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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume C3, Issue No. 4&3T
Friday, October 13, 1978, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Nine-day event opens today; to include concerts, games, rides
By DINITA JAMES
Staff Writer
Souped-up pick ups. Scary rides. Grotesque sideshows. .
Agricultural exhibits. Barnyard, buddies. Junk food galore.
Stomach aches. Tired feet. CrowdsCrowds. Crowds.
The North Carolina State Fair opens its gates for the
111th.,' time at 9 a.m. today at the fairgrounds in Raleigh. ,
The nine-day event also' features nightly concerts in
Dorton Arena by performers such as Larry Gatlin, Stella
Parton, the Florida Boys, Ronnie McDowell, Crystal Gayle,
Anson Williams, Billy "Crash" Craddock and Ray Stevens.
On the midway the James E. Strates Show--the largest
traveling railroad show in America will offer nearjy 50
rides, dozens of shows and 80 games and other concessions,
as it has done for more than 60 years.
The biggest exhibit of the 1978 State Fair is the 10,000
square-foot charter sphere which houses the Energy Dome.
Inside the dome will be a two-story, cut-away model of an
energy efficient house, a wood stove display, displays of wind
generators, solar panels, a flywheel car and a model forest
equipped with rain, ponds and cascading streams. .
Another daily feature at the fair will be the "Go Grazey"
special exhibit. The life cycles of grazing animals Will be
presented in an 80-foot Charter sphere near Gate 2. Live
grazing animals will highlight the exhibit. Holey Joe, a cow
with a window in his side, is the featured animal. Also, a
simulated cow's stomach will demonstrate how forage
samples are evaluated for their nutritional value to cattle.
Other displays in the exhibit include large plantings of
common forage crops, silos and the products of grazers such
as beef .cuts, beef by-products like bologna and hot dogs, as
well as lamb cuts and dairy products. This is not a concession
exhibit, and no food will be sold.
. Heritage Circle, a complex featuring reconstructed
buildings, also will be open to attract fairgoers. The complex
features a reconstructed log cabin and smoke house dating
from 1815, a one-room school house and a corn crib. A
tobacco barn has been added to the complex this year, the
barn is' more than a century old and was moved to the
fairgrounds from a farm in Roxboro. Inside the complex,
daily demonstrations of corn meal grinding will be given.
The Village of Yestervear. the nine-dav
Carolina craftspersons, will be open daily. The village is
located in the Crafts Building, a round structure completed
three years ago. The artisans, many dressed in native
costumes, will be .demonstrating woodcarving,
basketweaving, rug-braiding, sculpture, candle-making,
ceramics, doll making, pottery and blacksmithing. Finished
work will be on sale in the building.
The Folk Festival, in its fourth decade on the fairgrounds,
is located in an 80-foot Charter sphere, a canvas geodesic
dome. The festival was initiated to foster the preservation
and development, of the state's heritage of folk music and
dance. Three performances will be given daily. Performances
will include exhibitions of clogging and smooth dancing;
gospel singing groups; blue grass, country and western and
string bands; banjoists, guitarists and fiddlers; and novelty
numbers such as performances on the mandolin.
The. State Fair Horse Show, which began Thursday, will
run every day until the end of the show. The popular Draft
horse and pon pulling contest will be held Wednesday.
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Helms raises
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The Associated Press
Republican Sen. Jesse Helms has
raised and spent $6.2 million on his re
election campaign, his latest federal
election financial report shows.
Helms' Democratic challenger in the
U.S. Senate race. Insurance
Commissioner John Ingram, had raised
almost $174,000 for his campaign,
according to Ingram's financial
statements. Tom Ellis, campaign
manager for Helms, released copies of the
Republican's report Thursday and
immediately launched an attack on
Ingram. He accused the Democratic
nominee of being too liberal for North
Carolina, of purposely deceiving the
public in his campaigning and of failing
to show broad " support with his own
limited campaign fund.
"John Ingram has said that big oil and
gas are bankrolling the Helms
campaign," Ellis said. "The truth of the
matter is that less than one-tenth of 1
percent of the Helms-for-Senate
contributions is in any way related to gas,
oil or any other interest group John
Ingram knows that, but he is purposely
distorting the facts."
Ingram's report . filed Wednesday
shows he has received less than $200,000,
less than any recent Democratic
candidate in a major statewide race.
The re port shows Ingram- collected
$45,500 air a $500-a-couple fund-raiser
reception for President Carter last month
in Asheville. It included ticket sales in
Asheviile, and listed contributions of
$500 or more from 82 persons.
Ingram raised $95,781 during the
three-month period, and was left with a
little more than $33,000 on Hand at the
end of September, the report said.
He received two contributions totaling
$14,000 from the Democratic Senatorial
Committee in Washington.
Among the individual contributors
listed were former Gov. Bob Scott, who
gave $500, and Madison County
Democratic leader Zeno Poner, who gave
$1,000.
Ingram listed a few out-of-state
contributions, but the large majority were
from North Carolinians.
John Williams and Charles Winberry,
aides to Gov. Jim Hunt, each contributed
$500. State ABC board chairperson
Marvin Speight was listed as giving
$1,000.
Helms' $6.2 million is the most
expensive Senate campaign ever held in
the country, most political observers
believe.
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...attend University Day exercises Thursday at Memorial Hall
University alumni celebrate past
By DINITA JAMES-
StafT Writer
The laughing, jovial crowd that filled
Memorial Hall beyond capacity at
University Day observances Thursday
was far different from the sparse, somber
group of demonstrators who attended the
ceremonies last year.
Members of the Black Student
Movement attended the ceremonies last
year, carrying signs in a silent protest of
the treatment of black students on
campus.
But the mood was lighthearted
Thursday, mostly because of the jokes
and stories told by Andy Griffith,
featured speaker of the day.
A procession of faculty members,
garbed in the impressive robes of their
alma maters an4 degrees, opened the
ceremony. The faculty, entering
Memorial Hall two at a time, required
two repetitions of the processional march
to seat all its members.
After an invocation and the
presentation of five distinguished
alumnus awards, Griffith rose to give his
address.
His talk was spiced with reminiscences
of-4iis-days-at Carolina. "As all of us
walked up the lane, I really had k
(nostalgia) bad; I had to fight it for quite
awhile," Griffith said. "1 almost moved to
tears by the band and the choir because of
all the memories this place brings back."
Memorial Hall itself brought back
many recollections for Griffith. "Another
reason, for me particularly, this was a
tearjerker was 'cause I knew where I was
gonna walk to: to the stage where the first
time in my life I was ever in a play. It is
very, very moving."
Chapel Hill has grown considerably
since the 1949 graduate attended the
University. "My daughter and I were
flying over Chapel Hill one day," Griffith
said. "And I was going to show it to her. I
remember it in a certain way, and I
couldn't find it. 1 was right over it. 1 told
her we must be over Duke and Durham.
She asked what was Duke and Durham,
and I was real proud of her. I never did
tell her."
Griffith called himself a "late
bloomer," and talked about the wealth of
opportunity he had found here as a music
and dramatic art major. "1 graduated
from here, just barely," he said. "It took
me five years and two summers. 1 just
Changes in curriculum
er study Jby committee
By GEORGE JETER
Staff Writer
Major changes in curriculum and
course requirements may be forthcoming
for students in General College and the
College of Arts and Sciences during the
1978-79 academic year.
The Committee to Review the
Undergraduate Curriculum is expected
to submit its recommendations for
academic changes to Samuel R.
Williamson, dean of the UNC College of
Arts and Sciences by April,
Committee Chairperson , Weldon
Thornton, an English professor, said
group basically is "trying to decide what
the aim of general education b supposed
to be."
Thornton explained that rather than
writing the report in a department by
department study,- the committee is
attempting to determine "what the
objectives, perspectives, skills and
contents are that general education
would involve."
Specifically, the committee currently is
looking at the math-foreign language
option, the value of divisional
requirements and "whether some majors
are so specialized that they inhibit a
general education." The majors under
study are in the bachelor of science and
bachelor of fine arts programs.
Thornton said the group can
recommend changes in course content,
required courses and goals pf the two
colleges.
Although Thornton did say the
committee might by "a bit idealistic," he
compared xit to the Merzbacher
Committee of 10 years ago that was
responsible for the elimination of several
General College required courses. "Our
impact will be comparable," he said.
The committee itself consists of various
. faculty members from the departments
involved and a few students. All members
were appointed by Williamson in April.
Williamson, who actually will decide
whether to implement the
recommendations, recently made a
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He counseled students not to make the
same mistakes that he did. "Always look
for opportunities around you. It's always
there, you just have to recognize it. I'm
doing something for a living that I first
thought, on this very stage,was just fun.
It's wonderful to be working at something
you love, and thanks to my opportunities,
I have that great privilege."
Griffith gave the audience vivid
examples of his professional talents.
"This preacher was preaching this real
stirring sermon, and then he asked how
many people wanted to go to heaven," he
said. "Only about half of the
congregation raised their hands. So he
started again telling how nice heaven was,
, and how terrible it was in that other place.
He asked again how manypeople wanted
to go to heaven, and everybody in the
place raised their hands. Except for this
one guy. He went down and hugged him
and said 'Don't you want to go to
heaven?' The guy said, 'Yeah, but it looks
to me like you was fixin' to get up a load
and go tonight:' "
"Basically, that's what I do for a
living," Griffith said.
By DINITA-JAMES
Staff Writer
, Jim Phillips, student body president,
said he will introduce measures to
eliminate any funding for athletic grants-in-aid
derived from the Student Stores
Scholarships fund at the Board of
Trustees meeting at 10:30 a.m. today.
This year, from the $350,000 Student
Stores earnings, $25,000 will go to
athletic grants-in-aid. The remainder will
go 'to graduate and undergraduate
Academic scholarships.
Trustee regulations governing on
campus merchandising were established
in 1952. The regulations state that profits
from all campus merchandising "shall be
devoted to grants-in-aid to students
selected on the basis of character,
citizenship and leadership."
William Geer, director of Student Aid,
said the definition of grant-in-aid has
changed over the years. "The emphasis of
the distribution of the awards has always
been on financial need and academic
achievements," Geer said. "A minor part
of the funds has always gone to athletic
scholarships. I think this general term
was used to permit a variety of
interpretations."
Phillips said he felt students paid
enough money to the athletic department
in student fees without paying more
through the Student Stores. "The athletic
department gets $700,000 a year from
students already," he said. "Should they
get $25,000 from the money we pay for
the necessities of student life? The
financial aid office is already short of
money. I think the money students pay to
the Student Stores should go for
academic scholarships."
There currently are no trustees on" the
board who also were board members in
1952, and Phillips said he thinks many of
the current trustees do not know Student
Stores profits , go to fund athletic
scholarships.
"I think many of them are unaware of
the situation," Phillips said. "I'm going to
explain the situation to them. Hopefully,
in the near future, we can take some
action to end this practice. I think they'll
be receptive and be interested to know
this practice exists."
The athletic department released a
financial statement in May 1978. The
statement showed that $733,750 was
the Educational Foundation for the 1977
78 academic year. From other sources,
including $25,000 from the Student
Stores, $59,600 also was available for
athletic grants-in-aid.
Of the $793,350 available for athletic
scholarships, only $675,350 actually was
awarded to athletes at UNC. The
remaining $125,000 was returned to the
Educational Foundation.
William Cobey, director of athletics,
said the monies from the Student Stores
Scholarships are a significant part of the
V athletic funding at UNC." " - -- -- -
"I don't know if I think we'd be
seriously hurt if we lost the money,"'
Cobey said. "We'd have to raise the
money from other places. We can only
raise ticket prices so much without having
a loss in ticket sales. I guess we'd have to
cut funding in other areas or raise the
difference from alumni and friends."
Cobey said, however, that the athletes
at Carolina meet all the qualifications
stipulated in the trustees' regulations.
"All our athletes are chosen on this basis.
We pick all our athletes on the basis of
character, leadership and academics,
along with athletic ability. We don't want
people with poor character around.
People like that don't help our program."
. Cobey said the amount of money going
to the athletic department from the
Student Stores profits has decreased 'in
recent 'years.
"All our income goes into a pool of
money and from this we give out
scholarships. Over the past few years, the.
amount contributed to the pool from the
Student Stores has decreased. It used to
be significantly more. It was cut back to
$25,000 a couple of years ago from
between $50,000 and $35,000."
Trustees Henry Foscue and Newman
Townsend said they did not know enough
about the financing of athletes to
comment.
John Temple, vice chancellor for
business and finance, said he was sure
that the 1952 trustees intended some of
the campus merchandising revenues to go
. to athletic scholarships.
"The correct interpretation of what
that means now is the same as it was to
them," Temple said. "It's clear to me that
the thinking of the people at that time is
that they were including athletic
scholarships."
Police ' Mudy ' pavings bond chain
Weldon Thornton
related change when he requested that
several College of Arts and Sciences
departments lower their overall grade
point averages.
Thornton said although each change
"can effect 3,100 students," he thought
Williamson would follow the committee's
suggestions.
By CAROL HANNER
Staff Writer
Orange - County District Attorney
Wade Barber announced today his office
is investigating a United States Savings
Bond chain circulating on the UNC
campus. '
The "Spirit of '76 Invest in America
Plan" involves buying a list of names
and a $25 bond of $37.50. The bond is
mailed to the person at the top of the list.
The buyer then makes two new lists
with his own name added to the bottom,
attaches a $25 bond costing $18.75 to
each letter, and sells them.
The buyer's initial ivestment has thus
been returned to him, and he supposedly
sits back and waits for thousands of
bonds to be mailed to him.
"The scheme is one where typically,
only those who initiate such illegal
transactions profit from them," Barber
said. "It usually wears out before those
further down the line receive any
payoffs."
Barber said state law mandates
prosecution of anyone who establishes,
promotes, operates or participates in the
chain because it is considered a form of
lottery. Lotteries are illegal in North
Carolina.
"This is a crime that often takes
advantage of the uninformed and
inexperienced," Barber said. "It's not
unusual for such a letter to circulate on a
campus at the beginning of the year,
especially among freshmen."
The maximum fine if convicted of the
misdemeanor is $2,000, six months in jail
or both, Barber said.
One UNC student said he invested in
the chain and has since received five
bonds worth a' total of $125.
"I don't knowTor'a fact anybody who
has made a whole lot of money out of it
(the letter)," he said. "I got mine from a
friend in- a fraternity. Some of the
brothers called the top names on the list,
and one guy from Cary said he had made
$11,000."
He said the letter originated in
Kinston, not at UNC.
Another student bought a letter, but
found he had trouble buying the savings
bonds, which are sold at most banks.
He said the teller at one bank asked
him what the bonds were for. He told her
they were for a chain letter, and she
refused to sell the bonds to him.
"So 1 just went to two different banks
and bought one at each bank," the.
student said.
A spokesperson at First-Citizens Bank-,
and Trust Co. said they usually can spot
someone buying bonds for a chain letter. '
"There is a certain pattern of bond
sales. When someone comes in and wants
two $25 bonds instead of one-$50 bond,
we ask him what it is for," she said.
"This particular chain is well known in
Chapel Hill. A few slipped by in the
beginning, but we now are well aware of
the trend," she added.
Barber asked anyone solicited to
participate in the chain to:
1) Obtain the names and addresses of
2) Get a copy of the chain letter.
including the list of names, without
buying it.
3) Notify Chapel Hill Police
Department detective division at 929-5204.