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The Carolixa Journal
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Vol. IV
February 19. 1969
No. 17
Construction on $1 Million Cafeteria Begins Here Completion
Artist’s rendering of finished cafeteria. (Photo by G. H. Schenck)
James Farmer to Speak March 5
Topic Will Be ^‘The Negro In
America: What Must Be Done”
James Farmer, President
Nixon’s newly appointed assistant
secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare, will speak at the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte March 5. Farmer will
speak at 11:30 a.m. in the Parquet
Room of the University Union on
the subject, “The Negro in
America: What Must Be Done.”
His appearance is sponsored by
the Union Lectures Committee.
Farmer was appointed last
Wednesday in a press conference
during which President Nixon
pledged to keep his campaign
promises to the Negroes. Mr.
Nixon intends to make his
administration one that can be
respected and trusted by all of the
American minority groups.
Farmer, who will serve as assistant
secretary for administration, is the
first Negro to be appointed to a
major post by the Republican
president. A representative of Mr.
Farmer contacted the school late
last week and informed the
Lectures Committee that the
appointment will not effect his
speaking schedule for the month
of March.
A former national director of
the Congress of Racial Equality,
Farmer supported former Vice
President' Hubert Humphrey for
the presidency. He was quoted as
saying when he accepted the
Nixon appointment, that he had a
choice of criticizing from the
outside or accepting “an
opportunity to get inside and try
to influence the course of events.”
Farmer, the grandson of a slave,
was born in Texas. He received a
B.S. degree in chemistry from
Wiley College when he was only
18 years old. He then studied for
the ministry at Howard
University’s School of Religion,
earning a Bachelor of Divinity
degree when he was 21. Declining
ordination, however, he began his
career in social action as a race
relations secretary of the
Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Holder of positions as professor of
social welfare at Lincoln
University in Pennsylvania and
adjunct professor at New York
University, Farmer has recently
been writing his autobiography.
He is author of the book,
“Freedom—When?” Farmer
helped form the first chapter of
CORE at the University of
Chicago in 1941.
Mr. Farmer will speak during
the same week that the State
department Forum and the fourth
annual University Forum will be
held at UNC-C. An open
invitation is extended to all
members of the University and
Charlotte communities to attend
each of these events.
''Communuation" Is Topic of
University Forum on Monday
Langford: “Understand
In Order to Act”
Dr. Thomas Langford, a
Charlotte native and now head of
the Department of Religion at
Duke University spoke on campus
February 10th to an audience of
local ministers and students. The
topic of his discussion was the
approach to theology by modern
ministers. He said that the current
trend of theology stemming from
Karl Barth was towards the future
and towards hope. Dr. Langford
expressed that the conclusion to
his talk was modern religion “is an
attempt to understand in order to
act.” He said that the world is no
longer revolving around one
religious center and that man had
become aware of his own power.
Western Culture, in particular. Dr.
Langford stated, no longer asks
ultimate questions. Also for the
church to sit on it haunches and
pray and not participate is to
renege on its political
responsibilities. Religion, in order
to better serve, must “go on the
road.”
Dr. Langford who is the author
of a number of books received the
national E. Harris Harbison Award
for Distinguished Teaching in
1965-66. He was also voted the
most outstanding teacher of under
graduates at Duke in 1965.
On March 3, UNC-C will hold
its fourth annual University
Forum, with the topic of
discussion this year being
Communications. The topic was
chosen because the Forum
Council felt that proper
understanding and use of
Communications are vital in our
trouhled-times when “clear”
communication might well be
essential to global peace.
The 1969 Council was chosen
last year, and in keeping with the
three previous seminars, members
were chosen from the faculty, the
student body, the administration,
and the community. This year’s
council is headed by Chancellor
Colvard and Mrs. Edith
Winningham. Dr. Colvard is
serving as honorary chairman and
Mrs. Winningham as Chairman.
Dr. Mario A. Pei, of Columbia
University, an eminent authority
on Language.
Mr. Rowan will speak at 10:30
A.M. on “The Responsibilities of
Mass Media to the Public,” Mr.
Wasilewski will speak at 1:30 P.M.
on “The Public’s Interest in Free
Broadcasting,” Dr. Pei at 3:00 pm
on “Ending the Language Traffic
Jam,” and Mr. McKay at 8:00
p.m. on “Communications and
Dollars.” Introductory remarks
will be made by Mr. John
Prescott, General Manager of the
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER-
NEWS.
The lecture by Dr. Thomas
I-angford was sponsored by the
UNC-C United Religious Ministry.
The program was the first in a
series of “Issues on Contemporary
Theology” and is made possible
by the contributions of a number
of cooperating religious groups.
The coordinator of the Program
is Dr. Loy H. Witherspoon,
chairman of the Department of
Philosophy and Religion.
Early in their deliberations the
Council decided upon one speaker
from the mass media, one from
the field of linguistics and
semantics, and a speaker familiar
with the technological advances in
the field. With these criteria
established, the committee
selected the following speakers:
The Honorable Carl T. Rowan,
syndicated columnist for the
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS; Mr.
Vincent T. Wasilewski, President
of the National Association of
Broadcasters; Mr. Kenneth G.
McKay, Vice President of
American Telephone and
Telegraph and a specialist in lasar
and satellite communications; and
The Council is hopeful that this
year’s speakers will appeal to a
wider audience than ever before.
Language teachers should be
especially interested in dr. Pei’s
talk; engineers and technicians
should be especially interested in
Mr., McKay’s talk; and the entire
format should be of interest to
the general public.
Students
Legislature
Meeting
Monday March 7
At 11:30
Stated for
Spring of ’70
Construction has begun on the
$1 million cafeteria for resident
students. The cafeteria which is
expected to be completed for the
spring of 1970 will have three
swift feeding lines and a seating
capacity of 750.
Wlien the building is completed
it will occupy 32,000 square feet
next to the two twelve-story
dormitories being built on
campus. The plans allow for an
additional 6,000 feet of space
which may be completed at a later
date.
Ferebee, Walters and Associates
are architects for the project. The
general construction contract was
awarded to R.H. Wlieatley, Inc. of
Charlotte at $447,150. Other
contracts are plumbing,
Mecklenburg Plumbing Company,
$33,430; mechanical, Shanklin
Air Conditioning, Inc. of
Charlotte, $146,700; electrical,
Austin Electric Co. of Charlotte,
food service equipment. Food
Equipment Contract Co. of
Raleigh. $144,000; and
refrigeration, Mecklenburg
Refrigeration Co., $28,660.
The 1967 General Assembly
authorized $1 million for the
project and appropriated
$500,000. The University has
arranged for private financing for
the other $500,000.
Electric
Organ
Donated
The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte has received
an early gift for its proposed $2
million Fine Arts Building.
The Wurlitzer Foundation has
presented UNC-C the Wurlitzer
company’s largest organ, which is
not installed in the C Building.
The model 4700 electronic
instrument has two manuals and a
full pedal board.
Included in the gift is the
re-installation of the instrument in
the Fine Arts Building when it is
completed.
Dr. William Mathis, chairman of
the UNC-C Humanities Division,
said that he expressed a desire for
such an instrument when he first
came to the University.
Chancellor D. W. Colvard then
made tire contact with the
Wurlitzer Foundation and
obtained the gift designated for
the Fine Arts Building. The first
course in organ is being taught at
UNC-C this semester.
“This gift is a significant
milestone in the emergence of
study in the arts at UNC-C,” Dr.
Mathis said. “We are moving
toward a full blown program in
the performing and visual arts;
organ instruction is basic to our
program. The generous gift of the
Wurlitzer Foundation has enabled
us to embark on this phase of our
total program much earlier than
we had anticipated.”
Plans are almost complete for
the Fine Arts Building. UNC-C
officials are now awaiting a
decision as to whether a federal
grant of approximately $666,000
will be forthcoming for the
facility.
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