5-Year Man
on Campus
With Ellison Clary
Old Newspaper Sparks
Various Memories
“Saturday night saw Charlotte College’s first major social event
ctf the fall season, Hootenanny 63 1/2. At approximately 8:30 an es
timated six hundr^ students began arriving in the Library Auditorium
carrying blankets, pUlows, and rugs to sit on.”
That’s how the first paragraph of the lead story in the October
Charlotte Collegian described this instution’s first blanket concert
back in 1963.
1963. That was my freshman year here. And looking back at those
old student publicatiais sparked a variety of feelings and memories
for me.
The Charlotte CoUegian was the name of the campus newspaper
before Charlotte College grew up and became the fourth campus of the
state university. The total lack of imagination in its name always
irked me. It was published once a month, when the printer wasn’t
too busy, regardless of whether there was enough news to fill it.
The Hootenanny account appeared in the October editicm, the first
that year.
Although the story, as illustrated above, named the Library Aud
itorium as location of the concert, the cutUne under a picture of the
goings on stated, “Setting for the musical evening was the game room
of the CoUege Union.”
That duality of accounts would be enough! to thoroughly confuse a
fellow in regard to where he actually was that night except for the
fact that the picture background was clearly that of an upstairs
library room which race served as an auditorium.In any case, union
officers, much as I hate to admit it, the first blanket concert here
was held indoors.
New Road Was Nameless
Also in that October edition was a stoiy whose headUne proclaimed,
“New Road Links Campus To North 29.”
“A new road bed links the north campus to Highway 29 several
miles north rf the intersection with 49,” the story informed. “When
finished, this road wiU give students commuting from Kannapolis
and Concord a time-saving short cut to the campus.” Yeah, not to
mention the time it saves getting to Park Drive-In and back.
“As yet,” the story concluded, “The road has not been named.
Perhaps suggestions from the student body are in order.” I can’t
remember why nobody suggested Herlocker Ejqjressway.
And on the last page, I got my first by-line with “Hopes For
Cross Country Wane.” It began, “Charlotte College’ hopes for field
ing a cross country team this year are fast growing dim. Coach
Irving Edelman stated that only three boys reported to a meeting held
recenlty for aU those interested in participating in the sport...”
We didn’t field a cross country team that fall.
In another page 4 story, which apparently was an account of a
recent student legislature meeting, this tidbit caught the eye.
. .Wondered With Awe’
“. . .A minumum of twenty five hundred dollars was set aside in
order to purchase eqppment for the College Union Building.” (The
Union and Library buildings were in use for the first time that year.)
. . This money wiU only be used to buy equipment for student act
ivities such as billiard tables, ping pong tables, card tables, a piano,
an F.M. radio and a portable hi fi.”
In the same story, “Dudney Jamagin, President of the Student
Council, has this to say. ‘We have been going to school several weeks
now and thus tar there are no games In the game room and no pro
visions for small dances.’”
PAGE 7
Letters To Editor
Zepeda Misses
Point of Record
Dear Editor:
In the last issue of THE CAR
OLINA JOURNAL, a small article
appeared in the entertainment sec
tion of the paper concerning Peter
Paul and Mary. It was stated in
this article that the well-known
group has expressed a dislike for
rock and roll music, which they
have.
the song cannot be classified as
hard rock, but is still definitely
rock and roll. I will admit that
here is a hint of rock and roll
oeat in the song, but “I Dig Rock
and RoU Music” is by no means
a rock tune!
The young man who wrote the
article has missed the whole point
of the song. Ifthis gentleman would
sit down and listen carefully to
the song in its entirety, I believe
that he would be shocked to dis
cover that “I Dig Rock and Roll
Music” by Peter Paul and Mary
is an obvious satire of rock and
roll music.
Stephen H. Wodarski
This article went on to state that
Peter Paul and Mary have record
ed a song, the title of which is
“I Dig Rock and Roll Music,”
that makes this ever-popular group
of individuals a bunch of hypo
crites. The article states fiiat
Peter Paul and Mary recorded
this song solely for money-making
purposes.
Librarian Program
Helps Shortage
The writer of the article gives
the group a break and says that
Dear Editor:
The consideration of the estab
lishment of a program in library
service for school librarians here
at the University of North Caro
lina at Charlotte is opportunely
17 Opinions Of
McNeely Offered
timed. It is, also, an educational
feat.
A school of library service for
school librarians has long been
needed in the Charlotte-Mecklen-
burg area. Prior to now, people
who were interested in library
service found it necessary to goto
our sister campus - UNC-Chapel
Hill - or, to some other distant
campus.
Because ofthe distance involved,
school librarians, especially, had
to wait until summer to attend the
various colleges. For these 18
hours, which are necessary for
By PATRICK McNEELY
Here are seventeen of my opin
ions; I hope you can’t stand them:
(1) Mini-skirts are great for
anyone with poise enough to wear
one.
(2) American politics is border
ing on anarchy and proud of it.
(3) “Andecker” is the best beer
made and you can get it on tap
at the “Hoot-Moi.”
(4) Marijuana should not be leg
alized but the law forbidding it
should be less strictly enforced
and the penalties reduced.
(5) In 10 years the two-edged
sword of liberalism will slice to
day’s activist youth to moderation
but not conservatism.
(6) Romney’s quick - to - speak,
slow-to-think personality results
from poor toilet training.
(7) John Hostettler is not what
he appears to be. . . honest, he’s
a boy; he told me so.
(8) Bud Stokely is not what he
appears to be . . . really, he’s
human; he told me so.
(9) Science has taken over ed
ucation; soon I expect to see a
course in a scientific approach to
literature.
(10) Many of the people on this
campus turn my stomach and vice
versa; this gives me great plea
sure.
(11) You can choose to live in
the middle class and have a hat
red for “the middle class ideal”
(some people don’t know that.)
(12) Real friends lurk in the
shadows.
(13) If there is any sanity in
the United States we’ll make Nel
son RockefeUer our next president.
(14) The Boston Red Sox sym
bolized “The American Dream”
and panned out the same.
(15) I agree with Hobbes that
the government has the right to
demand many things from me,
but my life is not one of them;
it’s sacred and on this point I
oppose the conscription.
tt6) People today just don’t cry
enough!
(1'5 Students of today talk about
(17) Students of today talk about
it more and do it less.
Go ahead and write a letter to
the editor, she’ll be glad; she never
gets any mail!
certification as a school librarian,
one had to attend at least one and
one-half summers. In addition
to the length of time it took to
become certified as a school lib
rarian, and in some cases, sep
aration of families, there was the
financial consideration.
According to Ray L. Carpenter’s
article in SOUTHEASTERN LIB
RARIAN, (fall, 1965): “At least
800 pubUc schools in North Car
olina are attempting to give lib
rary service without trained lib
rarians”
With the establishment of the
program for school librarians here
at UNC-C, perhaps the shortage
of school librarians will be great
ly reduced.
LaVerne Mcllwaine
Kathryn L. Reynolds
New Ed. of Magazine
Refreshingly Varied
Concert
Just as I was about to return the old paper to its moldy place of ^ I ^ "■ "fl" C
safekeeping, I noticed what is in the present light probably the most J- JL O
amusing of the news accounts found. Its headline read “Grading Puzzle
Solved” and the annonymous story began as foUows:
“Those who have seen it have wraidered with awe. Those who have
not are neutral. The fact remains however, that there is a large
hole on the campus covered only with stumps and dry grass. No, it
is not a crater, only the beginning of a lake which is to add a new
world of beauty to Charlotte CoUege.”
Putting the iiaper away and ending with a cUche, suffice it to say
memories are made of this.
Season tickets for the Com
munity Concert Series are avail
able this year to students without
charge and may be reserved at
the Union Desk. A student may
sign out one ticket for one of the
five concerts on each series. If
tickets remain after 2:00 p.m. on
the day of a concert, a student
who has previously used one may
use one again.
BY JOHNLAFFERTY
The newly arrived second edi
tion of this years Barnstormer is
1 pleasing surprise for those who
ave followed the publications in-
ant development. In it, the edi-
X)TS have broadened their scope,
and lengthened their magazine,
both with pleasing results.
The issue opens with a note from
the editor, describing his, and the
club’s feelings towards “the big
day” which they feel to be in their
future. He stresses their “eager
ness to ’do domethlng—if for its
own sake,” and theis enghusiasm
seems to keynote their current
work. The Barnstormers seem
to be retreating from the field of
goal oriented literature, Md in
their withdrawal they have created
a magazine which is not a struggle
to read, but rather leaves one with
a refreshed feeling, yet a feeling
that one has gained some insight
into the world.
Artwork is one of the major in
novations in this issue. Gerry
Ledford and Vickie Walton have
contrlDuted drawings which are
destinctive, although their quality
has suffered somewhat inprinting.
A haunting photo of a lonely farm,
and one of Mr. Eric Anderson
surrounded by “xamples of his
sculpture round out the visual por
tions of the magazine.
Faculty contributions are ano
ther step away from the past.
The inclusion of Dr. McCall’s
“Last Lecture” hopefully sets a
precedent, in which other fine
talks and lectures will be print
ed.
Featues which upgrade the
quality are Gerry Ledford’s Inter
view with Mr. Anderson, and many
poems which saterize life, both in
general, and in the narrow aspect,
as viewed by a UNC-C studenL
As pointed out by Mr. Hancock,
in his BMitor’s notes, the Barn
stormers have learned to laugh at
themselves. Fortunately, they are
no longer oriented to wards the
serious.
The inclusion of more “Mother
Goose 1967 Revisited” and several
quotes of great men do detract
somewhat from the issue. Al
though the Mother Goose is amus
ing, it has practically become a
re^ar feature of The Barn
stormer, which shouldn’t happen
Faculty Should Be Generalized
—Am Arbor, Mich.-(I.P.)-Uni-
''ersities should add to their fa
culties more teachers who are
“specialists in generalization,”
according to Allan F. Smith, Uni-
''crsity of Michigan vice-president
for academic affairs.
The explosion of knowledge
makes it integration, particularly
for the undergraduate student,
more difficult than ever. Smith
explained. The teacher who helps
the student accomplish this is es
sential—but the rewards of acade
mic scholarship are harder for the
generalist to come by.
“He faces the desperate possi
bility of being charged with super
ficiality and the worse possibility
of being guilty,” Smith observed.
“He will never be quite as learned
in any disciplinary branch as his
coUeague who specializes. He
runs the risk of early obsolesence.
for a developed synthesis can be
shattered overnight with new
scientific discoveries or the
coming of new social organi
zations.”
“Such separation tends also to
create a sense of competition for
resources ■
with material which is so repeti
tious.
The quotes, although thought
provoking, seem to be included as
space-fillers. The noticable ab
sence of stories is a final weaken
ing link in the composition,
although O.C. Stonestreet’s sketch
helps to compensate for this lack
ing.
All in all, the new Barnstormer
is good. I hope that the editors
will keep up the good work.