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V.l. LX - No. 59 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. Monday, February 23, 1970
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By SUSAN ROSS
Asst. Managing Editor
Freshmen are traditionally
scapegoats for something they didn't
do, but in this case they've got the
University budget in trouble.
There were 327 more students
enrolled this year than were planned
on, and the excess has created a
problem in the operating fund, ac
cording to Harold Brunton, vice
president for business affairs.
A computerized projection that
considers factors such as the number
of high school graduates in the state
indicated that the freshman class
enrollment would be up five per cent
over last year. But the growth was a
much higher 14 per cent.
"'This places us in a very critical
Brunton:
post office
improving
The University Post Office is
undergoing gradual changes to
improve postal service, according
to Vice President for Business
Affairs Harold Brunton.
Acting on suggestions made by
two Coluiibia postal officials, the
post office has begun to make
changes which involve "the
Iumber of people employed, the
hours they work and the way in
which the mail is processed,"
Brunton said.
The assistant superintendent of
mails and the methods and stan
dards analyst of the Columbia Post
Office Department visited the
campus last month and observed
the postal operation. The result of
their analysis was a ten-point list
of suggestions for improvement
which the University has already
begun to put into effect.
In a letter to Vice President for
Student Altairs Charles H. Witten,
Brunton cited The Gamecock and
several students for calling at
tention to the problems in the post
office. The students' complaints h
concerned the late distribution of
mail, the lack of forwarding of The met
mail and the insufficient number University I
of employees for the work in- discussed
volved. execitive boi
In an attempt to alleviate these Vickie .sl
problems, the post office increased (1nion, expi
its part-time help and asked the U. with preseni
S. Post Office Department to
analyze the University's postal *Thofi
operations. nowThectffi
Brunton said that the post office body elected
personnel found "no monumental boyith
problem with the University Post fortunately,
Office" and that "the investigation
should materially help." Bui
Program
to feature Une
The University Concert Choir University.
will be featured on a program with The State
the Columbia Philharmonic Or- Board will
chestra Tuesday, 8 p.m. at Dreher General Ass
Highi School. or three w
The 60 member choir, conducted they can't
by Arpad l)araz. will sing Leonard request for
ilerstein's "C'hichester Psalms." financial c<
Psalms."
Darazs said that this choral
composition in Hebrew was chosen
because it is an excellent example
of contemporary music and
because it offers a challenging
experience. He also commented
that the choir has worked hard to
learn the Hebrew in this work (;angster Mov'
which has an unusual rhythmic "Petei(ied I-ore
structure. l4oaring Twenlo
Special guests for the concert lt"""
will be members of Daraz's
Columbia Boys' Choir. Edward ('urie
In past months, the University volley halli
choir sang in New York to promote Armiory gynmna
interest in the University's College Builing"
of Business Administration and chess. 6 30 p
toured South Carolina. EnginaCrs' J
Tickets for Tuesday night's HUe(nee
concert are on sale at the office of oranm
the Columbia Music Festival America." S p
Association. Tickets are $3 for American
adults and $1.50 for students, " "'d(noa
any res
situation with our operating fund,"'
said Harold Brunton, vice president
for business affairs.
"We are having to watch our ex
penditures at the University weekly,
and have already had to hold up
several projects such as repairs and
equipment replacement," he said.
The operating fund, which is part of
the appropriations bill now before the
S.C. House, is separate from the
University building fund, Brunton
explained. The operating fund is
issued for paying salaries and buying
equipment at the University.
I he amount of money to be given to
the University is not yet determined
but according to Brunton, the
University needs $429,000 more than
planned because of the 327 extra
students.
He said that right now the House
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Ways and Means Committee has
suggested the University be given an
extra $200,000, and before the final
appropriations are determined, he
hopes the University will have the full
amount needed.
As Brunton explained, the tightness
of the money puts them in a bad
situation in business affairs because
they need more right now and they're
also going to have to make another
prediction for next year very soon.
"It's like a faucet which we're trying
to close off," he said of the money
being spent at Carolina, "but the area
of salaries can't be closed off."
According to Brunton, the
University is operating on a budget of
$37 million, which is more than ever
before, but it's still not enough.
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s, we Helmer said he feared if Union
f the members and the Student Senate
its were allowed to select officers
)dy," "politicking would be centralized
within the Union and Senate and
ncert would be worse. The Board of
s the Governors is the only group which
hoose really represents every
basic organization on campus. It is a
n in policy making board and in most
iness cases would already know every
candidate."
Mario Beguiristain proposed
that Union officers be selected by
the Student Senate. active Union
members. the Board of Governors
antd the st udent -f acult y body which
oversees the operation ol the
lone," "The reason we want to limit the
voting is to eliminate the spoils
gram system which is basically the
arried system we now operate under,"
"We Miss Eslinger said. "Active Union
msmembers will be qualified to judge
Jns the merrits of the different can
dig didates. When we have only
urces, qualified, interested officials
would working here, we will be in much V
ged better shape than we are now.
nin Wes Sandlin, chairman of the C
by $5 Travel Committee, was appointed
at the to head a committee to define the
yld-off term "active member."
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hoped Union committees viewed national gr
uld be entertainers at the 1970 National im
y ex- Entertainment Conference Feb. 15 ani
I pur- and selected bookings for the
spring and tll semesters.
rnd out Fifteen students representing sp
e will seven University Union com.-p
board mitteces. attended the conference in m
Then Memphis where more than 134) nil
arried col leges and universities wereth
chan- represented.s
USC0's deleation, the large.t slj
too little
University has in determining the
amount of money needed is that
student enrollment is projected in
number but not controlled in number.
"President Jones feels that the
University has an obligation to the
state and therefore all enrolling
students with the qualifications are
accepted," Brunton said.
With no way to stop the number of
students at a certain point, the
University can only estimate what the
enrollment will be.
"However, the University has been
successful in past years in estimating
the number of students that will
enroll," he said.
"We always estimate on the con
servative, but this is the worst
estimate we've ever made," he said.
Brunton explained that one of the
enate ma3
tudent dis
rhe Student Senate Monetary "We've talked
fairs Committee is busy merchantssofar,"
ablishing a student discount really think we can
)gram, according to Committee Carolina."
airman Julliane Still.
diss Still said Sunday that the According to Mi
mmittee is trying to establish a have been directly
,igram similar to one suc- past failures in
;stully implemented at Georgia discount program.
ch. Merchants participating in have traditionally
-h a program ofter student force behind e
;counts ranging from 10 to 25 per program and tha
t. graduate the proj
4iss Still said that a merchant She added that
sets his loss and realizes a profit proximately two y
ough the large number of a sound program.
dents patronizing his business.
istead of trying to get all the
res," she said, "you get just a o rn
i. This means more profit for
merchant and he is more
ling to participate in the
igram. t
'he program at Georgia Tech
s so successful that merchants Four USC stude
o dropped out of the program the annual meeting
re nearly forced out of business, Association of
said.
Benjamin DeMott
Benjamin DeMott, novelist, reporter, es
:lucator, will speak on ''Imagination In
/ednesday at 8 p.m. in the Campus Room at Ca
DeMott, sponsored by the University Uni4
ommittee, is professor of English at Amhe
es articles have appeared in the New Y
aturday Review and Esquire. His most receni
Wiarried Man.''
nment
foi
ere, participated in discussion Joe Royal. Steam
oups, added film screenings and Clarence Carter.
't and negotiated with agents The musical "1;
d artists part pop and clas
the fall are two ide
Bookings for the rest of the the conference, s8
rang and the fall were made Chariman John Hi
amarily by the Concert Coin- Danny Gilreat
Ittee. Other committees such as Committee said t
(ht club and dance completed bookings for the sp
ear bookings tot tne spring partially because
mester and are awaiting bureaus were
mnatures on artists such as Billy Ho-.... many. di
money
reasons more students came to
Carolina this year was that the school
is better known to students in the state
both because of its athletic and
building programs and also because of
its increased academic level.
He added that some of the notoriety
on other campuses because of student
unrest has led some parents to en
courage their children to go to
Carolina.
"Columbia is a good location for the
University," he said, "'because the
school adds a lot to the city and the city
contributes to the atmosphere around
the school."
Brunton said he feels students are
tending to go to larger universities
"where the action is," rather than the
small town colleges.
start
counts
.o just a few The Monetary Affairs Com
she said, "but I mittee recently compiled a ten
nake it work at tative list of the businesses and
services which will be asked to
;s Still, seniors participate in the discount
responsible for program at USC. The list includes
establishing a automotive services, restaurants,
;he said seniors pharmacies, jewelry stores,
een the driving clothing stores, laundries and
stablishing a theaters.
when seniors Miss Still said the committee
ct is dropped. welcomes any suggestions from
it takes ap- students concerning businesses
!ars to establish and establishments which they
would like added to the list.
r problems
? studied
its will attend University Residence Halls
of the National <NACURH1, March 11-14.
College and The students will travel to
Lubbock, Texas, on the campus of
- lexas Tech te discuss new ideas,
programs, discipline and govern
ment. NACURH acts as an ad
visory body for the residence hall
governments, but has no official
control over them. Assistant Dean
of Men Jerry Nix said.
Three students already selected
include Nancy Marable, Jack
Brawley and Rick Condon. A
representative from Miaxcy dorm
will be named later.
The representatives were
selected by the officers of their
respective residence hall govern
ment. Funds from the individual
~governments will be used to
finance the trip.
Nancy Marable, who is presently
serving as secretary of the South
Atlantic Association of College and
|University Residence Halls
SA '1'H H II. 'Mas elected from
Columb) ia Hall Jiack Briawl ey.
president of the .\en's Tower~s. is
the Tower's delegate. Hick Con
don, social chairman for Preston
dorm, will represent Preston.
The USC delegates plan to bring
special attention to two issues.
sayist and First, they propose to expand the
A mer ica,', organmzation into Canada and later
other countries. The purpose of the
pstone- proposed expansion is to make the
mn Lectures association international. Second,
rst College. thie tiSt, representatives will seek
ork Times, the aid of other southern schools in
novel is ''A order that next year's meeting
might be held in Atlanta.
tookings selected
fall and spring
,Freedom and were discussed, along with the
76 n w- possibility of a panel consisting of
7sicand seie two- a critic, a director and an actor to
siaseriae for discuss trends in films, co.
as originte atie sponsored by the Films Comn
~trick.mite
1 of Lectures The Movies Committee has
nat no definite booked its program for the spring
ing were made, already, but its members met with
>nly two lecture many distributors and film
represented.
itea and prices wCe..rhedm.age3.