The Carolina Joernal
Slu^nt Pui/icetMn Of Th* UnhfttsHf Of North Corolino fW Charlotto
VOL. 2
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1967
NO. 15
Park Center: Most Seniors Hope They WonH Graduate In This Building
Plans Now Being Made For Gradnation
BY KAY WATSON
The climax of four years of
hard work, struggles, and con
stant study will take place on May
27, 1967, asUNC-C’s secondgroup
of seniors graduates. The
Commencement Committee is now
in the process of making plans for
graduaticai.
At press time, the committee
was undecided as to where the
ceremony will take place, but
Dimes Conceivably
Could Bring Tams
BY GAYLE WATTS
The University Union is spon
soring a March of Dimes drive
through its Special Activities Com
mittee which is headed by Nick
Stavrakas.
The primary source of revenue
for this drive is a raffle which
is now in progress. The tickets
are one dollar each. A dollar will
buy you a crack at a $50 grand
prize for holding the winning ticket
at the January 31 drawing.
Nick says the raffle is well on
its way and that “other money
raising ventures are being planned
here for the March of Dimes.”
There is also a very attrac
tive possibility for the entire stu
dent body if this Dimes drive is
successful. “If UNC-C can raise
more maiey per student than any
school in this area, the reward
will be a free dance at the Park
Center for our students, with a good
group such as the Tams entertain
ing,” says Nick.
Each student is asked to sell
one ticket, and a booth will be
set up in the union lobby for dis
tribution purposes. The student
may then sell the ticket anywhere
he likes (except door to door) and
return the dollar to the Special
Activities Committee.
Says Nick, “We have made a
good start, and with a minimum
of cooperation from the students,
UNC-C can be successful.”
graduation wiU probably be held
either at Park Center or at a
site on campus.
A number of seniors were op
posed to holding graduation in Park
Center due to its atmosphere.
They felt that Ovens Auditorium
was more suitable for the occai-
sion and its meaning.
However, Ovens Auditorium is
already rented for the day of
May 27. Because of this, grad
uation is tentatively slated to take
place in Park Center. The final
say-so on this matter rests with
the committee.
Although no final plans have
been made, the committee is con
sidering the possibility of choos
ing junior marshals on the basis
of their scholastic averages. They
also must decide on what the
professors will wear and who wiU
lead the procession of seniors.
The committee was to meet
again yesterday to make some of
these pending decisions. A follow
up article will make their deci
sions known.
It was made known to the JOUR
NAL that the speaker for the event
has already been chosen. His name,
however, was not revealed.
Mike Thomas is President and
George Elam is Vice - President
of the class of 1967. Members of
the Commencement Committee are
Dr. Witherspoon, chairman, Dr.
Cone, Dr. Ellis, Mr. Sanford, Mr.
Grogan, Dr. Crosthwaite, Dr.
Rieke, Mike Thomas and Sally
Hagood.
Agreement Should
Keep Campus Wet
An agreement adopted Friday
by the Charlotte City Coun
cil should solve water short
age problems here once and for
all by early summer.
The two groups jointly decided
on construction of a three-mile,
20-inch water main from the north
ern city limits to this campus, by
way of highway 49,
This campus will contribute
$50,000 toward the $357,000 total
cost of laying the main. The city
and county will share the remain
der of the cost.
City Manager William J. Veeder
said, “The agreement is very
simple, but accomplishes the pur
pose. The main will be ready in
plent of time for the start of the
school year this fall and the uni
versity should have water in an
adequate amount by early
summer.”
The agreement on the highway
49 route for the main reverses
earlier plans for its construction
along highway 29 to serve both this
campus and the new Collins and
Aikman research building. The
new route does not provide water
for the building but brings water
within 9,000 feet of it.
Two December Grants Provide Professorships
BY GAYLE WATTS
During the month of December,
our campus received two profess-
orships-one in chemistry in mem
ory of the late Rush S. Dickson.
The grantperpetuating the mem
ory of Mr. Stone is to be made
by Mrs. Stone in the form of in
vestments, the income from which
will be dedicated to assuring the
high quality of chemistry instruc
tion at this campus. The gift is
known as the “Charles H. Stone
Fund,” andthe trust thereby creat
ed will be administered perpetu
ally for this campus.
Charles H. Stone was a pioneer
in the chemical and dyestuff in
dustry in the South, and was an
outstanding business and civic
leader in Charlotte until his death
in October of 1963.
A distinguished member or
members of the chemistry faculty,
who wiU be designatedas“Charles
H. Stone Professors of Chem
istry,” will receive a salary sup
plement, the payment of which wiU
come from the ne^ income of the
investments. Selection of these
professors will be made upon rec
ommendation of Chancellor Col-
vard after consultation with mem
bers of the Chemistry faculty and
senior representatives of the fac
ulty here.
According to Chancellor Colvard
the announcement of the institu-
tiem’s first endowed professorship
is a momentous occasion for our
university. “This endowment will
assure added scholarly distinction
of the chemistry faculty,” he said.
“We shall be proud to be trustees
of this memorial to a man who was
one of Charlotte’s outstanding bus
iness and civic leaders, and we are
deeply indebted to Mrs. Stone for
the gift making the endowment pos
sible.”
Mr. Stone was employed by a
German chemical company, and
later formed his own company in
Charlotte and operated it until 1937
when it was purchased by the A-
merican Cyanamid Company. Mr,
Stone was active in the company
until retirement in 1947.
The Piedmont Section of the
American Association of Textile
Chemists of which he was a char
ter member, honored him with a
scholorship established In his
name.
Mr. Stone was a member of the
Charlotte Rotary Club from 1934
and served as president in 1939-
40 and as district govemorinl944-
45.
In 1929 he led the movement
for the city management form of
government in Charlotte. Reacted
as president of the Charlotte Com
munity Chest in 1949-41 and served
on the Charlotte Park am Recrea
tion Committee from 19-ii to 1947.
He was honored by the Charlotte
Engineers Club with a Distinguish
ed Service Award in 1960. He was
an active member of Myers Park
Methodist Church.
The professorship in finance,
a gift of $100,000, was donated by
the Dickson Foundation, Inc. of
Mt. Holly and the Rush S. Dickson
Fanuiy Foundation, Inc. of Char
lotte. These two foundations were
established through the foresight
and effort of Mr. Dickson. The
Dickson Foundation’s principle do
nor was American andEfirdMills,
Inc., and Mr. Dickson was the
principle donor to the Dickson
Family Foundation.
The net income from the gift
is to be used for the payment of
a salary supplement to an out
standing member or members of
the business administration fac
ulty in the field of finance. These
people will be called “Rush S,
Dickson Professors of Finance.”
Concerning this professorship.
Chancellor Colvard said, “It is
a distinct honor to be able to
name professors of finance for one
of the leading financiers of this
area. It is entirely fitting that
we have assured strength in the
area of finance because of the pre
eminent position Charlotte holds
as a center of finance in the Car-
oUnas. We are deeply indebted
to the Dickson Foundation and the
Rush S. Dickson Family Foundation
for their educational state-
manship.”
In 1919, Mr. Dickson founded the
R.S. Dickson Company in Gastonia
and thus launched his investment
career. The corporation moved
to Charlotte in 1929 where it grew
to be one of the nations leading
investment banking houses.
Mr. Dickson was an outstanding
civic leader in Charlotte, and in
July, 1941, was appointed to the
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Board. From 1942 until 1962,
he served as chairman of the
board’s executive committee. He
exerted a major influence on the
hospitals goals and directions.
Active in Myers Park Baptist
Church and the North Carolina
Baptist State Convention and its
colleges, he helped organize the
Council in Christian Education
which serves as a coordinating ag
ency between the seven Baptist
Colleges and the Convention.
He held honorary awards from
King’s Business College and Win
gate College, and received an hon
orary doctarate from Belmont Ab
bey College in 1958. He ga^e gen
erously to many insittutions of
higher learning in addition to other
worthwhile chai.iable causes.