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THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
March, 1956
BASKETBALL FACTS
(Continued from pafje 3)
Wilniinjfton were tied for last
place. But when the doors opened
there were about 2,000 spectatois
in the stands. It may also be added
at this point that Charlotte Collejce
is not the smallest school in the
conference by any means.
The fact remains that if C. C.
isn’t i^oing' to try to build up their
basketball team so that it can make
a decent showing, they should
drop out of the conference and
maybe enter a local conference
league.
However, if C.C. would more
fully support a team and supply
a few scholarships to ease the pres
sure of the boys C.C. could prob
ably turn out some Kood teams.
1 am also suie that with a
little persuasion Buddy could be
prompted into returninK to Char
lotte ColleKe. This would be a
trreat victory for the “Owls” be
cause no other man has more fight,
more spirit, more desire to win
than Hutro “Buddy” Smith.
annual news
A subject which has had just
about as much speculation heaped
upon it as President Eisenhower’s
decision to toss his hat into the
Republician candidacy for the presi
dential election is the subject of
the Charlotte College Annual. Of
course, our question about the an
nual is a little more pin pointed.
Ken Harris hasn’t let any facts
slip through his tight fingers but
we can siphon out a few facts
about the annual. At least don’t
quote us. The annual will be a
little bit larger in comparison to
former years and the dedication,
well the dedication will be anyone’s
guess. The annual will go to press
early in the Spring quarter and
the results will be revealed to the
school sometime near the middle
of the Spring quarter.
Ken, Vann Sistare, and their
capable staff have worked very
hard to make this year’s annual
a success.
The annual is a big job and a big
thrill to the students when the
finished product is passed on to
the students. We want to give Ken
a big hand for a bigger job.
CLICK!
“Boy, it’s a good thing the
wind’s not blowing,” I said to my
self as I stepped outside the Char
lotte Bus Terminal. I paused for a
moment to button up my new Navy
pea jacket and straighten my white
cap. I’d already half-way decided
to take a taxi even if 1 was twenty
cents short of the total fare. It
was too darn far to walk on a cold
■lanuary night and the buses didn’t
run after one o’clock a.m.
He asked, “Taxi, son?” Normally
I would feel insulted when some
stranger spoke to me in a fatherly
tone, but he looked old and friendly
enough to be my grandfather. He
stood there in the open door of his
cab with his dark jacket and cap
contrasting sharply yet pleasant
ly w’ith the gray of his hair and
the yellow of his cab. His eyes
were dark and sparkled as the
Charlotte street lights and two
a.m. shadows played upon them.
My thoughts came abruptly back
to myself as I found myself saying,
“O.K., sir, 2008 Club Rd.” I’ll have
to get out and walk as soon as the
meter clicks away my remaining
dollar bill I told myself. He pulled
down the flag. The meter said,
“brummup forty cents.”
“Been traveling long?” he asked.
“Yes sir, just hitchhiked from
California to Asheville and caught
a bus in from there. It’s pretty
hard to get rides at night,” I add
ed as if to justify my extravagance.
We rode for awhile in silence, the
only car on the dark Charlotte
streets, like an island of light in a
sea of darkness. As the darkened
homes flowed past us, I listened
to the relentless click of the meter
as it went from fifty to sixty
cents. “Four clicks left,” I thought,
“then I’ll start hoofing it.”
“Did you ever think about truth,
son?” asked the driver.
“What a subject for two o’clock
in the morning,” I said to myself;
but to him I said, “No, it always
seemed to me that truth is one of
those indefinable goals, the kind
that everyone claims for his own
pet beliefs.”
“Truth,” began the driver as if
he didn’t hear me. “Truth is some
what like a great big round dia
mond with many facets that is con
tinually rolling down hill with all
the philosophers pursuing it, for
possession would make them the
greatest.
“Sometimes the hill levels off
and one of the leaders of the pack
catches a glimpse, a flash, from
one of the facets, which dazzles
him so much that he stops and
loses his place in the pack.
“A few lealize that they have
seen only part and go on; but many.
seeing so much beauty in that one
ray, believe that they have seen
the whole. So they teach this parti
cle of truth; and the people, who
have not been chasing the diamond
but are preoccupied with earning
their and the philosopher’s daily
bread, recognize it as truth. They
flock to the philosopher crying.
Doctor, teach us in order that we
may be w'ise! and they learn one
of the facets of truth.
“But a neighboring nation has
seen a different ray; so each, wish
ing to save the other, and some
wishing to help themselves, they
go to war.”
I sat in silence for a moment with
pictures of nations fighting each
other for the same objective under
different labels as they sought to
spread peace and prosperity
through w’ar.
“Here we are,” he said. The taxi
had stopped in front of my home.
The meter read: one dollar and
twenty cents. I made the motions
of searching for the money I didn’t
have as I tried to think of some
thing to say.
“I had a boy like you once,” the
driver said. “He was killed when
the ‘Pledge’ struck a mine in Won
san, Korea.” He paused then said,
“No, don’t say anything. The
ride’s on me.”
“Goodbye, sir, and thanks a lot,”
I almost stammered, as I stepped
from the cab.
“(;ood night. Son,” he said.
The meter went, “Click!”
NEW BUILDING WILL AID
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
STUDENTS
Charlotte College and Central
High School will sometime very
soon in the future be able to
enjoy the very latest in laboratory
equipment and housing. The new
building which you have probably
noticed being constructed between
the gymnasium and the music build
ing will cost approximately $100,-
000 and will be used jointly between
the two schools.
The building will be constructed
in the latest styles and will con
sist of the most modern facilities
of electrical and mechanical equip
ment. Students will have the op
portunity to study the mechanical
and electrical sides of television,
radio, radar, and other equipment
in this field.
One room in the immense new
construction will be sheltered from
electrical interferences for the
purposes of giving extra safety in
the electrical departments.
The new addition to our present
building will be completed before
the 19.57 school year. The big sur
prise for future Charlotte College
students will be the student lounge
for C.C. students.
The addition will contain three
entrances, an electrical lab, three
class rooms, three offices, a stu
dent lounge, an electronics lab, a
drafting room, a microwaves lab,
two storage rooms for equipment,
toilets and a lobby.
The new building will be another
feather in the schools’ hat and will
further the college’s curriculum.
CONGRATULATIONS
Although the C.C. Owls failed
to win a conference game, they
should be congratulated on their
splendid sportsmanship and tre
mendous spirit which they dis
played in every game.
Most people don’t realize how
much work went into the team.
Practically everyone on the team
works on an outside job. It also
may be added that most of the boys
had labs thus holding back the
team as far as practice was con-
ceined. It was indeed a hardship
and in many cases grades in school
were sacrificed in order to play. I
think that everybody on the team
deserves a hearty thanks from the
student body.
The Cheerleaders also deserve a
lot of credit. They followed the
team on some of the road trips and
were always present at home
games. I know that each player
really appreciated their loyal sup
port.
Thus the curtain is closed on an
other basketball season at Char
lotte College.
NEW SYSTEM OF
PRE-REGISTRATION
The school has improved its
system of pre-registration to a
great extent this quarter. The old
method was set up to let the stu
dents have the initiative to obtain
and fill out the pre-registration
blanks on the supposition that in
this way they could assure them
selves of getting the courses in
which they wished to study. The
new method provided a special
registration paper made out in the
student’s name and gave the stu
dent time to fill in the blank while
in class. The new method was
found to be much more successful.
POWER OF PRAYER
A little boy was going to school
one morning and as he hurried
along he prayed. “Dear Lord, don’t
let me be late. Please don’t let me
be late.” Suddenly he stumbled and
saiil, “You don’t have to shove!”