The Carolinian [January 8, 1969]

              The Carolinian Volume XXXXVHI Uriiveraity of North Carolina at Graenaboro, N. C. - Wednesday. January 8, 1969 Number 23
Students Return
To Face Exams
UNC-CJ studenU took their live* into their own hand* by
returning after the Christmas holidays to face exams, a possible flu
epidemic, anowatorms, or come what may.
Moat itudenU returned to the campus Sunday night -a few
reiucUnU straggled in Monday They brought back the usual
Christmas goodie* as wail aa an extra blanket for the snowstorms.
aspirin for the flu, and a pile of untouched by^tudent hands
textbooks for pending examinations
With leas than two weeks to go, many will be cramming in reading
material covered in class months ago and last minute assignments by
profeaeora attempting to cover the course before the end of the
semester
The first semester officially ends on Friday, January 17. Reading
Day will be Saturday the 18th with exams beginning on the
following Monday. Exams will continue to the 28th with the bat
exam given from 1 00 to 4 00 that afternoon.
Students Evaluate^*
"**»», Courses, Teacher^*CAROLS
For the firat time UNCO
students are evaluating their
instructors and their instructors'
claaaroom performance.
Although a teat run waa held test
year, this ia the firat time such
an evaluation has been held on a
campus wide level.
The evaluation, beginning
Tuesday, January 7 and coating
$1500 will continue until
Monday, January 13. B.ll
Burckley, Chairman of SCORE,
stated the purpose of the
program aa follows: "We believe
that evaluation, properly
completed will have a significant
Bryant Appoints Laughridge
As First Cabinet Member
Randi Bryant announced the
appointment of Mary
Laughridge aa Coordinator for
Community Involvement. This
appointment ia the firat step
toward executive cabinet for the
SGA President.
Mies Laughridge, the firat
appointment to the cabinet,
spoke of her new job in an
interview with The Carolinian.
"I see my job aa coordinating
the many community actions
projects students are involved
with on this campus I will also
serve aa a liaison between service
groups in Greensboro and
students on the campus wanting
to participate in service
activities."
President Bryant explained
that the cabinet ia official, but
informal, aa of now. She plans to
recommend the permanent
formation of an executive
cabinet in her state of the
campus address to legislature.
She hopes that it will eventually
be included in the constitution,
which would require paaaage by
legislature, approval by the
students in a referendum, and,
finally, the approval of the
chancellor.
Miss Laughridge commented
further, "So many opportunities
for service are available if the
students only knew about them.
I feel it will be part of my job
to inform them of the
opportunities available. I believe
that Randi hopaa to have a
meeting at the beginning of the
second semester between the
leaders of the service groups on
campus and in Greensboro."
President Bryant talked about
areas for future cabinet
appointments. She included the
areas of student services,
residence halls, and public
relations in her discussion
IWC-G Theatre To Present
"A Song Is A Blue Fish"
The UNC-O Theatre will
present "A Song ia a Blue Fish,"
book and lyrics by Pat Oilbreeth
and music by M. Thomaa
Cousins, on January 10 and 11
at 7:30 p.m. in Taylor Building.
All tickets will be one dollar
except for season and Angel
membership holders whose fees
included this bonus production.
"A Song is a Blue Fish," a
musical children's play directed
by Pat Gilbreath, ia the firat of
two thesis productions to be
presented in the 1968-69 UNC-O
Theatre lias an.
Even though this ia the first
time the author has directed the
play, she acted in the Lost
Colony for five years, where she
played major roles for the last
two yean. Mrs. Gilbreath ia an
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instructor in Drama at Quilford
College and ia currently working
on her MFA degree in Drama at
UNC-O.
The play waa produced for
the last two summer seasons at
the coastal city of Manteo,
North Carolina. This children's
fantasy evolved as a legend in
this area.
According to Mr. Cousins, a
sixteen-year-old girl ia hit over
the head in a storm which results
in the dream around which the
story centers.
She dreams she has a horse
with a golden head. The pirates,
wanting the gold, proceed to
conquer the hone. Aa many
fantasia* go, a young pirate falls
in love with the young girl and
prevents the confiscation
effect on the quality of
education at UNC-O by letting
the students paas on
anonymously to their instructors
comments concerning their
courae and teaching
performance."
PROCEDURE
All itudenU will receive
questionnaire booklets before
going to class. Booklets for town
studenu wen mailed; dorm
student* received their booklete
from then- section leaders
Monday night. The evaluation
will take place in the claaaroom
Each student will receive two
IBM cards. A horixonUl row of
forty numbers at the top
corresponds to the forty
questions in each section of the
booklet. Changes which must be
made in the vertical columns of
numbera will be explained by
the instructor.
The firat nine to ten spaces of
each card should be completed
according to the teacher's
specifications Theae firat
sections are concerned with
courae and instructor cods* and
should be filled in correctly If a
mistake is made, the atudent
should ssk for another IBM card
aa extra cards will be provided.
After giving the Instructions,
the professor will leave the
room, aa he would during a teat.
Student* are asked not to
compare answers and to fill in
their forms conscientiously
Participation by the atudent is
completely confidential and
voluntary.
The IBM cards may be
punctured with any sharp
object, a pencil is suggests d. If a
mistake is made on any question
after the firat ten, a student may
proceed without changing cards.
If in doubt about any question,
the atudent should not try to
answer It Leaving questions
blank will not invalidate the
reaulte. Town atudenta will
return the queetionnaire
bookeu to the last instructor for
whom they fill out an
evaluation. Dorm studenu will
return the bookleU to their
section leaders.
Only the instructor will
receive a copy of this evaluation.
It ia expected, however, that by
next year, both the instructor
and the department head will
receive the evaluation reaulto.
Teachers will receive the resulU
of the present survey early in
second semester. Studenu will
have a chance to react to the
evaluation in a opinion poll to
be held sometime around April.
Approximately nine hundred
courses, counting all sections,
and every instructor who
KmiU are being evaluated. A
' instructors have declined to
participate because they feel the
questionnaire ia not applicable
to their section and only one
instructor has refused to
participate becauae he waa
opposed to the program
Monday Tuesday Wrdnaaday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuaaday
Aa. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan.ij Jan.24 Jan. 23 Jan. 27 Jan. 28
8:00 a.m.
lo
11:00 a.m.
En,.101
Gaog. 333
9 MWF
run. 101
207
Span.101
207
Garm. 101
Biol. 101
11 MWF 1 MWF
Tran. 103
Span. 103
Haal 101
3 Mwr
Ecoo.211
3 TTh or
3:30-3 TTh
1:00 p.m.
lo
4:00 p.m.
t Mwr
Hm. 101
211
S MWF
12 MWF
12 TTh or
12:30-2 TTh
CONFLICT
Math. 110
.21
1*1
301
4 MWF
lOMWr
Spaach HI
Eng.211
• TThS
1 TTh
CONFLICT
4:30 p.m.
lo
•:30 p.m.
Aalhro.
212
t TTh
STTh
I MWF
lOTTkS
Eton.233
Cham. HI
2 TTh or
2-3:30 TTh
Soc. 211
11 TThS
or
11-12:30
TTh
% TThS Parch. 211
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Preservation Hall Jan, page* 4, 5
Banks Named To Committee
4:13 p.m. Froahman Sophomora
Physical Physical
Education Education
Susan Banks, UNC-O junior,
waa recently named to the Red
Cross Youth Advisory Board.
The newly created Board
replaces the Red Cross Youth
Committee; it will hold iU firat
meeting Friday, January 10, at 4
p.m. at the Red Cross Chapter
House.
Russell H. Tagert Jr.,
Chairman of the Oreensboro-
Guilford Chapter of the
American Red Croaa,
commented "It is our hope that
through this effort to share idea*
and explore needs, the Red
Cross can be a channel through
which more young people in our
community can become more
involved in continuing
established services aa in
developing new ones "
The new Advisory Board ia
composed of representatives
from colleges in the area and
several adult sponsors. The
purpose of the Board is to
explore and develop volunteer
service opportunities for high
school and college studenu
through Red Croaa and other
agenda* and orgaausatinets in
and beyond the community, to
promote youth involvement in
services, and to help coordinate
services studenU decide to give.