Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Rv Shnrnn Riiohanan Gamecock Staff Writer The College of Education has extended its search for a new dean, according to John Dolly who is the acting dean. Francis O'Tuel, chairperson of the search committee for the new dean, said the delay in the search nnH colontinn nrAnncc Koo Vuukn uvavvmvii WVtJO liao UVV/11 caused by several problems. OF 150 APPLICANTS, six candidates for the position were selected to come to USC for screening by the search committee, according to O'Tuel. Three of them were then sent to the adminictrntinn far intorviowc Ono applicant was asked to return for an additional interview but was not accepted, she said. ^^P~ yjiMMB Es^aiB KMBBB ^?Mi''"rJ/'^ <' (' *' :-> 4^-fy.' / i. , v'v, ^ -"' Hs ^ P^HBh^^B l ' "* llllllt k m waaR&BBsm :f'::;nn^nnp-|\ ^ - * pBMWWHBT ^ ^ s-ti-ifr r - 'Y-w v' ' ?i\ History comes aliw ruins in Boaufnrt Cnur by the British during church was burned < Union forces. Carolina. By Diane Spalding Gamecock Staff Writer USC has received $250,000 for the general architectural planning of a new Carolina Arts Center. The total estimated cost of the project will be between "25 and 30 million dollars at me least, according to David Kinker, system vice president for facilities planning. "This is probably one of the most exciting developments to take place on the campus for a long time," Rinker said. The building will service the four major fine arts departments, which are music, art, theatre and speech and media arts. Each of these departments has grown drastically over the past decade, forcing them to house classes in several buildings scattered across campus, Hinker said. Music, the largest of the four departments, has been one of the most rapidly expanding departinpntc at thr? iinivorcitv hn caiH "There is a tremendous need for practice rooms and a small concert hall for musical and dramatic productions," Rinker added. jT> 1 i searcn i "None of them (the applicants) were right for the job, and this view was shared by the administration," O'Tuel said. Additional qualifications were then added to the minimum requirements needed for the nnnUinn * - n!TI 1 jpvauiuii, dttuiuiiig tu W 1UCI. Education faculty members were notified that they could nominate a candidate whom they felt was exceptionally well qualified, she said. The search committee received recommendations from the faculty as well as from key education ? >: : jW^^SjK'^pwBWBkif jfr* yx$ v -j? y _ i&C-? '(: v v ! o9HMHEk ? ?3 <* ^ ><<^^8HHjj^B^^98B6^ ^ BBbWH^Mr- 1ail 9 in this picture of the ity. Built in the 1740s, t the Revolutionary War. once more during the Arts Cente . The USC Department of Theatre ranks high in the Southeast, particularly in its technical aspects, according to a historical -irm x fvy yX-f'.l David Rinker document for facilities planning. There is a great need for an adequate theatre for stage dramas and productions, Rinker said. [or dean ei colleges in the nation, according to O'Tuel. "THROUGH A talent search we came up with 15 well-qualified applicants," she said. "We screened them and came up with four candidates" to be interviewed < at USC by Sept. 1, she added. Another delay, according to O'Tuel, deals with problems in scheduling candidates for visits to USC, since much of the faculty is gone during Summer Session II. "Currently we have invited the four individuals to come to the university to make presentations RjSiiBKr^wr a3B wr^m _2E hb_ ''-;;: ':; AC; C ::^;'V' - i I'W IJ -V v,.;,;: _v'..,, ;:Y ^'v-. j Bill Bollin ? GAMECOCK Old Sche/don Church 'he church was burned Rebuilt in 1826, the Civil War by invading r planned Flans for the structure "started six or seven years ago," Rinker said. Several sites have been considered but none has been decided upon at the present time, he added. Thn hnilrlinff c- hm 1 I/-4 t i 1 11V, UU11U1U5 dliv/lliu pi UVIUU access not only for university needs, but also to county, state and local community needs as well. "I would love to develop an outdoor arena," Hinker said. The Congaree River has many possibilities" as a possible site for construction. "There are some grandiose ideas inunlvoH uiith if " ho oHrloH Ill T VI T V'VI Tf I II I IV, 11V UV4VIV-V4, It has not been decided when the actual building of the Carolina Arts Center will take place. The $250,000 which is provided by state funds is for "initial stages of design," according to Rinker. Gunther J. Hoist has been named chairman of the planning committee and is working with the chairmen of the four departments involved. He said they will be working with Mr. Rinker to see to the needs of these various committees. "We have not geared up" at the present time, he added. (tended ; i to the faculty and to be interviewed i by officials, but we have to 1 negotiate a time when we can get 5 the maximum number of faculty present. In fact, the date we had 1 tentatively set up now has to be 1 changed because the provost will < not be here," she said. O'TUEL SAID it is not known when the selection will be made, ! but it is hoped that it will be before the 1979 fall term. i "Whoever is selected probably will not be able to come to the Hard rail dormitory By Janice Wood ' Graduate Assistant Four days after unusually hard rainfall in Columbia, residents of tne lourtn tioor 01 wade Hampton Dormitory are fearful of someone being hurt by results of water damage on the hall. On Saturday, 2.5 inches of rain fell on Columbia, nearly two inches of which came between 6 and 8 p.m., according to a spokesman for the National Weather Service at ~ l l: _ i if _ i ii A. A * i ^oiuinoia metropolitan Airpori. He described it as being "unusually heavy for any area." Along with damage to several USC residential facilities, the rain also affected traffic near campus. Four cars were stalled in deep water under the Pickens Street bridges. Wade Hampton residents are concerned about portions of the fourth floor ceiling and water that remains in the hall carpet. According to one student, a resident applied slight pressure with a broom handle to the ceiling which penetrated the soggy part of the ceiling. Remaining water is causing a < hazardous situation to the residents, according to Susan Sluss, resident of Room 401. After \irallrinO r\n tho hall /->arr\r?t liihifh ic tt lUIVUI^ Wll HIV 11C411 V-CU pvtf VTI11V.1I to still damp, she said, it is possible for residents to slip on the tile of the bathroom or on the stairs. "The odor is extremely unpleasant," Sluss said of the mildew that has developed since the rain. Sluss' roommate, Ruth WadsT 4r~ uajjane^ LU About 40 Japanese students arrived at USC yesterday for a month of study under the Japanese Summer Study in America Program sponsored by the New York-based Council on In ternational Educational Exchange. USC is one of four U.S. universities (others are the University of Tennessee at Martin, Boston University and the University of Washington) participating in the program designed to help i he students improve their English language skuis ana 10 miroauce them to American society. The students will live on campus for three weeks and then spend one week with a host family of the Columbia Council for In lernationals. While at the university, the Japanese students will study English under USC's English Program for Internationals, and university until January due to fall term commitments and short notice," O'Tuel said. The names of the prospective individuals will be announced to the university before their visits, 1 J 1 >ue auueu. O'Tuel said former Dean Leon Lessinger stepped down from the position this past fall by his own choice. "HE CALLED for a meeting of the faculty last October, and gave up his position effective June 30. He said he had been dean for seven years, and that was enough. He is not at the university now, but he will be teaching in the fall as a full liiiic pi uiessur, snesaia. is cause i ftnmnno f V?V?f 0 worth, said that bits of plaster have been dropping from the ceiling above her bed since the rainfall. She and Sluss said this is the second rain this summer that has caused this type of damage to the ceiling. Suzanne Mundy, who lives in Room 402, said the water began dripping in through the ceiling in the hallway Saturday afternoon; at one point, water was coming in thrnilflh tho lirrHt fivtnruc Anr>fl\nr vii? V/V4511 HIV IIAIU1CO. /lllUtUCi resident placed trash cans under the leak and alerted the hall adviser to the problem. Mundy said that later in the evening, water entered her room from the hallway under the door. Everything on the floor of the room she shares with Sonya Strickland was dampened. Gail Simons, Wade Hampton hall adviser, said she called to inform the maintenance department of the dripping water Saturday night. She was told, she said, that man tenance crews had already been called to four other campus locations. David Castine, associate director of auxiliary services, confirmed the Saturday night calls from residents in dormitories and married housing. Work is being done, he said, on the roof of the Wade Hampton dorm in response to the complaints of dripping water. However, he said he was unaware of the reported sogginess of the ceiling. "I'll definitely get over there today," Castine said Wednesday morning. study here will participate in lectures, classes, discussions and field researcn iu increase meir understanding of American culture. One of three elective courses required of the students in subjects ranging from "The South" to "Social Issues in America" will help them better understand the U.S. The students will also present an oral project at the end of their stay iruucurmiig some aspeci Of American life or work. The students will research the reports by talking with local resource persons who can provide information on such topics as "City Government," "The Needs of the Elderly and Retired Persons," and i uurisiu in ?>ouin uaronna. The program is coordinated by the USC Office of International Services directed by Phil Ives, and by Jim Murphy of the USC English Program for Internationals.