Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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New Dept. Now Has Its Prof. By NANCIE MEDDIN Staff Writer "The talent is here. It's a matter of motivation," said Professor Wil liam Hines Linder, USC's first full-time professor of computer science. Though his words were spoken in reference to the South and USC students, they could easily have applied to Linder himself. Born in Florence, he moved to Columbia and graduated from Dreher High School. Having received his B.S. from the U. S. Military Academy and his M.S. from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology, he came home b e c a u s e he believes that "economically and culturally, most of the expansion and development in the country will soon be in the Southeast." Linder, who received the Voss Tucker award at M.I.T. in 1967 for accomplishment and leadership in the field of building engineering, feels "the University is in the fore front just by taking the step to establish a computer science de partment." According to Linder, there are only a few such schools in the country. To him the computer is more than a machine that attempts to register students for classes, it is a powerful mechanism that "has a deep influence on our lives." "It operates many of our so cial institutions now and is re sponsib1e for conveniences like our bills, social security " records, b a n k accounts a n d credit cards. It is an effec tive asset when using large amounts of data and dealing with large scale problems like our new coliseum. Since this is the department's first semester, it is offering only one course. It is, however, considering cur riculunms which will lead to a Bachelor of Science and a Master of science. L i n d e r is presently S working on three undergraduate and one graduate courses. Having recently returned from his honeymoon, he is not only in volved in setting up a new depart ment, but also a new home. "I am fond of the South, the s c h o o I and its students," said Linder, who anticipates a bright future. Faculty Footnotes Dr. Jones Ci President Thomas F. Jones was in Washington, D. C., Tuesday to attend the Annual Report Meeting of the National Science Board and stayed on the next clay for a com mittee meeting. lie then flew to San Francisco for a Western Union conference yesterday and today. Tomorrow through Monday he will be in Monterey, Calif., for a meeting of tlie Secretary of the Navy's Ad visory Board on Educational re qu irements. Thursday Dr. Jones will give a welcoming address to the Brazilian HIistory Seminar group. . N. C. STATE Six USC professors will attend C.6khbheA ,mw af youn Wh&6e/6 r Dr. Richard L. Walker (rig the International Studies Dept a point made by Tran Van Di versation after each made talk church meeting at Columbia C< day-long session sponsored li Former M W. F. Hipj Dr. James L. Athearn, former (lean and professor of the School g of Business Administration of the a University of Montana, has joined n the faculty as holder of the W. : Frank Hipp Chair of Insurance. s In announcing Dr. Athearn's ap pointment, Dean James F. Kane of the College of Business Adminis tration said that the new W. Frank Hipp Professor of Insurance has achieved national prominence in the field of insurance education. le has held professorships at the University of Florida and Ohio State University and is the author of several books and numerous articles published in trade journals. Dr. Athearn resigned as dean and professor at the University of Montana, a position he had held since 1964, to accept the USC post. CAROLINIANA LIBRARY i South Caroliniana Library was d completed in 1840 at a cost of $24,000 and became the first sep arate college library building in the nation, Dr. Daniel W. Hollis writes. rcles Nation a conference on "Science, Religion, andl M an's Fu tu re" Sunday 1 through Tuesday at N. C. State ? University. They are Dr. J. M. Herr Jr. in - biology, Dr. E. G. Schwvartz in me chanical engineering, Dr. Donald L. Jones in Bible and religion, Dr. Melvin L. Woodward in business administration, Dr. R o b e r t H. Philp in chemistry and Dr. Edward H. Beardsley in history. V. P. WITTEN Vice Pres. Charles H. Witten of Student Affairs attended a meet ing last month in Racine, Wis., to evaluate the Fulbright Student Program. w1,2%z/er/. z:R;R9 Mulls It Over ;ht), head of Christian Acti< ., mulls over former South In in a con- US and journs s to a recent American invo' >llege. At the Walker suppot >y the S. C. ontana D L Insuran He will teach in both the under raduate and graduate programs, nd will participate in the develop r ent of continuing educational rograms and seminars for the in urance industry in South Carolina. The W. Frank Hipp Chair of Insurance w a s created in 1964 by members of the Hipp family as a living memorial to the founder and, until his death, p r e s i d e n t of Liberty Life DR. ATHEARN Insurance Com pany. The chair was established to fill need for professional insurance nstruction at the collegiate level nd to assist the state's growing nsurance industry in research and evelopment. Dr. Athearn is a native of Krem lin, Montana. lie earned his Bache lor of Arts degree in business administration and Master of Arts degree in economics at the Uni versity of Montana. His doctor of philosophy degree vas awardled by Ohio State Uni ersity. He held a p)ost-dloctoral fellow hip at S. S. Huebner Foundation or Insurance Education at the Jniversi ty of Pennsylvania and arnedl professional dlesignations .s a Chartered Life Underwriter Wr iKOTDRTL Staff Photo by Warren Hudso mn Council, Tran Van Dihn, Vietnamese ambassador to the list, spoke against the present Ivement in his country and Dr. ted the US position. ean Holds ce Chair and Certified Property and Cas ualty Underwriter. Dr. Athearn's books have been used as texts for college and other insuirance professional t r a i n i n g courses. He has been assistant editor o the "Journal of Risk Insurance" executive director, Montana Insur ance Education Foundation; member of the Board of Governor of the International Insuranc Seminars; and a member of th Upper Mideast Research and De velopment Council. McCUTCHEN HOUSE "Prof. Maximillian LaBorde, his torian of the South Carolina Col lege who resided there (in Mc Cutchen House) from 1842 to 187T complained that his quarters wer completely inadequate for his fam ily of ten children." -Dr. Daniel W. Holli STAMP IT! SI'S THE RAGE REGULAR C UMODEL The finest 1NDESTRUCTIBLE METAL. POCKET RU3BER STAMP. %A" a 2'. Send check or mnoney order. Be sure to include your Zip Code. NJo postag, or handling charges. Add sales tar. Freatpt skipasent.Satisfaction Quaraatee ThEm Meop Co. t. Rue 13623 Laneu Square Statie. ATLANTlA. A., 30326 ~sist. Mr.Wrangler* Wre member, the "W"juis silent. If somebody tries to tell you that all slacks are cut like Mr. Wrangler, resist. Hold out for no-flab trimness. And don't fell for anything that doesn't have Wranglok*, the wrinklefighter finish. It means neatness forever. ironing never. These Hondo* slacks (the Saturday night jeans) of wide-wole corduroy in whiskey, putty end charred green $7.00. Oxford b.d. shirt in strong colors. $5.00. And everything wears bet ter because there's KODEL* in It -a muscle blend of 50% Kodel :polyester/50% combed Cotton. UNCLE SAM'S, Columbia Dr. Wickw To Former 8y JIM McCASKILL Staff Writer Prof. W. Hardy Wickwar of the Bureau of Gov ernmental Research has been named as a special consultant to the United Nations in New York. Prof. Wickwar was appointed to the Economic and Social Affairs Council. This past summer, in connection with the council, Prof. Wickwar worked on the problem of crime ad ministration in the underdeveloped countries of the world. Prof. Wickwar has also written articles seek ing to aid the state government. Among these articles is "Antipoverty in South Caro. lina," on which he worked when he was a consultant to the state Office of Economic Opportunity. Prof. Wickwar attended the University of Lon don and came to the United States during the De pression years. During World War IT, he worked with the UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administra tion. After the war, Prof. Wickwar left the United Nations to become the head of the Political Science Department at Hamilton College in New York. " From 1948 to 1965, Prof. Wickwar once again worked for the United Nations, this time as an inter national civil servant to the Secretariat. In 1954, he went to the Middle East country of Lebanon as a special advisor to the I.ebanese govermnent. From 1961 to 1962, Prof. Wickwar resided at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon and completed one of his several hooks: "Moderniza tion of Administration in the Near East." During the next three years, he visited the Mid dIe East six more times on behalf of the World Food Program. In 1965, Prof. Wickwar was invited to the Uni versity and accepted. From time to time, he makes trips to New York to work with the UN and (luring the summer works full time with the United Nations. P00 'YCi ENGII inter Wed~ to di Tami You oppi local See for i TI T AM ar Named Employer ~1K Staff Phcto by Mike Tyler Dr. Wickiwar nity ~ectrical echanical l emical lEERS views will be conducted on nesday, October 18, 1967 scuss job opportunities with pa Electric Company. will find good advancement >rtunities with this fast-growing ;tor-owned electric utility ted on Florida's West Coast. job placement center bulletin iterview time and place. dio .FL OfR/nA