The Carolina Journal
Stu4ra« Of Tk» Univ*tthy Of North Cmtoiittm At ChorhUo
VOL. 2
\V EDMt^.SDAY, December 14, 1966
MO. 14
Colvard Addresses
Students On Future
Earleen Mabry is the new Christmas Queen.
Picture by Robert Pliner,
Earleen Mabry
Is Christmas Queen
BY CAROL DURHAM
Miss Earleen Mabry was crovra-
ed the 1966 Christmas Queen Sat
urday nisht at the annual yule
dance. Climaxing a week of fever
ish preparation, the dance was held
in the Union’s new parquet ball
room.
As students and their dates en
tered the ballroom, they were
seated at tables decorated with
white and green tablecloths. Can-
Is March
Goal
BY JOHN MOORE
The March of Dimes movement
here, headed by Nick Stavrakas,
has set its goal at $2500.
Backed by the Union Program
Board and by Don Krause of WYE
Radio (formerly Don Cross of
WIST Radio), the March of Dimes
Committee will donate this money
to the March of Dimes to be used
for research on birth defects. This
program is designed to help mostly
the young people who may encoun
ter this problem in the,future.
Stavrakas plans to raise this
money by use of a raffle for a
prize which will be donated by one
of the Charlotte merchants. He
also hopes to procure a movie to
be shown at the school with the
admission money donated to the
March of Dimes.
Kings College and Johnson C.
Smith University have challenged
UNC-C to raise more money than
they. The school of the three which
does raise the most money will
be given a free dance at Park
Center being entertained by a live
combo of its choice.
Stavrakas’ main reasons for
backing the March of Dimes are
the following:
The March of Dimes will help
the parents of birth defect child
ren to cure these children and help
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dies and minature Christmas trees
also adorned the tables.
Entertainment for the event was
provided by the George Doerner
orchestra from Atlanta, Georgia.
This group, which featured Miss
July Rogers as vocaUst, played
both modern and traditional se
lections.
At the intermissions, cook
ies and punch were available as
refreshments.
At approximately ten o’clock,
Mr. Brent Steele, Program Dir
ector of the Union, took the stage
and announcedMissEarleenMabry
as the new Christmas Queen. Her
Court was composed of Sandra
Funderburke, Cindy Trexler,
Carol Morris, and Linda Twyman.
Miss Kay Troutman, 1965 Ch
ristmas Queen, crowned the new
beauty and presented her with a
bouquet of long - stemmed red
roses.
This dance, which climaxed the
Christmas season on campus, was
under the charge of Sally Hagood,
chairman of the Union social
committee.
Chancellor To
Be Installed
University of North Carolina
President William C. Friday will
install Dr. D. W. Colvard as the
first chancellor here, on March
3, 1967, in Ovens Auditorium. The
installation will come as Chan
cellor Colvard nears the end of
his first year here.
Dr. Barnaby Keeney, chairman
of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, will speak on the even
ing of March 2, at the pre-in
stallation evenL
The 1967 General Assembly has
been invited to come to Charlotte
for the occasion which coincides
with the second anniversary of the
ratification of the bill which con
verted Charlotte College into UNC-
C.
The senior class willparticipato
in an academic procession to pre
cede the convocation. The faculty
and administration will also march
in the procession.
BY C.AROL HAYWOOD
Dr. Colvard addressed students
on the future of UNC-C at an
11:30 student assembly on Decem
ber 7, 1966. For those students
who were not present in tlie ball
room, his address was broadcast
tliroughout the Union.
Dr. Colvard’s opening remarks
were that the plans for the in
stitution all ultimately revolve ar
ound tlie students. He urged stu
dents to bring any questions tliey
have which concern the growth of
the University to anyone in the of
fice of Student Affairs.
According to Dr. Colvard, con
version to a University base in
volves the planning of a first-
class physical plant. Mr. O’Dell
of O’Dell & Associates has direc
ted the long range plans for each
building of the University that way.
When fully developed, the portion
of the campus dedicated to aca
demics be two and one-half to
three times as large as the cam
pus of Duke.
The area across Highway 29
has been reserved for special
unidentified functions, which may
include new schools not now in-
visioned.
At the present, architects have
been appointed for the $4,000,000
gymnasium, rJie $4,000,000 library
addition, the $2,000,000 Fine Arts
building, and the $2,700,000 Sci
ence building. The only problem
is that we now do not have the
money. The Budget Committee of
the North Carolina Legislature will
make its recommendation to Gov
ernor Moore, who will make this
recommendation to the Legislature,
If funded, it is hoped that plans
for dorms housing 1,000 students
will be ready at the time of the
appropriation. The earliest goal
for opening is the faU of 1968.
The two high-rise dorms of per
haps ten stories will be paid for
one-half by the funds from the
North CaroUna Legislature and
one-half by the funds from the rent
of the occupants.
Dean MacKay is now working
with a student and faculty commit
tee on possible dorm plans, which
include a dorm for men and a
dorm for women to be separated
by a cafeteria to be used by both
men and women. Also, plans for
housing for married students are
in the making.
Plans for more water, roads.
and walks for the campus are now
being considered.
A School of Arts and Sciences,
a Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs, and ten to fifteen top aca
demic leaders are holding top pri
ority among the faculty members
being hoped for.
In the development program of
the University, it is extremely im
portant to get and retain the best
faculty available. Scholarship
funds andspecialbuildingfundsare
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Moves Made Toward
First Dormitories
Two steps have been taken which
officials hope will lead to this
institution’s first dormitories by
the faU of 1968.
The first step is the naming of
Leslie N. Boney of Wilmington as
architect. Approval of this step has
been given by the Building Comm
ittee of the University Board of
Trustees.
The second step is the naming
of a Student-Housing Advisory Co
mmittee of Chancellor D. W. Col
vard.
However, the construction of
dormitories depends upon favor
able action by the 1967 General
Assembly upon that portion of the
budget request.
In his presentation to the Ad
visory Budget Commission last
July 14, Dr, Colvard asked for
dormitories for 2,000 students with
half the projects to be on a self-
liquidating basis. The budget re
quest listed the cost at $3 miU-
ion per 1,000 students, but cost
estimates have now risen to $3.4
million.
The pre-planning Mr. Boney is
now authorized to do would involve
two units of 500 men and 500
women each. However, Vice'Chan-
cellor Bonnie E. Cone, who will
have student housing in her do
main, says that planning for the
units to take care of the second
1,000 students would be large^
a matter of altering the original
plans. She said it is hoped those
units could be built by the faU of
1969.
The tentative thinking is that
high-rise dormitory units would be
built around a cafeteria. Dr. Cone
said that although the cafeteria
could not be ready by the faU
of 1968, the University could man
age with the present cafeteria in
the University Union, even though
it would only be temporarily ade
quate because of expected growth
of the commuting student body.
A 30,000-square-foot cMeteria is
being requested of the 1967
General Assembly.
49er Dumped As Mascot Name
BY SANDY CAUDLE
The student body has voted to
change the school mascot, the
Forty - Niner. On Wednesday,
December 7, 166 votes were cast
in favor of a change; only 70
baUots opposed one.
Many varied suggestions were
submitted as a possible new mas
cot.
Tim Britton, Student Body Pre
sident, commented, “Most of the
students took it lightly and sugg
ested such names as Frogs, Red
Barrens, Wild Turkeys, Draft-
Dodgers, Disasters, Country Gen
tlemen, and Fighting Arabs.
Some of the more serious sug
gestions were Colts, Clippers, Ch
eckers, Rams, Bisons, Cougars,
Packers, Hornets, Crusaders, and
Cavaliers,
A committee of students, admin
istration, and faculty will meet to
decide upon six possible mascots.
These will be submitted to the stu
dent body and a final referendum
will take place right after Christ
mas vacation.
The Forty - Niner, Julian Cl
ark, said, “I voted for it to stay
the Forty - Niner, but, in a way,
I think that it’s a good idea to
change it, especially since Char
lotte College has been promoted to
University status.’’
Julian, who was asked by the
cheer-leading squad to be the mas
cot, hopes the new mascot will
be both original and permanent.
The Forty-Niner, ali;^ Julian Claris says
he voted for ‘Tt to stay the same." Picture
by Nancy Kohler.