The Carolina Jovrnal
Stu^nt Fahlininit Of Th» UnhfttiHf Of North Corotimm At Chorlotto
VOL, 2
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1967
NO. 16
Belk Gift Will Provide
Landmark Bell Tower
The Dukes of Dixieland
of Frank Assunto.
feature the trumpet sounds
Dukes & Ravenetts
Headline Weekend
BY CAROL HAYWOOD
“Schwingfest?” Yes, maybe this
year “Schwingfest” will take a
portion of the student body by
surprise, but in the years to
come..,.
It is hoped that “Schwingfest,”
the name of an all-week type party
held in Switzerland, will grow
each year until it reaches the size
of UNC atChapelHill’s “Jubilee.”
Nelson Lemmond, Chairman of the
University Union, says that the
Union will try to build this winter
weekend into a bigger, better thing
every year.
The first “Schwingfest” will
occur the weekend of February 10
and February 11.
“Schwingfest’s” opening event
will be a dance held on Friday,
February 10, in the Union from 9
until 1. Tickets for this casual
dance are on sale at the Union
Desk for $1.
Now, for $1 just what will you
get to see? Well, a national book-
John O’Connor
Is Victim
Of Heart Attack
Mr. John O’Connor, director of
food service here, died Monday,
January 26, in State svHle, of a
heart attack. Mr. O’Connor, a na
tive of Ireland, came to this coun
try in 1927. During the Second
World War, he served in the arm
ies of England and the United
States. He had been with the Uni
versity for almost four years. He
served in the same capacity at
Pheiffer College and the North
Carolina Sanitorium in Black
Mountain. He was on the Board of
Directors of the Saint Pius X
Catholic Church in Statesville. He
is survived by his wife and a son.
Mr. O’Connor was a colorful and
respected man here.
ing agency has procured a four-
member group, the Ravenettes,
from Atlanta, Georgia. This nat
ionally - known group has starred
in many Atlanta night clubs.
Following up the Ravenettes will
be the Dukes of Dixieland on Feb
ruary 11.
Night two of the “schwingfest”
will find the Dukes of Dixieland
entertaining students at Ovens
Auditorium beginning at 8 o’clock.
Continued on page 7
A bell tower that could be seen
for miles and become a campus
landmark will be made possible
by a $100,000 gift to the univer
sity made by Belk Brothers Com
pany, the Belk Foundation, and the
Belk Family.
The gift toward the tower, which
will probably rise 125 feet above
the campus and be known as tlie
Belk Bell Tower, was announced
last Wednesday by Irwin Belk,
representing the family and the
Foundation, George Dowdy, execu
tive vice president and general
manager of Belk Brothers Com
pany, and Chancellor D. W. Col-
vard.
The tower will likely contain a
carillon of approximately 183 bells
and clocks will be mounted near
the top.
ChanceUor Colvard said that
plans for the tower are not com
plete but that they probably will
be prepared by A. G. O’Dell and
Associates.
Mr. Belk said that the Belks be
came interested in providing the
bell tower because it is the type
of structure for which state funds
would not be available.
He said that the gift represents
the faith of the Belk family and
business interests in the Univer
sity of North Carolina and what it
can mean to the area and to the
entire state. He said that it has
already enriched the area and gives
evidence of providing the talent
needed to strengthen the business
and cultural community.
The Belks believe that the tower
will come to be a landmark and
a symbol of the campus that can
easily be seen from Highways
Interstate 85, U. S. 29andN. C. 49.
Chancellor Colvard said thatthe
Irwin Belk
Belk gift is further evidence of
the realization by the citizens of
the area that private support is
needed to provide the margin that
will mean a university of excell
ence.
Dr. Colvard expressed “deep
gratitude” on behalf of the Uni
versity and said that the gift will
have tremendous esthetic impact
on the campus. He said that the
tower would give the campus an
upward thrust. The buildings now
located in the center of the cam
pus are low-rise.
“The beU tower would enhance
the beauty and pleasant surround
ings of the campus, and it would
greet the visitor with a face of
loveliness and a sound of mel
ody,” Dr. Colvard said.
“We shall be very proud to have
this tower become a symbol of
the beauty and the grace of the
campus, and we are especially
proud to have it identified with
this pioneer North Carolina fam
ily,” Dr. Colvard said.
Mascot Vote Date
Set At SL Meeting
BY SANDY CAUDLE
The Student Legislature held an
)pen meeting in the Union Ball
room Wednesday, February 1, at
11:30 a.m. After the roll had been
called and the minutes had been
read silently and approved. Bud
Stokely reported that a new Rules
Committee Chairman and a new
Sergeant - at - Arms must be
elected.
Sally Hagood was chosen Rules
Committee Chairman and Hank
Rivers defeated Nick Stavrakas for
the position of Sergeant-at-Arms.
David Guy was then elected Par
liamentarian. John Gaither was
elected to replace George Elam
as Chairman of the PinCommittee.
Next, Bud Stokely read three
letters of resignation submittedby
Suzette Phillips, Diana Clark, and
Kay Troutman. He then announced
that each class president must
hald an election within ten days
to replace any Legislature member
who had resigned.
Larry Garner then appealed the
chair on the rolling that no mem
ber of the Executive Council can
take part in legislative debate.
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'Use Advanced Weapons’—Gen, Clark
BY LIBBY HOLSHOUSER
General Mark W. Clark who was
the signer of the Korean War
armistice at Panmunjom in 1953,
spoke at a luncheon held on cam
pus February 2, 1967. The lunch
eon was given for the surviving
members of the 28th Survival Ev-
aculation Hospital and LeGette
Blythe.
Chancellor. Colvard addressed
the assembly in appreciation of
the donation the group made to the
Atkins library. They presented the
library with all their official doc
uments which will be placed in
the North Carolina Collection at
the library. Others from UNC-C
at attendance at the luncheon were
Dr. Bonnie Cone; Mr. James Ray-
mer. Librarian; Joseph Boykin,
representing the library staff;
Dean Wahab; Dr. Rieke; Ken San
ford; and Legette Blythe.
General Clark voiced his views
on the situation in Vietnam. He
said, “We must use advanced wea
pons against the North.” In say
ing this. General Clark did not
mean atomic weapons — rather
full force air power.
He advocates meeting the comm
unists head-on. He feels that after
the United States has really hurt
the enemy, it would probably get
better results at the peace table.
His experience with the Commun
ists at a 10th anniversary visit
to the Korean War 38th Parallel
Line lead him to his view that a
Vietnam conference too early could
bring a similar situaticm.
“There on the 38th Parallel
are still 50,000 American troops
in full battle array, 300,000 South
Koreans are farther up half a
million Communists. It’s a state
of constant patrol,” said the Gen
eral.
The General feels that if we don’t
meet the Communists some place
and try to stop them as in Korea
and Vietnam, we wiU have to meet
them somewhere else, as Laos
or Thailand.
He said he believed our present
ground force build-up was about
the maximum needed in Vietnam,
“barring the unforeseen eventua
lity of the Chinese Reds coming
in.”
“So what I advocated in Korea
I advocate in Vietnam,” said the
general.
General Clark is presently on a
committee to propose revision of
the draft laws. He feels the “pro
blem now, and in this type war, is
we take so few out of so large
a pool of men. With this proce
dure, there are bound to be in
equities.”
After the luncheon adjourned,
those in attendance went upstairs
in the library to see the display
on the 38th Survival Evacuation
Hospital.
General Mark Clark