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VOL. LXV NO. 39The-yof Fh 1a C Faculty to debate grades BY RAY COOPER Of The Gamecock staff A special meeting of the Faculty Senate is planned for Feb. 19 to discuss the proposal for the new grading system. The primary change in the new grading system is that the NC will be abolished and the D and F will replace it. The D and F will carry the traditional academic values. Dr. John Herr, chairman of the Faculty Senate, said Tuesday he has received requests from the required 10 senators to call a special meeting. Herr believes a need exists for the special meeting to discuss the new grading proposal. If the proposal is passed, Herr said, it must be acted on soon in order to be ready for next fall. He said it is,not oertain yet if -the new grading system will pass. If the new grading system is passed the whole computer system must be changed, Herr said. "I don't think it's possible for it to be ready in time for the first summer session," he said. The new grading system presents "greater latitude of grades which I think can turn out to be fair," Herr said. "I don't feel that strongly about it. Any system can work, however, the tone is for changing it." Herr said both the faculty and student body appeared dissatisfied with the existing grade system. The Student Government Association conducted a random survey in order to find out how students feel about the grading system. Of the 1,500 question naires sent out, approximately 500 were returned. SGA Continued on Page 3 Peter Boyle i the Franken stein clan's latest creatIon in Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein." Page 6. .Restoni BY MARK DILLARD Of The Gamecock staff Only two buildings have a definite place in USC's current plans for restoration of the Horseshoe, Harold S. Brunton, vice president for operations said Tuesday. In a meeting with the student faculty Horseshoe Restoration Advisory Committee, Brunton said funds now appropriated for Horseshoe restoration will be spent on the South Carolinian Library and McCutcheon House. On the inside rtis C mie, Dbrt storredsgea ntrestto willng students attending in Capstone Campus Room. Pagte 7. Happy Vale ation pl The largest part of $2,800,000 appropriated by the state legislature, however, will go to construct a modern theater in a building not on the Horseshoe Longstreet Theater. Members of the Horseshoe committee expressed displeasure at not having more say in the decision. Prof. Richard Rempel, chairman of the Facilities and Grounds Committee, of which the Horseshoe group is a sub committee, said at the meeting, "We're just simply going to have to have more cooperation to keep Mike Dunleavy, USC 'co captain, leads the Gamececks on their final roads trip of the season. Page 8. ntine's Day ErnS hI the committee a viable part of the university." Brunton said the decision to not restore the entire Horseshoe with the funds alotted reflected the priorities of the University before there was any interest in returning the Horseshoe to its nineteenth century appearance. "Five years ago," he said, "I don't think a single person on campus was concerned with Horseshoe restoration." The state legislature's 1972-73 Appropriations Act lists the $2,800,000 as being for "Renovation of Dormitories." However, the Budget and Control Board, which controls state spending, said later that the money did not have to be used only on dormitories. The current plans make no mention of either dormitory renovation and repairs or of restoring the Horseshoe to its original appearance. Brunton said in a memoran dum to the committee that the University has asked the state for $3,000,000 to cover work on all the Horseshoe buildings. University President William H. Patterson expressed his feelings about spending money on the dormitories at the meeting, 'There's only 248 students in the Horseshoe at the present time." An addition of kitchens and oathrooms would reduce the number to about 200, he said. "To be honest about it," Pat terson said. "I felt that there RU"M1l Jefft ted wasn't enough students to be excited about." Rempel and Brunton said they hoped there would be more cooperation in the future bet ween administration and student faculty committees. Patterson said it would take time to get funds for additional work on the Horseshoe but that the Horseshoe advisory com mittee had been slow in coming up with suggestions for the project. "By the time the faculty committee finally makes some Oecisions, we'll finally have some money," he said. After the meeting Rempel said that such committees were slow moving because of lack of ex perience in decision-making. "It takes a long time for some of these people to adjust from a system where you had no input at all to one where Dr. Patterson has said, "I'll open the doors to you."~ Rempel said he was comparing the Patterson administration with that of his predecessor, Thomas F. Jones. "The ad ministration has significantly involved faculty and students. Dr. Jones involved faculty and students but Dr. Patterson has done it, to a much greater degree." Besides work on the three buildings, approximately $462,000 has been spent on utilities for the Continued on Pae 5