Carolina Alumni Review - November/December 2011

I read with amusement the story about
Kitty Carmichael in the Review. When I
was a senior (1966-67), I was on a com-
mittee that researched parietals (allowing
women into men’s dorm rooms for limited
periods of time) at other colleges and that
urged Ms. Carmichael to allow them at
Carolina. Not surprisingly, she was against
them. I have no idea when UNC allowed
them, but I am sure anyone who was a stu-
dent since about the 1970s would wonder,
“What was that about?”
Alan Banov ’ 67
Kensington, Md.

When We — and Kenan
— Were Young

I enjoyed the history of Kenan Stadium (“All Grown Up,” September/October 2011). I feel like I grew up there. My great-uncle, Conley Baucom ’ 27, was a senior the year it was built. In the late 1940s, my father, Walt Baucom ’ 42, started working supplying concessions on the North Side.

He did so for about 30 years. He enjoyed a little outside work, made a few dollars and got to see most of the game. My older brother, Walt, started helping in the late ’50s, plus selling sunshades. I started in the early ’60s when Jim Hickey was coach.

Sunshades (simple cardboard and elastic string) sold for a quarter, and the seller made a nickel. My first year was 1962, the year before the upper deck was built. The bigger boys carried galvanized buckets filled with ice and glass bottles. They had

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an opener attached to a string. The next year, they went to paper cups for 10 cents, about the going rate at any store. Imagine buying a drink at Kenan today for a regular store price!

Two of the original concession stands are still on each side of Kenan and can be identified, as the lower part is made of stone. Local civic clubs would operate them. Everything was prepackaged, and cigarettes were a big seller. Food items were Nabs, candy and they did have premade sandwiches. There were certainly no funnel cakes or even pretzels. The stockroom and “office” was a former men’s room near the field house. It was a separate building. One of the original fixtures was still there, a unique porcelain device that looked like a cross between an old-fashioned sink and a bathtub, attached to the wall. Fortunately long since covered with dust, its use was no doubt a relief to many.

Jim Baucom ’ 76

Clemmons

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