The Carolina Joernal
-Student Publication Of The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
Volume 1, Number 2
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Tuesday, September 21, 1965
Josh White To Be Here
Sunday, October 3
Josh White, one of the nation’s
best known Negro folk singers,
will perform for UNC-C students
and the general public Sunday,
Oct. 3, at 3 p.m. at Ovens
Auditorium.
Tickets for the performance
are available to students for $1.00
at the Union desk if bought
before Friday, Sept. 25. They are
$2.00 each for the general public.
White, who has made an
intensive scholarly research into
the origin and development of
American folk music, holds an
honorary Doctorate of Folk Lore
degree from Fisk University,
Tenn.
White was raised the son of a
Methodist preacher in Greenville,
S.C., and overcame diverse eco
nomic conditions to achieve a
plateau seldom reached by any
artist.
Ji's., Sophs
Wm Meet
Freshmen
To Elect
Officers
The purpose for the meetings
will be to discuss the Honor
Code. Juniors will elect two
representives to the Student
Legislature, and Sophomores
will elect one.
Freshman class officers and
representatives and night school
representatives will be elected on
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 21 and
22. The dates for nominations,
campaigns, and elections were
set up at the Sept. 13 meeting of
the Student Legislature.
Nominations will open Mom
day, October 4 and will close
Tuesday, October 12. Nomina
tions are made by filling out
available forms at the Union
desk. Campaigning will begin
October 13 and will be cli
maxed by campaign speeches
on October 20.
I SG Helping
I Betsy Victims
Preparations have already be
gun in both the campus political
parties — the University Party
and the Student Party — with
membership drives aimed specif
ically at recruiting members
from the Freshman class and
from night school.
Ban Hurts Accrediting,
Faculty Recruiting,
Study Commission Told
German Author Seger
To Lecture Wednesday
No Faculty
Member Loss
A noted German author and
lecturer will open the 1965-66
series of assembly programs on
the campus at 11:30 a.m,
Wednesday, Sept. 22 in the
Library Auditorium.
Dr. Gerhart H. Seger, Ameri
can public relations consultant to
the German Information Center
in New York, will speak on the
topic “West Germany Since the
Election.” He will analyze the
Federal elections held in Ger
many, Sunday, Sept. 19.
guest lecturer at New York
University.
His appearance on the campus
is being sponsored by the Univer
sity chapter. Collegiate Council
for the United Nations, He will
speak to students and faculty of
Queens College today.
Thus Far
Gaither
He has performed before audi
ences ranging from royalty in
England and Denmark to Presi
dent Franklin Roosevelt.
In these elections the major
contest was the race between
Ludwig Erhard, the incumbent,
and Willy Brandt, West Berlin’s
governing mayor, for the position
of Federal Chancellor.
Chosen
Dr. Bonnie E. Cone, Acting
Chancellor of the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte, testi
fied Friday, Sept. 10, before the
Britt Commission of the North
Carolina General Assembly that
“tbe areas in wbicb the Charlotte
campus has felt the impact of
H. B. 1395 (Speaker Ban Law)
most acutely are in the recruit
ment of a faculty which will serve
an ever-increasing student popu
lation.”
Chief Justice
In England he was booked for
all three classes of BBC’s radio
programing—low brow, medium
brow and high brow.
Chancellor Erhard is a mem
ber of the Christian Democrat
party and Mayor Brandt is a
Social Democrat.
In addition to an evaluation of
the recent elections, Seger will
discuss the overall political situa
tion in Germany today.
Junior and Sophomore class
meetings will be held Wednesday,
Sept. 29, at 11:30 in the Student
Union.
Seger is the author of several
books, including a history of
the Nazi regime published in
1955. One of his books, which
describes his experiences in a
World War II concentration
camp, has been translated into
six languages and has been
widely read throughout Europe.
During a closed meeting of the
UNC-C Student Court Justices
held Wednesday Sept, 15 in the
Student Government offices in
the Student Union, John Gaither
was selected by his fellow judges
as the Chief Justice on Jthe Court
for the 1965-66 academic year.
When asked what his first
duties would consist of Gaither
stated that high priority would be
given the task of filling the one
vacancy on the court.
Dr. Cone, who testified before
the Speaker Ban Law study group
along with other Consolidated
University heads, said that al
though “some of the problems
experienced by the other three
campuses” had not been experi
enced on the Charlotte campus,
one that had been was the handi
capping factor the ban places on
the recruitment of qualified fac
ulty members.
She gave as an example of the
hinderance the fact that a Harv
ard-trained Ph.D. declined an
offer on the UNC-C campus.
His chief reason, she said, “for
declining the offer (was) “the
continuance of the speaker ban
law,’ ”
Juniors will meet in room 210
and Sophomores will meet in
Rooms 206-209.
The speaker served as a mem
ber of the German Reichstag
from 1930-33 and was arrested by
the Nazis because of his opposi
tion to Hitler in March, 1933. He
arrived in the U.S. in 1934 and
became a naturalized American
citizen in May, 1942. During
World War II he served with the
Office of Strategic Services.
Seger has lectured extensively on
college and university campuses
in this country. In 1963 he was
’This is proving to be a dif
ficult task since no one seems
to know exactly what procedure
must be followed in filling the
post.
Since there is no provision in
the Student Body Constitution for
such an event the final action
must be decided on by the
legislature. The legislative body
might decide to empower student
body president, Gus Psomadakis,
to appoint a new justice, or a
However, she hastened to point
out that so far the law “has not
yet caused us to lose any faculty
members: they have believed the
Le.gislature would amend or re
peal the speaker ban law.”
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A second reason she gave for
repeal was the possible loss of
accreditation by the Southern As
sociation of Colleges and Schools
presented by the shadow of H. B.
1395.
“We . . . are particularly dis
tressed over the possibility of tbe
loss of accreditation,” she said.
Also planned for discussion are
academic regulations and
changes in the new catalogue.
The Legislature urges every
student to attend for decisions
made will affect the entire stu
dent body.
Meet The President
A drive to collect clothing to
help the Salvation Army aid
victims of the recent hurricane
Betsy is being sponsored by the
'student Government, Gus Pso
madakis, president, announced
Friday.
Students and faculty are urged
to bring clothing for children of
all ages and adults to a box in
the archway between A and B
Build.ngs and to tbe Union lobby.
Gus Psomadakis, president of
the student body, had disclosed
some of the Student Govern
ment's plans for this academic
year.
On the planning board at the
moment is a plan to initiate
some sort of leadership program.
The objective of this program
will be to cultivate and develop
leaders for all school organiza
tion, as well as for the legisla
ture.
In addition to the leadership
project, Psomadakis discussed
the possibility of establishing a
tutorial program in conjunction
with the education department.
If such an idea materializes.
provisions will be made for
qualified students to tutor ele
mentary pupils.
With the aid of other local
colleges, Psomadakis is seeking
to arrange a discount program
for local college students at
clothing stores and theaters.
“If other colleges will not join
with us in this endeavor, we will
go it alone,” Psomadakis said.
Another legislative a i m
Psomadakis disclosed is the at
tempt being made for the stu
dents to obtain more voice in
academic policy making.
The students' opinions should
be honored more in the univer
sity’s policy making, he said.
PSOMADAKIS