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News Briefs (Continued from Page 4) NROTC PROGRAM Twenty USC students toured Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 22-25 Wec COM PER COM Higl 1. Bu u c o li 2. Now-color in . thpc thes coor gidenum (49) Pupl (5) .w I (12.Ol. Peaed i h :r / arna to find out what the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) is about. In the NROTC program the cadet, in his junior year, is given the choice of continuing his military pursuits in either the Navy or the Marine Corps. Inesday Sp PLETE LASAGNE Plus: Chef Salad Garlic Bread Coffee or Tea ONLY $2.00 (Tax is ZA H4 E EARLY TO AVOID THI iway 378 or Off i26 (Exit Ra OPEN 3:00 p. m. to 12:00 ,. .. - ..y .-- -| -..5 * ..- .. ' I:' . : . o I . . -. k e * . "MINI- POST >es.Yone 3.Cnga >es ()\Oge 4.ae hae 2). Rd (3. Blue it son n lo'MloInn- (DOn'te )ers (6) Orage mate, thae Fpa During their four day visit to the 110,000 acre Marine amphibious training base in eastern North Carolina, the cadets saw Marine infantrymen train with various types of weapons, demonstrations by engineers in mine warfare and demolitions and desplays of tanks and heavy artillery. eciall DINNER included 'USE E RUSH. mada Inn) P.M. Allclrprratoloen p.m. aeeY ' s th li lc ioClecin to as abou Fli'unn r aV nr The cadets' tour at Camp ejeune ended with a visit to a ti earby Marine Corps air station to ft bserve a helicopter display. s 'DIDO AND AENEAS' The USC Departments of 'heatre and Music will present the pera "Dido and Aeneas" April -19 2, at Drayton Hall. g This musical producation will ^ eature dancers, choruses and an b rchestra made up of strings, vinds and a harpsichord. The Henry Purcell opera is )ased on an episode from Vergil's :lassic literary work "Aeneid." Dr. Kay Bethea is stage director or the USC version of the opera, ind music directors are Harry Cardwell and Evelyn McGarrity Drchestra conductor is Dr. Fred reuber. Curtain time is 8:15 p.m. each night. Tickets may be reserved by calling 777-5208 or 777-4288 or purchased in advance at the theatre box office in Drayton Hall. ENGINEERING SPEAKER Prof. Ted L. Simpson, of the USC College of Engineering will speak Thursday on "The Case for In terstellar Communication." The lecture will be at 5 p.m. in the engineering building, room 103. Sponsored by the USC chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi, the talk is open to the public. PE ASSOCIATION Dr. Warren K. Giese, head of the Department of Physical Education at USC, has been elected to two national positions in the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Giese is vice president elect of the organization and also chair man-elect of the Divisions of' Men's Athletics. He will become vice president of the organization and the divisional chairman next year. Elections were held Monday during the 87th anniversary convention of the association currently meeting in Houston. A former athletic director and head football coach at USC, Dr. Giese has been chairman of the University's physical education department since 1960. BAND CONCERTS Two groups from the USC Bands will present concerts Thursday at St. Matthews and Charleston. USC's Concert Band and the "Silver Spurs" jazz ensemble will perform at John Ford High School in St. Matthews. The groups, directed by Ralph Wahl, then have two concerts in Charleston, one at 2 p.m. at Charleston High School and another at 7:30 p.m. at Hanahan ISH I UNTIL 3 The Hanahan concert is open to ie public, while the other tow are >r students at the respective chools. SCOTTISH LECTURE A public lecture on "The Scottish ighlands: Then and Now" will be iven Thursday at USC by Dr. lexander J. Youngson of Edin urgh, Scotland. The talk will be at 8 p.m. in the ,ampus Room, Capstone House. Dr. Youngson, professor and iead of the Department of conomics at the University of dinburgh, is in Columbia as guest >f the USC College of Business kdministration. Youngson has recently com >leted a book on the Scottish lighlands. His talk Thursday will >e an informal one, using a slide >resentation. CORONARY CARE Some 150 physicans and nurses are expected in Columbia Friday for the third annual Coronary Care Conference, this one entitled "Pacemakers-The Heart of the Matter." The conference will be at Columbia's Town House Motel and is sponsored by USC in cooperation with the S.C. Regional Medical Program. Conference coordinator, USC nursing Prof. Madelon Gill said the one-day conference is designed specifically for doctors and nurses working with patients who have artificial pacemakers, mechanical implants that carry an electrical stimulus to the heart, causing the heart to beat. LIBRARIANSHIP GIFT A gift from Mr and Mrs. Henry Savage Jr., of Camden, has established an endowment to benefit the USC College of Librarianship. The gift, through the USC Educational Foudation, is more than $5,000. Librarianship Dean Wayne Yenawine said money from the gift would be used to promote library education and that the donors hope that others will help in building the endowment so its income will be adequate to support scholarships, special lectureships, and publications for the new college. The library science school will enroll its first students this fall. Savage, mayor of Camden from 1948-58, is an attorney and author. Listed in Who's Who in America, he is author of "America Goes Scholastic", "River of the Carolinas: The Santee," and "Seeds of Time: The Background of Southern Thinking". Mrs. Savage is a 1929 graduate of USC. THING IUNDAY