The Carolina Journal
SludeM Paklitsfnn Of Th* UnivtrtHy Of North CoroHru At Charletto
VOL. 2
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1967
NO. 19
'Only Once Will We Install
First Chancellor'-Dr. Cone
Douglas Sasser
James J. Sweeney
Robert Corrigan
um Begins Tomorrow
BY CAROL HAYWOOD
According to Dr. Loy H. With
erspoon, a tragedy might occur
Thursday, March 2. The faculty
and students might not expose
themselves to the knowledge that
the participants of the University’s
Forum can give them. The topic
for this year’s Forum is “The
University’s Relationship to the
Arts and the Community. ’’
The Forum isapreliminarypro-
gram to the installation of Chan
cellor Dean W. Colvard at 11 A.M.
on March 3.
Seniors
Discuss
Location
The Senior Class met to dis
cuss plans of graduation on Wed
nesday, February 22 in C-120.
Dr. Cone addressed the class
concerning the actions of the Co
mmittee for Graduation until the
present. Ovens Auditorium was
not available last June when the
Committee first met so a tenta
tive reservation was made for a
Park Center graduation.
When it was learned that Park
Center was not an agreeable site
to many Seniors, the Committee
looked for other locations. Several
places were discussed by the
Committee and then in the class
meeting.
- It was decided to appoint a
committee from the class to find
every possible location and figure
out the number of invitations each
senior would be allowed at each
place.
The committee will present its
findings at the next Senior class
meeting which is scheduled for
11:30 on March 15 in C120. Sen
iors have been urged to attend
this meeting.
Mike Thomas, President of the
Senior class, read a list of announ
cements pertaining to Seniors.
They are as follows:
Each graduating Senior should
pick up three placement sheets
from Miss English’s office. These
sheets go into a permanent file
on each student so that he can
get references anytime in the
future.
This campus is beginning its
own program in the arts; while
music and drama are being found
ed, painting is being added to on
the campus. The Forum will offer
the opportunity for knowledge of
what is going on in the frontiers.
It is hoped to encourage creative
and experimental work in all fields
of art, not just the classics. Dr.
Witherspoon says that the newness
of the campus provides the genuine
opportunity to do something gen
uinely original, the opportunity to
lead rather than to follow and to try
to hold on to what it thinks.
An address by Douglas Reidi
Sasser, President of Young Har
ris College, will begin the March
2 program at 10 A'.M. in the
Parquet Room of the University
Union.
Sasser’s address will be fol
lowed at llA. M. by an address
by Richard Gilman, drama cri
tic and associate editor of News
week.
Seminars will comprise the af
ternoon. These seminars will be
led by Robert H. Corrigan, Dean
of the School of the Arts of New
York University, and Norman Dello
Joio, Pulitzer Prize winning com
poser and chairman of the policy
committee of the Contemporary
Music Project of the Ford Foun
dation. Mr. Gilman and James
Johnson Sweeney, director of the
Museum of Arts of Houston, Tex
as, and former director of the
Guggenheim Museum, will lead
the seminars at 3 P.M.
In 1957 Mr. Dello Joio won
the Pulitzer Prize for his work
for string orchestra, “Meditations
on Ecclesiastes.’’ He studied at
Juilliard; after three years of
composition, he moved to the Yale
School of Music, For some years,
he was on the faculty of Sarah
Lawrence College. He was next
professor of music at Mannes
College of Music.
Continued on page 3
BY GAYLE WATTS
North Carolina state leaders —
including government officials and
heads of Universities — will come
to Charlotte from all parts of the
state to join in honoring Dr. Dean
W. Colvard during his installation
as chancellor of this branch of the
state university. The entire student
body is invited and classes are
cancelled for Friday, March 3,
so that students may be free to
attend the installation ceremony
at 11 a. m. at Ovens Auditorium.
“Only once in history will we
install the first Chancellor of the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte and it is indeed a privi
lege to be involved in this momen
tous event,’’ says Vice Chancellor
Bonnie Cone, chairman of the In
stallation Committee.
Installation activities actually
begin on March 2 with a forum
held on this campus at 10:00 a.m.
That evening a dinner will be held
in the University Union for Special
guests.
Dr. Barnaby C. Keeney, an alum
nus of UNC-CH, who is chairman
of the National Foundation for the
Humanities and who was formerly
the President ofBrown University,
will deliver the address.
Cornish hen stuffed with wild
“Jasseji Can
Be Caiie^'lled
Classes may be cancelled by in
dividual professors on Thursday,
March 2, so that students may be
able to attend the Forum dealing
with the Urban University and the
Arts.
Starting times of the sessions
are as follows: Session I, 10:00;
Session II, 11:05 until 11:50; Ses
sion III, 1:30 until 2:45; and Sess
ion IV, 3:00 until 4:15.
rice will be served. Also, Seal-
test Dairy has prepared a special
dessert in our school colors for
the occasion — squares of Vanilla
ice cream with green trimmings.
Eleven marshals, selected on an
academic basis from out student
body, will be on hand at this
dinner to help in any way possible.
These students are: Jerry W.
Causby, Charles F. Culp, Robert
A. Ennis, Patsey J. Hansel, Wil
liam J. McAuley, Jr., Connie L.
Morgan, Lindsay L. Robertson,
Macon C. Smith, Jr., William L.
Spicer, Susan M. Thomas, Johanna
M. Zimmer.
“Nineteen other students closely
involved in student government or
who have shown excellence in otlier
areas will also be present at the
dinner,” says Student Body Presi
dent Tim Britton. These ninetten
persons include the President
and Vice-President of all four
classes, Ellison Clary, Jr., editor
of the Journal, Sandra Brantley,
editor of the annual, the Executive
Council of the University Union,
and the Executive Council of tlie
Student Government.
Forty Students, including the
eleven marshals above, will serve
as marshals for the installa
tion ceremony on March 3 to give
our programs and seat guests.
Among the guests invited to this
black tic affair are the UNC Trust
ees, contributors to UNC-C,
officials of the general university
administration — including Presi
dent William Friday and his staff,
and heads of the other branches
of the University.
Entertainment will be a concert
by the Charlotte Symphony
Orchestra and a reception will
follow the dinner.
On March 3, the installation
ceremony will be attended by many
Continued on page 3
Dr. McEniry Is ISew Vive Chancellor
Dr. William Hugh McEniry, Jr.,
has been named to the top academic
position here. As vice chancellor
for academic affairs he will be in
charge of all academic programs
and the library.
His appointment was approved
by the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Chancellor D. W. Colvard said
that Dr. McEniry comes re
commended by his peers in aca
demic administration as one of
the outstanding academic admin
istrators in the Southeast. The
chancellor says he also under
stands that Dr. McEniry is well
regarded by foundations and had
helped Stetson to receive a Ford
Foundation grant.
Dr. McEniry is also a leading
Baptist layman and is highly re
garded in Baptist higher education.
A former president of the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Schools, regional accrediting a-
gency for southern institutions.
Dr. McEniry is presently dean of
Stetson University at DeLand,
Florida. He will leave his Stetson
position to come to Charlotte some
time this summer.
Dr. James H. Wahab, chairman
of the Mathematics Department,
who has been serving as acting
academic dean since 1964, will
serve as top academic officer
until Dr. McEniry arrives.
The 51 - year - old McEniry
is a native of Bessemer, Aiabama,
and received his AB degree in
1937 from Birmingham - Southern
College. He received his MA in
1938 and his PhD in literature
and philosophy in 1942 from Van
derbilt University.
At Stetson, Dr. McEniry has
been assistant professor of Eng
lish and acting chairman of the
department, chairman of the De
partment :of English and chairman
of the Division of Humanities,
acting dean of the University,
chairman of the graduate council,
dean of the college of liberal
arts and dean of the university
since 1959.
In addition to serving as pre
sident of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools, Dr. Mc
Eniry has served as a member of
the Commission on Coileges of the
Southern Association and on the
executive committee. He has been
a member of the Coordinating
Committee for the Educational Im
provement Project of the Southern
Association since 1963.
Other professional affiliations
include: member of the Educational
Policies and Practices Advisory
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Dr. William H. McEniry, Jr.