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Big Question For Study Panel Accreditations Why Is It Vital? By ERNEST ROBL Tar Heel Asst. Editor What is the Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Schools? Who runs it? What does it do? And why are its decisions of such vital impor tance to UNC? These questions were raised at last week's opening session of the speaker ban study com mission, when it was decided to open hearings with testi t arc -Mr A jfn 4' -j -WWvlvv 0 SPEEDY TRANSPORTATIOX: This T-33 jet is about two days. This shot was taken last - provides quick transportation for astronauts month at Raleigh-Durham Airport when astro- when they travel to Morehead Planetarium nauts Gordon Cooper and . Charles Conrad for frequent training sessions. Astronauts fly underwent training for the eighty-orbit Gemini in alone or in small groups since they often 5 flight, arrive from different points. An average visit Morehead Given In NASA By WAYNE MODL1N Tar Heel Staff Writer When Gemini 5 astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad blast-off for an eighty orbit flight next month, they will carry with them experi ence gained at Morehead Planetarium. Cooper and Conrad, like all other astronauts, have studied at Morehead under the tutelege of planetarium director An thony Jenzano. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration se lected Morehead over other similiar facilities as the train ing spot for celestial naviga tion. NASA surveyed other planetariums throughout the nation at the beginning of the Mercury program in 1959. Each was asked to submit pro posals of the facilities and training program they would offer. Jenzano drew up and submitted a list of plans and proposals from Morehead. NASA took it. Morehead then had the task of training astronauts in space orientation. But how was it to go about conducting it. The problem was unprecedented. "In those early days of the program, neither NASA nor we knew exactly what had to be done." Jenzano said, "But of the two, we were in a better position to plan this facet of the, program because, .of , our mony from spokesmen of this organization. Immediately after this de cision, one of the members noted that he knew almost nothing about the association and its relationship to mem ber institutions. Other mem bers of the commission, includ ing chairman David Britt, quickly concurred on this point. The Southern Association of CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, Jfi. itf familiarity with the celestial system. "It's amazing how well those original plans have worked out, although we have gradually developed methods and techniques through exper imentation which have modi fied and improved them." Morehead bought an army surplus "link trainer" (a de- Exchange Space 12 Travel South Twelve UNC students and professors left Tuesday for a three-week travel and study seminar at Escuela Normal Su perior in Mexico City, continuing a student exchange program begun eight years ago. The program will be one of intensive language study. Stu dents will attend classes at the Higher Normal School. They will also visit the University of Vera Cruz, where they will observe the teaching of English and other subjects in the public schools. Lectures will be in Spanish and students will be called upon to assist in both English and Spanish classes. Exchange students from Mexico will come to Chapel Hill Feb. 1, 1966, for the spring semester and, in addition to taking courses in education and English, will assist in teaching Span ish in the public schools of the state. The group includes Walter Bulla, Salisbury; Joyce Carter, Carrboro; Linda Goldberg, Durham; William R. Ledford and Anne Westbrook, Raleigh; Nancy Patterson, Black Mountain; Marjorie Shallotte; Ann Miller, Yonkers, N. Y.; and Rogette Wernicke, Pensacola, Fla. Dr. Margaret Jones of Chapel Hill is accompanying the group as leader. Colleges and Schools is a vol untary cooperative organiza tion that attempts to raise standards of education. In the words of Dr. Arnold K. King, vice - president of the . Consolidated University: "The primary purpose of the association is to guarantee the public certain minimum stand ards in educational institu tions. "The association, which has Photo by Ernest Robl. Role ram vice for training pilots). Jen zano modified it to resemble the Mercury capsule in cer tain desired aspects. The visual capacity of the "link trainer" was modified to exactly simulate the view from the Mercury capsule. The seat was tilted to accurately simu late conditions in the capsule. (Continued on Page 3) Program Big-Prog no political and no religious connections, carries this out by periodical evaluation of member institutions." One of Six The Southern Association is one of six regional accredit ing organizations in the Unit ed States, which now handle accreditation of educational institutions ranging from uni versities to elementary schools. 1965 Tin Hiir ansion Gets Boost The $6 million for building and expanding the six - fold Medical and' Health Center at the University, announced from Washington Friday, is only one- fourth of the total cost of the enlargement of the "Pill Hill" complex. The University expects to get $25 million for the physi cal expansion of the Health Center. The federal funds are matched 'by state funds. The General Assembly appropri ated large sums for facilities. A number of federal grants were contingent upon acquisi tion of state appropriations or matching funds from private and foundation sources. Of the $25 million for proj ects authorized and now large ly funded there is $11 million in state funds. Over $12 mil lion is scheduled to come from federal grants. The re mainder is from special funds already on hand. Dr. Isaac Taylor, Dean of the School of Medicine, cited an illustration of the combina tion of funds from various sources that go into the total construction picture. In the $6 million - plus an nouncement by the Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare, there are three sep arate items: $2,847,929 for the School of Dentistry expansion, and $2,388,195 for the enlarge ment of the School of Medi cine, and also $803,487 for a four-story ambulant car facil ity and two - story surgical unit. The $803,487 figure is only a small part of the total cost of the ambulant care and surgical addition. The total for the surgery and ambulant care unit is $8, 400,000. The General Assem bly appropriated $2,500,000. Another $2.5 million will come from Hill-Burton Act funds. The Burlington Industries Foundation gave $500,000 for a portion of it in memory of James Spencer Love. The North Carolina Medical Foun dation gave an additional half a million. Other private and University sources will pro vide the rest. Dean John Brauer of the School of Dentistry will be able to enlarge the enrollment in the first year school of den ( Continued on Page 3) Exp The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools was founded in 1895 in Atlanta, Ga. Professor Edwin Mims of UNC was one of the found ers. The association was first or ganized for the purpose of ac crediting high schools, on the premise that students from schools which meet certain standards would be more rea dily acceptable to colleges and universities than students com ing from other high schools. The program was later ex tended to the accreditation of colleges and universities, af fecting the transfer of students, grades and credits and pro viding a basis for admission to graduate schools. The program of accredita tion has been extended to oth er secondary and even ele mentary schools. 411 Members There are currently 411 member colleges and univer sities in the 11 states covered by the Southern Association: These states are Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Missis sippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. In addition to handling the accreditation of educational institutions in this area of the United States, the Southern Association also handles ac creditation of institutions in all of Latin and South Ameri ca. Dr. Arnold Perry, Dean of UNC's School of Education, is currently serving as chair man of the association's com mittee on Latin - American re lations, and has been working with the association for 16 years. Perry noted that this com mittee functions primarily in an advisory capacity, usually convening in New Orleans to meet with representatives of Latin American academic in stitutions and organizations. Most of the current work of the Southern Association is handled through three com missions a commission on colleges and universities, a commission on secondary schools, and a commission on research and services. It was the first of these, the commission on colleges and universities which threatened North Carolina's state - sup ported institutions of higher education with loss of accred itation in May because of its two - year - old speaker ban law. The law forbids known Com munists and persons who have pleaded the Fifth Amendment on questions relating to com munism from speaking on the campuses of state - supported institutions. What effect would this (Continued on Page 8) Interviews Interviews will be held Friday and Monday for stu dents interested in working on the Tar Heel staff dur ing the second session. Interested students should come to the Tar Heel offices second floor, Graham Me morial between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday or 11 : a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday or : call the office for an ap : pointment. Positions are open for news and feature writers, columnists and an office secretary.
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