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THE MECKLENBURG CHRONICLE
DECEMBER, 1962
THE MECKLENBURG CHRONICLE
Published Bi-Annually in the interest of a Greater Mecklenburg
College. The Chronicle serves as the official voice of the students—
to provide information for all persons interested in Mecklenburg
College.
Editor-in-Chief Albert Cunningham
Associate Editor Priscilla Pettis
Business Manager Sanford Davis
Feature Editors Maxine Withers—Bernice Owens
Circulation Managers James Moore—Wessie Cunningham
Reporters Annie Vance, Christine McNair, Wessie
Cunningham, Dorothy Kerns, Cleo McKay, Mary Brevard
Tjpists Ada Young, Sarah Berry, Teresa
Teague, Christine Thompson, Sarah Moss, Delores Wells,
Callie Degree, Yvonne McKay, Martha Dunston, Margaret
Rhynes.
Advisors Mrs. M. C. Flowe,
Mrs. L. M. Booton, Mr. H. Martin
Any news items, exchange mail, or matters of interest to the
Chronicle may be addressed to: The Mecklenburg Chronicle, Meck
lenburg College, 7600 West Interstate Highway 85, Charlotte 8,
North Carolina.
OUR SALUTE TO JAMES MEREDITH
The CHRONICLE proudly salutes James Meredith for his very
brave and unshaken stand in earning the right to attend the uni
versity in the state of his birth. We are also proud of his conduct
in this connection and agree with him when he said that what he
is doing will benefit not only the state of Mississippi, but the entire
nation as well.
Other men and women who have opened doors of State Uni
versities in the South are:
Ada Sipuel Fisher, University of Oklahoma Law School, 1948.
G. W. McLaurin, University of Oklahoma, Graduate School of
Education, 1948.
Herman Sweatt, University of Texas Law School, 1950.
Brooks M. Parker, University of Delaware, 1950.
Floyd McKissick, University of North Carolina Law School, 1951.
Gregory Swanson, University of Virginia Law School, 1951.
A. P. Tureaud, Jr., Louisiana State University, 1954.
Autherine Lucy, University of Alabama, 1956.
Ruth Booker, Memphis State College, Tennessee, 1957.
Virgil D. Hawkins, University of Florida, 1958.
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, University of Georgia,
1961.
Many of these students faced violence in their efforts to open
doors, and each of them made a great sacrifice to break down the
barricades against equal educational opportunities.
Message From
The Director
Greetings to Students, Facul
ty, Alumni, and Friends:
The administration is proud
of the spirit exemplified by our
students during the first semes
ter, which portends great things
for the future of Mecklenburg.
If such devoted support is al
ways forthcoming—and the ad
ministration believes that it will
be—then Mecklenburg College
has the potential to reach the
goals which it has set forth to
accomplish.
James F. Alexander,
Director.
LETS DANCE
By Annie Vance
The organization of the dance
group was born this year. The
instructor and advisor is “Yours
truly,” Annie Vance. The mem
bers are: Nellie Jones, Virginia
Ratchford, Marcilla Fields, Rosa
Wilson, and Evelyn Roberts.
The purpose of this dance
group is to stimulate the stu
dents to express their emotions
and feelings to music. This is
done by listening to music and
by the inspiring way it moves
you, you demonstrate with the
body. Music moves everyone in
different ways, perhaps, but it
still calls forth a response.
Music moves some by clapping
of the hands, patting of the feet,
movement of the head and
“Twisting the Night. Away.” So
come on students; “let’s dance.”
What Makes A
Leader?
1. He has the ability to work
effectively with others.
2. He is concerned with oth
ers.
3. He shows respect for oth
ers.
4. He considers everyone’s
viewpoint.
5. He is willing to let every
one have a voice in the
matter.
6. He is open minded.
7. He is willing to move for
ward.
8. He must be able to follow
as well as to lead.
9. He has an optimistic out
look.
10. He knows and understands
his job.
11. He must maintain a sense
of perspective.
12. He must be a person with
vision.
13. He upholds the right.
14. He must be able to give
credit where credit is due.
15. The job is no bigger than
the leader.
—Selected.
Nine Receive
Scholarship Awards
Nine students attending Meck
lenburg College have received
scholarship awards for the
school year 1962-63.
Miss Jacqueline A. Pharr,
Chairman of the Scholarship
Committee, released a statement
indicating that the following
students had received awards
from the sources indicated:
The Corporate Investors In
surers Scholarship: B e 11 y
Woods, Joyce Blake, Catheline
Camps, and Theresa Teague.
The Winningham Scholarship:
Charles Carrouthers.
The Charlotte News Scholar
ship: Rosetta Odom.
The Charlotte Observer: Mad
eline Cunningham.
The General Scholarship Fund
Sarah Hafer and Paul Coutour-
ier.
In addition, six students are
attending Mecklenburg College
under the National Defense Stu
dent Loan Program for the first
semester. This number will be
increased in the second semester.
DID YOU KNOW?
By John Davis
“Did You Know?” is a gossip
column to acquaint students with
the “goings-on” around the M.
C. Campus.
♦ * *
1. Mecklenburg had a float in
the Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity Homecoming Parade.
2. The popular songs Meck
lenburg are “A Night With
The Boys” by the Drifters and
“Some Day, Some Way” by
the Marvalett’s.
3. We now have a television in
the student lounge.
4. Albert Cunningham is Fresh
man Class President.
5. Mr. Hunter is giving his
Math students quizzes every
day.
6. Miss Mertye Rice is now
teaching Spanish at M. C.
7. Mrs. Smith is recuperating at
Memorial Hospital. We hope
her recovery is a speedy one.
I hope you have learned some
thing new from this column.
I’ll see you next edition, Hasta
luego.
The United Nations
An organization created to be
A forum of discussion for world
security;
Its members are great men of
concaten-ation
Who represent the people of
their own true Nation;
Its purpose is to overrule the
wrong doings others do
And Peace and tranquility it will
try and renue.
They find ways and methods to
fight all aggression.
And develop means of counter
action in each general-
session.
Their achievements are many,
and are widely hailed
As champions of brothers, who
have not yet failed
I’m but a small man in stature,
but I too can see
What brotherhood in foreign re
lations means to both you
and to me.
By Edward L. Jackson.
Your Future Plans
Are you preparing yourself
for the future? Do you know
what you want out of life? So
many of us must answer this
question by saying, “No.” Are
you one of these persons ? Do
you just come to school to waste
time and have a good time, or
do you come to learn ? Ask your
self these questions, now! After
a year or two, it will be too late.
The year has begun and is well
underway. We have seen the new
teachers and have met our fel
low classmates; now we are
ready to settle down to work.
Many of us started the semester
off right by doing our home
work every night. But some, as
the semester got underway,
gradually put off doing our
work and sometime end up not
doing it at all. These are the
students that are heading for
trouble. They know they want
something out of life, but what
it is, they can not say.
As we all know, the world is
progressing and as the world
progresses, education progresses
and becomes more complex. The
education which we are now
seeking is the foundation of our
lives. An old “house” with a
faulty foundation is no good.
Many years ago, when our
grandparents were children, ed
ucation played a small role in
their lives; reading and writing
was all they had to know. When
our parents were children, the
need for education increased, and
is still growing. We can see how
great a role education plays by
looking at our parents. Those of
our parents who attended col
lege have good jobs and are
making good incomes. Those
who are laborers make an av
erage income, but do not always
have security. Yes, eventually a
person without a good education
will find a job, but he must al
ways live with the thought of
losing it.
We are the younger genera
tion. Everything will be left to
us. We should be planting our
roots now, so that we may have
a strong foundation for the fu
ture. Ask any adult, (who didn’t
attend college) if he had the
chance to attend college would
he go? Nine out of ten will an
swer “yes.” Why? Because edu
cation is so important to life
and to children. As we mature,
the world will be run by auto
mation. The jobs which many of
our parents are now holding will
become extinct. That is why it
is so important to reap what we
can while we are in the prime
of our college learning; we can
prepare ourselves for higher
learning and build our founda
tion of life.
Upon graduation here at
Mecklenburg many of us will
want to continue our schooling,
but when the time comes, we
will find our grades aren’t good
enough or that our parents can’t
afford to send us. If we really
want to further our education,
we should begin to prepare now.
Many scholarships, grants, fel
lowships and loans are offered
to students who want to con
tinue their learning and have a
good academic background. So
you see, “where there is a will
Adult Education
Classes Begin
Mrs. E. M. Potts, director of
the Adult Education program
states that there are fifteen
adults enrolled in the language
arts class. This class which
meets each Tuesday and Thurs
day evening from 7:00 p.m. until
8:30 p.m. convened at the be
ginning of the semester and will
terminate on January 7, 1963.
An effort is made to maintain
a balanced program with a va
riety of offerings such as mil
linery, retailing and salesman
ship, photography, and bowling.
Classes are organized to meet
specific demands and needs in
the community.
The aim of these courses is to
help adults learn to do better
the desirable things they wish,
and to help them achieve higher
goals and discover new activities.
Goals or major objectives of
the program are to train for
vocational competence and eco
nomic efficiency, to provide for
the enrichment of life, and to
make adults aware of their civic
responsibilities.
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'CHRISTMAS '62
It’s Christmas time. It is the
time when hearts are gay and
singing, when bells are ringing)
when the air is filled with joy
ous songs from voices that
strain on high, when melody and
harmony blend to wish a Merry
Christmas.
It’s Christmas time, when
hearts join in marriage, when
men unite in a common cause,
when dreams are of the “one
we used to know and sleigh bells
ringing in the snow.”
It’s Christmas time, when
Santa is king, when the eyes of
youth stare wild, when the mail
man beats a constant path to the
North Pole address.
It’s Christmas time, when the
trees are decorated green
and
red, when the shouts of “look
what Santa brought me” brinS
children scrambling from th®it
beds, when wagons and trains
and bikes and planes are
the
order of the day, when no clouds
on high and a sun kissed sky
bring children out to play.
It’s Christmas time when
school is out, when books nre
closed, when teachers and stu
dents alike settle down for a
days rest, when the world is one
togetherness, and hearts bea
o’er with joy.
Yes, Christmas is all of
things. But Christmas is
Christmas without Christ.
Let our Christmas ’62 be fiH®|^
with Christ, and with the fn
realization that the Christ has
come to bring peace to ''
souls of men.
By David Scott.
there is a way.” So, prepare no"’
for your life of tomorrow by
trying to get all that you nan
from your education today.
The Editor.