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  • page 2 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Thursday November 30, 1972 Heritage To Be Reborn By Appalachian Consortium The hills of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee soon may be filled with the sounds of music, talk, tales, and tape recorders. The Appalachian Consortium will be sending interviewers forth to begin the urgent process of trying to preserve the past before it has vanished. The effort is especially urgent, in the view of the consortium, because—quite suddenly—the men and women of the mountains who represent the rich heritage of the region are beginning to disappear. And the consortium members—who are, themselves, of the mountains—want to salvage, preserve, and document that heritage before it is altogether gone. A plan for carrying out that effort was unfolded here at a consortium board of directors meeting by Borden Mace, director for the project, which has been titled, "Traditions of Southern Appalachia in Transition." Mace, a North Carolina native and experienced film, theater and television producer and director, noted that the project, as funded, must be completed by March 31, 1973. Responsibility for collecting materials on tape and film will be divided among the five educational institutions in the consortium geographically, assigning work to them within the counties in their proximity. A coor- dinator for contact with the consortium will be appointed on each campus and at other member agencies. Each of the insitutions is developing plans for involving academic humanists—historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and the like—in oral history and folklore projects. Several institutions reported at board meeting that their plans are not yet complete. One, Western Carolina University, unfolded a tentative plan for sending student interns under faculty supervision into mountain communities to work with community clubs in identifying persons with intimate knowledge of traditions and customs. Contest rules will be disseminated to schools, clubs, news media, and public agencies November 30, with Feb. 20, 1973, as the final date for submission of entries. The entries will be displayed throughout the region and permanently preserved. Although plans for delving into the mother lode of moun» tain culture apparently will vary among the institutions and agencies of the consortium, Mace's plan indicated that carefully trained persons soon will begin the task of interviews. Tape recorders and movie cameras will be utilized in the effort, and persons with specific knowledge of mountain fold ways will be sought out. Persons either knowledgeable themselves or having knowledge of others with skills are now being sought both by Mace, whose headquarters is atAppa- lachina State University in Boone, and by the members of the consortium. The consortium members, in addition to ASU, are Lees-Mc- Rae College, Mars Hill College, WCU, East Tennessee State U- niversity, the U.S. Forest Service, the Blue Ridge Parkway, LSU Officials Fire represented the student's choice as successor to Netterville. George W. Baker, Jr., assistant professor of engineering, was the second professor to be dismissed. Baker had previously appeared before the State Board of Education on behalf of students involved in the protest. In related developments, State Attorney General William Guste announced the appointment of a biracial committee to investigate last week's conflict on the Baton Rouge campus. Guste explained that the committee would be "above politics and unbiased" and would be chaired by himself. According to Guste, the committee will consist of an e- qual numbers of blacks and whites and would include two students. Guste said that "Louisiana's image and self respect as a state—which has as its motto 'Union, Justice and Confidence' --is as stake. "It is therefore imperative," he continued, "for the well being of the public safety and the protection of individual rights, that there be a detailed and thorough investigation to find out who killed those students, how it happened and why the tragedy occurred." "But more than this," Guste said, "we must find ways to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again." Guste stated that all parties involved in the tragedy, includ- .... FROM Page 1 ing the governor, would be subpoenaed before the secret hearings. Because of the nature of the investigation Guste explained that the hearings would be held behind closed doors. One of the issues to be brought before the board of inquiry will be the question of who fired the shots which killed the two students. Immediately after the student's deaths, the governor and the local sheriff issued statements denying that state troopers or sheriff's deputies fired any weapon into the crowd of students. Later, Governor Edwards stated that the sheriff had led him "down the garden path" with statements of his department's innocence, and that it was probable that one of the sheriff's deputies had fired in excitement, killing the two students. Last week, Edwards retracted his original retraction, labelling news accounts of his statement "irresponsible and innacurate." Edwards explained that his statements concerning the guilt of the sheriff's department were delivered off the record and not for public distribution. "Even if I was crazy enough to say them," the governor explained, "I wouldn't be crazy enough to put them on record." "What's going to happen in the wake of that kind of a story?" the governor commented. "It's too great a price to pay for that kind of story." the Mountain Scenic Economic Development District, and the First Tennessee Virginia Development District. In other action, the directors: —Approved the appointment of Miss Margaret Rose Rives as associate director of the "Transitions" project. —Approved a report of its curricular activities committee which is perfecting plans for a core curriculum Appalachian studies program at each institution, with an adjunct curriculum providingfor independent studies programs interchan- eable among the member institutions and agencies. —Learned that a workshop on curriculum projects will be held at Mars Hill College next spring, and urged that all fa~ culty members interested in Appalachian studies at the various institutions be allowed to attend. —Was told by Dr. Richard Barker, ASU librarian and chairman of the library committee of the consortium, that the committee will meet Dec, 1 at East Tennessee State to begin the task of compiling a union list of all book holdings in the field of Appalachian material at the various institutions. The committee also plans to discuss forming a union collection of county newspapers and county archives on microfilm. —Discussed plans for seeking congressional support for funding for the Ethnics Studies Bill, the appropriation for which died in the 1972 Congress. —Approved a proposal for seeking to become involved in the 1976 American Revolution Bi-Centennial Celebration through the national commission now working on plans for the observance. —Approved the appointment of Logan Delaney, executive director of the Asheville Model Cities Agency, to the board of advisors of the consortium. Tuckaseigee Arrested For Three incidents of WCU coeds being accosted within the past several weeks have resulted in the arrest by the Security Patrol of a 22 year old Tuckaseigee resident. Pritchard Smith, Director of Safety and Security, reported that R.A. Luker was arrested on Novemberl5and charged with three counts of assault on a female. Luker, a construction worker, was released after posting $3,000 bond for appearance in District Court in Sylva on December 4. Smith told the Western Carolinian that a coed was accosted at approximately 9 am Nov, 14 in the parking lot behind Helder Residence Hall. In another incident on the same day, another WCU female was stopped by a man on N.C. 107 between Hardees and the Water treatment plant. Both women were able to give officers a description of the assailant. UCB Sponsors Sock Hop On Saturday, January 2, at the Hinds University Center, the University Center Board will sponsor a Sock Hop beginning at 8:00 p.m. Big Daddy, a neo-fifties DJ, will be on hand to play "mouldie oldies" from the golden rock era of 1953 to 1964. The Sylva-Webster High School cheerleaders will join in leading the Big Game Pep Rally. A principal will stand at the door to see to it that no one is wearing shoes on the gym floor. AUCB release promises "special provided extras" but gives no hint as to what they might be. They do promise, however, that from 9-10:30 p.m. there will be a 50's style dance contest for all wishing to enter. The winning couple will receive a free dinner at Bel Harbor Fish Camp, and the lady dancer will be crowned "Queen of the Hop." THE Paper Studio INC e move of yourself ffiis Cfirisfmas SEASON S GREETINGS Sam, ^ane, Wand, and the HoSSit Resident Assault Officers also reported that a similar incident had occurred on October 16 in front of the New Women's Hall. Smith told the Western Carolinian that Luker admitted to these three incidents and also five other incidents that were unreported. Said Smith, "It would be of great help to us if students would report any incidents of this sort immediately. The information supplied in these cases enabled us to make the arrest. Write the editor P.O. Box 66 Thurs., Fri., Sat. Nov. 30-Dec. 2 More Fun To See The Second Time! In everyone's life there's a SUMMER OF '42 [—- j ^..^ETSJw—Tl Irom Warner Bros |XC| -~- S^-^^ro | a Kmney Leisure Service FREE PASSES SAT. MATINEE Sun. thru Thurs. December 3-7 YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING UNTIL YOU'VE SEEN EVERYTHING* £ * K i+. ^1 United Artists I ADMISSION Adults - $1.00 Children - .50 Showings at 2:30 p.m Saturday & Sunday
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