r June 2,
1959
THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
Poge 5
- DEANNA MERRELL -
FRESHMAN GAB
When Jerry Rich gives you one of those looks of his, you write
something whether you have anything to say or not. That’s what I am
doing this time. This time? O.K., O.K.
Everyone seems to think that I
should have plenty of material for
my eolumn( ?) from the botany and
geology field trip to Lake Wacca-
maw. They’re right, but I would
probably keep myself and a good
many other people out of la maison
du chien (and I haven’t had French
in a year) if I referred the reader
to “Sophomore Sandhouse” or if I
kept my big mouth shut. Sound
impossible? I promise to try unless
I really get desperate for some
thing to say.
I suppose it is harmless enough
to ask Evelyn Faires if her dip
into a freezing Lake W. had any
thing to do with her most recent
absence. She deserves some sort
of recognition or medal. Not many
people can miss an entire week or
more of school every quarter and
still make the Dean’s List.
I brought back some clever souv
enirs from our trip and my flip:
one skinned knee, one torn pair of
toreadors, and a greasy shirt. No,
I haven’t had acrobatics; I’m just
clumsy.
We enjoyed (I should put a
question mark after that one, too)
riding, hiking, sand pits, gravel
pits, riding, picnicking, snakes, poi
son ivy, riding and . . .
. . . And now to change the sub
ject. Kind, yes?
I should like to say something
about the trip to Washington if I
knew anything about it. It would
probably proved interesting, too.
All I have heard is something about
Reggie Somebody doing push-ups
in front of somewhere.
And now the college picnic: Good
chicken, good potato salad, deli
cious pie, and great fun. These
picnics are a good way to have a
marvelous time meeting people.
One of the most entertaining
and energetic persons I have met
in a long time is Irene Boysen.
She rode her English bike, a gift
from her husband, from Ashly
Park to Bryant Park for the pic
nic. Me ? I drove the car three
blocks to get there.
Is it proper to mention politics
Cont. I’age 6, Col. .5.
SOPHOMORE SANDHOUSE
BY JAMES MAHAFFEE
This marks the close of my
Sophomore Sandhouse. I am won
dering if any one wants to use the
title for next year. I will gladly
donate the copyright free of
charge. What about it. Miss Mer-
rell ? Or are you going to change
your Sophomore Gab? How about
Sohphomore Soap? (So what—I
can always write one called Jun
ior Junk.)
How about some b—, griping, to
end the year?
Things That Irk Me:
1. The Supreme Court’s two lat
est decisions scrapping Articles IV
and V of the Bill of Rights!
2. The attitude of Jimmy Hoffa
:ind the teamsters.
3. People who park next to the
machine shop, blocking the drive
way!
4. The attitude of the majority
of CO students in reference to
spending any of their precious time
for any extra-curricular activities.
5. I’eople who won't vote.
6. Creepy drivers.
7. The superior attitude of most
people whose skin is so much light
er than their neighbor.
8. People who talk a lot but nev
er say anything. (Oh, my own
toes!)
9. Long speeches in hot auditor
iums.
10. Jerry Rich and his deadlines.
If you think this griping, you
should have heard me when I was
a private in the army. (P. S., I got
out after two years, still a pri
vate.)
Well, this is good-bye to CC. Will
someone please play “Auld Lang
Syne”? One of these days I can
sit on the bar stool and tell the
bartender of the good ole days at
CC.
MATH
TEASERS
Edited By
BRIAN nONESS
If 78 players entered a tourna
ment for a singles chamjuonship,
how many matches have to be
played to determine a winner.
Hint: rather than laboriously set
up the brackets and count them,
try reasoning the answer by figur
ing the number of entrants that
have to be eliminated.
If in your bureau drawer are
10 blue socks and 16 grey socks,
and you reach into it in the dark,
how many socks must you take out
to be sure of getting a pair that
match ?
* * *
If every vertex of a regular oc
tagon is connected with every oth
er, how many triangles w'ill be
formed ?
* * ♦
In ancient times, the neophyte
in logic was posed such questions
as:
if half of 5 were 3, what would
a third of 10 be?
♦ * *
A certain radio dealer was ap
proached by a customer who want
ed to purchase a radio, priced at
$69.98. The dealer accepted a check
for $80.00 and gave the $10.02
change in cash. Subsequently he en
dorsed the check to his landlord in
part payment of the rent. The check
turned out to be worthless and the
customer was not to be found. The
dealer had to make the check good
to his landlord, but the latter ac
cepted a radio in part settlement.
As this type of radio cost the deal
er $43.75 at wholesale, what was
the amount of his loss?
Collegian Coed
Hi ^‘\aCjeor(^e
IF YOU RE INTERESTED . . .
BY BILLY CARDEN
It must be one of life’s little jokes on all of us that competitive
women swimmers become “washed up” before they are out of their
teens. So while the brilliant butterfly star, Shelley Mann, who less
than two years ago was our top Olympic hopeful, fades from the scene
as she nears the perilous age of 20, new youngsters such as Sylvia
Rwuska, Nancy Ramey, and Chris Von Saltza have sprung up to break
her records.
A w'ooden cube is painted black
on all faces. It is then cut into 27
equal smaller cubes. How many of
the smaller cubes are found to be
painted on three faces, two faces,
one face, and no face?
* * *
A bear left its den and went due
south in a straight line for one
mile. Then it made a 90-degree
turn to the left and walked anoth
er mile in a straight line. Twice
more it made a 90-degree turn to
the left and walked a mile in a
straigh tline, thus returning to its
den. On reaching this starting
point, the bear was facing due
South.
What was the color of the bear?
If swimming had its verson of
the decathlon, Sylvia Rwuska would
be the top contender for the title.
In any championship meet, the
sturdily-built 15-year-old from
Berkely, California, can be count
ed upon to enter no less than four
individual events, running from the
100-yard freestyle up to the 880-
yard freestyle, and one of the re
lays. (Actually, Sylvia excels in
the longer distances.) As an ex
ample of her durability, at the
women’s outdoor championship held
at Tyler, Texas, in July, 1956, Syl
via—then 13—broke all existing
records in the 880-yard freestyle by
covering the distance in 10 min
utes, 54-5 seconds. The new mark
rubbed out Ann Curtis’ American
record of 11:08.6 set in 1944 and
the national championship mark of
11:15.2 previously established by
Carolyn Green in 1953. Sylvia also
placed second in the 220-yard but
terfly and the 440-yard individual
medley to keep from getting bored.
That was only a a tune-up for
her record-shattering performance
a month later at the Olympic
Trials in Detroit, when she quali
fied for the trip to Melbourne by
swimmings the 400-meter freestyle
Cont. Page 6, Cols. I and 2.
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Graduates not pictured are:
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William Robert Bullock, Jr.
William Hallos
John Metts Lanin
William Kelly Summerville
William Ulysesses Thompson