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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, July 1, 1971 Nnubernj %>m 1101 Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 83.00 per year in advance; six months, $2.00. Newberry College costs are same Newberry College is in a dis tinct minority of the nation’s 1,250 four year colleges and uni versities; it did not increase its basic costs—tuition, fees, board and room—of $2,370 for the 1971- 72 school year. According to a study conduct ed by the Life Insurance A- gency Management A s s o c i a- tion (LIAMA) more than four- fifths of the 1,250 baccalaureate degree granting institutions in the United States have report ed increases in basic charges for next year; the median in crease is over 8 per cent. It makes no difference, the report reveals, whether the col lege is private or tax-support ed—costs are going up and up. The study shows that private colleges have increased their fees an average of $200 or se ven per cent for 1971-72), while public schools have increased their costs an average of $93 or seven per cent for state or district residents and $174 or nine per cent for out-of-state of district residents. The increases are causes by inflated costs of labor, food, plant maintenance, furnishings and supplies, and the rising sa laries of qualified faculty and staff members. The problem of trying to keep up with inflation logically leads to increase in tuition and other student costs. Dr. A.G.D. Wiles, president of Newberry College, com mented after the Board of Trustees voted not to increase fees, “Even though we are not going to raise our costs for the 1971-72 school year, we may have to consider it in the future unless private colleges are able to obtain state assistance or unless inflationary costs de crease appreciably.” Dr. Wiles agrees with educa tors across the country who say that a college can not increase tuition indefinitely. If it does, the college will reach what Lo gan Wilson, president of the American Council on Education calls the “law of diminishing returns,” which Wilson thinks many private colleges are reaching now. “You get a dropoff in enroll ments at private institutions,” Wilson said “when the middle class can get it free down the street with open admissions.” “I am convinced,” Dr. Wiles added, “that South Carolina pri vate colleges are approaching the state of diminishing returns, as Mr. Wilson thinks.” In order to combat the rising costs Newberry College, like all colleges, is re-evaluating its pro gram and cutting costs in an effort to keep within the Col lege’s budget. In South Carolina, private col leges looked to the state for aid; the General Assembly pass ed a bill in 1970 which would have permitted tuition grants totaling $1,200,000 to South Caro lina students attending private colleges. Supreme Court declared the le gislation unconstitutional be cause of Article XI of the state constitution written in 1895 pro hibiting state funds for religious purposes. Dr. Wiles, a member of the Higher Education Tuition Grants Committee, commented that he was not surprised at the ruling of the Supreme Court. He said that he felt that the decision was logical, though he had hop ed it would go otherwise. He added, “I hope that the General Assembly will seek at once to amend the constitution, so that grants to students who wish to attend private colleges may be made legal.” After the court action, State Senator W. J. Brockington in troduced a constitutional a- mendment in the General As sembly to legalize the Tuition Grants Act. At the same time, South Carolina’s Governor John West said he would push for approval of such legislation. Brockington commented that private institutions have been saving the State’s taxpayers “millions of dollars” each year. “If this legislation is not le galized,” the lawmaker said, “South Carolina will be requir ed to construct institutions all over the state at a more strenuous expense to the tax payers.” Hamm Guernsey completes test Myrtledales Beauty Hope a six year old, registered Guern sey cow, owned by Marvin J. Hamm, Newberry, has complet ed an official DHIR actual pro duction record of 15110 pounds of milk and 725 pounds of butter- fat, in 305 days two times a day milking, according to The American Guernsey Cattle Club. Guernsey milk is world fa mous for its high protein, de licious flavor and golden yel low color. The testing was supervised by Clemson University. Murph completes 0CS course QUANTICO, VA. - Marine First Lieutenant William E. Murph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. 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