Page 4, The Carolina Journal. March 20, 1969
Professor Evaluation at Westminster
Could It Happen at UNC-C ?
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.
-(I.P.) — Some professors at
Westminster College are being
rated by their students on terms
of the professor’s personality,
capability, content, testing,
mechanics, and students’ general
feeling toward him and his class.
This is a trial program of the
Professional Life Committee on
recruitment and promotion of the
Self Study.
According to Dr. Phillip Lewis,
dean of the college and chairman
of the Self Study’s Steering
Committee, the form distributed
to selected professors is to be used
to examine the validity of this
type of instrument for evaluating
professors. Class types include
elective, required, and major
courses.
The student does not sign his
name but indicates by letter (H,
A, or L whether he considers
himself high, average, or low in
ability. He then rates his professor
by the same terms on 36 items.
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in. They are then returned to the
professor so that he may add the
grade distribution for each class.
The instructor may use his own
discretion for any other use he
makes of the evaluation forms
while they are in his possession.
The forms will be submitted to
the committee so that they may
be evaluated for the desired data.
According to Dr. Lewis, the
committee will not identify the
results with any individual
instructor or students, and the
forms will be destroyed after use.
Dr. Lewis also noted that
several departments already use a
similar evaluation form for their
own purposes.Students rate the
professors’ personalities as to
friendliness, enthusiasm,
positiveness, humor, grooming
and tolerance.
They rate his capability,
according to his appearance of
being well informed in the subject
matter, ability to express his
thoughts well, clarity aiic
pointedness of explanations,
sensitivity and awareness ol
students, how well he listens to
the students, and willingness to
help students individually it
necessary.
The professors' tests are rated
for warning, number, adequacy,
emphasis of understanding as well
as memorization, being "well
marked,” promptness of return,
and fairness.
The forms, collected and sealed
in a labelled brown envelope, are
stored in the registrar’s office
until after final grades are turned
The Piedmont Club
Foundation of Charlotte has given
$10,000 to the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte for
the benefit of the Division of
Economics and Business
Administration.
Track Team Gets
Ready for Meet
With Catawba
The grant was announced
Wednesday by John Schuber, Jr.
of Wachovia Bank, chairman of
the Foundation Board.
The foundation is an adjunct of
the Piedmont Club, a civic
organization which contributes to
educational, cultural and other
charitable causes. Mr. Schuber
said the UNC-C grant represented
funds which have accumulated
through investments.
The grant, to be administered
by the Foundation of UNC-C, will
be used for one or more of the
following purposes:
-To pay a salary supplement to
members of the faculty of the
Division of Economics and
Business Administration.
-To assist members of that
faculty in research, writing or
travel.
-To purchase books or
periodicals for the library in the
area of economics and business
administration,
John Chapmen is president of
the Piedmont Club. Members of
its Foundation Board are Stuart
Elliott, Morton Church, J. Robert
Covington, J. J. Hanes and Paul
Marion.
By Mark Klafler
In preparation for its season
opening meet on Friday March 21
against Catawba, the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte track
team held time trials last week.
Captain Larry mcAfee termed
the tirrtes “pathetic.”
Rather than despairing,
McAfee is surprisingly optimistic.
One might better understand his
optimism if he knew the
circumstances the team has
operated under until now.
The most obvious disadvantage
is the lack of track and field
facilities. Up until last Friday the
team had held all its workouts and
practices in the dingyness of the
Union Parking Lot. The time trials
in question were held in the
parking lot with a stiff wind
blowing and a few of the boys
nursing colds.
Since Friday the practices have
occurred at Garinger High School.
But this still leaves the team
without a locker room to dress
and take showers in.
What is truly significant about
this is that fourteen boys have
enough dedication and enthusiasm
to transcend whatever obstacles
are thrown in their patii. That
even without the most basic track
facilities these boys will not let
that factor thwart their desire to
be a member of this track team.
When one examines the
situation in another conference
school, St. Andrews, the
magnitude of the spirit on the
UNC-C team is amplified many
times over.
Over the past few years, St.
Andrews has poured thousands of
dollars into its athletic program.
The result has been a beautiful
physical educaton building and a
sophisticated outdoor track.
St. Andrews will not field a
track team this season. Even with
the aforementioned attractions,
not enough boys turned out.
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Publications Sponsor
Photo Contest
The ROGUES ‘N RASCALS
and the CAROLINA JOURNAL
are sponsoring a photo contest to
be held in conjuiKtion with the
Union’s Fire Arts Week. The
purposes of this contest are to
find if tlvere is sufficient interest
in photography on this campus to
warrant instituting a course in
photography, and to discover
hidden talent that might possibly
be put to good use on one of the
student publications.
lire rules tor the contest are as
follow:
1. Only UNC-C students are
eligible to enter.
2. Only black and white
photographs may be submitted.
3. There is no tiniitation on the
size of tire photos.
4. Entries must be submitted
to the editors of either
publication sponsoring the contest
or else placed in their mailboxes
behind the Union desk.
5. The deadline for submitting
entries to the contest is Tue.sday,
March 25.
Three prizes of $15 for first
place and $5 for both second and
third place will be awarded. The
judges for the contest will bo
professional photographers fvoin
the Charlotte area. Judging will
lake place on Wednesday, March
26. and the winning entries will be
on display in the Union fhursday
and Friday.
Lost & Found Man: “May I help you?”
UNC C STUDENT: “Yes, I seem to have lost a Rayborn.”
L& F Man: “I sec. I’m afraid that none have been turned
in here.”
STUDENT: “Well, thanks anyway. Think l.ll look for it
in Talahassee.”
On Campus
This week’s “On Campus” tv
show will feature a rehearsal for a
play that is to be given in the
upcoming Union Arts Festival. At
7:30 on channel 42 (uhf) the
program can be seen Thursday
night. Under the direction of Dr.
Catherine Nicholson the students
from the UNC-C Drama
Department will run through their
paces. Don’t miss it.
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Permit to Purchase — Need a Gun?
Last Friday and Saturday the
University was host to the State
Mathematics Teachers’
Conference. Dr. Joseph Schell,
chairman of the math department
spoke on "Some .Mathematics
The phone rang one day last
week and it was my friend John
calling my friend Wayne. John
was in need of two persons over
21 years of age to testify to his
“good moral Character.” I
thouglit John was in Jail and
needed somebody to go post his
bond. John wasn’t in jail yet.
Expectations of College
Freshmen.” Among the other
topics included in the program
were mathematics in the U.S. and
abroad, the use of mathematics
games in the classroom, why teach
geometry, and a two-year Algebra
I program for less capable
students.
John wanted to get a permit to
buy a pistol. And John needed
someone to swear to his “good
moral character.”
That is the truth. The Clerk told
John that his reason wasn’t good
enough. So then John told her
that he did a lot of traveling and
needed the pistol for that reason.
That is the truth. She was almost
satisfied with that reason. Then
she said that John should say that
he needed it for self protection.
John said that. That was a lie.
So Wayne and I went to see
John and we went to see the
Deputy Clerk of Superior Court.
She asked John why he wanted a
permit to purchase a weapon.
John told her that he w'anted to
do a little hunting with a gun.
Wayne asked her if there was
any charge. The clerk said there
wasn’t. I asked if there was any
expiration date on the permit.
The lady said there wasn’t. So
Wayne and 1 decided that we
ought to have one of those
permits too. She asked Wayne
why he wanted one. Wayne told
her he had a hang-up for 7-1 I
stores. The clerk almost smiled.
She asked me why I wanted one. I
told her I wanted one so that I
coulU get John if he did anything
wrong with his and the police
were coming to get mo. She didn’t
smile this time. She asked us
again. We lied.
After 15 minutes the Clerk of
Superior Court had prepared some
legal looking papers before us and
we signed them,—3 times. We did
not at anytime while we were
there show any evidence for our
names, ages, or addresses. Wc
could have given false names, lied
about our ages, and also about
where we lived. There would not
have been any difference in the
proceeding.
After we signed everything she
handed us the permits. In part it
reads thusly: “...whose place of
residence is in Charlotte
Township, Mecklenburg County,
North Carolina, having this day
satisifed me as to his good moral
character, and that the possession
of one of the weapons dcscrivcd is
necessary for self-defense or the
protection of the home, a license
or permit is therefore given said
(person) to purchase one pistol
from any person, firm or
corporation authorized to dispose
of the same.”
Now that 1 have it, what do I
do with it? I don’t have a use for a
gun, I don’t need it, and in fact, I
don't want it. It makes interesting
conversation to say that I have a
Permit to Purchase Weapon.
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