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VOLUME 17. NUMBER 7
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
APRIL, 1963
Arboretum
Dedicated
By Manuel Kennedy
On Sunday, March 31, Pres
ident Bonnie E. Cone planted
the first specimen in the Char
lotte College Arboretum — a
beautiful three-foot balsam
tree. The weather, warm and
sunny, proved very favorable for
the dedication of the new botani
cal garden.
President Cone paid tribute
to Dr. Herbert Hechenbleikner
by describing him as a “man
possessed of a dream.” For
some years Professor Hechen
bleikner has been planning toward
an arboretum at Charlotte Col
lege. He has truly made his
dream become a reality -- not
by dreaming, but by working
many, many hours toward this
goal.
Present at the afternoon cere
mony were some forty-five in
vited guests, including members
of the Board of Trustees and of
the Arboretum Committee. Many
of those present had contributed
both time and money to the es
tablishment of the Arboretum.
The tree planted by President
Cone is only the first of many
plantings which are scheduled
for the spring and summer. Over
the years Dr. Hechenbleikner
hopes to assemble in a few acres
the wide range of North Carolina
flora^
NEA Meets
At College
The Student N.E.A. met at
Charlotte College on Wednesday
evening, April 10, to discuss
“Opportunities in Teaching.”
Larry Lynn, president of the
Student N.E.A., introduced Pres
ident Bonnie E. Cone, who wel
comed the guest. Next, Glinda
Trull reported on the meet
ing in Asheville.
Moderating the panel discus
sion for the evening was Mrs.
Betty Johnson Treadaway, a for
mer president of the organiza
tion, who is now teaching fifth
grade at Derita.
Members of the panel were:
Mrs. Deanna Merrill, a teacher
of mathematics at North High
School; Mrs. Trula Boothe, a
teacher of third grade at Bane;
Mrs. Katie Hollingsworth, a spe
cial teacher of the physically
handicapped at Elizabeth; and
Mrs. Margaret Fisher Patter
son, a graduate of both Char
lotte College and the Presby
terian Hospital School of Nursing.
The meeting adjourned at eight
o’clock for a social hour and a
tour of the college buildings.
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GREAT ARBORETUMS FROM LITTLE BALSAMS GROW. Pres
ident Bonnie E. Cone, with some help from Dr. Herbert Hechen
bleikner, plants the first botanical specimen during the Arboretum
Dedication, on Sunday. March 31.
Drama Society To
Utilize Barn
The Charlotte College Drama
Society held its first meeting
F riday, March 29. Organized un
der the auspices of the Special
Activities Committee of the Stu
dent Council, the Society plans
to produce a program of one
act plays for student audiences
before the end of the year.
In part, the statement of pur
poses of the Society reads: “To
study and practice the elements
of stagecraft, to study and pro
duce samples of dramatic art,
to improve the diction of its
members, and to enable them
to become familiar wifc the art
of public speaking."
It is the hope of the Society
to become the first step
toward the establishment of a
Drama Department at Charlotte
College.
The Student Council, at its
meeting on April 1, chartered
the Drama Society. At that tirne,
the Council voted funds to the
Society.
The lack of adequate facili
ties has been discussed, and it
has been noted that the barn,
with a minimum of expense,
cold be converted into a thea
tre— which could also serve as
a temporary auditorium.
Some members of the Society
are prejsently conducting a “Save
the Barn” campaign.- They pro
pose that the barn be moved and
then converted into a theatre.
Frederic Cornue, spokesman for
Inter-Club Council
March
Formed In
By Tom Winstead
The Ides of March placed a
new anniversary on the College
Calendar. On a Wednesday af
ternoon, representatives from
campus organizations met and
formed an Inter-Club-Council.
It will be the purpose of the
'ICC to coordinate the activities
of clubs and provide more bene
fits for the students. This cen
tral organization of all clubs will
enable the combined groups to
increase their usefulness on the
campus by coordinating the re
sponsibilities of the different
clubs and encouraging general
participation from more stu
dents. The ICC is a completely
voluntary organization, and any
club may join.
Present members are: Social
Committee, Special Activities
Committee, Finance Commit
tee, Phi Theta Kappa, Sigma
Tau Sigma, Engineers Club,
Charlotte College “Y” (CCY)
CCUN, NEA, Si-Si, SpanishClub,
French Club, Drama Club, Stu
dent Council, Charlotte Col
legian, and Circle-K.
ICC elected the following offi
cers during the last week of
March: Bob Alexander, chair
man; Tommy Estridge, vice-
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the group, emphasized that ade
quate conversion work, exclusive
of moving costs, could be done for
under $2500. “Consideringthatin
all likelihood it vrtll be ten years
before an auditorium is built
here and that this building can
serve as such in the meantime,
$2500 is amazingly inexpensive,”
Cornue said.
Tryouts for the plays will be
held shortly. Announcements will
be posted. AU interested students
and faculty members, exper
ienced or not, are invited to par
ticipate. Mrs. Anne Brantley will
be faculty advisor to the Drama
Society.
Professors
Are Added
The appointemnt of two new
professors to the faculty of Char
lotte College was announced last
week by Dean S. J. McCoy. Both
men will assume their duties in
the fall.
Dr. Fobert Marsden Wallace,
currently a professor of English
at the University of Alabama,
has accumulated extensive ex
perience in educational tele
vision. Professor Wallace is a
member of a number of profes
sional societies, and he has pub
lished many scholarly arti
cles and reviews.
Dr. Wallace who was bom at
Spartanburg, South Carolina,
received his bachelor’s degree
from Wofford College, his mas
ter’s and doctor’s degree from
the University of North Carolina.
Mrs. Wallace was the former
Miss Harriet Henderson, and the
Wallaces have three daughers,
ages 7,11, and 13.
Joining the Department of Ma
thematics in the fall will be Pro
fessor William Morris Perel,
who was born in Chicago, Illi
nois. Professor Perel comple
ted this three degrees, through
the doctorate, at the University
of Indiana.
A member of a number of
professional societies, Dr.Perel
has also published several scho
larly articles and reviews. He
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Run-Off Is Now On
For Council Prexy
On Thursday and Friday, April 11-12, the stu
dent body will choose between Dudney Jarnigan and
Larry Lynn for. President of the Student Council for
1963-64. The results of the March elections requir
ed a run-off beteen these two men.
March was a turbulent month
on the campus, with the impor
tant election of executive offi
cers of the Student Council in
full swing. Bright, eye-catching
posters -- serious and comical
—decorated the halls in prepara
tion for election day. Campaign
speeches were given in an assem
bly on Tuesday, March 27. Voting
polls, held by present Student
Johnny Long
Here May 11
Put a red circle around May
11 on your calendar. It’s the
date of the big Spring Dance.
Music will be provided byJohnny
Long and his band from 8:00 til
12:00 p.m.
As yet, there is no announce
ment concerning decorations or
refreshments. However, re
freshments will probably include
mints, petit sandwiches, and
punch.
Council members, were open on
Thursday and Friday, March 28-
29.
Out of eleven candidate
running, the following three were
elected; Joe Williamson, vice-
president; Carol Minnick, secre
tary; and Sandra Hodges,treas
urer.
The amendment to the Con
stitution concerning regulations
for the election of officers for
the new junior class was passed
by an overwhelming majority.
Publication heads -- July Idol,
editor of Si-Si; Bob Alexander,
business manager of Si-Si; Susan
Weber, editor of the Collegian;
and Jerry Shields, business man
ager of the Collegian -- were
also approved.
Elections of officers for the
sqjhomore and jupior classes
will be held during the latter
part of April, and the new officers
will be installed early in May.
For further information about
new Council officers, see the last
page.
Nine Attend UNC
Student Symposium
From Charlotte College nine
students attended the annual In
ternational Student Symposium at
the University of North Carolina
on the week end of March 30.
This delegation was the largest,
excluding representatives from
the University itself.
Joe Williamson, Granville
Broome, Joyce Pressley, Harry
Simmons, Ann Black, Tommy
Estridge, Susan Wever, Judy
Hardison, and Dennis Pressley
arrived at the Carolina campus
early Saturday, a true spring
morning. The group wandered to
wards the “Y’ and later guessed
the direction of their dormitor
ies.
Lessons started at nine o’clock
when Chancellor WOliam B. Ay-
cock welcomed the delegates. A
panel of four foreign students,
all sponsored by the National
Student Association, spoke about
student problems in their re
spective countries—Indonesia,
Iran, Algeria, and the Congo.
During tne luncneon meding,
Magnus Gunther, former presi
dent of the South African Na
tional Student Association, spoke
to the group. Mr. Gunther men
tioned particularly the problem
of white supremacy in South A-
frican universities.
Following an afternoon address
by Dennis Shaul, president of
NSA, a tea was held at the home
of Mrs. William B. Aycock.
At nine o’clock ^t evening
Bill Welch, first president of
NSA, made an address on “Is
sues facing Students Today,” giv-'
Ing a summary of the work of NSA
and its future plans. Shintaro
Tozakl, from the student union
group in Japan, commented later
on the riots during President
Eisenhower’s visit to his country.
At a party concluding the Sym
posium, the delegates chatted
informally, discussing prdblems
of students around the world.
Student Council
By Manuel Kennedy
At the meeting of April 1,
the Student Council heard an
address by Dennis Yeager, who
is National Affairs Vice-Presi
dent for the National Student
Association.
The informal speech proved to
be of much interest to the Stu
dent Council, since it is a mem
ber of the N.S.A. Mr. Yeager
told the members a little about
the history, make-up, and work
ings of the organization.
The Council agreed to give an
additional $500 to the Special
Activities Committee to obtain
more weekly moview for the
remainder of the semester. The
popular, full-length movies
require only the student activity
card for admission.
The bulletin board in the north
hall of the Liberal Arts Building
(first floor) has become “free’
student bulletin board. This space
will be made available as soon as
possible for students to display
notices without having them ap
proved individually by the Pu
blicity Committee. A notice is to
be posted when this is carried
through.
The special committee set up
by the Student Concil to draw
up the Campus Regulations for
Charlotte College has submitted
its proposed Campus Regulations
to the Council. Each member has
been requested to study the reg
ulations, and they are to be dis
cussed at the next meeting of the
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