The Carolinian [September 4, 1972]

              The Carolinian
Volume LU University of North Carolina Greensboro, N. C. September^ i972 Number 3
Students gather for a Young Democrats meeting in EH
Young Democrats
Meeting Is Held
An organizational
meeting of the UNC-G
chapter of the Young
Democrats Gub was held
Thursday night in Elliott
Hall. Barbara Wall, temporary
Chairwoman, said she was
encouraged by the
participation shown at the
meeting. All of the 23
members present pledged to
actively support and
campaign for the entire
Democratic ticket. Miss Wall
said she was pleased that the
interest in the group had
grown since last year, when
the club was "very
disorganized and lacked
enough members to do
something."
The dub voted to
postpone the election of
officers until next weeks
meeting Tie members also
voted to elect delegates this
week to the State Y.D.C.
convention, winch will be
held this year in Wilmington.
The club also agreed to
undertake the task of
canvassing the campus for
Democratic candidates.
A resolution was
introduced and unanimously
accepted to commend Charlie
Webb, a candidate for State
House of Representatives, for
openly showing -his support
for Senator George
McGovern, when "it has
become politically
fashionable for candidates to
dissassociate themselves with
the national ticket."
The next meeting of the
Young Democrats will be
held Thursday, September 7
at 7:30 in Mclver Lounge.
Registration Organizing
The Fall Project. The
Student Vote's campus voter
registration campaign. is
presently organizing in
anticipation of the opening of
college campuses. During the
months of August through
October, these organizations
will be making a final,
nation-wide push in college
communities, working
through already established
voter registration groups and
volunteers who have had
experience with voter
registration.
Since most states close
their books in early October,
most campuses will have only
a few weeks to stage these
drives The Fall Project will
concentrate its efforts in five
states, although they have
been in formal contact with
every college and University
in the country. The target
states include California.
Illinois. New York. Ohio, and
New Jersey. State
coordinators have been hired
for these slates, and will float
from campus lo campus,
assisting in registration drives.
Although these five states will
be the major areas of
emphasis, there has also been
much communication with
individual college and
uuiviersities. and sindeni
government orgmii/a lions.
Continuous contact will be
maintained with the 305
target campuses, comprising
80% of the total student
population.
In an effort to remain in
contact willi the remaining
campuses, the Fall Project has
Declaration Made
In a statement lending
support to non-partisan voter
registration efforts, President
Nixon declared the month of
September Voter Registration
Month.
Ridley M. Whi taker,
Executive Director of The
Student Vote, praised
President Nixon for his
efforts. 'As Mr. Nixon
stated," said Whitaker, "voter
registration is a non-partisan
endeavor which must be
broadened so that all citizens,
particularly the newly eligible
voters can uke part in the
electoral process."
WhitaUr was hopeful
that the President won <i join
other political foNfrr* in a
non-partisan L-llor: lo
persuade
officials
loci;
to
.lion
use their
discretion towards the most
effective and complete means
of voter regisiuiion."
sen i mailing, informing
them of services offered by
The Student Vote. An
additional mailing has been
done to campus newspapers,
supplying them with, copy on
Absentee voting. glossy
posters for reproduction and
an article stating the
importance of registering on
campus.
A major area of concern
has been that of Absentee
balloting. On many campuses,
especially those with a high
oul-of-statc population,
absentee balloting will require
more emphasis than voter
registration itself. Since the
deadlines for applying and
mailing absentee ballots arc
very complicated, the Fall
Project is making available a
list of deadlines for every
stale that has absentee
balloting to college
newspapers. In this way, a
visible absentee campaign
should elicit the maximum
number of valid ballots in the
November elections. For
more information, please
contact Ncal Zimmerman or
Luisa S|>cnccr. at 43 Ivy
Street. S. E., Washington.
D. C. 2003. 202 547-4277.
Student Jobs
Available
English Lecturer To Speak
Prof. Moelwyn Merchant,
chairman of the English
department at the University
of Exeter, England, and a
canon of Slaisbury Cathedral,
will speak on "The Niture of
Visual Criticism" Wednesday,
Sept. 6 at the University of
North Carolina at
Greensboro.
The native Welshman will
illustrate his talk at 4 p.m. in
Claxton Room, Elliott Hall,
with slides dealing with
Shakespeare, Blake and
Graham Sutherland. The
lecture is open to the public.
Bom in Port Talbot,
Glamorgan, Wales, Prof.
Merchant received a
bachelor's degree, with first
class English honors, from
University College, Cardiff in
1933; a bachelor's degree in
history, 1934; a master's,
1950; and a doctorate from
the University of Cardiff,
1960.
He served as a Woodward
Lecturer at Yale University
(1957); a Dupont Lecturer at
the University of the South,
Sewanee (1963); and a Willett
Professor of English and
Theology at the University of
Chicago (1971).
During the past summer,
he returned to Chicago to
work at the Newberry
Library.
He is also especially
interested in the theatre and
typography and has worked
extensively with the artist
John Piper in iconography for
the. artist' work and stage
designs.
His publications include:
"Wordswoth's Guide to the
Lakes" (1952), "The
Reynard's Library
Wordsworth" (1955),
"Shakespeare and the Artist"
(1959), and "Creed and
Drama" (1965).
Prof. Merchant has also
edited "The Merchant of
Venice," Marlowe's "Edward
the Second," and Marlowe's
"Tamburlaine" and has
articles published in several
literary magazines and in
Encyclopedia Brittanica.
The Student Government
Personnel Office is set up for
students who want jobs,
usually parttimc jobs.
Students who waul jobs call
in and give their n ines, job
preferences, as well as their
preferences for the days and
hours they would like to
work. Moreover. those
persons calling in a:.d asking
for a student give their
names, the type of job they
want done, the hours that the
job requires, the days that the
job requires, as well as the
pay for the job. Then, a
student who is willing and
available to do the desired
work is referred to the
prospective employer.
Usually if the job is a
babysitting one, the student
and employer work out the
salary arrangement.
One problem which arose
last year was that many men
put-in
work.
on campus did not
applications for
Companies sich . s Duke
Power, the Internal Revenue,
and the Hilton Inn, for
example, sought the services
of UNC-G males but were
unable to be helped in these
endeavors. An article on the
Student Government
Personnel Service will also be
in the Town Student Crier as
well as in the Carolinian
because the services need to
bepublicized more.More male
applicants need to be
recruited.
The personnel office will
open for the Fall-1972
semester August 28.
Thereafter, students may call
the Student Government
Personnel Office at 379-5619
or 379-5618. Ask for Carleen
Sims, Personnel Manager or
leave a message for her to call
back. Students are also urged
to drop by 260 Elliott Hall.