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Grount By LEE POWELL of The Gamecock staff Aplan calling for several early childhood development courses to be housed in the old Booker T. Washington- High School (BTW) was presented to the Facilities and Grounds Committee Wednesday. The committee also heard plans on such topics as the improvement of neighborhoods surrounding the University and the controversial plan to convert the Horseshoe into a separate college for honor students. Committee member Dr. Elmer Schwartz said USC had developed a tentative plan for use of the recently acquired BTW facilities. USC is considering moving some early childhood and childhood development courses into TBTW by September 1975, he said. The Theatre Department is currently using parts of BTW until the renovation of Longstreet Theatre is complete. If the plan for childhood courses were implemented, Schwartz added, about 80 children would be enrolled. He said the educational section would border Wheat Street, PIECES SILVER VICE IN1l * AUGUST WE ARE PRICE L VICE FA Is comir ...Consid( thereby making the loading of small children safe-Wheat being fairly uncongested. He said while the University recognized that some groups were upset with USC's acquisition of BTW, the plan, if enacted, would help to change their minds. The plan now moves to USC President William H. Patterson for review and probably to the Board of Trustees' Building and Grounds committee for study. The committee recognized the problems of residents surrounding USC; such as, no places to park and disapproval -of rumors that Pendleton Street is to be widened, as it moved on to discussions of how to improve of the neighboring area. Members of the committee noted that for improvement of the neigh borhood area, the University needs the cooperation of the residents in the neighboring area. Committee chairman Richard A. Rempel proposed a sub-committee be formed which included residents of these areas. Another sub-committee is to decide exactly what areas the 6,83( OF CHINA , GLASSWAR) AR E 'MISSING" E ROM I TENTORIES. ("LOS T' I 26, 1974 AND OCTOBEJ TR YING VER Y HARD T VCR EASES IN T HE DIN! CILITIES BUT: 'sod. your I ur Services The ruttee ,rs plans for B University owns. With this in formation, the Advisory Com mittee can decide what to do with the land or if certain areas should be purchased by USC. As for the parking problem, several amendments were suggested and will be- decided upon. The USC shuttle-bus system gives no indication of solving any problems in the near future, one committee member said. He said thesamething applies to USC's taxi service. The idea that USC ought to ex periment with the University of Georgia's answer to the parking problem was discussed. Georgia has a law prohibiting street parking on blocks adjacent to the university. Certain small areas are utilized on campus for staff parking. One committee member said USC's problem of congestion could be brought within a tolerable level if more people would use the coliseum parking lost. Also suggested was an underground parking lot, but Harold Brunton, vice president for operations, reported that the cost of such a ~, AND NWSER RE TW EEN l 1,1974). O DE LAY NCG SER? People Pleasers TW, South Cai project would be prohibitive. A guest speaker, Dr. William A. Mould, director of the honors program, asked the committee for permission to use the third floor of Lieber college for offices. Their present housing is on the ground floor of the Humanties Classroom Building. Mould said the. Honors Program has doubled in size since last year and at their present location there is not enough room to serve students adequately. There are, at present, about 365 undergraduates actively enrolled in the program, he said. A switch to Lieber College would increase office space by 100 per cent. Mould said added the space A switch to Lieber College would increase office space by 100 per cent Mould said and added the space in Humanties could be used as classrooms, since there is a shortage of small classrooms -elsewhere. Mould said if the Horseshoe should become the South Carolina College (SCC) for honor students, Lieber could become ad ministrative center for the college. SCC came up again when another guest, Jim Melnyk, con fronted the committee on behalf of a number of students opposed to the proposed change. Melnyk, a Horseshoe resident, gave several reasons why SCC should have an equal right to live on the Hor seshoe, since they were paying fees and should be able to choose where they want to live. There is usually a waiting list of those who want to live in this area, he said, because it is prob4bly the most beautiful view from a USC dormitory. Melnyk said a measure such as SCC would cause a "split" in the student body-the superiority of the honor students as compared to the regular studetiats' supposed in feriority. Renovation should not GAME Tb Gameeeb is She iela tws of Souh Carela and is pulished Thursdays. during the .f and sp during She smmer by toe USC I maatlemtos. Opinions expressed in The Gomem Ihee -f the 1U.iversky of an& C change of -addres forms. so eorrespepisuee sheulM be seWleti the summer sessins. HELPW NIG Apply: 1211CG BURE KIN olina College come to the Horseshoe just because honer students may be coming in, Melnyk said. Rempel said the Academic Forward Planning Committee will solicit a wide range of students opinion before reaching a decision on SCC's future. No action or decision has been made by any committee yet,Remp9l. said. A final note came when Charles Witten, vice president for Student Affairs, reported that income providing custodial work was available to students. News briefs Theatre tryouts Tryouts for the Readers theatre Production of "Prophets and Peacocks; the Unlikely World of Flannery O'Conner" will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 in room 203 at Booker T. Washington. The tryout will consist of a reading from the script. The production is scheduled to begin Oct. 28 and is sponsored by the USC Department of Theatre and Speech. Spirit contest Carolina's cheerleaders are sponsoring a spirit contest for the Virginia Tech game next Saturday. A $25 prize will be given to the campus organization which has the most banners and signs both at the game and on campus. Banners at the game should be no wider than four feet and should include the group's name. They can be displayed anywhere at the stadium. Winners will b e announced at the game. LXICK twke weol*. m N seefp and fg sea r and es a ww& k" f .Us .and em. & arse of Qe efweS aud so brffist qessad te 'he C*.-----, rawer A, wc, 'mae 8 per smanster anditpe ANTED HTS lIege Street