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Western Carolinian Volume 45 Number 19

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  • Page 4/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/February 7, 1980 Carolinian Newsbriefs ii Ghosts" presented Henrik Ibsen's drama "Ghosts" will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11-16 in WCU's Little Theatre in the Stillwell Building. The play, which opens the spring theatre season at WCU, will be the 1980 Jesefina Niggli Production in honor of the professor emeritus of the speech and theatre arts department. Directed by WCU senior W. Alex Norris, "Ghosts" is concerned with the hauntion malice of nature in transmitting evil traits by heredity. The play, written in 1881, deals with social issues and had an important influence on the drama of the 20th Century. Members of the cast include Elaine Armstrong, Morris Phifer, John Phillip Strickland, Henderson Gilleland, and Janet Allison. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 6 at the box office in Stillwell Building. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for students, and 50 cents for children. Reduced rates are available for groups of 10 or more. Reservations may be made by calling (704) 227-7365. Co-op education On Monday, February 25, at 7 p.m. a discussion on cooperative Education Training will be given. The place is the Tom Young Room at the Fieldhouse. The discussion is being sponsored by the Co-operative Education Dept. here on campus. The discussion will be led by various students who have returned to WCU after completing their fall training assignments. There will be a question and answer period following the talk and summer openings -will be discussed. If you are interested and want to find out more drop by the Co-operative Ed. Dept. in the administration building or call Martha Ramsey. Piano workshop A free National Piano Foundation workshop to demonstrate innovations in piano leaching techniques for area piano teachers and music majors, and a Master Class will be held at WCU's Music Recital Hall Feb. 11. Dr. Maurice Hinson, professor of piano in the School of Church Music at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., will discuss "Docs Your Practice Make Perfect" and "Memorizing - Pain or Pleasure" during the morning session of the workshop from 9:30 until 11:30 a.m. Following lunch, Dr. Hinson will conduct a Master Class for young area piano students from Clay. Haywood, Jackson and Madison counties. The Master Class is part of an expanded program for piano teachers which has been developed by the National Piano Foundation to promote keyboard studies, raise professional standards and teach broader musicianship. Hinson holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida, and earned his master's and doctorate from the University of Michigan. He has also studied at The Juilliard School and the University of Nancy in France (Conservatoire National). He will also present a lecture/recital on 19th century American keyboard music on Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. under the sponsorship of Dunham's Music House of Asheville. It is also free and open to the public. For further information on the workshop, recital or registration, contact Bert Wiley, WCU department of music, telephone 227-7343 or 293-9312. UC shuttle bus The free U.C. Shuttle service will continue for the rest of the semester on the following schedule: leave U.C. - Reid Gymn parking lot every hour on the hour starting at 3 p.m. with the last load leaving at 7 p.m. WCU prof awarded grant WASHINGTON — Dr. Hubert L. Youmans, professor of chemistry at WCU, has been awarded a $15,080 grant from the National Science Foundation, according to an announcement by Congressman Lamar Gudger's office Tuesday. Dr. Youmans will use the grant to support Western Carolina's Student Science Training Program, a summer project of high-level science study for rising high school seniors with exceptional ability" The program will consist of laboratory experiences in microchemistry, microcomputers, and digital electronics. Students who attend will reside in university residence halls during the five-week session. Thirty outstanding science students from high schools throughout the Eastern United States will be selected for the program, which will be directed by Dr. Youmans, a WCU faculty member for 13 years. This will be the second summer for the Student Science Training Program on the WCU campus. Western was the only North Carolina university to offer such a program last year. Film Processing 20% Discount Good Thru Feb. 29, 1980 Special 2 liter Pepsi Mountain Dew 89c University Laundry More Than A Laundry LMP film committee Anv student interested in joining the Film Committee of Last Minute Productions please telephone L.M.P. at the U C and leave your name and telephone number or call Lavern Oxendine at 6057. The Film Committee is in the process of selecting both cultural and modern nooular films for the academic year of 1980-81. So, if vou want to help select next year s movies please get involved in the student programming committee of Western Carolina University. Hornsby to speak Dr. Alton Hornsby Jr., chairman of the history department at Morehouse College, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 in the auditorium of Western Carolina University's Natural Sciences Building. The editor of the Journal of Negro Life and History, Hornsby received the master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas. He is listed in "Who's Who in Black America" (1976) and "Outstanding Educators of America" (1975). and received the Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship in 1977. Hornsby, appearing at WCU under the Visiting Scholars Program, also will lecture in classes Feb. 11-12. His visit coincides with the university's observance of Black History Week Feb. 10-16. Engineering program Western Carolina University and North Carolina State University have reached a cooperative transfer agreement whereby students wishing to major in engineering at North Carolina State may take their first two years of courses at WCU. The action will allow students greater ease in transferring into N.C. State's School of Engineering after taking WCU courses specified by the agreement, according to an announcement by Dr. John D. McCrone, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Western. Specific WCU courses cited include English composition, physics, chemistry, calculus, drafting, economics, literature, history, humanities electives, and physical education. At N.C. State, students may transfer the WCU courses in pursuit of engineering n jors such as biological, agricultural, chemical, civil, electrical, operations, industrial, furniture manufacturing and management, materials, mechanical and aerospace, and nuclear. WCU had previously reached transfer agreements with two other schools at N.C. State—the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the School of Forest Resources. Jamestown trip Persons interested in 18th-century life and its associated craftsmanship will be offered an opportunity to get an authoritative overview March 13-16 when WCU sponsors a travel study trip to Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown, Va. The trip, by chartered bus, will depart from the Asheville Mall at 8 a.m. on March 13 and return on March 16, arriving in Asheville at approximately 8 p.m. Included on the tour will be a full day exploration of the residences, public buildings, craft shops and gardens of Williamsburg and a visit to the Carter's Grove Plantation. Second day activities include a hands-on seminar on Williamsburg crafts that will allow participants the chance to see behind the scenes of Williamsburg's famous kitchens and crafts shops and try such trades and crafts as bookbinding, paper marbling, prinitin, candle-making, spinning and weaving. A visit to Jamestown is included on departure day. The tour price of $179 (double occupancy) or $214 (single occupancy) includes bus transportation from Asheville, lodging at the Williamsburg Motor House, uttion and fees for the educational seminar, admission to Williamsburg, and the Jamestown visit. hnrollment will be limited. To register, contact the n rS?«V?f Co,ntinuin8 Education, WCU, Cullowhee, tion Fb 22 227"7397' Deadline for reserva-
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