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Sharp and his wife, Rose, in 1S65: He had the Old Well in his hands
A world of beatniks, second-rate poets
The Paul Sharp of the 1960s had a thing about
"beatniks." He wanted to get rid of them.
"One can hardly apply for membership in the kingdom
of the mind simply because he wears smelly socks, a dirty
sweatshirt and dungarees or reads second-rate poetry,"
Sharp told UNC's Faculty Club in a 1964 address.
Second-rate poetry aside, the above phrase could apply
to practically all collegians today. But if students have
changed over the years, Sharp really hasn't. A recent phone
conversation revealed him to be ever the scholar and
historian, with a nimble vocabulary and an active concern
for his life's endeavor his students.
"Students are much more career-oriented today," Sharp
notes but "less well-prepared for university studies than
they were in the early 60s." Gone are the social and political
issues of the previous generation, he says, but Sharp
suggests that new attitudes and beliefs may result in part
Cross won't
"Mi&pmblem wish, mostMewspapers
is that they let telling the truth get in
the way of telling a good story " r M ike
Cross introducing his satiric lyrics about
the National Enquirer.
Mike Cross never lets the truth
interfere with the stories he tells or the
songs he sings. Alone on the stage,
armed with guitars and fiddles, Cross
has faced and fascinated green-clad St.
Patty's Day audiences many times.
Monday night at Memorial Hall was
no exception.
Cross once again brought his well
honed wit and stylistic mastery of varied
musical genres to his alma mater. He
interspersed anecdotes with bluegrass
and folk tunes and elicited laughs and
toe tapping from an audience that
couldn't quite coordinate clapping on
the correct beat.
Cross was able to easily shift among
instruments and styles of music through
out the evening. He played folk favor-
WEEK'S FAEE
TODAY
(The Sundowners will be shown at 7 p.m.
JdVf&nd My Darling Clementine will be shown
at 9:30 p.m. in the Union Auditorium.
Suicide in B Flat will be performed by Duke
Players through Saturday in Branson Theater
at Duke. Call 684-4059 for ticket information.
Long Day's Journey into Night will be
performed through Saturday at 8 p.m. in
Reynolds Theatre at Duke. Call 684-4059 for
ticket information.
Murder at the Howard Johnsons will be
performed by Thompson Theatre through
Saturday at 8 p.m. at N.C. State. Call 737-2405
for ticket information.
Return of the Comet is the current show at
the Morehead Planetarium. Call 962-1248 for
more information.
' Microscopes: The Hidden Art of High Tech
nology will be displayed through April 12 in the
Union Gallery.
Sculpture by Tim Rider will be displayed
through March 30 at the Morehead Building.
Twelve African Masterworks from North
Carolina Collections will be displayed through
April 27 at the Ackland Art Museum.
Works by Peter Bellamy and Luigi Ontani will
be displayed through April 4 at the Bryan Center
at Duke.
MORE REASONS TO LOOK AT T'BOLI AGAIN
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from their greater affluence.
What is Sharp doing today? He's busy with new projects,
naturally academic ones. In addition to his work at the
University of Oklahoma, Sharp serves as a consultant
for the Missouri Board of Regents, and is heading a
Kellogg Foundation-sponsored study for the state of
Oklahoma. Time permitting, he visits his three children
and seven grandchildren.
And Chapel Hill? "Oh, yes," he exclaims. "A number
of times."
When the subject turns to UNC, Sharp turns on the
charm. He praises William C. Friday as "one of the great
presidents in post-World War II education," and calls
UNC "a model for what Southern state universities have
tried to do ... a great center."
And that's no second-rate poetry.
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Concert
ites, blues, traditional Irish tunes and
bluegrass.
Songs like "Nobby" and "Carrboro
Crossing" carried the brunt of the show,
while material from his most recent
album, "Solo at Midnight," added new
vitality.
A fiery rendition of "Panama
Limited" evoked clear images of trains
booming down thick metal tracks. And
with the. assistance of a finger slide, the
bluesy song reeked with stirring sadness.
Cross built around these songs by
adding his vocal impressions of Eddie
Van Halen performing a guitar solo and
Ginger Baker on the drums. He also
couldn't resist poking fun at the "save
the whales" campaign. Cross unrolled
Paper Routes will be displayed through April
25 at Somerhill Gallery.
Rebecca' Martin will speak on "Post
Impressionism to Cubism" at 1 1 a.m. at the North
Carolina Museum of Art.
Henry Glassie will speak on folk art at 8 p.m.
at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Dakota Joe and Bullets of Blue will perform
at Rhythm Alley. Call 929-8172 for more
information.
FRIDAY
-t Cocoon will be shown at 4:30, 7 and 9:30
AfXp.m. and Koyaanisquatsi will be shown
through Saturday at midnight in the Union
Auditorium. Call 962-2285 for ticket
information.
The Marriage of Maria Braun will be shown
at 8 p.m. at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Call 833-1935 for more information.
Purlie will be performed by Theatre in the Park
through Saturday, at 8:15 p.m. in Raleigh. Call
755-6936 for ticket information.
German Baroque but Not Bach will be
performed by the Society for Performance on
Original Instruments through Saturday at 8 p.m.
in Gerrard Hall. Call 962-2224 for ticket
information.
Sylvia Glickman, pianist, will perform and
lecture at 8 p.m. in Trent Hall at Duke.
North Carolina Symphony will perform with
games, puzzles,
adult toys
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a bathtub mat featuring suction cups
to promote his own animal advocacy
"save the baby squids."
While some jokes seemed a little
moldy to fans who have already seen
a Cross concert, many song selections
and quips differed from previous
performances. In the spirit of St.
Patrick's Day celebration, he altered the
lyrics of his song "Elma Turl." The
mistaken-paternity tale was set in
Ireland instead of Appalachia without
losing its original hilarity. The song was
proof that this Chapel Hillian is far from
a static performer.
The audience rewarded Cross's per
formance with a well-deserved standing
ovation; his annual holiday concerts
have developed a loyal following. Yet
Cross continues to earn his applause.
He refreshes old material by adding
instrumentals, revises lyrics for certain
occasions and always plays with inten
sity. Listeners are only left to enjoy the
unique Cross charm and music.
the McLain Family Band at 8 p.m. in Memorial
Auditorium in Raleigh. Call 733-9536 for ticket
information.
Henry Glassie will speak on Turkish pottery
at 3 p.m. in 106 Carroll.
Mary Anne Salmon will speak on "Resources
of Minority Elderly" at 9:30 a.m. in 236 Chase
Hall.
Legends of Irish Music will perform at 8 and
10 p.m. at the ArtSchool. Call 929-2896 for ticket
information.
Scrapyard will perform at Cat's Cradle. Call
967-9053 for more information.
The Woods will perform at Rhythm Alley. Call
929-8172 for more information.
SATURDAY
The Last Tycoon will be. shown at 7 and
J9:30 p.m. in the Union Auditorium.
Winnie the Pooh will be shown at I and 3
p.m. at the ArtSchool. Call 929-2896 for more
information.
Interieur will be performed by the Lab Theatre
at 8 p.m. and Sunday and Monday at 4 and
8 p.m. in 06 Graham Memorial Hall.
Jesus Christ Superstar will be performed
through Tuesday at Memorial Auditorium in
Raleigh. Call 755-6916 for ticket information.
Tales from Hans Christian Andersen will be
performed by the North Carolina Theatre for
Young People at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in
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Other ambiguities remain like the
explanation behind his departure.
Sharp offers no new answers, but
confesses no regrets. "1 never looked
back."
Besides reorganizing the growing
University hierarchy with the creation
of two vice chancellorships, Sharp
suggests that his tenure served another
purpose. "One of the things that came
out of it was a careful study of the
role of the chancellor at Chapel Hill
to the system."
But Friday disputes Sharp's claim
that his tenure prompted any changes
in the chancellor's responsibilities.
"The description of the chancellor
ship that is in the code of the
University is the same one that's been
there since 1945," when the University
system was incorporated, Friday says.
"The same language applies in all
cases, including Paul Sharp's."
J. Carlyle Sitterson, vice chancellor
under Sharp and his successor as
chancellor, hints that Sharp never
fully understood the limitations of the
job.
"The administrative head of this
campus is a No. 2 position," Sitterson
explains. "Some people work well in
that situation and some don't."
Friday agrees. "The job impacts
different people in different ways." In
his 30 years as president, Friday
appointed 29 chancellors throughout
the system. "I haven't always been
right," he says, "but most of the time
I can gleefully say that I have."
UNC history Professor William S.
Powell sees a lesson in Sharp's
stopover. "I think it's an example of
what happens when you bring some
one in who doesn't know the system."
In fact, the three chancellors since
Sharp Sitterson, Ferebee Taylor
and Christopher C. Fordham III
have all been Tar Heels born and bred.
But Friday scoffs at the notion that
an N.C. bias interferes with the
chancellor's selection.
"I've not known the process at
Chapel Hill to be provincial," he says.
"They look for the very best person
they can find.
"... If you do not have somebody
in the faculty qualified to be chancel
lor, something's very wrong."
Sharp's appointment, a notable
exception to Chapel Hill tradition,
Glowing sheets cut through the
By KATHY PETERS
Staff Writer
"" Kids have all the luck. !
They have playtime, He-man, and grandparents who
supply them with candy like it's going out of style.
A year ago, in a Fort Mill plant in South Carolina,
things got even better. A North Carolina man and his
co-workers developed a weapon to combat the boogey
man glow-in-the-dark sheets.
Jeff Dugan, a chemist for the research division of
Springs Industries, envisioned the idea. While others in
his department were working on creating fluorescent
colored women's clothing, Dugan got the brainstorm to
develop phosphorescent dyes for fabric patterns.
"For awhile it didn't occur to us what to use it for,
but then it just occurred to me that we might as well
use it on something you use in the dark," Dugan said.
After six to eight months of development, the sheets
are due to hit the shelves before the end of April, according
to Bob McCabe, vice-president of Springs Industries
performance products division.
They come in one children's design called Glo-Bunnies.
A multi-colored pastel print made up mostly of blues
and pinks, the pattern's glow comes from beige sections
on the bunnies.
The special phosphorescent dye is light-activated,
Stewart Theatre at N.C. State. Call 737-3104 for
ticket information.
Children's Tap Company will perform at 8
p.m. and on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the ArtSchool.
Call 929-2896 for ticket information,
Duke Symphony will perform with Claude
Frank, pianist, at 8:15 p.m. in Baldwin Audit
orium at Duke.
Duke Open Studio Exhibition of Art will be
displayed through Sunday at Duke.
Shady Grove will perform at 9:30 p.m. at the
ArtSchool. Call 929-2896 for ticket information.
Fetchin' Bones and Flat Duo-Jets will perform
at Rhythm Alley. Call 929-8172 for more
information.
SUNDAY
Bride of Frankenstein will be shown at 7
(?and 9:30 p.m. in the Union Auditorium.
Folk Art Films will be shown at 3 p.m. in
1 15 Ackland Art Museum.
Lee Harper and Dancers will perform at 1 1
a.m. in Duke Chapel.
Richard Luby, violinist, and Francis Whang
and Michael Zenge, pianists, will perform at 8
p.m. in Hill Hall Auditorium.
Kathleen Ann Wright and Andrew Karlis
Martens, violinists, will perform at 8:15 p.m. in
Biddle Music Building at Duke.
Duke Collegium Musicum will perform at 4
p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Durham.
KAVAFIAN
AND
KAVAFIAN
Tuesday, March 25
8:00 pm
Memorial Hall
Tickets on sale at
Union Box Office
Students $12.00
ended a nine-month search lor a
successor to William B. Aycock. After
considering 125 candidates, the search
committee led by trustee William P.
Medford thought that an outsider
might be more effective at the
University.
Sharp's selection looked flawless.
"He was a very popular person in the
university world in those days," Friday
recalls, "a person who had to be
looked at. A lot of universities were
considering him at the time."
. And what persuaded Sharp to leave
UNC, which then boasted an enrol
lment of 12,000, for the considerably
smaller, 4,800-student Drake?
Autonomy, it seems. Friday
believes that Sharp wanted to be "the
sole authority base of the institution.
That's a perfectly understandable
role."
David Grant Brown was an asso
ciate professor of economics at UNC
when Sharp nominated him for an
American Council of Education
fellowship in academic administra
tion. As Sharp's protege, Brown
followed him to Drake as provost.
Now chancellor at UNC-Asheville,
Brown probably knows Sharp as well
as anyone connected with the Univer
sity yet they never talked about
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Friday (left) and Sharp shaking
Ciompi Quartet will perform at 3 p.m. at the
North Carolina Museum of Art.
The Bach Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m.
in Stewart Theatre at N.C. State.
Benefit Concert to Fight the Waste Dump will
be held at Rhythm Alley. Call 929-8172 for more
information.
Scott Adair will perform at 7 p.m. at the
ArtSchool. Call 929-2896 for ticket information.
MONDAY
AShame will be shown at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
f-Yin the Union Auditorium.
Nancy Hyer will deliver her "Last Lecture"
at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall Auditorium.
TUESDAY
Breaking Away will be shown at 4 p.m.
iiat the Bryan Center at Duke.
Ani and Ida Kavafian. violinists, will perform
at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Call 962-1449 for
ticket information.
Duke Wind Symphony will perform at 8:15
p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium at Duke.
WEDNESDAY
'Boat People will be shown at 7:30 p.m.
XOin 101 Greenlaw Hall.
Don't Drink the Water will be shown at 4 p.m.
at the Bryan Center at Duke.
TEA TIME DELI
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Sharp's reasons for leaving Chapel
Hill.
But he has a few ideas. "Paul Sharp
is a person who always wanted to be
in a situation where there is an
opportunity for the leader to make a
big difference," Brown says. "The
situation we went to at Drake was a
growth situation."
As Drake president, Sharp initiated
the construction of a new law school
and new science and fine arts facilities.
In the process, Brown says, Sharp
expanded Drake's vision "beyond Des
Moines and beyond Iowa to the entire
midwest region."
The portrait Brown paints of Sharp
is of a man proud of his association
with UNC, however brief. "Paul has
a definite affection for Chapel Hill and
Bill Friday and admires the University
system in a deep and sincere way."
Just last week, Friday received a
congratulatory letter from Sharp on
the occasion of his retirement.
"I'm glad we're still, in touch,"
Friday says. "Paul Sharp is a tho
roughly decent fellow." Friday doesn't
understand the portrait oversight.
Nor does Brown. "If Chapel Hill
doesn't remember Paul Sharp," he
says, "Paul Sharp does remember
Chapel Hill."
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Photo courtesy of UNC News Bureau
hands: They're still in touch today
dark of night
according to McCabe. The glow lasts for about 30 minutes
after the lights go out, andcanberegenefated with the
'flick of a light switch. .. y-.j j ' i-
"Hopefully by the time th& sheets, stop "glowing, the
kid will be asleep." McCabe said.
The greenish glow is harmless, and the sheets are made
to survive repeated washings without losing their glow
power, according to Dugan. Glo-Bunnies will sell for
about $19 a twin set, the same price of Springs' novelty
sheets, McCabe said.
Springs, a billion-dollar sheet and apparel
manufacturing corporation, began shipping Glo-Bunnies
last month. Target stores have already put sheets on their
inventory and Richway stores are planning to buy them,
according to McCabe. K-mart is also a possible buyer.
At this point, Springs is waiting for public reaction,
"really testing the waters," McCabe said. He said it is
hard to tell yet how well the sheets will sell, but he is
optimistic about the Glo-Bunnies project.
"I think it's going to go over well. Well know a lot
more in the next four months."
The debut of Glo-Bunnies sheets has blanketed Springs
under a deluge of publicity that has taken the firm by
surprise. Dugan, now refers reporters, to the firm's main
publicity office in New York. ,
Selma Gokcen, cellist, and Paul Tardif, pianist,
both from Greenville, will perform at 8 p.m. in
Hill Hall Auditorium.
David Grisman will perform at the Big Barn
in Hillsborough. Call 967-9053 for more
information.
MOVIES
Plaza I -Our of Africa at 3:30 and 7:45.
Plaza Highlander at 3, 5:10, 7:20 and 9:30.
Plaza III -Pretty in Pink at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30
and 9:30. - , .
Varsity I Down and Out in Beverly Hills at
2:25, 4:40, 7:25 and 9:40.
Varsity II Hannah and Her Sisters at 2:10,
4:25, 7:10 and 9:25.
Varsity Lateshows Hannah and Her Sisters
and Pink Flamingoes at 11:30 Friday and
Saturday.
Carolina Blue-Care Bears II at 2, 3:45, 5:30
and 7: 15. Crossroads at 9.
Carolina White Go-bots at 2. Police
Academy HI at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30.
Ram I The Color Purple at 7 and 9:45;
weekend matinees at 1:30 and 4:15.
Ram II Brazil at 7 and 9:45; weekend
matinees at 1:30 and 4:15.
Ram III Gung Ho at 7 and 9:10; weekend
matinees at 2 and 4: 10.
Compiled by Elizabeth Ellen, arts editor.