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1 McKissick display r Exhibit h By DEBORAH JONES Gamecock Staff Writer USC women have accomplished a great deal since 1894, although some of their tasks were thankless ones, such as learning the name of the sculptress who created the statue in front of Wardlaw College, or cataloguing 3u,uuu liorary books in two years without assistance, as librarian Margaret Rion had to do in 1898. The "Women at Carolina" exhibit, which opened Friday at McKissick, chronicles the accomplishments of such women. Ann Yancey of University Archives said she and another employee spent two weeks organizing the exhibit, which will be open through April. T apes abo JL By CANDI SITTON Gamecock Staff Writer Students in the Media Arts and Theatre and Speech departments are involved in a "Reading for the Blind" program designed to provide the visually impaired with audio tapes of books and novels related to the state. The program began in November 1975 as a cooperative attempt between USC and the State Library for the Blind to provide the library with materials about South Carolina. The National Library for the Blind provides numerous books and tapes on various other subjects. Currently, there are seven books available in the state library and 14 additional books being recorded this semester, which are due to be completed by May. THE ENTIRE production process, from reading to recording, is done hv M oH i Arte QnH TViootro J KIVV4IM 1 11 UI UI1U A IV/Utl V CI1114 speech students. THE ENTIRE production process, from reading to recording, is done by media arts and theatre and speech students. "The media arts student makes all of the necessary arrangements t&SS BjMaA Br vrjj EBM*8*** it.v I ^ uns tnrougti April onors Carol Many of the photographs in the exhibit depict women as purely social creatures. Yancey said there is a reason for the abundance of cheerleader and hnmfvnmincr ?? (, queen pictures. "WE DUG and dug trying to find women that tried to be a legend in their own time. But most of the women at Carolina were beauty queens. We tried to present women at Carolina the way they were, not as we would like them to be." After examining some of the old yearbooks in the exhibit, it becomes apparent that Carolina men had ambivalent attitudes about coeds. One Garnet and Black features a "Dictionary of Coeds," where the ladies are labeled as the animal ut S.C. reco for the recording sessions," said Dr. Porter McLauren, chairman of the Department of Media Arts. "He does all of the audio technology-getting the correct voice levels, editing, and so on--to enable a clear, smooth tape with a stereo effect. The master tape is then transferred to the equipment at the State Library for the Blind." The recording work orovides practical, on-the-job experience for media arts students, McLauren said. Although this aspect is dull and routine, there is a warm and good feeling in knowing that you are doing something worthwhile. "THE INTERESTING thing about this is that this is the kind of task someone in audio editing and i etui umg ictiuiiijuc wuutu gu inio in a real life situation," McLauren said. "It is a dull, hard, difficult task to make sure everything is done clean and clear." The response to the program has been positive and the number of media arts students involved has increased. "It has been effective so far, but the recording process is very slow," McLauren said. "It mav take two hours for one hour of actual reading time to be recorded." in a women they most reminded the writer of. One coed was called a lamb because, "Its gentle ways are a contrast to the rest of the coed tribe." Another woman, reputed to be something of a femme fatale, was classified as a porcupine. However, men's attitudes had softened a bit by the '20s as a 1922 Garnet and Black pictured some flaming youths strutting their stuff with the caption, "Why Boys Leave Home." In contrast, a 1975 Garnet and Black opens to a picture of a rfllir lifnoriwrt ? 4-- 1 ??vul lug ii\JlllUl? UUl iX IOWCI captioned, "Ms. Carolinian." OTHER DISPLAYS show the more serious side of Carolina women's accomplishments. Pictures and background information on USC's deans of rded for bli "The interesting this is the < audio editing ii wouia go into - -sa chairman of the Di THE DEPARTMENT OF Theatre and Speech also provides readers for the recordings. William Strickland, assistant proiessor ana director 01 torensics for the department, serves as a program coordinator and selects appropriate students for the readings. "We strive to produce top quality tapes with emphasis and variety in voice," he said. "I have to be very selective as towhom Ichoose." "Af Women through time Ann Yancey of the University observes two displays include Carolina women. women, first women deans of academic schools, and first women administrators can be found at the exhibit. One exhibit, called "Carolina's First Ladies," includes information on Mattie Jean Adams who became the first woman to graduate from USC in 1898, Rita McKinney, the first woman elected USC student body president and Henri Dobbins Monteith, whose suit filed with the U.S. District Court on charges of discrimination ind by stud thing about this is that kind of task some one in and recording technique in a real life situation / n- aa (U !/?., I UHCf 1VI apartment of Media Arts. Usually the students who are chosen have taken some voice and diction courses. Strickland said broadcast majors have also been a great asset to the program. TI1K STUDENTS IN the program receive three hours of independent study credit for each semester they are involved. Grading is usually on a pass-fail basis, according to the acceptability of the tape. They must ' ' ,v< > Archieves at Mc Kissick rt in a current exhibit on in 1963 helped open the university to minorities. THE PROGRESS of the average coed as well as the woman dean or professor is followed in the exhibit. Proponents of "D" plan will cringe at directives to freshman coeds in a 1946 housing booklet which reads: "Freshmen are allowed three permissions (to go out) weekly, one of which is a twelve o'clock date. It's a good idea to save your twelve o'clock date for the weekend." . V ents work until all parts of the tape are completely acceptable, which requires a significant amount of ? time. The projectis really * "mushrooming," according to Jim Johnson, director of the South Carolina State Library's Division for the Blind and Physically IlandicaDDed. Johnson said thpr#? are three students working on each of the 14 books being recorded, which totals 42 stuents in the program. T"The tapes are of excellent quality," Johnson said. "They give the students good experience and the benefit of feeling good about helping the community." ..ASIDE FROM BEING useful, the program is inexpensive. It is , funded with state money through. . the General Aembly. "No money is expended from use other than the nnrmril cnnornicinn *\t ............. tioiuii ui me aiuui'Illteacher relationship," Johnson said. The money allocated is used to buy the tapes and two print copies of each book. Average costof materials for each tape is four or five dollars. "This is a small price to pay for the program,"Johnson said. "After all, just because someone is blind doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to learn about subjects of their choice."