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Governor Dedicates Mecklenburg College In Sunday Ceremony THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN Aprtl, 1962 Page 3 Gov. Terry Sanford dedicated the new Mecklenburg College campus in a ceremony on Sun day, April 8. Sanford was the main speaker at the dedication, which began at 4 p.m. on the college’s new 50-acre campus on Beatties Ford Road north of Interstate High way 85. The college, formerly called Carver College, opened its cam pus Jan. 8 when its faculty and students moved from their tem porary quarters of 12 years. Sec ond Ward High School. The col lege has two buildings, an ad ministration building temporarily housing the library and a two- story classroom building. So far, the investment in the land and buildirgs, including lab equipment, books and furniture, is $739,631. Plans have been made to construct at least three more buildings. This semester, there are 215 college students enrolled in the college and 35 adults taking special courses. There are 13 frll-time faculty members and eight part-time teachers. Sunday’s program began with a two-hour open house at 2 p.m. J. Murrey Atkins, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Charlotte Community College System, presided at the dedi cation. Among the platform guests were Dr. William C. Archie, director of the State Board of Higher Education; May or Stan R. Brookshire; and Isaac Rhyne, president of the Meck lenburg College Alumni Associa tion. Trustees Seek Four-Year College Here Continued From Page One of students enrolled at the end of the term, whether they passed or failed. This payment is added to the two cents per $100 property valuation paid by Mecklenburg taxpayers. The students’ tuition fees are then added to these two sums to give the bulk of operat ing expenses of Charlotte Col lege. It was proposed Tuesday that the state payment be figured on the number of students enrolled et the beginning of the term, with smaller amounts to be paid for students who drop out. This measure would have meant nearly $10,000 to Charlotte Col lege in the fall semester. The other three community colleges throughout the state have not proposed that they be made four year institutions now. Asheville - Biltmore College in Asheville asked the state to plan to turn it into a four - year school sometime in the future. One More Honor For Miss Cone Continued From Page One sented by Cam LeFrancois, co- chairman of the Charlotte chapter of the NCCJ, is con sidered the highest regional award given by this organiza tion. Given a standing ovation as she accepted the medallion. Dr. Cone declared her “complete unworthiness” and pointed out efforts made by Charlotte Col lege to “help all kinds of peo ple to live together in peace." GOV. SANFORD Extend Role Beyond Class, Students Told By DIANNA HORNE ■‘The role of the student ex tends beyond classroom train ing.” This is one of the prin ciples to which Charlotte Col lege students subscribe a s members of the United States National Student Association. The U. S. N. S. A. is the national union of students in this country. In its affiliation with the U. S. N. S. A., Char lotte College is allied with nearly 400 other colleges and universities totaling more than a million students. U. S. N. S. A. is staffed entirely by students and is dedicated to improving stu dent welfare. Through the N. S. A. action may be taken by students on issues on which individual student govern ments could not effectively act. The N. S. A. sets up work shops for campus leaders at regional assemblies such as the one Florence Morrow, Bill Ferguson and George Thomas recently attended at Greens boro. Campus political organiza tions, student governments, student welfare; academic cur riculum, student-facuity rela tions, and extra-curricular ac tivities are discussed in these work shops in the hope that combining knowlege will bring solutions to shared problems. The N. S. A. also sponsors a University Press Service which is available to newspapers of member colleges. The Col legian receives weekly news releases from this service. The CO Student Council re ceives bulletins from the UPS. The bulletins are placed in the student activ ity room where they are available to all C. C. stu dents. The N. S. A. proposes to represent the opinions of stu dents on a national level on issues that affect students. State and Federal student aid programs, educational oppor tunities and student awareness of national problems are stud ied and discussed. Much-Traveled Tonda Taylor Plans To Go To South America To Live By BETTY BERRYHILL Tonda Taylor was a typical all-American teenage girl who took part in school, social and church activities. Tonda especially liked tennis and spent her summers playing in the annual tennis tourna ments until the summer of 1955, when her whole perspec tive of life changed quite a bit. Tonda went on a Methodist caravan to Vieques, Puerto Rico, and lived with a Meth odist Missionary to observe fi nancial conditions, etc., and re port back to the church. She had a chance to see something other than Char lotte — school, social and church activities and summer tennis tournaments. Tonda feels this was a turning point in her life, and as a result she became in terested in other peoples and societies. On the advice of the youth di rector at Myers Park Meth odist Church at that time, she attended a Quaker work camp the following summer in East Strondsburg, Pennsyl vania, for high school young people. Tonda recalls that when she first arrived at the Quaker camp, she thought maybe she had applied at the wrong place, since she had to go through a bar to get there. The workcamp was located over the American Legion Hall bar. They spent most of their time visiting in the commu nity, doing manual labor, and listening to guest speakers. They even had their own li brary. Tonda plans to do similar work in South America. The summer before her senior year in high school was spent as an exchange student in Norway, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Most of her time there was in Moi Rana, about 50 miles below the Arctic Cricle. In Norway she fished in the fiords, which extend hundreds of miles inland through the Norwegian mount" "';. Four of the exchange stu dents went to northern Nor way and saw no other Amer icans for thirteen weeks. Ton da remembers the miserable feeling this gave her. While there, she went mountain climbing and spe lunking (cave exploring). Tonda then spent about two weeks on a farm in B o d o, which is about 100 miles above the Arctic Circle, and actual ly lived the life of a farmer- haying in the old-fashioned American way. Since there was no run ning water, the outhouse was located in the barn, and bathing in the fiords is de scribed by Tonda as “co educational.” Tonda remembers northern Norway with all its wild beau ty, mountains, bears, rocks, streams, small birch trees, and reindeer moss instead of grass, which, when walked on, “is like walking on a sponge.” Tonda got a taste of social ism and realized that the whole pace of life in Norway was much less hectic than here in the States. Most of the time was spent in recreation, out of doors; this doesn’t mean that the people there do not work hard; it does mean, however, that they don’t place as much em phasis on progress: they just live one day at a time “and enjoy each moment.” The short visit to Germany made Tonda aware of the dif ference between their value of food and ours. After water was used to boil potatoes, it was then used to make soap. Though Tonda received her first real taste of loneliness, she came back to the United States enriched by her bet ter understanding of other peoples of the world. In 1958, when Tonda gradu ated from high school, she entered Alleghany college, in Meadville, Penn., where she was majoring in sociology. She attended a northern school purposely because she felt racial prejudices would not be so strong, and was extremely disappointed with the racial relationships there. She then worked for two months with her father, who is a doctor in Charlotte, and Enjoy 'S&P' at the College Snack Bar ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Peanutbutter Sandwiches X * Salted Peanuts J • Potato Chips ♦ • Popcorn s ^PSPPOgfe mEoirnDPiaum It PAYS To Advertise Regularly In Gbf QInllpjjtau later worked in a medical li brary for nine months. Tonda started to school at Queens College in the sum mer of 1901 while working for a psychiatrist at nijht, and came to C. C. during the mid-summer session. Many of her varying experi ences and travels have influ enced Tonda’s decision to help the unfortunate people of South America, but she considers a four-day trip which she took to El Barrio as the deciding factor. Tonda hopes to live among the people of South America. Her work will be on a level of adult rural education, rather than on the university level. While finishing her formal educaticn, Tonda wants to read, study, and learn as much as possible about the people of South America so that she can bet'er under stand them and be prepared to approach them on their level. Tonda is not only an inter esting, buf also a challenging person to talk with. P'ew have such a self-sacrificing goal in mind as Tonda has. The calm, contented air she has about her is certainly due partly to the satisfaction she receives in knowing what she wants in life and in constantly striving to achieve it. Within arm s len^h thirst COLLEGIANS CO FOR.. . Open Kitchen PIZZA 1318 W. MOREHEAD ST. PHONE 375-7449 PHILLIPS :Open 7 A.M. To 10 P.M. Seven Days A Week MILLARD STAMEY Owner • Complete Motor Tuneup • Brake Service • Wheel Balancing • Tires, Batteries, I Accessaries I We Cater To Charlotte College Students NORTH 29 HIGHWAY PHONE 596-9956
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