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Western Carolina University reporter THREE VISITING SCHOLARS SCHEDULED A critic and novelist, a botanist and a marketing expert will speak here this week in connection with the WCU Visiting Scholars Program. Dr. Harry Lipson of the Department of Marketing at the University of Alabama will visit the campus May 7 and 8 and Dr. Austin M. Wright, professor of English at the University of Cincinnati, and Dr. Karl R. Mattox, professor of botany at Miami University, will deliver public addresses May 8. Dr. Lipson will speak Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Forsyth auditorium. His topic will be "Corporate Response to Social Pressures, or What You Always Wanted to Know About Corporate Social Performance." A former president of the Southern Marketing Association, Dr. Lipson is the author of many publications, including the text now used in WCU's basic market­ing course. The author of "Camden's Eyes," "First Persons," and "The American Short Story in the Twenties," Dr. Wright is director of graduate studies in the Department of English at Cincinnati, where he received an all-university award for excellence in teaching. He will discuss the novel as seen by critic and author at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium of Carol Grotnes Belk Building. "The Evolution of a Land Flora" will be the subject of a talk by Dr. Mattox at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Stillwell 115. Dr. Mattox did his doctoral research at the University of Texas at Austin, and uses an ultrastructural approach to the study of plant evolution. His visit is co-sponsored by the WCU chapter of Sigma Xi. WCU TO ESTABLISH NEW LIBRARY GROUP Announcement that a WCU Friends of the Library organization is being estab­lished was made here Tuesday at the ded­ication of the New WCU Archives and FACULTY-STAFF NEWSLETTER May 3, 1974 Special Collections Room. Robert L. Balliot, university librar­ian, said the new organization is expec­ted to be formally completed next fall. It will seek to foster Library support with special attention to development of the archives of Western North Carolina. The Archives and Special Collections Room was dedicated in appreciation for the support given to it by a number of patrons, all of whom have contributed valuable papers and manuscripts. Serving with Balliot on a steering committee for creation of the Friends of the Library are Dr. Richard Iobst, WCU archivist, John Parris of Sylva, Mrs. Sara Thomas Campbell of Waynesville, Samuel J. Sloan, Thomas L. Mallonee of Asheville and Candler, Herb Schulman of Sylva, and Doug Reed of Western Carolina. NAMES SOUGHT FOR TWO NEW BUILDINGS Committees appointed to recommend names for two major WCU facilities have invited interested persons to submit suggestions. The committees were named by WCU Board Chairman James H. Glenn of Ashe­ville to recommend names for the $3.5 million natural sciences laboratory building and the $1.6 million football stadium. The stadium has been completed and will be used for the first time next fall. It replaces Memorial Stadium built in 1949 at a cost of $19,000 and expanded in 1966 at a cost of $48,425. The new facility has 10,000 permanent bleachers with room for expansion to more than twice that number. Just getting under way is a new field-house, but the name selected for the stadium will not include that structure. The four-story natural sciences build­ing, to be located on the west side of Stillwell Science Building and connected to it, will be the largest construction project in terms of dollars ever under­taken at WCU. It is now in final design stages and construction is expected to begin later this year. Suggestions of names for the struc­tures may be submitted to Clyde M. Nor­ton, chairman of the WCU board's building committee, at P. 0. Box 477, Old Fort, N. C. DR. HUGUELET ELECTED Dr. Theodore L. Huguelet, Milton scholar and WCU professor of English, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Southeastern Renaissance Conference for a five-year term. The conference, founded in 1943, has a membership of approximately 200 and is one of 18 affiliates of the Renaissance Society of America. Dr. Huguelet is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Car­olina at Chapel Hill, from which he also received his doctorate. He joined the WCU faculty in 1959. MAY 6-9 DESIGNATED WOMEN'S WEEK May 6 through 9 has been designated Women's Week at WCU, and several events are scheduled to commemorate the occasion. At 7:30 p.m. Monday Dr. Gloria Blanton, professor of psychology at Meredith Col­lege, will speak on "Women and Psychology" in the auditorium of Carol Grotnes Belk Building. There will be a coffee hour for Dr. Blanton from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday in the first floor apartment of Mary White Scott Residence Hall. "Cries and Whispers," a nominee for the 1973 best picture of the year, will be shown in Hoey Auditorium at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Admission will be $1.50. There will be a women's sidewalk craft sale on the lawn of Hinds University Center beginning at 1 p.m. Thursday. Women's Week is sponsored by the WCU Office of Student Development. UNIVERSITY CHORAL GROUP TO PERFORM The WCU Community Chorus will join forces with the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church of Waynes-ville to present Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" at 5 p.m. May 12 in the First Baptist Church of Sylva. Dr. Edgar vom Lehn, WCU professor of music, will sing the bass-baritone role of Elijah. A graduate of Princeton University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. vom Lehn has been at WCU since 1958, and is well known to music lovers in the area. The WCU Community Chorus is directed by Dr. James E. Dooley of the WCU fac­ulty. Barbara Dooley is accompanist, and Dr. Betsy Farlow, WCU faculty member and organist at the Waynesville church, will assist at the organ. Frank Cal­houn is director of the Waynesville choir. Other soloists include Diana Fisher, music instructor at Camp Lab School, and Dr. Temple Smith, WCU assistant profeS-sor of music. ST. MATTHEW PASSION TO BE SUNG HERE The Temple University Concert Choir, which Eugene Ormandy has called "one of the best in the world today," will per­form J. S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion May 9 at 8:15 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. It is believed to be the work's first WNC performance. The St. Matthew Passion combines choruses, recitative, arias, and chorales to tell the story of the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ. The performance will be sung in an English translation by Robert Shaw. Two small string and woodwind orchestras will provide accompaniment for the per­formance, which will be abridged to standard concert length. The choir is conducted by Robert Page, professor of music and director of choral activities at Temple University's College of Music. The performance is sponsored by the Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Com­mittee. Admission will be free for WCU students and LCE subscription series members, and $1 for others. EMMONS ASSUMES SUPPLY STORE DUTIES T. G. "Butch" Emmons has assumed the managership of the University Supply Store. Emmons holds bachelor's and MBA de­grees from Mississippi College, and is a U. S. Navy veteran. FACULTY-STAFF NEWSLETTER reporter TRUSTEES ACT TO ATTRACT, HELP STUDENTS The Western Carolina University board of trustees at its May 10 meeting voted to reduce board charges to students next fall, adopted a resolution providing scholarships from the profits of the campus supply store, and heard a report of university-wide efforts to recruit new students. The reduction in board fee, proposed by Doyle Dillard, vice chancellor for business affairs, partially offsets an increase in food costs already passed by the trustees. At its January meeting the board approved an increase in the quarterly fee from $120 to $145, after Dillard reported that rising food costs would force the university food service to increase its charge to students. Dillard told the board Friday that, due largely to student cooperation in conserving food by eliminating waste, the fee could be set at $135 per quarter. The motion to adopt the lower rate was made by Harold Rogers, student body president and ex officio member of the board. The resolution to use supply store profits for scholarships was offered by legal counsel William E. Scott. Scott said the action would bring WCU into compliance with a recent amendment to the Umstead Act, which is intended to limit competition between state agencies and private business. Under the resolution the Chancellor will determine the number of scholar­ships and scholarship recipients at the end of each fiscal year. Dr. J. Stuart Wilson, vice chancellor for academic affairs, outlined a plan to involve students, faculty members and administrative staff in an all-out cam­paign to attract new students. Dr. Wilson said the university had experi­enced an overall average growth of 2.2 per cent over the 1972-73 academic year. The largest increase was in graduate students, he said, and the number of freshmen enrolling actually declined slightly. Dr. Wilson's plan includes visits to high schools, technical schools and community colleges? new internal proce­dures to make it easier for a student to transfer to Western Carolina; and the implementation of curriculum changes recently approved by the Board of Gover­nors . There is a nationwide trend, Dr. Wilson said, toward stabilized or slightly lower college enrollments. The board also welcomed Donna Clemmer, rising senior from Dallas, N. C., who was elected president of the Student Government Association three weeks ago. Miss Clemmer, an English major, will replace Rogers on the board when she takes office later this month. In other action, the board assumed responsibility for the operation of the WCU endowment fund, a power recently delegated by the Board of Governors, and approved grounds improvements at Camp Laboratory School and road and sewage modifications on Speedwell Road south of the campus. EDWARD ALBEE, THREE OTHERS TO VISIT Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee heads the list of speakers in the final week of the University's 1974 Visiting Scholars Program. Other speakers scheduled are Dr. David Elkind, developmental psychologist from the University of Rochester, and Dr. William D. Huntsman, distinguished pro­fessor of chemistry at Ohio University. Albee will speak on "The Playwright Versus The Theatre" Sunday, May 19 at 8 p.m. in the Grandroom of Hinds University Center. The Department of Speech and Theatre Arts will perform three of his one-act plays—"The Zoo Story," "The American Dream," and "The Sandbox"—Monday, May 20, at 7:30 in Hoey Auditorium, after which the author and cast members will discuss the plays. There will be an open dress rehearsal of the works Sun­day, May 19, at 3:30 p.m. in Hoey Audi­torium. Albee's ten plays have made him one of the most important living dramatists, according to many critics. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" won the New York Drama Critics Award, the American National Theatre and Academy Award, and numerous other honors. Dr. Elkind will discuss "Human Con­ceptual, Perceptual, and Moral Develop­ment" Thursday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Grandroom. A leading developmental psychologist, Dr. Elkind specializes in cognitive development. He is best known for his interpretation and popularization of the work of Dr. Jean Piaget. Dr. Huntsman will raise the question "Why Study Kinetics?" May 23 at 8 p.m. in Stillwell 336. May 24 at 2 p.m. in the same room he will speak on "Some Thermal Rearrangement Reactions." Dr. Huntsman received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and pursued post-doctoral studies at the Ipatieff High Pressure and Catalytic Laboratory at Northwestern and at Stanford Research Institute. He served as chairman of the chemistry department at Ohio University from 1963-68. Jonathan Dudley, a coach with the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York and conductor at the Metropolitan Opera Studio and Mini-Met, will conduct a vocal workshop May 18 in Hoey 111 from 10 a.m. until noon and from 2 to 4 p.m. Dudley will discuss the practical problems of careers in music for the young singer and accompanist, and will coach singers and pianists from the region who would like his assistance. DR. ROBINSON NAMED TO SCIENCE PANEL Dr. H. F. Robinson, WCU chancellor-elect, has been named to a new national panel that will seek to focus the atten­tion of world political and intellectual leaders on food, health, and population problems. He is one of 12 American scientists and educators selected to serve on the joint National Academy of Sciences- National Science Foundation panel. The body is officially designated the National Academy of Sciences-Science and Technology Policy Office Planning Com­mittee on World Food, Health, and Popu­lation. Its task, as stated by Dr. Philip Handler, NAS president, is "to identify and order the problems that should be addressed by the Academy and the Federal Government in a coordinated study program.* Dr. Robinson, an authority of world­wide reputation in plant genetics, served as executive director in 1967 of President Johnson's Science Advisory Committee Panel on the World Food Supply. He has been in the forefront of national and international efforts to cope with problems generated by population growths that are outpacing food supplies. Now provost of the Purdue University, he will become WCU chancellor June 1. Named in addition to Dr. Robinson to the panel, are Dr. Daniel G. Aldrich Jr., chancellor of the University of Califor­nia at Irvine, chairman; Dr. Ivan L. Bennett, vice president for health affairs of the New York University Medical Center; Dr. Lawrence Bogorad of The Biological Laboratories at Harvard; Dr. Harrison S. Brown of the California Institute of Technology; Dr. Lester Brown of the Overseas Development Council in Washington; Dr. Ansley J. Coale, director of the Office of Popu­lation Research at Princeton; Clifford M. Hardin, vice president of Ralston Purina Co.; Dr. David Pimental of Cornell University; Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, head of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Omond M. Solandt, consul­tant to Win. S. Mi tchell Co. Ltd. in Toronto; and L. Sterling Wortman Jr., vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation. JAZZ GROUP TO PERFORM The Western Carolina University Jazz Ensemble, directed by R. R. Trevarthen,. associate professor of music, will per­form May 21 at 8:15 p.m. in Hoey Audi­torium. Barry Tucker, a sophomore music major from Roanoke, Va., will play a trombone solo during the program, which will fea­ture two works arranged by Trevarthen. The ensemble consists of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. The program will follow the group's North Carolina tour, May 15-18. HORSE SHOW SCHEDULED MAY 18 Some 19 classes of competition will be represented at the second annual Western Carolina University Horse Show, which begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in Memorial Stadium. The show, sponsored by the University Center Board, will be judged by James "Slick" Trice of Newport, Tenn. Ring­master will be Woody Hampton of Sylva. Ribbons will be awarded to the top five entrants in each class. Trophies will be presented to the most outstand­ing horse in the show, and to the win­ners of the Western pleasure and walking horse championships. Entry fees range from $1 to $5. There will be no admission charge for spectators. HUMAN RESOURCES DAY SCHEDULED A "Human Resources Day" will be held Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Grandroom of Hinds University Center. Sponsored by the Social Services Organization at WCU, the occasion will give students and other interested persons an opportunity to meet with representatives from various human ser­vices agencies in western North Carolina. Some 17 agencies are expected to be represented. COMMITTEE MEETING The Graduate Council will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, in room 135 of Forsyth School of Business Building. FACULTY-STAFF NEWSLETTER May 23, 1974 Western Carolina University reporter SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES ANNOUNCES TWO APPOINTMENTS Dr. Larry Terango of Johnson City, Tenn. has been appointed director of the Speech and Hearing Center and pro­fessor of health sciences, and Miss Hardenia Jefferson has been named assistant professor in WCU's medical technology program. The appointments were announced by Dr. John F. Bergner, Jr., dean of the School of Health Sciences and Services. Dr. Terango now is professor and director of a diagnostic and training program for pre-school deaf children at East Tennessee State University. Pre­viously he served as chairman of the Department of Special Education at East Tennessee, director of the Division of Communicative Disorders at the Univer­sity of Wyoming, and director of the Speech and Hearing Clinic at Ohio State University. Dr. Terango has served as president of the Wyoming Speech and Hearing Asso­ciation, vice president of the Wyoming Cleft Palate Evaluation Team, and as a delegate to the House of Delegates of the American Speech and Hearing Asso­ciation. He is listed in Who's Who in American Education, and American Men of Science. He received the bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from Kent State University and the Ph.D. in speech pathology from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Terango is married and has two daughters. A native of Sussex County, Va., Miss Jefferson received her bachelor's degree in medical technology from Virginia State College and her master's degree in medical technology, with an emphasis in clinical microbiology, from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a registered member of the American soci­ety for Medical Technology and has served as a medical technologist for the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D. C. She is a member of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Society for Medical Technology, the Virginia Academy of Science, and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Miss Jefferson will be responsible for teaching courses in medical tech­nology and related health sciences, student advisement, and serving as faculty supervisor during the student's clinical training. AFT CHAPTER AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS The local chapter of the American Federation of Teachers has presented the first annual AFL-CIO Award for Academic Excellence to two rising seniors at Western Carolina University. The award, in the amount of $200 for each student, was presented to Kathryn R. Curie of Lumberton and Margaret A. Miesiaszek of Monroe in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement. Scholarship funds were contributed by the membership of WCU's American Federation of Teachers Local 2437, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. Miss Curie, a double major in English and French, has achieved a 3.95 quality point ratio out of a possible 4.0. She is a member of the Foreign Language Club, and president of the newly formed English Club. Miss Miesiaszek is an accounting major with a 3.91 quality point ratio. She is a member of the national business honorary Phi Beta Lambda and the Mar­shall's Club, and is active in WCU's symphonic and marching bands. Both students are members of Alpha Phi Sigma honqr society, and are re­cipients of the coveted Patrons of Quality scholarships. Both serve on university-wide committees. The decision to share the award between the two students was taken when the AFT selection committee decided they were both highly deserving of such recognition. CONCERT CHOIR TO PERFORM The Western Carolina University Con­cert Choir will present its annual spring concert Sunday, May 26, at 3 p.m. in the Grandroom of Hinds University Center. The program will range from sacred works by Byrd, Kopylow, and Fr. Jos. Shuetky to selections from Gershwin's "Porqy and Bess." Also included will be a group of madrigals, Norman Dello Joio's "To Saint Cecilia," and an ensem­ble performance of popular songs "Love You" and "Lullaby." Susan Brown, a senior from Augusta, Ga., will play Debussy's piano work, "Jardins sous la Pluie." The concert choir is directed by Dr. James E. Dooley, professor of music and acting dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. The performance is free to the public. 2 COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES ANNOUNCED Dr. H. F. Robinson, chancellor-elect of Western Carolina University, will deliver the commencement address at the institution's 1974 graduation ceremonies Friday, June 7. The program will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Reid Health and Physical Educa­tion Building in Cullowhee. Dr. William Friday, president of the University of North Carolina, will take part on the program. Dr. Robinson, now provost of Purdue University, will take office at Western Carolina June 1. He and Mrs. Robinson will hold a reception at 3:30 p.m. June 6 for prospective graduates and their parents, alumni, and faculty and staff members at the chancellor's home. Approximately 830 students are candi­dates for degrees. Pre-commencement activities at WCU will begin Wednesday, June 5, when the Alumni Association will give an after­noon outing at Forest Hills Country Club for all graduating students. In a departure from the formal dinner for seniors, the alumni will be treating the students to an afternoon of free golf, tennis, swimming, refreshments and a barbecue dinner. The affair has been made possible by W. B. Dillard. On Thursday, the alumni will salute the faculty at an alumni-facuity dinner. Two retiring members of the faculty will be given special recognition. They are Dr. Robert Little of the his­tory department and Professor Tyson Cathey of the earth sciences department. Also to be presented at the dinner are the association's annual distinguished service awards to outstanding alumni. WOMEN'S HEALTH TO BE DISCUSSED Vicki Jones, public health advisor in the family planning evaluation divi­sion of the Disease Control Center at Atlanta, will be the featured speaker May 27 in WCU's women's studies program. Ms. Jones, who has been active in the women's health movement and in the formation of "feminist women's health centers," will give a talk titled "The Self-Help Clinic Movement." The program will be held at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Carol Grotnes Belk Building. There will be no admission charge. SPRING ENROLLMENT SETS RECORD The current enrollment at Western Carolina University is the highest ever recorded during a spring quarter, according to a report issued by Cecil C. Brooks, WCU dean of records and admis­sions . Brooks reports a total of 5,218 resi­dent credit students currently enrolled in the university, an increase of five per cent over last spring's 4,971 resi­dent credit headcount. This is the first spring quarter in which the university's enrollment has exceeded 5,000, he said. STUDENT ART ON DISPLAY Ten Western Carolina University stu­dents have received a total of 21 sepa­rate awards in WCU's 1974 Student Art Exhibitionwhich is now on display in the art gallery in Carol Grotnes Belk Building at the university. Jurors for the show were Samuel Adler, distinguished New York painter whose works are represented in some 23 perma­nent collections, and Graham Collier, English art critic and designer who cur­rently is professor of art at the University of Georgia. The exhibition will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. through June 2. SOUTH AMERICA PROGRAM NOW OPEN Applications are now being accepted for Western Carolina University's 1975 Winter Quarter in South America, a pro­gram that will take 20-25 students to Cali, Colombia, next January for ten weeks. According to an announcement by Dr. Lewis F. Sutton, head of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and director of the program, the program will feature courses in field geology and geography, as well as optional coursework in the Spanish language. Geology classes will study active volcanos, glacier activity in the Andes Mountains, and the effect of trade winds on coastal formations. Students in the program may take up to 18 quarter hours of academic credit in geology, Spanish, or independent study projects in other areas. Faculty members for the program include Dr. John Chapman, head of the Department of Earth Sciences, and Dr. David Littlejohn, assistant professor of Spanish. The program is expected to cost $1,045 for North Carolina resident stu­dents. The cost includes tuition and fees, room and board, all necessary travel in Colombia, and round-trip transportation from Miami. Program participants will live indi­vidually with families in Cali, permit­ting them to get to know the people and the family life firsthand. Accommoda­tions and travel in Colombia are arranged by Dr. Burton Fox, coordinator of international programs. 3 WITH THE FACULTY Dr. James R. Nicholl, assistant pro­fessor of English, has recently pub­lished a review of Theodore Weiss, The Breath of Clowns and Kings, in Shake17"" speare Quarterly, XXV (Winter 1974) , 145-146. On March 15-16, Dr. Nicholl was a participant in the annual spring workshop of the North Carolina English Teachers Association at Greensboro. He is president-elect of that organization, which is the state affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English. Dr. Joseph C. Alexander Jr., assis­tant professor of speech and theatre arts, attended the Southern Speech Communication Association meeting April 11-12 in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Helen M. Hartshorn, professor of health and physical education, was recently elected Chairman-Elect of the International Relations Council of the Southern District, American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. She has also been elected to the Executive Council of the College Health Conference, and been appointed to serve another term as Chairman of the Resolutions Committee of the North Carolina AHPER. Mrs. Mary Sue Hunter and Dr. Helen Hartshorn, attended a two-day confer­ence of North Carolina Drug Education Teams held in Greensboro during the spring quarter break. Also attending were Dean Marilyn McCall and students Winfred Choate and Lu Ada Burchfiel. Joe Hicks, a member of the WCU Team and Jackson County Supervisor of Health and Physical Education, also attended the sessions. Dr. Clarence DelForge, assistant professor of elementary education, reported on "Competency Based Teacher Education: What Are the Alternatives?" at the national convention of the Asso­ciation for Supervision and Curriculum Development in Anaheim, California, March 9-13. Gordon S. Sanford and W. W. Hall Jr., both of the Economic Development Center, attended the annual meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association in Washington, D. C., April 4-5. Dr. Hall served as session chairman for a session on the "Economic Aspects of Migration." Dr. Helen M. Hartshorn conducted a one-day workshop in Physical Education for the Mentally Retarded for the special education teachers and teacher aides of Burlington during the spring quarter break. She also presented a program for the Asheville-Buncombe Kindergarten Association. Professors John Baker, Mike Dolan, Joe Klerlein, Lee Minor, Jack Sharp, Greg Starling, Pelham Thomas and Dan Wells and students Beverly Banks, Ray Stewart and John Swann of the Depart­ment of Mathematics attended a section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 29-30. Dr. Mike Dolan, assistant professor of mathematics, co-authored a research paper with V.R.R. Uppuluri entitled "Extension of Griffiths1 Inequalities to Gaussian 'Spin1 Configuration Models," Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. "4 5, No. 2, February 1974, pp. 253-259. Dr. J. C. Alexander Jr. attended the state-wide workshop on the Importance of Speech Communication in the High School Curriculum sponsored by the State Depart­ment of Instruction April 1-2 in Raleigh. Joan Byrd, assistant professor of art, published "Meaders Pottery-White County, Georgia," in Pottery Collectors' News­letter (Asheville, N. C.), March 1974. Dr. Richard W. Iobst, university archivist, gave a speech entitled "Who Was Hezekiah Alexander?" at ground­breaking ceremonies for the Reception Center-Museum at the Hezekiah Alexander Restoration in Charlotte April 2. Cecil Brooks, Tyree H. Kiser Jr., Lee Starnes, Barbara Brown, Edna Waldroup, and Harriet Parker attended a meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers April 14-18 in Atlanta. Mrs. Parker was a participant on the panel, "Prices, Paper and Publications: What the Future Portends." Dr. Helen M. Hartshorn, professor of health and physical education, and Mary Sue Hunter, assistant professor of health and physical education, have been invited by the State Department of Public Instruction to serve on the Mental Health Curriculum Guide Committee. Dr. Hartshorn will work on the Junior High School Guide to be used in the North Carolina Public Schools, and Mrs. Hunter will be a consultant for the Senior High School Guide. Lawrence French, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, partici­pated in a "Doing Sociology" roundtable discussion at the Southern Sociological Society meetings in Atlanta discussing his work with para-professional criminal justice internships. 4 Dr. William Hall, research economist and editor of publications of the Eco­nomic Development Center, served as com­mentator for a panel discussion on Appalachian resources held March 5 at Mars Hill College. The discussion was part of a two-week forum on Appalachia presented by Mars Hill in cooperation with the N. C. Commission for Continuing Education in the Humanities and the Appalachian Con­sortium. Orville Wike, assistant professor of music, attended the March 1-2 session of the Southern Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Associa­tion held in Charlotte. Dr. Gerald Eller, professor of biol­ogy, appeared on a panel at Mars Hill College March 7 to discuss- "Changing Patterns of Higher Education in Western North Carolina." WCU's representative on the board of directors of the Appal­achian Consortium, he also presented a program recently to the Highlands Rotary Club on goals and activities of the Con­sortium. Nora Calhoun Graves, "The Dominant Color in John Cheever's 'The Swimmer'," Notes on Contemporary Literature, March, 1974. Dr. J. B. Wright, associate professor, of industrial education and technology, served as discussion leader for the local meeting of the Occupational Educa­tion Forum April 3 at the Instructional Materials Center, Haywood County Schools. Other persons who represented Western at the meeting were Dr. R. L. Leftwich, Dr. Lawrence Arney, and Dr. Yvonne Phillips. Dr. Otto H. Spilker conducted an elementary physical education workshop for the Lake Junaluska-Crabtree Elemen­tary School the evening of April 22. Dr. Lloyd Bacon has published "Early Motherhood, Accelerated Role Transition, and Social Pathologies" in Social Forces, Vol. 52, No. 3, March, 1974, pp. 333-341. Several WCU faculty participated in the program of the Southern Anthro­pological Society's annual meeting in Blacksburg, Va., April 4-6. Presenting papers were: John Dorwin, "The Valley Towns"; Laurence French, "Emerging Social Problems Among the Qualla Cherokee"; Rita Byrnes, "'Cooling the Mark1 in An East African High School"; Steven Nachman, "Black Humor: Why the Grand Sorcerer Wags His Penis"; and Richard W. Iobst, "William Holland Thomas and the Cherokee Claims." Thomas 0'Toole, assistant professor of history, presented the session "Teaching about Africa and Asia" at the Fifth Annual State Social Studies Confer­ence in Winston-Salem, April 26. April 25 he presented a lecture on West African culture at the International Students Dinner at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa. Dr. James H. Horton and Dr. J. Dan Pittillo attended the annual meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science at Boone April .25-27. It was at this meet­ing that Dr. Horton assumed the presi­dency of the academy, having been presi­dent- elect for the past year. Kenneth Heet, a student in health sciences and services, read a paper on the spruce spider mite at one of' the biological sessions of the collegiate academy. His research is jointly sponsored by Dr. Joseph Y. Bassett of the Department of Chemistry and Dr. J. Gerald Eller of the Department of Biology. This year's academy meeting marked the first annual meeting of the North Carolina Student Academy of Science, an organization of junior and senior high school students jointly sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Natural History and the North Carolina Academy of Science. Professors John Baker, David Teague and Pelham Thomas of the Department of Mathematics also attended the meeting. Dr. Baker gave a talk on "Theorems and Unsolved Problems concerning Sequences in Tensor Products of Banach Spaces". Dr. Thomas gave a talk on "Nowhere Neighborhood Nested Spaces". Dr. Teague presented a talk and discussion jointly with Dr. Richard Berne and Randy Corriher, a student in the physics-chemistry pilot program on "A New Teacher Education Program in Physical Science." Minor Wilson, assistant director of student teaching and assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, received the Phi Delta Kappa award for distin­guished service by a non-member at the education fraternity's annual awards program April 27. Dr. Fred Coyle, Department of Biology, presented a seminar, "The Behavior and Ecology of Burrowing Spiders," at the March 11 meeting of the University of Georgia Entomology Club. Drs. R. Philip Edwards and Joel S. Milner of the psychology department were recently licensed by the North Caro.lina State Board of Examiners as practicing psychologists. Dr. Lee Budahl, associate professor of art, spoke to the Sylva Rotary Club April 30 on "Modern Art—How It Got That Way." Western Carolina University reporter FACULTY-STAFF NEWSLETTER May 30, 1974 WCU TEACHER CORPS PROGRAM SERVES AS CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM A few years ago classrooms in four western North Carolina elementary schools were separated by grades and divided by walls. Youngsters sat in straight rows in rigid desks. They faced the teacher, memorized and recited. Free time, if it could be called that, came at recess. Because of the work of county school systems and the WCU Teacher Corps, impressive changes have been taking place during the past two years at Fairview in Jackson County, East Franklin in Macon County, Pisgah Forest in Transylvania County, and Morningstar in Ha'~vOod Co unty. Pint-sized tables and chairs have taken the place of desks. Teachers "rove11 instead of standing in front of their classes. Children work independ­ently fulfilling "contracts," learning activity packages they have agreed to complete. "We had a dream to really personalize instruction for each child," said Dr. J. Michael Davis, WCU associate pro­fessor of elementary education and Teacher Corps director. "We wanted to treat each child as a unique individual, then diagnose his educational need and plan an individualized program of study for him." More than $715,000 from local and federal sources has poured into this phase of the Teacher Corps program, a two-year project that began in 1972. The elementary schools involved are known as "portal schools" because they are designed to be a port of entry into their respective counties for new edu­cational trends. Twenty-six WCU education majors served as Teacher Corps teachers this year, receiving on-the-job practical experience with children and academic credit toward degrees at the same time. The students, some undergraduates and some who are working toward masters degrees in education, were placed in teams of two or more. Along with 13 full-time teachers selected as leaders, the Teacher Corps teachers made up staffing teams for the schools. Not only was instruction for the children personalized during the pro­gram, but for the Teacher Corps teach­ers as well. Academic courses were taught at the schools by visiting WCU instructors. The education majors learned about a theory and tried it out in their classes the next day. The needs of each Teacher Corps teacher were diagnosed and they were responsible for completing certain learning modules before they could be certified as competent teachers. The university is preparing for the next phase of the Teacher Corps expected to begin this summer. The thrust of the program will remain toward personalizing instruction for the child and the Teacher Corps teacher. But the project will be expanded to include Asheville City Schools as well as Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Transylvania county school systems. Teacher Corps teachers have an oppor­tunity to work and study for a two-year period in local schools and at WCU tui­tion- free. A participant can earn an education degree and two years of teach­ing experience while receiving a salary. Rising seniors working toward a B.S. degree in education or persons who have the degree and want to pursue graduate study are eligible to be Teacher Corps teachers. Further information about the pro­gram is available from Dr. Davis in the School of Education and Psychology. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT RECEIVES GRANT A $24,000 grant has been awarded to the WCU Department of Curriculum and Instruction by the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare for training speech and hearing specialists and teachers of the mentally retarded. Announcement of the award under the Handicapped Teacher Education program of the U. S. Office of Education was made through the office of Congressman Roy A. Taylor. Dr. Roy L. Cox, head of the WCU department, is director of the project, designed to improve the quality and increase the supply of educational personnel trained to work with handi­capped children. The award will include tuition and stipend grants to senior and graduate students and direct support to the program. NEW AWARD HONORS DR. CONSTANTZ Gary Stroud of Charlotte and Jan Currence of Greensboro are the winners of the first Quinn Constantz Recreation Leadership Awards. The awards were initiated this year to recognize the male and female stu­dents achieving the best records for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and participation in activities. Miss Currence, a rising senior, is president of the Recreation Club, a dean's list honors student, and a member of the Women's Recreation Association. Stroud is a past president of the Recreation Club and has been active in track and the University choir and chorus. The awards are named in honor of Dr. Quinn Constantz, professor of health and physical education, who has been in charge of the recreation degree program and has been a leader in development of community recreation programs throughout Western North Carolina. PICNIC SUGGESTION Doyle Dillard, vice-chancellor for business affairs, has suggested that persons wishing to use the University's picnic area behind Hardees make arrange­ments through the University Center to avoid conflict of dates and time. "This would be especially true for large parties," he said, "as the demands for this facility are quite heavy in the spring and summer." DR. NICHOLL NAMED NCTE JUDGE The National Council of Teachers of English has named a WCU professor as a regional judge for its 1974 Achievement Awards in Writing competition. Dr. James R. Nicholl, assistant pro­fessor of English, will serve on a judg­ing committee to help select high school seniors who will receive awards for excellence in writing. Approximately 850 students in the nation will be chosen for the awards. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Nicholl has been at WCU since 1970. He is a member of the Modern Language Association, the Shakespeare Association of America, and the Renaissance Society of America, and is president-elect of the North Carolina English Teachers Association, which is the state affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English. WITH THE FACULTY Dr. Paul Wright, assistant professor of biology, published two papers, "Oxy­gen Consumption in tyrproless-1, 1 (1) EN14, a Lethal Mutant of Drosophila Melanogaster," and "Development of tyrproless-2, 1 (1) EN15, a Lethal Mutant Drosophila Melanogaster," in Drosophila Information Service, December, 1973, Dr. Eugene W. Vosecky, head of the Department of Office Administration and Business Education, conducted an Educa­tional Secretaries of Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte May 8, with the assistant of Pauline Rice and Jenny Lou Hunter. Jim Horton, Linda Perry, Jim Wallace, Allen Moore, Dick Berne and Fred Coyle attended a "Minisymposium on Chemical Evolution" sponsored by the UNC chemistry department at Chapel Hill April 5. William G. Haemmel, associate profes­sor of business law, has been elected to the board of directors of the North Car­olina Consumer Council. He also has published "The North Carolina Small Claims Court—An Empirical Study" in Wake Forest Law Review, December, 1973.