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Giles To
Physics T
Physics Prof. Frederick H. Giles
Jr. has been n a m e d Regional
Counselor for South Carolina by
the American Association of Phy
sics Teachers and the American
Institute of Physics.
As counselor Giles will w o r k
w i t h educational authorities in
South Carolina in an effort to
improve the quality of high school
physics instruction in the state.
According to an announcement
by the American Institute of Phy
sics, Giles was chosen "for his
competence in physics, interest in
improving physics teaching a n d
his ability to work effectively in
South Carolina to reach this ob.
jective."
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Giles joined the faculty in 1957
after working as a physicist at
the Savannah River Laboratory.
He has also worked as a phy
sicist w i t h Motorola, Inc. and
Wheaton Engineering C o r p. In
Illinois, and served as a research
assistant at the University of Illi
nois and as an instructor at Bowl
ing G r e e n State University in
Ohio.
A graduate of Wheaton College
and recipient of a doctor of phil
osophy degree from the University
of Illinois, Giles was on leave from
USC from 1965 to 1967 as a Ful
bright Lecturer and visiting asso
ciate professor of physics at the
University of Baghdad, Baghdad,
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BY SUSAN ROSS
Faculty Editor
Faculty members teaching the
16 USC honors sections are not
satisfied with their achievements,
according to Dr. Steven H. Acker
man, chairman of the honors
council.
But "the one thing that encour.
ages me is that we're not satis
fied," Ackerman said.
The honors program was
planned and started by faculty
members four years ago. Students
are accepted for scholastic ability.
They are placed in small honors
sections where classroom discus
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H o n o r s program adviser Dr.
Richard Childers of the Depart
ment of Physics selects students
eligible to join the program on
the basis of college board scores
and high school rank.
"I think we do reasonably wel
in selecting," Childers said. "A
third important part Is the per.
sonal interview, Important because
some of the selection Is based on
student initiative and Interest."
Although an SAT score of 1200
is required, students with less are
accepted if they show high school
rank necessary and a willingness
to work, according to Childers.
Decisions on honors policy are
made by the honors council, made
up of faculty members serving by
appointment.
TL,e council has several revisions
in the program under considera
tion, a c o r d i n g to Ackerman.
"Steps nebd to be taken," he s-aid.
"A new division, perhaps a four-.
Drennen
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Working with mental patients
on a person-to-person basis Wil
liam T. Drennen of the psychology
department has been able to evoke
a definite response.
Drennen, who recently published
a research manuscript on "Verbal
Operant Conditioning of Hospital
ized Psychiatric Patients," h a s
been interested in chronic patients
for some time and began research
with them about eight years ago.
These patients, Drennen said,
are virtually given up on. They do
not respond to the normal proce
dures for mental patients because
of their dislike for talk on a one
to-one basis.
"The longer they remain in a
mental hospital," said Drennen,
"the more dependent they get. We
felt we needed to see for sure if
they would respond to positive
verbal encouragement. T h i a en
tailed the use of such words as
Faculty Footnotes
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Southern College, Statesboro, Ga.
The exhibition will run through
March 12.
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Political science Prof. W. Hardy
Wickwar, f o r m e r chief of the
World Food Program Section of
the United Nations, is beginning
a U. N. advisory mission to Ivory
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ricular demands" are changes un
Jer study. "I don't know if you'd
rind anybody completely satisfied
w i t h the program," Ackerman
said.
Although perhaps not entirely
satisfied, both honors professors
and students pointed to m a n y
benefits in the program.
Dr. Benjamin Dunlap, who for
five years taught honors classes
at Harvard, said the level of work
here is "surprisingly comparable
to the w o r k at Harvard," but
without as much "individual tu
toring."
"I myself tried to introduce a
few things such as teaching movie
scripts in a 102 class. I don't think
I ever would have attempted it in
a non-honors course, simply be
cause the students are brighter in
honors," he said.
"This semester in my honors
freshman section two students who
were accepted at Harvard pre.
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'fine,' 'good,' and 'that's grand','
he said.
But, Drennen explained, chron.
ics do not respond or change in the
least to such treatment.
Reverting to more basic rein
forcement, Drennen gave the pa.
tients candy, cigarettes, or tokens
that could be exchanged for other
things.
"This definitely has an effect,'
he said. The patients are able to,
in this environment, shape behav
ior patterns toward self-care and
work habits. T h e n patients arf
prepared for the transfer frorr
basic to verbal reinforcements, ac
cording to Drennen.
Drennen said this is a start. I
they can get these people to be
come more adaptive they can hope
fully be helped by other methodE
such as workshops. Through thi.
these patients can eventually b(
able to work right out of a hos
pital.
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Psychology Prof. W. E. Emfin
ger has been elected president o
the school's Psychologists' Divisior
of the Southeastern Psychologica
Association.
A Ford Foundation grant t<
Clark College in Atlanta, Ga., i!
sponsoring four members of thi
USC School of Journalism, serv
ing as consultants for student pub
lications at four Negro colleges ir1
South Carolina.
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ferred to come to Carolina because
-of the honors prcgram. I think
honors has attracted very talented
students," Dunlap continued.
Dr. Wallace ). Dawson of the
biology department, who teaches
honors 101 and 102 biology, com
mented on his selection of course
ma;.erial.
"One thing in the regular class
is that the professor follows the
usual schedule. In honors the stu
dents are allowed a little more
latitude in choosing t h e i r pro
grams," he said.
"In addition in the lab, I try
to relate the things covered to the
lectures. Students carry out indi
vidual projects and we usually
take several field trips," he said.
Dawson, however, felt that some
students don't do as well in later
courses after taking honors sec
tions. "Maybe it's a matter of cod
dling. They still expect the treat
ment in the regular classes and
they don't get it."
Comparing USC honors courses
to t h o s e at the University of
North Carolina, Dr. Owen S. Con
nelly in the history department
said, "Theirs up there is very sim
ilar to ours.
"The one thing up there they
did have different was a monthly
assembly of all honors prcgram
students for general lecture by one
of the program teachers or an
other professor," he said.
"Also they had a four-year pro
gram with the final year involved
in writing an honors thesis in their
major field," Connelly said.
However, according to Childers,
there is a seminar being planned
with the help of Prof. Walter Her
bert of the University of Florida.
A charter member of the honors
program in 1965, its first year at
Carolina, Pat Traylor, a graduat
ing senior, said the program leads
to an individuality and self-confi
dence for students involved.
"I think it has definitely helped
me by fostering independent study.
The professors did things with
you and were much more willing
to cooperate with the feelings of
the class," she continued.
"I really don't think they made
-us live up to their expectations,
however," Miss Traylor said.
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learn technical skills such as page
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Chemistry Prof. James R. Durig
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a new library- andl chemistry-phys
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