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Provos BY CIIRIS BRUTON Gamecock Staff Writer Ever since the appointment of William H. Patterson to the USC presidency to replace the outgoing Thomas F. Jones, the office of provost, or chief academic officer at USC, has been in a state of flux. Currently Dr. Keith Davis is serving as acting provost. His appointment, enacted /last March, will last until December 1, when a permanent provost will be elected from 100 to 200 candidates, in cluding Davis. Davis defined the provost's job as the supervision of the university budget and student affairs. He said it is also involved with lear ning resources, such as the library, the university educational media, instructional services and the supervision of campus museums. The provost does long-range planning for various projects and deals with 'hot issues,' Davis said, and must also aid the president as his right-hand man. Davis, a native North Carolinian educated at Duke, has spent time in the Northeast and Colorado. he was chairman of the Psyeholbgy Department at Rutgers College and has taught at Princeton. Davis explained that he had received scholarships and fellowships while attending Duke. He wanted to make a contribution to the south because of this. Columbia Colleg Is Tr Pav located in Dowir Membership - $30 I0 MIXED DI IBEER -14 jTuesday Nighi I1 Mixed Drinks .90 Phone 254-3246 FUITXPCr tsees exci "I was struck by the promise of USC from three things. First, I was acquainted with the imaginative and able deans here. Second, I was impressed by the quality of the young faculty," he said. He said during the last five years personnel have been hired from all over the nation, creating a younger and more cosmopolitan faculty. "At one time a University of Michigan professor would not come to South Carolina to teach," he added. "Third, I was attracted by an opportunity to participate in very interesting programs at s Newest e Bar iley 111en ilion tunder Columbia ) limited time Digularprice ?JNKS 1.251 oz. .'45: Special DOWIUIDER COLUMBIA ,ncorp,orated I Blocks from Campus aer Main & Washington ting things 'I would not as a profess USC," he said. "The President says we will enter a period of consolidation," Davis said. "But a new medical building, Public Health building, and a Graduate School of Criminal Justice are coming in. Many ex citing things are happening." He views the South as an open frontier for education, and described a program for academic cooperation with Clemson which is still in the planning stage. Davis was enthusiastic about a number of projects undertaken during his time as provost. A new technique for supplementing the art history instruction has been introduced, combining movie slides with self-paced tapes. An inn6vative Master's degree program in Business Ad ministration has begun. In the Sociology Department, a computer data bank has been devised for students to test their own ideas. The increase in use of the television medium may account kget 9V whe&re . ~y 15*! 9 oz Thu: ~ S :ji!::25*.:d :u~:iiiiir6i:00i Ui -~ 1/Clc .I f rorr HappE' in storef at all be disappointed to Dr--it is draining intellecl Kek for 20 percent of classroom in struction. Davis said USC is slowing down its growth of enrollment. Even this year 500-700 more students registered than were expected. He believes this levelling off will bring a positive change in atmosphere. Concerning problems he has met, Davis related trouble in developing adequate ownership of television or media based in struction. He also believes a better job shUuld be done in advising and Mixed conc Over smo BY BILL PRATT USC students expressed mixed concern towards the recently enacted ban on smoking in classrooms. Interviews taken Tuesday af ternoon showed some non-smokers are taking a passive stand on the issue. S ouve And it takes you where you want to go. SCFAG draft ~y Nite ntil - Bates House j -~ !!i25 ik St or USC go back :ually.' 4 Davis career development. Davis did not ask for the provost's job to which he was appointed and when asked whether or not he wants the permanent job, he replied, "That is hard to answer. I would not at all be disappointed to go back as a professor-it is draining intellectually. If you aik me if I want it paisionately, I must honestly answer 'no.' I will accept it, yes, but others can do just as well." ern voiced king ban Lenora Counts, a non-smoker, said, "Smoke doesn't bother me. I'm against the ban, even though I don't smoke." Another such opinion was voiced by Wayne Page, also a non smoker. "I think they (the smokers) should be able to smoke."he said. "If the smoker would be more thoughtful, the situation would be solved," Page added. Out of nine people interviewed by the Gamecock , it found that three persons were in favor of the ban, and six students were opposed to the measure. Bruce Eastes took a more practical stand. "The University should operate like an airplane with the back of the room for smokers, and the front reserved for the non-smokers." Ken Isaacson went along with the (ntention that smoke harshly effects the nonsmoker. "The law is goood because it keeps the non smoker frMin gettf* choked by th smoke." "It would be helpful if the University divided classes into smoking and non-smoking sec tions," one student suggested. Crucible accepting Manuscripts The Crucible, USC's Literary magaz.ine, is accepting art, photography, poetry, prose and short stories for publications in its fall issue. Anyone'interested in submitting their works to The Crucible can do so by delivering them to Room 319 of the Russell House or by mailing them to The Crucible, P.O. Box 85137, Campus. Deadline for contributions is Nov. 15. Send the gamecock home