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Special Homecoming Issue VOL. LXV. No. 12 'Tihe University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. OCTOBER, 10, 1974 Dean f BY BILL GRANT Of The Gamecock staff Charles H. Witten will step down after 12 years of service to the University as head of division of student affairs June 30. Witten's resignation was ac cepted Monday by USC President William H. Patterson, following months of speculation and rumors that it was forthcoming. In an Oct. 3 letter to Patterson, Witten said he wanted to devote his full time to teaching in the Education Department, where he has taught since 1962. "Although, in the sum total my years as a student affairs ad ministrator have been very satisfying years, as I have seen progress and accomplishments, they have not been without their price in weariness and detraction from personal and family life," Witten wrote. "For some time now, the in ducements to devote myself full time to teaching and writing have been increasing," he added. Witten would not comment on rumors that he had been forced out L_ arr ca e No Throug Traff _. ntrance to Servic Me dfI/H'Cit Vehicles Only WAD/4E //AMPiOAJ r W4 -A(APrA RIgt Tern O a Bar 0! TIa#' (,reen \'Irs>s>I or stud of office, saying he would stand on the content of his letter: "All I can say is that the letter speaks for itself, I have nothing further to add to it," he said Wednesday afternoon. A report appearing this summer said an ad hoc committee was studying the restructuring of the office of student affairs with Witten's probable replacement. Both Witten and the committee's chairman, Dr. Millege B. Seigler, andbag 3arricade No Turns I 0 Phaninnar ent afff '...Ihave se and accomp denied the reports. Patterson also denied any pressure on Witten, saying, "certainly not the kind you are referring to," when asked Wed nesday. Patterson did say, however, Witten "could have been somewhat unhappy with the changes we have been discussing in regards to student affairs." This was not mentioned in Witten's resignation letter, Pat For Green Street Closing A Ortion of Green Street, ex tending from Russell House to Pickens Street will be closed Sunday night, Leigh Leventis, Student Government Association president, said Tuesday. Leventis said plans for the trial closing were approved in final form Tuesday. The trial closing will last 45 days. During this time, various student organizations will present programs in the street. Some traffic re-routing will be made due to the closing. The following is an explanation of the plan to close Green Street: The parking lot beside Russell House will remain open for parking and service vehicle entrance. There will be no right turn coming out of the lot onto Green. Sand bags will be lined down Greeh to Sumter Street, permitting one lane of traffic on each side of Green for those parking in the Russell House lot. There will be no parking on Green Street which is presently lined with metered spaces. North and south traffic lanes on Sumter will remain open but no leftturn from Sumter onto Green, heading north. Traffic northbound on Stmter will be permitted right turns on Green for utilization of the Rtussell parking lot only. tirs to en progress lishments...' Charles H. Wiuen terson said. Patterson's reply, dated Oct 7, cited Witten's service to the University which he termed "long and with distinction." Witten advised his student affairs staff of his decision at a Wednesday morning staff meeting. Patterson said Acting Provost Keith Davis had been instructed to form a search committee to find a sucessor "to continue the fine work Dean Witten has initiated and plans ani Southbound traffic on Sumter will lose only one direction of travel, left turns (east)onto Green Street. Sandbag barricades will be constructed in fromt on Longstreet Theatre to prevent wrong turns. Traffic heading east from South Main Street towards Russell House on Green Street will not be per mitted to continue past Sumter Board t Dietzel Paul F. Dietzel w0l be retained as director of athletics, USC President William H. Patterson and Board of Trustees Chairman T. Eston Marchant announced Monday. Retention of Dietzel is on recommendation of the In tercollegiate Activities Committee of the Board of Trustees which met on campus Saturday and has been approved unamimously by a polling of the full b6ard, Patterson and Marchant said. The recommendation of the Interceiate Activities resign coordinated for so many years in the student affairs area." The search committee, which has yet to be named, would have "substancial" student input, Patterson said. Davis could not be reached Wednesday for comment concerning the committee's for mation. Patterson said he and Davis had discussed the resignation and the process of picking Witten's suc cessor and said the committee would probably have five mem bers--three of them students. Although he said he "hadn't given much thought" to the type of person he wanted to replace Witten, Patterson said he believed a younger person, "someone in his 30's or middle 40's" would be "ideal" for the job. Patterson said he "certainly wouldn't preclude anyone from within the present University structure," but said an equal possibility exists for the committee going outside the USC community for a replacement. Witten came to Carolina in 1960 as head, and professor of the Department of Naval Science. iounced where it will be . directed to a right turn only route onto Sumter heading south. Another sandbag barricade will be erected to direct the turning traffic flow. Green Street will also be closed at the intersection of Pickens and Green Streets. A left turn heading north on Pitkens will be per Continued on Page Two 0 o retain as AD PAUL DIETZEL Committee under the chair manship of J. Robert t4ers is as follows: "Recognizing that Coach Dietzel no longer has a contractual relationship with the University, it is recom mended that he be presently Continued On Page Three