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VOL. LXV. NO. 14 University.of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. OCTOBER 17, 17
- V.P. for instruction
Adminis
Dr. William H. Wesson Jr.
has been named acting vice
president for instruction at the
University of South Carolina.
Wesson, a USC econ6mics
professor since 1960 and
associate vice president for
instruction since August, fills
the post vacant since the Oct. 4
death of John R. Welsh.
The vice president of in
struction has the ad
ministrative responsibility for
10 colleges at the University as
WILLIAM H. WESSON well as for the Graduate School
and the Law Center. A search
a
A little help
Kay Scott, needs a boost to help hang one of the many pieces of art at
the Crucible's Arts Festival in the Humanities pool Tuesday. Along
with art work, photography, entertainment and crafts were all
displayed in an attempt to raise a little revenue for USC's financially
troubled literary magazine. Staff Photo by Steve V'alk.
named
trative po
process to . fill the position
permanently will be initiated
in the near future, according to
USC President William H.
Patterson.
Assisting Wesson will be Dr.
Alfred G. Smith serving as
acting associate vice president
for instruction. Smith has been
on the USC economics faculty
since 1938 and is a former head
of the economics department.
Wesson holds degrees from
North Carolina State, Johns
Hopkins and Duke University.
He is a former engineer with
GOP cai
visits USI
BY FRANK DeLOACHE
of The Gamecock staff
"Reform, reform, reform are the
three words that summarize my
campaigning," said state Sen. Jim
Edwards, the first formidable
contender for Republican governor
in recent memory.
"y've beeh tignting the establish
ment for 10 years," the oral
surgeon from Charleston said.
"I've fought lawyer-legislators
practicing before boards they
appoint, and croneism and the lack
of a General Accounting Office."
Edwards stopped to talk before
meeting students at Russell House
. His campaign, previously given
poor odds, received a big boost
when Charles "Pug" Ravenel, the
Democrat gubernatorial candidate
was declared ineligible to run by
the state supreme court.
"I'm confidently scared.
There's trouble on the other side
and an over abundance of
establishmentarians who are
choking reform," he said with a
smile. "We've got to do away with
all the conflicts of interest that run
the legislature."
Restoration of confidence in
government and inflation are the
two encompassing issues, but
educatio reform, better health
care and reouction of crime are the
changes that can solve the
problems, Edwards said.
"South Carolina has the highest
teacher turnover in the nation," he
said. "We've got to give more
attention to the primary and
secondary school systems. First,
we've got to raise teacher's
alaries, becnause techers are the
sts filled
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
and has taught at the
University of Chattanooga,
Louisiana State University and
at Duke. He received USC's
Russsell Award for
Distinguished Teaching in
1967.
Smith, who holds bachelor's,
master's and Ph.D. degrees
from Columbia University,
was a Fulbright Professor at
the Bologna, Italy Center of
Johns Hopkins University in
1963-64. He is listed in "Who's ALFRED G. SMITH
Who in America."
rididate Edwards
C, discusses issues
4onter of the whole process. "We need special classes for
bright students, those interested in
fine arts, career development and
The method of certifying those with learning disabilities."
teachers needs -xamination, said Edwards said. 'Otherwise
Edwards. "Techniques of teaching students get bored and problems
are stressed too much. They've got start. Let's teach discipline the
to know what they're teaching." first couple of years so it will stick
lie wants order restored to the with through the years.
classroom so teachers can con- "We need para-professionals in
centrate on teaching instead of the classroom to take care of
disciplini -g. He proposes reducing record keeping, and the ad
class sizes to no more than 20 ministration should help with
students. There was a slight discipline problems," he said.
decrease in first graders, and "We need to require productivity
Edwards said "now is the time to on the part of the student.
keep same dollar expenditure
while increasing the qality.ned ae
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