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WINS AIR MEDAL—The Air Medal (1st through 17th awards) for com bat missions flown in Vietnam with the Nth Aviation Battalion has been given Chief Warrant Officer James W. Suber at the Army Pri- m a r y Helicopter School. Captain Thomas Cooke (right), deputy direc tor of the school’s Educational Tele vision Division (ETV), made the pres entation. Each award of the medal represents a minimum of 25 missions flown. Suber is supply administra tor for ETV. He came to Wolters last August from Vietnam. He has also served in Korea. His other dec orations include the Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. A 1957 graduate of Gallman High School in Newberry, he attend ed South ('arolina State University at Orangeburg prior to entering the Army in 1959. He is the son of James Suber of Joanna and Mrs. Willie M. Collins, 741 Fernwood Ave., Toledo, O. He and his wife, Yvenia, and their daughter, Trecie, reside at Johnson’s Trailer Village, Mineral Wells, Texas. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Payne, 108 Mason St., Clinton. — (US Army Photo) Dr. Weersing Reports PC Gains In Support President Marc C. Weersing said in his annual report re leased last week that “in 1060 Presbyterian College gained greater support than ever before, planned curriculum renovations and drew trustees, faculty, stu dents and alumni into a closer relationship." The most dramatic news came on the financial front. Total cash gifts to the College set a new re cord of $1,276,121 contributed to all sources by donors numbering more than 3,000. The report said: “This was the year the EXCEL capital campaign in the Synod of South Carolina topped its $2 million goal in pledged subscrip tions. Payments on these pled ges came to $527,706 during the period. Simultaneous to this ef fort, the Annual Giving program continued its record-settingpace with $151,800 collected in 1969, mostly for current operations (bringing the cumulative Annual Giving total since its 1959 incep tion to over $1 million)." President Weersingpointedout that during 1969 PC adoptedplans for its most extensive curricu lum changes in 50 years. A new 13-13-7 academic calendar goes into effect next fall to provide more flexibility, readjust course loans and promote independ ent study. He said the faculty has been working more closely with the administration and the board of trustees in planning for the fu ture. Students also have been brought into a more responsible relationship with those groups directing the affairs of the col lege--serving actively on faculty committees and in an advisory capacity on certain trustee com mittees. The report also highlighted other areas of campus activity, gave a detailed review of gift sources and the current operat ing fund, and closed with these words: “Although needs are great and spiralling costs raise the ante of current operations, Presby terian College strives to fulfill its mission with fiscal respon sibility. The 1968-69 audit show ed no fat in the operating bud get of $2.16 million, which was balanced under strenuous ef forts." leview JUNQUE BY LENNART PEARSON Head Librarian Presbyterian College How to Make Something from Nothing. By Ruth Stearns E g g e. 224 Pages. Coward-Mc- Cann. 1968. To be able to make something from nothing is certainly a remarkable claim—it could even bring the theologians running. The author's craft, which she assures us is both absorbing and profitable, “came into being because of a housewifely desire to do something with an attic full of junk.” Her techniques are simple. (1) Find things like old electrical wall brackets, table legs, wrought iron curliques, parts from discarded cuckoo clocks, bits and pieces from aluminum silex coffee pots, cast-iron tops from parlor heating-stoves, light sockets, sewing-machine wheels, mattress springs, etc. (2) Take them all apart. (3) Put them all together again in new and interesting “decorator” combinations. If the attic gives out, it may be necessary to find a friend and go “junking”. The author sup plies excellent tips on where to look for junk (chari table thrift and salvage shops, auctions, house wrecking companies), what kind of junk to look for (ornate bits and pieces, soldered rather than weld ed joints), and where to find inspiration (picture books and women’s magazines). Diagrams, drawings, directions, hints, and many illustrations of the author’s own creations provide ample guidance for newcomers to the field, while tales of past triumphs lend a sense of high adventure to the junk safari. It occurred to me while reading this book that if some wider application of her technique could be discovered, Mrs. Egge might really have something to offer to the world. Since junk is so readily available—in books, music, political speeches, the mass media, to name only a few other places—it seems a shame not to do more with it. Could not some craftsman of the spirit find a way to dis mantling this stuff so we could put it all together again in some new arrangement which would dec orate intead of blight the city of man? The hope is probably vain. If the talented Mrs. Egge, with all her talk about “endless possi bilities for making truly beautiful pieces”, failed to get beyond candlesticks, candelabra, and com potes, how can the rest of us ever hope to close the gap between our aspirations and our achievements ? Then too, if it is thought that merely by rearrang ing the ingredients of the formula novel, the hack song, the sick poem, the situation comedy, or the political cliche, the element of quality will suddenly appear—presto! — why should our new combina tion be any more successful than Mrs. Egge’s fussy dustcatchers? The book, its claims discounted, is recommend ed for ambitious do-it-yoursulfers who have no il lusions and large basements. Snyder Promoted With NCNB Donald H. Snyder, manager of marketing analysis at North Carolina National Bank here since last July, will transfer on April 1 to the bank’s Economics and Financial Research Depart ment. He is a native of East Orange, N. J., a graduate of West Orange High School and the College of William and Mary and has a mas ter’s degree in business adminis tration from Rutgers University. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Elwood S. Snyder of 251 Gregory Ave., West Orange, N. J. He is married to the former Carolyn Thackston of Clinton and they have two children. Mrs. Snyder is the daughter of Col. and Mrs. A. J. Thackston Jr. of Clinton. * * * Airman Ivester Completes Course Airman Daniel R. Ivester, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ivester of 801 Sloan St., Clinton has grad uated at Sheppard AFB, Tex., from the U. S. Air Force air craft loadmaster course. The airman, who was trained to compute aircraft loads and to deliver material and supplies by parachute, is being assigned to Charleston AFB, for duty with the Military Airlift Command which provides global airlift for U.S. military forces. Airman Ivester is a 1968 grad uate of Clinton High School and attended Clemson University. * * * Jan King Is Initiated Jan King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William G. King Jr., was recently initiated into Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at Brenau College in Gainesville, Georgia. At the initiation banquet, Jan received the highest award given to a newly initiated pledge. 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