The Carolina Joernal -Student Pitblieotion O/ The Uniyertity Of North Carolina At Charlotte Volume 1 CHARLOTTE, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1968 Number 14 Governor Dan K. Moore Dr. Tutweiler Speaks On Science, Religion On Wednesday, February 23, a good mnnber of people were present to hear Dr. F. B. Tutweiler, professor of chemistry at Wingate, speak on “A Conflict —Science and Religion.” Dr. Tutweiler examined and ex plained both sides of the contro versy. According to Dr. Tutweiler, science deals chiefly with the material world, whereas religion deals with non-materialistic things such as moral values. Both deal with man and his environment. The conflict lies elsewhere. The question, he said, is “Who is to say what is more real to people?” According to him it is that which is more meaningful to the individual that determines what is more real to him. Dr. Tutweiler explained that both science and religion have their assumptions and limita tions. The scientist’s assumptions are based on the belief that the universe is “orderly”. jVs an Temple Offers Study Grants In Mathematics Temple University's College of Education is offering an opportu nity for graduates to combine full time teaching and graduate study in the Junior High Mathematics Internship Project. Required are 9 undergraduate credits in mathematics and an interest in teaching disadvantaged young sters in Philadelphia. No education courses are pre requisites. After an intensive summer session, interns begin teaching in September with the the help of a master teacher and receive $5500 for the first year. There is also a tuition grant of $650. For more details, interested seniors should contact Miss Eng lish or Dr. Jesse Rudnick, direc tor Junior High Mathematics Internship Project, Temple Uni versity, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122 Gov. Moore On Campus Today To Open Forum example he cited the belief in the Virgin Birth which many scien tists say could not have happened because of the “orderliness of the universe.”. The scientist believes in observation and reason as the method of obtaining ultimate truths. Through reason and ob servation, the scientist can con struct models of the physical world, from which he can predict what physical behavior will be. The limitations of science, he said, were that it did not deal with moral values and that it was dependent upon a human observer. The assumptions of religion were that (1) some kind of God and some kind of moral values did exist, and that (2) revelation was an acceptable way to arrive at truth. The limitations of religion were that it cannot provide material mechanisms ’and that it is not materially useful in dealing with the physi cal world. Dr. Tutweiler then discussed individual attitudes toward sci ence and religion. There are those, he said, who are interested mainly in science and very little in religion; there are those whose chief interest is religion and whose interest in science is nil; and there are those whose inter est in both is equal. Perhaps the most interesting of these views was Dr. Tutweiler’s own. He feels that the physical world can be viewed through two “lenses” — the lens of science and the lens of religion; but when the world is viewed through these two lenses it is comparable to looking through binoculars — the picture becomes focused in the mind. Perhaps the major flaw of Dr. Tutweiler’s talk was his failings as a speaker. He spoke down to his audience, his sentences tend ed to become vague and wander ing, and he seemed vbry ill at ease. His ideas were quite good, his analogies were clear, and his examples were well-chosen. How ever one could hardly help feeling that he was poorly pre pared* Construction On Building Almost Over Construction work on the Stu dent Union Building, as well as the new Administration and En gineering buildings, will soon be completed. The upper floor of the Stu dent Union will be completed by March 28. This addition will allow the lounge to he extend ed, a ballroom, and several additional meeting rooms simi lar to those now in use to be constructed. The second floor addition, to be completed in April, will be an extension of the cafeteria area. The lower floor will house Student Gov ernment, newspaper, annual, and student organization offices as well as a hobby area for student use. By mid March construction on the new administration building will be completed. If the furnishings arrive on time, furniture, records, equip ment and the administrative staff will be moved in by April. The Engineering Building is scheduled to be completed by June. It will be furnished and ready for classes by fall semes ter of 1966. Future plans for construction on campus consist of a Field House with showers and equip ment, and playing fields to be built behind the student Union. This will enable physical educa tion and intramural programs to get under way. Two Bands Will Play For Dance Students will experience a rather unusual blend of “smooth” and “rock and roll” music at the “Miss UNC-C Dance” Friday night, March i. The featured musical group for the gala will be the “Knights of Music.” This is a group from Shelby, N.C. which carries on the traditions of the big bands of a by-gone era (such as Dorsey and Miller). The Knights of Music are not new to our campus smce they performed for the May Day Dance last spring. During the two-thirty-minute intermissions a “rock and roll” group known as (he Alpacas will offer students a change of pace. This six-piece combo features a ventriloquist act in addition to contemporary mu sical arrangements. The highlight of the evening will come when Dr. Bonnie Cone crowns this year’s “Miss UNC- C.” Governor Dan K. Moore has accepted an invitation to present the greetings for the formal opening of the “Uni versity Forum’' today. The three-session symposium on “The University and the Development of the Modern City” will -begin at 10;00 a.m. in Atkins Library Auditorium with Acting Chancellor Bonnie Cone presiding at the first session. This first session will last until 11:15 with Noah Langdale Jr. as the featured speaker. Mr. Langdale is the president of Georgia State College in Atlanta, Ga. Langdale is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Alabama and received the LL.B. and MBA degrees from Harvard University. He received the LL.D. degree from the University of Alabama where he was also a varsity tackle on the football team. Mr. Langdale will speak on “The University in an Urban Community”. Session II — 11:30 a.m. to 12 P.M. — will also be held in the library auditorium. Presiding for this session will be Miss Edyth 'Winningham, professor of political science. Daniel R. Grant, professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University, will speak on “Governing the Metropolitan Com munity”. Grant holds a BA degree from Ouachita College, the M.A. from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He served as the consultant for the Nashville and Davidson County Planning Commission in the developnsent of their metropolitan government. Mayor Stanford R. Brookshire of Charlotte will preside over the third session of the symposium. Mr. Leo Molinaro, executive Vice President of the West Philadelphia Corpora tion, will speak on “The Revitalization of Cities”. This session will begin at 2 p.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. It will be held in the library auditorium. Mr. Molinaro-received his bachelor and master’s de grees at the University of Wisconsin and taught at Kan sas State College and the University of Hlinois. Hp also served as associate dean at the University of Akron from 1952-56 and has served as vice president of the Ameri can Council To Improve Our Neighborhoods (ACTION). The final speaker will be Mr. James W. Rouse, presi dent of Community Research Development, Inc., and of James W. Rouse and Company, Inc. Hp received his law degree from the University of Maryland." Rouse served as a member of President Eisenhower’s Advisory Committee on Housing. He helped organize ACTION and has served the organization as president. Students are cordially invited to attend all sessions of the forum and question the speakers on subjects related to the format. Legislature Votes For Atliletic Fee During a special meeting of the Student Legislature, a mo tion to separate student activi ties fees and athletic fees was passed by a vote of 18 for and 1 against. Under this plan the $20.00 per year student activity fees will be retained and an additional $10.00 per year athletic fee will be required of any student registered for seven semester hours or more. Students taking less than seven hours will pay fees proportionate to the num ber of hours they are taking. Discussion prior to passage o' the motion revealed that the increased revenue resulting from this plan would allow increased student activities as well as a larger intercollegiate athletic pregram. The legislature chose the above mentioned plan over one which would have increased the activity fee ten dollars per year. It was noted (hat the plan chosen would allow the atliletic department a better knowledge of exactly how much money they would have each year than if they were forced to petition the activities fees committee each year for their funds. The plan adopted by the legis lature, and' approved by admini stration officials, will be submit ted to the executive board of the consolidated board of trustees. It will then be reviewed by the entire board of trustees.

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