University of South Carolina Libraries
* \I m i r ?tn A 1 ^W liiJ By Jearinie Ralston Gamacock Staff Writer Statistics from the past three years show that USC has a higher quality of entering freshmen, is one of the largest recipients of research grants in the nation and has had a dramatic increase in faculty salaries. The average Scholastic Aptitude Test score for entering freshmen in the fall of 1979 was 928 at USC compared to the average score for all South Carolina students of 800. USC has also had a large increase in the number of applications for freshman admission in the threeyear period. JOHN BOLIN, director of admissions, said USC has been able to attract brighter students and more applicants because the university has "a whole new Thomas By Tammy Kilpatrick Qamccock Staff Writer The Movietonews Library donated to USC, including 60 percent of out-takes with no duplicates, will be temporarily housed in the Thomas Cooper Library until the Carolina Fine Arts Center is completed. Installation in Thomas Cooper will allow students and faculty to begin research on the newsfilms within the year, according to James Jackson, a consultant to USC and president of Educational r* J i? rroaucuons, inc. jacKson was instrumental in Twentieth-Century Fox's decision to domate the films to USC. JACKSON SAID the first shipment of films may arrive as early as July, with one million feet of film delivered by the beginning of 1981 and four million more by the end of 1981. The donation includes 100 million feet of film, equal to 20,000 miles of footage. "We're very fortunate the library does have temporary space," Jackson said. "There's alreadv a security svstem. the stacks are there and the personnel is there to make sure it will be secure." The film will be housed on level one of the library. THE FILM, made on highly inflammable nitrate-based stock, is undergoing transfers to safety film in New York at the expense of Twentieth-Century Fox. The Carolina Fine Arts Center proposed by USC should be open within three years, Jackson said, and the films will be more available to the general public at that time. Plans include running The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and Is published three times week on Mondays. Wednesdays am) Fridays duiing the tali and spring semesters and once weekly on Thursdays during both summer sessions with the eiiceptlon of university holidays and anaminationlurUHt. Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK re those of the editora and not those of the University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of the Gamecock. The Student Media Office is th? parent organisation of the Gamecock. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to ths GAMECOCK. Box 65131. Russell House. University of SC.. Columbia, S C. 29208 Subscription rates are 6 5 60 per semester end (2 for the summer sessions. Third ctfcss postage paid at Columbia, fr. >v v. Dignitary visit iage' help: image" and has gained national, recognition. Bolin said USC's reputation has been helped by the visits of many international dignitaries, campus expansion and renovation, the strong reputations of individual schools such as business and journalism and by the success of the Honor's College. "BUT MORE than anything else, we are getting more and better students because of the people here that are happy and are telling people how good the university is," Bolinsaid. A lot of bright students are finding that a good state university close to home is the place to go, Bolin said. Small private schools are not as popular because they cannot keep up with the technological developments a Cooper t( reels continousuiy through the day I for people to watch and renting the ] films to college unions interested ] in showing them before motion I pictures. I JACKSON SAID the film library will provide research aid for students and faculty who wish to produce still pictures from the strips or reproduce the film. "We are committeed to making it accessible to the students and the public," he said. When the film is received from New York, library employees will begin re-cataloguing the material tin I ! TIR ; Bring this p listed bel 1 | . COLONY Q 1,2,3 Br j Club Hou | Swimmir 3430 K 1 Blk. off St 772 4 n s, higher faculty sal ing USCc 1 o r*rtr% nniirnrcitir non rtffor Rnl 1H IT' iai (jt 14111 V tl Ol IJ V.U1I ViiVl , A^vriu* .a, said. Research director A. Riley r( Macon said the large amount of e< grants was unusual for a school tr without a major medical school or a land grant agricultural school. b In 1979, USC placed in the top 100 a institutions in receipts of outside tl grants and contracts for research, b with a total of $17.8 million. n Macon said USC was able to r acquire money because the faculty c has become more aggressive and fi concerned about receiving grants. t1 Also, USC President James B. p Holderman has increased the t amount of "seed" money available c hooin rwcpurnh nrnipcfc hpfnrp "Vb"' VUVM.V.. r,"JVVW outside grant applications. s MACON SAID the $17.8 million p supported about 1,000 projects and p that 3,000 additional projects were i funded by internal or depart- s empoiary for students' use. "The Cooper is th perhaps the most highly com- re * ?: 1 : ? 1:1 rln puiei lieu mailiuiiuiicii uuiai y 111 the world, as far as cataloguing goes," Jackson said. 19 The Movietonews films cover ta world events between 1919 and 1963 pt and most of the clips have not been cr seen for 40 or 50 years. Jackson bi said the films include more than 50 a< hours of footage on Franklin D. Roosevelt alone. tc "All of it has some historical e; value, and as fast as we can con- y< irorf it wp will malrp it availahlp " CI he said. si PLANS FOR the film will allow !o "M W J ^aejflBLi i & % np ED OF DO! aper $ 100.00 bill to an; low and we'll show you expires Mart EAST GARDEN M 1,2,3 Br lse Swimming Pool ig Pool i ennis courts _ Washer Drvei ay St. . Andrews 2400 Ashland Rd 057 772-2.: HAMPTON PARK 1,2.3 Br All adult living Swimming Pool Clubhouse 4427 Blossom St. Off Beltline Blvd. 782-6626 aries lain recoj lental awards. Grants are not exclusively for jsearch projects; many fund jucational, public service and aining projects, he said. Three of the major projects eing conducted through grants re: a geology research project of le minerals in Egypt, which has rought international acclaim, a uclear magnetic regulatory esearch center that interprets the hemical structures of materials or other schools and businesses in he Southeast ; and a public service iroject that helps disadvantaged eenagers get to and stay in ollege. IN FISCAL 1978-79, faculty y alaries at USC increased 13 >ercent and increased another 8 r ercent in fiscal 1979-80. These d ncreases were above the national c tverage of 6 percent for the two- p newsfilr e public to use material as a si search area for world events es iring the time span the films c< *re prevalent, especially the 30s and 40s. Many of the outkes have never been seen by the C lblic. Companies interested in J eating programs or filmstrips ti jsed on the films will also have tl :cesstothem. tl The library will convert the film n > video-tape so students will have c asier access to them. "It will take ears before all of the library is r inverted to video-tape," Jackson t lid. He said the film must be ( >oked at before transferring, r v&y 7 nan / 50/VS. INC L SOUTH CAROLINA RM I.IVIN( ) of the apartment cor how to turn itintorea :h31,1980 MBML-.< ST. AMDI IANOR VILLAGE C 1.2,3 Br Was her D Swimming Po r Connections TennlS COUII rk - 1 ? "*' . at rausn Miver jyjuoroaa >49 ' 798-0 CAMEO VILLA 1 Bedroom 1073 sq.ft. 2 Bedroom 1373 sq. ft. 3 Bedroom 1637 sq. ft. 2 Pools 3g 11 RanchRd, Off Decker Blvd. 782-6028 jnition ear period. Caroline Denham, institutional esearch manager, said the ramatic increase was an effort to atch up to the level of salaries aid at other universities. ri fifjffit: nee some of the film is not isential and wjuld not be worth inverting. AN EMPLOYEE of Twentiethentury Fox for five years, ackson said a number of overires were made by institutions irougnout me nanon concerning he donation of the film, but USC nade strong efforts to convince the orporation they wanted the films. 'At the time the decision was nade to make the donation, the iniversity was in their (Twentiethcentury Fox) terms, the frontunner," he said. 1 *? I T) ! 3? ! nmunities i I money ij| 1BESS3 5REEN I I I ryer Connection | ol | tS I River Rd. 488 ; - 9 I i i i i i