October, 1976
Paul McFarland
Union Director
Plans Ahead
As the new Student
Union Director, Paul
McFarland’s main
concern is advance
planning to inform
students of options other
than leaving campus.
Bom in Harrisonburg,
Virginia, Paul completed
his undergraduate work
at Madison College,
Virginia, majoring in
General Science and
minoring in Com
munication-Education.
Then he attended
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute pursuing
graduate work in
Counseling and Student
Personnel.
When Paul McFarland
applied for a job at BAC,
he wanted to get involved
in student affairs, “I
really like to feel that I’m
part of things getting
better.” Paul feels we
should not linger in the
past, but change in the
course of new ideas. He
expressed that the ad
ministration has certain
inadequate values
concerning the student
bodv as a whole.
Paul was very im
pressed by the students of
BAC, and stated their
attitude as being
“mature and willing to do
things”, and was pleased
with the responsibility of
the students “getting
things together”. Paul
thinks of his influence on
the Union Executive
Board as a helping hand
to advise, not to
dominate.
Aside from Paul’s
duties as acting Director
of the Student Union, he
is the moderator of the
Abbey Radio Station
(WABY 55 a.m.). Being
in charge of the radio,
Paul is organizing a
communication class in
cooperation with WBT
radio station’s Jim Babb.
“We are working on a
F.M. license.” presently
which IS a good op
portunity for students.
The Abbey Radio “is no
longer a club, but an
educational enterprise”.
Paul says he owes a lot of
the radio’s rebirth to
Steve Ohnesorge,
program director, who
has worked with the radio
station WBT and Paul is
“very thankful for Steve,
he’s intelligent and
knows radio”. Areas
needed to be con
centrated upon were said
to be “sports, news, and
special programs.”
When new ideas stop
coming in, then Paul
McFarland seriously
feels it is time for him to
leave. We look for a fresh
start this year filled with
potential from the
students, faculty, and
administration.
Paul has great faith in
the student body joining
together to make this
year and every year
active and something
worth contributing to.
Duo-Piano Recital Held
In Abbey’s Cathedral
A Duo-Piano Recital
was given by Fr. Kenneth
Geyer, O.S.B., and Mr.
Douglas Zeller in the
Cathedral on the Belmont
Abbey College campus on
Tuesday evening, Sep
tember 21st, at 8:15 P.M.
Fr. Kenneth and Mr.
Zeller performed four
classical compositions.
The program consisted of
“Concerto for Two
Harpsichords in C”, by J.
S. Bach; “Petite Suite”,
by C. Debussy; “Five
Waltzes from Op. 39” by
J. Brahms; and “Con
certino, Op. 94” by D.
Shostakovich.
Mr. Zeller, a native of
Columbia, S. C., received
his bachelor’s degree in
Music (Organ Per
formance) from Furman
University and a Master
of Sacred Music degree
from the School of Sacred
Music, Union Theological
Seminary, New York
City. Presently he is an
instructor in music at
Sacred Heart College and
Something New
This year we are for
tunate in having a
number of alumni who
have volunteered their
services to contact the
alumni in both
Mecklenburg and Gaston
Counties.
Mr. Robert Healy is the
alumni chairman in
Mecklenburg and Mr.
Harry Creemers is the
alumni chairman in
Gaston. These two men
are organizing teams to
contact all the alumni in
these two counties.
This is the first time
that Belmont Abbey
College alumni have
organized to raise money
for the Abbey. Both men
are extremely en
thusiastic and are ex
pecting significant
results.
Something new will be
attempted in late
November and early
December to solicit funds
from alumni. A group of
administrators and
faculty will telephone
some seven hundred or so
alumni to ask their
participation in the
Centennial Capital
Campaign. The new way
for Belmont Abbey
College to ask for money
is expected to yield
significant results. So, if
you are telephoned be
prepared to make your
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Abbey’s Library Receives
Encyclopedias From W.C.G.C.
The Belmont Abbey
College Library was the
recipient of a set of en-
cyclopedias from
W.C.G.C., the local radio
station m Belmont.
Mr. Ebb Gantt, general
manager of the station,
presented the gift as a
sign of friendship and
cooperation between
Belmont Abbey and
W.C.G.C.
Dr. Gilbert Farley,
Chairman of Belmont
Abbey’s Business
Department, said that
the College was fortunate
indeed receiving such a
generous and valuable
donation.
At present, only 10
volumes of the 30 volume
set are on hand. This is
due to the fact that the
books. The Great Soviet
Encyclopedia, must first
be translated from
Russian into English.
According to Mrs. Jane
Freeman, director of the
Abbey’s Library, the
total translation process
should lake ap
proximately five years,
with the Library
receiving four volumes
each year until the set is
complete.
Belmont Abbey con
siders its self lucky to
have such a good friend
in W.C.G.C. and looks
forward to many years of
mutual cooperation.
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Pictured (1-r) are Fr. David O.S.B.;
Dr. Fraley, chairman of Business
Department; Ebb Gantt, business
manager of WCGC; Bro. Simon, O.S.B.;
Mrs. Jane Freeman, and Abbot Jude
Cieary, O.S.B.
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Central Piedmont
Community College;
Choral Director for the
Sacred Heart Singers and
for the Fine Arts Choral
Society of; Union County ;
Choirmaster and
Organist at St. Luke’s
Lutheran Church,
Charlotte, N. C.
Fr. Kenneth Geyer,
O.S.B., received a
Bachelor of Music from
St. Benedict College,
Atchisi'ii, Kansas, and a
M. A. in Musicology from
Catholic University.
Currently, Fr. Kenneth is
Chairman of the
Department of Art and
Music at Belmont Abbey
College and a member of
the Board of D'rectors of
the Gaston 'ine i^rts
Council.
plied research, especiEilly
to find a cure for cancer.
He then proceeded to
explain some of the basic
research in which he is
involved. His ex
periments with genes in
mice are aimed at
producing a pure bred
off-spring from
genetically perfect
parent mice. The im
portance of the ex
periments lie in the
implications of applying
these to, for instance,
cattle, in which case a
pure bred cow could
produce great quantities
of milk. The potential
effect this would have on
the food shortage, by
increasing the supply of
milk, is tremendous.
From this example, we
can view the importance
in basic research.
However, by congress
allotting money for ap
plied research, and in
particular for cancer
research, basic research
suffers. “Congress
seems to be trying to buy
a cure for cancer,” slated
Dr. Markert.
“A better alternative,”
according to Markert,
“would be to invest
money into basic
research. because
through that the answers
will be found.”
In conclusion. Dr.
Markert urged his
audience to support basic
research and write to
their Senators and
Congressmen in
Washington, D. C., telling
them to support basic
research.
(Cont. From P. 6)
Sem Dole
honorary Doctor of L.aws
degree was conferred
upon Congressman
Gerald Ford. On this
occasion in meetings with
students and the press
Mr. Ford expressed his
opposition to forced
busing, and said he would
not Mike to be in con
tention for the vice
presidential job.