Page 8, The Carolina Journal, 1969
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Resolution with Rotaract
The resolution which follows
was adopted by the Executive
Committee of the Board of
Trustees of the University of
North Carolina at its regular
meeting in Raleigh on March 14,
1969:
Be it resolved by the Executive
Committee of the Board of
Trustees of the University of
North Carolina:
Second 1: Until such time as
the Board of Trustees shall act,
the following statements of policy
shall govern the conduct of
students and faculty members of
the University of North Carolina:
AS TO STUDENTS: Among
the objectives of student
discipline is maintenance of the
continuity of the University and
its operations. Any students who
shall engage in activities which
impede, or disrupt the
educational processes of the
University or other activities in
which the University is engaged,
or who shall counsel, encourage,
instigate, or incite others to do so
shall be subject to suspension or
expulsion.
AS TO MEMBERS OE THE
FACULTY: Among the
permissible grounds for
suspension or discharge in
accordance with procedures
prescribed in the University Code
shall be willful participation in
activities impairing, impeding, or
disrupting the educational
processes of the University or
other activities in which the
University is engaged, or
counseling, encouraging,
instigating, or inciting others to
do so. Section 2: This Resolution
shall become effective upon its
adoption.
BIAFRA!
Dear Mr. Smith
As chairman of the Biafran
Relief (’ommiltec, I would like to
thank the students and factilty
members who worked on the
committee and made the drive
possible. I would also like to
thank all those in the University
community who gave to the fund
itself. I am enclosing for
publication a letter that I recently
received from the Biafra Relief
Services Foundation.
Of the amount mentioned in
the following letter. $94.77 was
collected during the drive, 'flic
remaining ,$100 was donated by
the Student Ix-gislature.
Sherry Drake
Miss Sherold llenc Drake
Cliairman. Biafran Relief Fund
I'he University of North Carolina
P.O. Box :o4:.s
Charlotte. North Carolina 28202
Dear Miss Drake.
'I'hank you very much for the
cheque of one hundred and
ninety-four dollars and
seventy-seven ($194.77) cents. I
am sure this would go a long way
in relieving the starving children
of Biafra.
In keepitrg with the wish of the
contributors, the cheque has been
.sent to the Biafra Relief Services
Foundation, whose activity is
only confined to relief work in
Biafra. The Foundation will
acknowledge receipt of the
money.
I want to assure you that the
Biafran community appreciate
your concern for our unfortunate
country, whose only crime is to
be left alone after rejection by the
rest of Nigeria. Please continue
the good work.
Yours faithfully,
Ralph C. Nwakoby
Special Representative
Dear Editor,
Rotaract is one of the most
active organizations on the
campus of the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte. Composed
of only about twenty members,
Rotaract has accomplished many
deeds that larger clubs would
never have undertaken. Stressing
international goodwill and
fellowship, Rotaract has helped to
put a shining star in the eyes of
many underpriviledged children.
The Rotaract Club is just
beginning to plan what will be
perhaps the most successful year
in the history of the club. 1969
and 1970 will bring many
surprises that will reflect on the
good character and integrity of
the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte.
In the past the Rotaract Club
here at UNC-C, which was the
first Rotaract Club in the world to
be chartered, has distributed
discount passes to local
entertainment centers, served as
marshals for the Carrousel Ball,
built a float for the Carolina
Carrousel Parade, created a Book
Fixchange, and held a Christmas
Party and Easter Egg Hunt for
underpriviledged children from
the local nurseries. One of
Rotaract’s bigger projects occured
this past summer when the club
worked on UNC-C’s new
amphitheater. All great projects
occured in the past and the future
is even more promising.
In his address to the delegates
at the District 767 Rotaract
Conference last week, Mr. Richard
Helms who is presently serving as
President of the club here at
UNC-C gave a prelude to many of
the projects which may occur
next year. One of these is the
establishment of more Interact
Clubs m high schools in the
Charlotte area. Interact is the high
school equivalent of Rotaract.
The others are the establishment
of a tutoring program in a local
junior high or high school, and the
improvement of the international
relations by serving on welcoming
committees for foreign exchange
students.
In the next year the Rotaract
Club of UNC-C will be actively
engaged in service projects that
will help the University and the
community. Rotaract is open to
any student who is dedicated to
the ideals of service. Rotaract is
here to stay at UNC-C, and all we
ask is that you begin to react with
Rotaract and the projects that it
will carry out.
James Cuthbertson
Dear Editor,
In an age in which mechanical
and structural devices are suppose
to reduce man’s time involvement
and utiligation of energy, the
position of the bell tower, a tower
appearing to become a beautiful
structural instrument for sounding
warnings and joys, has created the
opposite effect by being an
immovable growing giant forcing
students to flee a city block
around it in an effort to protect
itself from student nearness.
Who placed this monster there
to grin so maliciously at me and
say, “Go around.”? I say, “Move
it, for my energy to escape is
diminishing.” It’s raining, I’m
getting wet. The sun is shinning.
I’m getting hot. Alleviate this
immobile monster, for it infringes
upon my freedom of movement.
How did such a progressive
university so irresponsibly allow
for the placement of such an
obstacle which is indicative of an
age of mechanization in the path
of student movement.
William Browner
One Step Forward,
Two Steps Back
Golfers Finish 9-4
In a most convincing fashion,
the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte golf team concluded
its regular season schedule with a
21-6 trouncing of Belmont Abbey
on Thursday, April 24.
The win gave the squad a 9-4
overall record and a 7-4
conference mark in regular season
play.
Victorious golfers for the 49ers
were Chester Melton with a
magnificient 69, the lowest
competitive score for a UNC-C
golfer this season, Fred Rees with
a 72, Fete Townsley with an 83
and John Rickleton with an 82.
Charles Alexander and Tom
Elliott rounded out the team’s
effort with a pair of 85’s.
Individual season records were:
Chester Melton 8-3, Fred Rees
3-3, Fete Townsley 2-3, Charles
Alexander and Tom Elliott 8-4.
John Rickleton 3-0 and Steve
Hillcn 6-4.
season has infused his golfers with
a beneficial air of confidence as
they approach the tournament. As
the win has added to the team’s
benefit, a loss might have
contributed equally to their
detriment. Thus, the intangible
value of this victory cannot be
underestimated.
Nevertheless, regular season
achievements are ancient history
now. The conference tournament
determines the conference
champion, and the 49ers certainly
have as good a chance as any
other school to bring back the
trophy.
With the Dixie Conference
rournament scheduled for May 1
and 2. the victory over the Abbey
came at an ideal time. According
to coach Faul Fleming the win in
the last match of the regular
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An Encounter
Vol.
When I was sixteen, I went back to New York for the first time |
ten years; it was the summer of 1963, hot and dingy in the big city|
walked the streets alone, knowing no one and finding nothing. I h)|
come to take a look at the big city, one of the many I vaguek
remembered from my nomadic childhood. The people that I passed^
the streets were somehow quite different from me, and I wondered!
they were not just machines, leaving me as the only real person in t|^
city. I began to act as if the strangers were automations; I seldom spob
and never smiled - there was no reason for smiling in such a hostij
environment. I shoved and pushed on the subway and through th
crowded streets. The non-people shoved and pushed back; all huna^
contact was reduced to conflict. I was not happy in New York.
One evening, as I sat reading in the lobby of my small hotel, a snu|
man with glasses and a hat approached me. He smoked as he walked;!
had noticed him before for some reason -1 think it was his crooked!
and dingy jacket. He sat down near me and opened a conversation,
broken English, and 1 don’t know why I did not leave in disgust, but'
actually talked with the man. He, too, was lonely. He was in Amerii
for a convention or something, and he told me to call him Jean. We gi
along famously, because we had both experienced the same Jisgust wii
the impersonality of New Yorkers. Jean described his feeling ^
“anguish,” and tried to comfort me by saying that the people "can
no other.” “It is a symptom of the times; they cannot help the w
they are,” he said.
Jean appeared to be about fifty. He had a crooked nose and a rathej
sinister smile, and there was something unusual about him. Though he'
spoke frequently about his “anguish” during the three days that I knew
him, he always seemed to be rather cheery. 1 might have described him
as a mischievious looking person, an elf, perhaps. For the next two days
we met frequently - at the Bronx Zoo, near a street vendor, in the
subway. He seemed to be very busy, but he got away from whatever he
was doing when he could. And we walked about the city, talking about
education and sports and politics. 1 was amazed at Jean’s wit and
knowledge of American politics. We also talked about newspapers and
the newspaper business. As I got to know Jean better, I began to realize
that the anguish that he felt was not equivalent with the unhappines
felt by me. His feeling was deeper, and was not something that he could
wish away or recall - it was always there, in the soul. Jean seemed to me
to be a true humanitarian. He was always friendly to the people we
passed and was constantly referring to the poor people of America and
the world. He had great insight into the motives of people, or so 1
surmised, and he knew much .more about the objects and sites of
interest that we Hsited than I did.
That last evening, I remember it quite well, he came to me room
about seven-thirty. My room was on the fifth floor, and Jean was quite
out of breath from running up the stairs (he always used the stairs). He
told me that he had come to say goodbye, and could not stay for long.
He sat down and began to talk to me about schools and colleges in the
U.S. I said that it might be nice to go to a college for a couple of years.
He got up from his chair and crossed the room to where 1 was sitting.
“Never forget that knowledge is the greatest thing that you can get in
this world. The greatest thing tha^ you can have is freedom, and you
already possess that,” he said in a soft but quite serious tone. We said
our farewells and Jean started for the door; he turned, saying, “1 almost
forgot. This is for you.” He tossed me a paper bag, saying, “Don’t
forget, pretend that the other people are as real as you are - just in
case.” As the door closed behind him. I thought “why?”
In the bag was a small paperback book. 1 still have it today; it is
NAUSEA by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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