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SPECIAL FEATURE H: At a time when the people understand the Americi development of the United S1 nation's Bicentennial, Susaj staff has been researching tl of South Carolina. Below dedicated to our school's hi deals with the establishmeti of the state university at C Editor Tuition Raised?!?! TO THE EDITOR: I am writing to express my dismay at the Board's decision to raise the tuition of USC students. This decision will not only create a hardship for students already suffering from inflation and recession, but it also leads me to question the Board's priorities. As the Board and state legislature (whom the Board blames for the increase) apparently suffer from fiscal irresponsibility they intend to extract some $800,000 from those who can least afford to pay, the students. I am at present a graduate assistant at USC. Assistant's stipends have not been raised at USC for some ten years. There is a rumor presently afoot that we are to get raises in the coming year, raises which will promptly be swallowed by the increase in fees and tuition. I am a married student and have lived in married housing at USC for two years. Rent has gone up twice, and I'm sure I don't need to mention here how often other necessities such as gas and food have gone up in the last two years. In other words, everything has gone up except graduate students' stipends. Although rent increases in university housing have been blamed on increased power costs, the university administration insists on raising the rent rather than cut down on waste. On any cold day, one can walk down the walkway and see every window in the fraternity dorms open to let out the excess heat. Also, secretaries in the biology building must turn on electric fans during 40 degree weather to keep their offices cool enough to work in. Maintenance men come and go but seldom fix anything. While married students in the University Terrace live in tiny unairconditioned apartments with paint peeling off the walls, while their children play in a small, grassless playground infested with pin worms and ringworm fungus, we have become the owners of a $250,000 scoreboard at our million dollar stadium which has housed so many unsuccessful but expensive football teams. Only last fall did the expensive istory B Df this country are trying to in Revolution and the ates in preparation for our i Cate of the GAMECOCK lie history of the University is the second in a series story. This second article t and early characteristics lumbia. Gibbes Green become a reality, and now we have mounds around the art building and College of Librarianship. Next we will be owners of some strange type of mall on Green Street which will serve no purpose and is only an attempt to appease those (mostly students) who want Green closed. However, that is really another issue, but it does point to the Board's strange set of priorities. In this tuition hike, graduate assistants have been discriminated against and will be forced to carry a disproportionate burden of the increase. Those receiving more than $1800 per year face an in crease of 150 per cent. Those who receive $1200 to $1800 face an in crease of 400 per cent. This in crease comes at a time when the University is boasting of increased enrollment in the graduate school. They obviously believe that a larger number of graduate students adds prestige to this in stitution. The board ignores the fact that these students provide a valuable service (namely teaching and research) to the University at bargain rates. The University gets well trained people to do the job for a fraction of what it would take to hire Ph.D.'s, and the board shows its appreciation by picking their pockets. The legislators are no less guilty than the board. If my memory is accurate, they recently voted themselves a healthy pay raise. I respectfully request that my name be withheld to prevent any reciprocal reaction against me by any administrative personnel. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Job WVell Done TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of the Union I'd like to thank you and the entire Gamecock staff for the June 5 issue of "The Gamecock". It was highly informative, covering many aspects of campus news. Especially commendable was the comprehensive coverage given the Board of Trustees meetings. We applaud your endurance. If we can help at any time, let us know. ALAN MCGILL President, U nivers t Union ehind USC BY SUSAN CATE Of The Gamecock staff On the 10th of January, 1805, a Board of Trustees, less than half of whom had gone to college, opened the doors of the South Carolina College to nine students seeking higher learning. The College consisted of the land bordered by Bull, Pendleton, Sumter and Devine streets and had 1% buildings and 2 faculty members. To welcome them was the first President of the College, Jonathan Maxcy, a former Rhode Island Baptist minister and New York college president, later nicknamed "Old Jock" by the students. The roll increased to 56 students by August, 1806: 14 freshmen, 36 sophomores, 5 juniors and 1 senior. The graduation ceremony granting eight BA degrees was held in December, 1807. By 1810 South Carolina College was well on its way to becoming a noteworthy institution when an epidemic of turkey stealing shook its foundations. The (aculty, had they foreseen the streakers of 1974, would have counted their blessings instead of levying a 7-month suspension on the pranksters. Afterall, the students were due a little frolicing for theirs was no easy life. Entrance requirements consisted of translating Cornelius Nepos, Sallust, Caesar's Commentaries, and Virgil's Aeneid from Latin to English; passing a Latin and English grammar exam; translating a Greek passage from the Bible; and proof of legible handwriting, accurate spelling and some knowledge of mathematics. Upon becoming a bonified SCC student, a strict curriculum of Latin, Greek, philosophy, algebra, French and speech had to be followed. There were no electives. Search For Academic Excel the basis of indiv The following interview is the The news-editori second in a series of 10 articles been accredited si highlighting prominent schools advertising-publii and departments within USC. . broadcasting we Dr. Albert Scroggins, Dean of the 1974. I feel like College of Journalism talks about learning takes pl. his school and its advancement. classroom, and i area we have ma lecture method poorest teaching but we feel like BY BOB BAKER classes which m. Editor-in-Chief However, we lik that instruction I Q. What is your role as Dean of sections which ar the College of Journalism? have other enric A. The role of any dean as I see it to complement t] is to create an educational en- our students just vironment in which students and photography wor faculty can reach their greatest of our instructor potential. I think the dean must set Also, Dr. Nolan the tone of quality for his college Journalism Abri and then make a conscious effort to which 16 studen see that administrative paper- each in London, work, problems, etc. or what I call studying the new; extraneous material is kept out of different cities wi the actual educational en- a bit of leisure. I, vironment. in direction of Q. Can you tell me what changes result of us tryi have been made and are being highly qualific made in this college especially academic bac since you've been here? plemented by s A. I came here in the summer of helping us buil< 1965 when only 200 students were nalism program involved in the program and they made an effort t< were primarily in news-editorial here and we do j sequence. During that fall, we had from New Jerse) an enrollment of 9 graduate Virginia, I belie students and 225 undergraduates. is high there. It a D)uring the last school year, we've becoming too p had an enrollment of ap- delighted to havy proximately 84) graduates and 800 state students as undergraduates. As far as changes Q. Where is go, we have expanded our ad- Journalism rn vertising sequence into what is our direction does it I largest sequence. In 1966 we added next five years? a broadcasting sequence and have A. When I fir since added a public relations spent the first fe' sequence to advertising. Our our staff. Sinc college is not accredited as a developed semini singular institution but rather on journalism te : Part Two Dormitories--South (Rutledge) and North (DeSaussure) Buildings-had been designed by the Board of Trustees in the form of tenements, with stairways between every other two rooms so that any student disruption might be easily quenched. Professors were also housed in the dorms and classes were held in the larger rooms. A code of conduct dictated the students' lives from sunrise to sunrise. At 6 a.m. everyone convened in the chapel for prayers and then went back to their rooms to study. The rest of the day went as follows: 8 a.m. breakfast. 9 a.m.-noon--bach. to the dorm for study or recitation. 1 p.m.-dinner. 2 p.m.-back to the dorm to study or recite. 5 p.m.-prayers followed by supper. After the evening meal, the scholars had free time until 9 p.m. when they had to return to their rooms. This regimen flowed smoothly for three years until several students (who had downed a few too many at a local tavern) broke windows and destroyed furniture in the dining hall. Along with the in creasing student body came shooting of firearms, drunken tirades, harassment of Congaree boatmen, and turkey theft. The faculty, in protest, banned all student fun: firearms, dogs, private servants, entertainment of guests in rooms, "spirituous liquors", and visits to taverns and brothels were forbidden under penalty of expulsion. Dance attendance was restricted to juniors and seniors unless presidential permission was granted. Some faculty even proposed building a high wall around the university. As the code grew more opressive, the student spirit continued to inflate and turkey stealing soared to a record high. Not a bird in town was safe. lence idual sequences. al sequence has ince 1954 and both relations and re accredited in some of the best ice outside of the it is also in this de changes. The is probably the method we have, it is the large ike it that way. e to complement :y allowing for - e small. We also A bert Scroggins hment programs ie college. Ten of participated in a management and other areas. We kshop under one set up a system of core courses in -s, Ken Hixson. Journalism that total 12 hours of just sponsored a credit. We hope to develop a )ad program in photojournalism tract, a media ts spent a week management tract and a public Paris, and Rome relations tract in the near future. s processes in the A magazine sequence may be sile also taking in started in a couple of years. nportant changes Lately, we have been turning to he school are a research and graduate studies. We Lng to develop a don't want to get too theoretical ed staff with and neglect undergraduate kground com- studies. In the next five years we everal years in hope to start more enrichment I a sound jour- programs, such as internships. We *or USC. We have now have several students working > recruit students on internships this summer. ~et a lot of them They're the real world experience r, New York, and which you cannot get elsewhere. ve our reputation Q. If there are plans for ex Iso helps us from panding programs, then it seems arochial. We're likely the facilities would need as many out-of- expanding also. Do you know if the we do have. College plans to occupy more the College of space in the coliseum or perhaps w, and what take in Media Arts? lope to take in the A. We've been knocking out walls trying to get more space. We st came here we have outgrown our present v' years gathering building, but with the economy the e then we have way it is now, it could prove hard to irs for high school achers. media Please Turn to Pagesn