| 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. IReporter w,„„„ A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina LEARNING HOW CHILDREN EXPLORE As a researcher who works with children and a father of three, Bruce Henderson has been able to bring home the results of his research. "I've backed off with my children a little since beginning this research," he says. "I try not to be intrusive, but I try to pay attention to what they do. I've realized how often we as parents don't really pay attention to what our children say. I've realized how important it is to give your children some undivided attention." Giving undivided attention while not horning in too much—that's the best way, according to Dr. Henderson's recent research, to encourage children to explore novel objects. It is only his most recent conclusion in investigations that have been developing for most of his professional life. Dr. Henderson started working with children as an undergraduate at Bucknell University. He earned his doctorate at the University of Minnesota's Institute for Child Development, one of the nation's major centers for the study of children. At Minnesota, he conducted a complex study in the "touch and see room" of the Bell Museum of Natural History. ("It should have been my dissertation," he says, "but it wasn't.") In that enormous room filled with stuffed heads, skeletons, and hundreds of other fascinating objects children could explore with no restrictions, he and his helpers watched children and coded their exploratory behavior. Going on to more controlled studies, he and assistants designed several novel toys in a battery of tasks and observed the ways children three to eight years old explored the toys. First he identified children of low and high curiosity, using among other tasks a "drawer box," with little toys in Dr. Henderson with two of his "novel toys" each drawer, and a puzzle box with springs, latches, peepholes, switches, and the like. Then he tried to influence their exploration of problem-solving toys, conventional toys, and novel toys. His theory was that exploration would be affected by teaching method, whether the investigator told the child what to do (didactic), answered questions when asked (responsive), or did not become involved (unresponsive). He thought that low-curiosity children would like the didactic approach, and high-curiosity children the responsive. But the highs and lows stayed high and low; the teaching methods did not affect the children's behavior. Dr. Henderson's next study, the first he conducted after coming to Western in 1978, looked at the effect of peers on curiosity. Again, the theory did not hold up under testing. Following the ideas of Piaget, he thought that high-curiosity peers could stimulate those of low curiosity. But he found that peers actually interfered with -2- the high-curiosity children and had no effect on the lows. So he still hadn't found a way to stimulate exploration. He decided to look at the role of parents and other factors such as independence and shyness, for which few measures had been developed and none that would be applicable to small children. A grant from the Spencer Foundation in 1980 enabled him to conduct these studies. To measure independence, he left the children alone in a room with a pegboard; the investigator would pretend to "forget" something and tell the child to go ahead in his or her absence. To measure shyness, he observed reactions when a stranger entered the room. In addition, he had teachers and parents rate the children on shyness and independence. He found a slight correlation between shyness and the willingness to ask questions—a sign of curiosity—but no correlation with independence. Then he observed the child and parent interacting with novel toys. Children did act differently with parents than with investigators, he found, but it made no difference which parent was with the child—fathers and mothers both caused the low-curiosity child to explore more. (None of Dr. Henderson's studies show any differences between boys and girls, either.) Like peers, however, parents often interfered with high-curiosity children. Still he couldn't identify what the parents were doing. So he did further studies. With four research assistants looking at videotapes of the parents' interactions with the children, he found that the ones who had a positive effect on the child's curiosity were "very attentive, using the child as a source of cues for when to do something." These parents would simply watch very closely what the child was doing with the toy, often getting very close, putting elbows up on the table to get a better look, he said. This "active interest" approach increased all the children's exploration. It will even work with learning-disabled children, as WCU graduate student Carol Martin found out in a separate study. Dr. Henderson distinguishes active interest from "focusing behavior," such as giving the child hints and directions. Although focusing can also raise the curiosity level in some ways, the study showed that it also has dangers: "Unless adults are very sensitive," he says, "they may interfere with the child's exploration, particularly that of high-exploratory children." His current research, funded by a grant from the Foundation for Child Development, is on the potential for developing these capacities for exploration. In the context of his previous work, Dr. Henderson feels that children who are low in exploratory behavior can "take off" with the right social cues. Right now he is looking at how parents and children define the situation when they are interacting around a novel object. Again, with his assistants Michelle Christie and Elsie Beaver, he is using videotape to code the behaviors. The adult and child may see the same situation very differently— perhaps the parent sees it as a chance to teach, while the child sees it as a chance to explore—and they may go through a process of negotiation to come to agreement. Language is important to the process. He is looking particularly at the questions parents ask, coding how simple or complex they are, and seeing the level of response they get from the child. "I think sometimes parents ask high-level questions and get low-level responses," he says. He is also looking at the function of the questions—perhaps to control behavior, to get information, or to increase interest. Dr. Henderson emphasizes that exploratory behavior and curiosity are not necessarily equivalent, and that parents can help children use their exploratory potential. "For any individual child, the ability to explore is not simply 'there' or 'not there,"' he says. The child who senses the parent's interest or collaboration is going to develop the potential to explore, he says—and exploration means learning. JOHN J. CHAPMAN, ARDEN W. HORSTMAN, and JOHN T. WILCOX (Earth Sciences) attended the Southeastern Section meeting of the Geological Society of America in Knox-ville, Tenn., March 21-23. During a concurrent meeting of the National Association of Geology Teachers, Dr. Chapman presented a -3- paper entitled "A Question Concerning the Continuity of the Oceans" and also chaired the session. Dr. Chapman also presented a paper, "A Uniformitarian Hypothesis to Explain the Great Permian-Triassic Life Extinction Event," on March 27 at the national convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in New Orleans. The Permian-Triassic interval was a time in which 98 percent of all species of life on earth disappeared. H.F. ROBINSON (director, University Studies) gave an evening presentation, "Economic and Environmental Developments: Problems and Promises," at a symposium sponsored by the Look Up Gaston Foundation and Gaston College March 21. The symposium, titled "Gaston Together: Pathway to the Future," aimed to inform citizens so that they will be better able to solve the challenges of the future. Dr. Robinson's speech emphasized the importance of planning for economic growth and development. DON LOEFFLER, RICHARD BEAM, JIM EPPERSON, and JAMES WOOD (Speech and Theatre Arts) attended the 1985 Southeastern Theatre Conference in Tampa, Fla., March 6-10. Auditions were held for our theatre scholarship. Dr. Loeffler presented two papers: "Strategies for Tenuring and Promoting Technical Theatre Faculty" and "Censorship in the Theatre." He also chaired a panel, "Debut Papers in Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism." BARBARA BENNETT, MABLE CARLYLE, and MARTHA WHITE (Nursing) attended the convention of the N.C. League for Nursing in Greensboro March 13-15. Ms. White was installed as president of the NCLN for 1985— 86. Mrs. Bennett was elected chairperson of the program and arrangements committee, Ms. Carlyle to the nominating committee. BILL BUCHANAN (Art) gave a ceramic workshop at Mercer University, Macon, Ga., March 21-22. He gave two slide-lectures on closed form raku and demonstrated clay forming techniques on the potter's wheel. ELEANOR LOFQUIST (Elementary Education and Reading) presented "Kids and Books: Update on Fiction and Non-fiction for Middle Grades" at the N.C. Middle/Junior High League Conference in High Point March 7-8. NURSING RECOGNIZES MARTHA WHITE The Cullowhee nursing faculty held a surprise luncheon for faculty member Martha White Friday, March 1, at the Top of the Stairs. Members of the "junior team," so called because WCU nursing students are on campus only through the junior year and are taught by another team in Asheville during their senior year, wanted to recognize Ms. White for her many contributions to the program over the years. They cited her long hours "above and beyond the call of duty," her monitoring of nursing students as they progress through the program, her research on predictors for success on the state board licensure exams, and her use of that research in intervening with students who appear unlikely to succeed. "The faculty and students respect her so much for her vast experience in nursing education," one faculty member said. Ms. White is the new president of the N.C. League for Nursing and is active in the local district of the N.C. Nurses' Association. As team leader on the Cullowhee faculty, she coordinates the two major team-taught nursing courses, totaling 15 hours over the two semesters. She develops the syllabus and handles rotations and schedules for lectures and exams. In addition, she carries a full teaching and clinical load. Ms. White has been on the nursing faculty since 1970, a year after the program was approved, and worked closely with the developing program as the first students entered the nursing curriculum. Her interest in standards and quality as well as her commitment to the program show in her leadership with new and not-so-new faculty, her work on the departmental curriculum committee, which she chairs this year, and her other contributions. "It's the old story of dedication and working behind the lines, and she's done it for years and years," one colleague said. Ms. White and her husband, Samuel, live on a farm in Whittier with their dog, Bandit. CAMPUS EVENTS Bloodmobile - The Jackson County Red Cross Bloodmobile will be taking blood in the university center next week. Come by the Grandroom between 12 noon and 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, April 9-11, and share your life with someone who needs it. Comedy - The spirit of American humorist Mark Twain will live again Thursday, April 11, when veteran actor John Chappell performs "Mark Twain on Stage." The program starts at 8 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. Part of the LCE Series, the program costs $5 for adults and $2 for non-WCU students. Call ext. 7239 for reservations. Courses - Brenda Anders will teach "Mexican Cooking for the Beginner" on two Wednesdays, April 10 and 17, from 7 until 9 p.m. at the Baptist Student Center. Joe Beck, director of the environmental health program, will teach a course in food sanitation and prevention of food-borne illness for food-service professionals, beginning April 10. Call Continuing Ed. at ext. 7397 for more information. Workshop - This week's lecturer in the series on "The Forgotten Writer in American Literature" is Dr. Mary Harper, professor of English at UNC-Charlotte, who will discuss black drama. The Thursday evening sessions begin at 6:30 in the Music-English Recital Hall. Conference - The new Rural Education Office at Western, one of two established by the 1989 General Assembly, will hold a conference, "Perspectives in Rural Education," on Wednesday, April 10. According to Judy Pilch, acting director of the center, a panel of educators, parents, students, and representatives from business and government will work toward identifying rural educational problems and needs and organizing for future rural school advancement. Workshop participants, drawn from the four western educational districts of North Carolina, will examine critical issues affecting rural education. To register or learn more, call ext. 7311. ANNOUNCEMENTS Nominations for the Recognition Award for WCU support staff will be received through Friday, April 12, by Bae Wade in the Office of Student Development. If you know a WCU junior with a B average and evidence of leadership ability, contact Dean Barbara Mann right away because that student is eligible for the $250 scholarship offered by AAUW. The deadline is near! Retirement service credit may be purchased for periods of interrupted service or approved leave for educational purposes prior to July 1, 1981. Creditable service may be purchased at any time by a member who (1) returned to service within 12 months after completing an educational program, (2) subsequently completed 10 years of membership service, and (3) makes a lump sum payment equal to the full actuarial liabilities created on account of the additional service. For more details, call ext. 7218. The fourth annual Summer Institute of the Mountain Area Writing Project will be held July 8-August 2 on the campus. Funded by the N.C. Department of Instruction, the institute is sponsored by WCU and UNC-A and will be directed by Jim Nicholl of our English department and Charlie Reed of the UNC-A education department. Through the institute's fellowships, public school teachers at all levels learn to strengthen their own writing and encourage their students to write. Industry leaders will meet with students and faculty from several area colleges and universities April 10 in Asheville. Western is sponsoring this seventh annual Industry- Education Dialogue with the National Association of Manufacturers and Western Carolina Industries. As one of its community service projects for the coming academic year, Theta Xi fraternity is sponsoring a young Central American girl in the international "Save the Children" campaign. They will send a small amount each month to help support Dilcia Emeline Cruz of El Amatillo, El Salvador, and her family. The sponsorship program of "Save the Children" is designed to help increase the food production and incomes of all the families in the child's village and bring health care and education to the children. I Reporter «,,» A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina FILLING IN SOME PIECES OF NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY At the close of the Civil War, the South construction measures in North Carolina, re-faced enormous changes in a world turned vealing Graham's fears that reconstruction upside down. Struggling to establish a new might destroy southern civilization, social order, to rebuild the economy, and to regain their political status in the nation's government, both political leaders and ordinary citizens in North Carolina looked for guidance to one of their most trusted leaders, William Alexander Graham. Max Williams, Western's Creighton Sossomon Professor of History, has filled in more of the background for Graham's life and the life of this state during these, the difficult first years of Reconstruction. The seventh volume of Graham's papers, covering the years 1866 to 1868, was recently published under Dr. Williams's editorship by the Historical Publications Section of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Graham, who was governor of the Tar Heel state from 184.5 until 1849, had gained the confidence of the people of North Carolina during his long career in public office. He also served as a state legislator, a United States senator, and Secretary of the Navy. Although he was a Union Whig before the war, Graham sat in the Confederate States Senate. This seventh volume, the third of four edited by Dr. Williams, contains correspondence, as well as speeches and other documents, generated by Graham and his associates in the first years of Reconstruction. After Graham's election to the U.S. Senate in December 1865, he was denied his seat by a Congress determined to negate President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction initiatives. Some of the letters in this volume, therefore, concern Graham's efforts to gain his seat. Many of the documents deal with the implementation of congressional recon- "Particularly galling to Graham and his colleagues," Dr. Williams says, "was the dismantling of the state government established in 1866 under the Johnson plan of reconstruction and the substitution of a government supported by Federal troops and based on Negro suffrage." While all adult black males were given the vote, he says, several thousand whites were denied the vote because of their Confederate service. "Clearly, Graham and his confederates were overwhelmed by Northerners and native collaborators who were determined to remake the fabric of southern society," he says. The family letters are rich in social history, discussing education, health, Although Graham in fact held no political office after the war, the materials are rich in political content. Military occupation, the enfranchisement of freed-men, the rise of the Republican party, the resulting frustration of the Conservatives at their political impotence are all reflected in private letters, letters for newspaper publication, and public addresses. Graham carried a lingering sense of injustice that he, who had opposed secession until Lincoln's call for troops, should suffer political disabilities while erstwhile secessionists like W.W. Holden directed North Carolina's destiny. -2- AASCU PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK AT CHANCELLOR COULTER'S INAUGURATION Allen W. Ostar, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, will deliver the address Saturday, April 20, at the inauguration of Myron L. Coulter as Western's chancellor, and James W. Miller, president emeritus of Western Michigan University, will be the featured speaker at the inaugural dinner. Ostar became the first full-time head of AASCU, based in Washington, D.C., in 1965 and has spent most of his 35-year career in public higher education. The association has a membership of more than 360 state colleges and universities with a total enrollment of more than two million students. Much of the emphasis of Ostar's office in AASCU's early years was directed toward the transition of state colleges and universities such as WCU from teacher's colleges to the multipurpose comprehensive regional institutions they have become. Dr. Coulter serves on the board of AASCU and was recently named secretary-treasurer. relationships with freedmen, and leisure activities. Graham and his sons corresponded often about the operation of their sizable plantations. Graham served as a trustee of the North Carolina Railroad Company and of the University of North Carolina, and significant information about both appears in the documents. A number of letters included in the volume request financial aid from the Peabody Education fund, of which Graham was an original trustee. Dr. Williams was asked to continue the eight-volume series upon the death of 3.G. de Roulhac Hamilton in 1961. He praises the accuracy and care of Hamilton's work. Drawing on 17 different libraries and depositories, Dr. Williams has added numerous documents that were not originally included and has provided liberal annotation to set the documents in context. Dr. Williams, who did his doctoral dissertation on Graham and specializes in nineteenth century political history, is working on the eighth volume of the series and doing research for a biography of Graham. Before taking the AASCU presidency, Ostar directed the Joint Office of Institutional Research. He organized that office to serve state universities and land-grant colleges. Previously he had been a faculty member and administrator at the University of Wisconsin, where he did post-graduate work in mass communications. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology from Penn State. He has been awarded 17 honorary doctoral degrees. Dr. Miller was the third president of Western Michigan University, serving from 1961 to 1974. During that time, Dr. Coulter filled Western Michigan posts as associate dean and professor of education and vice president for institutional services. When Dr. Miller left the presidency in 1974, Dr. Coulter served as interim president. Inauguration ceremonies begin at 2 p.m. in Reid and the inaugural dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. in Brown Cafeteria, with a performance by the Asheville Symphony set for 8:15 in the Hoey Auditorium. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS James Brasfield. "Fluorescence" and "Late Sky at Thirty" (two poems), in Berkeley Poetry Review, 17 (Fall 1984). Finn-Aage Esbensen and Charles R. Taylor. "Foot Patrols and Crime Rates," in Southern Journal of Criminal Justice, 8 (Spring 1985). James R. Nicholl. "A Dedication to the Memory of Philip Ashton Rollins," in Arizona and the West: A Quarterly Journal of History, 26 (Winter 1985), 302-306. Max R. Williams, ed. The Papers of William Alexander Graham, Volume VII: 1866-1868. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1984. 679 pp. Max R. Williams. "Reemergence of the Two-Party System," in The North Carolina Experience: An Interpretative and Documentary History, ed. Lindley S. Butler and Alan D. Watson. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1984, 241-264. -3- TOM MALLONEE RETIRES—AGAIN They say Tom Mallonee is leaving Western, but a lot of folks don't believe it. He's left before, and he's always come back. That's been happening since 1938, when Tom came to Western as an undergraduate. He came back in 1959 when he was appointed to the university's board of trustees, which he served for 20 years. No sooner did he leave the board in 1979 than he came back again, this time to serve as executive director of WNC-Tomorrow, the distinguished regional leadership organization for which the Center for Improving Mountain Living provides staff support. At that time, he had already retired from two distinguished careers, one in the military and another as district field representative for Congressmen and Lamar Gudger. In 1981, he itself for a time as interim director before Mert Cregger took on the directorship. During his time with WNC-T, Mallonee has seen a number of accomplishments to take pride in. The work of the organization on the ridge law not only made state legislators very aware of its work but brought national prominence. He got calls from The Los Angeles Times, Times, and The Miami Herald. Don Kelley (associate director for human resources), Margie Allison (administrative assistant), Tom Massie (regional economist), Betty Smith (assistant to the director of WNC-T, Ed Israel), Tom Mallonee, Susan Smith (associate director for natural resources), Rose Hooper (information and communication specialist), Karen Saugee (administrative assistant), and Clyde Ray (senior research associate). Roy Taylor served CI ML The New York The organization also worked with Washington to get the last link in the Blue Ridge Parkway and with the state for guidelines to control sedimentation and erosion. A conference on acid rain showed WNC-T's ability to address controversial issues without being controversial, he says. Mallonee has been pleased with the work of the Council of Presidents, in which heads of all UNC institutions meet to discuss the future of higher education, and work of a special committee on the dropout problem in high schools. The Pride in the Region essay contest, which elicited a handful of entries its first year, last year attracted 385 essays from young people. "The heart and soul of WNC-Tomorrow are the people that make it up," Mallonee says. He is especially pleased that the organization has attracted the continuing interest and involvement of "busy people" like Dick Wynne, E.3. Whitmire, and Hugh Morton, who serve on its board of directors. "It's been WNC people that have made the program, not me," he says. When he retired in 1979 as district field representative, Mallonee said he intended to catch up on his hunting and fishing. He still hasn't had much time for that. He has been busy this spring doing things for his WNC-T successor, Ed Israel, and he was putting in a garden when The Reporter finally caught up with him. He's active among the Methodist Men, with his conference becoming first in the nation in number of men's fellowships during the five years Mallonee led the group. He's involved in the Commission on Discipleship, too. The second annual NURSING RESEARCH DAY will be held at MAHEC in Asheville April 15 to promote and provide a forum for research in nursing. WCU's Nursing and Health Sciences Continuing Education and Eta Psi of Sigma Theta Tau are co-sponsors with MAHEC. Call ext. 7118 for more information. CAMPUS EVENTS Theatre - The Pulitzer Prize winning comedy Crimes of the Heart will open in the Niggli Theatre next Friday, April 19. Performances April 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27 will begin at 7:30 p.m., and there will be a Sunday 2 p.m. matinee April 21. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for children. Call ext. 7491 for reservations. Set on the Mississippi Delta five years after Hurricane Camille, this play by Beth Henley involves three sisters- Meg, whose singing career in Hollywood has failed, Babe, who has shot her husband because she didn't like his looks, and Lenny, an older sister. James Epperson directs. Workshop - This week's lecturer in the series on "The Forgotten Writer in American Literature" is Nina Anderson of STC, who will discuss the black novel. The Thursday sessions begin at 6:30 in the Music- English Recital Hall. Computers - The N.C. Educational Computing Service and Apple Computers demonstrate hardware and software in the inst services area of Hunter Library fr a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday, April Faculty and staff presentations wi on opportunities are set for 11:30 til 12:30 p.m. and from 3 until 4 Among items to be demonstrated intosh Office, Microsoft products, LaserWriter, Macintosh XL, Fact 1 Think Tank 512, and TK Solver. -4- WORKING ON ANOTHER MIDEAST PROBLEM - A six-man delegation from Yemen visited WCU last week to study our admissions and registration system. The group, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development, is traveling in the U.S. for eight weeks to learn the registration system used in American universities, because Sana's University in Yemen recently adopted the American credit hour system and its academic and grading programs have been restructured accordingly. Working on the problem were (front) Ahmed Ali Al-Mansour, Ali Adulla A. Saleh, Yahia Abdullah Al-Zuhairi, Abdul Wasa Ahmed Al-Aswadi, and Abdul Karim A. Al-Rowdi; (back) Raymond Ledford, Joe Creech, Harriet Parker, Debbie Sims, Carolyn Cabe, Abdul Malik Al-Garmuzi, and Drumont Bowman. Macintosh as American Folk Hero" at 4 p.m. Tuesday in ructional McKee 203. A Fulbright Scholar, he wrote a om 10 book about Ben Lindsay, the man responsible 15. for the introduction of the juvenile courts th hands- in America, and is currently working on a a.m. un- book about Westbrook Pegler, Pulitzer Prize p.m. winning journalist. Dr. Larsen holds ire Mac- undergraduate and master's degrees from the Apple University of California, Berkeley, and his -inder, doctorate in history from Columbia University. Visiting Scholar - Dr. Charles E. Larsen, May Treat Morrison Professor of History at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., will discuss the controversial issues of religion and the Supreme Court at 8 p.m. Monday, April 15, in the Natural Sciences Auditorium. He also will speak to university clubs in history, social science, and English, and will meet with the faculty on "The Writing of Biography" at 2 p.m. Monday in McKee 202. He will speak on "Will Rogers DO YOU HAVE A SPARE ROOM? Can you house a young artist? Young artists performing at the Cullowhee Music Festival June 9 need housing from Friday, June 7, through Sunday, June 9. If you can and would like to accommodate a rising young star, please call Betty Lynn Kirwan at 293-93 39 after 6 p.m. The Cullowhee Music Festival would like to have arrangements made and confirmed before May 12. Reporter April 19, 1985 A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina FINDING THE FACTORS IN HYPERTENSION It may not be a household word, but it's a factor in your household if anyone in your family is threatened with high blood pressure, or hypertension. It's an enzyme called sodium, potassium— ATPase, and things that affect its activity may also affect blood pressure. Noelle Kehrberg, head of the department of home economics, is studying hypertension by means of this enzyme. For the past several summers, she has worked at the University of Tennessee in collaborative research with nutrition scientists there. Later this month, they will present the results from last summer's studies at a meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Anaheim, Calif. The American Institute of Nutrition is a member of the federation. Those studies looked at blood pressure, diet, and enzyme activity in hypertensive and non-hypertensive women. They found that increases in blood pressure were associated with increases in the activity of ATPase. "One of the major interesting things about the dietary intake is fiber," Dr. Kehrberg says. "There were higher crude fiber intakes in women with lower blood pressure and lower enzyme activity. So we're using vegetarian women this summer, who presumably get more fiber." Dr. Kehrberg points out that the exact relationship between the factors isn't clear. "We don't know if it's the fiber per se or whether the fiber is indicating something else," she says. "Fiber may be related to more conscious eating or to trace minerals, for example." One of the minerals that may be involved is calcium, and graduate student Renanne Milner is just starting a study to look particularly at the correlation of calcium in the diet with blood pressure. Her study will look at diet in Type A and Type B personalities, also thought to be factors in hypertension. She will have her subjects make a record when they eat certain key foods. Judy Stillion, head of the psychology department, and Barbara Cosper of the home economics department are cooperating with Dr. Kehrberg in supervising Mrs. Milner's research. In the studies at U.T., which are supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the subjects keep a seven-day diet record which is analyzed by computer. Ouabain, a glycoside which binds to ATPase, is marked with tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen, so the enzyme can be measured by radioactive assay. These are then correlated with the resting blood pressures. Dr. Kehrberg, who is past president of the North Carolina Council on Food and Nutrition, says hypertension is more prevalent -2- in the Southeast than any other part of the country. Dr. Kehrberg's says she finds it challenging to head a department in which courses and concentrations have multiplied and specialized learning is increasingly possible. "It's a long way from cooking and sewing," she says. FREDERICK HARRISON (head, Biology) will speak on "Developmental Cytology of Freshwater Sponges" at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif., next Friday. THOMAS TYRA (head, Music) presided at the annual meeting of the N.C. Association of Music Schools in Winston-Salem March 22-23. He was elected to another two-year term as president of the state organization, which represents music in higher education. SHARON JACQUES (Nursing) will begin the Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Austin this summer. She also was accepted at the University of Michigan and Case Western, but Texas has a program tailored to the needs of summer students. Ms. Jacques may spend a year in residence there later in her studies, but she expects to be back at Western next fall. FACULTY INVOLVED IN DIALOGUE Several members of the faculty are taking part in a two-part series, "Church, State, and the First Amendment: A Community Dialogue," sponsored by the Jackson County Public Library and supported by the N.C. Humanities Committee. The public is encouraged to attend both sessions. On Monday, April 22, Tyler Blethen and Alice Mathews of the history department will talk about the historical background to the freedom of religion clause in the U.S. Constitution. The meeting will end with a discussion, in preparation for which the public is invited to read Part 1 of Religion and Law in American History, especially readings 1, 2, 11, 12, 14, 21-23, and 30, in the library. On April 29, J.C. Alexander of the department of speech and theatre arts will moderate a discussion between the Rev. Bob Moore of Sylva First United Methodist Church and the Rev. Bill Serjak of Sylva Presbyterian Church on the relationship between church and state in the modern community. HYATT TO BE PRESIDENT AT MACON S. Aaron Hyatt, dean of research and graduate studies and director of the Mountain Heritage Center, has been elected president of Macon Junior College by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The announcement was made April 10 by Chancellor Vernon Crawford. His appointment will be effective July 1. He succeeds William W. Wright at the 3,000-student state institution and will be its third president. "It was a tough decision. The finalists were excellent. Because many factors must be weighed in choosing a president, it appears to me that on the balance, Dr. Hyatt is the best qualified," Chancellor Crawford said. Dr. Hyatt himself is out of the country, enlisting the support and assistance of Latin American Rotary members in areas where the water-harvesting project of CIML's Joint PVO-University International Development Center will be carried out. As The Reporter went to press, he still did not know of his appointment. Dr. Hyatt has been at WCU since 1960 and has been dean of the graduate school since 1975. LIBRARY WILL RECOGNIZE LANE Mildred Lane will retire at the end of April, after almost 10 years of service in the Serials Department of Hunter Library. Her friends in Hunter invite others to a reception in her honor on Monday, April 29, at 3 p.m. in Classroom A of the library. Mildred has been active in NCAEOP and was EOP of the Month in March 1984. She expects to enjoy retirement with her husband, Jimmy, who retired last year from STC. They like to garden and are planning a trip to California in the fall. -3- INAUGURATION WILL DRAW A CROWD If advance reservations are any indication, one of the largest audiences ever to attend a WCU inauguration will be on hand Saturday to see UNC President William Friday place the university medallion around the neck of Myron Lee Coulter to signify his office as chancellor. Among them will be delegates from universities as old as Harvard, founded in 1636, as new as Macon Junior College, founded in 1968, as near as Brevard and Asheville, and as far away as Wisconsin and Montana. Also attending will be delegates from various learned societies and professional educational and research associations. The platform will be crowded with state officials, legislators, and representatives of the student body, the alumni association, the faculty senate, the board of trustees, and the Board of Governors. Lieutenant Governor Bob Jordan, House Speaker Liston Ramsey, Attorney General Lacy Thornburg, Natural Resources and Community Development Secretary S. Thomas Rhodes, and most of the west's legislative delegation all will be there. Thornburg, whose home is in Webster, will administer the oath of office to Dr. Coulter during the 2 p.m. ceremony in Reid. Jordan, Ramsey, and Rhodes, who represents Governor Jim Martin, will bring official greetings from the offices they represent— the highest executive and legislative offices in the state. Official greetings to the new chancellor also will be extended by Robert Edwards of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., president of the student body; Gwynnette Goble of Taylors, S.C., president of the alumni association; J.C. Alexander of Cullowhee, chairman of the faculty senate; Wallace N. Hyde of Asheville, chairman of the board of trustees; and William A. Johnson of Lillington, former chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. In participating, Ramsey and Thornburg continue a close involvement with Western that began in the early 1960s when they were elected to the State House of Representatives. They were involved in legislation for Helder, Leatherwood, Dodson, Forsyth, Hinds, Belk, Natural Sciences, Music- English, and Robinson Building as well as the expansion of Hunter Library. President Friday will preside and formally install the new chancellor. Because of the large number of reservations received, the inaugural dinner in Brown Cafeteria will begin at 6 p.m. rather than 6:30, and the concert has been moved to Hoey Auditorium. Thomas Tyra, head of Western's music department, will conduct the Asheville Symphony in the 8:15 p.m. concert, and faculty members Joyce Farwell and Mario Gaetano are featured performers. The traditions associated with the inauguration— such as the academic procession and regalia worn by faculty and delegates from other institutions—stem from European practices of the Middle Ages. Appropriately, the chancellor's medallion, bearing Western's seal and the names of previous heads of the institution, was made by R.L. Nagle of Atlanta, who continues a family tradition of European jewelry crafting that goes back to the last century. He created the medallion for the inauguration of H.F. Robinson in 1974. SELF-STUDY IS COMING TOGETHER Draft reports from the principal self-study committees are in, and it is time for the university-wide review that will conclude the self-study. The final report, to be prepared by the Steering Committee, is the basis for our request for reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1986. An open meeting on the self-study reports will be held April 26 at 2:30 p.m. in Killian 104. In addition, written comments from the university community are invited; these should be in the Self-Study office, 560 Robinson Building, by May 10. Full copies of the drafts are available on reserve at the library circulation desk and in the dean's office of each undergraduate school, and summaries have been distributed to all faculty, administrators, and staff. In addition, final departmental and school reports are available in dean's offices. -k- According to Royce Woosley, chairman of the self-study Steering Committee, "Our plan is to complete the Steering Committee's review and approval of the draft reports in Jine, which should allow sufficient time for printing and binding of the final institutional self-study report during the summer." CAMPUS EVENTS Riverfest - Students, community volunteers, and white-water enthusiasts from throughout the Southeast will converge on the Tuckaseigee River Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28, for the first Tuckaseigee Riverfest, sponsored by Last Minute Productions. On Saturday, student and community volunteers will work from rafts and along the riverbanks from Dillsboro Dam to Barker's Creek to clean up trash. Rafts, cleanup materials, trash bags, and nonalcoholic beverages will be provided. A free barbecue for volunteers will be held afterward, and a bluegrass band will perform later in the evening. On Sunday, a race called the Cullowhee Water Safari will begin with registration at 8 a.m. at the Caney Fork put-in. The 19-mile race will end at Barker's Creek bridge. Music - Soprano Jacquelyn Culpepper will appear in concert Tuesday, April 23, at 8 p.m. in the Music-English Recital Hall. This performance in the Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions series was originally scheduled last fall but had to be cancelled at that time when Miss Culpepper became ill. A graduate of Western and Baylor University, she has won many competitions including the Young Artists Competition at last year's Cullowhee Music Festival. That award included a contract for her performance in the LCE Series and a performance in the 1985 Cullowhee Music Festival. Art - The annual juried exhibition of recent work in various media by WCU students will open in Belk Gallery April 22. Music - The WCU Jazz Ensemble will perform in concert with Bobby Shew, one of the world's leading jazz trumpet artists, on Friday, April 26, at 8 p.m. This concert in the Music-English Recital Hall is free. Theatre - The Pulitzer Prize winning comedy Crimes of the Heart will open in the Niggli Theatre April 19. Performances April 19 , 20 , 25 , 26, and 27 will begin at 7:30 p.m., and there will be a Sunday 2 p.m. matinee April 21. Tickets are for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for children. Call ext. 7^91 for reservations. Workshop - This week's lecturer in the series on "The Forgotten Writer in American Literature" is Nancy Joyner of WCU, who will discuss the black short story. The Thursday sessions begin at 6:30 in 105 Music-English. ARTISTS NEED HOUSING Can you house a young artist? Young artists performing at the Cullowhee Music Festival June 9 need housing from Friday, June 7, through Sunday, June 9. If you can and would like to accommodate a rising young star, please call Betty Lynn Kir wan at 293-9339 after 6 p.m. The Cullowhee Music Festival would like to have arrangements made and confirmed before May 12. UNIVERSITY HAS NEW LEGAL COUNSEL Richard L. Kucharski, a former assistant attorney general in the N.C. Department of Justice, recently was named legal counsel at Western. A native of Chicago, Kucharski earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Bradley University in Peoria, 111., and a law degree from Cornell University Law School. He has worked as staff attorney-organized crime control coordinator for the National Association of Attorneys General, Committee on the Office of Attorney General, an organization formerly located in Raleigh and now in Washington. He also was a senior administrative assistant to the N.C. director of prisons from 1975 until 1978, when he became an assistant attorney general in the justice department, a position he held until coming to WCU. Kucharski, 36, lives in Cullowhee with his wife, Glenda, and four-year-old daughter, Sarah. I Reporter A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina PUTTING PEOPLE ON THEIR FEET Helen Hartshorn is a woman who knows about challenges. Long before the Bad News Bears took on Tatum O'Neal, she was pitching for the boys' high school baseball team at Sand Hill in Buncombe County. Before there was a trail to the Chimneys in the Great Smokies, she would climb it with students who had to clamber up with roots and grapevines. "I guess I've been on every trail in the Smokies," she says. So when Eunice Kennedy Shriver was looking for colleges with special education majors to help start a national program for the mentally handicapped under the Joseph B. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, Dr. Hartshorn was ready for the challenge. She had been working for ten years with Western's program for the handicapped, which Carl Killian began as the first in the state in the late forties. Doing physical therapy with the children in Breese Pool, she knew physical achievement could promote confidence and learning that affected the academic area. Under the Kennedy program, the college received 100 hours of intensive training in working with the handicapped. In exchange, we were to develop a program of physical education for the mentally retarded, carry out a research project in that area, or develop a day camp for the mentally retarded. Dr. Hartshorn went to West Virginia for the training. When she retires this summer, she is going to England, Scotland, and Wales and hopes to see Dr. James Oliver, one of the experts who trained her then. She proposed to do research on rhythmic activities for the handicapped, but found when she talked to Mrs. Shriver that the research funds were exhausted. Money was available for day camps, though; Harry Ramsey wrote a proposal and the university got $35,000 as seed money for its first day camp program. For three years it was Dr. Hartshorn helps a fallen runner in 1984's Special Olympics. funded by the Kennedy Foundation, and for three more years it was carried out by our special education program. Jane Schulz took over the camp when she came to WCU. Soon afterward, Dr. Hartshorn worked with Dr. Schulz in a summer camp program for mentally retarded people near Sylva. Later they carried out a project in a school for trainable mentally retarded people, mostly with Down's Sy ndrome, in Shelby. These students were not thought capable of learning to read, write, or compute, Dr. Hartshorn says. Western trained 45 teachers who then worked one on one with the students for a period of weeks, and all of them learned to meet these challenges once thought impossible. They even prepared lunch—buying groceries, paying for them, following recipes, measuring ingredients. Dr. Hartshorn handled the physical activi -2- ties. The students swam, set up a recreational vehicle, lit the gas, cooked outdoors, learned to cast and fish. She taught teachers who couldn't swim to teach swimming. Three of the students accomplished so much, they were hired as employees by the Holiday Inn. Most people know of her involvement with Special Olympics, for which she received a special award in 1979 after several years as games director. At that time, she was a member of the state Special Olympics board. She has been active in the community, too. She helped start Hospice and VOICE, serving on the boards of both and taking an active part in training volunteers. She is currently chairman of the Hospice board. In her long career at Western—she began teaching here part time as a senior in 1943, when "everybody went to war"—Dr. Hartshorn has had many roles. As a student she edited the school paper and yearbook and remembers "scooping" the official announcement of Western's first graduate courses. "I had to collect all the papers and take them to the president's office," she says. "They were incinerated." Her uncle took yearbook photos so a Catamount would be possible in spite of a wartime freeze on photographic supplies. She directed the women's intramural program for 21 years, led the Women's Recreational Association, took students on hikes and camping trips, directed the summer recreation program for three years, worked with the first regional high school track meets here, wrote a manual on teaching trampoline, an area in which she pioneered, and edited a series on sports medicine. In 1978 she received the first Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Award for faculty. She still wins badminton in Campus Capers. She has known all the presidents and chancellors the institution has had. She has seen "about three big swings" in student values. And now, after more than 40 years on Western's faculty, Helen Hartshorn is retiring. The department of health, physical education, and recreation is having an Open House for her from 1 until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, in the Cherokee Room, and all members of the university and community are invited. On May 4, the department is having a retirement dinner for her and Quinn Constantz, who retired last year. The 6:30 p.m. dinner in the Flintom Room of Dodson Cafeteria will cost $7, and reservations should be made by calling the department office. Those who wish to contribute to a gift for Dr. Hartshorn may also call the department. ED PRICE (Sociology) has been chosen to represent North Carolina on the national committee of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. He was given that role by the board of North Carolina SANE, which met in Charlotte on Saturday, March 23, with its membership expanded to include delegates from local freeze groups as well as SANE chapters. SANE is an affiliate of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Dr. Price will serve on the national committee for two years. He and DON PFOST (also Sociology) have been conducting participant observation research on the freeze movement. SUSIE R. RAY (director) and KAREN S. GEORGE (both Cooperative Education) attended the Cooperative Education Association's annual conference in Chicago, 111., April 9-12. Ms. Ray was elected southeastern representative to the CEA Board of Directors for a two-year term and to the editorial board of the Journal of Cooperative Education for three years. FINN-AAGE ESBENSEN and DUANE DAVIS (Criminal Justice) presented a paper, "Predicting Troublemaking Offenders," at the annual conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences March 31-April 4 in Las Vegas. Davis convened a roundtable on "International Criminal Justice Summer Study Programs," in which Esbensen participated. Esbensen also was a discussant for a panel on "Policing: An International Perspective" and serves on the conference committee for 1986. DAN SOUTHERN (director, Medical Technology) was invited to speak April 15 to the unified meetings of the Florida Societies for Medical Technology. His talk, "Non-traditional Education Methods for Adult Learners in Medical Technology," reflected upon the past and present innovative ways that the WCU program deals with career ladder adults in the clinical field. -3- JAMES E. DOOLEY (vice-chancellor, Development and Special Services) presented a clinic session on the music of Bach and Handel for the choral directors at the Southern Division Music Educators National Conference In-Service Conference in Mobile, Ala., March 28. Dr. Dooley holds the rank of professor in the WCU music department. LESTER L. LAMINACK (Elementary Education and Reading) gave two presentations at the 1985 Spring Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English March 28-30 in Houston. His topics were "Focus on Critical Listening through the Evaluation of Commercial Messages," with Elizabeth G. Allen of Auburn University, and "Dialect: There's More to the Child Than Meets the Ear," with Patricia 3. Anderson of ECU. He and CAROLYN MEIGS also attended the 17th annual conference of the N.C. Council of the International Reading Association March 13-15. WILMA COSPER (emeritus, Home Economics) recently finished a stint as special assistant to the president of Tift College. She worked with fund raising and grant writing for a new program in fashion merchandising there. She serves on the Georgia college's board of trustees. STEVE OWENS (Management and Marketing) attended a meeting of the South Atlantic Chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Association at the University of South Carolina March 1. The chapter was recently organized to encourage research and exchange of ideas among academics in the field of industrial relations and labor, management, and government practitioners. JOYCE FARWELL and ROBERT HOLQUIST (Music) had students take top honors at a competition sponsored by the state chapter of the National Teachers of Singing in March. Cassandra Riddle placed first among freshman women, Lee Thomas third among sophomore men, Anita Knight second among junior women, Myra Vassian second among women grad students, and Scott Agnew first among men grad students. Thomas is Dr. Holquist's student, the rest Dr. Farwell's. GREG BENNETT and CHRISTINE STEVENS (Medical Technology) attended a conference of the American Microbiology Society in Hilton Head, S.C., March 22-23. SCOTT HIGGINS (Health Services Management and Supervision) and THOMAS N. DORSEL (Psychology) directed a workshop, "Effective Communication Skills for Hospital Supervisors," for administrators and department heads at C.J. Harris Community Hospital March 22. JON JICHA (Art) had work recently in the 1985 juried Kansas National Small Painting, Drawing, and Print Exhibition. His "Sleeping Dog No. 8" was one of 84 pieces selected from 425 entries in the show. He also exhibited in Asheville's 1984 October Show, juried the 1984 Burke County Annual Art Exhibition, and serves as creative consultant for Sonoco Products Company based in Hartsville, S.C. MARIO GAETANO (Music) attended the North Carolina "Day of Percussion" sponsored by the N.C. Percussive Arts Society April 13 at Appalachian State. He represents the western division for that society. PITTILLO RECEIVES AWARD J. Dan Pittillo of the biology department and Hazel R. Delcourt of the botany department at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville were the 1985 recipients of the Annual Research Award of the Association of Southeastern Biologists at the spring meeting held at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro. Their paper, "Comparison of Contemporary Vegetation and Pollen Assemblages on an Altitudinal Transect in the Balsam Mountains, Blue Ridge Province, Western North Carolina, U.S.A.," was reported by Dr. Pittillo at the meeting and has been submitted to Grana, a journal for experimental research in palynology. The research examines the basis for reconstructing vegetational history from pollen layers deposited as sediment in lakes, ponds, swamps, and bogs. The researchers found that some species accurately reflect vegetation composition, such as firs, spruces, and oaks. Others such as sweet gum, which extends its influence from distances beyond the region, should not be relied upon, they found. Their work continues to evaluate the predicted presence of alpine tundra in the Southern Appalachians during the glacial periods from 14,000 to 25,000 years ago. A LOOK AT THE INAUGURATION Things we enjoyed: Reid Gym transformed into a regal inaugural hall by Jim Wood's design, with Jerry Friesner's beautiful wooden rendering of the university seal overlooking the dais. The pomp and circumstance of an academic procession lightened by pats on the shoulder and friendly handshakes with people sitting along the aisle. Rain that started only after all were inside and stopped again before we went back out. Lots of speeches, all worth listening to. Surprises—like finding out Dr. Coulter's nickname, Barney, and learning of his son's engagement. A relaxed reception where professors, delegates from universities near and far, alumni, friends, and WCU s taff from every level of the university had the chance to shake the chancellor's hand, meet his family, take a good look at the university medallion, and enjoy a snack. People dressed up—some a little more than others, but all wearing finery for a very special occasion. The finery of the campus itself, with lovely dogwoods blooming and the grass especially green after the rain in the basin above Brown, where folks stood in line for dinner in the crisp evening air. An excellent dinner in a beautiful setting, with real flowers on every table. Dr. Coulter's introduction of his mentor and friend, James Miller, who spoke after dinner. Wonderful music performed by a fine assortment of musicians from here, Asheville, and points between. Hoey Plaza transformed for a late evening garden party. Thanks to a lot of hard work, Chancellor Coulter's inauguration was what it ought to be—a truly auspicious occasion. Coulter acknowledges applause President Friday conveys the medallion Guests await seating for dinner -5- Prof. Mainwaring makes Coulter laugh Concert-goers wind up the evening THOUGHTS OUR VISITORS OFFERED Allan W. Ostar; "Today we are faced with a serious dilemma. For just as the concepts of 'equity' and 'opportunity' in higher education were reinforced by earlier waves of reform, the current efforts to improve our educational system are guided by a n emphasis on the need for 'quality' and 'excellence.' So we find ourselves up against the question of how we reconcile the countervailing forces that may be perceived to exist between the goals of excellence and quality, on the one hand, and the goals of equity and opportunity, on the other. It is imperative that ways be found to manage these issues so that the boundaries of our system are expanded, not limited." James W. Miller: "Dr. Coulter is a person who thinks clearly and feels strongly, not only about himself and others, but also about the social, economic, political, and ecological environments in which all of us live. A Western Michigan faculty member once said to me, 'Barney never flinches when a decision has to be made and he's never made a decision in which we, his colleagues, were not given full and fair opportunity for input.' His style is collegial, not adversarial. Several times I've had occasion to observe and admire his ability, during a heated discussion, to lubricate with good humor those moments when abrasive-ness would have thwarted the forward momentum of discussion. This he does without losing sight of the ultimate resolution." "One of the most encouraging signs currently in higher education, in my judgment, is the movement on many campuses back to the general education concept of a pre-selected core of courses to be taken by all students, regardless of curricula. Ideally, the core curriculum would emphasize fluency in English, comprehension of at least one foreign language, some acquaintance with the history of both the Western and non- Western worlds, some appreciation of scientific reasoning in both the biological and physical sciences, some facility in math and computer literacy, some exposure to the arts and humanities, some understanding of what it takes to maintain a free society and, above all else, the ability to think critically and to act responsibly. A large order? Of course it is. But this is what education should ask of us—what Robert Frost called 'a certain height.'" -6- CAMPUS EVENTS Awards Night - Finalists for the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award as well as student academic honors and awards will be presented Tuesday, April 30, in an 8 p.m. ceremony in the Grandroom. In addition, Faculty Research Grants and Vice-Chancellor's Instructional Improvement Grants will be announced. Five faculty members, one from each undergraduate school, will be named as finalists for the Teaching Award, which will be presented at the annual Awards and Recognition Dinner the night before Commencement in May. The awardee will receive $1,000 and a Patrons of Quality scholarship will be awarded in his or her name. Theatre - Students in Kathleen Sandquist's Readers Theatre course will present their final projects Wednesday and Thursday, May 1-2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Experimental Theatre. Students compiled the readings from plays, short stories, poems, and other sources, and students also are directing. The Wednesday program is suitable only , for mature audiences. Big Cat Banquet - On Wednesday, May 1, the Big Cat Club will recognize our outstanding athletes at the 12th annual Big Cat Club Athletic Awards Banquet. A 6 p.m. reception at the Chancellor's Home will begin the evening; the dinner and program will follow at 7 p.m. in the University Center. Guest speaker will be Don Denning, a former associate of Coach Bob Waters now at Clemson University. Cost of the banquet is $10. Please make reservations and ask for further details by calling the club office at ext. 7377. Tax Savings Workshop - If you missed the memo about workshops this week on the North Carolina 401 (k) Tax Deferred Plan, you can still attend the final workshops May 1. Two one-hour sessions, one at 9 a.m. and another at 2 p.m., will be held. Call ext. 7218 if you plan to attend. The plan is a new program for sheltering a portion of income from current taxation, and all members of the retirement system are eligible. Under the plan, neither the amount you set aside as deferred income nor the earnings therefrom are currently taxed. SHHH Meeting - The new Western Carolina Chapter of SHHH, Self-Help for Hard-of- Hearing People, Inc., will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, in Room 234 of the Community Services Building in Sylva. Other meetings are planned for the future in Candler and Franklin. Workshop - The final lecturer in "The Forgotten Writer in American Literature" series is WCU's Harold Farwell, who will discuss methodology. The session next Thursday is at 6:30 in 105 Music-English. Retirement Party - An Open House for Helen Hartshorn will be held Tuesday, April 30, from 1 until 3 p.m. in the Cherokee Room. Hosting is the department of health, physical education, and recreation. All faculty and staff are invited. Those who wish to contribute to a gift for Dr. Hartshorn should contact the department. Sailing Course - The basics of sailing will be taught on two weekends in June at Lake Hartwell. Western's Sailing Adventure June 6-9 and 21-23 is co-sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education and Big Water Marina. It will be taught by John J. Davis, owner of the marina, who has 11 years of inland and coastal sailing experience and is a member of the Board of Stewards of the Western Carolina Sailing Club and the U.S. Power Squadron. Call ext. 7397 for more information. Retirement Dinner - The department of health, physical education, and recreation is having a retirement dinner for Helen Hartshorn and Quinn Constantz, who retired last year. Reservations may be made by calling the department. Cost will be $7. ANNOUNCEMENTS Young artists performing at the Cullowhee Music Festival June 9 need housing from Friday, June 7, through Sunday, June 9. If you can accommodate a rising young star, please call Betty Lynn Kirwan at 293-9339 after 6 p.m. The Cullowhee Music Festival would like to have arrangements made and confirmed before May 12. Hinter Library is accepting applications for faculty studies for summer session. Forms are available from department chairmen, and completed applications should be sent to William Kirwan, University Librarian, Hunter Library. Deadline for receipt is May 10.
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