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Editorial Tuition I Not App Any student who has signed up for a ft 1 ________ i , Tn/-? ? ,, summer scnooi course ai usl ana men dropped it probably wonders; "Where does all the money go that the school keeps?" We at the Gamecock are also wondering the same thing, but have had a difficult time getting a straight answer from anyone within the USC administration. With this in mind, we are publishing an open letter to Howard Rhodes, USC Treasurer, in order to solicit a response to our questions. Dear Mr. Rhodes, When a student signs up for a summer course, and then subsequently drops the course for whatever reason he or she may have, a pro-rated refund is granted the student. This is a nice gesture on the part of the treasurers office, but the amount of the refund does not quite seem appropriate. For Example: let us take a look at the refund dates posted in the registration calendar for Summer II. 1981. If a student uprp tn Hrnn q pnnrsp nn Inlv IRth hfwnnlH have attended approximately 16 percent of his classes, but would lose 40 percent of his tuition fee. The 40 percent figure is obviously disproportionate to the number of classes he attended. If the student were to drop a course on July 21st, he or she would have attended about 40 percent of the classes, but would lose 70 percent of the tuition fee. Once again, the figures do not seem appropriate. The Jones Era Editor's note the following editorial appeal 197J in the Gamecock following the annc President Jones had announced his intentioi reprinted in its entirety. The state of South Carolina has not always I reform among states in this country. Nor ha susceptible to change, despite frequent m Q 1 r\/\l 1 t 1/"? "* I '1 nH A/^lUiottrtnol r? r*. C ?- ^r-v .ivv i C4 i . pv^i 111\_ d l illlVi tUULClllUllUi I C1W1 111 . South Carolina has been hamstrung with a state government, an inferior journalistic he plagues it. an educational system that has strides its counterparts have and a violent s sort of social change. The decade of the l%os rates as perhaps the this state since secession, slavery and war of or the violent reaction to integration that spav movements in the years that followed During the l%Os. South Carolina saw it I GAME CO l ni\t'rsih ot South ( .lrolina C olumhi.) 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When the office of the registrar was conand for professors salaries. Does this mean that USC is renting classrooms from some outside agency? Who is being paid for this classroom space. In regards to the part about professors salaries, it has been our understanding in the past that professors, being state employees, are already paid a set salary. Let's face it, these are not adequate answers to the question at hand, and pernaps you couia otter us a more reasonable explanation. We will concede the point that there are certain operating cost such as processing papers that must be paid by the university. Because of this, USC is entitled to a certain amount of the money refunded. It would seem more reasonable if it were pro-rated on a more equitable basis. Why not refund an amount proportionate to the number of classes the student had taken up until the time he or she drops the course. If a student attends 16 percent of the classes, then USC should retain 16 percent of the tuition fee. If the student attends 40 percent of the classes the university should retain 40 percent of the tuition fee and so on in a similar manner. A response to this letter would be greatly appreciated. The Gamecock will gladly print your response in full, Mr. Rhodes. Perhaps then, we can develop a fuller understanding as to what type of cost the university incurs in educating it's students. Yours Truly, A Iv VJUIIIVV tradition challenged by the its institutions of higher le private levels. A disappro> rcd Janucrv 24. busing ledto the outburst in >uncernent that campus reaction to the \'ie' t to foti-- ? It :.? troops in Cambodia brought to the national front as a rest Through all this, eovernon >een a leader in house members and their n s it been easilv Thomas F Jones has flow Uional eras of decade in almost every respc Jones' decision to step d poor svstem of doubtedly mark a change 1 ntage 'that still rumors are going to mount c not made the or his political ambitions. Bi uspieion of any for this school that feu wants to be a teacher in th most radical in ministrative sense. the early 1860s As his letter to T. Piston : ?ned anti-ethnic Board of I rustees states: 1 my areer as an educator hair s conservative as President I am a teacher mm On many occasions, thrc I Carolina has taken an even j G-^r- m i cgui u in i iwuigc's <.11 <iu ic\ wf social, political, etc. XI He has seen the advent of them through to completion bestowed upon the school < j that he has individually rec ! the university's prestige. Advertising "'4249 r? ? c \ i Production: 'V 2HH BUt th(> faCt J?nCS 1S a mits. He is totally wrapped to the point that he has beer (ditonjl Pjup (dilor , , . . Ccncrji mjimuvi and researchers charged w Produc tion Manager ideas work." Bus.no? Jones is not backing out o! AdvertisingvianjK<*i university. Perhaps the e Acivise# a . _ . . chief executive is waning reached the apex of a distinj I other material i on In all probability. Jones tr he editor | explore the "philosophy the writer ami .1 un perience." He wants to sec ,d ioiumn?. must be methods through. His great to students my years of exj ?'d he limited to >?. growing human being." in<i ioium.s must he Provided his resignatior Killing address i lass . . iiahit- hutth<>writers Wednesday. lorn Jones vv ues warrant it Opinions of J()IieS h?VC V; stvu- and w?- reserve presence has been a learnin the campus community; ;i ock Drawer A. USC " . . ... chaotic times, history will i mmmm? ?J valuable. admittance of black students to 'arning, both at the state and .al of the national policies on I-amar a fe\v years later. Rising [ Nam war and the entrance of the University of South Carolina lit of the spring, 1970. outbursts. 5. national representatives, state loods have come and gone. But ed with the ebb of a changing ?et own as USC president will unn policy at the university. The oncerning the state of his health at one thing is plain: Jones has a , administrators can match. He e academic rather than the adMarchant, chariman of the USC n a very real sense the purpose of ; been set aside during my tenure >ugh Jones' work as president. greater step man trie siaie nas in rels of life, whether educational. a great many projects, following . A great many honors have been during Jones' tenure, and those reived have added immensely to n educator, a point he freely adup in innovative education, even 1 "a little envious of the teachers ith making these and other new f the responsibility of running the vcitomnnt nf tuiim/ tVw? lwiIuvaI'i ??v ivv.iivim v*? w./v 111^, uiv o Then again, perhaps he has ?uished administrative career uly does desire the opportunity to of the teaching-learning ex the new trends of instructional test desire is to "make available x?rience as an educator and as a i is accepted by the Hoard on ill become a teacher on July 1 uried during the years, hut his g experience for both himself and ind experience that, despite the nark as one of this school's most fx fr wl' U Iv ^ JJ?^-1^ Former Pi laid faun Although we didn't know former USC president Thomas F. Jones personally, we do know the accomplishments he served and the foundations laid during his administration. From the people who knew him it ohvinnc fhut man was as well-respected and admired as any LJSC president in the school's history. His charisma and pioneering style were characteristics that endeared him to everybody at t IIIUVCIXllv W?ll mIhi/vi-I ? vitiviuuj . ?l v II, (Hill WD I everybody. The political pressures that have dismissed countless administrative members took their toll d u r i n g t h a t w i n t e r y January. Jones asked to leave and William Patterson VI'JIC hrmiithl in Knnl<i/>/. ..u.i ui uu(,ui in u? i cpmtc 111r> predecessor until Jim Holderman was eventually discovered and lured to USC. But nobody can forget that the gains now Ix'ing made have direct correlation from those Jones' days The ac complishments he niadr haven't the proper amount of space to be listed but must be taken for their worth during the 12 years lie served this college One must also consider what .Jones was asked to do resident dation with the resources he possessed. Under his leadership, the basketball program flourished as the football team was beginning to being a recognizable power. When he started, the University of South Carolina had six branch campuses that contained 7 'MFi s:tiiHpnts and by the time he left, 26,342 students over nine campuses were present on the campus. More than $(>() million worth of new facilities were added during his time, with $24 million under construction while another $21 in the design stages when he resigned. mere is no doubt that the man had something to offer to USC and additional services to education in his later years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His death represented a complete life of dedication and knowledge of higher education Kor those that knew him well, they are that much hlessi'H fnr h.-unnii ?l/? ? vvnr. iv/ Ins wisdom and graeiousness. Those of us who had no association with l)r Jones at all, however, only have to walk around the campus to rememl>er what lie has done.