| Summary: | The Reporter is a publication produced by Western Carolina University featuring news, events, and campus community updates for faculty and staff. The publication began in August of 1970 and continues digitally today. Click on the link in the “Related Materials” field to access recent issues. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina November 6, 1981 GOVERNOR CALLS FOR STATEWIDE EFFORTS LIKE WNC TOMORROW Gov. Jim Hunt called last Friday for a "close partnership" between his statewide North Carolina 2000 project and Western North Carolina Tomorrow' s 17-county regional advancement programs. Speaking at a meeting of WNC Tomorrow directors here, Gov. Hunt said the purposes of the two programs are "very nearly the same." Gov. Hunt and Chancellor Robinson Be said, "I think it is critically important that a close partnership be established between these two projects, and I ask for that today . " Later in the day, the WNC Tomorrow board of directors passed a resolution pledging the organization to pursue the aims and objectives of the governor's program. In an address that hailed lo/NC Tomorrow as a forerunner of his own statewide endeavor, Bunt said "North Carolina 2000, in many respects, has come about because WNC Tomorrow started some three years ago, and I want to thank you for being the pioneers as your forefathers were who came into these mountains. "You have shown the way by turning the attention of the people of this region to the future ." Bunt, who was introduced by WNC Tomorrow President Hugh Morton as one of the "great governors of this nation," said both North Carolina 2000 and WNC Tomorrow must face and deal with critical issues facing the state. "Both projects are a process of asking the hard questions, not the easy ones; of looking reality full in the face, even when it isn't pleasant and the answers suggested are tough, and coming up with some courses of action that we believe are good for our people and for our future . " Bunt said a "multitude of qllestions" need to be confronted, including the number of citizens in the state by the year 2000; where and how they live; their age; employment , educational, and recreational oppor- tunities; and how much water, land, food , and energy will be required. In western North Carolina , he said , the special questions of the future include the provision of health care for an increasing population of older adults , as well as continuing education and employment for older people. Western North Carolina faces a rapid loss of far mland that already is limited , he said. Can the region continue to expand tourism and accelerate industrialization, he asked , and at the same time preserve " the region ' s spectacular beauty , abundant natural resources, and rich cultural resources?" He warned against inaction . "Not to act -2- is to affirm what has been happening. There ' re consequences of action and inaction, and our people need to understand that and it ' s our responsibility to help them understand it ," he said . He called for broad participation in the North Carolina 2000 studies aimed at helping the state make "wise decisions" about its future . " I want to ask, " he said, "that all of us make this year-long North Carolina 2000 endeavor a public enterprise in which we involve as many of our people as possible, during which we think and act as we should in a democracy , realizing that it's a government of, by, and for the people, and that we should involve those people in making decisions about their lives , about their future . " Hunt said his charge to the North Carolina Commission on the Future, the statewide body to carry out the 2000 project, included coming up with a report that is both specific and understandable. "We ' ve got to put it in (plain) language so that ordinary folks understand it . "I want a plan of action that policy makers and legislators can get their teeth into." MICROCOMPUTER USERS GROUP FO~S HERE As the use of microcomputers has grown in recent years to enormous proportions in both business and academic worlds , Western has accumulat ed about 100 microcompute r s . They a re scattered throughout the campus, and many more have been requested. Efforts are being made to assimilate information on programs and hardware already obtained and to assist individuals who may be interested in making use of micros but have had no exper ience with them. Ben Ward (Instructional Services) and Gene Bailey (Accounting and Information Systems) are coordinating these efforts in hope that a microcomputer users group can be organized here . The proliferation of both software and hardware has made it practically impossible for even experienced computer professionals and users to stay current . A users groups would allow individuals to share their knowledge and experience with others . Another activity would be maintaining a "library" of programs and equipment (software and hardware) across campus . A meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 10 , at 3:30 in 330 Forsyth. Any faculty member, staff member , or student who has an interest in microcomputers is invited to attend and to share ideas . LIBRARY MOVE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER Construction of the new library addition is progressing on schedule and anticipation of the move into the new building during the Christmas break is becoming a reality . Hunter Library will officially close its doors to the public at 6 p .m. Friday, Dec . 18 . The library will be closed so that it can move into the new addition from Saturday , Dec. 19, through Sunday, Jan. 17. Hunter Library will resume its regular schedule on ~1onday , Jan . 18 , 1982 . The move will create some inconveniences and will affect users in the following four a r eas : Reserve materials : Faculty members wishing to have materials placed on reserve for any of their courses here as well as at Asheville need to give their lists to the Circulation Depar tment by Friday, Dec . 4 . This will ensure that the reserve mat~rials will be ready for use by the fir st week of t he spr ing semester. Circulation of ma t erial s : The due da t e for circulating materials at the end of this semester is Dec . 11. Materials checked out after Dec. 11 need not be returned until Jan . 20 . Interlibrary loans: Requests for interlibrary loans from our faculty, staff, and students must be turned into the Interlibrary Loan Office by Wednesday, Nov. 25, in order to be processed before the move. Interlibrary loans will once again accept requests on Jan . 18, the first day of the spring semester. The deadline for receipt -3- of incoming ILL requests from other libraries is Dec. 11. Materials lent at this time will not be due back to Hunter Library until Jan. 20. The ILL Department will resume full service on the day of reopening. Faculty studies: The new addition will have twelve faculty study areas, each equipped with a desk and chair, a typing stand, shelving, and best of all, a window. To be eligible to use a study for a semester, faculty members must complete an application form available from their department head. Faculty studies will be assigned by the University Librarian after a review of the submitted applications. The deadline for receipt of these applications in the University Librarian's Office is November 15 . FOSTER HONORED AS PLANT ENGINEER Albert L. Foster, assistant director of the physical plant at Western, has been named the 1981 Regional Plant Engineer of the Year by the American Institute of Plant Engineers. Foster received the award at the AIPE Region V banquet recently held at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Charlotte. The award was presented by Mc~lillan Baggett, plant engineer for the Lovable Company of Atlanta, Ga . , and AIPE regional vice president. In presenting the award Baggett cited Foster ' s significant contributions to plant engineering while Foster was employed as steam plant supervisor for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. During more than nine years at UNCC, Foster kept steam production cos~s at double during a period when fuel costs rose 400 percent, Baggett said. He said Foster also contributed to a campus-wide energy conservation program which achieved a nine percent reduction in total energy use, while the campus experienced a 26 percent growth in total facility space. Other programs which Foster established at UNCC include a program to train new boiler operators , an effective water treatment program for heating and cooling systems, and an energy consumption record system reported in the 1980 AIPE proceedings . Baggett also cited a number of Foster's professional society activities which were considered in selecting him for the award. From 1980 until 1981, Foster served as president of the AIPE Catawba Chapter which received the 1980 AIPE Outstanding Chapter Award. Under Foster's leadership the chapter experienced rapid membership growth and spawned a new chapter in Morganton . It also published a Charlotte area plant engineer directory to raise money for public service projects, including an energy poster award in Charlottelotecklenburg schools. In September, 1980, Foster spoke to the International Conference of AIPE concerning information gathering for energy management. He received his certified plant engineer (CPE) certificate from AIPE in October, 1980. This year Foster was elected to represent the Catawba Chapter on the AIPE board of directors. He served as chairman of the AIPE Southeast Regional Conference in Charlotte this past September. Foster assumed his present position at Western Carolina University in June. He and his wife, Deborah, moved to Cullowhee from China Grove and reside in the Tilley Creek community. As the 1981 Regional Plant Engineer of the Year, Foster will compete with seven other plant engineers throughout North America for the 1981 International Plant Engineer of the Year Award to be presented at the AIPE International Conference and Exposition in Reno, Nev., Oct. 25-28. Foster plans to speak to this conference on the topic of engineering society leadership. DECEMBER WESTERN HORIZON SOON TO APPEAR The University magazine , Western Horizon, will appear i n its latest edit ion within the next few weeks . It cont ains articles on students in P~stern's C'loperative Education program (students who are earning kudos for t hemselves and \.]estern),- on the e~ansion of Hunter Library, and on other subjects of interest to the university community. Western Horizon came on the scene last summer in a tabloid formaL . The December issue will be its fifth, but some faculty members still may be unfamiliar with the publication. -4- Past issues have included faculty research , faculty profiles, programs involving the Cherokee, Joyner history , and special WCU programs. Although Western Hor izon is a metamorphosis of the old Alumni News and Views and still contains alumni class notes and alumni news , the year-old publication makes a deliberate effort to find subjects of general interest and to include major articles that go well beyond the usual news. Watch for your copy in campus mail soon. ANNOUNCEMENTS A SPECIAL SPRING SEMESTER REGISTRATION for faculty and staff who are currently taking one or more courses will be held at t he Registrar's Office on Friday, Nov. 13, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Spring materials and permits may be obtained from the Registrar's Office before that date. Faculty and staff members who wish to take a course spring term and who are not currently enrolled must first be admitted/ readmitted by the appropriate admissions office. PEOPLE INTERESTED IN A WOMAN'S PLACE, the campus newsletter for women, are invited to meet with Teresa Mangum (English) at the Top of the Stairs Monday noon, Nov . 9. Potential contributors of ideas or articles can help set directions for this year. A WORKSHOP 0~ ALTERNATIVE CAREERS FOR EDUCATORS is to be sponsored by Western Saturday, Nov. 14, at the s, .era ton Motor Inn i n Asheville. The day-long workshop is to help educators assess their per sonal occupational preferences, skills, and opportunities , learn how to approach potential employers, prepare an effective resume, and successfully interview. The workshop also will help participants examine why educators change careers and wbat careers they find happiest and most successful. Adelle V. Cooter, n training specialist with Corporate Consultants of Knoxville, Tenn . , is the workshop leader. Cost of the workshop is $30, including course materials and coffee breaks . To enroll or obtain more information, contact Continuing Ed . (7397). NOHINATIONS FOR THE 1981 DISTINGUISHED SCIENCE TEACHER AWARD for high school teachers in the Eighth Educational District are sought by the \-lCU Club of Sigma Xi. Tbe annual award recognizes superior teaching in science and mathematics and the ability to motivate high school students in the area of scientific research. Its winner will receive a $50 honorarium and a certificate at the club's sprlng banquet. Sigma Xi is an international society for the promotion of scientific research. Deadline for nominations is Monday , Nov . 9. They will be judged by a committee from the WCU club and should be sent to Frank Prochaska in the chemistry department. Include the name and address of nominee, date of birth , educational background, record of experience, list of publications , list of science-related extracurricular work , membership in scientific or teaching societies, evidence of nominee ' s willingness to update skills, and evidence of achievement in science by former and current students. NAMES IN THE NEWS JOE SCAGNOLl (Music) served as judge at the Mt . Vernon High School Marching Band Festival, Mt. Vernon , Va . Forty bands from Virginia and Maryland participated in the 1981 Festival . Dr . Scagnoli judged preliminaries and finals. JEFF NEFF (Earth Sciences), chairman of the N.C. Geographical Society, presided over the 11th annual meeting of the society October 9-10 at UNC-Wilmington. The meeting focused on urban redevelopment in Wilmington and was highlighted by a harbor cruise tour and a Satur day night " Shrimperoo . " The 1982 meeting will be held at UNC-G. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina November 13, 1981 ~STERY PLAY OPENS MONDAY, NOV . 16 Ladies in Retirement, the classical mystery by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham, will be presented Nov. 16-21 at Western's Little Theatre in Stillwell Building. Produced by the University Players , the play will begin nightly at 7:30. Ladies in Retirement concerns the mysterious disappearance of Albert Feather, a former clerk of Gravesend Bank who stole a large amount of cash, and former Music Hall actress Leonora Fiske. Fiske is supposed to be traveling in London, or so her housekeeper and companion Ellen Creed says. But no one in London reports having seen her, and bank authorities have discovered that the signature on her checks has changed . Could the two disappearances be related? Has murder been committed? The mystery borders on comedy as authorities search for clues to these and other intriguing questions. Ladies in Retirement was first produced on Broadway in 1940. Cast members for the University Players production are Alan Batot of Lewisville as Albert Feather; Pamela J. Cook of Charlotte as Sister Theresa; Tracey L. Davies of Arden as Leonora Fiske; Pam Edwards of Henderson as Ellen Creed; Marie Frey of Cullowhee as Lucy Gilham; Kevin Hoffman of Dallas as Mr. Bates; Lynn Kyker of Montgomery, Ala., as Louisa Creed; and Brenda Sanders of Cullowhee as Emily Creed. Donald L. Loeffler, head, is directing . Christopher Zink of costume designer is speech and theatre arts The set designer is Asheville, and the instructor Jim Wood . Tickets, priced at $3 for adults and stu-dents and at $1 for children, may be reserved by calling ext. 7365 in Hoey 122 any weekday from 1 until 4 p.m. MUSICIANS TO PERFORM THURSDAY Flute and six-string guitar duos are uncommon. Exceptional flute and guitar duos of Carnegie Hall quality are downright rare . Nonetheless, one of the top flute-guitar duos in existence, Susanella Noble and Charles Wolzien, will perform at Western Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Music-English recital hall. "Since the 18th century, the status and quality of flute-guitar literature has improved but there is still no great public interest in it. This has been due more to a lack of interest from musicians than from composers, 11 wrote David-John Doose in T_he New York World just before Noble-Wolzien performed in Carnegie Hall. Noble and Wolzien "consider it their mission in life to end this great injustice," said Doose. Flutist Noble and guitarist Wolzien have been performing as a duo for four years . To aid in their development, they visited five European countries to study and research the literature, history, and interpretation of flute-guitar music. That 1978 trip included sessions with French concert flutist Maxene Larrieu and virtuoso guitarist Alirio Diaz. The duo has toured college campuses and performed at music festivals such as the Los Angeles Bach Festival. They have been featured soloists with the West Coast Symphony, Fort Smith Symphony in Arkansas, -2- and Jefferson Symphony in Colorado . They perform a large variety of music in their programs, from baroque sonatas for flute and basso continuo to romantic and contemporary literature. They perform arrangements of popular folksongs from different countries. A native of New York City, Ms. Noble studied flute in France with Jean-Pierre Rampal. She holds degrees from the University of Denver and received the Certificate de Stage from the Academie lnternationale d ' Ete in Nice, France. She was formerly on the faculty of the University of Denver and Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minn. Wolzien earned his bachelor of music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and studied at the ~anff School of Fine Arts in Canada. ~ former faculty member at Colorado State University, \"olzien teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The duo's performance ln Cullowhee is sponsored by the WCU Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Program. Tickets at the box office are $5 for adults and $2 for non-WCU students. Western students are admitted for $1 with valid identification cards. Subscribers to the LCE series are admitted without charge. DEAR COLLEAGUE: A recession is upon us, inflation is still rampant, and times are tight. Added to these problems are cuts in federal social aid programs. More than ever socially beneficial local orgranizations need our help. One way we can help is through a generous contribution to the United Way. Over fourfifths of the United Way budget goes to local county organizations and benefits people in the community. As of November 6 we at Western Carolina University have contributed $1,368 toward our goal of $7,000. If you have not pledged or contributed, please help us reach this goal and thus help people around us. Sincerely, John Bell Jane Schulz KEYPUNCHES ON THE WAY OUT Plans are under way to eliminate keypunch machines at the WCU Computer Center after December 1981 . With the heavy emphasis over the last several years on on-line data entry, the high maintenance cost associated with these machines is an unnecessary expense. Few faculty are still teaching using "hands-on" experience on keypunches. It has been very difficult to keep t"CU' s present card reader operational. The new computing system to be delivered in 1982 will not include a card reader. "Data card" users need to plan accordingly . Faculty members still using the keypunch machines for instructional purposes should decide whether the absence of keypunches will adversely affect the content of their course(s) or research. If so, reasons for wishing to retain use of keypunches should be explained, in writing, to the Director of the Computer Center by December 1, 1981. NEW GRANTS SUPPORT FACULTY DEVELOPMENT A major goal of WCU's Strengthening Developing Institutions Program (SDIP) Grant is to encourage faculty development and instructional development through financial support for off-campus activities toward these goals. Two kinds of financial assistance are now available on a competitive basis: mini-grants for summer activities related to teaching improvement and microgrants for focused instructional development activities that may occur anytime during the academic year. Awarded for the first time in the summer of 1981, the mini-grants are intended to support summer study or internship at other institutional sites. Faculty may choose to investigate new instructional approaches, expand their knowledge of their current discipline, explore new subject areas, or undertake other activities that will help them to achieve specific teaching objectives. Each faculty member recommended for a mini-grant will receive up to $2,500 to cover travel, subsistence, registration, and/or tuition expenses. Application guidelines for the mini-grants and micro-grants may be obtained from department heads or from Martha McKinney, -3- SDIP Coordinator (Ext . 7495). While proposals for the micro-grants may be submitted at any time, mini-grant applications are due on January 19, 1982. Elder Neighbor, a unique program to improve the health and well-being of western North Carolina elders by promoting volunteer services and shared information , is e~anding into Transylvania County . Under an agreement with Weste~ ' s CIML, the Transylvania County Senior Citizens ' Council and the Brevard office of ltlestern Carolina Co11Uilunity Action will sponsor Elder Neighbor there . Transylvania is the second pilot county for the new program. Elder. Neighbor began to organize in ~con County early this fall and now the Macon County Focal Point on Aging is beginning to operate its program with volunteers trained by CIML ' s staff. A grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Health Care Trust through the Program on Access to Health Care is enabling CIML to offer Elder Neighbor in the 17 westernmost counties of North Carolina. Additional program support comes from the z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and WCU. ANNOUNCEMENTS THE SOUTHEASTERN CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART'S TRAVELING exhibition, comprised of some 45 works by artists who are living and working in the 11-state Southeast region, will be on display in the Chelsea Gallery at Western Nov. 17-Dec. 17 . Mostly prints, drawings, and paintings, the exhibition features works selected by nationally prominent jurors from competitions sponsored by SECCA. It is the only permanent collection owned by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem. The center, a non-profit exhibition and educational organization founded in 1956, annually sponsors 45 exhibitions featuring the works of more than 400 southeastern artists . THE MANDARIN STUDY GROUP meets every Friday at 4 p . m. Faculty, students, employees, and other members of the university community are invited to learn conversational Chinese with the group in a supportive lowpressure atmosphere . Refreshments are served and tapes are available . Albert Gilman (Mathematics) is Honorable Faculty Sponsor. MADRIGAL DINNER TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE on the first floor of Hinds University Center. The Madrigal Christmas Dinners will be held Dec . 3 and 4 in the center ' s Grandroom, and tickets are $7 for students, $10 for adults . Reserve yours by calling ext. 7206 . FACULTY PUBLICATIONS C. R. Lovin. Review of From Ploughshare to Ballotbox : The Politics of Agrarian Defense in Europe_ by Derek Urwin, in Agricultural History, 55, 4 (October 1981) , 414- 415. Kathryn Stripling Byer. "Elegy, " in The Hudson Review (Fall 1981). Kathryn Stripling Byer. A special secLion of poems, including "Indian Summer," "Wings," "Peanuts," and the six-poem sequence "I lnhcrtt the Light of Hy Grandmother ' s House," in The Oconee Review, 2, 2 (Fall 1981), 5-13. NAMES IN TilE NEWS Three poems by WILLIA!-1 PAULK (English) recently received recognition in a national poetry contest sponsored by the Kentucky State Poetry Society . "The Artist" was awarded second place, WIND/Literary Journal Award. "Canterbury: Communion" was given honorable mention in the sonnet category, and "The Flagman" got honorable mention, miscellaneous . STEPHEN 0\lliNS (Management) will participate in a dissertation roundtable at the annual meeting of the Allied Social Science Association in Washington, D.C. Dr . Owens ' dissertation "Arbitral Reaction to Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co . : An Analysis of Arbitrators' Awards , 1974-1980." is one of four dissertations selected by the Industrial Relations Research Association to be presented at the meeting . ROGER BISSON (Hodern Foreign Languages) presented "Western Carolina University's Intensive Language Program: An Approach" to two sessions of the annual meeting of the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina Oct . 23-24. The meeting was held this year in Charlotte . TOM O' TOOLE (History) attended the annual meeting of the African Studies Association at Indiana University Oct. 21-24 . He presented two papers: "Kongo Wara-War of the Hoe Handle: A Central African Protest Movement, 1928-1931" and "Teaching Through Living Experience." ROBERT BLAND (Library) was elected vice chairman/chairman-elect for the College and University Section of the North Carolina Library Association. ROBERT DALLEY (Industrial Education and Technology) has been appointed to the standing committee of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Institute for Continuing Education . AARON HYATT (dean, Research and Graduate Studies; director, Hountain Heritage Center) has been named by D.H. Faircloth, Secretary of the N.C. Department of Commerce, to serve on the World ' s Fair advisory committee. The committee will select the design and builders for the North Carolina State Pavilion at the 1982 Energy Exposition in Knoxville, Tenn. -4- Dr. Hyatt also has been named to the 1981- 82 Grants Review Committee of the N.C. Historical Commission. The committee reviews applications for the development, construction, survey, and planning of state historic sites in cooperation with the staff of the N.C. Division of Archives and History. JOE SCAGNOLI (Music) judged the 23rd Annual South Carolina State High School Marching Band championships in Columbia, S.C., Oct. 31. HAROLD FARWELL and NANCY JOYNER (English) attended the annual North Carolina-Virginia College English Association in Raleigh on October 10-11. Professor Farwell presented a paper, "E . l-1. Forster and Aspects of Melville's Fiction," and Professor Joyner was named president-elect of the organization . TH.EDA PERDUE (History) presented a paper, "The Impact of European Trade on Cherokee Sexual Roles," to the North Carolina Historical Society Oct. 30. On Oct. 31, she attended the fall meeting of the Western North Carolina Historical Association of which she is a trustee. FRANCES W. LOVIN (Hedical Record Administration Program Advisory Committee) recently served as one of the five delegates from North Carolina to the American Medical Record Administration Association House of Delegates in San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 18-19. She also attended the annual meeting of the association which followed on Oct. 20-23. JIM and KAY BYER (both English) went to Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga . , Oct. 29- 30, he to lecture on George Eliot and she to give a reading and lecture as part of Wesleyan's Georgia Authors Series. Ms. Byer has had a number of poems published this fall, including a special section in the Oconee Review. WINNIE KILLIAN (English, retired) was the subject of a recent editorial in The Asheville Citizen after she helped preside at the annual awards ceremony of the Poetry Council of North Carolina. "Year after year," the editorial read, "this remarkable woman does high service to poets and poetry in this state. She has an eye and an ear for good poetry. Largely because of her diligence, quality poetry and poets are honored at the annual gathering. . . . Winnie Killian is a regional and state treasure, and her friends continue to marvel at her energy and sense of service. " MAXIE E. BEAVER (Music) recently was featured in a performance by the Greensboro Concert Band as part of the Opus 81-82 program. Performing on a saxophone made by the Conn Corporation in 1925, he played Creston's "Concerto for Saxophone and Band," Wagner's "Rienzi," and Leckrone's "Permutations . " STAFF POSITION VACANCIES Apply at the Personnel Office, 330 UA/MHC, within 1 working days from the date of this publication unless otherwise noted. LIBRARY CLERK (II), Hunter Library; hiring rate, $7,764; high school or equivalency and be able to pass typing test at 38 net WPM. Accurate spelling ability required. ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTANT, Controller's Office; salary commensurate with experience; graduation from a four-year college or university with a major in accounting or business administration. Requires knowledge of governmental accounting practices and the ability to interpret and implement state fiscal regulations . A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina November 20, 1981 CHEROKEE CENTER HOLDS OPEN HOUSE The faculty and staff of the University are cordially invited to an open house at the new office of Western Carolina University in Cherokee on Monday, Nov. 23, from 4 until 6 p.m. The new office is located on Acquoni Road across from Cherokee High School. MADRIGAL CELEBRATION HERALDS HOLIDAY A flourish of trumpets , the procession of the boar ' s head, and a yuletide feast followed by merrie music of sixteenth century England will usher in the holiday season Thursday and Friday, Dec. 3-4, at the annual Madrigal Christmas Dinners . Costumed lords and ladies, madrigal singers, a brass consort , and minstrels will help transform the Grandroom of Hinds University Center into a great dining hall of Elizabethan England and a time for mirth and jollity. Western first began the festive dinners in 1970 and the renewal of the pomp, customs, and pageantry has taken place in all but two years since--years when the university exam schedule created a conflict. This year ' s menu will include roast beef with mushroom gravy, baked potato with sour cream, peas with pearl onions , squash casserole, cranberry salad, wassail, and flaming plum pudding. Tickets are $7 for students and $10 for adults. Reservations may be made by calling ext . 7206 between 9 a.m. and 5 p . m. weekdays. All reservations must be paid for within 48 hours. Only advance tickets will be sold; none will be sold at the door . The great hall will be set with eight seats to a table. Patrons may purchase individual tickets or book an entire table for friends. Thirty-six tables are available each evening. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and all patrons must be seated by 6:25. The production will begin at 6:30. Members of the cast include Dr. and Mrs . James Dooley as the Lord and Lady of the Feaste, Errol Stewart as the Jester of the Manor , Kate Marshall as Queen Elizabeth I, and Kevin Hoffman and Gregory Byrd as pages . The musical program will feature madrigals and other period music by the WCU Early Music Ensemble, directed by Dr . Robert Holquist, as well as performances by the WCU Brass Consort and the Cullowhee Consort. Among the Early Music Ensemble's madrigal selections will be "Fa una canzona" by Vecchi, "Weep, 0 Mine Eyes" by Bennet, "April is in My Mistress Face" by Morley, "Tanzen and springen" by Hassler, "All Creatures Now" by Bennet, "The Queen to Me" by PDQ Bach, and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" by Warrell. Other selections the group will perform include "Sussex Carol," "Sing We At Pleasure," "Christ l-Ias Born," "Bodie Christus natus est," "Lullay, Mine Liking," "Pat-a-Pan," "What Child is This," and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." Members of the ensemble are sopranos Mary Elliott, Saundra Hendricks, Susan Parker, and Kathy Sain; altos Janet Kelley, Debby Ledbetter, and Lisa Stern; tenors Steve McClure, Doug Meeker, Steve Morris, and Robin Wilde; and basses Scott Farmer, Robert Holquist, Boyd Sossamon, and Doug -2- Wilson . The Brass Consort comprises Michael Hedden and Dennis Laorenze , trumpets; Clark Egerton and Mark Harrison , trombones; and Robin Dauer , horn . Members of the Cullowhee Consort, which includes recorder and gamba players , are ~like Nichols, Jean Barry, Heni Cason , Ray Williams, Brian Martine, and Don Gibon . The Madrigal Christmas Dinners are co-sponsored by Hinds University Center, the departments of music and speech and theatre arts, and Last Minute Productions . Stage director is Or . Donald Loeffler and technical directors are Richard Beam and Jim Wood . UNITED FUND UPDATE WCU faculty and staff as of November 13 have pledged and contributed $1 , 923 toward the United Fund goal of $7,000. EXHIBIT OF ANIMATION ART NOV. 30 - DEC . 1 Hundreds of animation eel paintings from Hollywood cartoons will be shown at Western Monday and Tuesday , Nov. 30 and Dec . 1, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. on the second floor of the University Center. The event is sponsored by Last ~linute Productions and the public is invited . Animation eel paintings, called eels , are the paintings actually filmed in making an animated cartoon. Each character is painted by hand on clear acetate, usually 11" x 14" or larger. These eels are then placed against a background and photographed one by one to create the animated film . Cels are one of a kind, not prints or reproductions. This exhibit and sale will include eels from feature-length Walt Disney films The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, The Aristocats, and The Fox and the Hound. Original pencil animation drawings from early Disney films of the 1930s and 1940s will also be offered. Of particular importance at this exhibit is a collection of eels featuring popular Warner Brothers characters--Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, Roadrunner, Pepe Le Pew, and the Tasmanian Devil. Some of these bear the signature of Chuck Jones, widely regarded as one of America' s foremost animators . Artwork from the film Gnomes and the Ralph Bakshi films American Pop and Wizards will also be included. Interest in animation art as collectible has burgeoned in recent years. Today many people are investing in eels of all kinds, especially signed pieces. Prices are still reason~ble, as critic Leonard Shannon explained in the magazine Rarities last summer: " . . animation art is still affordable. All kinds of paintings can be bought for less than $50. But, regardless of price, any artwork created for an animated film is, by its very nature, unique and collectible. " Permanent collections of animation art may be found in the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and other museums. Special exhibits at the Library of Congress and at the prestigious Whitney Museum in New York have attracted enormous interest . A REMINDER FROM THE LIBRARY Hunter Library will be closed for moving from 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, until Jan. 18, 1982, the day spring semester classes begin. Lists of materials for reserve in Hunter Library during the first two weeks of the semester must be received by the library no later than Dec . 7 . NEW DEADLINES FOR FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION The National Science Foundation (NSF) plans to offer new three-year Graduate Fellowships and Minority Graduate Fellowships in 1982 if funds are available. The awards will be made to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science or engineering. They will support work leading to master ' s or doctoral degrees in mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and social sciences, and in the history and philosophy of science. Awards are not made in clinical, law, education, or business fields, in history or social work, for work leading to medical, dental, or public health degrees, or for study in joint science- professional degree programs. Applications are encouraged from minorities, women, physically handicapped, and members of other groups underrepresented in science and engineering . Applicants must be U. S. citizens who have not completed more than 20 semester or 30 quarter hours, or equivalent, of study in any of the above science and engineering fields beyond their first baccalaureate degree in science and engineering. Stipends are $6,900 per year or $575 per month, depending on tenure . There are no dependency or travel allowances. Affiliated institutions may supplement the NSF fellowship. -3- December 3 is the new deadline for registration for the Dec . 12 GRE test date. December 18 is the deadline for submission of Fellowship Application - Part I. January 15 and February 8, 1982, are deadlines for receipt of other application materials. For more details, contact the Office of Research Administration (243 UA/MHC, ext. 7480). For application materials, write the Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. HONOR SOCIETY TO INITIATE MEMBERS The WCU chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi will initiate some 75 new members Saturday, Nov . 21, in 104 Killian . Speaker for the 10 a . m. ceremony will be Dr. James Barrs, vice president of the eastern region of Phi Kappa Phi and the person who conducted the formal installation ceremonies when the WCU chapter was established in 1972. Barrs holds a master's in classical philology (Latin and Greek) and Ph.D. in comparative philology (linguistics) from Harvard University. Last year, he was presented the Charles Swain Thomas Annual Book Award, the highest award presented by the New England Association of Teachers of English. Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest national honor society and was organized to promote the pursuit of excellence in all fields of higher education. The society recognizes superior scholarship by faculty and students from all academic disciplines through election to membership. Officers of the WCU chanter are Judith M. Stillion, president; Deanne Smith Winiarski, vice president; Lawrence H. Arney, secretary- treasurer; and Yvonne N. Saddler, public relations officer. ACADEMIC QUALITY DISCUSSED AT MSCU t-tEF.T On November 10, Chancellor Harold F. Robinson took part in a round table discussion on "Quality as Thinking Skills-Achievements of the Academic Program Evaluation Project (APEP)" with presidents and chancellors from Ball State University, North Adams State College, Wayne State College, Western Kentucky University, Ramapo College, and State University College of Arts and Science at Potsdam. The seven schools are participating in the APEP project through the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU) Resource Center for Planned Change. The APEP proj Ct!t emphasizes communication, analysis , synthesis, quantification, and valuing as ways to assert the value of an undergraduate curriculum. The APEP paradigm has been used as a catalyst for reform by institutions concerned about faculty and course development, and it offers an answer to the question posed by legislators: "Are you really teaching students to read, write, compute, and think?" In the Nov . 10 session in Colorado Springs, concurrent with the AASCU annual meeting, the seven university leaders discussed how their faculties have worked on these problems, explained the evaluation instruments and sampling designs, and gave their assessments of the overall endeavor . NAl-\ES IN THE NEWS MIKE DOUGHERTY (Human Services) discussed counselor stress and possible "burnout" at a conference for school counselors in Tegucigalph, Honduras, Oct. 4-7. Counselors can best avoid burnout, he said, by focusing on job satisfaction and successes, identifying the personal strengths they bring to their jobs, and reducing sources of stress in their work. Several people from Western attended the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, held in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 5-7. English professors giving papers were NANCY JOYNER, whose title was "How Grotesque: Varieties of the Form in Modern American Fiction ," JIM ADDISON, "Spenser ' s Fowre Hymnes in the Light of Bruno's De Gli Eroici Furori ," and KARL NICHOLAS , "Think You for the Wedding Rang . " Dr . Nicholas was attending concurrent sessions of the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, and his paper concerned frontal vowel changes in Appalachian speech. MARILYN JODY (head, English) was elected vice president of the SAMLA Women ' s Caucus. Now in its tenth year as an affiliate of SAMLA, the Women ' s Caucus sponsors programs on women writers , women in literature, and issues of special interest to women in the field of language and literature. PAUL HABERLAND (Modern Foreign Languages) was elected Secretary of the South Atlantic Association of Departments of Foreign Languages at the SAMLA meeting. -4- Also attending the SAMLA and SECOL sessions were JIM BYER, WILLIAM HIGGINS, ROBERT PARR, WILLIAM PAULK , STEVE EBERLY , and TERESA MANGUM (all English) , RON HORGAN and PAT UMFRESS (Modern Foreign Languages), and ELIZABETH ADDISON (Public Information and CIML) . ANNE ROGERS (Sociology and Anthropology) was t he invited speaker at a meeting of the Division of Archives and History held Oct. 14 in Raleigh . Rogers spoke on "Excavating Rock Shelters in Southwest Virginia. " KAY BYER and MICHAEL WHITE (both English) presented seminars on fiction and poetry to t he Franklin Writer ' s Club Oct . 24. The seminars included the use of techniques , styles , and modes of writing fiction and poetry. PAT UMFRESS (Modern Foreign Languages) and MARILYN JODY (English) attended a meeting on developing teacher certification in English as a second language (ESL) in Greensboro Oct . 29- 30. Also participating were Gerald Toussaint, coordinator of foreign language and ESL for the State Department of Public Instruction; Jeutonne Brewer, associate dean of arts and sciences at UNC-G; and Jane Mitchell of UNC-G, a specialist in foreign language methodology. The State Department of Public Instruction will contract with WCU to conduct a course in Fundamentals of Teaching ESL, to be offered during the spring semester in Asheville. JOYCE BALDWIN, WILMA COSPER , JUDY DOWELL, FRANCILE WATERS, and fourteen students (all Home Economics) participated in the 64th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Home Economics Association Nov . 4-7 at Raleigh. Ms . Baldwin was elected chair of the Colleges and Universities section. Mrs . Waters was reelected chair of the By-Laws committee. Dr. Cosper is co-editor of the NCHEA Handbook. Dr. Dowell presided at the research reporting section where papers of BARBARA COSPER and MICHAEL LEE (also Home Economics) were read . CLARENCE DelFORGE (Elementary Education and Reading) attended the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 29-31. As president of the N.C. Association of Teacher Educators , he served on the planning committee for next year ' s program and was on this year ' s evaluation team. MARTHA B. WHITE and JEANNE HOWE (Nursing) were elected to office during the recent convention of the N.C. Nurses' Association in Charlotte. Ms . White was elected chairperson of the Forum on Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs , and Dr . Howe was selected chairperson of the Nominating Committee of the Forum. LINDA LANGE (Nursing) recently completed the final oral examination for the degree of Doctor of Education at N.C. State University. Her dissertation title was "Health Perception after Heart Attack." STAFF POSITION \'ACANClF.S Apply at the Personnel Office, 330 .UA/!iHC, with in 5 working days from the date of t his publication. COORDINATOR OF PROCRANS AND SYSTE~IS, Registrar's Office hiring rate, Sl0,912; prefer B.S. degree and three years experience in office m~nagem~nt including supervision and on-line data proccs~ln~. Ability to research and prepare statist ical reports, ~naly1.e computer output, authorize program chang~s . and write and edit. LIBRARY CLERK (III), Hunter Library hiring r ate , $8,820; high school or equivalency, one year orftce clerical experience preferably in a library , and ability to pass typing test at 44 Net WPM (prcf~r abJlity to type 60 Net WPM). Must poMN~ss the ability to establish and maintain ~ff ectivc working relationships with library, book trade, and University personnel.
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