Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SAC Vs. Athletics: Long Fight A game of political football is rapidly developing between the Student Allocations Com mission- and the Athletic Department. The game began last sprinj when the SAC told soccei coach Richard Fernald thai they would no longer fun( clubs succh as the soccer team who play intercollegiatly witi teams funded by their owr athletic departments. Fernald said he got a lette1 on Jan. 29 from Harold "Bo Hagan, assistant athleti4 director, saying the athleti4 department would make i study of club sports and theii relation to varsity athletics but by last April's meeting Fernald said he still had'no received a reply form thi athletic department. The SAC so far this year ha stuck to their fundit guidelines. - At the meetin Thursday night, SAC ap propriated $100 to the USI Bowling Club, just enough fo them to join the Southern Ir tercollegiate Bowlin "A CHILD'S WOI College of E Applications for admiss i the College of Early Le techniques to sound College of Early Le Discovery" offers a process. Placing p: educational period -whi crease his intellect, ra knowledge, the Collegt students between the a: learning environment teacher ratio. If you wt opportunity of the b available at the most g, .P.O. BKOX %/&%%8 Background Congress. As with ,the Wrestling Club, the com mission still insists that the bowlers' funding come from the athletic department. SAC has asked the Board or Trustees to define the funding situation, but the decision has not been made One solution, proposing that the student government t control the funding has also met with silence from the board. The commission did approve the Spanish Club budget for the coming year, and a sub-. committee is busy working on a set of formalized guidelines, but it may be a long cold winter for the various club sports unless a decision is made by the trustees as to their future r funding t 5 SCSSL To Meet S Any student wishing to par g ticipate in the Student State Legislature, to be held in Columbia C Oct. 25-28, is requested to come by r the Student Government office and t- fill out an application by Wed g nesday. ZLD OF DISCOVERY" :arly Learning ion are now being accepted by earning. Applying Montessori epistemological theory. The arning's "Environment for unique type of educational rimary emphasis on the erein the individual may in ther than merely his store of of Early Learnimng admits ges of two and six years. The is enhanced by a 6-1 student >uld like your child to have the est educational environment important phase of academic ,JColunbia, S.C. 29202. LANGUAGI ...US1 "I hate foreign languages and I :an't believe I'm enjoying this spanish!" is one of many favorable :omments about an innovative eaching method in the Univers*ty >f South Carolina Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Called "self-pacing," the program began last year with 254 3panish students and was so successful that it has been ex panded this year to include Ger rnan, French, and a part of first year Italian. Dr. George M. Reeves, head of the Department of Foreign Languages, explains that the self pacing method of teaching is relatively new at the university level in foreign languages, and that, "we may be the only university in the country offering as many as four different languages in self-pacing." He gave credit for initiating the program to Dr. Bruce Fryer and Dr. Peggy Hartley who planned and developed the pioneer project in Spanish. Altogether, some 700 of the 3,500 foreign language enrolled students are studying under the method. The student meets with the in structor at least once a week and proceeds at his chosen pace to master sequential blocks of material and to take tests on the material when he feels he is ready. He must master one block before moving to the next. A regular textbook and workbook are used, along with recorded cassettes 15*0010 ROOM SIZ HUNDREDS AND STYLI TO CHOOSE COLUMBIA 2738 Devin 124KoxAbt Dia , Has Self-P available in the Learning Center. v Dr. Reeves points out that the t program has a number of ad- < vantages: "It appeals to the very t confident student seeking in- < dependence from the traditional r college classroom--we had a d number of students who finished "It has become economically feasible i to teach a small number of highly n motivated students s e in such languages, and we hope to meet the needs-'as they arise" C one year*of work in one semester. On the other hand, the program appeals to the slower student who feels he needs more time than average. If he doesn't finish the work in one semester, he can continue into the next semester without receiving a failing grade. Or if a stuaent in a traditional course gets behind, he can switch from that to a self-pacing section in the same semester, rather than drop the course." Students responding to a questionnaire about the method OFF E CARPETS OF COLORS S AND COLORS FROM. CAPT*IC * t 5 -9 7 Is he St. 2- 6917.20 Tw *i acing Plan vere almost unanimously en husiastic. They consistently ommended the convenience of aking tests at a time of their own hoosing, and indicated that they net the challenge of having to liscipline themselves to study. Dr. Reeves explains a number of ther new developments in the lepartment besides the self-pacing nethod: "We are offering the raduate reading course in French nd Spanish on an individualized iasis. Also, we are considering ew couses in some of the so-called ritical languages, such as Arabic, apanese, and Swahili. With new riethods of individualized in truction, it has become conomically feasible to teach a mall number of highly-motivated tudents in such languages, and we ope to meet the needs as they rise." Reeves emphasized that the lepartment "takes a very open ittitude toward those interested in anguage study. We are not so !oncerned about a person's >ackground as with his motivation o learn." The frontpage display photo was taken by Russ Jeffcoat, gamecock staff photographer Musk Oil ANOINT yourself! As did those of Myth and Legend. USE IT WHERE YOU DARE - Legendary Lovers D id!, MUSK OIL AVAILABLE IN THREE STIMULA TING FRAGRANCES GET YOURS - No C.O.D. ANOINT - suite 322 800 E. Northwest Highway Palatine. Ill. 60067 Send item checked, payment enclosed. OCash OCheck OMoney order APHRO - 4 drs. $4.00 0 D/C - 2 drs. $2.00 0 A/C - 2 drs. $2.00 0 N ame - Address __________ City & State Zip NOW -~ BUY DIREC T afoodM the finest.W ch Road, Phone 782-4806