| 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. May 7, 1975 PLAYERS TO STAGE YEAR'S LAST PLAY Two members of the faculty will star in the University Players' production of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The play will be presented May 10-15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Donald Loeffler and Kathleen Carr (Speech and Theatre Arts) will appear in the. stormy roles of George and Martha, made famous in the film version by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Senior students Jessica Phelps and Jonathan Ray complete the cast as the insipid young couple from the Midwest, Honey and Nick. Stephen L. Carr will direct "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" He directed "Arsenic and Old Lace" and acted in the leading role, of Ephralm Cabot in "Desire Under the Elms." Oscar Patterson III designed the set and Richard S. Beam the lighting to create the tempestuous atmosphere of George and Martha's living room near the campus of a conservative New England private college. Tickets are $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for students. Reservations are available by calling 293-7491. Due to the mature subject nature of the play, the department has advised that discretion should be used in deciding whether younger theatre patrons should attend the performance. STUDENT ART EXHIBITION NOW OPEN An exhibition of art by WCU students is now on display in the art gallery of Carol Grotnes Belk Building. The exhibition includes 64 pieces of art in the categories of sculpture, print-making, ceramics, jewelry, weaving, painting, drawing, mixed media, and photography. The exhibition will remain on display through May 28. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. until noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays. SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT The Cullowhee Branch of the American Association of University Women needs the assistance of all departments in encouraging qualified students to submit applications for a $100 award designed to encourage WCU students to seek and accept positions of leadership on campus. Applicants will be expected to show evidence of superior ability in leadership and in contributions to university and community. All candidates must be students who have junior standing and at least a B average by the end of the quarter preceding application. Application forms may be obtained from Jeanne Nienhuis (secretary, History). Deadline for applications is May 14. TUBA SYMPOSIUM, CONCERTS SET A symposium for high school and college tuba and euphonium players and their band directors will be held here May 21—22. Sponsored by the WCU chapter of the Tubists' Universal Brotherhood Association (TUBA), the symposium will feature master classes, clinics, and rap sessions with four nationally known clinicians. Two public performances have been scheduled during the symposium. There will be a recital by the Mid-West Tuba Trio May 21 at 8:15 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. Members of the trio, who also will serve as clinicians at the symposium, are Harvey Phillips, J. Lesley Varner, and Daniel Perantoni. May 22 at 4 p.m. there will be a concert by a massed tuba ensemble made up of all symposium participants on the lawn of Hinds University Center. Both performances are free to the public. The fourth clinician is Earle Louder of Florida State University, who formerly served as euphonium soloist with the U. S. Navy Band. foi A Weekly Newsiottoi the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University -2- OPERA WORKSHOP SCHEDULED The fourth act of Puccini's opera "La Boheme" and scenes from Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" and Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and "Cosi fan Tutte" will he featured at an opera workshop May 13 at 8:15 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. The program, which is free to the public, is sponsored by the Department of Music. The works will be sung in English by WCU music students under the direction of Dr. Temple Smith, WCU assistant professor of music. MORE BICENTENNIAL READING May is the final month of the Bicentennial reading, viewing and listening program of the American Issues Forum, which is supported by Hunter Library. Titles and authors for this month are: —May 2, The Rugged Individualist, "Walden," Henry David Thoreau; "Apostles of the Self-Made Man," John G. Caweiti; "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Plttman," Ernest Gaines; "The Story of My Life," Helen Keller; "The Old Man and the Sea," Ernest Hemingway; "All God's Dangers," Theodore Rosengarten; "The Adventures of Augie March," Saul Bellow; and "Leo Beuerman," a film. —May 9, The Dream of Success, "The American Idea of Success," Richard M. Huber; "TJp from Slavery," Booker T. Washington; "Valley of Decision," Marcia Davenport; "An American Tragedy," Theodore Dreiser; "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald; "What Makes Sammy Run?", Budd Schulberg; "The Natural," Bernard Malamud; and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," a record. —May 16, The Pursuit of Pleasure, "Three Centuries of American Art," Lloyd Goodrich; "Antonia," a film; "The Glory of Their Times," Lawrence S. Ritter; "The New Complete Walker," by Colin Fletcher; "The Fifty-Year Decline and Fall of Hollywood," Ezra Goodman; "Rock from the Beginning," Nik Cohn; "On the Road," Jack Kerouac; and "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby," Tom Wolfe. —May 23, The Fruits of Wisdom, "Why Man Creates," a film; "The Art of Loving," Erich Fromm; "Blues People," LeRoi Jones; "About Television," Martin Mayer; "The Armies of the Night," Norman Mailer; "The Greening of America," Charles Reich; "Future Shock," Alvin Toffler; and "The Teachings of Don Juan," Carlos Castanada. WITH THE FACULTY Robert M. Rigdon (Administration and School Personnel) spoke to a group of Haywood County teachers on the subject of "Values Clarification in the Classroom" • Feb. 17. He also spoke Feb. 24 to the Mental Health Society in Murphy on his theories of mental health and mental illness . Ermel Stepp (Administration and Schoc Personnel) organized a symposium on "Tha Appalachian Child" at the annual meeting o the American Education Research Associatio: in San Francisco April 22. Dr. Stepp presented two papers, "The Salient Characteristics of Appalachia," and "Quantitative Inferences About the Appalachian Child." Barbara Mann and Sandy Ellsworth (Student Development) attended the spring meeting of the North Carolina Association for Women Deans, Administrators and Counselors April 22-23 at Atlantic Christian College. Ms. Ellsworth presented a prograc on "Student Staff Selection and Training." Dean Mann presented a slide-tape show and program on "Sex-Role Stereotypes." Terry R. Nienhuis (English) is one of 12 college teachers from throughout the United States who have been invited to attend a summer seminar at the University .of Florida. The seminar, "Medieval to Modern: Literature, Science, and Religion in England, I66Q-1750," is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Barbara H. Capps (Elementary Education) participated in the Southeastern Teacher Corps Network Alternative Instructional Strategies Conference April 4-6 in Memphis, and conducted a "peer teach" lesson for the synetics model (creative analogies). She also served as the delegate of the WCU chapter of the N. C. Association of Educators to the sixth annual NCAE convention in Charlotte April 8-10. % st <f*Z?~rr \ •P---.F* •?<&» " Y;:y 12 > 1 976 1 7v' r Rs **» |;1C gov«r<^ £ J?A I |g; « ^ ' t~;' *H* ;:'v> *#* &*•:':*$& A Weakly Newsletter JU lor the Faculty bnu IXu* of Vr f ^ v-^ * *y ^5^z^.v-r^v J-JZ2S S/TA DEPARTMENT SCHEDULES FREE PLAYS A special puppet show for children heads the list of ten theatre productions coming up at Western Carolina. University. "The Little Prince," a puppet adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's tale, will be performed Saturday, May 15, at 10 a.m. in the Little Theatre in Stillwell Science Building. The production will tour area elementary schools during the week of May 17-21. In the story, the little prince travels from planet to planet, meeting strange new people and learning lessons about what is important in life. On earth he learns his most important lesson—that friendship is a matter of give and take, and that it must be learned. Delbert Hall, a senior speech and theatre arts major, designed the production, and Kim Daniels constructed the colorful puppets. Cast members are Mike Gundy, Carrie Thomas, Cecelia Neal, Bill Lambert, and Ken Stikeleather. Four readers theatre productions— "Love 'em and Levenson," "The Boarding House Rumour," "The Restless Ghost," and "Weird People Like Rain"—are set for May IB at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Five readers theatre productions will be performed May 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre. They are "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," "Son in the Afternoon," "The Paradise of Children," "The Waxwork," and "Winnie the Pooh." All productions are free to the public. ART DEPARTMENT SPONSORS STUDY TOUR A four-week study tour of ancient civilisations will be offered this summer by the Department of Art. The tour will leave New York June 30, visiting Rome, Athens, Amman, Israel, Egypt, and London before returning on July 27. Also included is a four-night Aegean Sea cruise calling at the islands of Mikonos, Crete, Kos Rhodes and Patraos. Organized by the Consortium for International Education, the tour will offer six quarter hours of graduate or undergraduate credit in Art 4307, art history, and Art 4309, art travel seminar. It also is open to participants who do not wish college credit. Complete information is available from Perry Kelly (head, Art). CAP CENTER WILL DIRECT UPWARD BOUND The WCU Upward Bound Program has been administratively assigned to the Counseling, Advisement, and Placement (CAP) Center. The program x*as originally associated with the Department of Administration and School Personnel in the School of Education and Psychology. The effective date of the transfer was May 1. The Upward Bound project director, Ms. Dorothy Walker, resigned effective April 1. Larry Caudill is serving as acting director, and a search is under way for a permanent director. The project is funded to serve 50 high school students. CLUB MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE Funseekers Club Membership Cards for special savings on tickets to all Six Flags' parks and attractions and discounts at participating hotels, motels, and other attractions are now available to WCU faculty and staff members. The free membership cards and benefits guides are available in each Dean's or Department Head's Office, Hunter Library, Business Affairs' Departments and the Personnel Office. Each membership card entitles one employee and family to the special savings and discounts. A benefits guide is furnished with each membership card, which describes in detail the special savings and discounts. VISITING SCHOLAR TO SPEAK Dr. Fred S. Roberts of the mathematics ,faculty at Rutgers University will deliver two separate talks in Stillwell 309, May 24- 25. At 4 p.m. May 24, he will speak on -2- "Social Balance and the Eigenvalues of Energy Use — An Introduction to Math Models in the Social Sciences," and at 11 a.m. May 25, he will speak on "Graphs, Garbage, and a Pollution Solution." His visit is sponsored by the WCU Visiting Scholars Program. Both lectures are open to the public without charge. NEW FACULTY OFFICERS NAMED Tom Pickering (Elementary Education) and Gary Pool (Chemistry) are the newly-elected general officers of the WCU faculty. Dr. Pickering was elected Chairman of the Faculty in a runoff with Alice Mathews (History). June Benson (Health and Physical Education) was also a candidate. Dr. Pool was elected Secretary in a race with Judith Stillion (Psychology) and Jane Schulz (Special Education). Anyone wishing to see the ballots or obtain the exact count in the elections can check with the Secretary of the Faculty, Roger Bisson (Modern Foreign Languages). RADIOISOTOPE TECHNIQUES TO BE TAUGHT Individuals who handle radioisotopes will get a chance to update their knowledge in this field during a one-week course at North Carolina State University August 16-20. The course, "Radioisotope Techniques," is designed for such individuals as physicians, pharmacologists, biologists, biochemists and radiochemical laboratory technicians, and will help individuals qualify for licenses to handle radioisotopes. The course is being sponsored by the Nuclear Engineering Department and the Division of Continuing Education at NCSU. Faculty for the course will come from the NCSU Nuclear Engineering Department, Environmental Protection Agency, NCSU Entomology Department, and the N.C. Department of Human Resources. Jerry Kohl, nuclear engineering extension specialist at NCSU, is in charge of the course. Registration forms and a brochure are available by contacting A1 Lanier, NCSU Division of Continuing Education, P.O. Box 5125, Raleigh, N.C. 27607. He can be reached at 919-737-2261. WITH THE FACULTY Jim Nicholl (English) attended the International Shakespeare Association Congress in Washington, D.C., April 19-23, serving as recorder for a session on "Shakespeare's English." On April 22, Dr. Nicholl participated in a seminar on "Shakespeare and Film" at the American Film Institute in Washington's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. PUBLICATIONS Don C. Wood, "Leaded Glass Project," Industrial Education, April, 1976. Hal Salisbury, "A Survey of Student Attitudes Toward Drug Use," Western Carolina University Journal of Education, Winter, 1976. Roy Douthitt, "Improving the Communication Process of Teacher Selection Interviews," Western Carolina University Journal of Education, Winter, 1976. Clifford R. Lovin, "Food, Austria, and the Supreme Economic Council, 1919," East European Quarterly, in press. Laurence French, "The Franco American Working Class Family," Chapter 14, Ethnic Families in America, edited by C. Mindel and R. Habenstein, Elsevier, 1976. Sal Nerboso, a review of The Hard Years by Eugene J. McCarthy, Choice, April, 1976. Constance Head, review of Doukas, Decline and Fall of Byzantium to the Ottoman Turks, in Choice, XIII (March, 1976). WHERE'S THE ACTION? Calendar information on events of interest on campus is available by dialing 293-7421. A recorded message, updated weekly, will let you know what's going on at Western. If you'd like to have your event included in this message (and in the weekly publication, "Calendar"), please call the Office of Public Information and let U3 know about it. The May 19, I976 A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University HERE'S A QUESTION—AND ANSWER—OF GREAT INTEREST TO EVERYONE WHO ENJOYS SERIOUS MUSIC Where can you find three weeks' worth of performances by artists such as pianist Eugene List and violinist Carroll Glenn, with programs that include the Poulenc "Gloria," Tchaikowsky's Violin Concerto, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, and a fully-staged production of "Cavalleria Rusticana," at absolutely rock-bottom prices? The answer is, right here in Cullo-whee, between June 14 and July 4, when all these attractions and many more will be available as part of the Cullowhee Music Festival. You may never have heard of the Cullowhee Music Festival before. That's not surprising, because the name is new this year. Last year the event was known as the Western Carolina University Summer Music Festival, which turned out to be too long to print on a ticket stub, and thus the change in na»e. That's not the only change. The festival, which is still under the sponsorship of the WCU Department of Music, has taken a giant step forward into the world of full-fledged professional music festivals . Consider, for example, this year's artists in residence. The name Eugene List has been synonymous with the best in piano music ever since he played the American premiere of the Shostakovich 1st Piano Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski in 1934. He has performed on every continent and in all 50 states. The roster of major orchestras and conductors with whom he has performed, both here and abroad, reads like a "Who's Who" of the musical world. Last year he served as the only American judge at the prestigious Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. Among the many world premieres he has played is the Liszt Sonata for Violin and Piano. The violinist in that performance at the Library of Congress was Carroll Glenn. Miss Glenn has succeeded in the male-dominated world of the concert violinist as few women can hope to succeed. "She can hold her own among the best, without qualification," the New York Post has said of her, "and she has certainly earned the title of America's foremost native born woman violinist." When she premiered the Richard Strauss Violin Concerto with the Warsaw Philharmonic, the "Kurier Polski" said, "Strauss himself would have been delighted to hear it played by Carroll Glenn." Walter Carringer, well-known tenor, comes from the School of Music at Northwestern University. Other solo artists include Phyllis Sahadi, soprano; Joyce Far-well, mezzo-soprano; and Edgar vom Lehn, baritone. There'll also be a festival orchestra conducted by Robert Welch, a festival chorus directed by James E. Dooley, and several smaller ensembles. Martin Berinbaum will make two appearances as guest conductor. Concerts are scheduled nearly every night of the festival's three-week run, and there are two matinee events, for a total of 20 performances. In one respect, the Cullowhee Music Festival may be unique. Rather than stay in one place, as is common with such events, the CMF is a travelling show. Although most of the performances will be in Cullowhee, there will be two at Lake Junaluska, two at Franklin, and one each at Cherokee and Cashiers. Festival Director James Dooley sees this as a way of taking music to the people. "Our notion of going to the audiences instead of expecting the audience to come to us is one answer to the geographical problem of this region, where there are few population centers and considerable distances between them," Dr. Dooley said. Perhaps the only area in which the festival hasn't gone big time is in admission prices, which is good news for music lovers. A season ticket, known as a regular membership in the festival and good for -2- admission to all the concerts, costs only $15. For $20 you can buy a special membership, which entitles you to admission to all concerts, open rehearsals, and receptions with the artists. Subscription series members of the WCU Lectures, Concerts, and' Exhibitions series will be admitted to all music festival programs free of: charge. Admission to individual concerts will be $3 for the opera and other events involving full orchestra, and $2 for the chamber music programs. Three of the concerts—two of them by students from the music camp held in conjunction with the festival, and one at Fairfield Inn in Cashiers—will be free. Further details and season memberships are available by writing Bert Wiley, assistant director, Cullowhee Music Festival, in the music department. The schedule of programs follows (all events will be at 8:15 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium unless otherwise noted): June 14—Festival Chamber Ensemble. June 15—Festival Student Night (free). June 16—Festival Faculty Recital. June 17—Festival Orchestra, Robert Welch, conductor, Tchaikowskyfs Violin Concerto, Carroll Glenn, violin, Cherokee High School. June 18—Repeat of the June 17 program in Hoey Auditorium. June 20—Glenn-List Duo, Fairfield Inn, Cashiers, 4 p.m. (free); Festival Chamber Ensemble, Hoey Auditorium, 8:15 P .m. June 21—Glenn List Duo. June 22—Festival Faculty Recital. June 23—Festival Chamber Ensemble, Fine Arts Building, Franklin. June 24—Festival Orchestra, Robert Welch, conductor, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, Gottschalk's "Tarantelle" for piano and orchestra, Eugene List, piano, Festival Chorus, James Dooley, conductor, Poulenc's "Gloria," Phyllis Sahadi, soprano, Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska. June 25—Repeat of the June 24 program, Hoey Auditorium. June 26—WCU Summer Camp Gala, location to be announced, 3 p.m. (free). June 28—Festival Chamber Ensemble. June 29—Festival Orchestra, Martin Berinbaum, guest conductor, Brahams'sAlto Rhapsody, Joyce Farwell, mezzo-soprano, Vaughan Williams's "Wenlock Edge," Walter Carringer, tenor, Brahms's "Liebeslieder Walzer," Phyllis Sahadi, soprano; Farwell; Carringer; and Edgar vom Lehn, baritone, Festival Chorus, James Dooley, conductor, Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska, 8:30 p.m. June 30—Repeat of the June 29 program, Fine Arts Building, Franklin, 8:15 p.m. July 1—Festival Artist Recital, Walter Carringer, tenor. July 2—Repeat of the June 29 program, Hoey Auditorium, 8:15 p.m. July 3—Festival Opera, "Cavalieria Rusticana." July 4—American Music Gala. CAMPUS-WIDE FORENSICS TOURNAMENT SET How good are you at taking a topic and filibustering for about four minutes? Have you ever wanted to make Harry Rea-soner eat his heart out by showing him up in a TV commentary? Why not try your hand at one of those dramatic scenes that you've read or seen millions of times? You can have the chance at the WCU Forensics Society's annual tournament May 25-26. The oral interpretation of prose, oral interpretation of poetry, impromptu speaking, persuasive speaking, TV commentary, and duet acting are events offered. The tournament will consist of three rounds of each event. After tallying scores, the highest scores will be awarded first and second place trophies, and third place certificates. Registration forms may be picked up at the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts in Room 123 of Stillwell Building. The forms must be returned to the department by 5 p.m. May 21. The tournament is open to the entire campus. NEWCOMERS HELP BEAUTIFY CAMPUS The Newcomers Club has presented $160 to Western Carolina University for two landscaping projects on the campus. The money was raised through the sale of note cards featuring drawings of Cullowhee and Sylva by Lee Budahl (Art). Projects to be funded are a shade tree for the child development center playground at Belk Building and a perennial garden outside Breese Gymnasium. The Reporter May 2b, 1976 A Weekly Newsletter X- tor the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University TO THE FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND STAFF I want to express my appreciation to all of you for your efforts in handling the problems which resulted from the flooding of the Tuckaseigee River on Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15. After the river receded to the point where our pumps, which had been under water, could be reached and work commenced in the cleaning operation, I had the chance to see the condition of the area and talk with Mr. Tom King who had the crew busily at work on Sunday, May 16, trying to prepare the pumps for operation. At that point he felt that once the cleaning operation was completed the pumps would, be back in normal operation and this would likely occur in the evening of Sunday, May 16. On Monday, May 17, it was determined that those pumps which had been flooded were damaged severely, and the work commenced immediately to bring substitute pumps to the location. Every possible effort was made to find a solution to the problem including getting a pump from the National Guard in Lenoir, North Carolina; using Cullowhee and Sylva personnel and fire-fighting equipment, plus a number of alternative procedures. Many of the maintenance and operation personnel worked 24 hours a day from Saturday until Tuesday trying to obtain water and it appeared that, at almost any time, the problem would be temporarily solved. With conditions worsening in the residence halls, Vice-Chancellor Stillion, who had been designated to act in my behalf, made the decision about 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, May 18, to dismiss classes. He involved everyone with whom he should appropriately consult under the conditions and certainly did act in what I think was a very appropriate and responsible manner. He was working closely with the maintenance and operation crews and, while the condition in residence halls and academic buildings was worsening with regard to the need for water, it appeared that momentarily the water pumping problem might be solved. Since this was not possible, classes had to be dismissed and there was no indication as to just when water would be available. As a matter of fact, even though additional pumps were brought into the area, the problem was never completely solved until the new pump, which had been planned and for which work was in progress, was finally placed in operation about 9:00 p.m., on Friday, May 21. The problem now appears to be completely solved with excellent pumping capacity at more than 700 gallons per minute and a new reservoir being constructed which will extend our available supply of water from two days to four days. Also, our pumps, which were ruined, will be repaired, if possible, to be used as back-up pumps and, if not, then other arrangements will be made for emergency equipment to be available at all times. In the meantime, our new water reservoir, which is under construction on N.C. 107, will be completed about November, 1976, and we must plan now for even additional water reservoirs because a five to six-day supply is not enough water to have on hand in this area when such problems do exist. I want to thank the students, the faculty, the staff, and particularly the maintenance and operation personnel, Vice- Chancellor Stillion, and Vice-Chancellor Dillard for all that was done in these trying times. As far as I can determine, everyone associated with the problem did the very best job possible and while it has inconvenienced many and disrupted their schedule, I think that we are fortunate that no more serious damage was done by the flood. Hopefully, life will soon be back to normal. I do appreciate the adjustments that are being made by the faculty and the students with regard to completion of the work for the spring quarter and the preparation for examinations. If any adjustments are to be made in the examination schedule, these will be announced as early as possible. Commencement exercises will procede as scheduled. Thank you again for your excellent work, patience, understanding, and cooperation. H. F. Robinson Chancellor -2- COMMENCEMENT AND FACULTY AWARDS NIGHT SET The university's largest-ever graduating class, numbering some 935 students, will receive degrees Sunday, June 6, during WCU's 87th annual graduation ceremonies. The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. in Whit-mire Stadium. The commencement speaker is to be Sidney P. Marland Jr., president of the College Entrance Examination Board. Dr. Marland, who assumed his present position in November, 1973, formerly served as the nation's first statutory Assistant Secretary for Education in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and from 1970 to 1972 as United States Commissioner of Education. During his tenure in Washington, Dr. Marland was a leader in the creation of the National Institute of Education and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education. He also was influential in the establishment of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants program. Dr. Marland began his career in education as a high school English teacher in West Hartford, Conn., in 1938. He later served as superintendent of schools in Darlen, Conn., Wlnnetka, 111., and Pittsburgh, Pa* A graduate of the University of Connecticut, he holds the Ph.D. degree from New York University. He is the author of numerous journal articles, and a member of many influential boards, councils, and other organizations. He was recently appointed to serve on the Commission on Presidential Scholars. The commencement rehearsal will be held Saturday, June 5, at 4 p.m. in the stadium. Retiring faculty will be honored at a dinner Saturday, June 5, at 6:45 p.m. in Brown Cafeteria. The dinner, which replaces the senior-alumni event formerly held just before commencement, will include the announcement of this year's teaching awards and instructional grants. All faculty and staff members are invited to attend. WILLIAM COLBY FORMER CIA HEAD TO SPEAK William E. Colby, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency whose testimony before a House subcommittee sparked the current national inquiry into the nature and extent of U.S. intelligence activities, will speak here May 27. The program will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the Grandroom of Hinds University Center. Colby's topic will be "CIA— Constitutional Intelligence for America." Nominated as director of the CIA by President Nixon in 1973, Colby headed the agency—consisting of an estimated 16,000 employees and an annual budget thought to be nearly $750 million—until earlier this year, when he was replaced by George Bush. Colby's 1974 closed door testimony about CIA activity in Chile before the coup that toppled Marxist President Salvador Allende in September of 1973 later leaked out. In the ensuing controversy, President Ford confirmed that the Nixon administration had authorized more than $8 million from 1970 to 1973 to destabilize Allende's government. Those revelations touched off a new debate on the role and control of the CIA's secret political operations, which Colby directed during the six-month period before Allende's fall. A graduate of Princeton University and Colombia Law School, Colby joined the CIA in 1951 and served in Stockholm, Rome, Saigon, and Washington before leaving in 1968 to direct the Government of Vietnam's pacification program for the Agency for International Development, with the personal rank of ambassador. In 1971 he was reassigned to the Department of State, and in January 1972 was appointed executive director-comptroller of the CIA. A year later he became deputy director for operations, the branch of the agency that has been nicknamed "the department of dirty tricks." Colby served as a paratrooper in World War II, and eventually joined the Office of Strategic Services as a French-speaking volunteer. In 1944 he parachuted -3- into north-central France to work with a resistance group, and in 1945 he commanded a Norwegian-American paratroop unit in a sabotage mission against German railway operations in northern Norway. His conduct on those missions earned him several decorations, including the American Silver Star and the French Croix de Guerre. He was discharged in 1945 with the rank of major. Colby's appearance is sponsored by the WCU Student Associate for Government and Legal Affairs. There will be no admission charge. CONCERT CHOIR TO PERFORM MENOTTI WORK "The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manti-core," by Gian-Carlo Menotti, will be performed May 30 at 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre in Stillwell Science Building. The work, which features costumes, choreography, and an instrumental ensemble, will be the annual spring concert of the WCU Concert Choir, under the direction of James E. Dooley (head, Music). Admission is free, but all seats will be reserved. Free tickets are available from the music department office, 293-7242. ONE-ACT PLAYS RESCHEDULED THIS WEEK The one-act plays originally scheduled for last week will be performed May 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre in Stillwell Science Building. "Love 'em and Levenson," "The Boarding House Rumour," "Weird People Like Rain," and "The Restless Ghost" will be presented May 26. The program for May 27 includes "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," "Son in the Afternoon," "The Paradise of Children," "The Waxwork," and "Winnie the Pooh." Admission both nights is free to the public. LEARN TO CLOG, PLAY THE DULCIMER A week-long clogging and dulcimer workshop will be held here June 28-July 2. The workshop, offering instruction in mountain-style clogging and the Appalachian plucked dulcimer, may be taken for one or two quarter hours of undergraduate credit or two hours of graduate credit. Classes will meet daily from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. There also will be three special evening sessions, featuring Bill Nichols and the Nicholodians from Westminster, S.C., Floyd King and the Southern Appalachian Cloggers from Candler, and Glenn Bannerman of Richmond, Va. Evening sessions will take up precision clogging, mountain style clogging, and big circle dancing. Instructor for the workshop will be Dr. Eva Adcock (Music). WITH THE FACULTY Thomas 0'Toole (History) presented a paper entitled "Teaching African History through the Personalized System of Instruction" at the African Heritage Studies Association meetings in Atlanta, April 24. Michael Jones (Philosophy and Religion attended the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychol ogy in Atlanta April 15-17. Dr. Jones read a paper titled "Mind, Behavior, and Subjectivity: A Pragmatic View." James Dooley (head, Music) served as guest conductor of an all-county chorus from Buncombe County schools at a festival of American music held in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium at the Asheville Civic Center April 27. Two WCU faculty members have been elected to head committees of the UNC Faculty Assembly. Leland Waters (Management) will chair the committee on governance, and James Horton (Biology) will chair the committee on academic freedom and tenure. Karl Nicholas and Jim Nlcholl (English) were recently appointed to the North Carolina Committee on Composition (a joint committee of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and the N.C. English Teachers Association, with the mission of improving composition instruction in the public schools). Dr. Nicholas attended the committee's organizational meeting in Raleigh April 30. -4- Tom 0'Toole and Curtis Wood (both History) attended a faculty workshop on the teaching of "non-western" history and World Civilization at Valle Grucis Mission School near Boone on May 15. Charles Schneider (Health Sciences) addressed members of the Southwestern Carolina Association of Laboratory Personnel (SCALP) May 10 on the topic, "Etiology of Arthropod Borne Diseases." Robert Mason (Health Sciences) participated in a workshop on "Development of Evaluation Devices" at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill on May 10. The workshop was directed by Dr. Frank Stritter and Dr. Bob Stone with the Medical School at Chapel Hill. Larry Terango (director, Speech and Hearing Center) will speak to supervisory personnel at Haywood County Hospital May 20. On April 29 and 30, John Bell (History) lectured at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on "Snuffy Smith and Appalachia" and "Race, Religion, and Reconstruction." Dennis R. McGinnis (Research Administration) presented a report and served as panel moderator for a discussion of the treatment of human subjects in research at the Southeastern Regional Conference of the National Council of University Research Administrators in Clearwater, Fla., May 13. He will serve an internship this summer with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., as part of his doctoral program at the University of Georgia. PUBLICATIONS Tom 0'Toole (History) was a co-author of "PSI in Undergraduate History; A preliminary Appraisal," a paper presented at the Third National Conference of the Center for Personalized Instruction, Washington, D.C., May 6-8. FACULTY NOTES Joyce Farwell and Temple Smith (Music) performed at a session of the South Atlantic American Studies Association in Charlotte on April 3. Commentary on what they sang was provided by Nancy Joyner (English) in a paper entitled "Rowson and Reinagle: Early American Musical Comedy Team." William Higgins and Nancy Joyner (English) participated in the Popular Culture Convention held in Chicago on April 22-24. Dr. Higgins read a paper entitled "Capitalism, Socialism, and Superman in Robert Herrick and David Graham Phillips," and Dr. Joyner read a paper on "Capote and the Cop: Wambaugh's Nonfiction Novel." Nancy Joyner (English) was a visiting lecturer at Wake Forest University on April 14. As a participant in the "Celebration of Women" week there, she read a paper on women and literature. A REMINDER — Calendar events each week are available by dialling 293-7421.
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