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  • Date original: 1974-02
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FACULTY-STAFF NEWSLETTER February 14, 1974 DR. ROBINSON CONFIRMED AS NEW WCU CHANCELLOR BY BOARD OF GOVERNORS Dr. Harold F. (Cotton) Robinson, North Carolina native who now is Provost of Purdue University, will become Chancellor of Western Carolina Univer­sity on June 1. On the recommendation of President William Friday of the University of North Carolina, the UNC Board of Gov­ernors elected the 55-year-old Robinson on Feb 8 to succeed Jack Carlton, who resigned in September, 1973. "I am very pleased that Dr. Robinson will be returning home to assume the Chancellorship of Western Carolina," Friday said. "He is a native son who will bring vast experience, talent and total dedication to this position of. leadership and trust. He will have my full cooperation and support." The Governors unanimously adopted a resolution commending the WCU trustees and the chancellor selection committee for "conscientious performance in the search for a new leader" and expressing "complete confidence in the Chancellor who has been elected, a man nationally recognized for his educational vision and leadership." In the resolution, the Board also "pledges to the new Chancellor and to the Board of Trustees its wholehearted support in the months and years ahead; and reiterates its confidence in the University community at Cullowhee and its faith in the continued growth and service of that great institution." Associated with N. C. State Univer­sity in Raleigh for 23 years, Robinson was born in Bandana, Mitchell County. He attended Mars Hill College and in 1939 won his bachelor's degree with high honors at N. C. State. In 1940, he won a master's degree in plant breeding from the same institution. After serving as a Navy officer in antisubmarine warfare in World War II, Robinson in 1948 was awarded his doc­torate at the University of Nebraska. He joined the N. C. State faculty in 1945, later serving as head of the Department of Genetics and as director of the Institute of Biological Sciences and assistant director of the Agricul­tural Experiment Station. In 1968, Robinson became Vice Chan­cellor, University System of Georgia. He became Provost of Purdue on Sept. 1, 1971, when that position was created on the Indiana campus. Robinson was executive director in 1966-67 of the President's Science Advisory Committee Panel on the World Food Supply, and has won numerous awards from professional societies as well as an honorary doctor's degree from the University of Nebraska. Robinson is married to the former Katherine Palmer and they are the parents of two daughters. GOVERNORS SEEK FACULTY PAY HIKES The legislature will be asked by the Board of Governors to set academic salary increases for the 16-campus system at the same level as those pro­vided for other state employees. The action by the Board, taken at the request of President William Friday, came as the' General Assembly was being urged to provide salary increases for 1974-75 of 10 per cent for state employees generally. The Board's initial budget request was for an appropriation of eight per cent to provide merit salary increments for faculty members, but the Advisory Budget Commission recommended an increase of only five per cent. In approving the effort to obtain the higher appropriation, the Governors noted that the cost of living has continued to rise sharply since the time of its original request. The Board action also takes into account the fact that efforts are currently under way in the legislature to obtain the 10 per cent salary increases for other state employees. NEW FACULTY COMMITTEES ELECTED Thirty-six faculty members were elected to four new faculty committees last week, with nearly 85 percent of the general faculty casting ballots in the elections. The four committees are provided for in the new faculty constitution and by­laws, which also provide restrictions on the composition of the committees. Three of the nine-member committees- Chancellor' s Advisory, Faculty Grievance, and Nominations, Elections, and Commit­tees— require at least one representative from each undergraduate School and at least one from each academic rank, with no more than four persons from the same School. The Faculty Hearing Committee re- quir«« three representatives from each of the three highest ranks, and at least one and no more than four from each undergraduate School. Because of the restrictions, some candidates who were not elected actually polled more votes than winning candi­dates in the same race. Election, results by committee, list­ing candidates by rank, number of votes, name, and undergraduate School affilia­tion follows. The names of the winning candidates are capitalized, and their length of term is given in parentheses. Chancellor's Advisory Committee- Instructor 135, JOHANNA LEWIS, Library (3) 111, JENNIE L. HUNTER, Business (1) Assistant Professor 117, NELL W. HOLTZCLAW, A. & S. (2) 101, Leland R. Waters Jr., Business 89, Jane B. Schulz, Ed. & P. 61, Joel S. Milner, Ed. 6 P. 44, James E. Smith, A. & S. 28, CLATIE COLLINS, H.S. & S. (1) Associate Professor 137, J. MICHAEL DAVIS, Ed. & P. (3) 123, BETSY C. FARLOW, A. & S. (2) 93, Royce S. Woosley, A. & S. 90, Raymond E. Nelson, Business 70,Wilma B. Cosper, Ed. & P. 66, Mary E. Morris, Library 42, William L. Chovan, Ed. & P. Professor 149, JAMES H. HORTON, A. & S. (3) 133, J. GERALD ELLER, A. & S. (2) 106, A. GUY BURCHFIEL, Ed. & P. (1) 97, James Hamilton, Ed. & P. 57, Arnold L. Barrett, Business Committee on Nominations, Elections, and Committees— Instructor 181 JOYCE B. SHAW, Ed. & P. (3) Assistant Professor 126 PATSY R. FRICK, A. & S. (2) 100, JAMES W. HUNTER, Business (1) 81, Harold F. Farwell Jr., A. & S. Associate Professor 152, JOHN L. BELL JR., A. & S. (3) 151, LEWIS E. CLOUD, Ed. & P. (3) 111, Chan C. Carpenter, A. & S. 99, HARRY E. RAMSEY, H. S. & S. (1) 86, Harry R. White, Business 44, William R. Lidh, A. & S. Professor 135, ELLERD M. HULBERT, A. & S. (2) 125, DAVID A. MATHEWES, A. & S. (2) 106, QUINN H. CONSTANTZ, Ed. 6 P. (1) 74, Ben H. Battle, Ed. & P. 59, Myron J. Leonard, Business Faculty Grievance Committee- Ins tructor 120, JOHANNA LEWIS, Library (2) 112, SUSAN FIELDS, Ed. & P. (2) 70, Heinz Noonan, Business Assistant Professor 150 JULIAN HIRT, A. & S. (3) 116, MARIAN RENFRO, Ed. & P. (2) 103, William R. Latimer, A. & S. 79, Joseph Alexander, A. &. S. 41, A. Gregory Starling, A. 6 S. Associate Professor 142, RICHARD CRADDOCK, Ed. 6 P. (3) 109, LEWIS E. CLOUD, Ed. & P. (1) 100, PATSY SCOTT, Business (1) 93, James W. Wallace, A. & S. 73, John J. Manock, A. & S. 57, J. Thomas Wilcox, A. & S. 37, Lee P. Budahl, A. & S. 36, GARLAND PENDERGRAPH, H. S.fi S. (1) Professor 190, JOHN BENNETT, A. & S. (3) 76, Roy Cox, Ed. & P. 56, Desider Vikor, Business Faculty Hearing Committee— Assistant Professor 150, NEELY INLOW, Business (3) 147, DAN WELLS, A. & S. (2) 115, JUNE BENSON, Ed. & P. (1) 86, Retha Kilpatrick, Business 86, Francile Waters, Ed. & P. Associate Professor 131, NANCY JOYNER, A. & S. (3) 118, Roger H. Lumb, A. & S. 105, RAYMOND E. NELSON, Business (2) 99, Mary Morris, Library 97, HARRY RAMSEY, H. S. & S. (1) 95, David Teague, A.& S. Professor 163, CREIGHTON SOSSOMON, A. & S. (3) 127, A. GUY BURCHFIEL, Ed. & P. (2) 126, JOE Y. BASSETT, A. & S. (1) 115, Silas Anderson, Ed. & P. 81, E. Lawrence Morton, Business DINNER THEATRE IN GRANDROOM The Department of Speech and Theatre Arts will present two evenings of dinner theatre Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 18-19. A roast beef dinner will be served at 6 p.m. followed by two one-act plays, "The Breaking of the Bread" and "The Death of Bessie Smith." Tickets are $3 per person for both dinner and theatre. Reservations may be made by calling 293-7491 or picking up tickets in room 123, Stillwell. Con­firmation is requested by noon on the day of the performances. COMMITTEE MEETINGS The Academic Affairs Committee will meet Feb. 19 at 3 p .m. in the Catamount Room of Hinds University Center. The Building and Grounds Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Cardinal Room of Hinds University Center. • The Graduate Council will, meet Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. in Forsyth 135. FACULTY-STAFF NEWSLETTER February 20, 1974 DR. McENIRY REPORTS ON HIS "RAPID AND EXCELLENT" RECOVERY Dr. HcEniry continues to make good progress in recovering from his December heart attack. He has asked the "Reporter" to publish the following letter dated February 12 to Adminis­tration, Faculty, Students, and Staff; Dear Colleagues: There is unfortunately no way to respond individually to the letters, telephone calls, and indirect inquiries that got to my ear from so many of you about my recent heart attack and recov­ery. I apologize to each one of you and, at the same time, thank Doug Reed for allowing me to take space in his newsletter for this report to you all. This unpleasant, but instructive, experience started on December 23 when I went into the hospital. After the usual encounters with hospital night­gowns, well-intentioned personnel who waked me to ask if I were sleeping soundly, innumerable needles that appeared from all angles and seemed to be intent on removing the last cubic centimeter of blood, I was dismissed on January 23 and came home. I have not found Mary much less of a task­master than those who dealt with me at the hospital; but, somehow, it is still as it has been for close to forty years-a lot easier to take when it comes from her. Truthfully, the personnel at Presbyterian Hospital were magnificent. The nurses, assistants, orderlies, and technicians seemed really to care about their patients; and I shall be one of their lifelong boosters. Still, it was good to get home. Last week my physician gave me my first major check-up, and pronounced my recovery both rapid and excellent. He has tentatively given me permission to go back to the office on the first Monday in March, and to resume my full schedule of activities sometime this summer. All in all, this experience has taught me something about my limita­tions, but has done so without a single crippling penalty. For that I am grateful, as you can well imagine. I heard yesterday about the appoint­ment of Chancellor Robinson. He is an absolutely first-rate man who will join with you in directing Western Carolina University toward its poten­tial of great excellence. I join with you in looking forward to his coming, and know that you will in the next few months be busy about making the unpleas­antness of the past simply that. The hope and possibility of the future is so much greater—and indeed, commanding. Thank you for letting me be a part of Western Carolina for that exciting first quarter of 1973-74. I shall cheer with you at each success, and be downcast with you at each temporary setback. Mary and I shall come to visit you when we can, and send you now our best wishes that 1974 may be the best year Western Carolina has ever had. Cordially, (Signed) Wm. Hugh McEniry DR. BAGGS TO HEAD STATE AAUP Dr. Andrew Baggs, assistant professor of political science, has been elected President-Elect of the North Carolina Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) at a semi -annual conference session in Raleigh. The session focused on the role of the AAUP and its expanding relationships with the state legislature. Some thirty state legislators from the committees on higher education, university trustees and judiciary no. 1 attended a dinner given by the AAUP Conference. Dr. Salvatore D. Nerboso, WCU pro­fessor of political science, Senator Charles H. Taylor of Brevard and several state and national lobbyists presented a panel discussion on "the state legis­lature and academe." Wilbur Hobby, president of the AFL-CIO, discussed the interest of the unions in higher educa­tion in North Carolina, and Congressman Ike Andrews of Siler City cited gains made by academic interest groups in the national legislature. The Conference is comprised of more than forty chapters and 2300 members from state and private universities and colleges in North Carolina. Other WCU faculty members who attended are Roger Bisson, assistant professor of French; Dr. Charles Stevens, assistant professor of polit­ical science; and Dr. Allan Grant, assistant professor of English. GRADUATION CHANGED TO FRIDAY ' Spring commencement has been changed from Sunday, June 9, to Friday, June 7, according to Acting Chancellor Frank H. Brown Jr. The change was made so as many parents and guests as possible could attend in spite of the weekend closing of gasoline service stations. Traditionally, graduation has been held on Sunday morning. The new sched­ule calls for commencement exercises to begin at 6:30 p.m. NEWS BRIEFS The 1974 summer session at Western Carolina University will run for eight weeks instead of the traditional 10, Dr. Jerry A. Rice, Summer School direc­tor, has announced. The change is being made because the 10-months term of employment for public school teachers has resulted in a mid- August starting time for most school systems. Dates for the WCU Summer School this year will be June 17 through August 9. The session will include courses running for eight, four and two weeks. All courses scheduled for eight weeks will run for the full term. Two four-week sessions will be conducted June 17- July 12 and July 15-August 9. Four 2-week sessions are being planned. Graduate students may take up to 15 quarter hours of work during the summer, and are' limited to a maximum of eight quarter hours during either 4-week session. Undergraduate students may earn up to sixteen quarter hours during the summer, and may take as many as nine hours during either session. Complete information, including class schedules and application forms, may be obtained from Dr. Jerry Rice, Director of Summer School. Pianist Doris Triplett will perform works by Chopin, Beethoven, and Hinde-mith Feb. 21 at 8:15 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. A native of Hickory, Mrs. Triplett is music specialist for the Catawba County School System at Newton. She holds the bachelor of fine arts degree in piano from Ohio University, and the master of music degree in music educa­tion from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Triplett has appeared several times as guest soloist with the Wheeling (W. Va.) Symphony Orchestra. The program is sponsored by the Department of Music. There will be no admission charge. Seven western North Carolina high school students who are members of the Upward Bound project at WCU recently participated in Project Apollo, a physical fitness and survival event held in Murray, Ky. The students were accompanied by Larry Caudill, Upward Bound project counselor; and Mrs. Phyllis Scott, project director. Project Apollo is a federally funded organization of the National Institute of Health which provides outdoors activities for economically disadvan­taged high school students. Upward Bound, also federally financed, is designed to help students in the rural Appalachian areas by providing tutorial and counseling services for those who want to go to college. The organization also helps the students obtain financial aid. Activities at Project Apollo included cave exploring, rappelling, backpacking, climbing and canoeing. The Department of Speech and Theatre Arts will present George Herman's play, "A Company of Wayward Saints," Feb. 25 through Mar. 2 in the Little Theatre in Stillwell Building. Curtain time will be 7:30 p.m. Reservations may be made by tele­phoning 293-7491 between 9 a.m. and noon, and 1-5 p.m. daily except week­ends. The box office in Stillwell Building will be open Monday through Friday from 1-4 p.m. Tickets are $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for students. The Art Students League will sponsor a "Mountain Mardi Gras" Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. The main events will be held in the Grandroom of the Hinds University Center with a band, entertainment, dancing and a light buffet. Revelers are encouraged to wear costume suitable to the Mardi Gras atmosphere. Prizes will be awarded for the most original costumes. Tickets are available at the UC information desk or at the art depart­ment office at $3 single or $5 couple. A debate on the subject of impeach­ment of President Nixon will be held Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Forsyth Audi­torium. Sponsored by the business law depart­ment, the debate will be moderated by Max Holland. William G. Haemmel will move for the impeachment, and Neely Inlow will oppose the resolution. Each will be limited to 20 minutes, and a question and answer period will follow. The debate will be open to the public. 17 FACULTY MEMBERS TENURED Seventeen WCU faculty members have been awarded permanent tenure by the Board of Governors at its February meeting, and one of them also received a promotion. Susan C. Fields was granted tenure and promoted from instructor to assis­tant professor of health and physical education. Other faculty members awarded tenure are: Eva J. Adcock, assistant pro­fessor of music? William L. Anderson, assistant professor of history? J. Michael Davis, associate professor of elementary education; Clarence J. DelForge, assistant professor of ele­mentary education? Harold F. Farwell, assistant professor of English? David H. Littlejohn, assistant professor of Spanish? George H. Maginnis, director of reading center; John W. McFadden, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction? Joseph A. Meigs, assistant professor of English? Allen M. Moore, assistant professor of biology; and James R. Nicholl, assistant professor of English. Gary L. Pool, assistant professor of chemistry? Alan E. Riffle, assistant professor of business law? Martha B. White, assistant professor of nursing? Samuel E. White, assistant professor of industrial education and technology? and Lillian B. Zachary, associate pro­fessor of elementary education. BIOLOGY TO OFFER SPECIAL COURSE The Department of Biology will dffer a special six-hour credit course on "Vertebrate Natural History" during, spring quarter. The course will be taught on Friday nights and Saturdays so that teachers and others who work a five-day week as well as on-campus graduates and advanced undergraduates may attend. Special emphasis will be placed on the collection, identification, habits and habitats of local fauna. Regis­trants should have had a course in the animal kingdom, general biology or zoology, but may be admitted with a minimum of background study with the permission of Dr. James Horton, head of the department. Classroom lectures will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Fridays and laboratory work will be done from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. FACULTY-STAFF NEWSLETTER February 28, 1974 Saturdays. Drs. Richard C. Bruce, Allen M. Moore and Jerry L. West will be respon­sible for the course. Dr. Bruce is interested in salamanders, frogs and toads, turtles, lizards and snakes, and Dr. West specializes in the genetics and breeding of fish. Dr. Moore will be responsible for bird and mammal study. Further information about the course may be obtained from Dr. Horton. NEWS BRIEFS "The Godfather" will be shown at 8 p.m. March 4, 5, and 6 in Hoey Audito­rium. Admission to the R-rated film will be $1, and proceeds from the three nights will be used to expand the video­tape facilities sponsored by the Univer­sity Center Board. An exhibition of high school art by students throughout western North Caro­lina will open with a reception March 2 at 2 p.m. in the art gallery in Carol Grotnes Belk Building. The WCU chapter of the National Art Education Association will sponsor the presentation of awards at the reception Awards will be made for the best work submitted in drawing, painting, print-making, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, and weaving. The exhibition will remain on dis­play throughout March, which is nation­ally recognized as School Art Month. The gallery will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays. This is the second year the WCU art department has sponsored such an exhi­bition. The National Science Foundation has awarded WCU a $4,950 institutional grant to help strengthen its science programs. Institutional grants are awarded annually by NSF to assist institutions of higher education to maintain and develop their academic science programs The amount of each institutional grant is based on federal science research awards received by the institution during the fiscal year 1972. Western Carolina is among 675 U. S.* colleges and universities receiving such grants this year. COMMITTEE MEETINGS The Building and Grounds Committee will meet March 5 at .2 p.m . in the Cardinal Room of Hinds University Center. The Admissions, Retention, and Readroissions Committee will meet March 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the Cardinal Room of Hinds University Center. The Faculty-Administration Senate will meet March 5 at 3 p*m. in the Cherokee Room of Hinds University Center. 01TOOLES THANK WCU COMMUNITY The Reporter has received the following letter from the Tom 0'Toole family: We would like to thank everyone at the University for their great gener­osity and kindness in helping us recover from our fire last week. Thanks to many, many good people we are now well clothed, sheltered and funded. The great outpouring of kindness and good will has helped us recover in non-material ways as well. (Signed) Tom, Ana, Rachel and Phillip 01Toole WITH THE FACULTY Aba Wielhorski, assistant professor of art, has signed a contract for a one-man show in July at La Gallerie Mouffe in Paris, France. The three-week exhibit will consist of 10 to 15 paintings from his "Endur­ance," "Still Life '70" and "Polish Profiles" series. Wielhorski will also exhibit his paintings in April at a three-man show at the Lynn Kotler Gallery in New York. Dr. Glenn W. Stillion, vice chan­cellor for student development, has been appointed to the Commission on Professional Education of Student Personnel Workers in Higher Education. The organization is one of 15 Commissions of the American College Personnel Association of Washington, D. C. Stillion will be involved in publications, regional, state and federal college personnel concerns, and planning convention programs and in-service workshops. Dr. Perry Kelly, head of the art department, and Duane Oliver, assistant professor in art history, attended the annual conference of the National Col­lege Art Association in Detroit Jan. 23-26. Barbara Mann, dean of student devel­opment and director of orientation, attended a workshop, "College Student Orientation: A Developmental Process," Feb. 22-23 in Atlanta. The profes­sional development workshop was spon­sored by the American College Personnel Association. Dr. L. Ann Buntin, Dr. Wilma Cosper, and Anna Chaiko, all of the Department of Home Economics, and 28 students attended a nutrition workshop at the Western District Meeting of the North Carolina Home Economics Association February 21 at Lake Junaluska. Dr. Buntin was in charge of program arrangements for the meeting, which included talks by Minna LeBlange, Region IV consumer affairs officer of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dr. Elizabeth Koontz, nutrition coordinator for the North Carolina Department of Human Resources. Dr. Arnold M. Nielsen, associate professor of industrial education and technology, recently served as mod­erator to a land management seminar dealing with land use problems in western North Carolina. Drs. Allen Moore and John Manock attended a workshop on Computers in Undergraduate Curriculum at UNC-G, Jan. 11-12. The workshop was conducted for people in the areas of chemistry, physics, and biology-environmental sciences. Dr. Constance Head, associate pro­fessor of history, has a series of drawings oh exhibit at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. PUBLICATIONS H. L. Youmans, "Keeping a Laboratory Notebook," Chemistry, January, 1974. William G. Haemmel, Legal Issues Concerning the Role of the National Guard in Civil Disorders, a staff report for the NationalAssociation of Attorneys General, December, 1973. Jackie Sellers and Ronald M. North, The Identification and Quantification of the Net Effects of Multiple-Purpose River Basin Development, Institute of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, June, 1973. Arnold M. Nielsen, "Teaching the Practical Arts," North Carolina Educa­tion, February, 1974; "Calling Station WA4FKD," North Carolina Education, January, 1974; and "Retool to a~Riffle," School Shop, October, 1973.