The Carolixa Joernal
Studeitf Puhlitoihn Of Th€ Univ^rshf Of H^rth Cefiinm At Charlotte
VOL. 2
WEDNESDAY MAY 3, 1967
NO. 27
Honors, Awards Given
To Students Wednesday
Sue Garret receives the Charlotte Panhellenic
Award from Dean dacKay. Photo by Fred
Jordan.
BY GAYLE WATTS
The Honors and Awards con
vocation, which is held annually
to recognize some of the
outstanding students on our
campus, took place April 26 at
11:30 a.m. in the Parquet Hoorn
of the Union.
Mr. Fred Weaver, Vice-Presi
dent for University Relations for
the University of North Carolina,
who was to have given the address,
was unable to come because of
pressing matters in the Chapel
Hill area. Dean D. W. Colvard
stepped in as substitute and de
livered a message to the goodly
number who attended the convo
cation.
“I’or the nation, scholarships
and the development of the mind
are focal and deserve our very
best attention,” said Dr. Colvard
in his address.
He stated that the university,
although it ‘‘addresses itself to
the mind of man and the develop
ment of the mind,” is at the same
time involved with ‘‘people who
Education Students Score
Students here scored well above
the national and North Carolina
averages on this year’s national
teacher examination.
The average score here this
year is 676 for the 27 students
taking the examination. The nat
ional average score is 612, and the
NoiTh Carolina average score is
580.
Students on this campus have,
in fact, topped the national average
score every year since the
program began in 1964. The aver
age score for the period 1964-67
is 654.
Dr. Philip D. Vairo, who is an
associate professor of education
and heads the program here, said
that based on the recent study done
by Dr. James Wallace of N. C.
State University he wouldestimate
that on this campus teacher edu
cation students ranis among the top
three or four institutions in North
Carolina, surpassed only by Dulse
and UNC at Chapel Hill and possi
bly one other institution.
The UNC-C scores are well
above the 500 score which is pre
ferred by Charlotte - Mecklenburg
and other large school systems in
the state.
The UNC-C national teacher
examination scores placed the stu
dents in the 82nd percentile na
tionwide. In other words, out of
every 100 students taking the
examination, UNC-C students top
ped 81 of them.
Asked why he though his students
fared so weU on thetest. Dr. Vairo
offered the following reasons:
“Our curriculum has a strong
liberal arts base. All teachers
must major in a subject field.
The students are taught by well
qualified faculty with no graduate
assistants teaching.”
“The education and psychology
departments are particularly st
rong with all 8 faculty members
having tlieir doctorates.”
“All teacher education students
are screened. Only tlie bettor
qualified students are admitted to
the program. This is true be-
casue we believe teaching is a
profession and we should attract
only tlie better qualified to teach
tlie nation’s youtli.”
“A strong interest in teacher
education on tlie part of students,
faculty and administration. Unlike
some institutions the faculty view
the teacher education program as a
university - wide venture and not
just the province of one depart
ment.”
Dr. Vairo predicts that the pro
gram will be further strengthened
by the expansion of library hold
ings, the development of an audio
visual program, the recruitment of
additional faculty members.
have minds, to be sure, but spi
rits and bodies also.” The Uni
versity is thus a “laboratory for
involvement.”
Dean Don MacKay presented the
awards to the outstanding students
before a responsive audience.
Mike Ridge of Charlotte received
the Bonnie E. Cone Award which
is given to a freshman student who
“has demonstrated tine college
spirit and has made a significant
contribution to college life.”
Maxie Powell, Jill Riggins, and
Faithel Toney each received a
Chemistry Award which is given
annually by the Chemical Rubber
Company for “outstanding scho
lastic achievement in freshman
chemistry.”
The Mathematics Award is an
nually given to the student “whose
achievement in mathematics dur
ing his freshman year is judged
most outstanding.” John Reel is
this year’s recipient.
Gary Henderson received the
Physics Award for excellent work
in introductory physics.
Philip Chadwick received the
Wall Street Journal Award, which
is presented annually to a “gradu
ating senior in a department of
the University in which the Wall
Street Journal was used during
the year.”
The James W. Grey Award is
awarded annually to the student
“who has maintained an above-
average scholastic average while
participating in programs of
organized sports at the Univer
sity.” John Lafferty received
that trophy this year.
Sue Garret received the Char
lotte Panhellenic Award, which is
presented to a student who “in
conduct is poised and gracious, in
service is able and cooperative.
in scholarship is superior and
enthusiastic.”
Ann Champion received the
Nursing Honors Scholarship, which
consists of the tuition for one se
mester of her junior year. Miss
Champion, a sophomore, has the
highest cumulative quality point
ratio of all students enrolled in
the Nursing program.
The Bill Mitchell Award is pre
sented annually to two members
of the graduating class who “have
shown outstanding qualities
of scholarship and leadership and
maintained an attitude of unselfish
interest in the welfare of their
fellow students and the University
as a whole.” Betti' A. Craig and
Cecelia 0. Meyer are this year’s
recipients.
Sally Hagood received the first
Student Government Award, which,
established this year, is to be
given annually by the Student Le
gislature to the student at UNC-C
’’who has most exemplified the
ideal of unselfish dedication to
student government and the welfare
of his fellow students during the
current year.”
The Education Award, presented
annually to two members of the
graduating class “who have shown
qualities of leadership and scho
larship and who are planning to
enter the teaching profession,”
was given to Celia 0. Meyer at
the annual banquet of the Student
National Education Association.
The National Conference
of Christians and Jews annually
presents the Brotherhood Award to
two seniors preparing to enter the
teaching profession. The reci
pients of this award, Martha B.
Caton and C., William Kinsey, have
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Writer Walser To Lecture
Garner, Brown Win Runoffs
BY ELLISON CLARY
Two run-offs ended a month of
voting for students here last week.
In the undecided senior class pres
idential race, Larry Garner bested
Sam Scott while Nita Brown de
feated Vincent Batts for a repre
sentative seat in the Student Legis
lature from the senior class.
Both Garner and Scott ran on
the independent ticket. Garner
won the run-off by a 79 to 49
margin.
The two had emerged from a
three way race the week of -April
19 in which the third candidate,
John Hostetter, was eliminated.
The voting for presidential run
off was held Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday of last week.
In the senior representative run
off, Nita Brown of the Student Party
defeated Vincent Batts of the Uni
versity Party by a vote of 42
to 33.
This run-off came about when
Brown had apparently lost to Batts
in the first counting of the ballots
by a 69 to 70 margin. Brown
requested a recount which, after
three identical tallies, reversed
tlie totals tor the two candidates
in her favor.
However, Halts then asked that
he receive a recount. This time
three more counts showed a 70-70
tie between the two.
Thus the run-off between Batts
and Brown was held Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday of last week.
Last week’s elections completed
the make-up of the new legislature
with the exception of next year’s
freshman officers. A breakdown
of the legislature finds 13 Univer
sity party members, one Student
Party representatives, and eight
independents.
BY ELLISON CLARY
Richard Walser, professor of
English at North Carolina State
University and widely known
writer, will lecture here today in
room C-220 at 11:30.
Mr. Walser, whose appearance
here is sponsored by the English
Department and the Union Lec
tures Committee, has chosen as
his topic, “How Not to Write a
Poem.”
Mr. Walser is author of a number
of books, primarily on North Caro
lina subjects. Specifically, many
of his books deal with writers of
this state. Some of these are
Thomas Wolfe, Bernice Kelly Har
ris, and Inglis Fletcher.
“Mr. Walser is an excellent
critic of Tom Wolfe,” says Le-
Gette Blythe, writer-in-residence
for this campus who will
accompany the poet to Charlotte.
“He knows practically all the
.North Carolina writers personal
ly,” says Blythe, “and he is fa
miliar with all their works. He’s
a very interesting talker and
person.”
The list of Walser-writtenbooks
includes “Thomas Wolfe, and In
troduction and Interpretation,”
“Bernice Kelly Harris, Storyteller
of Eastern North Carolina”, In
glis Fletcher of Bandon Planta
tion”, “Poets of North Carolina,”
“The North Carolina Miscellany,”
“The Poems of Governor Thomas
Burke of North Carolina,” “Nem
atodes in My Garden Of Verse,”
and “Short Stories from the Old
North State.”
The Charlotte Observer calls
“Nematodes in My Garden of
Verse” "... a collection of poetry
. . . .bad enough to be hilarious.”
Born in Lexington, Professor
Walser spent a year at Davidson
and received his AB and MA de
grees in English from the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Cha
pel Hill. He became an instructor
at N. C. State in 1946 and was
appointed professor in 1957.
He is a past president of the
North Carolina English Teachers
Association, the North Carolina
Folklore Society and the North
Carolina Writers Conference.
Richard Walser