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VOL. 1
CHARLOTTE, N.C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1966 6
NO. 7
Campus Bailed
Out Of Water
System Problem
One of the rubber water tanks furnished by the National Gkiard.
By GAYLE WATTS
The unstable water system has
been backed up by ten rubber water
tanks made available by Major
William R. Freeman of the Army
National Guard.
The black rubber tanks, installed
on campus October 11, are now
tied into the university’s water
system, ready to push water into
the system at times of peak use
and to restore the pressure
should it begin to fall.
A university maintenance man
will check the pressure every hour
during the day in UNC-C’s 10,000
gallon storage tank.
Each of the water tanks holds
1,500 gallons of badly needed
Freshman Elections Are Up-Coming
Freshman elections are already
underway. A president, a vice-
president,and five representatives
from the Freshman class will be
elected. Also , seven night
students will be elected, without
regard to class.
The University Party met Octo
ber 5 to nominate candidates for
the vice-presidential nomination.
Charlie Brown, Guy’s closest con
tender, was nominated for Vice-
President of the Freshman Class.
Nominations for class representa
tives went to Steve Patterson,
Fourth Annual N.C. Writer':
Forum Is In Parquet Room
Carol Morris, Louise Napolitano,
and Suzette Phillips. The Univer
sity Party Platform and was
approved unanimously.
The Student Party Nominating
Convention will meet Wednesday,
October 19, at 11:30 a.m.
Any freshman who is interested
in becoming a candidate for an
office can run independently with
out any party affiliation. Self
nominations can be made any time
through October 19; a member of
the Elections Committee must sign
the nomination.
Campaigns will be conducted
October 19-25. A Freshman As
sembly is scheduled October 26
at 11:30 a.m. in the University
Ballroom.
Voting will take place October
26 and 27 at night.
emergency water storage.
The City of Charlotte sent in
a tanker Tuesday evening to fili
the rubber tanks. “We can argue
about the price later,” said Water
Department Chief Walter Franklin.
The tanks will be refilled by the
city whenever the water is used.
C. W. Gallant, Jr., a part-time
student of engineering atUNC-C,
mobilized the emergency re
sources. His firm, C. W. Gallant,
Inc., was the low bidder at $10,693
for a 25,000 gallon metal storage
tank for the campus. Mr. Gallant
says his firm wiU proceed as
quickly as possible in getting the
larger metal tank in place.
Chancellor D. W. Colvard ex
pressed appreciation to the city
and county for “putting their re
sources at our disposal to help
keep us supplied with water during
our emergency.”
Today’s Urban Seminar
Is First In Series Of 12
Today in the University Union ment of an urbanized crescent.
By ROSEMARY LANDS
UNC-C will be host to the fourth
annual North Carolina Writer’s
Forum, on Friday, October 21.
The group, co-sponsored by
UNC-C, The Charlotte Observer,
and the Junior Women’s Club, will
discuss “The Writer and His Re
gion.”
Admission to the forum, which
is to be held at 8:15 p.m. in the
parquet room of the University
Union, is free but by ticket only.
Moderator for the forum will
Trustee Board
To Meet Here
By JOHN MOORE
The 100 member Board of Trus
tees of theConsolidatedUniversity
of North Carolina will meet for
the first time in the University’s
history at UNC-C on Mcmday, Oc
tober 24. In the parquet room
of the Student Union,
of the Student Unioi Building, the
trustees plan to discuss the re
gular business of the University.
The chairman. Governor Dan K.
Moore, will preside over the meet
ing which will begin early in the
morning and last until limch.
The 24 member Visiting Comm
ittee, which sends six members to
each of the four university
branches, will be present to sub
mit a summary of the problems of
the Universities to the Board ot
Trustees.
The Executive Committee which
met at UNC-C on July 12, will
also be present.
be Sam Ragan, a columnist for
the Raleigh News and Observer.
Members of the forum will in
clude Mas . Steels, Miss Jessie
Rehder, Fred ChappeU, and Bob
Bistow.
Mr. Steele is the former winner
of the Mayflower Cup and author
of the novel, Debby. He is now
serving as writer-in-residence at
UNC-CH.
Miss Rehder is a Chapel Hill
writer and teacher of creative
writing. She is the author of a
textbook on creative writing. The
Young Writer at Work, and a
novel, Rememberance Way.
Mr. Chappell is a novelist and
teacher of graduate creative writ
ing at UNC-G. He is the author
of the novel. It Is Time Lord.
Mr. Bistow, writer and former
newspaperman, is a teacher of
student and adult classes in writ
ing at Winthrop College. He is
the author of the novel. The Parrot.
Qualification
Tests Given
Selective Service College Qua
lification Tests, used by local
draft boards in considering de
ferments from military service as
a student, will be given to any
Selective Service registrant en
rolled in college on November 18
and 19, Bulletins of Information
and applications are available in
the Registrar’s office and the Local
Board.
These applications must be post
marked no later than October 21,
1966.
the first in a series of twelve
seminars begins at 9:30 a.m. con
tinuing until 3:30 p.m. The theme
of the seminar is: The trans
formation of new knowledge and
research into urban policy and
the uses of urbanization as a
resource.
The speakers are Dr. John
Asman, Chairman of the Brookings
Institution, and Leo Molinaro, Exe
cutive Vice President of The West
Philadelpliia Corporation.
Key people in business, indus
try, local government and city
planning throughout the Piedmont
Crescent have been invited to par
ticipate. The purpose of the se
minar is to study and discuss
policies for the orderly develop-
As the result of last spring’s
forum. The Brookings Institution
and a local business have combined
efforts to present these seminars.
The Brookings Institution makes
available research studies and
directs the seminars. The local
business put up the money for the
series.
Mrs. Winningham, Chairman of
the University Forum Council, is
cooperating with the Institution
in making arrangements for the
seminar on this campus.
The Semina: T- will be held every
three weeks beginning today, Octo
ber 19 and continuing through
June 13. Alternating groups will
attend the meetings on Wednesday
and Thursday.
John
here.
Stuart Anderson enjoys a cup of coffee after his performance
MR. MOLINARO
Anderson
Quips To
Audience
By LIBBY HOLSHOUSER
Many students and faculty
members enjoyed the dramatic
presentation of John Stewart
Anderson, which was given in the
school ballroom Wednesday of last
week. Mr. Anderson quipped
before his performance that he had
asked a famous British actress for
advice upon the handling of
American audiences. The ac
tress’s answer was, “Stand up,
speak up, then shut-up!”
Mr. Anderson was able to es
tablish immediate rapport between
his audience and himself with the
brief introductory remarks he
made concerning his first pre-
sentation~a short oriental fable.
He explained that this type pre
sentation depended on one of three
things: “(1) j(*es about holy
men, that’s bad (2) jokes about
the Lord, that’s worse, and (3)
jokes about women, and that’s
even worse.” Mr. Anderson’s
tale feU into the first category
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