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volume X number ix
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Colvard wary of
political control
Chancellor Colvard said in
an interview last week that
"North Carolina has benefitted
from two hundred years of
private institutions," and "I
don't think it would be good for
the state to be managing private
schools like Davidson". He
added that "the state is not
going to put very much money
into any enterprise for very long
without injecting itself in the
management of that enterprise".
Colvard's remarks
underscore his reaction to a
recently submitted proposal
requesting a 33 million dollar
taxpayer subsidy to the state's
private schools.
Private institutions are
currently receiving $200 from
the General Assembly for each
N.C. resident attending their
schools. An additional
grant-in-aid has been submitted
by the Association of
Independent Colleges and
Universities requesting an
additional $400 in 1975-76 and
$600 in 1976-77. By then N.C.
taxpayers will be footing 33
million dollars of the private
insitutions' operating costs,
including scholarship allocation
to needy N.C. students.
Colvard opposes the
Association's proposal because
not only would there be an
"enormous increase" in state aid
but also, " a far-reaching change
in public policy as it relates to
the private sector of education".
Colvard is a trustee to two
small private colleges and "has
empathy with the financial
deficits and empty classrooms"
of the private institutions.
However, he said that "with
state subsidizing comes the
political control", and with all
N.C. schools "operating under
the same restrictions",
education in N.C. would cease
"to gain in quality". He added
that "Davidson's high faculty
salaries help pull ours up" and
that UNCC gained from private
education, through cooperative
efforts like the consortium. "We
do not feel competitive with
Davidson or Queens — they add
diversity to the thrust of
education here," along with
"cultural enrichment and
curricular exchange".
Colvard agree with the
Association that "private
education, especially the schools
with vocational, job-oriented or
college parallel programs need
help." But, he said, "the money
given to private schools ought to
be based on the need of the
Colvard said that his
opposition to the Association's
proposal was not indicative of
an iron-clad opinion. "I think it
might be well that the state take
over certain institutions,"he
said, citing the r ecent
acquisition of Mitchell College
in Statesville as an example
where "the service to the area
and to the. private institution
will make everybody better
off".
In his concluding remarks
about the private institutions'
request for the 33 million
dollars, Colvard said that he did
not intend "to mount a political
campaign one way or the
other". He said that such a
campaign would not be proper
and that he considers himself a
servant, not a master. However,
he is interested in having the
state taxpayers coming "to grips
with the full implications of the
Association's proposal before
we do any harm to public or
private institutions".
Legislature indolence
disappoints BSU
The Student Legislature
met on the 22nd of October to
continue the prolonged meeting
of the fifteenth, due to several
budgets which came out of
Finance. There was sparse
attendance at the meeting
probably as a result of legislator
apprehension of an even longer
session than the usual two-hour
period. However, as the product
of a lack of quorum at the
Finance Committee last week,
the remaining allocations from
the Black Student Union budget
could not be brought on the
floor to the dismay of the BSU's
representatives who attended
the meeting.
Rep. David Brown,
Chairman of the Clubs and
Organizations Committee
presented a list of several clubs,
etc. on campus who are in
violation of the SBG Chartering
Act, with the eventual result of
this violation being a revocation
of the club's charter. The
ultimate outcome, which
directly affects the student
-by alan gugenheim
students" and that the
Association's proposal "is based
independent of student need."
Colvard emphasized that there
was a better way of helping the
financially plagued private
schools.
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legislature, is that the club or
organization cannot receive
finances from the Legislature
without a charter legitimized by
the Judicial Committee.
As the last note of the
meeting. Rep. Dunne suggested
that it would be beneficial for
the Executive Committee to
formulate a 'priorities list' for
subsequent budgets coming
before legislature since a total
of $23,912.58 has been
allocated to date.
An Anachronism: peaking of violation, someone
should tell somebody that there hasn't been a
hyphen in ‘UlsCC’ for over four years Snce the
acronym became the noun, and our symbol..
Lester
Herlocker
Losing a friend is never
easy. Stunned quiet ruled the
academic community on
Saturday October 19 as the
news of the untimely death of
Mr. Lester Herlocker spread
among the students, faculty,
and friends of the University. A
heart attack the prior evening
had cost the university and its
individual members a supporter
and a loyal friend.
Herlocker's! That's about
the first word many of us heard
when we arrived at UNCC.
Already a legend, the place to
go. And one only needed a
quick visit to realize why. Good
food to be sure, and it was
close, had reasonable prices and
great iced tea, but those
qualities weren't the extra
something that made
Herlocker's different, even
unique.
Lester Herlocker made the
Park Drive-In special. How? He
treated every member of the
university as though they were a
guest and a friend and not just
as a customer, and the open
hospitality he conveyed was
infectious; you sensed the mood
even when he wasn't there,
which didn't seem to be often.
Mr. Herlocker was a best
friend to UNCC, the institution,
as well as to the thousands of
individuals v\^o make it up. A
vocal, enthusiastic booster of
the basketball team and a
promoter of a growing campus,
a loyal, unwavering supporter of
any campus organization (we at
the Journal know for he backed
us constantly, unflinchingly
through good and bad issues),
he gave more to UNCC than he
ever received.
The Journal unabashedly
pays tribute to Lester
Herlocker, our friend. We now
only wish we had expressed our
gratitude more often to him
personally. He was a rare man.
Most individuals are fortunate
to have fewer than a hundred
acquaintances who respect and
miss them in their passing. WE
hope that Lester Herlocker
realized that he had thousands
of individuals and an entire
institution who respected him
and now openly mourn his
death. The Journal will miss
him. UNCC will miss him.
The President's Council of
the four dorms on campus has
decided to send a floral
arrangement to the family of
Lester Herlocker in view of all
that he did for the university
community. The Council will
also send a token sum to the
Heart Fund in Mr. Herlocker's
name.