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Vol. I—No. 5
Charlotte, N. C.
May 7, 1948
CCUNC SET FOR SUMMER SESSION
VA GIVES PAY HIKE DOPE
Veteran's subsistence allowances
were raised, effective April 1.
This raise was reflected in
checks distributed around May 1.
Increases are confined to veter
ans attending school full time.
Those without dependents will get
$75 a month; those with one
dependent, $105, while those with
more than one dependent will be
eligible for $120.
Veterans with more than one
dependent will have to furnish the
Veterans Administration with
evidence of such dependency. This
proof should be mailed to the VA
Regional Office Annex at Char
lotte, N. C. The address is 127 W.
Seventh Street, Charlotte, N. C.
Be sure to give claim number
when proof is forwarded.
Veterans, who have already
notified VA of their wife’s de
pendency, will be raised auto
matically from $90 to $105 per
month. But in order to establish
rights to $120, veterans must send
the VA a certified copy of their
child’s birth certificate. The $120
allowance is given to veterans with
as many as two dependents, but
nothing extra is paid if the veteran
has several children.
If a veteran is claiming extra
allowance because of a dependent
parent or parents, he must submit
proof of actual dependency, in
cluding sworn statements by his
dependent parent or parents.
If the veteran submits evidence
of additional dependency on or
before July 1, 1948, he will receive
retroactive payments at the new
rates back to April 1, 1948. If he
waits until later to do so, his
payment will be retroactive only
to the date that this evidence was
submitted.
Veterans studying under Public
Law 16 who have only 10 or 20
per cent disability and who are
without dependents will continue
to receive their same monthly
check of $105. Their subsistence
allowance will be increased from
$65 to $75. If the veteran is 10
per cent disabled, he has been
drawing $1.3.80 compensation, plus
$65 subsistence allowance, or a
total of $78.80. This is boosted
automatically to $105, since this
is the minimum paid under PL 16.
The disabled veteran’s subsistence
allowance will be boosted to $75
and this, combined with his com
pensation, amounts to $88.80.
Since this is still below the mini
mum, he is boosted automatically
still. But there is no provision in
the new statute, Public Law 411,
80th Congress, which raises the
total he will receive.
It will not be necessary for
veterans studying under PL 16 to
furnish VA with any additional
evidence about their dependents.
VA already has this data on file.
For any veterans, training under
PL 346, who are holding jobs;
there has been no change, up to
now, in the ceilings on combined
earnings and subsistence allow
ances. This ceiling remains $175
for those without dependents and
$200 for those with dependents. If
the total of the veteran’s earnings
and his new subsistence allowance
exceeds these ceilings, then his
allowance will be reduced to bring
>t into line.
Time Has Come
For New School,
DA Testifies
D. E. HENDERSON
By GEORGE STOCKBRIDGE
Enlarging upon his remarks
made recently before the Board of
County Commissioners, D. E.
Henderson, U. S. District Attor
ney, declared in a statement to
the CCUNC News that “the time
has come for either the University
(of North Carolina) or the citizens
of Charlotte and Mecklenburg
County to establish, for this area,
a permanent junior ollege.”
Mr. Henderson stated that for
a number of years he and others
of this city had been advocating
just such a college, to become a
part of the local school system.
“We were delighted,” he said,
'48 Campus Cutups
First CCUNC Show
‘‘Campus Cutups of ’48,”
CUNCC’s first big variety show,
was presented in the Ceneral High
School Auditorium, Tuesday, May
4th.
CC’s Richard Satterfield’s or
chestra got the show off to a fast
start. Don Murray and Libby Jane
Hinson came on stage in a snappy
tap duet, followed by student Dick
Boward, who sang “Ole Man
River” in a rich bass-baritone. A
blackface comedy routine by
Harvey Ritch and Robert Parati
started the show’s laugh parade.
Jo Elaine Webb brought the house
back to the serious side with a
brilliant interpretation of
HELP WANTED!
Students interested in working
with The CCUNC News should
contact Miss Bonnie Cone, Miss
Mary Denny, or Brandon Davis.
Student manuscripts — articles,
essays, creative writing, poetry—
will be welcomed by The CCUNC
News.
dc Falla's “Ritual Dance of Fire.”
Billy Braswell impersonated
Al Jolson, singing “April Show
ers,” and the Villa Rhythm
Boys, a smooth male quartet, stuck
close together for barbershop
harmony. Betsy Jones, pretty
Central Hi tap dancer, telegraphed
“Tico-Tico” to the audience, ably
accompanied by Bill Byers. In
conclusion of the first half of the
program, Richard Satterfield and
his tune makers planted some down
beats.
Ann Sullivan issued in the second
portion of the show with a soft
shoe number. Claire Segrave,
former CC co-ed, impersonated
well known personalities of the
entertainment world.
Mystery and black magic, as
conjured from the unknown by
Charles Hassell of Central Hi, kept
spectators guessing.
Vivacious Ann Wynn shaped a
high spot in the proceeding with
solid vocals. Mildred Wells of
Henderson’s Dancing School soloed
on stage with fast tapping under
pinning. Cecil Teeter and his
Hillbilly Boys laid aside their jugs
for some hot strings.
Many thought the Ballet Rousse
de Monte Carlo was in town as
Ballerina John Pritchard and
Primer Danseur David Littlejohn
gave them a graceful intrepreta-
tion of classic ballet. Ike McLaugh
lin of CC revealed his superb talent
in an artistic, but respectable,
striptease.
Jimmy Dooley tooted his
trumpet skillfully through the dif
ficult “Debutante” by Clark.
Dooley was accompanied by Miss
Webb.
The Cutup Chorus, comprised of
beauties from Central Hi and
Queens College, kept the audience’s
eyes glued on the stage.
“Campus Cutups of ’48” brought
down the curtain with the -entire
cast and orchestra combined in a
musical “good-bye.”
The hilarious skits which popped
up during the show were capably
handled by Jack Goins, Bob Wylie,
Bubba Mason, Paul Putnam, and
other students from the College
Center.
Producers of the “Cutups” wish
to acknowledge their deep appre
ciation to the following persons
and firms for their part in
making the show a success:
Miss Martha Akers, Miss Bonnie
Cone, Miss Mary Denny, other
members of the CCUNC faculty;
Mrs. Elizabeth Hinson, Mr. John
Otts, Mr. Neal Forney, Mr. Ted
Thompson, Mr. Tom Hastings, Mr.
Hubert Philpott, Miss Annie
Sawyer, Miss Kate Bechtler, Mr.
John Holliday; Central Hi Visual
Aids, Charlotte Linen Co.,
Charlotte Poster Exchange, Shep
herd Press, Inc. and the several
radio stations.
ELEVEN WEEK QUARTER TO BEGIN JUNE 5th
By KATE BECHTLER
CCUNC’s Summer Quarter will open Saturday, June 6th,
with registration on that day. Classes will begin on Monday,
7th. Courses offered will be those of the regular curriculum,
supplemented by several subjects in which a number of
students have high school deficiencies, such as plane
geometry, first year languages, high school algebra and, for
the Engineering students, solid geometry.
when the University agreed to
supervise a college center as an
extension activity, but this was an
emergency measure only. As it
now stands, this arrangement is
uncertain as to duration, and
therefore unsatisfactory.”
Mr. Henderson pointed out that
Charlotte is the center of industry
in North and South Carolina, and
demands better-qualified men and
women, than, perhaps, some other
section of the state.
He added, however, that Wil
mington and a few other cities
had already provided these addi
tional two years of schooling, and
expressed the fear that Charlotte,
who should be a leader in the field
of education, would find herself
falling behind.
Asked about the type of work
to be offered in the proposed
school, Mr. Henderson said it
“should provide a two-year course,
credit for which would be accepted
by any accredited college or uni
versity, enabling the students to
complete the other two years in
any school they chose.”
“However, such a junior college
should also provide a two-year
terminal course, so that boys and
girls who cannot go further in col
lege would be entitled to a certifi
cate for a finished junior college
course, which had fitted them for
their chosen vocation.”
“Charlotte is the only logical
site for this school, owing to her
strategic location. If established
here, the school would provide edu
cational opportunities for hundreds
of boys and girls, not only in Char
lotte, but in a number of the sur
rounding towns. It would enable
them to live at home, and, even
work part time, if necessary.”
LET US KNOW
How were you impressed by this
edition of The CCUNC News? Has
something been omitted that you
think should have been included ?
Have you any suggestions for im
provement? Do you disagree with
the paper’s views?
Answer these questions by writ
ing a letter to the editor. Your
letters will be published.
Many Obstacles
Plans for the Summer Session
have been perfected despite many
obstacles and much delay. It is
significant that the rigid require
ments outlined by the Steering
Committee of North Carolina Col
lege Conference, in April, have
been complied with. The persistence
requiied to push this program
against such great odds was well
justified by the intensity of the
growing demand for a Summer
quarter, by present CC students,
who desire no further delay in the
completion of their education; by
Charlotte students now enrolled
in schools away from town, but
who are anxious to attend Summer
school at home; and by a number
of 1948 High School graduates,
wishing to enroll in college im
mediately, but in some cases unable
to enter other colleges until Janu
ary, and in others, at a much later
date. Of the approximately 160
students already enrolled for
summer school at CC, 92 are
veterans, which was a tremendous
factor in determining whether the
school would be operated as a new
contract covering the period of
the Summer Session had to be
negotiated between the Greater
University of North Cai’olina and
the Veterans Administration. It
has been learned that such contract
has been signed, which means
that there is no reason for any
veteran to feel any hesitance in
planning to attend CCUNC’s
Summer quarter.
Eleven Weeks Asked
The Summer Session is sche
duled for a full eleven weeks, or
a complete quarter’s work. This
was done at the request of the
majority of the students enrolling,
as the consensus of opinion is that
a partial quarter’s work is a waste
of time, and time is the one
element of which the student body
at CC is acutely conscious. Classes
will continue through August
18th, and the examinations will
cover a two day period, August
19th and 20th. This means that
after the summer quarter is over,
CC students will have at least
four and a half weeks of vacation
before returning to school for the
long winter.
Night Classes
Classes for the Summer period
are scheduled to meet Monday
through Friday from four until
nine o’clock in the evenings. This
arrangement was made for the
convenience of students who work
during the daytime.