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Female ? BY AARON MEDLOCK Gamecock Staff Writer The field of engineering is ripe for women according to Annie Lena Barr, a USC senior majoring in Chemical Engineering. Barr has been at USC for three years and plans to graduate in August. When she first entered the engineering department as a freshman, Ethics VV Set For! "Matters of Life and Death: Ethics for the Biological Revolu tion" will be the title of a workshop Saturday at USC. Topics to be examined include the legal and moral aspects, as well as medical ethics, of such topics as abortion, artificial insemination, transplants, population control, the treatment of sickle-cell anemia, euthanasia, death with dignity, and suicide to avoid prolonged pain. The one-day session is sponsored by the University Division of Edu cational Services and the S. C. State Division of the American Associa tion of University Women (AAUW). Dr. Patricia Lanier of Upland, Calif., first vice-president of the AAUW, will open the session by pos ing problems of life and death and conclude the session with a discus sion on facing the issues. Not only do you hay lunch or dInner spe you can select a salt only cost a buck thli Decide to ei All products shown are straight fromi ngineer people would say, "Does she know where she is?" After her first semester the professors and students accepted her. "They don't treat me any dif ferent now," she said. "Being a female and looking for a job, I've found that due to the government's equal oppor tunity regulations, most people want to hire women," she said. "When the government starts orkshop >aturday Discussion leaders for the confer ence are Anne Bellew, National Organization for Women, Greenvil le; Rev. Peter Clarke, St. Joseph's Church, Spartanburg; Hyman Rubin Jr., attorney, Columbia; Dr. Robert Kelly, Furman University, Greenville; and Kathryn M. Sharpe, Baptist College, Charleston. Also Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki and Bertha Cook of the Medical Univer sity of South Carolina, Charleston, and Dr. Martha Moore Bradley, USC College of Nursing; Dr. Robert Towell, Erskine College; Dr. George E. Staples, Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton; and Henrietta Jenkins, kidney machine patient, Greer. Registration information for the one-day session is available from the Division of Educational Service, USC, Columbia, S. C. 29208. r:<V Decisions, Qeo})on., * a choice of ente a#d t~ olal at Capstone Cafeteria md or a dessert or a bowl 'ty. (Drink and a couple of it on campus. University DI the serving line. 7g Major 7 finding out what personnel companies have, it's better for them to have one female than none." "I think more women should be in engineering," Annie said. "There are so many oppor tunities and they are as good for women as for men. I'm not for women's lib," she said, "just equal opportunities." Barr has already applied to several companies for a chemi cal engineer position. Three companies have assured her of a job. "I'm asking to start off at $12,000," she said. "You always ask for more than they will offer because you might get it." "I think I'll be getting at least Libraries F Representatives from 84 academic libraries in the Southeast began the ground work at the University of South Carolina March 9 to set up a computer library net work that will provide member institutions with instant bibliog raphic information. Attending the charter meeting of the Southeastern Library Network, the librarians elected an executive committee which will choose the cite for the network's central com puter and establish the network's operating policies. Librarians elected to the net work's executive committee n reated E equal pay with men. The lowest salary for my position would be $10,000. Average is $11,000. I'll get more than $11,000,, she said. "If a plant has an opening and a male and female with equal qualifications apply, they'll pick the female," she said. "But they want to make sure that you won't quit if you get married." Barr has had several expense paid trips to visit plants in the eastern United States. All of them have gone out of their way to make her visit comfortable. "They really take great pains to impress you," she said. She hasn't decided where she will work yet. She has another inter view out of state Monday and >rm Computer include Dr. John H. Bribben, direc tor of libraries, Tulane University, chairman; Kenneth E. Toombs, director of libraries, University of South Carolina; Dr. Roy Frantz, director of libraries, University of Virginia; and Dr. Paul Parker, Chan celor's Office, University of Florida System. Also elected were Miss Johnnie Givens of Austin Peay State Univer sity; Dr. Paul Spence of the Univer sity of Alabama at Birmineham: John Kennedy, data processing lib rarian, Georgia Tech; Dr. I. T. Littleton, director of libraries, North Carolina State University and Easy To Open Gamecock Charge Account *100 (Limit) BRITTON S 10 s BICY Quality European Bi Manufactured By: ( Paris-Sport, Falcon-ls In Coi CATE'S C Box Cedar Terrace 6420 Sumter Ph4 776 1:15 to 8p.m. M qually must make her decision by April 9. In school, Barr has twice been the only female in the engineer ing department. There are about 500 males with her and Annie knows of no one yet receiving better job offers than she has gotten. "I do better than a lot of the guys," she said. Last fall, she ranked 27th of 132 engineering seniors. After she selects a position, she may eventually take a leave of absence to work on a masters degree. "Of the companies I've talked with", Barr siad, "most will reimburse you for at least 80 per cent of your university expenses if you do that." Network Robert Simmons of West Georgia College. The newly established computer network, according to Gribben, will use information stored in a centr ally located computer owned by the network to speed up cataloging, ordering, record keeping of serial publications and circulation of books throughout the system. Each member of the 84 member libraries, he said, will be linked to the computer by leased telephone lines, and the member libraries will supply information about their incoming books to the computer to constantly update the stored bib liographic information. King Services To Be April 1 Annual memorial services honor ing Dr. Martin Luther King will be held April 1 at 5 p.m. on the State House steps. The Richland County Citizens Committee is sponsoring the services as it has done in the past. Bishop B. Ward Nicoles will speak at 6 p.m. after a march to Zion Church located on Washington and Gadsen Streets. Speakers for past memorial ser vices included Victoria Delee, a civil rights leader from Dorchester County; Dr. Benjamin Payton, former president of Benedict Col lege; and John Bolt Culbertson, a Greenville attorney. PEED CLES cycles From $95.00 Mitane, Bottecchia, lalno, Cinelli, Colnago imbia See: ?OT TAG E 9342 shopping Center Hwy. (29209) mne: .1209 on. through Sat.