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Hoe Since 1958 USC ha@ ing program comhinii related hospital experie Sophomores Linda assist a patient in the pt Dr. Wahn Departm Dr. James H. Wahab, currently chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, will leave UNC to join USC faculty as head of the Department of Mathe matics July 1, 1968. Dr. Wahab earned his B.S. de gree from the College of Wil liam and Mary and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from UNC. Previous teaching positions held by Dr. Wahab include instructor of mathematics at the Norfolk Di vision of William and Mary, teaching fellow and part-time in structor at UNC at Chapel Hill; assistant professor at Georgia In stitute of Technology; college faculty associate in mathematical analysis, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Ga.; professor of mathematics, Louisiana State University; and acting academic (lean at UNC, 1965 through 67. He has also been director of the National Science Foundation Visiting Scientists (Secondary Schools) Program; and taught graduate extension courses to NASA engineers at Wallops Gwinn To Head Geology Dr. Vinton E. Gwinn, who was a key figure in Louisiana State University's geology dlepartmental development program, has b e e n appointed head of the Department of Geology at USC. Gwinn, 33, will fill the p)osition vacated l)y Dr. Bruce W. Nelson, who was appointed (lean of the USC 'College of Arts and Sciences i1966. Dr. Donald Secor Jr. has been acting head of the depart ment. Gwinn will continue emphasis in the dlepartment on environmental geology and sedimentation, espe cially the transport of sediment by streams. He is currently studying riverbed sediment transport rates and configuration of the Amiite River for the Louisiana Institute of Water Resources. The new g e o 1 o g y dlepartment head will also expand USC's pro gram in geological oceanography, engineering geology andl environ mental science. A Phi Beta Kappa alumnus of Rutgers University, he earnedl the M.S. and Ph.D. dle gr eesa from Princeton University andl conm pleted post-doctoral research in hy draul ic engineering at Colorado State University. FINE ITALIAN FOOD 12)3 BtANDING STREET PHONS AL 4-9302 (Oppsi. Grevend Buss Station) iping . . offered a four-year profession kg formal college level court nce. Hopkins and Carolyn Given diatrics ward of the Columbia I b Named mnt Head Station for the School Qf Engi neering of the University of Virginia. Dr. Wahab is member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma (physics), Pi Mu Epsilon (mathe matics), Sigma Chi, Elisha Mitch ell Society, Mathematical As sociation of America, American Mathematical Society and Ameri can Association of University Pro fessors. Chemists At Capsto Sixty chemists and teachers of chemistry will assemble at USC April 9 for the annual meeting of the S. C. section of the American Chemical Society. USC is hosting the event at Capstone House. Awvards dinner speaker will be Dr. H. Willard D a v i s, USC vice president for academic affairs. Dr. R. S. Bly, associate professor in the USC D)epartment of Chemis try, is program chairman. GEOGRAPHY Dr. Paul E. Loingood Jr., asso ciate professor of geography has been awarded a research grant by the American Universities Re search Program of the Agricul tural Development Council, Inc. CORNELL ARA * GOOD FOOD e Convenient To Campus * Pleasant Atmosphere * 10% Discount On Meal STUDENT SPECIAl best way I faculies! Vacation time, weekend time,. you'll find the going easier and when you take Piedmont. See agent or call Piedmont Airlines a ias PIEDIVION\IT growing service I 68n. 1. at nurs- Mrs. Aiina ie and (center) in the Senior Bett3 (left) a class which se lospital. Today the Dean Figg To Meet ne April 9 The grant makes it possible for Dr. Lovingood to spend summer, 1968 in Lesotho, Southern Africa, studying the influence of I a n d tenure on agricultural land use in Lesotho. On the way to Lesotho, the professor will stop in Tanga, Tanzania, to visit the Syracuse University V i I I a g e Settlement Project. Dr. Lovingood spent the academic year 1966-67 in Lesotho under auspices of the Fullbright Pro gram. GEOIDGY Dr. John Connoly, an internation ally known Australian oceanog rap)her and marine geologist, will join the USC geology faculty this fall. IS CAFETERIA LS _______ 0 takte ny time .. . faster our travel $fanTe MiMI? STI-iMlu IAliRLINES *r iin .na ni N & Learning . . [lite instructs Nursing Junior Si proper method of filling a syr Murray (right) takes the role niors hold for nurses' aides. ichool of Nursing is celebrating Figg R,y DEBRA LYNN SCOTT Staff Writer Robert M. Figg Jr., (lean of the School of Law, was one of 10 dis tinguished lawyers recently serv ing on a special advisory com mittee of the American Bar Asso ciation. The ABA's Committee on Fair Trial and Free Press issued the controversial Reardon Report a few weeks ago. The report con sists of recommendations t h a t would govern statements made to the press by lawyers and other' court employes involved in a crimi nal case. Figg said the committee "set out not to injure or curh publication of news, but to assure any person 1968 lt' ca yo CL Oi gre C E1 tundra Calhoun versary inge. Dr'. of instructor in Univers A p its tenth anni- ing frot erves C on trial that %tateents made prior to his trial not allowed in the courtroom would not he made pulblic by the iews media. Dean Figg said the r e p o r t recommended: - Cannons of Ethics. "The can non controls statements made by lawyers which newspapers tend to' take advantage of. This would pre vent the trying of cases in the newspapers." - Control of law employes' con duct. "This control is directed to policemen and other court em ployes." - The liandling of judicial pro ce(lures. "The evidence a I r e a d y given in newspapers shall not be overruled in court." -- Recomiendations on coln Vhat a doing Olds ad making the point that you c n own an Oldsmobile. If not V~ iew one, then certainly a si ed one. t} Like the nifty 1967 Olds 4-4-2 w u see here. Or a sporty used p itlass convertible maybe. -, even, one of those sat Olds Rocket 88s. Df course, Olds dealers o carry a large stock vie a youngmobile (New or used, i a Teaching with ceremonies in Capstone Ho Ada Fort, dean of the School ity, is guest speaker at a conm mel discussion on "What is expe in collegiate prograns?" is sche in Comi tempt. A mai 4hall he held in contempt of court if he intention ally diseloses statement% in order to effect the trial." There were a number of meet ings held with newspaper and net work representatives to a s s u r e that the report would in no way oppress the s i x t h amendment which deals with freedom of the press, Figg said. The American. Society of Newspaper Publishers argued that information printed after the trial is not news. Ie Reardon Report maintained, however, that no new- xhall be p r i n i e 1 concerning statements made by la% official. bet,een ar ret and the beginning of trial. The report al-o ruled out u-e of any information that is not on recori in the trial. 967Old4 I-I* in his Vertisem f other brands on their alue-Rated used car lot. And bould you decide on one of iem instead . .. well, at least e'll know you picked a good lace to do it. from Oldsmobile fun car to own.) Staff Photos by Coates Crews use. of Nursing at Emory emorative luncheon. eted of Nurses graduat. iluled for 9 a.m. inittee Freedom of the press has at times been taken advantage of, Figg said. "We don't have the problem in South Carolina nor do most other places in the country other than metropolitan a r e a s where large newspapers are in cornptition." "This is why the Reardoni Re port was drawn up - to guarain tee fretdom of the press while naintaining 1he idea of fair trial." Figg explained. )ean Figg noted that he was the only representative from a law school to the advisory committee. Other representatives were court officials. Figg has been (lean of the School of Law at Carolina since July 1, 1959. S ent?