The Carolina Journal
Stw^nt httlhvinm Of ffc* Univftthf Of North Cmrolittu At Chmilo
VOL. 3
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13. 1967
NO. 1
FAC Guides New Students
Registration Goes Smoothly,
Orientation Is En|oyed
During the day, students register . . .
Lines formed off and on during the day as students endeavored to be properly
registered for the opening of classes on Monday, Sept. 11.
Seventeen Facnlty Members
Promoted to Dept. Chairman
The promotion of seventeen fa
culty members to department
chairmen or acting chairman was
announced September 8. The de
partment chairmen will serve
three-year terms.
The organization of department
chairmanships at here had been
pending the selection and arrival
of Dr. William Hugh McEniry,
vice chancellor for academic
affairs, who arrived July 1. Since
that time he has had personnel and
the organizational structure under
consideration.
The following department chair
men were appointed:
—In Biology, Dr. Philip E. Hil
dreth, who joined our faculty this
fall. He is a former geneticist at
the Lawrence Radiation Labora
tory of the University of Califor
nia at Berkeley, holds the AB from
Dartmouth, and the Ph.D. from the
University of California at Berke
ley. He also holds a distinguish
ed professorship here.
—In Chemistry, Dr. Sherman L.
Burson, Jr., who holds the BS
and Ph.D. degrees from the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh. He came
to our campus in 1963. He had
been names a Charles H. Stone
Professor of Chemistry.
—In Engineering, Dr. Newton H.
Barnette, who joined the faculty
in 1964,'. He is a former Westing-
house Professor at Georgia Tech
holds the BS from Louisiana Tech,
the MS from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, and the Ph.D. from
Cornell University.
—In Fine Arts, Dr. William S.
Mathis, former Dean of Hope Col
lege. He holds the bachelor of
music degree from Sterson Uni
versity, the master of music de
gree from the University of Michi
gan, and the Ph.D from Florida
State University. He became a
member of this faculty this fall.
—In Foreign Languages, Dr. El
bert Daymond Turner, Jr., who
joined the faculty In 1966. He
holds the BA from Davidson, and
the MA and Ph.D degrees from
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
—In History and Political
Science, Dr. Robert W. Rieke who
holds the BA from Carleton Col
lege and the MA and Ph.D. degrees
from the University of Winconsin.
He joined the faculty here in 1961.
—In Mathematics, Dr. James
H. Wahab, who holds the BS from
the College of William and Mary,
the MA and Ph.D. from the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Cha-'
pel Hill, and who was formerly the
acting academic dean here. He
joined the faculty in 1963.
—In Nursing, Mrs. Edith P.
Brocker, former assistant dean
and director of undergraduate stu
dies of the Duke University School
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BY CAROL HAYWOOD
Fall registration began Wed-
newday, September 6, and the
white - and - green tagged Fresh
man Advisory Council, headed by
Phil Wilson, was on hand Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, and
Sunday to take care of freshmen
and transfer students (not previ
ously registered in the Early En
rollment Program, pre-registered
returning students, transfers, and
freshmen; and parents in need of a
guided tour or our campus.
An assembly in the Parquet
Room on Wednesday informed stu
dents about student services, such
as financial aid, counseling, regis
tration, health, etc. After lunch
following the assembly, students
were treated to a concert by our
musician in residence Mr. Raul
Spivak. Students who had not pre
viously taken a foreign language
test put their brains to work as
they tried to attain a high ranking
score in their respective foreign
language fields. Wednesday closed
out with a Tine test given by the
University Health Service.
Thursttoy came on strong as
FAC memters were bombardedby
pre-registered students wanting to
see how well the computers liked
the schedules that they fed it.
Long lines wound around the caf
eteria balcony before the 10 o’
clock beginning time arrived.
Equally concerned about their sch
edules were those students who had
not pre-registered. Most of them
knew what they wanted to take ~
their only problem was that they
usually had to resort to an alter
nate course because of a closed
section. Thursday was the only day
that these students had to register;
whereas, the pre-registered stu
dents had to register; whereas,
dents could also complete their
registration on Friday.
Speeches by Dr. McEniry and Dr.
Cone, John Lafferty, Phil Wilson,
Candy Kimbrell, and John Gaither
introduced the new students to aca
demic and social life on this cam
pus, Discussion groups, led by
FAC members, gave the new stu
dents an c^portunity to ask any
questions that had been collecting
in the backs of their minds—
questions about advisors, campus
organizations, student govern
ment, etc. An added attraction to
this year’s discussion groups was
a test on the GOLD DIGGER hand
book. Most of the knowledgeable
freshmen, prodded by their FAC
counselors, whizzed through the
tests.
A picnic of fried chicken, slaw,
potato salad, beans, cake, and
pop-top Cokes provided the fresh
men, FAC members, and some
faculty and administration mem
bers with a delicious lunch. The
Merry-Go-Round of activities gave
students a sampling of clubs and
organizations.
Freshmen orientation ended with
the “Registration Rock” centered
around “The Thing”.
Now that FAC members had got
ten and freshmen and transfe.' stu
dents acquainted with UNC-C,they
had only to look forward to Sunday
when they started all over again
with the parents. From 3 till 5
on Sunday, the FAC guided the
mothers and fathers around the
campus, ending uo in the Union,
where they met the officials of
the University.
Ernst Firm
Gives Award
This sununer the University was
given a $500 annual achievement
award by Ernst & Ernst, a com
pany which has hired students for
part-time work while they com
pleted their degrees and which has
also hired two of our University’s
first four accounting graduates.
The grant was announced by
Charles S. Myerly, partner in ch
arge of the Charlotte office of this
accounting firm. The firm in
dicated that the grant should go to
a male student chosen “for his
ability and potential as shown by
scholarship, character, leader
ship and extracurricular activi
ties; and he must also have a career
preference for public accounting.”
Harris-Teeter Becomes
100th Founding Patron
Harris-Teeter Si^jer Markets,
Inc. has the distinction ofbeingthe
100th Founding Patron of the Uni
versity. Under the Patrons con
cept, an individual, firm, or found
ation pledges a minimum of $1,000
a year for 10 years.
A total of $2,859,000 has now
been raised for our campus, in
cluding a major gift in 1963 by the
Celanese Corporation of a plant
worth $1,151,000. The Founding
Patrons other than Celanese have
paid or pledged $1,758,000. Se
veral paid or pledged more than
a minimum $10,000 gift.
Of the $2,859,000 which includes
the Celanese gift, $2,209,000 is in
the form of designated gifts and
$650,000 is in the form of un
designated gifts. Of the designated
gifts $1,203,000, including the Ce
lanese gift, is for faculty salary
supplements and faculty research.
For scholarships, ^36,000 has
been paid or pledged.
Three distinguished professor
ships at $100,000 each were esta
blished with gifts and pledges
during the past year,
during the past year. Anotherpro-
fessorship is being sustained with
annual donations.
During the Founding Patrons en
listment program the Belk family,
Belk Brothers Company and the
Belk Foundation contributed
$100,000 for a carillon tower.
The library received designated
gifts of $40,000.
The undesignated gifts of
$650,000 will average out at
$65,000 a year for the ten-year
period of the pledges.
The Patrons program was ini
tiated by Chancellor Colvard and
has been under the direction of
Mr. Addison H. Reese, presidnet
of North Carolina National Bank
and chairman of the UNC-C Found
ation, and B. W. “Barney”
Barnard, executive director of the
foundation. Both Mr. Reese and
Mr. Barnard are Founding
Patrons.
At night they party . . .
Attendance at Registration Rock was good and everyone seem to have one great time!!!