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University of South Carolina 1975 Volume LXV No. 58 Celebrating in the exuberance of gaining a berth in the College World Series, ace pitcher Earl Bass (13) receives a boost from fellow teammates after pitching a 4-3 victory May 25 over North Carolina State. See story page 12. USC's Tuition and I BYdollars which had pre BY MRIO ELLOTTproved, resident fees will News Editor semester from $292 t resident fees will increas, An additional tuition fee increase of $25 $707. The increases will per semester for in-state students and $50 for the coming fall sem per semester for out-of-state students was The expected $800 unanimously approved by the USC Board ofgo into the University's o The increase is necessary because of the The previously approve cut in the University's state appropriation crease also for the fall request and general inflation, according to areas. $2 will go to wor Board Chairman T. Eston Marchant. $1.50 to club sports as the USC's 1975-76 budget as approved by the in September of 1974. House of Representatives was cut by $3.2 student health as approv million in the state's budget bill approved Part-time student by the legislature Tuesday. The summer fees, will also ii University's original budget for the year per credit hour to $26 for had been drawn up based on the House's and from $27 to $30 for version. increase will not be effect Including tuition increases totalling ten "We need the increas $3.2 Million Budget Maintenance,p Support Of Th (;amcocsemeffthanth fro use.2 cam T e nrassrpill An un ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Teexpected $3.800o ugt u ilafc cl ndprmn mos US deartent, acoringto ernreven u allyo the es Jewylr, icepreidet o fiancs. iatione Unierst' o "Thebigestthin wedidwas utur Tain Hweviusl inprov tenace bdgetback" hesaid Dewy ra e lgslturte Tal Also there ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ aras $ will beacmlt reeo o fes i rgra too to fcult anda cu inanyeparment$in.uppo to "Flbsps k th s mmber resgnedtheywoul notbe rplacdn waseato as appro ['heUniersty, hrogh )aetyl's ffie reditht houet was oe already dran upcaebudetwbaledoon$b6,703,08 desgnaed f USChe Gamek 197aff thane ap-Hose. prcameiasiansurpris TwoA SchooL BY BOB BAKER Editor-in-Chief Despite faculty opposition the consolidation of the present colleges of Arts and Letters and Social and Behavioral Sciences was approved by the Board of Trustees in closed session May 28. The consolidation will form a new College of Humanities and Social Sciences beginning July 1. Keith Davis, University provost, announced that he expects an acting dean and a dean's search committee to be named by June 15 for the new college. In a letter dated May 28 Dr. William Patterson, University president, said the Faculty Ad visory Committee and the Academic Forward Planning Committee, which studied the merger, "emphasized the desirability of integrating the liberal arts disciplines" and prefer "the eventual reunification of arts and sciences as well." Patterson cited academic, ees to Incre, iously been ap- budget and I di I increase $35 per hardships for ) $327 and non- President Willia e $60 from $647 to "This is the first I become effective to help the Unive !ster- "In '67-'68 we ,000 additional nation in in-state tuition raise will now we are twer perating budget. thirty-fourth in d ten dollar in- said. "It seems will go to three Iis year USC nen's sports and per semester ab Board approved for state and IE $6.50 will go to cording to the ,ed in January. State Universil ees, including Colleges. Out-c icrease from $24 above the nation undergraduates New Board mei graduates. This Jr. of St. Mathew ive this summer. during the Boa to balance the asking, "Does t ut Affects Programs e bill gave USC $3.2 million less Daetwyler said the Senate bill a and forced the administration to heads and draw up a new budget. use version is a pretty good in e're going to have," he said. final state budget approved by aesday, USC's budget remained e Senate, Daetwyler said. programs were completely of the cut, he said. An exception tutor disadvantaged students. hose are the first things to go," at Smith said the USC reduction nillion cut of the total House bill d to make by the Senate Finance nued on Page 8 ets and S Consoli financial and practical reasons for the merger. Academically, the merger would allow for the total integration of liberal arts and the inevitable reunification of the old School of Arts and Sciences as well, ac cording to Patterson's letter. Financially, "the elimination of one dean office will allow us to devote more resources to academic programs and research otherwise jeopardized by our constricted budget for the coming year," the letter continues. While the letter states that "there will be no reduction in supporting staff," the full report of the Faculty Ad visory Committee (which was not attached to the letter) claims there would be a savings of $50-75,000 in administrative costs. "Speaking practically," the May 28 letter continues, "with two vacant deanships, it is easier to find one able and energetic dean than two." The two deanships will be vacated this summer as both deans announced their resignations in the spring amidst higher ad ase for Fall )n't think it will cause money students," University vice pr m H. Patterson said. increas ime we've increased fees Electri rsity in over five years." Patters were fifth highest in the just pr< and out-of-state fees, but Such ity-fourth in in-state and ticipat out-of-state," Patterson year a( reasonable to me." energy s in-state tuition was $22 million ive the national median Latei ind-grant institutions ac- having National Association of goal. ties and Land Grant school f-state tuition was $42 financi al median. opporti nber Othniel W. Wienges Howevi s questioned the increase rd's quarterly meeting he University need the The long wait--Carolina s tudent registration Monay ee. sto..., cience s dated ministration pressures, according to several sources withii the respective schools. Dr. John C. Guilds, former dean of the College of Arts and Letters stepped down June 1, and is currently being replaced by Dr. Jerry Curry, professor of music and former assistant dean of the College of Arts and Letters. Curry will be serving as acting dean until July 1, when the acting dean for the newly merged school will take over. Dr. Robert Landen, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences since its formation three years ago, will resign July 1. Landen is leaving for the University of Texas at Arlington as dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Guilds is going to the University of Houston as dean of the School of Humanities and Fine Arts. More than 2,700 students, in addition to some 2,400 undecided liberal arts majors, were enrolled in both the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Continued on Page 4 Seinester that badly." Bernard Daetwyler, esident of finance, said utility rate es, especially at South Carolina c and Gas has hurt the University. on said the expected $800,000 will ovide for the increased utility costs. costs have risen from an an d $1.2 million to $1.8 million this cording to Daetwyler. Next year's bill is expected to reach $2.8 he said. , Wienges said, "I think that high student fees is not a notable The University is supposedly a where students with the least al support can go and have the inity to get a quality education." r, he said the increase was Continued on Page 4 s went through another smooth