Western Carolinian Volume 32 Number 03

              INSIDE  THE CAROLINIAN . .
Our parking situation hurts,
according to today's editorial,
cartoon, and the opinions of our
readers.
Columnist Dan Dietz looks at
Broadway's "Fiddler on the
Roof.'
The Features Section looks
at the housing situation.
TheWESTERN
CAROLINIAN
TODAY'S   SPORTS	
Lomax and Elliot are standouts in victory over Carson-
Newman.
Preview of Saturday's home
season opener with the Mounties
from Appalachian.
Intramurals begin Fraternity
League to heighten competition.
VOICE  OF  THE   STUDENTS
VOL. XXXII, NO. 3
Thursday, September 22, 1966
CULLOWHEE, N. C.
Three Students Die In Fatal Crash
Homecoming Highlights
Past And Present
Koontz, Roberts, Helton
Killed In High-Speed Accident
The theme for this year's
Homecoming, "Foundation of
Future—Loyalty, Service, and
Dreams," was set by the Student
Senate at a meeting on Monday
night, September 19.
According to Bill Upchurch,
Student Body President, the
theme is built around the idea
of honoring many of the retired
and retiring faculty members,
administrators, and staff of the
college.
The criteria for those honored will be set by the Homecoming Committee of the Student Senate, and the persons
selected by the committee will
be honored at the Homecoming
ceremonies on Saturday, October 15.
In a recent interview with Bill
Upchurch, he had this to say
concerning the theme for this
year's Homecoming: "Since
Homecoming is as much for the
Alumni as for the present students, honoring these people
might bring others back who
might not otherwise come. Utilizing this theme, we hope to
show them the new face, the
capability, and the caliber of
the students and administrators
of this institution.
"Here they will be able to see
past dreams which are now reality, and see the potential which
is here; potential which can be
developed with their help.
•This year's theme is flexible
in that we can incorporate ideas
not only from the past, but also
from the present and future.
"Floats and displays can hon
or those persons who have made
Western Carolina what it is today, or they can look forward to
the time when the college will
be raised to university status."
Earlier Monday a committee
met and laid the plans for the
Homecoming festivities. The
committee was comprised of
faculty members and two student representatives—Bill Upchurch and Roger Euliss, chairman of the Student Senate Homecoming Committee.
It was decided that the route
for the parade will be the same
as it was last year.
The parade will form at the
Camp Laboratory School, from
there move past Reid Gymnasium, the post office and administration building to Hunter Library. Here it will turn left
toward Memorial Stadium. At
the tunnel entrance the Homecoming court and band will turn
left, whereas the rest of the
parade will turn to the right and
enter   onto the athletic  field.
Preceding the Homecoming
festivities, a pep rally and bon
fire will be held on Thursday
night, October 13. There will be
a dance on Friday night featuring Benny King, famous for his
recording of "Stand by Me,"
"Seven Letters," "SpanishHall"
and others.
Letters have been sent out to
all groups expressing an interest in having a display or float
in the parade. The groups wishing to have an entry in the parade should send a representative to the Student Center Office sometime from 5-7 P.M. on
Monday, September 26. Entries
must be ready for judging by
10:30 A.M. on Saturday, October
15.
The committee judging the
entries will consist of two faculty members—Mr. Oliver and
another chosen by him—and two
students who will be appointed
by the Student Body President.
Saturday afternoon the crowning of the Homecoming Queen
and presentation of her court
will take place. iA concert featuring Si Zentner and his orchestra will be held at 3:00 P.m.
Homecoming festivities will
be climaxed later that night
with a dance with Si Zentner and
his orchestra.
ENROLLMENT UP
FROM LAST YEAR
This year's enrollment has
far exceeded official estimates
released earlier with 3,668 the
final figure as announced by the
College Wednesday. The expected count was estimated to be
not over 3,500 students.
Freshmen enrollment is the
largest yet with 1,104. There
are 216 transfer students registered, 59 alone from Wingate
Junior College, Irregular
freshmen comprise 215 of the
count while Sophomores are
802, Juniors 550, and Seniors
510. The gradual schools have
a total of 271 enrolled rounding
Bob Koontz
Three Western Carolina
College students were killed
Wednesday night at 9:35 when
they lost control of their car
at high speed, ramming it into
a street-light pole on Highway
19A & 23 just above the Parkway Restaurant in Sylva.  ,
Thomas McClure Roberts
and Robert Gilmore Koontz,
both of Murphy, were killed
instantly of multiple head and
face wounds. Bill Edgar Helton of Atlanta, Georgia, was
dead on arrival atC. J. Harris
Hospital in Sylva.
Patrolman H. M. Meyer,
who came upon the accident
only seconds after it happened,
reported that all three victims
were thrown from the car.
were thrown from the car.
The driver of the oar, which
belonged to Helton, had not
been (determined at press time
last night.
Tom Roberts
Bill Helton
Both Koontz and Roberts
were seniors. Koontz was expected to graduate at the end
of the present quarter.
Announcements        S,odlum ExPands To Dogble CaPacj,f
The elections for Dormitory,
Day Student, and Freshman Senators will be held October 6.
At this time the referendum
concerning remuneration for
the President and Vice-President of the Student Body will
also be held.
Filing dates for these elections  will be from September
26 through September 30,   in
the Student Senate Office.
CATAMOUNT PICTURES,
Pictures for the 1967 CATAMOUNT will be taken Monday
through Friday, Sept. 26-30 in
the Faculty Lounge of Hunter
Library from 8:30 to 12:00 and
1:00 to 5:00.
Freshmen, Sophomore, and
Junior men are requested to
wear white button down shirts,
black ties, and pullover navy
blue V-neck sweaters. Attire
for women in those classes will
be white blouses with navy blue
V-neck pullover sweater. Senior men should wear white
shirts. Tuxedo coats and black
ties will be provided. Senior
women will be draped.
An assembly program will be
held September 29 in Hoey Auditorium. The program will
consist of short speeches by
representatives of all campus
organizations. These speeches
are for the purpose of Informing
the student body of each group's
purpose and activities. Attendance is required of ALL NEW
STUDENTS^
DELTA  ZETA
The Sisters of Delta Zeta
Sorority are sponsoring an Ice
Cream Eating Contest Tuesday,
September 27, in the front of
the Student Union. All fraternities have been invited to enter
contestants. The winner of this
ten-minute long ice cream "free
for all" will be awarded an
engraved trophy at a victory
dance by the Sisters of Delta
Zeta. Students are invited to
attend the event, beginning at
5:00 P.M., to support the contestant of their choice.
WESTERN CAROLINA'S Memorial Stadium
is shown above with additions that double its
seating capacity nearly completed. The overflow created by a larger enrollment and alumni
interest in one of the strongest Catamount
teams   in years necessitated the additions.
Memorial Stadium has been
undergoing massive changes the
past few months to prepare for
the opening football game against the Appalachian Mountaineers this Saturday night
To accomodate the overflow
of students who have flocked
to Cullowhee, additional seats
have been added, giving the
stadium a new look from what
you saw last year.
In addition to the new seats,
a new system has been installed
to help cut down the long, boring lines which the students
had to put up with last year.
Western students will still receive free admission to the
games, but instead of reserved
seat tickets there will be a
student section which will seat
approximately 2,700 students.
Students will only be admitted
by showing their LD. cards at
the special student gate at the
tunnel entrance to the football
field beneath Stillwell building.
Parents will not be allowed
to sit in the special student
section. If a student wants to
sit with his parents he must
buy a general admission ticket.