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Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee streaked to a second-place finish in the mayors
division of the Soap Box Derby held in Chapel Hill Sunday. Fred Chambley,
mayor pro tern of Carrboro, was next-to-last in the two-man race. (Staff Photo
by Alice Boyle)
This is the last issue of The Tar
Heel for the first summer session.
Publication will resume July 13.
Good luck on exams.
CO. Cathey steps down to return
to teaching. Donald A. Boulton
takes over Saturday as the new
dean of student affairs. See stories
pages 6 and 7.
Admission sex bias endin;
Vol. 79, No. 4
June 29, 1972
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
by Anne Lafferty
Staff Writer
Equal opportunity for women has
finally reached admissions to UNC-CH.
This year, for the first time in the
University's history, a woman applicant
had just as much chance as a man of
being accepted.
Consequently, 40 percent of the class
of 1976 is comprised of women, up 7
percent from last year's figure.
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Dennis Wuvcik (center) and lohn O'Donncll (right) took part in Coach Dean
Smith's Carolina Basketball School, which ended Sunday after three weeks.
Participants were given pointers by Carolina players and coaches. (Photo by Hass
L.BIad)
"For admission, standards are equal
for men and women," explained Dr.
Lillian Lehman, University registrar.
The policy involves not so much
equalizing numbers as equalizing
competitiveness. Fewer women apply to
the University than men; thus, fewer will
be admitted.
Equal standards has meant "tightening
up severely on the men who apply to the
University," said Assistant Director of
Admissions Tony Strickland.
Since more women are being admitted
to the freshman class, there is less room
for men.
A similar situation has occurred with
women junior transfer applicants. With
more freshman women, the University is
accepting fewer women students in the
upper classes.
The new policy will not turn UNC-CH
into a women's school, said Lehman.
People are worried that UNC will become
a women's campus, but "this is a fallacy,"
she continued.
Not only do fewer women apply to
UNC, but women's SAT scores are not
significantly higher than men's, contrary
to the popular notion, she said. Both
considerations will limit admissions of
women, probably to about 40 percent of
each freshman class.
There were 3,790 female applicants to
the class of 1976 and 1,150 were
admitted. Of the 5,637 men who applied,
1,750 were admitted. In each case,
approximately 30 percent of the
applicants will be entering the University.
As Strickland put it, for the first time,
"it is as likely to find a woman lowest in
the class as it is to find a man." In
previous years, the quotas on women
resulted in their being better students, as
a group, than men.
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by Winston Cavin
Staff Writer
The electrical wiring problems that
forced the closing of Joyner dormitory
last week were caused by deterioration
that "could have happened in a day,"
Assistant Director of Residence Life
Russell Perry said Monday.
The building was closed and the 1 12
women occupants moved because some
of the electrical insulation melted.
Perry said the deterioration did not
appear to be dangerous during any regular
inspection of the building. Joyner was.
however, scheduled for rewiring this fall.
Perry explained how the University
officials learned of the problem early last
week. "Joyner is a junction for steam
heating and electrical systems for 4
dorms Joyner. Alexander. Connor and
Winston." he said.
"We noticed the difficulty 2 weeks ago
when circuit breakers for the third floor
became overloaded." he said.
The superintendent of maintenance
and alterations for the UNC Physical
Plant. Paul Medlin, discovered the heat in
the basement (about 250 degrees) had
melted some of the insulation on the
wiring. " Three wires had become bonded
together." Perry said. "It put the third
floor on one circuit instead of three, and
that caused the overloading."
Perry said the University officials
thought the building would have to be
rewired immediately. Frank Slaydon of
the State Property Control Office in
Raleigh saw the building Monday and
agreed the building should be closed until
wiring could be replaced. The final
decision was made Tuesday afternoon.
Perry said the women were told of the
situation in house meetings Tuesday
night. They were warned to use only as
much electricity as was absolutely"
necessary. The women began moving out
last Wednesday.
He said they were surprised to hear the
news but were cooperative.
The women were transferred to
Parker. Connor and Craige dorms.
A moving van and some Physical Plant
workmen moved the students' belongings,
although some chose to move themselves.
The University is transferring the phone
listings free and has notified the post
office of the address changes. Almost all
of the new phones have been connected.
The electrical problems were
apparently not the result of negligence.
Perry and Medlin agreed. An engineering
firm surveyed all campus housing wiring
in the spring of 1971.
In all. eight University dorms have
been rewired recently or are earmarked
for rewiring this summer: Alderman,
Mclver. Kenan, Old Spencer, Carr,
Whitehead, Old East and Old West.