Page 2, The Carolina Journal, 1969
Editorials
In the 69th Year?
Why Have a Yearbook?
An annual does something for a campus that no other
publication can accomplish - it provides a capsule report that
covers the span of an entire academic year. The events that
affect the life of a school from one June to the next can be
presented in a yearbook in a manner that is both pleasing and
relevant. How, other than by looking at an annual, could one
find out who did what during a particular year? So one
obvious function of such a publication is to provide a history
of a particular institution during a particular period,
emphasizing some aspects of the period and subordinating
others.
“Pictures don’t lie,” is a saying that is subject to question
by any reflective person. Different aspects of a photographic
history can be stressed in such a way as to give a pictorial
essay the character of an editorial. This is another function of
a yearbook - to present the views of either the editor, the
staff, or some segment of the student body. And with this
function goes the burden of responsibility to the editor.
A third and obvious function of an annual publication is to
provide an outlet for the creative impulse on campus.
Photography ranks with prose, poetry, and graphics as a
creative outlet of the first order, and the annual is the
obvious place for such impulses to be given room to operate.
This creative effort, combined with insight and talent, allows
an annual to present a package that fuses past, present, and
tuture in a way that no other publication can. Tradition
juxtaposed with, actuality and possibility.
A final consideration concerning a yearbook is the
emotional factor. This factor has no measurable coefficient,
but is obvious, especially after a few years have passed by
and one needs some visual stimulus to aid the recall of
memories, both pleasant and unpleasant. Most of the
memories that can be recorded will usually be of the pleasant
sort - old friends, social events, intellectual discoveries, and
the thousand-and-on other little joys that make college a
worthwhile venture.
When one prepares an annual, he (or she) must know from
the start about how many copies to order and how good the
book can atlord to be. It each student were asked at the first
of the year to decide whether or not he wanted an annual,
some factors might lead him to decide that he did not want
one, but when the books arrive at UNC-C each fall, almost
everybody wants one. If an editor were forced to build a
book on the orders received at the beginning of the year, he
could not plan a worthwhile book at all. A substantial
amount of money (notice we did not say “a great amount of
money but merely a “substantial amount”) can produce a
great annual; whereas a cut in that amount might produce an
absolutely valueless pile of rubbish. The “goodness” of the
book drops sharply with a small fund cut.
The past two editors of UNC-C’s ROGUHS ‘N RASCALS
have done remarkable jobs with the sums that they have had
to work with, and we are sure that Miss frexler, the present
editor, will continue along tliis line. But these editors have
been operating on a tight budget, and any sizable cut in funds
woidd reduce the quality of the book enormously. And there
is little question about the quality of the past two editions of
the R‘NR; they have been teriffic. On account of the past
efforts in annual editing here, UNC-C is recognized as one of
the most progressiveschoolsin the realm of yearbooks on the
Last coast. What more can you ask for?
CAROLINA JOURNAL Makes
Dubious Awards Presentations
THE JOURNAL has
decided to announce the first
annual UNC-C Dubious
Achievement Awards. We
hope that we do not insult
anybody too badly (at least,
anybody who is in a position
to help us next year.) We also
wish to express our thanks to
THE TIGER at Clemson
University for the suggestion
to make these awards.
Without their help, these
awards would never have
been possible - a dubious
honor in itself.
This year’s LOSER OF THE
YEAR AWARD goes to the 49er
basketball team for their loss of
the D.t.A.C. title on the strength
(or weakness) of an academic
technicality. Steve Rayborn,
winner of the GOOD MOVE
AWARD, was also runner-up in
this category.
Robert Winton receives the
HAPPY FRESHMAN AWARD for
most rapid development as a
beligerent personality. His
crowning moment took place last
fall when he stuck his foot in his
mouth at the Bitch-In and then
proceeded to stick his pencil in his
mouth by following his
performance by writing a
ferocious (?) article in
“Comment” (to be honored
later).
The SPEAK-OUT AWARD
pes to Laura Jacobs for her
inherent tendency to do so. We
also predict that Miss Jacobs will
be a repeating winner for a few
years to come. The IMAGE
AWARD goes to Alpha Phi Omega
- for obvious reasons, while the
non-organization PHANTOM
AWARD goes to Delta Sigma Phi_
(if we can get enough of them
together for the presentation).
THE LARRY GARNER
TROUBLEMAKER AWARD will
be presented jointly to R. T.
Smith and Benjamin Franklin
Chavis, who may start trouble
because their names are
mentioned in such close
proximity
The Invisible Man Award
A special award entitled
“THE-TAKE-THOSE-
DAMN-SIGNS-DOWN-
AWARD” is shared by Donna
Raley and Gary Killian. Gary also
wins THE CRUSADER RABBIT
AWARD for excellence in the
field of ‘establishment-opposing,”
although his effort to “wipe out
the ruling die” was a dismal
failure. The Derby Dozen wins
THE ARTISTIC ENDEAVOR
AWARD for their dubious
defacement of the concrete wall
in the amphitheater. Sonia Mizell
gets no award at all for her
slanderous letter to THE
JOURNAL about its editor (we
had planned not to say anything
about it, but the temptation was
too great to resist). The Union
Social Committee wins THE JAM
UP AWARD, whatever that is.
And Ben Chavis wins THE
COMPETITIVE ELOQUENCE
AWARD for his profound speech
Meter Maid Metal
Did They Ask You- Students
About It Yet?
There are some students who feel that the annual is
valueless and should be discontinued to give more money to
the Union tor entertainment. Some of your newly elected
members ol the SGA hierarchy are included in this faction.
And we’ll grant that the Union needs more money, but none
of the student publications should be hurt in this search for
better entertainment. Many students, in fact, are quite
content with the entertainment that appears on campus at
present. We would like to ask the students one question:
Have your elected officials even consulted you concerning
tliis proposition? W,- believe that we already know the
answer.
No Sabotage Attempt
We, the staff of THL CAROLINA JOURNAL, feel that we
owe some sort of an apology to several members of the
Union, especially the officers and members of the social
committee. We apologize for not making our intentions
concerning this past weekend quite clear enough to be
understood by people who are emotionally involved with a
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Happy Hour Award TVinner
The INVISIBLE MAN AWARD
was split to cover two
one-semester-long examples of
excellence in this field. The
winners are; for the first semester,
David Guy, and for the second
semester. Bill Billups. We are also
proud to announce that the first
JURISPRUDENCE AWARD goes
to Mike Combs for the insight
displayed in his resignation from
tlie Student Court before the Ben
Chavis Trial^
under the flagpole one fine
Monday afternoon. Little Gayle
Watts, former JOURNAL editor,
wins THE DISAPPEARING
WOMAN AWARD, if we decide to
present it. Our own RALPH
NADER AWARD for criticism of
everything that comes up goes to
a particularly conspicuous and
well-loved group on campus that
lives in the Barnstormer office in
the Union basement. This group
also shares the “REAL” PERSON
AWARD FOR COLLECTIVE
INDIVIDUALITY AND
PLANNED SPONTANEITY. The
UNION CONVERSATIONALIST
AWARD goes to Jerry Williams,
who is always a neat guy to talk
to. THE ALBERT CAMUS
PAPER CLIP COUNTING
AWARD goes to Howard
Winniman, who has taken a
meaningless and absurd task (like
Sisyphus) and obtained both
meaning and happiness in its
performance. Meanwhile, we’ll
give the HE’S-EVERYWHERE-
l-TURN AWARD to Richard
Dedmon, because he is.
THE CRUELTY JOKE OF
THE YEAR AWARD goes to Mr.
Brock for his sterling registration
plan. And the WALK-ON-ME
AWARD goes to the nineteen
hundred students who did not
vote in SGA elections. The
METER MAID METAL goes to
Mr. C. A. Young for repeated
excellence in the parking lot. THE
roiOTS OF THE YEAR AWARD
is still open for nominations; we
wait to see if the N. C. State
Legislature will name Wilmington
College and Asheville-Biltmore to
full University status in the near
future. Tim Britton wins THE
BEARD AWARD; but THE
GEORGE WALLACE REDNECK
AWARD was not given (there
were too many nominees to wade
through). The Chancellor wins the
TIMELY ILLNESS AWARD for
his breakdown around the time of
our “revolution.” (We wouldn’t
blame him either; the fuse went
out before any action occurred.)
Shouting Award
THE JOE MCCARTHY PURGE
AWARD would go to Bob Scott,
if he had a chance. Our own
NORMAN MAILER RED FACE
AWARD goes to the
administration for the thefts on
campus by one of their
hand-picked men. THE HERBIE
MANN AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN
ENTERTAINMENT on campus
was not awarded for lack of
nominees. THE LESTER
HERLOCKER HAPPY HOUR
REWARD goes to Carolyn
Bobbitt and Angel Phil Wilson.
THE 49er AWARD just goes, but
F. N. Stewart gets THE 69er
AWARD for taking the SGA
Presidency. THE DAVID HUME
'PROVE-IT AWARD goes to
Student Court Chief Justice John
Lafferty, while his friend John
Robbins wins the
“THE-NEWSPAPER-IS-BEING-
Used - For - Personal - Vendettas
SHOUTING AWARD.” The
Award for Being A NAIVE
LITTLE JEWISH NEW YORKER
WHO EDITS THE LITERARY
MAGAZINE goes to Eileen
Auerbach, the sole nominee. The
Student Legislature gets no award.
THE ACHING CROTCH AWARD
for playing both sides of the fence
goes to somebody in Student
Government who will be around
next year; we don’t want to spoil
Joe’s year by naming him.
Finally, the Dubious Achievement
to Top All Dubious Achievments
Award goes to us for presenting
these awards.
THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
EDITOR R. T. Smithl
Copy Editor Sherry Drake!
Feature Editor F. N. Stewartl
sports Editor Mark Klafterl
Tartoonist Art Gentilel
f’hotographers
Art Gentilel
Business Manager Wayne EasonI
STAFF Walt Sherrill, John Lafferty,!
Donna Raley, Barbara Jean Smith, Rod White, Mike!
Combs, Gayle Watts, Tim Britton, Eileen Auerbach, Anna!
Bullock, and W. I. T. (?)
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