Tlie Chorlotte Collegicm
Voice of the Students
Volume XIII
Tuesday, October 11, 1960
No. 1
lMI-61 SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS
Charlotte
Colleg,e Is
Accredited
Reprinted from the Charlotte
Observer
Charlotte College stuck another
feather in its academic cap Thurs
day.
It was again approved as an ac
credited arm of N. C. State’s School
of Engineering.
This means that the school can
offer college credit courses not only
in first and second year engineer
ing, but in third and fourth year
and graduate engineering as well.
In effect, it means that a stu
dent can get credit for residence
work at N. C. State by attending
Charlotte College at night —
HO miles from the State campus.
The approval came to the college
in a letter from William C. Friday,
president of the Greater University
of North Carolina, of which N. C.
State is a part.
In the letter. President Friday
enclosed a report from D. S. Col-
trane, state budget officer, who
said the program “appears to be
very practical, economical and
worthwhile.”
The approval is the third to be
received by the college in three
These CC students were fortunate
they came to register during a lull amd
missed the long lines. Left to right they
are: Jerry Curry, Harry Holden, Brenda
Allen. (Photo by Bill Starr)
100 At CC To Study
Advanced Engineering
One reason for the optimism
which bubbles through CC halls is
the good news concerning building
plans. College trustees expect to
begin building of the first unit of
the new campus soon. They are
years. It has operated the program an advanced engineering program to keep abreast of the more recent College student snack bar, has been ^ to'^how'classes there'ln'^the
Reprinted from the Charlotte
Observer
Charlotte College, which started
gineers in this area, who perhaps
lack only a few courses to com
plete their training or who need
New Owl’s
Roost
The Owl’s Roost, the Charlotte
CC Beg,ins
Last Year In
Old Location
Charlotte College has opened for
the 1960-61 school year in a highly
optimistic mood; Faculty and staff
members have undertaken their
tasks with renewed determination,
student registration has set a rec
ord pace, and the facilities of the
old Central High School are prov
ing temporarily adequate for a'
college with growing pains.
The 1960 summer school sessions
were a forecast of an outstanding
school year just ahead. Three
hundred eighty-four students at
tended the second summer school
term which ended on August 24th.
Enrollment for the fall quarter,
predicted to reach 750, is progress
ing according to expectations and,
with late registrations, promises to
surpass last year’s 655 by much
more than the expected increase.
on an ex-
in the past two years
perimental basis.
Several weeks ago, President
Friday, N. C. State Chancellor
John T. Caldwell, and Engineer
ing School Dean J. H. Lampe
visited the college here to review
the program and to evaluate the
laboratory facilities.
“Of course, we’re thrilled to
know that N. C. State has again
put such confidence in us,” said
Miss Bonnie Cone, Charlotte Col
lege director.
She said the approval speaks
well for the growing school’s aca
demic standards and for the state’s
awareness of the need for techno
logical training in this part of the
state.
Sheldon P. Smith, a community
college system trustee and vice
president and general manager of ^ degree
Douglas Aircraft, Inc., here, was gpecialty.
instrumental in presenting the
college’s case to the State officials.
He said, “These men are to be
congratulated on their insight
into our area problem from the
state level.
“It is only with the availability
with 60 students two years ago, technological advances,”
expects to enroll 100 in it this fall. said.
Dr. Herbert A. Lynch, director Teachers of the courses are se-
of the program, said Thursday the cured from industries in and around
college would increase its engineer
ing curriculum from 12 courses to
14, including one graduate-level
course.
“All of these are basic engi
neering courses that cut across
all engineering fields — mechan
ical, chemical, civil, electrical,
or what have you," Dr. Lynch
said.
By taking them a student can
complete three of his four years
engineering training without leav
ing Charlotte.
He couldn’t get a degree here,
however, because Charlotte College
is not yet equipped with enough
laboratory facilities to teach the
more specialized courses necessary
in an engineering
Charlotte, Dr. Lynch said, and all
of them are approved by the State
Engineering School’s department
of instruction.
Course descriptions, require
ments, and texts are the same as
those taught at State.
Tuition for the courses is $15
per semester hour, plus a $2 reg
istration fee, plus any needed
texts.
Courses offered are engineering
thermo-dynamics, differential equa
tions, engineering economy, esti
mates and costs, metalurgy, engi
neering mechanics — dynamics,
and the technology of plastics.
Freshman Advisory
Council
But the courses are advanced
enough, Dr. Lynch said, to enable
a student who perhaps could not rr
afford four or two years at N. C.
State, or who perhaps couldn’t
leave his work here for that long
a period, to get by with a minimum
of these technical courses that in- expenditure in time and money.
dustries requiring scientists and
engineers in their research and
development work will be encour
aged to move to North Carolina.
Those that are already here will be
enabled to remain and still be
competitive with other similar in
dustries in the country.
He pointed out that credit for
courses taught at Charlotte Col
lege are transferable not only
to N. C. State but also to any
other of the engineering schools
in this area.
“This is a great boon to the
2,000 or so engineers or near-en-
CC May Band Own Band
During the summer session, the
Student Council appointed a com
mittee to look into the possibilities
of forming a band at Charlotte
College. In view of the favorable
response the committee received at
Freshman Orientation, the possibi
lities indicate a probability.
Students interested in organizing
a band are asked to contact Jerry
Gunter at JA 3-7690. Drummers
and bass men are particularly
needed.
The Freshman Advisory Council
is composed of students selected by
the Student Council to serve as ad
visers to the incoming freshmen in
the fall and to assist faculty ad
visors throughout the year. It is
considered an honor to be chosen as
a member of the FAC, which is
largely responsible for the orienta
tion of freshmen.
Returning students selected for
the Freshman Advisory Council
were Jerry Williams, Katy Hol
lingsworth, Lillian Seaman, Bill
Sledge, Kay Combs, Bill Hicks, Bob
Karlson, Virginia Hill, Robert
Barbee, Pat Daniels, Nancy Miller,
Wayne Therrell, Jim Cornell,
Martha Maurice, Dan Collins, Ann
Settlemyre, Jimmy Latane, Linda
Harris, Effie Bishop, Max Steinek,
Bob Sadler, Pat Norman, Joe
Starnes, Lloyd Torrence, Lovelace
Blythe, Jere Thomas, Emily Crab-
See Freshman Page 4, Col. S
reorganized, moved, rebuilt, and
enlarged. It is now located next
door to the old Owl’s Roost in the
former recreation room on the basa-
ment floor of the Central Indus
trial Education building.
The new Owl’s Roost combines
its predecessor and the college book
store under one manager. The new
manager, Mrs. Bailey, replaces the
student managers of the old Owl’s
Roost and relieves Miss English
as manager of the college book
store.
Operating plans have not yet
been fully decided upon. Miss Eng
lish said that the new manager will
“play it by ear” at the start and
will revise procedures as experi
ence dictates in order that the best
interest of the students may be
served.
Tentative plans call for the Owl’s
Roost to be open from 10:00 AM
to 7:00 PM. Two students will be
hired to help during rush hours
at the beginning, and more will be
hired later if required.
fall of 1961. This year’s entering
freshmen will finish junior college
on the new campus and will be the
first class to graduate there.
Low tuition costs, lack of
“campus living” expense, and the
opportunity for students to work
while attending college are said to
number among the reasons for
the steady increase in enrollment
at CC. Many students in need of
financial assistance have received
help and, while completing junior
college at CC, have attained a
scholastic rating which made it
possible to receive a scholarship at
a terminal university.
CC’s cosmopolitan student body
is given an international flavor by
its foreign students; and classes
containing teenagers, veterans of
the military services, parents and
grandparents are the rule rather
than the exception.
Creative Writers
Club Reorganizes
In its first meeting on September
11, the Creative Writers Club
of Charlotte College undertook as
initial business the clarification
and revision of the club’s con
stitution and by-laws. Strength
ened by reorganization, the club is
proceeding with preparations for
publishing the literary magazine.
Tentative plans are for two publi
cations this year.
The purpose of the organization
is as stated in its Constitution:
“Desiring to form a body of
representative students, who
shall by their influence and
literary interests uphold the
highest ideals of a liberal edu
cation; and desiring to furnish
the highest reward for con-
sciaitious efforts in further
ing the best interests of litera
ture in the broadest sense of
them, we hereby form into an
organization, membership in
which shall be attained by
meritorious work in litera
ture.”