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THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
December 14, 1953
Former C. C. Students Active At Carolina
Printed below is a letter recently received from a former C. C.
Student who is now studying at Carolina:
Dear Miss Cone;
I’m enclosing a clipping from The Daily Tar Heel concerning a
debating organization recently organized at UNC by several former
C. C. students. I thought it noteworthy that the Tar Heel has recognized
the organization. I thought, too, that you would be interested in knowing
that some of your former students are making themselves known here
at UNC.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL H. PALMER.
This is a partial reprint of the clipping from the Daily Tar Heel:
“Communism is an appealing ideology. It would be dangerous to
expose students to a class in it here at the University.”
This was the contention of Jim Wilkinson, speaking for the negative
in a debate on “Whether Communism Should Be Taught At Carolina,”
held this week by the Free Lance Forum.
“I don’t think you’re giving the students here credit for much in
telligence,” Bill Bass, his opponent said.
“. . . And I think you’re giving them credit for too much,” Wilkin
son retorted.
Bass opened the discussion by stating that one of the purposes of
puch a course would be to arrive at a definition of communism and study
its threat to our government.
Wilkinson countered by saying that although he didn’t think such
a course would do any great amount of harm, no good could come of it.
“In the first place,” he said, “any professor that you got to teach the
course would have to be an avid capitalist to be above suspicion, thereby
slanting the whole concept.”
“And if you’re going to study pure Marxian Socialism, which has
never existed anywhere in the world, what good would it do? Russia
is the threat we face today, not communism.”
“I disagree,” Bass said. “We are afraid of Russia merely because
she is a communist country. We should study the way the communists
operate, how they infiltrate into neutral countries with their subversive
activities.”
Next week the forum will discuss “Will the Kinsey Report Have a
Positive or Negative Effect on the Morals of the American People?”
More About Sports
Well, the long awaited basket
ball season is underway at Char
lotte College. The Owls already
have three games under their belts.
Still not in shape, the C. C. quint
lost their first two outings to
Catawba J.V.’s and Louisberg Jun
ior College. However, in their third
game the Owls really warmed up
to stomp Belmont Abbey High
88-60. The C. C. boys were ahead
by only three points at the half,
but after a tongue-lashing by
Coach Sparger, they came back to
breeze to the victory. Larry Brown
and Glenn Keever shared high
scoring honors with 27 each. Big
things are expected of this C. C.
team which is improving with every
game.
I’ll slip you a clue: The C. C.
boys had a terrific time “after”
the Catawba game. They may not
be great players but they sure are
great lovers.
-LETTER-
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American Universities and Col
leges’. I’ve been walking around
with my thumbs in my suspenders
for a week.”
JOHN H. BRANDT,
Mt. Blaca Apts. #1
Adams State College
Alamosa, Colorado.
Final Exams Soon
Even a casual observer could
see that we are almost at the end
of the first quarter at C. C. Stu
dents are working like dogs to get
everything done. Reports, parallel
reading, and tests are causing ev
eryone to buckle down and really
work. Students who have been say
ing all along that they had plenty
of time are suddenly finding that
time has run out.
However, be of good cheer, stu
dents. When those exams are over,
there is that glorious Christmas
vacation. No classes to worry about
no homework, nothing but fun!
Seems as though we have been go
ing to school a long time, doesn't
it?
Perhaps we should all ask our
selves if we have accomplished
what we should have this first
quarter. Most of us probably
haven’t done our best. But enough
of that for now. Exams, then va
cation. Let’s worry about next
quarter when we get there, and do
our very best on this quarter's
exams.
A young theologian named Fiddle
Refused to accept his degree.
For, he said, “It’s enough to be
Fiddle
W'ithout being Fiddle, D.D.”
The Inquiring Reporter
“People are funny!” W'e decided
to prove this by arming ourselves
with a question and seeing what
kind of answers we could get from
some of our fellow collegians.
While thumbing through Mr.
Webster’s little book, we saw an
odd-looking word and decided to
experiment with it (just for fun).
The odd-looking word—“kestrel”.
The question—“If I gave you a
kestrel, what would you do with
it?” Now, just between you and me,
a kestrel is a European hawk.
Don’t laugh yet, wait til you read
some of these answers!
Emma Hartsell: “I’d stick it with
a pin.”
Martha Stogner: “I’d give it to my
bull dog and let him play with
it.”
Charles Smith: “I’d put it in the
barn.”
Eva Wheelers: “I’d eat it.”
Louella Robinson: “I’d walk on it.”
Bill Foust: “I’d put it in a box,
throw it in the river, and for
get about it.”
’Nuf said?
JANET TODD
G. I. reading a letter in a Ko
rean hut; “. . . and therefore since
you persist in taking an undue
number of cuts, from your sched
uled classes, we are unhappy to
inform you that you have been
dropped from our enrollment.”
* * *
Both women and pianos are of the
same brand,
Some are upright and some are
grand.
"THE POINT OF VIEW "
.\uthor Unknown
College Profes.sor:
Such rawness in a pupil is a
shame
Lack of preparation in the high
school is to blame
High School Teacher;
Good heavens, what crudity; the
boy’s a fool!
The fault, of course, is in the
grammar school
(irammar School Teacher;
From such stupidity may I be
spared
They send them up to me so un
prepared
Primary Teacher:
Kindergarten blockhead! And
they call
That preparation. Worse than
none at all.
Kindergarten Teacher:
Such lack of training never did
I see;
What kind of women must the
mother be!
The Mother;
Poor helpless child—he’s not to
blame;
His father's people are all just
the same.
FINIS
He saw her home.
The hour was late;
They paused a bit.
Just at the gate.
“I’d like a kiss,”
He shyly said;
She ran—he got
The gate instead.
* * *
Don’t speak too harshly of your
enemies. You made them.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR