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New CI Is Rese By LINDA JO MANGUM Staff Writer Dr. Earlene Cunningham, new faculty member in the Depart ment of Chemistry, is continuing her research in the field of hor mone actions after coming to USC from the University of California at Berkeley. She is doing research which she Dr. Jones Addresses Voorhees USC President Thomas F. Jones was the principal speaker at the dedication of three new buildings on the campus of Voorhees Col lege Tuesday, March 12. GEOGRAPHY Dr. Allen Bushong and Dr. Paul E. Lovingood, Jr. of the geography department attended the Tenth Anniversary World Conference of the Society for International De velopment March 6 through 9 in Washington, D. C. GEOLOGY A short course on astro-geology will be presented by the Depart ment of Geology March 18 through 22 with Dr. Nicholas M. Short, a geologist with the God dard Space Flight Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as special instruc tor. G r a d u a t e and undergraduate earth science students will be tak ing the course for one unit of credit. There will be a series of six two-hour lectures and two two-hour laboratory sessions on various topics concerned with astro-geology. The session Wednesday, March 20, at 8 p.m., on "Moon Craters Their Nature, Origin, and Signif icance," will be open to the public. Dr. John R. Carpenter of the USC Department of Geology is co ordinating the program. iemist Etrching began six years ago on the anti diuretic hormone which regulates fluid balance in the body. Accord ing to Dr. Cunningham, the ap proach to research on hormone ac tion in the past has been by phys iologists. "An organic chemist can offer a unique and useful approach be cause he is concerned with se quences of bio-chemical reactions by which a hormone acts," she said. Dr. Cunningham finds research personally rewarding in that it "offers an opportunity for cre ativity." She feels that chemical research allows one to feel that he is contributing .to the field of knowledge. After receiving tier B.S. degree at the University of Illinois, Dr. Cunningham went to the Univer sity of California at Los Angeles to earn her M.S. degree and then to the University of Southern California where she received her Ph.D. degree. She taught bio-chemistry at Howard University in Washing ton, D. C. It was at Howard that she began her work on the anti diuretic hormone. She then went to the University of California at Berkeley, where she colloborated with a bio-mathematician in re search on hormone actions. Joining the USC faculty Jan. 1,i Dr. Cunningham is continuing re search on a hypothesis that was formed during the Berkeley re search-that reactions of lipids are involved in the antidiuretic hormone process. She is now look ing for more conclusive evidence about mechanisms involved in the hormone processes. Besides conducting her research project, she is writing a college text book explaining bio-chemical reactions in terms of organic mechanisms. Dr. Cunningham is married to a South Carolina native, Dr. Roy Cunningham, a medical doctor practicing in Florence. Dr. Cunningham plays the vio lin and hopes to be able to work up an ensemble. n We'd invite you to check our specs against competition (we'd fore quite nicely, thank you), but that's too much like homework. And you've got enough of that. lnstead, slip into this low-slung, low.priced youngmobile-and let Cutlass S do the teaching. Cruise it. Corner it. Brake it. Park it. Dive a vou ix Dr. Cun Geograph Get New Carolina geography students now have a new scholarship on which to set their sights. A Julian J. Petty Award has been established at USC for out standing geography students. The scholarship will honor the former head of the school's geography department. Dr. Petty re tired from the office last sum mer and is now emeritus p r o - fessor. M e m - bers of the department es tablished t h e award and Julian J. Petty Fund to be ad DR. PETrY ministered b y the USC Educational Foundation. Income from the fund will be used to purchase a gift to ac company the annual award. Re cipients will have their names en graved on a plaque which will DOS( ass. This one handles like it had handle And the best part is the Cutlass It's as streamlined as its styling. H away wipers, louvered hood, side marker lights, all the new GM s features-all standard. Today. See your Olds dealer. Tonight. Cut loose in Cutlass. staff Photo by Warrt Hudeem tingham i Students Incentive hang permanently in the geog raphy office. Petty was appointed depart ment head in 1963 when geog raphy and geology were made into separate academic departments. Under his administration, the geography faculty was doubled and undergraduate enrollment in department courses greatly ex panded. New faculty members added such specialties as studies of Asia, Central America, field methods, conservation, and urban geog raphy. Petty is currently working on a book, "South Carolina Place Names," which will include every place on available state maps. It will be published by USC Press. He is author of articles in na tional professional journals and a member of government studies. He first taught at USC in 1929 after earning a master's degree from Harvard University. In 1936 he earned his Ph.D. de gree from Ohio State University. s. S price. de :sfety mobile ] Stoudeir Review4 By SUE TANNER Staff Writer Currently involved in the Bu reau of Governmental Research and an Assistant Professor of Po litical Science as well as being an instructor teaching state govern rnent for many years, Robert Stoudemire today devotes much time to these pursuits as well as ,he Constitutional Committee cur rently revising the Constitution of the State. Admitting that this is a taxing lob, yet one that is "really inter esting," Mr. Stoudemire studies the needs of the state constitution and believes that he has several suggestions a n d modifications which would be improvements 3ver the rresent document. An example of some of the problems facing state govern ment are those which must be met by those organizing a com munity, he says. "At present it is necessary to adhere to many very minute provisions of state constitution which are very limiting and make it very diffi cult to organize such a com munity." If yoi business d nmaybe it's individua There's ccrtain campus individuality is dead in the That big business is a big 1 ing initiative. But freedom of thought backed with reason and cc age, will keep and nurtu whatever the scene: in the a and in business. Scoffers to the contrary, cles of individuality pay ofi Encouraging individual suppressing it is policy in Western Electric.-where w fire In i Const With revisions, a very broad interpretation could cover many minor cases and would alleviate the technical problems now facing many communities which are now trying to formulate themselves. As far as concerns the status of the state government, Stoude mire believes that several issues must be decided. There must be universal opinion and a consen sus on what is desired and on what is necessary below the uni versity level, he feels. Major problems include higher educa tion, bringing teacher salaries up, and instituting kindergarten programs. By facing up to its needs the legislature will be making deci sions beyond high school level; there definitely must be more student aid. The source is the problem. Perhaps there must be larger and more adequate federal grants. Support by the federal govern ment, he says, is what the state is asking for. Problems include taxes, especially the necessity for financing more educational pro grams. This is an urgent prob ii don't agree lestroys india because yoi _U: NI talk that claims vide things Bell business world. Because commui >rother destroy- these needs are g Being involve mrd action, when keep people in tc nvict ion's cour- diograms across re individuality helps transmit r rts, thesciences, ing. Demanding If your ambiti the red corpus- ties commensur .No mistake. happy with the ity rather than ways to changei a business like some of them wi e make and pro- Could be at V structs, itution lem which perhaps could be best solved by sales and income taxes and by raising tuition. Like the rest of the country, South Carolina faces a problem with transportation, Stoudemire feels. Raising the literacy rate and making eligible those who are now ineligible for industrial training proprams will expand employment, are other problems, he points ouu To be included also are 1 health needs of the people of t. state. There is yet a high infant mortality rate. Although facilities are adequate in the urban areas, in rural areas there remains much to he done, Stoudemire says. Of great importance, though, he continues, is the problem of keeping channels open and maintaining relationships in volving the many agencies and personnel in government. Stoudemire was born in New berry, S. C., and received his B.A. degree at Newberry College and his Master's at USC. 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