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Tuesday, October 11, 1960 THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN Page 4 National Student Association In 1947, delegates from 35(i American colleges and universities, realizing that the role of the Amer ican student in society and in in ternational student affairs made it desirable that a national organi zation be established in the United State which could act as a repre sentative of the nation’s entire stu dent body, met at the University of Wisconsin and wrote the Con stitution of the United States Na tional Student Association. In just thirteen years USNSA has grown to include nearly 400 American colleges and universities, representing over oiie million stu dents. Each year, elected delegates, forming the national Student Con gress, convene at a Mid-Western campus to decide the policy and programs of USNSA for the forth coming year. USNSA provides many services to member schools. The Student Government Information Service (SGIS) acts as a research refer ence where student governments can obtain information on how oth er schools have solved problems in “Student Government structure and finance, curricula evaluation, ath letics policies and human relations programs.” Advice and assistance are pro vided the student governments and USNSA organizations of member and non-member schools through two elected Program Vice-Presi dents. Material on current topics is or ganized and published by the Pub lications Department of USNSA and made available to member schools free or at a nominal cost. “The National Student News” is A Constitutional Amendments sent to all schools affiliated with Committee appointed by the Stu- USNSA in an effort to keep all dent Council will present its pro students informed on both national posed changes to the Constitution Collegian Coed EDITORIAL As a college grows, its instru ment of government must grow. Its instrument of government, how ever, must be strong enough not to require frequent changes. On this page, changes on the Constitution as proposed liy a duly appointed committee are outlined. Tile COLLEGIAN urges you to vote FOR the changes. One badly neglected part of the Constitution has been remedied by clarification of qualifications for executive council officers. Although this section of the proposals does not make any change in the prac tice of the past years, the qualifica tions are now spelled out, as they should be. To paraphrase a some what overworked cliche, a consti tution is no stronger than its weak est paragraph. With an expected enrollment of almost 750 students this year, we think the committee has acted wise ly in asking you to increase class representation from five members each to eight members each. This increased representation would give the students greater assurance that their interests were being served by the Council. Acting on a recommendation of the Publications Board, the com mittee proposes to have your news paper and yearbook editors and business managers elected, rather than appointed by the President of the Student Council (with the Council’s approval), as is now the practice. You will also be asked to give these four officers a vote on the Student Council. If these officers present themselves for election, the student body would have the final voice on who runs its publications. As a safeguard against the latter proposal leading to a popularity contest, and with the realization that while students might like to vote for these officers but might not know who is qualified, the stip ulation has been made that these officers will be nominated by the previous staffs, be approved by the Student Council, and then be presented for election. A constitution is not changed easily. It should not be changed often. That which you vote for in the special election may well be the instrument that serves CC stu dents for many years to come. The proposals deserve your very careful consideration. and international affairs. Through USNSA’s formal affili ation with eight national and in to the student body at large some time this fall for ratification. The changes, approved by the ternational organizations, member student Council at its August 17th schools are informed of the latest meeting, were drawn up by com- developments in education and rep- mitteemen Bobby Thompson, Ann resented at these organizational gettlemyre, and Bill Povey under meetings by their elected represen tatives. This gives students a voice in many affairs where their opinions, as individuals, would be mittee’s Adviser, ignored. ' Although it is realized that the students of Charlotte College will be somewhat limited in their par ticipation in USNSA until they be come more familiar with the policy cil must have earned at Charlotte and extent of that organization, it College a minimum of 20 quarter is hoped that we shall soon be able hours credit. They must have an to take the fullest advantage of overall scholastic average of “C” the programs and services of the or above and must maintain this United States Association. r rowM>v«»rd Puzzle National Student average throughout their terms of office. They must take a mini mum load of 2 college-level courses during the quarter in which they are elected and must maintain this minimum load during their terms of office, except that they are ex empt from the minimum load re quirement if: (1) The College does This space was formerly oc- not offer more than one course cupied by Charlotte College’s own which can be utilized in the chosen crossword puzzle. It is reserved in curriculum, or (2) Only one course this issue in the hope that a new is needed to complete the chosen puzzle expert will step forward to curriculum, continue a feature which presented a challenge to many and brought frustration to all except students, staff, and faculty of CC. Returning students will remem ber that crossword puzzles incor porating CC personalities, CC campus quips, and educational Representatives, eight Fresh- facts were published in this year’s Class Representatives, editors March, April and May issues of publications, and business the Collegian. New students in- "'onagers of the publications, terested in the puzzles may find Chairmen of standing committees them in CC library files. Z'f ^®"'bers with out vote. (Ed. note: The newspaper Anyone interested in continuing and the yearbook are the Student this project is asked to contact Council publications. The literary Jere Thomas for instructions and magazine, the PARNASSIAN, is editing assistance. published by the Writer’s Club.) Katie Shelby, CC sophomore, has been chosen Collegian Coed of the month. She is five feet five inches tall and blond we could use a thousand words to des cribe her but a picture does it better. Katie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Shelby of Coddingham Place, Charlotte. (Photo by Bill Starr) Constitutional Amendments ARTICLE VII Section 2. The Editors and Busi ness Managers of the Charlotte COLLEGIAN and SI SI shall be nominated by the previous staffs of the respective publications with the approval of the Student Coun cil, and elected by the student body at large annually in April. ☆ ☆ ☆ An analysis of the changes shows that the committee proposes to do this: Have the editors and business managers of the newspaper and the annual elected, and give them a vote on the Student Council; in crease class Representatives from five each to eight each. Minor revisions of the Constitu tion which would not require rati fication by the student body were also made by the committee. These revisions include re-wording of ambiguous phrases and minor points which have been omitted from the Constitution as it is now written. For ratification, a three-fonrths vote of approval is necessary. If approved, the changes would be come effective next year. the eo-chairmenship of Jerry Wil liams and Jere Thomas. Mrs. Winningham acted as the com- NOTICE TO ALL NEW STUDENTS As in the past four years, the Charlotte College Writers Club will publish a literary magazine, THE PARNASSIAN. Material for THE PARNASSIAN is selected from writings of club members and from meri torious freshman writings recommended by the English faculty. Funds for publication are appropriated by the student council. Writers Club membership is by invitation issued on the basis of interest and ability and with the consent of all members. Freshman themes and regular writing assignments in Composition and Rhetoric courses will be eligible for faculty recommendation and subsequent consideration by THE PARNASSIAN staff. Interested students, who may not be enrolled in English courses, are also en couraged to submit their work for consideration. Martuscripts submitted to the writers club must be typewritten in doublespacing and must show the author’s signature and return address. The club receives mail through the college post office. Students may use the mail slot at the business office. Written work must meet the standards of collaboration and literary indebt edness as required in English assignments: all work must be original; copying from another’s manuscript results in plagiarism and is a serious offense. Bound volumes of THE PARNASSIAN are filed in the college library. Students are invited to review the bound issues. Here are the proposed changes: ARTICLE III Section 2 (b) Qualifications. Candidates for the Executive Coun- ARTICLE IV Section 1. Membership. The Stu dent Council shall consist of the Executive Council Officers, Sopho more Class Officers, Freshman Class Officers, eight Sophomore STAFF & FACULTY NEWS Continued from Page 2 and studied the flora and fauna. The group returned with rock specimen, souvenirs and Dr. Heck with a beard. Six members of the CC faculty attended a work conference at Bre vard College from August 28 to September 2. The conference was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and North Carolina State College for the purpose of correlating the work of the small colleges of North Carolina. Approximately seventy - five teachers from N. C. colleges at tended, including Miss Mary Denny, Miss Mary Fore, Mrs. Edyth Winningham, Mr. Percy Bernstein, Mr. John Norman, and Mr. Mark Tinkman from Charlotte College. Charlotte College Yearbook “Si Si” By Gary Idol Charlotte College’s yearbook, SI SI, was first published in the spring of 1950. The staff has since increased the size of the yearbook and has created a greater student interest. The purpose of the year book is to present a written and pictorial record of the many activi ties of the year. The SI SI is sup ported through advertisements solicited by the students and by a yearbook fee. Each student who pays this fee is entitled to a copy of the yearbook. The editors and business man ager are planning an outstanding yearbook for the 1961 edition. This can be possible only through the support of the student body. It is hoped that each student will con tribute something Jo make it the best SI SI ever published by the students of Charlotte College. If you are interested in serving on the yearbook staff, contact either Miss English, Linda Harris, Gary Idol, or Helen Rea as soon as possible. FRESHMAN ADVISORY Continued from Page 1 tree. Max Petty, Barry Hinson, Dan Seeger, Charles Funk, Jerry Owens, Bob Bradburn, Howard Payne, Walter Linker, Max Howie, Keith Arrowood, Russell Gilbert, Frank DeVine, and John DuBose. Gary Idol was elected Chairman of the Council by the Student Council in May of last year, and Vivian White was made Assistant Chair- The Charlotte Collegian THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN is the official student newspaper publication of Charlotte College. THE COLLEGIAN is financed by the Student Government Association, supplemented by the sale of advertising. Editor Russell E. Chappell Staff Photographer Bill Starr Staff Writers Vivian Nadine White, Jean Grier Strathdee, Martha L. Moore, Ann Settjeniyre, Nancy Miller, Gary Idol, Jimmy Latane Professional Advisor DeWitt H. Scott Faculty Advisor Miss L. Evelyn Baker Printed By Standard Printing Co., Charlotte, N. C.
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