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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1974 N.C. ESSAY
Space Needed for D & P
Chapel Hill Stalls Pearce Laundry Plans
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Pearce Laundry next door to Design and Productlon'^shop!**'*** ''
By SONNY LINDER
Essay Staff Reporter
Plans for acquisition of the now-
defunct Pearce Laundry Company by the
University of North Carolina have been
temporarily quelled, according to
several NCSA sources.
Speaking for the school’s ad
ministration, Martin Sokoloff, said that
although in his opinion, the jffoperty
“would be a good investment for the
state.” The North Carolina Property
Control Agency still has not had the
property appraised. Appraisal is the first
step necessary toward purchase of any
property. Sokoloff said that the reluc
tance to appraise the building indicated a
definite reluctance to purchase.
According to Sokoloff, Mr. Robert
Bourne of the Control Agency made it
clear after a visit to the school some six
months ago “that it was not in the state’s
best interest to buy” the laundry. Mr.
Bourne, in a telephone conversation,
declined to comment on the present
situation involving the building.
“Slim Likelihood”
The laundry is a three-story edifice
located on Waughtown Street next door to
the NCSA Design and Production
shop. It contains approximately 12,000 to
15,000 square feet of floor space, ac
cording to Mr. B.C. Pearce, the present
owner. “There’s also a safe built in,”
Pearce commented.
Pearce purchased the laundry in 1947,
and since that time has made several
additions, including a new frontal
structure. This front “could provide real
nice office space,” according to Pearce,
should the school decide to purchase the
buUding.
Pearce’s current asking price is
$125,000 or “a figure within a reasonable
range of the appraisal price,” said
Pearce.
Mr. Sam Stone, head of the North
Carolina School of the Arts Foundation,
said that there was “slim likelihood” that
the Foundation would purchase the
building. According to Stone, the main
reason for both the Foundation’s and the
State’s reluctance to purchase the
laundry was “the cost factor.”
Stone, in an interview last week,
pointed out that Pearce’s $125,000 figure
was “more than three or four times
greater than what the Foundation paid
for the present Design and Production
shop.” The Design and Production
building was purchased last year on a
ten-year note for $33,000 from Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company.
Stone said that both buildings are
similar in size and space and, since they
are directly adjoining one another, could
be made into one entire structure “by
knocking a hole in the wall.”
Stone continued, “some of the qualities
of Pearce Laundry you never could find
elsewhere nowadays, like the height of
the ceiling. Also, with that much space
you could simulate any stage space in
size,” an advantage in scenery con
struction.
Stone added, “You could even drive a
truck in there (the laundry). These are
hard-to-replace qualities.”
“Laundry Cheaper”
Stone seemed to indicate that, under
present circumstances, the purchase of
an existing structure would be con
siderably cheaper than building a new
one.
“That little maintenance shop on the
north end of the campus is under 15,000
square feet; that building cost $30,000
just to build last year. That is what we
paid for the present D&P shop, and we
got ten times as much space for the same
price,” said Stone.
Expansion
Both Sokoloff and Stone agreed that the
major reasons for the state’s un
willingness to buy were (1) Pearce’s high
price tag and (2) the present plans for
expansion already underway at NCSA.
Sokoloff said, “there may be the
feeling in Chapel Hill that we’re getting
enough for the Workplace. We’re three-
fourths of the way to getting it.” Sokoloff
was referring to the 3.6 million-dollar
request for a classroom-studio-library
complex currently m the proposed
budget for fiscal 1975.(See story, Page 1)
“Gigantic Card Game”
“Another factor to consider,” Stone
said, “is that the laundry should only be a
temporary solution to a long-range
problem. The purchase, if made by the
state or the Foundation, would not be the
ultimate solution for Design and
Production. The school works under a
phase-growth system, i.e., program
ahead of facilities. It’s like a gigantic
card game—you just have to keep
{iaying with the state.”
V^en asked whether the Foundation
could perhaps purchase the laundry.
Stone seemed negative. “It would be
hard to get the (Foundation) contributors
excited. They want to see new, modem
structures, not old ones... besides, we
haven’t lost the battle with the state yet.”
Rental?
John Sneden, dean of Design and
Production, seemed to feel that rental of
Pearce Laundry would perhaps be more
feasible at this time.
“The present D&P building is over
crowded; we get tighter and tighter the
more shows we do, and this affects the
other departments. Last sununer, we
had a hard time- the Summer Festival
drops had to be painted in the gym, and
the (N.C.) DanceTheatre had to lay
plastic over the Studio ‘A’ floor to paint
the drops for The Tempest. The laundry
building is convenient.”
“Maybe Sam Stone could look for an
interested realtor to buy the building,
and the Foundation could lease for five or
ten years. Then, we could stop rental
when the (Workplace) complex is buUt,”
said Sneden.
By PRUDENCE MASON
Special to the Kssay
Applause is what every student at
NCSA studies to deserve. It is also the
name of the student employment bureau.
In its second year of operation. Applause
is fulfilling its function as a contact office
to find employment for students on a
temporary or part-time basis.
Applause was established by an act of
the NCSA student council during the
1972-73 school year to see if there would
be enough temporary or part-time jobs
available within the community to ju/kify
paying a salary to the director. The
budget was set at $250.00 ($100.00 for
operational expenses and $150.00 for the
dirertor’s salary). Clifford Young, a
music student, was appointed director.
It became apparent after the first year
of operation that Applause was fulfilling
a valid student need. Prudence Mason, a
drama student, was appointed director
and the NCSA student council voted to
raise the budget to $700.00 ($100.00 for
operational expenses and $600.00 for the
director’s salary). The extra money
needed to operate the agency is financed
by a 10 percent commission on all jobs
the agency secures for students that pay
$20.00 or more. The student council
agreed to make up any deficit at the end
of the year.
So far this year Applause has filled
these jobs: Accompanist for You’re a
Good Man Charlie Brown at the
Tanglewood Barn Theatre, strolling
violinist for various cocktail parties, jazz
pianist for cocktail parties, booked an
opera (Menotti’s “The Telephone”) for
the Tobacco Researchers Convention,
classical guitarist for the state AAUW
convention, organist for a wedding,
singing pianist and classical guitarist for
a party, folk singer for a hobo party,
trumpet players for a trumpet voluntary
at a local church, string quartet to
play Vivaldi’s “Gloria” at a local church,
madrigal singers for a Christmas party,
and someone to sing the national anthem
and play the organ at all the Polar Twins
hockey games (that venture was short
lived, however).
In addition to arts related jobs, Ap-
Under present plans for expansion, the
Drama costume shop, which is under the
a^is of Design and Production, will be
evicted from its current home in the
Drama building within the next eighteen
months, Stone said.
“A portion of Pearce Laundry could
house the costume shop,” said Sneden.
When asked about leasing. Stone
relied, “This is possible. But not at Oie
rental (H*ice Pearce is asking; that’s
plause also has available students who
provide the following services:
babysitting, house painting, bicycle
repair, modeling, music instruction,
house cleaning, massage, yard work,
home repairs and many others.
By CRYSTAL POTTER
hssay Staff Reporter
Recently, a plagiarism case was
brought before the Judicial Board.
Because there was no specific NCSA
policy concerning plagiarism and
because of students’ ignorance of the
gravity of this offense, the work of
Judicial Board was greatly hindered.
Since then, the academic department has
drawn up the following policy, and it was
adopted by Student Council with a
unanimous vote at the Jan. 23 meeting.
NCSA POLICY ON
PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING
Student responsibility as it applies to
written work in all examinations,
compositions, papers, essays, and
reports, whether written in the
classroom or prepared outside, is defined
as follows:
I. In submitting written material, the
writer takes full responsibility for the
work as a whole and implies that, except
as properly noted, both the ideas and
words used are his own. If he cites from
another source without placing it in
quotation marks and without giving
credit either within the body of the text or
in a proper footnote reference, or if he
uses an idea taken from a single
source and fails to acknowledge the
borrowing, he has in fact presented
another person’s words or ideas as if they
were his own.
II.Following are instructions for
three or four times more than what we
rented the D&P shop for before its
purchase by the Foundation last year.”
“Get rid of it.”
Pearce, when asked for his expected
rental price of the laundry, said, it is
“$1,200 to $1,500 a month. I just want to
get rid of it. I just want to get out of
business, and I’d rather sell than lease.”
Any student interested in filing an
application and-or resume with Applause
for off-campus arts related or non arts
related jobs should call Prudence Mason
at 784-7170 Ex. 62 for more information.
Come by Rm. 308.
acknowledgement of indebtedness in
written work:
1. General indebtedness for
background information and data from
several sources is acknowledged by
inclusion in a bibliography of all works
consulted.
2. Specific indebtedness for a par
ticular idea, or quotation is
acknowledged in the body of the text or in
a footnote reference. Quotations must be
indicated by the use of quotation marks.
3. In general, students should not
consult the papers or notes of other
students or receive aid from other per
sons within or outside the academic
community, but if this is done, the fact
must be noted in the paper and the
degree of indebtedness made clear.
4. On occasion, with the special prior
permission of the instructor, a single
term paper may be used in two different
courses so that the student can do more
extensive study. Failure to make prior
arrangements with the instructors must
be construed as deliberate intent to
deceive.
III. Failure to abide by those simple
principles of responsible scholarship
is dishonest, as is receiving or giving aid
on tests, examinations, or other assigned
work presumed to be independent or
original.
IV. The student whose work is found to
be dishonestly accomplished and sub
mitted as his own for credit may be
brought before the Judicial Board by the
teacher; possible consequences include
suspension, probation, or expulsion.
Employment Agency
‘Applause’ Gets Jobs for Students
Council Adopts Policy
on Plagarism, Cheating