©liarintlr Qlnlbijian
The Newspaper Voice of Charlotte College
VOL. 9 NO.
CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C:
MAY 30, 1958
Dr. Ramsey, Dr. Pressley, To Speak At The
Charlotte College Graduation Exercises
New Phi Theta Kappa President Charles “Pete” Cruse points the
way for Secretary Gay Hinson and Vice-President Earl Gunter. (Staff
Photo - Killough)
Charles Cruse Is Named Phi
Theta Kappa President
The final meeting of the year for Phi Theta Kappa, was held Sun
day, May 18, at the home of Leigh Winslow, president of the honor
society. The main purpose of the meeting was to select officers to govern
the organization for the coming school year.
('harles Cruse was elected
was
president, Earl Gunter was
named vice-president, and Low
ell Lynch was selected treasurer.
Gay Hinson was elected to serve
a second term as secretary.
George Killough was unani
mously chosen to serve as his
torian.
Also on the order of business at
the meeting was a discussion of
the national convention of Phi
terested in having a community
college here in Charlotte. In
1915, while he was a member of
the State House of Representa
tives, he made a speech to the
Men’s Club at Saint Martin’s
Episcopal Church in which he
described in detail his ideas on
boys’ and girls’ going to school
and working part time. Mr. Mc
Rae called this idea “carrying
This system of going to school
and working has been introduced
into the city schools and is called
Distributive Education. Mr. McRae
says that he feels that this sys
tem helps prepare students for
future life, in addition to helping
them get more out of their school
ing.
Mr. McRae has a very wide
spread background. A native
North Carolinian, he was edu-
Theta Kappa, held in Brevard, N.
C., which was attended by four
representatives of the Charlotte
College Chapter, Iota Lambda.
It was also decided that initia
tions for new members would be
held this summer, with applicants
given invitations on the result of
the Spring Quarter’s grades.
At the conclusion of the meeting
refreshments were served.
McRae Chosen 12th Member
Of College Trustee Board
By Gene Cadieu
Collegian Staff Writer
On May 14, 1958, Mr. .John Albert McRae, a local attorney, was ap
pointed to the Board of Trustees for Charlotte Collepje to fill the vacancy
left by the death of Mr. Woodford A. Kennedy.
Mr. McRae ha.s long been in-
cated in the county schools and
attended the University of North
Carolina, both in (he General and
Law ColIeKes.
Mr. McRae, now 82 years old,
was the City Attorney for Char
lotte from 1907 to 1909 and from
1929 to 19.31. Prior to this, in 1903,
he was a member of the State
House of Representatives from
Anson County. In 1915 he was
Diplomas Will Be
Awarded Monday
By .John Ballard
Collegian Xeivs Editor
Dr. 1). Hiden liamsey, chairman
of the State Board of Higher Edu
cation, will be the speaker at the
graduation e.\ercises of Charlotte
College, which will be held in the
Central High School auditorium on
June 2, at 8:15 in the evening.
I^residing at the ceremonies will
be Mr. J. Murrey Atkins, Chair
man of the Board of Trustees of
the Charlotte Community College
System. The Reverend W. B. H.
Corkey, Professor of Philosophy at
C. C., will give the invocation. Mr,
David I.,ittlejohn, Professor of
Spanish, will sing “I Will Sing
New Songs of Gladness.” Follow
ing the solo Mr. E. B. Hi.nter,
Assistant to the Publisher of the
Charlotte Observer, will introduce
Dr. Ramsey.
After the address Dr. E. H.
(Jaringer, Superintendent of the
Charlotte City Schools, will pre
sent the awards to the most out
standing students.
The diplomas will be given out
by Miss Bonnie E. Cone, Director
of C. C. Prior to the graduation
exercises, the Charlotte College
Alumni Association will fete the
graduates with a buffet dinner in
the courtyard behind the college
offices.
Reverend Corkey will pronounce
the benediction following a selec
tion by the Charlotte College
Choir.
The baccalaureate exercises
will be held on June 1, at 8:00
P.M., in the Tabernacle Associ
ate Reformed Presbyterian
Church. The pastor. Dr. Henry
E. Pressly will be the speaker at
these exercises.
The Reverend Walter H. Boyd
will give the scripture reading, fol-
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head and hand together.” At the i State Senator from Mecklenburg
time, the speech was printed in i County, and in 1931 he was again
full in The Charlotte Observer. a member of the State House of
Representatives from Mecklenburg.
During his youth Mr. McRae did
many types of work, mainly work
ing on a farm and clerking in a
county store.
In addition to practicing law,
■Mr. McRae has taught school for
several years. He has now been
practicing law for 55 years here
in Charlotte.
In summary he said, “Honest
employment is one of the best
character builders in the world.”
Sophomore Class Officers gather for a brief social—fi'om left. Presi
dent Fred Collins, Vice-President Charles Cruse, Secretary Margaret
Fisher, and Representatives (Jene Cadieu, W’ayne Kenimer, Betty .John
son, Gay Hinson, and .Jack Helms. (Staff Photo - Kollough)
Fred Collins, Jr. Is Elected The
New Sophomore President
Elections held recently to determine sophomore officers for the com
ing year produced the following results: President, Fred Collins; Vice-
President, Charles Cruse; Secretary-Treasurer, Margaret Fisher; and
Representatives, Gay Hinson, Betty Johnston, Gene Cadieu, Jack Helms,
and Wayne Kenimer.
The election was held on May
20. Polls were open to all sopho
mores and rising sophomores.
Jim Hicks, Chairman of the
Elections Committee, informed
the ('ollegian that the voting
was unusually heavy for this
time of the school year. Polls
were open both in the morning
and evening.
New president Collins served on
the (’ollegian as Business Manager
this year. The only other returnee
to the Student Council is Gay Hin- |
son, who served as secretary of the j
Sophomores this year, and secre- j
tary of the Executive Council last |
year. |
George Killough Is Selected
Next Year’s Collegian Editor
George Killough was named Editor of The Charlotte ('ollegian for
next year by Wiley Martin, new Student Government Association presi
dent, last Saturday night at the Student Council Banquet.
Killough is Associate Editor of
the Collegian this year.
His appointment was approved
by Mr. Rupert Gillette, faculty
sponsor of the paper. Under the
new constitution, the Editors of
Charlotte College publications are
appointed by the incoming presi
dent with the approval of the fac
ulty sponsors.
Killough, 21, is a native of Char
lotte. He attended Central High
School, and worked for a time as
a beautician and a photographer.
This will be his third year at C.C.
This year, in addition to his
duties on the Collegian, Killough
was Chairman of the Assembly
Committee, and active in the pub
lication of the yearbook, the Si Si.
He is employed in the college of
fice.
Charles Couch, Editor of the
Collegian, expressed great pleasure
over the appointment. “George has ;
been my right arm this year,” he j
said. “To my knowledge he is bet
ter qualified to take the reigns of ;
the paper than anyone else in :
school. With the support of the |
student body, I am certain that the
Collegian will continue to improve j
next year.
New Officers
Inaugurated
The student body of Charlotte
College held its final meeting in
general assembly on Tuesday, May
22, at 4:.‘!0 P. M., in the Central
High School auditorium. Four
o’clock classes were dismissed in
order that the students might at
tend this important assembly.
The purpose of the meeting was
threefold: it had originally been
planned for the administration of
the oath of office for next year’s
officers-elect. It was later learned,
however, that the student body’s
surprise gift to the school of an oil
portrait of Miss Cone would be
completed by the end of school;
therefore, the assembly was post
poned until the last day of classes
in order that the presentation
might be made before the student
body. The third order of business
was the presentation of gold bas
ketballs to the Charlotte College
Owls by Basketball Coach Buddy
Smith.
Several students expressed the
opinion that the assembly should
have been held during the six or
seven o’clock class period in order
that more students might have at
tended, but a spokesman for the
Assembly Committee said that such
an arrangement would have been
unwise because of the heavy toll
taken on those classes by previous
assemblies.