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ExUSC Preside Dr. Thomas F. Jones Jr. Help Wanted: Center Managers jr. Achievement of Greater Columbia J.A. in Columbia is seeking former ^ ^ achievers for volunteer center managers. Opportunity to get re-involved with J.A. Mileage paid! Call Jim Mooney, E.D. for details. 799-4444. j dnarpes I tUTBI Hallmark at I jL Five Points j Anniversary I Celebration I tome join us! SALE BEGAN SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th SILK FLOWERS & ARRANGEMENTS P* - 20% OFF r HALLMARK CARDS ! - 2 For the price of 1 HALLMARK JEWELRY - 50 % OFF rAH/icrnri/ MAni/iMr -2 Packs for $1 CHILDREN'S BOOKS - 20 % OFF | "LITTLE GALLERY" GIFTS - 20 % OFF PEN & PENCIL SETS - 20 % OFF BRIDGE CARDS - 20 % OFF } (All of the sale items are select I groups only. Shop Early For I Christmas & Birthdays.) mt Dies, But Lc Dr. Thomas F. Jones Jr., president of USC from 1962 to 1974 and more recently vice president of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died July 14, after a ba*tle with cancer. He was 65. ./ones, a Tf?nnessp#?-horn pnffinppr and nhv?si**i?t u/hn received his doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, resigned from USC in 1974, denying the accusation that he was forced from office by political pressure. He returned to MIT and planned to retire this year. In South Carolina, he was best known for guiding the university through times of turbulent progression that left scars on other Southern institutions facing the same challenges. His leadership was tested and proved as early as 1963 when he headed a peaceful integration process at USC, while universities in Mississippi and Alabama were crippled by racial rioting. jones also was responsioie lor innovations at UMJ, including independent study courses and the General Studies program (which withstood this year an attempt by the Commission on Higher Education to eliminate its two-year programs). He also began laying the ground work for the USC School of Medicine, which graduated its first class in May. Jones helped the university weather the early 60s and prepared it for a continuing climate of growth which began late in that decade. USC President James B. Holderman lauded Jones' work, saying, "The ground-work for much of what the university regularly is praised for today was laid by Dr. Jones during his highly distinguished term as USC president, and I continue to feel his presence every day as I walk in his footsteps." Holderman's statement echoes a tribute written by the 1967 Garnet and Black staff, which dedicated the 1967 yearbook to jones. 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DURING JONES' 12 years as president, student enrollment mushroomed from 7.000 in 1962 to 26.000 in 1974. and the number of faculty increased to 1,200. Jones, a highly visible man distinguished by his large physique, dress bow ties and famous cigar, increasingly won favor among students and faculty during those 12 years. Jones expressed his educational philosophy by writing that good teachers have three things in common: "They care about the subject they are teaching, they care about the people they are teaching and they transmit an awareness of their concern to their students." When Jones retired in May 1974, it was believed that he buckled to political pressure from the USC Board of Trustees and the state Legislature, although Jones denied those -11 ._A! allegations. He returned to MIT to take the position of vice president for research and remained there until his illness in 1979. Jones was buried in his wife's hometown of Somerset, Mass. Paul E. 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