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BY tEORGE MORRIS
Of The Gamecock staff
Trhe recently announced delay
in the completion of USC's
central library will probably be
the last such delay. according to
1*SC's director of libraries.
"They're pretty well wrapping
it all up." Kenneth E. Toombs
said. "but it's just a big project
and it won't get finished in time
for the furniture to be moved in
by this summer."
Bad weather and change or
ders tchanges in building
materials and design
specifications) have delayed the
completion of the library, on
which construction began in July,
1972.
"The construction was sup
posed to take about two-and-a
half years." Toombs said, "but
we had a run of bad weather for
about six months at the start."
In all such projects, a late
completion penalty is provided in,
the contract. setting a date after
which the contractor must pay a
set amount each day for finishing
the building. In this case, Dargan
Construction Co. would pay $300
for every day late in finishing
work on the oeiginal building.
However, a dispute exists
concerning when this date should
be. The University set June 1 as
the date, while Dargan said the
date should be Dec. 1, 1975. This
involves a contract dispute in
which Dargan claims a six-month
extension provided for in the
contract. Gil Perry, campus
planning director, said Dargan
was allowed to begin work on the
original building earlier than the
contract planned, and this should
nullify the extension.
Perry said change orders have
affected the date, and added
Dargan plans to be finished by
July 4.
Witten
drop-in
An informal drop-in honoring
Dean Charles H. Witten will be
held all day Tuesday in the Student
Affairs office in the Pendleton
Building.
The reception is for students who
have known Witten through the
years and wish to say goodby to
him before he steps down from his
post as Dean of Student Affairs,
effective June. 30. Refreshments
will be served.
Witten, serving as head of the
division of Student Affairs for 12
years.,will return to the education
department, where he taught since
1962. He came to Carolina in 1960
as professor and head of the
Department of Naval Science.
In a letter to USC President
M illiam H. Patterson announcing
the resignation last fall, Witten
said:
"Although. in the sum total my
years as a student affairs ad
ministrator hhve been very
satisfying years, as I have seen
progress and accomplishments,
they have not been without their
price mn weariness and detraction
cyipersonal and family life. For
now, the Inducements to
and witi ultime to teaching
and wr icreasing."
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But finishing the construction
is only part of the work, ac
cording to Toombs.
"They (Dargan) will be
finished sometime this summer,
but for us to move in this sum
mer, the building would have had
to be substantially ready by this
week. The bookstacks won't get
in until mid-July, furnishings will
be in by October and there's all
the other kinds of furniture," he
said.
He added about $250,000 worth
of furniture in use in the USC
libraries will also be used in the
new central library.
The proportions of the library
make the moving that 'much
more complicated. Sixty miles of
steel bookshelves, weighing- more
than 500,000 pounds must be
installed along with 29,000 square
yards nf carpet. The library
collections will be moved during
the Christmas break, and the
library will be ready for use in
January, 1976. .
"This is an extremely large
project," Toombs said. "It will
be the largest academic building
in South Carolina. You could fit
Capstone in the underground part
alone. Only two-sevenths of the
building shows; five sevenths of
it is underground."
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