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The Carolina Joernal
Student Publication Of The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
Volume 1, Number 4
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Wednesday, October 20, 1965
Youngest
Represent
Youngest
Coeds Kathy Scattergood and
Kay Troutman represented the
Charlotte branch of the Univers
ity of North Carolina at the
annual Consolidated University
Day Saturday, Oct. 9, in Raleigh
in the “Miss Consolidated Uni
versity Beauty Contest.
The two girls, both freshmen,
were the youngest girls in the
contest.
“Not only did Kathy and I
represent the youngest branch
of the Consolidated U^versity,
but we were also the youngest
competitors in the contest,”
said Miss Troutman when they
returned.
After practicing forming a
semi-circle at the ^ N-C. State
football stadium, they had their
first meeting with the judges,
Raleigh area faculty members.
“Then individual interviews be
gan in separate rooms,” said
Miss Troutman. We were asked
strictly personal questions such
as ‘Do you park?’ and ‘Give us a
picture of your ideal guy.’ ”
“After the interviews, we
were treated to a luncheon. And
when we left for the stadium
we were given corsages of
white camaUans.”
But luck turns, even on beauty
queens.
“Due to a mix-up in the
tickets, our 50-yard line seats
turned out to be end-zone seats,”
Miss Troutman said.
Mary King from UNC-CH
won the contest at halftime.
JBie was crowned by Dr. Wil
liam Friday, president of the
Consolidated University.
“We did end up with front row
seats at the concert of the Roof
Top Singers after the game,” one
of the Charlotte contestants put
in.
Gary Alley, a freshman here,
and Don Huffmon, a graduate
student at UNC-CH, escorted the
Charlotte beauties.
Honor Code Amended;
Students Vote Today
By JO LE FRANCOIS
Journal Staff Writer
A special meeting of the Stu
dent Legislature passed a final
amendment to the honor code
Tuesday night, Oct. 5.
The meeting was called for the
specific purpose of making a
second amendment to the honor
code by student body president
Gus Psomadakis, whhen he real
ized that many students were
being confused by the various
interpretations attributed to the
first amendment.
The honor code, as it was
finally amended by the called
meeting, reads:
“Under the honor code you are
on your honor not to cheat, lie, or
PSOMADAKIS
... at called meeting
Walker Elected
UP President
Locke Walker was elected pres
ident of the University Party at
an organizational meeting
Wednesday, Oct. 6.
A graduate of Myers Park
High, be is . now a juidor
majoring in history.
When asked about his party’s
apirations for the current school
year, Locke emphasized the
group’s willingness to work in
dependently and in collaboration
with other campus organizations
for the continued improvement of
tlu campus.
“I strongly feel that the Uni
versity Party has the potential
and will be a definite asset to the
UNC-C community,” he said.
White Entertains All,
From Ethnic To Pop
By AVA NEWMAN
Journal Staff Writer
Josh White gave a most exhil
arating performance on Sunday,
Oct. 3, in concert at Ovens
Auditorium. Accompanied b y
bassist Sean O’Brien, White, who
perhaps is best known for his
blues, proved himself to be most
versatile by running the full
gamut of folk music from Eng
lish ballads to blues and folk
song straight out of this country’s
heritage.
White outdid himself in such
numbers as “Nobody Knows You
When You’re Down And Out,”
“Where Were You When My
Heart Went Out,” and “Jelly,
Jelly.” On these numbers he used
the bottlneck technique of strum
ming, or barring, as it is known
Forest Green And White
Polls 33 Per Cent Vote
Forest green and white are the
colors students seem to prefer.
Anyway, that’s how the referen
dum held October 4 and 5 turned
out.
Forest green and white polled
33 per cent of the total votes with
135 for new school colors; kelly
green ranked second with 61
votes and 15 per cent.
Navy blue and white, a write-in
selection, took 48 votes for nearly
12 per cent. Very few ballots
were cast for the school’s present
colors, light blue and white.
The referendum was held to
help the committee decide on
colors for the young Charlotte
branch of UNC.
when done without the bottle
neck.
This technique, as well as
“making the iguitar talk,” is not
heard much anymore. It came
out of the Yazoo Delta where
most blues in America originat
ed, and is done by using a bottle
neck or a knife and holding it
against the strings as they are
fretted. This gives the guitar a
whole new range of keening, slid
ing tones. White proved himself
to be a most ethnic blues-singer
by employing both these tech
niques to a high degree of per
fection.
White’s personal magnetism
also shone forth most brightly as
he chatted with the audience and
his accompaning bassist. A great
deal can also be said of O’Brien’s
most rhythmic accompaniment.
It is good to hear folk music
that is happy, truly folk music of
the people. Where most singers
of today see nothing but dark,
dank, depression ahead and be
hind, White comes forth with a
smile on his face and discusses
the age-old problem of man and
woman.
White was called back for a
well deserved encore and ended
the show by his own improvisa
tion of one of Leadbelly’s best-
known songs, “Good Night,
Irene.” It was a good afternoons’
entertainment for both the ethnic
and popular folk singing buff.
steal; and if you see another
student doing so, you are on your
honor to report the individual and
the circumstances to the appro
priate student agency.”
The honor code had read with
the phrase “you have the obliga
tion of reporting” instead of the
phrase “you are on your honor
to report.”
Psomadakis said that the
amendment would make the hon
or code stronger in that it would
give the Student Court more
authority and put the honor code
in better light in the eyes of the
administration.
George Elam (Senior rep.-SP)
made the motion for amendment
and Susan Osborne (Junior VP-
UP) seconded it.
The final honor code was
passed by a vote of 13-2. A vote
is being held today for student’s
to ratify it.
Legislators’
Attendance
Is Required
Three bills were passed at the
Monday, Oct, 11, regular meeting
of the Student Legislature.
Bill 65-66-5 says that full and
prompt attendance of Legislators
is required at Student Legislator
meeetings. Only a certain number
of unexcused absences are al
lowed.
Bill 65-66-5 gives the student
body president the authority to
invite speakers to the campus
providing the cost of such con
tracts do not exceed $50.
Bill 65-66-7 set up an Academic
Affairs Committee to conduct a
course survey by polling students.
The analysis will be seen only by
the individual professors.
Great Talent Comes Naturally
By BETTYE ’TRAPPS
Journal Feature Editor
Josh White reads no music. He
has never had a voice lesson and
no one taught him to play the
guitar. How then has he become
one of today’s most talented and
successful folk artists?
In order to find the answers to
some of these questions. The
Journal visited him backstage
after his Sunday afternoon con
cert in Ovens Auditorium.
Siaging, for White, is as
natural a process as breathing
it to the average person.
Apparently his singing talent is
the combination of a God-
endowed gift and an inheri
tance.from hit talented mother,
a great singer in h» own right.
Though singing did come easily
for him, learning to play the
guitar was a different story. It
was only after seven long years
of following great blind street
singers and learning their unique
fingering technique that he was
good enough to land his first
recording job in New York.
“Don’t sing any blues,” his
mother warned, “only spirit
uals.” Josh did sing spirituals,
but when his collection of re
ligious songs was exhausted, he
recorded a few “blues” songs
under the pseudonym Pine Wood
Tom. These recordings estab
lished his reputation.
Watching Josh White’s light
ning fingers on the guitar, it i®
Wficnlt to believe that several
year ago a freak accident
almost put an end to his
career. He came close to losing
three fingers on his right hand
when he cut himself on a piece
of broken glass. ’This would
have been a catastrophe for
unlike modern guitarists. White
uses all five right hand fingers
instead of a tortoise-shell pick.
White is famous for his extens
ive research into the origin of
many folk songs. His work was
rewarded with an honorary Doc
tor of Folk Lore degree from
Fisk University in Tennessee.
Every song he sings has a
legend or history behind it which
White has studied thoroughly or
actually experienced. His pro
voking ballads about the fear and
depression in the South have won
for him a following of intellec
tuals.
With all his success. Josh
White remains humble and
obliged to do “whatever I am
asked.” This he demonstrated
backstage after the concert.
Although he had just given a
t w 0 -h 0 u r performance, he
graciously accommodated stu
dents who crowded into his tiny
dressing room to hear “just
one more.”
Without further coaxing, he
privately encored with “Frankie
and Johnny,” and then a few
spirituals. Still no one was
ready to leave, so White propped
his foot on a chair and encored
his encore.
JOSH WHITE
“Frankie and Johnny”