budget of $1( million for operations is growing steadily. 0111mpetitionl for professors is keen all over the country. inldvr I'resident Thollmas F'. Jones, the number of qualified facultY has been rising, but so has the stuent body. The aIms of a great u iversitY-atnd the people at USC are aim mng at greatness--requir people as well as buildings before they can be realized. The production of l'h.D.s in South Carolina has been lamentabl. low when highly educated men and women are desperately needed to run the complex tools of a computer iied age. The industrial sources of wealth to support the costs of higher education must be manned by people who [.now more than the three Its. The question of whether the chicken conies before the egg is largely academic. South Carolina needs both chickens and eggs and the University is the most vital hatchery in our state today. Scarcely more than a half century ago, the University of South Carolina-among the top universities in the country driing the 1850s but sadly damaged by the Civil War and Neconstruction-had only about 200 students, and no great repitation among scholars. Tmday almost 9,000 students are ti the campus at Columbia. With regional campus enroll ment at seven other locations and those who take field or C4rles)on(ejnce( coulrses, the total exceeds 13,000. The growth clrve is straight up. The men in charge of the ITniversity are having to run at top speed just to keep up with demands. They earnestly want to do more than meet today's need.4. Forecasting the Picture ten years hence for a commission of concerned citi zens visiting the University, the president and deans predict extraordinary development in terms of buildings and facul ties. The need to suppl 1 qualiie(l people ill scores of fields now ill short supply is ()bv iols. Lniversity administrators find emselves ill coipetition1 with o )ther institutions and with indu.stry itself. Meanwhile, they are tryi Ong to preserve the persmiall qualities that inl the past ma4de the University be l ved, though sniall. The concern and the competence of the top management, as displayed for lay visit(ors (in this venerable campus, are Iouraging factors in South vearolina's bid for new pros perity to match its traditions. All this re(qires money. WVhere it will comie from is an ot her story. SIG HUITT .. Editor-in-Chief ~' BARRY BREIBIART JANEAN MANN Business Manager Managing Editor Pounded Janu ay30. 1908 with Robert Ellbott Gonzales as the first editor, The Cassecock is prubliuhad by anid for the students of the University of South Carolina weely dunng the cpilege year except durnng holidays anid exammsations. The opinions expressed hereim do not necessarily reflect the views of the admin itation, the faculty or the student body as a whole. Offices of 'nhe Gamecock are in Room 208 of the Russell House on the University campus. Phones are 785-4220 and 765-4249. The Caseeock is represented natimnally by National Advertising Service, Inc. The ublication is a mnenber of the Associated Code giat. Press, the South Carolhna Col sOAto Press Association, the National College Press Servioe and the Intercollegiate Press ubC.rMi,.. ~ra.e- aren .-Oe ., CO-'FEE ANI) )oUGINUTS Student 11im) will give away free coffee and doughnuts Tues dalN- night from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Gainecock Room. AII'ICATIONS AXpplications for vinrolliment in s1111nnTIer evenin;g classes offered by the C(llege of General Studies Board Thanks City, County For Assistance The USC Board of Trustees has pas,sed a resolution expressing ap preciatjinn for contribut ions made to the Memorial Hall project by the City of Columbia and the Richland County legislative dele gation. In the resolution, the trustees txpre.ssed thanks to Mayor Aester L. Bates, the City Council and the City- Manager of Columbia "for providing the land for the site of the proposed building, which is a symbol of the harmony and rapport which exists between the City and the University." The board expressed gratitude to the legislative delegation for intiroducing "enabling legislation which 1u1lt it possible for the City of Columbia to transfer land or funds to the University" for this McKissick Librar Chronological G An exhibit showing the chron ological dlevelopment of the Bible is on dlisp)lay through June 15 in the Rare Books Room of McK is sick Librar'y at the University. The chronologically arranged exhihit begins with an edition of the first translation of the Bible, a work called the Septuagint be cause it was the work of 70 scribes who translated the Hebrew Old Testament into G;reek in 250 It. C. The exhibit closes with the New Testamnent of the New English Bible of 196;1I, the Old Te'stament of which is still inl progress. The most str-iking piece on ex hibit is a two-volume rep)roduction of the 15th century illuminated manuscript of the Bible, done for Borso d'E:ste the Mangni ficent of l..rrarn,a ly.i f/a' Ws Drz must be submitted to the office of admI issions and registration by S ttrd;ay it I p.m11. IB.gin11 ninfig .11 OndayI ', .\I Iy 30, a I.laIt' appl 1i CaI tion fee of $25 will b( charged. ATTEi.Nj) liltI EFING Profs. Paul W. Blackstock and I Donald E. Welaterh,ee of the de partment of international studies attended a lecture and briefing on the South Viet Nan situation Tharsday at Ft. Gordon, (;a. NEW EIDITOR Dr. Ronald C. Horn of the Co] le-e of Business Administration is the new editor of The Bulletin, an nsurance terminology publication of the American Risk and Insur aince Association., SUMMER INSTITUTE The fifth annual Summer In stitute for Lawyers will take place on four successive Wednesdays, June 1-22 in the School of Law. Scholarship I Honoring Lai A memorial scholarship is be ing established in the School of Education in honor of the late Dr. Velnia I). Hayden, assistant dean of the school, who died last week after at month's illness. Dr. Hayden it nationally recog y Exhibit Shows rowth Of Bible One v' oume is displayed closed to show the elegatnt silverwork on lie ted cover. The othetr vol ume is opetn to an elaborately illumi nated page from the Bible, in whieb bright teds and blues, laven dlet' and gold leaf (dotmate the in tricate illustirationts. The rep)rodluctitot issue was pub lished to honor Pope John XXIII antd the 50)0th antiivertsa ry of the (cteationt of the mantauscri pt for the Italiana noleman d'Este. Tlhe most valable itemi on dis play is a second edit ion (I1685) of the first Bible pubalished in A tie rica, of which only about 50 cop)ies st-ill exist of the original 2.000t pian atedl. The vol ume is John lio t's trtanslat iotn of thle Bible itnto the latnguage of the tnow ex - tnct .\assac hutse tt s Indian tribc. efs l'IL.ARIS SUIS WherverP-1laris submarine., travcl 1un1der the Sea V.o -tidents f the ' niversity. Carlina a.1d numirister-s -11 ses of study f,r memers if the citrs who %%ant lbE-t' tCrvdits. 'nder the viuid ancet f ships' officers. the t u dtl ;vs setraining films and read books while cruising undler the Sea. O n returning to base at 'harlestoni they take cight %%eeks o,f inteosive teaching a-hore. TO 'LECTURE ir. Iaymond A. Moore. acting head if the departnent of inter natit,nal studies, will lecture June . at the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of St.ate, in Wa-hington, D. C. OL,YMPIC MEET Departnent of Physical Educa timn head Warren K. Giese has re turnetd from Wa-shington, D. C. where he attended a meeting of the 1'. S. Olympic Assoc. -und Begun ae Asst. Dean nized authorito in education and a specialist in guidance, first came to V(SC in 1956. After serving one year as a professor, she left to become dean of Trenton (N. J.) State College, where she rentained until 1962. T %lat year she returned to Caro lina as professor of education and assistant dean of the school. A natie of Elizabeth, N. J., Dr. llayden earned the bachelor's and master's, degr'e.es from the Uni versiti of Soeuthern California and her dtocttoraite frtom the U niversity~ of (Connte.ct icut. She received an honorary doctor of letters degree fronm Trentton State College in 1962. Drg. llaydlen wea-. a memble'r of Nat ionatl Educationr Association, A mer ican Assciat ion of School Atdmiunistrattrs. American Person nel antd Guaidlance A ssn., American P'syc.h logical Assn.. D)elta Gamma Kaptpa. As-n. fo.r Stutdent Tleach ing, Natiotnal Stttiety for the Study of Etducation. Altrusa In It'e niul and Zot nta I nterna t onal. Dir. llaiden wtas co-author of "Ple'rsotnntel and Guidance' Services" and "ITeaching and L.earning in the F hmnotar School.''