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Facull By Donald B. Weatherb?? 1 Asstotant N?w? Editor The Faculty Senate's Committee on Scholastic i Standards and Petitions proposed during its April 1st meeting an attendance policy that would reduce the < number of absences a student would be allowed Private i adds to By Tom Covnn ^ I ' Staff Wrtt?r | A private film collector in J Florida announced Wed- I nesday he is donating 2.75 | million feet of documentary | and motion picture film to J USC's Educational Foun- I dation. 1 I During ceremonies at | James F. Byrnes In- i ternational Center J Movietonews auditorium, I USC . resident James B. | Holderman said the multi- i ; 11: _i_n? J - " niiiiurn uunar uonauon j ''complements and sup- I plements the Movietonews I library." j Movie magnate C.E. j Feltner Jr. said that when he ( heard about USC's acquisition <of the 20th | Century-Fox Movietonews j library, he knew the j university was 4'the only place" his librarv should be. I "I suggest other film i ] collectors do the same," ! I Feltner said. "Columbia and the university will become a | mecca for documentary j films." FELTNER has compiled | his collection from in- ! | dependent news and film I companies over the past 25 ? years. He said he couldn't j J estimate the value of his [ donation, but non-exclusive I rights would cost $10 a |V running foot. USC will get j exclusive rights to the film. Feltner owns the largest iv privately-owned motion !< picture library in the United ?~ States. The collection in-1~ eludes more than 700 fpnturM nnH 9 OOft chnrt I subjects.Feltner said he made the donation because he wasn't interested in going into the business of leasing documentary films. The donation has been cleaned, rewound and catalogued by subject matter. Feltner said most of the footage has already been transferred onto safety stock, but some nitrate film Ftill remains. Holderman said the university hopes to convert the film to videotape for research and production. The GAMECOCK is ?he student ui ?ne university ot South Carolina *nd is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the (all and spring semesters and once weokly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK are thoso of the editors and not those of tho 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 the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, sub scrlption requests and other correspondence should be sent to the GAMECOCK., Box 86131. Russell House. University of South Carolina. Columbia. S C. 29208 Subscription s rates are $t>.50 per semester and $2 for the summer sessions. Third class postage paid ?t | Columbia. S C L- 1 Ly pmi before a grade of "F" is assigned. 1 The proposal calls for a grade of "F" to be assigned when a student's absences from a class exceed twice the number of scheduled class meetings a week or three class meetings in a summer term. film rr\Xl r Movietc W*** " jifl '' ^^B0M B^l ; -f?j ;-*"o -^'>5. ^, -^ pil^f^ - ;-.v * 55 -"v-i: '? " - --''^-y \ ~M^> : : -:' ' : : ' ? ggs ? W ?/ WW i Var // Army Air Force seen I.S. mediator Count I westerns and French me ieGau/ie back to Paris at the iDWMII I Mill * is new According to committee Chairman Joseph P. Ryan, several faculty members have asked the senate for the past three years to abandon the existing attendance policy or clarify it. "THE ISSUE first came to our attention three years go ector >neu;s '*> I include (from top) World j AC m ?* ? I 0?aaoHia?W( u. , lernadotte, Hollywood I n welcoming Charles I t end of World War II. J - \ PC ' RESTfil RPRT GJ and SRcOOn AUUCOHHMnBl ratten when a new faculty member brought it to our attention," Ryan said. "It was very unclear to him as a new faculty member." Since then, there have been "about a dozen requests for clarification," Rvan said. The existing policy states a student will be given an "F" if that student misses more than 25 percent of the scheduled class meetings, Ryan said. Several variations of the policy are in use by faculty in the various colleges and schools on campus. Therefore, students and faculty become win uovu auuui yviuv.11 regulations apply and when, he said. UNDER the policy proposal, colleges would be able to impose more stringent attendance regulations than the iinivprcitv'c hut a fo/?nlfw M.im v >/ M, MUV U AUVU1VJ member would not be allowed to vary the university or college regulations. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences' absence policy is more strict than the senate-proposed policy. Under the policy a teacher may assign any grade penalty to students missing I USC Educational Foi Fettnor Jr. for his recet picture and documentar I Fast, Free |l! Delivery 1 256-0301 [PMZZi 1 New) I Lowest I I 256-0301 ?8 ^ 256-0301 H HMHIM BHBBSBBSBHBB9RB8R8BRniHHHBBB8i dance A Faculty Senate com new attendence policy th they missed more than weekly class meetings. more than 10 percent of the scheduled class meetings. i The Faculty Senate will \ consider the policy change in its May 6th meeting. Also included in the new policy is | a proposal that would make i another "substantial dif < ference," according to i committee member Dr. Trevor Howa rd-Hill. < Hill said the policy would make no distinctions between excused and unexcused absences. "WE ARE not concerned to blame students for being away or excuse them for being away," Hill said. In other business, the committee recommended ipj*. 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