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VOLUME 17, NIMBER 8
CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA
MAY. 13C3
C.C. Now 4-Year Institution
Higher Education
Bill Passed May 10
PRESIDENT BONNIE E. GONE presents Susan Ann Weber with
her special award for contribution to college life. Seated are Dean
S. J. McCoy and Miss Beth Groom.
.New Majors
Planned
P reposals for academic ma
jors will be presented before the
State Board of Higher Education
by mid-May. The approval of the
package, which has been the ob
ject of a great deal of hard work
by the Administration, wUl be
together with approval of the
new teacher appointments, the
last order of business prior
to the publishing of C. C.’s first
catalog as a four-year institution.
Majors offered will be: Ba
chelor of Arts in Chemistry,
Economics and Business Ad-
minAtration, History, Political
Science, Mathematics, English,
and French. Bachelor of Science
degrees will be offered in En
gineering with a Mechanical or
Electrical cation. Chemistry, and
Mathematics. Bachelor of Arts
degrees in Chemistry and Mathe
matics are intended as teacher-
training degrees, and will not be
as concentrated in the specialty
involved as will the Respective
B, S. degrees.
Dr. Bonnie E. Cone stated that
we can expect “As many as
2,000 students next FaU,”
although more conservative es
timates place this figure at 1800.
A total of 22 appointments
have been made to increase the
faculty-
Chorus To Conclude Season
With Two Programs May 26
On the last Sunday in May, the
Charlotte College Chorus wUl
present two programs of sacred
and popular music to conclude its
season.
Sunday morning May 26 at
9:30 the Chorus will conclude
the “New Horizons’* series for
1962-63, which has been pre
sented the fourth Sunday of every
month over Channel 9, Station
WSOC-TV.
The program of the Chorus
under the direction of Mr. Har
vey Woodruff will include both
new sacred music and music of
a lighter nature. It shouli be a
listening experience of real var
iety and appeal.
Among the anthems will be a
“first” on television — an ori
ginal composition by Mr. Alex
Hegenbart, Minister of Music
at Oakhurst Baptist Church. Al
so included is an anthem by a
British composer, Donald Swann,
who has combined secular rhy
thms and sacred music in a
most unusual way. In the anthem
which the Chorus wUl perform
he utilizes the human whistle as a
musical instrument, which is so
far from standard paractice that
this will probably be another
“first ” on television.
The lighter selections include
two known to every listener: Cole
Porter’s “Begin the Beguine”
and the Rodgers and Hammer-
stein chorus from “Carousel”,
“June Is Bustin’Out All Over.”
Accompaniments will be played
by Mrs. R. A, Kelly. Theprogram
follows: Let the PeoplePraise
Thee- Wright, Blessed Is the
Nation - Roff, Glory and Honor
-Hegenbart. Hymn of Spring -
Langston, O Come Let Us Sing
Unto the Lord - Swann, Art
Thou Troubled? - Handel, Blow
the Wind Southerly - Stone,
Begin the Beguine - Porter,
I Went to the Market - Hender
son. June is Bustin’ Out All
Over - Rodgers.
The Spring Concert will >be
given the same afternoon. May
26, at 4:00, in Room L107 at
the College, and will include the
above selections plus others.
This is open to faculty, students,
parents and friends, and all are
welcome. Program will be con
ducted by 5:00.
VOCAL WORKSHOP
Saturday afternoon. May 25,
from 3:00 to 6:00. Mr. Woodruff
will present his students of sing
ing, including those from the
College, in an open “Workshop-
Recital.” This will be held in
Room L 107 and will be a “drop-
in” affair. It differs from a
formal recital in that the teacher
will work informally with the
students as in the voice stu
dio, so that selections may be
repeated and the teaching pro
cess may be observed. This pro
cedure has proved highly suc
cessful in the teaching of v(3ice,
and all who may be interested
as observers are cordially in
vited to attend.
Save-The-Barn Campaign
Picks Up Momentum
By C. Frederick CornUe
The vigorous campaign to save
the barn, spearheaded by the new
Drama Association, has picked
up momentum and $2,500. allo
cated recently by the Student
Council.
The Student Council made its
appropriation to cover the cost
of moving the bam to a wooded
area adjacent totheheatingplant.
provided the Board of Trustees
approves the plan. This decision
have to be made by June 1.
when the barn must move or fall
to make room for the final phase
in the current building program
on the main campus.
It is estimated that the moving
job will cost less thanthe$2.500.
including footings and a new foun
dation. Once moved, the structure
can be wired, floored upstairs,
and fined with a stage at a cost
estimated slightly under the mov
ing bill.
The campaign to save the bam
for use as an intimate theatre
for student drama -- andtempor-
arily'perhaps as a place to hold
sockhops, art exhibits, and other
small functions — has gained
momentum among students and
faculty. Last week the Special
Activities Committee polled the
students, who answered over
whelmingly in favor of the pro
posed plan for using the barn.
It is planned to make the build
ing available to any student group
with a legitimate need for it,
rather than Umiting its use to
only one group. Since the conver
ted bam wlU have a seating ca
pacity of200, it will serve many
groups which are too large
for a classroom, too small for
the auditorium of the future.
There are many gaps left to be
filled at Charlotte College, and
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By Sam Lindeman
Charlotte College’s dream of four-year state-sup-
ported status came true on the afternoon of May 10,
1963, when the General Assembly settled its differ
ences and passed the long-awaited Higher Education
Bill. The dispute over the name to be assumed by
“N. C. State” was finally resolved, and the new
name of the institution is to be “North Carolina State
of the University of North Carolina,” as of July 1.
The Higher Education Bill also
alters the names of Woman’s
College to The University of.
North Carolina at Greensboro
and.creates a statewide system
of state-supported institutions of
Commencement
Set June 2
The commencement exercises
for Charlotte College are sche
duled to be held June 2, at4p.m.,
in Park Center, 310 Kings Drive
North.
This year the graduating class
will be smaller because many
students have decided to retum
to the college for their junior
and senior work instead of re
ceiving a diploma.
Addressing the graduates will
be Dr. WUliam C. Archie, Di
rector of the North Carolina
Board of Higher Education, but
the subject of his address has
not yet been announced.
Eight commencement mar
shals were Installed on May 9
during formal ceremonies in the
library. Doris C. Weddington has
earned the distinction of serving
as chief marshal. Theother mar
shals are Barbara Banks, Jack
Barnette, Roy David Baucom,
Granville Broom, Richard Spit
tle, Linda Taylor, and Glinda
D. Trull.
Rehearsal for the procession
of administrators, faculty, and
graduates has been scheduled at
the campus on Wednesday, May
29, at 8:15 p.m.
Council Is
Expanded
Gearing for the junior year in
the fall of ‘63, the Student Coun
cil will be expanded by three
new Junior Class Representa
tives. Tommy Estrldge,Malachl
Greene, and Bob Andrews were
elected on April 30 and May 1 to
this new post.
Many of the sophomore r^re-
sentatlves have a year’s exper
ience behind them. These se
ven now hold positions: Gran
ville Broome, Joyce Pressley,
Tom Meachum, David Wilson,
Dennis Pressley. John Scott, and
Roger Reynolds.
Class officers are already e-
lected for next year’s junior and
sophomore classes. George
Simpson will be president of the
junior class, and Ronnie Rogers
wlU bevlce-president. Judy Mor
gan won the secretarial position.
For the sophomore class, the
president is Bob Schaeffer. Judy
Hardison will be the new vice-
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higher learning. Charlotte, Ashe
ville, and Wilmington Community
Colleges are Included in the
omnibus act.
The collegfe learned of the his
toric event whenthe Final Edition
of the Charlotte News hit the back
steps of the Science-Engineering
Building after most of the
students^ had left for the day.
There was an excited bustle in the
Administrative Offices when the
big news was revealed, and over
in the Kennedy Building, Fre
derick Cornue barged into the
Library shouting “We’ve got our
chater!” There was some excite
ment in the hallways as the news
spread, but the initial reaction
was one of disbelief.
The Faculty has been working
for months to develop a curricu
lum and special courses toward
the B. A. and B. S. degrees. The
wording of the charter allows
Charlotte College to offer engi
neering, business administra
tion, and education majors, as
had been requested by local offi
cials . President Bonnie E. Cone,
in an interview with reporters
of WSOC-TV, remarked that this
was the first time since the
early twentieth century that any
institution had been chartered by
the state for state support. Dr.
Cone further remarked that we
can expect State funds to pro-
vice for two new classroom build
ings, two new science-engineer
ing buildings, and for expansion
of the Student Union Building,
as previously planned by the ar
chitects. Estimates of enrollment
in the Fall of ‘63 range from
1600 to 2,000 wlth4>000to 5,000
expected in 1968 and the 10,000
figure to be reached by 1970.
Although the college is not a
part of the University of North
Carolina yet, said Dr. Cone, “We
feel that this must come, as a
result of the need for diversi
fication of services in this area.”
But the real jubilation was ex
pressed when the President said
“You almost have to pinch your
self! It’s like a dream come true!’
Under the new law. to take
effect on the 1st of July. Char
lotte College wUl no longer
be a part of the Charlotte Com
munity College System, but will
be an independent, state -sup
ported institution.
Mecklenburg College and the
Charlotte Industrial Education
Center will merge under one
board of trustees toform the new
Community College System. The
two institutions at present are
operating under their own
administrative boards, but will
merge when the new law takes
effect. Under the new law. also,
the Mecklenburg County Com
missioners are authorized, in
effect, to divert county money
to the support of the new sy
stem.