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Herr, ( Botanic By FORREST HEMPHILL Staff Writer Two University botanists, Dr John M. Herr and Dr. Gerald T Cowley, are engaged in research projects in the Department of Biology. Dr. Herr experiments with flowering plants and Dr Cowley studies rainforest ecology and radiation. Dr. Herr's experimentation with COWLEY flowering plants covers three areas. In the first phase of his study, he traces the sequence of the de velopment of the seed primordium until it reaches maturity under normal conditions. This phase is used as a base to check or verify the results of the other experi ments. Dr. Herr performs a second phase of his tests by removing the ovary from the flower and placing it in a culture medium 4,ff 4 . owley 4 a Expe where it will develop its pods. In this experiment, the ova performs the function that t whole plant normally aasume The object is for the ovary carry out photosynthesis. Dr. Herr's third area of study the attempt to control flowerii in the plant by inducing the fe mation of flowers with a min mum of vegative growth. HERR Dr. Herr, through his experi ment, seeks to better understan the relations of plants, the basi factors that cause seed produc tion by flowering plants, and t introduce methods to improv stages in nature. Dr. Herr has authored numer ous publications since 1953. Hi most important recent one, pub lished in 1964, is entitled "The Development of the Ovule and Megametophyte in Oxalin Cornec ulata." ~~ r~ GAY Identii ically Charg Rew Wardr 1337 MAI Committed KING AT ALLRIGHT ON onduci rime nts Dr. Herr was the recipient of ry Fulbright Fellowship in 1957 t e do post-doctorate study at Nei . Delhi, India. to Dr. Cowley for the past thre summers has studied in the rain is forest in Puerto Rico under a re ig search participation contract. His study has included tw, major areas: the study of th ecological rainforest, the relation ship between the organisms, as i means to learn as much abou that habitat as possible. In a second area he has at tempted to observe the effects o: radiation on the growth of th< forest. He made a survey of thE fleshy fungae before and aftei radiation. From the decomposition of dead leaves, he studied the populatior of fungae statistically to see the effects of radiation to complete this area of observation. This year Dr. Cowley plans tc look for the physiological basis by taking extracts from leaves and using a culture medium for the fungae. I Dr. Cowley's ambition, his "kind of a dream," as he terms it, is to - develop a program of fungal ecology at the graduate level at the University of South Carolina, where people will come to take his course. Dr. Cowley is one of the authors of An Outline of General Botany published in 1965 and has con I tributed four articles to a book to be published soon on the Puerto Rican rainforest. IErittoni Invites Yoi To A IECOCK CH by presenting your r t r ication Card y o u < receive a Brittons G e Card. ard yourself and yot :>be with a Gamecock N STREET To Quality WASHINGTON WITH piu Recent . Dr. William H. Patterson John C. Benz, head of the De acquisitions for the University a Art Galler Four new paintings have be< recently added to the Universit3 growing art collection. Head of the Department of Ar Dr. John C. Benz, made a presenti tion of the paintings to Dr. W liam H. Patterson, senior vi president, who received them fc the University. Artist in residence, Prof. E mund Yaghji,an, originated t h purchase of the art works with a auction funds. Paintings from th University collection now hang i many buildings on campus. The fall semester purchases it cluded "Changing Forms" by Beti Coburg of Greenville, "Souther Splendor" by Jean Berry of Colun bia, "Untitled" by University stu dent Michael Miller of Walterbor< and "Painting N u m b e r 46" b another student, Bill Buggel of C< A RGE Student iutomat a mecock ir Spring Charge. RCHASE lcqLisitions (left), senior vice president, and Dr. partment of Art, admire four recent rt collection. y Increased mn lumbia. j s "Changing Forms" was acquired e as the Purchase Award in the An nual Guild of Artists exhibition, s 1. held this year at the Columbia Art n e Museum. "Southern Splendor" was a >r also purchased from the G u i l d o S h o w through the Art Auction h Fund o t Faculty Cy n Recommendations to the Bu- a reau of the Census on what new o data should be collected on the ir lorthcoming Censuses of Manu factures and Population are be- at ing advanced by Dr. Steven J. S( Shaw of the Department of Busi ness Administration who is in Washington, D. C. for a market- of ing committee meeting. al Dr. Shaw is representing the w American Marketing Assn.'s Bu- fe reau of Census Advisory Commit tee. b3 A professor of marketing, Dr. C< Shaw holds the Citizens and A! Southern National Bank Chair in Business Administration. wi LIBRARY WORKSHOP tit J. Mitchell Reames, associate Se director of libraries, will attend th E YS on main *Downtown *Richland Mall scatt daisies over nav'y work d oth, and slim pants for o blue-jean I flair. WVorn with it, double-kr turtleneck. Sizes 3-1S. I at Il' nor & Iei luIn.. 1M-ll 4 t Clements AT Project Expressing a favorable reaction i to USC, Dr. Clements commented, "Carolina has many opportunities that Georgia didn't have, because it is located in the capital. My biggest problem will be changing football allegiance from Georgia to S. C." ;I BATSON Batson Gives Students Aid By TWEETIE SMITH Staff Writer To provide education for the sons and daughters of the tax payers in South Carolina, that's my goal," said the smiling Dr. Wade T. Batson when asked what his goal as a teacher was. I)r. Hatson, a professor in the I,ife Science Department, has been at the University since 1952. In these 15 years he has been both teacher and friend, not only to his students, but to any student who has needed help and guidance. A nature lover at heart, Dr. Batson spends much time in the out-of-doors hunting and looking at nature. lie says, "It's so beau tiful to sit near the river by my home and really see life." A charming, dedicated, and de voted teacher who loves students and his chosen profession is Dr. Batson. le is the man who in vited 170 students to his home and the one who stopped going to basketball games just to let one ' more student have a seat. His students call him "The Batman of U.S.C." 4 or 5 WAITERS FOR SUMMER Accommodations Furnished SEA MIST MOTEL Myrtle Beach Contact: Jason Ammons, Owner can still burn a forest. This one can't. 1seconds ,(made the "difference. In the forest, no match is 'out" until it's cold. Neither is a cigarette. Nor a camp. fire. Nine out of ten forest fires are caused by people who forget this. Please only you can prevent Dr. Huber Plans Nei "That is the kind of thing tha bhe more you know, the more yoi want to learn," Dr. Hubert Clem mnts, co-ordinator of the Rehabili cation Counselor T r a i n i n g Pro cram at USC, speaks this way tbout his work. "I am given a :hance to use all the imaginatior can muster to help some of these eople." New to the University this se nester, Dr. Clements is also a1 wsistant professor in education, le obtained his doctorate from the Jniversity of Georgia, where hc erved as assistant co-ordinator of he rehabilitation program before oming to South Carolina. "I got started in rehabilitation vork accidentally, by w o r k i n g iart-time with the Georgia Reha ilitation program. I became in rigued with rehabilitation w o r k .nd was convinced that it was a ob that needed doing," Dr. Clem nts explained. le described a research project at the training program may oon undertake. Now in the plan ing stages, the project involves n occupational information study f employment opportunities for andicapped persons in industries f the State. Facts workshop meeting of officers the Southeastern Library Assn. Atlanta March 13-15. Reames is chairman of the Con itutional Committee of the As ciation. READING CONFERENCE Two professors from the School Education, Dr. Sue T. Rouse ad R. Glenn Martin spoke last eek at the Annual Reading Con rence at Columbia College. The conference was sponsored the Columbia Area Reading uncil of International Reading ;sn. The title of Dr. Rouse's talk is "Creativity for the Excep nal Child" and "Creativity in nior High School Writing" was subject of Martin's speech. Country Set girls spoiled? Absolutelyl rs a field of white ailors o trim jacket >ok with a feminine it cotton sleeveless jacket $14 pant $14 sell $7