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^Official Charlotte College Student Publication^
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
October, 1963
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At the Summer Hootenanny, students listen to folk songs by Roger Honkanen. SettinR for the
musical evening was the pame room of the Collepe Union.
CC and WBT-FM Present Shakespeare
This fall Charlotte College will
collaborate with WBT-FM in pre
senting sixteen of Shakespeare’s
plays over radio, beginning on Sun
day evening, October 6, and conti
nuing each Sunday through Janu
ary 19. All broadcasts will start
at seven o’clock in the evening.
Complete recordings have been
secured from the Marlowe Society
of London, and each play will be
broadcast in its entirety — no cuts
to shorten the time, not even for
Hamlet.
Included in the productions are
program notes written by Prof. Sid
ney T. Stovell, in consultation with
other members of the Department
of English. These notes, accord
ing to Mr. Stovall, will give an
eight-minute introduction for each
play and provide brief comments
between scenes, occasionally sup
plying word pictures for the ac
tion on stage.
Mr. Clyde McLean, of WBT, is
taping the program notes for
Sophomores Sponsor Another
HOOTENANNY: NINE
ACT SUCCESS
Saturday night saw Charlotte
College’s first major social event
of the fall season. Hootenanny
63’/a. At approximately 8:30 an
estimated six hundred students be
gan arriving in the Library Audi
torium carrying blankets, pillows
and rugs to sit on.
The Sophomore Class sponsored
event was opened by Martin Ri-
chek at 8:45 when he introduced
the first song “This Land Is Your
Land” which was sung by all of
the nine acts featured in the show.
The stars of the show were the
Winstons, a local group made up
-of Diane Baker, Miss Stanley Coun
ty, 1964, and Bill Dobbs, guitarist.
The duo met a highly disappointed,
but sympathetic audience when it
was made known that due to Di
ane’s severe cold, the two would
not be able to participate actively
in the program. Diane and Bill
expressed their deep regrets at
having to sit quietly on the side
lines, because as they put it, Char
lotte College is their “second
home.” The two were cheered by
the audiences singing Happy Birth
day to Diane. In spite of Diane’s
cold, the Winstons opened the
, show with two songs, “Jesus Met
a Woman” and “Tomorrow is a
Long Time.”
Delores Nance, a tall red head
ed Garinger High School junior,
followed the Winstons with “Little
Moses.” Delores accompanied her
self on guitar in this haunting folk
song.
One of the liveliest parts of the
show was the appearance of the Sli-
mey River Bottom Boys. The
group is a segment of the Cata-
linas, a local rock and roll group,
which has branched off into folk
■ music. Three of the boys are from
Charlotte College: Tom Black, gui
tar; Jack Stallings, banjo, and
Johnny Edwards, guitar. The bass
player was Tom Plyer. The four
kept up a steady stream of jokes
as they sang “Raspberries, Straw
berries,” “Blowing In The Wind”
and “My Old Man.”
The fourth act on the program
was an impromptu duet by De-
lores Nance and Roger Honkanen.
The two sang an ethic folk song,
“Dark as a Dungeon.”
Three school teachers did not try
to teach the audience anything.
As the Uptowners, Lynn Rankin,
Catherine .Tenrette, and Marilyn
Jody, started their act with their
theme song, “Roving Man.” Miss
Jody, guitarist for the group, was
better known to the audience as an
English teacher at C. C. The Up
towners sang “The Fox” and their
own arrangements of Nine Hun
dred Miles.” They were joined by
the audience on a well known
favorite, “Crawdad,” and were fol
lowed by “The Most Chivalrous
Shark in the Ocean,” and “The
Old Banshee.”
Pervis Lee, of the downtown
Winston’s club led the group in
“Michael,” “Jamaica Farewell,”
and “Puff.” He also sang “Island
In The Sun,” accompanying himself
on guitar.
Strumming her guitar, little red
headed Georgia Graham (Margaret
to her friends at C. C.) sang
Continued To
Cheerleaders
Elected
New cheerleaders for Char
lotte College were elected Tues
day night, September 24. Three
of the five are graduate of Ga
ringer High School in Charlotte.
They are Baiha Lukevics, Bonnie
Barthen, and Gwen Chapman.
Ann Thompson and Gloria Ward
are graduates of Myers Park
High School.
Johnson Collection
Reaches Shelves
Herschel V. Johnson is one nice
man . . . this is the way College
librarians describe their greatest
benefactor.
Johnson donated more than 3,000
books to the school’s library this
year, and promises to make eventu
ally his whole personal collection
available to the young here at CC.
Johnson is a well traveled man,
having served his country in the
foreign services for many years.
He graduated from UNC in 1916
and went into the Army, where
he served as a captain. Then he
entered into a life as a diplomat.
Among the long list of places
where Johnson represented the
United States are Berne, Switzer
land; Scofia, Bulgaria; Mexico
City, London, and Brazil.
He also served several terms as
the U. S. Representative on the
United Nations’ Security Council,
and served as U. S. Minister to
Sweden.
The books and works of art he
collected during his tenure in the
foregin service make up his per-
\ sonal library, many of which were
I stored in warehouses before now.
Now, Herschel Johnson donates
his collection to CC, almost as fast
as he can read them. This donated
collection contains many rare edi
tions and several in foreign langu
ages.
Some of the books now in the
school library, thanks to Mr. John
son, are a sixteen volume collection
of Prescott’s works. Tome’s La
Livre des Mille Nuitset Une Nuit
in eight volumes, A History of
; the Norman Conquest, by Free
man, two volumes on Central
.4merica by Stephens, and the in
teresting Historic Devices, Badges,
and War-Cries by B. Palliser.
According to Mrs. Mozelle Scher-
1 ger, the librarian, the collection will
be used intact here at Charlotte
1 College, with the exception of some
i of the foreign language editions.
Mrs. Scherger also said that a val
uation of the collection by Mr.
Charles R. Brockmann, a noted
Charlotte bookman who headed the
I Charlotte Public Library Book Ac-
i quisition department for fifteen
NEA Elects
Officers
The Student NEA of Charlotte
College held its first meeting of the
fall term on Friday, September 20,
in the College Union. The purpose
of the meeting was to organize for
the activities of the coming year.
The following officers were elected:
Mr. Ralph King, President; Mrs.
Ethel Phipps, vice-president; Mrs.
Nancy Robertson, secretary; Mrs.
Shirley Buchanan, treasurer. A
membership committee was ap
pointed under the chairmanship of
Miss Patsy Helfner.
Tentative plans discussed includ
ed sending delegates to the Nation
al Education Association conven
tions. An open house for the Fu
ture Teachers’ clubs of the area is
projected.
Miss Mary Denny, faculty super
visor, and Mr. Larry Lynn, out
going president, gave short talks on
the importance of the NEA in the
field of education.
The next meeting of the NEA
will be held on Friday, October 4,
at 5 P.M. This meeting is timed
for the convenience of night stu
dents. It will convene for dinner
in the college cafeteria.
Guests Attend
CCUN Dinner
The Collegiate Council for the
United Nations’ held an informal
dinner meeting in the college cafe
teria on Wednesday, September
18, 1963. The guest of honor at
this meeting was George Thomas.
years, placed their value at $4,377.
But Mrs. Scherger said the books
were worth much more to the Col
lege because of the expense of
buying them one at a time.
All in all, there’s a lot of good
reading enjoyment to be found in
Mr. Johnson’s gift, and we are
very thankful for this opportunity
to learn.
Celanese Gift Yields $40,000 Income
Thursday, July 11, 1963, Celanese
Corporation of America announced
it was presenting the Charlotte
College Foundation an industrial
facility worth more than $1 mil
lion.
Burlington Industries, in Bur
lington, North Carolina, where the
plant is located, have announced
during the past month that they
plan to lease the plant from the
Charlotte College Foundation. Re
cently it was disclosed that the
yield will be over $40,000 annually.
This amount should be greater,
for next to the plant is a tract of
land that can be leased to another
company.
James R. Kennedy, executive
vice-president of Celanese, upon
transfer of the deed to Mr. W. H.
Barnhardt, chairman of the Foun
dation, stated that the gift was
made to “promote scientific and
engineering education at Charlotte
College.” He also stated that Ce
lanese “knows of no better way to
express our thanks (for favors ex
tended since Celanese has been in
Charlotte) than by some endeavor
which might promote the educa
tional opportunities for the young
people of Charlotte and the sur
rounding Piedmont area.”
The presentation of the indus
trial property was made at a
special convocation in the College
Union. In addition to the ad
ministration, faculty, and summer
students of Charlotte College, many
leaders of education and business
in the larger Charlotte community
were in attendance, as well as a
number of elected officials, both
state and local.
Although the gift was made
without any restrictions, Celanese
did request the College to consider
using the income from the proper
ty to supplement faculty salaries
in the science curricula.
The Charlotte College Founda
tion, which was incorporated for
the purpose of receiving and ad
ministering gifts to the College,
becomes the legal owner of the
property. It is the ambition of the
Foundation to accumulate addition
al gifts providing comparable in
come to sustain other curricula in
the College.
broadcast. At the conclusion of
the series, WBT intends to give
the College complete types of all
the program notes.
The radio series opens with the
triology on Prince Hal—Henry IV,
Part I on October 6, Henry IV,
Part II on October 13, and Henry V
on October 20.
The programming shifts to come
dy on October 27, when Twelfth
Night will be broadcast. For the
remainder of the series, tragedy
and comedy will alternate — with
one history play included.
Plays for November will be IJo-
meo an d/uliet, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Macbeth, and The
Merchant of Venice in that order.
December broadcasts will offer
on successive Sunday evenings
Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale, Antony
and Cleopatra, King John, and
Cymbeline.
The series over FM radio will
conclude in January with Measure
for Measure, King Lear, and The
Tempest.
Mr. Thomas is a former student
Charlotte College student and a
former member of the C.C.U.N.
group. He is presently attending
Swarthmore College in Pennsyl
vania.
Two other special guests were
also honored at this meeting. These
were Mr. and Mrs. Sada Desai from
India. Mrs. Desai has been in
the United States for only three
weeks. The Desai’s two children
are remaining in India.
The Charlotte College Chapter
of the Collegiate Council for the
United Nations is a member of
the International C.C.U.N., which
has been organized on campuses in
thirty-one nations, including the
United States.
Phi Theta Kappa
Pledges Four
On Wednesday, August 21, 1963,
the following students were in
ducted into the Charlotte College
chapter of Phi Theta Kappa:
George Callahan, Faye Thompson,
Jean Thompson, and Bob Schaef
fer. These four students signed
the roll of Charlotte College’s honor
society during a candlelight pledge
service. They were presented with
pins bearing an engraved head of
Minerva, goddess of wisdom.
Iota Lambda, the Charlotte Col
lege chapter, gives a scholarship to
a deserving student each year. The
1963 scholarship was awarded to
Margaret Ross.
This year, in addition to the scho
larship, the group plans to conduct
tours of the campus. They will
escort visitors and show them va
rious points of interest. Members
will be host to Sunday afternoon
visitors.
The Phi Theta Kappa chapter has
six officers: David Baucom, presi
dent; David Wilson, vice-president;
Ann Hood, secretary; Ann Black,
historian, and Glinda Trull, re
porter.