University of South Carolina Columbia - Garnet and Black Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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These two geology students discover that cooperation is the way to finish numerous surveying assignments. Dean Tomlin and Pros. Sumwalt seem very businesslike while ascending the sunny ramp of the Russell House. These girls seem to disprove the idea that girls are squeamish about dissecting organisms during biology. 27

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Dr. and Mrs. Robert Sumwalt extend a warm and friendly greeting to U. S. C. students during open house this fall. The University ' s oldest living graduates smiles as he once agam watches the Carolina graduation ceremony. EDUCATION-what is it? Is it books and lectures? Is it bull sessions in the Game- cock Room? Is it the discussion with a prof on the steps of Barnwell? Education is much more than these. All experiences, all learning, and all observa- tion blend together to form a thing we call knowledge. The processes through which knowledge is gained are called education. A group of shaded buildings and green lawns do not make a university. A university is a collection of individuals concerned with education — the gaining and giving of knowl- edge. Student and teacher form the basic relationship, but many more people are necessary if this basic concept is to function as it might. If we are to gain the utmost from our years at Carolina, there must be guide- lines to direct and create and control our experience. Administrators must oversee the basic function and insure its smooth execu- tion. Academic standards must be constantly examined if a high level is to be maintained. The classes we attend require books from the library. Our grades must be compiled and evaluated in the Registrar ' s office. Our rooms are assigned by the University land- lord. All of these require constant considera- tion and attention. Student, teacher, administrator — we collect these ideas and what do we have? ACA- DEMICS — our purpose in being here, and the reason for Carolina life. 76

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Sumwalt Leads University ' s Proposed Expansion TO THE STUDENTS OF CAROLINA: This is truly a wonderful age in which to acquire an education and begin a career. The decade of the ' 60s will bring challenges and opportunities unequalled in the history of mankind. We must be prepared for whatever contingencies may arise. In my 34 years at the University, no student body has shown more promise of success than that of 1960- 61. Your diligence, sincerity, and enthusiasm are inspiring. You have seen the physical progress the University is making for the future. I hope you also recognize the less spectacular, but more important, progress Carolina is making toward realization of its high academic goals. Every passing year should give you additional reason to say with enthusiasm, Carolina is MY Alma Mater. This year ' s graduates will leave a lasting imprint on the University. We ardently hope that wherever you go and whatever you do, you will take the University with you and that you will reflect credit on the institu- tion which nurtured you. Sincerely yours, ROBERT L. SUMWALT, President. DR. ROBERT L. SUMWALT, who has been a member of the University faculty since 1926 and Dean of the School of Engineering since 1943, became President of the Uni- versity of South Carolina in 1959. He received a B.S. degree in Civil Engi- neering from the University of Delaware. The honorary degree of Doctor of Science was conferred upon him in 1946 by the University of Delaware. Over a period of years, Dr. Sumwalt has been named to membership in professional, social and educational organizations. At the present time, he is a member of the State Committee on Nuclear Energy and the South- ern Regional Education Board, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi. In 1938, he was awarded the Kappa Sigma Kappa Award for outstanding serv- ice to the University. He is listed in Who ' s Who in America, Who ' s Who in Engineering, and American Men of Science, 28