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February 12, 1963
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Vol. LXX, No. 89
A Glaring Omission
The catalogue of the University
of North Carolina has long omit
ted one department in which a large
number of students take courses.
This is the Y-Court department.
It is one of the oldest and most
distinguished departments in the
University. Y-Court 16, the pre
requisite for all other courses in
the department, has long been the
largest introductory course in the
university. An estimated 1,499 peo
ple were enrolled in the course this
fall.
The faculty- of the department
has gained world-renown for their
scholarship in the field of Y-Court.
Professor Felicia Walker's article
on "The Necessity of Bass Wee
juns for Successful Y-Courting,"
which appeared in Nett (June,
I960), the leading German Y-Court
publication, is already a classic in
the field. Chairman of the depart
ment, Publius X. Throttleford,
rocked the academic world in 1956
with the publication of his defini
tive work, On the Intonation of Hi
You: a Study of the Accents of 4,
103' Co-eds at a Southern Univers-
ity.
Associate professor Walter Rx.
Dellinger has recently conducted
exhaustive researches into the
question of the proper attire for
Y-Courting. He hopes to publish
his findings shortly, and he prom
ises thats all who sign up for his
Y-Court 10:01 will get a preview
of his findings.
Some of the most popular cours
es in the department include 7:59,
Coffee for Breakfast; 10:59, Check
Cashing; and 3:22, Reading the
Want Ads and Riders Wanted
(when in season).
Famous Graduates of the Y
Court department include Hand-em
Out Frazier, President of the Ca
nadian Tobacco Company; II. R.
Scrwonk, world-famous maker of
manhole covers; and Prudence C.
Patience, first president of the
Planned Parenthood League of
Massachusetts.
Some one should take steps to
recognize this outstanding depart
ment. It is, and long has been one,
of the foremost attributes of the
university. No where else is so
much learned with so little effort,
or so little learned with so much
effort, or we're not so sure. "Hi
you, .see y'all." Bill lines
Opportunity
Each year the Student Govern
ment offers two exchange scholar
ships for study at the Georgia Au
gust University in Goettingen, Ger
many. Goettingen, a scant fifteen miles
from the East German border, is
situated in Lower Saxony in the
broad valley of the Leine River.
Undamaged by World War II, the
city now numbers 80,000 inhabi
tants and retains many buildings
dating back to the late middle ages.
Throughout Germany, Goettin
gen is noted for her university. The
Georgia August University, around
which the city's cultural life is cen
tered, was founded in 1737 by
Georg August II, King of England
and Elector of Hanover. Number
ing such former students as Hein
rich Heine and Otto von Bismark,
the university has grown to an en
rollment of 8000 students and of-
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fers courses in the liberal arts, the
sciences, medicine, law, and theol
ogy. The two UNC scholars will be
full members of the college com
munity and will be able to partici
pate in all phases of. its academic
and social life.
In Germany the exchange stu
dents will find themselves within a
background of a rich cultural heri
tage on the one hand, on the other,
of new social and political forces
emerging from the chaos of the
world war.
This is an opportunity to see, to
think, to feel, and to be exposed to
the new ideas and forces which are
active in Europe today. For the
perceptive individual, this is an in
valuable opportunity in education.
Reginald Brooker
That Time Again
A warm, gentle rain washes the
ped mud of the North Carolina
campus ; those with short memories
yvho can forget March snowstorms
think that the arrival of spring is
heralded.
Whatever the weather, it is Feb
ruary again, and the Order of the
Grail is conducting its annual class
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ring sale in Y-Court on February
13-15 from 9 to 4.
Juniors have been, hopefully,
snowed . by luxuriant invitations
which make it sound as if the jun
ior were being allowed to buy the
ring by special dispensation of some
high lord. This is not the case.
The Order of the Grail is in busi
ness. It is trying to sell a good-
quality class ring to as many stu
dents who will buy one.
The profits which the Grail
makes are small and are used en
tirely for the purpose of offering
scholarships or loans to deserving
students. The ring for sale is the
official class ring; we urge all mem
bers of the class of '64 and all previ
ous classes to drop by Y-Court to
at least look at the rings even if
they had not previously considered
buying one.
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We would like to call the Feb
ruary 15 deadline on applications
for the North Carolina State Gov
ernment Summer Internship Pro
gram to the attention of all stu
dents who are just slightly inter
ested.
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terested or even partially informed,
you are, no doubt, already aware
of the deadline.
We urge you to apply.
UNC: Future Expansion And Coordination
The Special Committee of, the
Eoard of Trustees have agreed
upon a number of recommenda
tions designed to strengthen the
University and foster larger ser
vice in the future. These rec
ommendations are interrelated
and each is dependent upon the
others. Therefore, they are sub
mitted as a program. That is,
the force of each recommenda
tion is conditioned upon accept
ance of the others.
1. DEFINITION OF
UNIVERSITY PURPOSE
The Governor's Commission on
Education Beyond the High
School has recommended a new
statutory definition of the pur
pose of the University. We con
cur in this proposal and recom
mend that it be enacted by the
General Assembly. The proposed
definition is as follows:
The University shall provide in
struction in the liberal arts, fine
arts, and sciences, and in the
learned professions, including
teaching, these being defined as
those professions which rest
upon advanced knowledge in the
liberal arts and sciences; and
shall be the primary state-supported
agency for research in
the liberal arts and sciences,
pure and applied. The Univer
sity shall provide instruction in
the branches of learning re
lating to agriculture and the
mechanic arts, and to other
scientific and classical studies.
The University shall be the only
institution in the State system
of higher education authorized
to award the doctor's degree.
There are, to be sure, existing
definitions, historic definitions
asserting the aims of three sep
arate North Carolina institutions
which have become the Univer
sity of North Carolina. The char
ters and successive statutes re
veal the traditions of the state
university, the land grant college,
and the state normal school in
their progressive development in
to one paramount state univer
sity. By act of the General Assem
bly of 1931, the University of
North Carolina, the North Caro
lina State College of Agriculture
and Engineering, and the North
Carolina College for Women were
"consolidated and merged" into
the University of North Carolina.
But a statutory definition of the
new entity is lacking, and to that
extent the realization of actual
consolidations has been hamper
ed by a persistent ambiguity of
purpose. The time has come to
have a clear and straight-forward
statutory declaration of univer
sity purpose and one which re
flects the essential unity of the
university organization.
With the projected develop
ment of all state institutions of
higher education, the needed
broadening of programs within
the University and the proposed
establishment of new institutions,
it has become necessary to have
a basic guide for differentiating
between the functions of the Uni
versity and other state colleges.
Thus the recommended definition
would reiterate university respon
sibility along with the other col
leges for undergraduate instruc
tion in the liberal arts and the
sciences. It would recognize that
the University is the principal in
stitution for education in the pro
fessions. The University would
be the primary state institution
for academic research and the
only one authorized to award the
doctor's degree.
The definition is the point of
reference for other recommenda
tions looking toward enlargement
and improvement of university
service. Its enactment into law
by the General Assembly is re
garded by this Committee as con
stituting a condition precedent to
the actual implementation of
other changes recommended in
this report.
2. COEDUCATION ON
ALL CAMPUSES
The Woman's College of the
University has, as its name sug
gests, largely restricted its pro
grams to young women. At times
in the past, men have been ac
cepted as students, particularly
at the graduate level, and at
present men are admitted as
graduate students. No dormitory
facilities have ever been made
available to men so the men who
attend this unit of the University
have done so on a commuting
basis.
Although there has been a
branch of the University in
Greensboro since 1931, there is no
(university program open to men
in the Greensboro area at the
undergraduate level at this time.
The population of the region in
and immediately surrounding the
city of Greensboro has reached
such dimensions that the wisdom
of restricting university programs
in this branch of the University
to women must be re-examined.
To hold to such a restriction
would be to fail to use education
al facilities that are already in
being at the same time that we
are striving to secure additional
facilities. University education
is being denied many young men
in this populous area of the state
because of their, inability . to . af
ford the costs of attending the
University at Chapel Hill or State
College. .
The definition proposed for the
University and the change in
name proposed for the Woman's
College emphasize our responsi
bility for enlarged and improved
programs on the Greensboro cam
pus. It is difficult to conceive of
a full-fledged university program
at that institution restricted to
women, for such restrictions are
intrinsically inconsistent with the
concept of a modern university.
Opening the campus of the Uni
versity at Greensboro to men will
greatly strengthen that institu
tion's opportunities to obtain fac
ulty members of distinction and
so to develop research and cre
ative work to the levels expected
of a university.
Although no dormitory facili
ties have been provided for men
on the campus at Greensboro and
none is being planned for the im
mediate future, we recognize that
it may become desirable to pro
vide such facilities when the full
utilization of the resources of that
institution warrant this action.
For much the same reasons it
is considered advisable to open
the institutions at Raleigh and
Chapel Hill more widely to wom
en and to commuting students.
The first step in broadening edu
cational opportunities should be
greater utilization of existing in
stitutions. The University at
Chapel Hill does not now admit
women at the freshman and so
phomore levels. This limitation
imposes hardships . for certain
programs, particularly . the fine
arts and those in music where
women's voices are necessary in
developing choral work. They
are unduly restrictive in other
programs and are inconsistent
with the full utilization of the edu
cational resources of the Univer
sity to meet the needs of the
people of the state.
We recommend, therefore, that
the campuses of the three units
cf the University be authorized to
admit men and women at all lev
els. 3. BROADER UNDER
GRADUATE EDUCATION
The recommendation of the
Governor's Commission on Edu
cation Beyond the High School
that existing community colleges
at Charlotte, Wilmington, and
Asheville be expanded to four
year, non-resident colleges has
been noted earlier in this report.
The Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity strongly endorses this rec
ommendation and commends the
full support of the University to
the development of these institu
tions to maximum usefulness."
The resources of a university
must be such as to provide those
who seek education at its hands
with some understanding of the
richness of man's intellectual
achievements. It is not enough
to train young men and women in
the arts and skills of a profession;
it is not enough to produce highly
trained specialists in narrow dis
ciplines. A university education
must combine the training essen
tial for the scientist, the lawyer,
the engineer, the medical doctor
with some appreciation of the
traditions of the past, with some
acquaintance with literature and
the fine arts, and with some un
derstanding of the ideas which
have made the world what it is
today. A university cannot be
a university and discharge its
responsibilities as an educational
institution unless it offers its stu
dents an education of sufficient
breadth to insure their participa
tion in society as well-informed,
thoughtful citizens.
It is important and necessary,
therefore, that the University of
North Carolina take steps to see
that on each of its campuses op
portunities are made available to
provide the breadth of education
al experience consistent with the
standards of the University. For
these reasons we recommend that
a degree program in the liberal
arts be authorized at the Raleigh
campus. Curricula in the liberal
arts already exist at Chapel Hill
and Greensboro.
4. A PLAN FOR FUTURE
EXPANSION OF THE
UNIVERSITY
A university has responsibilities
that differ in several ways from
those that are characteristic of a
college. Prominent among these
is the emphasis given in a uni
versity to research on the part of
the faculty and to the training
of graduate students. Because of
the wide scope of university pro
grams and the importance at
tached to research, their faculties
are made up of scholars and
scientists in many disciplines. The
existence of high levels of com
petence in many different fields
is a source of strength to each
discipline and provides opportuni
ties for educational programs that
are not possible in the more re
stricted offerings of a college.
North Carolina has a single
state supported university with
campuses at three geographical
locations to provide for the citiz
ens of the state the kind of edu
cational opportunity that only a
university can supply. As the
only university supported by the.
state, the University of North Ca
rolina recognizes its responsibili
ty to meet demands for extending
its educational programs to other
areas in the state when the re
sources of its existing campus
cannot meet needs that are real
and pressing. ,
North Carolina is a vigorous
and growing state. Its expand
ing economy is developing cen
ters of population in areas re
mote from the sites of its Univer
sity campuses. The citizens of
these regions feel keenly the need
for the rich and varied educa
tional programs that the Univer
sity provides and which, because
of distance, are denied to many
of them. As these needs continue
to grow, the University must.be
prepared to meet its responsibili
ties to these people by enlarging
its resources even to the point
universities of this country and
do its full share to assist in the
task of enlarging man's under
standing of himself and of the
world of which he is a part,
of establishing new campuses
when earful study warrants such
action.
The intent of the report of the
Carlyle Commission is to bring
about in the state a well coor
dinated system of higher educa
tion. This requires a clearly de
lineated differentiation of func
tions between the different kinds
of institutions of higher education
and a sharply defined definition
of the responsibilities of the Uni
versity. It becomes necessary,
therefore, that the University be
placed in a position that will en
able it to meet the needs for Uni
versity type education as needs
arise.
The requests of the trustees of
Charlotte College, Wilmington
College, and Asheville-Biltmore
College that these institutions be
come units of the University of
North Carolina have been given
thoughtful and sympathetic con
sideration. After careful study
we recommend that the statutes
be amended to authorize the
Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity to establish additional units
of the University subject to ap
plicable statutory procedures and
the following conditions:
1. That the need for the de
velopment of a new unit be es
tablished by a thorough study
of the area in which the new
campus is proposed. Such a
study is to be made under the
direction of the Board of Trus
tees. 2. That additional funds be
made available for the estab
lishment of the new campus to
insure that the quality of the in
structional and research pro
grams at the existing units of
the University be maintained at
the highest possible level.
3. That standards and criteria
prescribed by the Board of
Trustees shall prevail at the
new campus in the same man
ner that they apply at the exist
ing units of the University.
The Committee recommends
the foregoing as establishing a
sound and stable procedure
whereby new units of the Uni
versity may be established in
other areas of the state in the
future. It is our judgment that
a real need for educational pro
grams of the "kind that only a
university can provide will exist
in areas where rapid increases
in population have occurred. In
dustrial development likewise
creates a demand and a need for
graduate and specialized educa
tion.. As soon as legislative authoriza
tion is provided we recommend
that the University undertake a
comprehensive study of the need
for the establishment of new units
of the University and report its
recommendations to the Board of
Trustees.
5. ONE NAME FOR THE
UNIVERSITY
In 1931 the legislature united
the University of North Carolina,
the North. Carolina State College
of Agriculture and Engineering,
and the North Carolina College
for WTomen into a single institu
tion: The University of North
Carolina. This union was not ac
complished without difficulties,
for. each of the institutions felt
deeply the loss of its independ
ence. Major changes in academ
ic programs were made in the
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interest of economy and the more
efficient use of the funds avail
able. Whole curricula were trans
ferred from one institution to
another to avoid duplicating pro
grams of instruction in profes
sional fields and to concentrate
the full resources of the state be
hind specific programs. Graduate
work was centralized in a sin.le
graduate school and many other
steps were taken to strengthen
and enrich both teaching and re
search study.
In recognition of the traditions
associated with each of the three
campuses, each institution was
given a name that reflected both
its former as well as its new
status as a unit of a single uni
versity. Thus at Raleigh, the
North Carolina State College of
Agriculture and Engineering be
came the North Carolina State
College of Agriculture and En
gineering of the University of
North Carolina. This unwieldy
title quickly became North Caro
lina State College in the minds
of faculty, students, and the gen
eral public so its new status as
a component part of a single uni
versity was not identified in its
popular name. The North Caro
lina College for Women became
the Woman's College of the Uni
versity, a title which recognized
both its distinctive character as
an institution for women anil its
newly acquired status as a branch
of the University.
State College was founded in
1887 as the North Carolina Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechan
ic Arts. In 1917 the name was
changed to the North Carolina
State College of Agriculture and
Engineering. The present name
(North Carolina State College
of Agriculture and Engineering
of the University of North Caro
lina) was adopted in 1931.
The Woman's College was
founded in 1891 as the Norma!
and Industrial School. In lRtiT
the name was changed to the
State Normal and Industrial
College. In 1919 the name was
again changed to the North Caro
lina College for Women. Since
1931 the name has been the
Woman's College of the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
The Chapel Hill campus retain
ed its former title since its posi
tion as a university was not
changed by the new legislative
act.
In spite of disappointments and
deep concern on the part of num
bers of faculty members and
others, the passage of time has
demonstrated the wisdom of the
changes that were made and re
warded the courage of those re
sponsible for carrying through the
necessary reorganization. Under
the new centralized administra
tion, great progress has been
made. Each unit of the Univer
sity has flourished, salaries have
improved, physical facilities have
been enlarged beyond what was
thought possible, and reputations
for scholarly work have been en
hanced. The union of the thrte
separate institutions has brought
added strength to them all.
While important progress has
been made under a central ad
ministration the fact that each
unit of the University has had a
separate and distinctive name ha
hindered the full development of
a spirit of unity and common
purpose on the three campuses.
The institution at Raleigh has
reached a stage of development
where it is no longer appropriate
to refer to it as a college. It has
now become a university. It is
also inappropriate to continue to
call the institution at Greensboro
a college in view of plans to ad
vance the general program to
university scope and statu.?. To
retain the name Woman's Col
lege while acting to admit men
would be anomalous.
These facts indicate to us the
desirability of changing the
names of the three institutions
comprising the University of
North Carolina so as to identify
them as component units of a
single university. We have, there
fore, devoted much time ar. 1
thought to the nomenclature prob
lem. In our study we have wel
comed the advice and critici-rn
of students, faculty, alumnae an !
alumni, trustees, and many oth
ers. We have studied the sys
tems of nomenclature ued in
other state-supported universities
with multiple campuses or
branches. From these deli' ora
tions has emerged a nomencla
ture for the University and it
three campuses that removes the
objections to the titles now in
use and identifies clearly each
institution as a component unit
of a single University.
WTe recommend that the t'
now used to designate the $inrV
University with its three c
puses. "The University of North
Carolina," be retained: that th
institution at Chapel IIH1 be giv
en the name, "The University of
North Carolina at Chape-! Hill,":
that the institution at Ralei.h re
known as, "North Carolina Strre.
The University of North Carolina
at Raleigh,"; and that the i :. '
at Greensboro be given the title,
"The University, of North Caro
lina at Greensboro.