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THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
Moy 7, 1954
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
April 26, 1954
The Editor
The Charlotte Observer
South Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Dear Editor;
The time has come for the citi
zens of Charlotte to decide on the
future of Charlotte College. As
former students of Charlotte and
now students of the University of
North Carolina, we would like to
urge the citizens of Charlotte to
register for and vote in the special
bond election on May 18th for the
support of their community college.
The outcome of this election is of
particular interest to us because
we have watched and have been a
part of the growth of Charlotte
College. We fully realize more than
anyone else the service this college
has rendered in the past and the
continued need of this great service
to the Charlotte area. Without
these freshman and sophomore
years at low tuition rates and in
expensive fees, it would have been
absolutely impossible for many of
us to have ever attended college
and now be students at the Univer
sity of North Carolina. We appre
ciate what Charlotte College has
done, is doing, and will continue to
do, if the needed support is granted
by the voters.
Charlotte College is meeting an
educational need in our fast-grow-
ing city. It is important that this
service is continued. Unless it is
continued, many students will be
deprived of the higher education
which they desire. The loss will not
be that of the students, but it will
also be the loss of the City of Char
lotte. A better educated public
means a better Charlotte.
MICHAEL H. PALMER
CHARLES W. HICKMAN
DEMETRIOS T. NIXON
JAMES E. SHERRILL
WILLIAM H. BASS, III
PETER N. MAYDANIS
WARREN BLAIR
SAM RIGAS
WILLIAJM C. PALMER
SAMUEL DUNCAN
JAMES WILKINSON
SULA FLOROS
LEWIS F. CAMP, JR.
JOHN ELTON HUNSUCKER
Selective Service National Head
quarters announced today that it
has authorized a special adminis
tration of the College Qualifica
tion Test on Thursday, May 20,
1954, for the benefit of students
prevented by illness or other emer
gency from attending one of the
regular administrations on Novem
ber 19, 1953 and April 22, 1954.
May 20 is the last date upon which
the College Qualification Test will
be held during the present academic
year.
Although applications postmark-
Rock of Education
When asked what Charlotte
College gives me personally, I
always answer, “Why, an educa
tion ,of course.” But just what
is an education? For one thing,
education has the power to give
the tools for earning. Cultivation
of the mind and expansion of
mechanical abilities are neces
sary for an individual to raise
and hold himself to the stand
ards of modern society. The doc
tors, lawyers, and teachers all
travelled the long road of educa
tion. Even the non-professional
members of society who have at
tended college can be sure of a
comfortable living. True, many
people have not had a formal
education and are still maintain
ing financial support for them
selves and their families. This is
proof of the fact that education
cannot produce brains; it merely
expands them. Whatever a per
son can do, he can do it better
with professional instruction.
But more important than the
technical skills that education of
fers is the revealing of a good
life in general. Education deals
with the whole person. Once in
its grasp, an individual is mold
ed. His character is smoothed.
His moral standards are raised.
He is transformed into an active,
contributing member of society.
Charlotte College is certainly
a necessity. In some ways, it is
more of a necessity than are
some of the larger institutions.
The smaller colleges, and espe
cially those which make working
possible by holding night classes,
are the ones which receive a flow
of students who know where they
are going and are willing to work
in order to get there. These stu
dents are the ones who should be
given the opportunities that a
college such as C.C. is giving.
To forfeit C.C. would be to for
feit much of the future culture
and progress of our own city.
But Charlotte College can not
and will not be discontinued, for
it is founded on a solid, inde
structible rock—the rock of edu
cation. LOUELLA ROBINSON
od May 10, 1954, or earlier will be
accepted, students wishing to apply
are urged to secure, complete, and
mail their applications at once.
Early filing will insure a test and
other necessary supplies for the
student at the center he selects or
at a nearby center, according to
Educational Testing Service, which
appears and administers the Col
lege Qualification Test.
When filling in the application,
available at Selective Service local
boards, the student should cross
out “April 22” opposite the space
reading “Center No.” and write in
“May 20.”
A Carver Student
I think that the bond issue for
the betterment of our community
colleges is very important because:
not only would the schools pro
mote a better cultural background
potential for the local populace; it
would also better the city’s chances
of having large manufacturing
firms move this way. As it stands
today these firms are finding that
after moving here, they can recruit
but very few local college trained
technicians. Usually they have to
bring their own.
Then too, there are scores of un
derprivileged young men and wom
en who might never develop into
cultured individuals if local junior
colleges were not made available
with the city’s help, by the public
sale of bonds.
It is through these educational
channels that the city as a whole
may raise its citizens’ standard of
intelligence.
We know that tuition cannot do
it alone. We’ve just got to have
help. An through this help, we and
our children will find courage and
strength in the slogan, A Greater
Charlotte.
GENIUS EVANS
Carver College
WANTED
WANTED: More school spirit at
Charlotte College and more
participation in school elec
tions.
The Constitution states that
“The Nominating Committee
shall function as a board of ap
proval and acknowledgment of
all nominations. It shall also be
the duty of this Committee to
supply additional candidates for
any office for which petitions
have failed to provide a mini
mum of three candidates.”
The Nominating Committee
has recentlv become more than
just “a board of approval.” It
has had to do more than merely
“supply additional candidates
for any office.” So very few
nominations have been turned
in for heads of the publications
(annual and paper) that the
Nominating Committee practi
cally had to provide all three
candidates for each office. Con
stitutionally this is alright, but
it’s not very democratic. The
Nominating Committee doesn’t
know your fellow classmates as
well as you do; they don’t al
ways know who is the best man
for the job. So why don’t you
take advantage of the privilege
you have of nominating your
friends? It would be a lot bet
ter for you, and it would cer
tainly be appreciated by the
Nominating Committee.
M. STOGNER
Community Colleges ,
Help W'orking People
Davidson
Editors, The News:
In answer to the letter of Mr.
Feimster appearing in your issue
on April 7, I should like to say a
few words. In the opinion of this
writer the initiation of a tax levy
for the support of Charlotte’s two
city colleges is unfair taxation. He
■=^ecms to feel that such a tax would
place the burden of providing col
lege educations for t'le higher eco- '
nomic brackets on the shoulders of
a group who could not benefit from
such a program.
Nothing could be further from
the truth. One of the major pur
poses for which these colleges exist
is to provide the opportunity for
those who otherwise could not af
ford it, the benefit of two years of
college education. To accomplish
this classes are held in the late
afternoon and evening hours so that
those who must work during the
day may still attend the courses.
Further, there is a definite effort
made to keep the tuition rates as
low as possible while still furnish
ing adequate opportunity. In order
that such may continue, it seems
now necessary that the colleges re
ceive other funds.
Hence, I would like to appeal to
the voters of Charlotte to realize
the great advantages of the pro
grams of these colleges. Certainly
no other resource available to our
nation today equals that of her
youth adequately educated. To se
cure the financial security of these
schools by this small levy is certain
ly one of the best investments in
the future this community could
make. I sincerely hope that many
persons will take an active interest
in this issue and see to it that these
schools receive the support of the
city they so evidently deserve.
—JOHN R. SHANNON.
Picnic Planned
In adciition to the Dance plan
ned for May 15th at the Bar-
rinper Hotel, the Student Coun
cil has also planned a picnic for
May 29th to be held at Camp
Stewart, the P r e s b y t e ri a n
Church Camp located off the
Albemarle Highway.
You are invited to go out to
t.he Camp anytime after two
o'clock and stay until eleven.
Supper will be at approximately
six o’clock (bring a picnic lunch,
drinks will be furnished). Soft
ball and other games will be
available, including boating.
This will be the last Social of
the year, so don’t miss it.