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E~&Cpsy( progrn3 iIy STIEGLITZ Staff Writer ,.- ce 1963, when Dr. Raipf H. Tindall initiated the USC school psychology program. the number of students interested t graduate f s been growing. Dr.-Tndiall was requested by the University to establish such a program, and talked about its progress. He came here from Milwaukee where he was director of all psychological services. "In the beginning," he said, "the greatest problem was in separating psychology from the Department of Philosophy." - said he believed some of t- tial opposition to the n program's establishment could be explained by the fact that school psychology is an applied -science. This means the emphasis is not on research, but rather on methods of practi cal ap lication.- Some members of PUT YOURSELF IN OUR.SI POPPAGALLO CH MJA Imm '0f approval "HI GHIL Town Browi Black' 8 $2 'BUSTA ROM Navy Tan $13 mansria suse Green Orange Navy Sm $2 .~ .' "KI .hology irn progress g e Graduate Faculty Cou'Ol-filt that, since research wa.&- of secondary im a program leadin -D, should not be Dr. Tindall said the 'uate program in education served as a precedent. "By 1965, the school. psychology pro was off the ground,".h. Tindall describo as Inter disciplinary.program . r students taking educatio nd psychology courses. "The are four levels of at tai .t in the program, the - ghest being the doctoral level. And all students serve an in ternship," Dr. Tindall explains. As Director of Special Services for Richland County School District 1, Dr. Tindall is in constant contact with public school life. This, he claims enriched the program. He said it provides an entry into actual school WOS AND PUT K W IN YOUR POCK cn credit ap ations. $27 k Suede 7 STRING" Palmin Red Kid $16 LNO "MAE" o1i" owi carmeal ot $25 -, . lum rk Brown $17 'IE" .de DKER" $17 3501 N. MA IN PH. 253-2331 'PAPAGA LLO'S ISIVELY IN COLUMBIA" inovator: rreat populations for research or training purposes. "Students tend to specialize within the program, according to their ovqinterests," he said. "We try ' rovide a varied faculty." describes the main areas of sipecialization as: -school psychology program ad ministration; assessment of ex ceptional children; research; and treatment of learning disabilities. Although students specialize somewhat, Dr. Tindall said there are certain genePalre 'rementS. All students m lake basic graduate level psfathblogy courses, become famjar with the public school - otem, develop certain .t,Oncal skills, and serve the 'internship. "Theseinternships are served all over the country," he emhasizes. "We try to send a student.to a place wtrere his special skills are inderhand. He gets more Dr. Tindall said many rural school districts in th ? ist are unawarme availability of t social workers and schooL psychologists. He said ocal administrato o know about the onnel. But he was optimistic about the USC program. He feels the school psychology program is now well established. It receives a $50,000 yearly grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. USC is only one of 11 schools In the nation, and three in the southeast, to receive such a grant. Fourteen doctorates have been ed since the p ception. 192t-Kosewood Drt UNESCW ti--+apoy Hou Wage-price ('on(inued from Page 1) freeze." keeping the whole process as simple as possible. "I'd love to see raises three to four per-cent each year." Williams said. "This would be a built-in part of raising the living standards. I am not sure, however, in what way other countries would take it." According to Williams, George Shultz, director of management and bviget director in the Nixon administration, said wages should he raised in accordance with productivity rises in each bargaining unit. Another member of the Council of, Economic Ad visors, Vid- Wages should be fIlowed to rise at the maximum ,rate of five per cent a year. Williams feels Shultz's plan would "be very unfair and rather un workable, but it does give an ad vantageous way out for the Ad ministration." Williams speculates that a five per cent rate is too much. He s a straight-forward progriis essential but " l ons might iot buy the Presidet would r-de not run this riskiby promoting such a progrm, if it was disliked by the tmioris. 0 1 ir r:Mon .-F.Da Be tvtiR t le!~ Dickey's new flick commg By 'AR PENTER KING The motion picture "De liverance" should be released by March. according to James Dickey. author of both the book and the screen play. The best selling book is about four men who paddle down a river, about to be lost in the waters of a man-made lake. They are attacked by a group of unscrupulous hun ters. The movie.' directed by John Hoormin, stars John Voight as Ed, the narrator, and Burt Reynolds as Lewis, originator of the trip. Ronny Cox, as Drew, and Neal Haity as Bobby complete the quartet. Reynolds will host NBC's Tonite Show Monday. He is expected to show footage from the-inovie. It was rumored that Dickey was working on a book with Norman Mailer. but he said the project failed. "We were supposed to interview each other." Dickey said, "but Mailer found something more interesting to do. so I just in terviewed myself." The result was "Self Interviews", his latest work. Dickey's current project is book of undated notes .. ob servations. whic plans to call Sortees" ey said he wasn't sure if he would write another novel. "I don't want to just throw something out. I don't feel any need to join the 'novel hit parade' with Mailer and Roth. Maybe I will, but I'm a slow worker, and if I don't, it won't cause any great hangups." founge 254-W089 S WELCOME , 15*, 5-6 p.m.