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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1966 10 CENTS PER COPY & PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
VOLUME LXXIX— NO. 13
BALMY DAYS ON CAMPUS—A trip to the library, casual talk
among friends, plans to attend the football game—all part of
the commaraderie among students of Appalachian State Teach
ers College. The handsome campus, a mixture of aristocratic
old buildings and stately modern ones is especially beautiful
in autumn; striking under winter snows; refreshing in spring;
and lush in summer. Several dedications of new campus fa
cilities will be made this year. (Staff photo)
Quality, Not Quanity Is Vital
Interest At ASTC, SaysPlemmons
Dr. W. H. Plemmons, presi
dent of Appalachian State
Teachers College, stressed the
importance of interest in qual
ity rather than quantity as he
addressed the student body at
the college's fall convocation
last Wednesday.
"We are not necessarily in
terested in size," Dr. Plem
mons stated. "But size is being
forced upon us,” he said in
reference to Appalachian’s
record enrollment which num
bers in excess of 4,100.
"We are more interested in
quality, and we won’t admit
cheapness,” he continued. ‘‘We
have a service to render at
Appalachian, and to do this
we have the best faculty staff
available and the best curric
ulum yet devised.”
In answer to a question
about ASTC’s possible future
desire to become a university,
Dr. Plemmons said that "if
other universities are to be
Sewer Project Underway
Contracts pertaining to installation of new sewer lines in the
Town of Boone call for completion of the project in approxi
mately 18 months. Mayor Wade E. Brown says contractors
are all here and construction started Tuesday of last week. This
line on Blowing Rock Road eventually will connect with the
County's new hospital, which is expected to be in operation
sometime before the first of the year. Brown says plans are
to lay most of the sewer lines before cold weather. The old
lines will intercept the new ones at various intervals. Work
on a new sewer plant—which will be located on New River
near Highway 421 East—will be started this fall, but moat of
the work will be done next spring. The plant will serve the
newly annexed community of Perkinsville.
created, Appalachian will
make its bid.’’
The president told the stu
dents that plans are being
made to soon expand the list
of degrees offered in the col
lege’s multi-purpose education
system.
Dr. Plemmons stated that a
mammoth construction pro
gram currently underway on'
the ASTC campus will elevate
the value of the institution’s
properties to $82 million. Re
quests for capital improve
ments in the near future
should increase the worth by
another $12 million, he said
The students were urged by
Dr. Plemmons to develop a
“spirit of proper attitude,
friendliness and cooperation.’’
Several trustees of the col
lege attended the convocation.
Among those introduced to
the student body were John
P. Frank of Mount Airy, E. G.
Lackey of Winston-Salem, Wil
liam B Rankin of Lincolnton
and Luther P. Martin, Jr., of
Mocksville.
Dr. Kenneth Webb, dean of
student affairs, advised the
students to address them
selves to the “real’’ problems
of each course of study, to
learn skills creativeness.
He cautioned the students
against joining in the wave of
protests which have recently
spread across,many of the na
tion’s college and university
campuses.
“There are revolts against
old ideas and practices, and
the persons protesting blame
their actions on such things
as their neurotic tendencies,
the weather or a troubled love
affair," Dr. Webb noted.
"Such things as Vietnam,
Russia, Red China, the war on
poverty and race conflicts are
real, and they are going to
remain with us. You can’t es
cap.* realities . . . you must
face responsibilities and ac
cept the role of an adult," Dr.
Webb urged.
Bingham
TalksTo LB J
About Visit
Ninth District Congression
al candidate Robert Bingham
last week issued an invitation
to President Lyndon Johnson
to visit North Carolina before
the November election Bing
ham talked with the President
Friday in Washington.
Bingham and some of his
supporters were guests at a
White House reception for
candidates attending a cam
paign conference sponsored
by the National Democratic
Committee.
Bingham said he did not re
ceive a promise from the
President to visit the area,
but that he was told the
White House seldom anounc
es a Presidential trip more
than a few days before it be
gins.
With the Boone candidate
in Washington were his cam
paign manager, campaign as
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First Homecoming
At WHS October 15
The first homecoming at
Watauga High School has been
set for Saturday, Oct. 15. The
232 graduates of the 1966
class have been invited by the
Student Council to attend
homecoming events.
Watauga High School stu
dents will elect a Homecom
ing Queen from the senior
class and an attendant from
each of the four classes. The
queen and her court will be
presented at the football game
on Saturday evening.
The Watauga High Pioneers
will meet Taylorsville High
School on the college field at
8 p. m. After the football
game, the 1966 alumni and
high school students will at
tend the Homecoming Dance.
Homecoming is being spon
sored by the Watauga High
School Student Council.
“Anything Is Possible ”
Dare To Be Different,
Teachers Admonished
2,200 Gather
At Annual Meet
District NCEA
Dr. A. C. Dawson, Execu
tive Secretary of the North
Carolina Education Associa
tion, advised his hearers to
“dare to be different” as 2,200
teachers and school adminis
trators gathered in Boone Fri
day for the 44th annual North
western District Convention of
the NCEA.
“If," said Dr. Dawson, “we
have high, apple-pie-in-the-sky
hopes, just about anything is
possible in education.”
"Knowledge Explosion”
The “knowledge explosion,”
he said, is the most dramatic
change in the world today,
with the store of accumulated
knowledge in 1700 doubling
by 1900, doubling again by
1950 and again by 1965.
Predictions are, he said, that
“today’s vast store of knowl
edge will double again by 1974
. . . The question is no longer
what to teach, but what not to
teach. A modern course of
study can be the difference be
tween a dynamic educational
system and a dead one.”
The educational profession,
he said, is “gearing up” for
faster application of new
ideas. In the past, Dawson
said, 30 years often elasped
between the discovery of an
improved teaching idea and its
application.
Coffey Speaks
Representatives of several
special schools and educational
projects described the work of
their organizations.
Barney Coffey, representing
the N. C. Advancement School
at Winston-Salem, said follow
up studies indicate that about
70 per cent of the students
who attend the school are more
highly motivated and have bet
ter attitudes toward learning
when they return to their
home schools.
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L T. VALENTINS
Democratic
State Chmn.
Rally Speaker
A Watauga County Demo
cratic rally will be held Fri
day. Sept. 30. at 6:30 p. m at
Watauga High School.
Hon. I. T. Valentine. Jr.,
chairman of the North Caro
1 i n a Democratic Executive
Committee, will be the featur
ed speaker, and James A.
Dugger, chairman of the Wa
tauga County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, will pre
side.
Tickets are available at
Democratic Headquarters in
the old Hillside Dairy build
ing opposite the Bus Station.
Call headquarters. 264-9114,
if tickets are needed.
All Democrats are urged to
attend this important meet
ing.
Top Officials Of NCEA
Officers. 1 r. are Mrs. Helen (iardner of Mt.
Airy, vice-president of the Northwestern Dis
trict; Mrs. Ernestine Starnes of Raleigh, State
president; Mrs. Christina Christian of White
Plains, past District president; and Mrs. Mary
High, District president. The united teach
ing profession symbol displayed on the wall
ty pi lies the forward thrust of education
through a united profession. It combines the
ancient (ireok word for education and an ar
row that indicates new direction for the future.
The Boone Merchants Association distributed
welcome signs throughout town prior to the
meeting. tStaff photo)
Nursery School Is To Be
Named For Miss Lucy Brock
The Lucy Brock Nursery
School, named in honor of a
retired chairman of the De
partment of Home Economics
at Appalachian State Teachers
College, will be dedicated
Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Catherine Dennis of Ra
leigh, state supervisor of Home
Economics education, will de
liver the dedication address.
The ceremonies are scheduled
for 2 p.m in the auditorium
of I. G Greer Music Hall
The Nursery School build
ing, which was erected at a
cost of $72,000 from state ap
propriations, was opened last
fall. Mrs. Juanita Egerton di
rects the school's operations
and is aided by a staff of five
student assistants, a nurse and
a cook.
The primary function of the
school is to serve as a labora
tory for Home Economics stu
dents who are taking child de
velopment courses.
Miss Brock, a native of
Tennessee, was bom in 1895.
She received the B S., A. B
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Court Term
In Progress
Watauga Superior Court
convened Monday for the
trial of criminal cases, and
Hon. Hugh B. Campbell of
Charlotte is the presiding
Judge.
The rather heavy docket,
composed largely of traffic
violations, produced a good
many submissions where
misdemeanors were concern
ed.
The Democrat will carry
the complete proceedings of
the court in its next edition.
MISS LUCY BROCK
Lnited Fund Kickoff
Breakfast Next Tuesday
Solicitors for the Watauga
Chapter United Fund will
meet at 7 a. m. Tuesday, Oct.
4. for a kickoff breakfast at
the Gateway Restaurant.
Campaign Chairman Wade
Wilmouth says folders and
pledge cards will be distribut
ed and plans finalized for the
area appeal to bring money to
the County’s 24 agencies par
ticipating in this year’s cam
paign.
Wilmouth says the cam
paign committee is planning
to complete the campaign next
week and a victory luncheon
has been scheduled for the
following Monday, Oct. 10.
Last year’s goal was $17,000.
Wilmouth says the upcoming
campaign will seek a total of
$16,000.
Plans Being Made For
Annual Farm-City Meet
Representatives from the
Boone Chamber of Commerce
and the Agricultural Workers
Council and the County Coun
cil of Community Develop
ment Clubs met at the Wa
tauga Savings and Loan As
sociation Friday night to make
plans for the annual Farm
ity Week Dinner.
Committees were appointed
to work on detailed matters
of the annual event to be held
in November:
Program Committee: Clyde
Greene, chairman; L. E. Tuck*
wilier, Jerry Adams, Mrs.
Howard Dancy, Mrs. &. G.
Shipley, Stanley Harris, Jr,
Wade Moretx and Donald Dun
Up. ■■ 'V
Publicity Committee: Rachel
. Rivers, Miss Jane Smith and Jf,
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