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OCT? • HE t Homecoming Candidatesphoto s by adrian boyer Elections Monday by Elliot Simmons On Monday, October 11, 1971, between 8:00 A.M. and 5:30 P.M". elections for Homecoming Queen of 1971 will be held. The voting will take place in the Flag Room of the Guerry Student Center. Either a Student l.D. or a Student Fee Card will be required in order to cast your ballot. There are four young ladies Zee Vonia Gonia Dot Stenson Susan Scott Debbie Collins vying for the honor of Vonia Gonia, a junior majoring cheerleader and the C-Club Treasurer of the BSA, member campus from which they Homecoming Queen. The first in Elementary Education. Zee Queen is being sponsored by of Kappa Chi Epsilon-a women graduated and have good is Miss Deborah Collins, a is being sponsored by Alpha the Chi Omega Fraternity. She service organization, President memories return." senior English-Education Delta Pi Sorority and is a also is a native Chattanooga. of the Presbyterian Center, Zee Gonia replied thusly, major. She is a native member of the Army Angels The fourth young miss is and Student Counselor to the "It should be a good time for Chattanoogan and is being and a member of Panhellenic. Dot Stenson, a senior President of the UT System. alums and a good time for sponsored by the Pi Beta Phi Zee is the daughter of Mrs. Psychology Major. Dot, the The ECHO asked some students. A time for old and .sorority. She is a member of G.H. Swope and a native daughter of Mr. and Mrs. questions of the contestants. new together." the Chamber Singers, toured Chattanoogan. Marshall Stenson hails from The first was, "What does Susan Scott's feeling on the with the Singing Mocs in Number three on the list of LaGrange, Georgia. She is homecoming mean to you?" question was, "Homecoming is Europe, and is President of her contenders is Miss Susan Scott being sponsored by the Black Miss Collins answered this former students returning to Sorority. a junior Health and Physical Student Association. Her way, "Homecoming is when all their campus to renew old The second ful is Miss Zee Education Major. Sue, who is a student activities include the alums come back to the school ties. It is planned for the alums so that they may have a good time remembering old times. Homecoming is fun." Dot Stenson fielded the question by saying, UHIVERSITY ECHO "Homecoming is the one time of the year when alums, STUDFNT NFWSPAPFR OP THF MNI\/PRglTV nc TFNNFQSFF AT CHATTANnnfiA students, and just everybody gets together to have a great Vol. LXXI Chattanoo^, lermessee OCTOBER 7,1971 No. 6 cont. on two Program Committee Distributes Money by Fred Caughran * tor 30,Las tht e ThursdayUniversit, y SeptembeProgramrs Th e awardinCommitteg etrave votel d money4-1 to. Committee purchased one deny the award. hundred season tickets for Next Tom Conway, editor $800.00, denied the request of of the University Echo, the Guerry Center for a requested that the Programs monthly calendar, denied a Committee underwrite the previous award for the ROTC paper $1,100 to allow it to Drill Team, and underwrote continue publishing twelve the Echo $1,100 for this pages per issue. It was the semester. opinion of Mr. Conway that Moving to old business, Dr. cont. on two Klinefelter moved and James Freeman seconded a motion to photo by phil theodore accept the proposal of College Thursday morning saw the first earth upturned for the projected UTC library complex. Pictured purchase of one hundred from left: William Masterson, David Johnson, Connie Rowland, Edward Boling, Paul Kinser, and student season tickets in a Harvey Holland. block section for $800.00. Finances These tickets are for the (CPS)--The Fall of 1971 has 1971-72 Community Concert been bad financially for many Dynamite Charges Set Off Series and will be resold to colleges and universities. Since full- time students at a May at least 12 small, private discount rate of one dollar per institutions of higher performance. The motion education have closed their Construction Of New Library passed unanimously. doors due to financial by Phil Theodore knowledge." Dr. Nelson then moved to capacity of 350 students of difficulties. UTC's $20 million capital ''But beyond an deny the request of the Guerry Enrollments in all private expansion program got the John Storris Fletcher improvement in numbers," he Center Board for partial institutions are down and underway last Thursday with Library which is now in added, "our library will funding of the publication, many state schools are caught Dr. Edward Boling, UT system operation. provide the intellectual "This month at UTC." The between budget slashing president setting off twin The library will be funded resources needed to backstop motion passed 5-0. legislatures and student and dynamite charges sending primarily by a state some of our most innovative It was the consensus of the faculty demands for more and columns of blue and gold appropriation for general academic programs. Programs committee that the Echo better services and salaries. smoke rocketing skyward. obligation bonds. The annual interest on the bonds, in such as UTC's College of Man publicity of Student Center Many private institutions The occasion marked the excess of $80,000 will be paid and Interdisciplinary Honors programs was adequate, and have found their enrollments ground breaking ceremonies of by a federal interest subsidy Program. Both," he added that the request was, down sharply from recent UTC's new 5.4 million dollar grant each year, as announced "stress a heavy amount of therefore, not justified. years. Even the big 20 have library «md parking garage individual study under faculty earlier this year by Senators Dr. Nelson also moved and felt the pinch, Harvard's complex. The new library is guidance." Brock and Baker, and Jack Garland seconded a enrollment is down 12%, the first project to get Congressman Baker The Chancellor also noted motion to deny a previous underway and is the most Yale's is down 18%. that the new library will serve award for the ROTC Drill Three other Ivy League important and most expensive In his statement, Chancellor to enhance UTC's ability to Team. Dr. Klinefelter said he project now in the planning. William H. Masterson schools have noted similar attrack the area's best believed this request violated drops as have Stanford, It is hoped that the library expressed its importance in students. the guidelines of the this way, "The academic heart Northwestern, and M.I.T. will be open during the Boling saw the new committee, because he of any campus is its library." Even with the slack in private 1972-73 academic year. The construction as one of the best considered it as "operating He cited the library's ability institutions being taken up by library will house 350,000 things that could happen to expenses for a special interest to, "bring together a larger the less expensive state volumes and seat 1600 this community economically. group." store of man's accumulated university systems, the total students. That's quite a "I predict," he said, "that the knowledge and a greater Dr. Nelson spoke about the enrollment figures, according sizeable jump from the economy of this community number of seekers of danger of setting a precedent cont. on two 150,000 books and seating cont. on two PAGE TWO THE UNIVERSITY ECHO OCTOBER 7, 1971 Harris' College Finances Hat In Facecont Troubl. from one e to the U.S. Office of the Federally Guaranteed Ring Education, will see a rise of Loan Program has increased by only 2.5%-considerably less WASHINGTON, D. C. 34.3% over last year. than in past years. No figures on the rise in (CPS)—Calling himself a The only state university representative of the new applications are available, system in the country showing however, it is noted that the populism, Senator Fred R. substantial gains is the State Harris (D-Ok.) formally entire Midwest District of College and University system H.E.W. was out of applications declared himself a candidate of New York. Their for the Democratic for almost a month this applications rose 15% this summer. Presidential nomination. year. The most popular Speaking Friday, September campus was SUNY at 24, in the Senate Caucus Stoneybrook; they had 8,500 Room, the Oklahoma applications for 968 freshmen Democrat remarked that openings. Library Americans were losing faith in In Minnesota, eleven out of their government leaders and fifteen private schools in the are becoming convinced that state are raising their tuition elected officials are incapable by 10% this year. Students at Site of changing the nation. all seven Minnesota state cont. from one "I intend to try and turn this supported colleges face a will shortly be described in country around before it is too tuition increase of 50 cents a more glowing terms. The late," Harris said to the quarter-hour, or 7% over-all. immediate shot in the arm to approval of over 200 President's Nixon's recent employment and to material supporters gathered for the wage price freeze gave some sales with the beginning of this announcement of his colleges and universities added library project is just a solid candidacy. income by allowing them to indication of things to come Harris becomes the second raise tuition-however, it when the entire $20 million official contender in the race caught students who were development project is in full for the De mocratic trying to pay higher prices swing." nomination. Senator George Blues singer B.B.