THANKSGIVING
DANCE
NOVEMBER 26
SEMI-FORMAL
LIBRARY
AUDITORIUM
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Volume 18, Number 2
Official Charlotte College Student Publication
Charlotte, North Carolina
CONGRATU
LATIONS TO
MR. AND MRS.
GIBBS ON NEW
BABY BOY!
November, 1963
Dr. Ley Addresses Students
Space Age Began In 1687,
Dr. Willy Ley States
The Space Age did not begin
with the first Russian Sputnik,
nor did it begin with Mariner
II, the Venus probe launched by
,the United States.
According to Dr. Willy Ley,
in his address in the Library
auditorium on October 23, open
ing the Charlotte College Lec
ture and Concert Series, the
Space Age began with an idea
propounded by Sir Isaac New
ton in 1687.
In a paper presented to the
Royal Society of London, New
ton explained the motion of the
moon by positioning an artificial
satellite and calculating the
• speed required to keep it in
orbit around the earth. Thus the
Space Age was introduced by
pure mathematics, although roc
ket fuels still had to be devel
oped to provide a velocity of 4.5
miles per second.
Henry Opens
Leadership
Conference
On Sunday, October 27, 1963,
a Leadership Conference was
held in the College Union Build
ing. Approximately thirty stu
dents and faculty members
gathered to hear M. Howard
Henry, Director of Graham Me
morial Union in Chapel Hill.
The meeting was held to fur
ther improve leadership.
Mr. Henry stressed the will to
work hard as one of the most
important elements of a good
leader. There are three divisions
of leadership, according to Mr.
Henry. He terms them simply
“ahead, the head, and a-head.”
The “ahead” leader is well ad
vanced for his time, as exempli
fied by Albert Einstein. At the
time Einstein published his
.theory of relativity, no one could
understand it; therefore, he was
not recognized as a leader until
someone could follow his theory.
The “head” is an elected offi
cial. Many times this person fits
the role of a popular leader, but
(See page 3)
As fuel developments brought
practical experiments closer, |
“the whole theory of satellites |
and space flight was put down
in four papers, written between |
1919 and 1925,” Dr. Ley stated.
After 1925 practical progress
followed rapidly on thought and
idea, from the first rocket, which
American Dr. Robert Goddard
fired from a Massachusetts pas
ture in 1926, to the powerful
German V-2 rockets of World
War II.
In discussing the massive ef
forts to land a man on the moon.
Dr. Ley insisted that this pro
gram should not be regarded as
a cost, but as an investment in
new knowledge. And he stated
confidently that new knowledge
always more than pays for it
self.
Concluding his lecture. Dr.
Ley stated that the moon land
ing will not be the end of the
space program, but “only the
end of the beginning.”
A coffee hour following the
lecture gave students an oppor
tunity to chat informally with
Dr. Ley and ask specific ques
tions, for which he never lacked
ready information.
New Labs
Readied
Two new science laboratories
will soon be ready for instruc
tional use in the Kennedy build
ing.
In K-220 the new laboratory
for Advanced Biology has been
furnished with square desks
seating four students. Along
each side there is a long counter
with a stainless steel sink.
Desks and counters are equip
ped with gas and electricity.
Adjoining the lab is an acces
sory work room.
The other new laboratory is
for Organic Chemistry, and it
is located at the other end of
the building from the present
chemistry laboratory.
Fully equipped, the new labo
ratory has alberene tops on all
counters, and the sinks are
carved out of the same soap
stone, which offers the best re
sistance to acids.
Universities Sustain
Urban Civilization
Chancellor Caldwell Equates
Education with Progress
Speaking at the dedication
ceremony for the new Charlotte
College Library and College
Union, on November 3, Dr. John
Tyler Caldwell, Chancellor of
North Carolina State of the
University of North Carolina at
Raleigh, enlarged the respon
sibilities of colleges and univer
sities in the new urban society.
Noting that the two buildings
“typify the student as a lone
individual learner from the
pages of books, and the student
as a learner in the comraderie
of life,” Chancellor Caldwell
made the connection direct be
tween these two buildings and
the mission of Charlotte College,
which in joint effort with all
colleges and universities must
“help bring to pass the ambi
tions of civilized man.”
Text of address on page 3.
Presiding at the afternoon
ceremony, held in the Library
Chorus Plans Concerts
U. N. Day Celebrated
On United Nations Day, Oc
tober 23, the Charlotte College
United Nations held its annual
commemoration service. Foreign
students from the surrounding
colleges were invited to a lec
ture by Mr. Dan Morrill, Assist
ant Professor of History.
Mr. Morrill spoke on the role
of Communist idealogy plays in
Russia’s policy toward the U.N.
His speech was followed by an
active question-answer period in
which Mr. Morrill defended his
opinion that the U.N. is useless
as an effective organization for
world management.
Another highlight of the com
memoration meeting was folk
singing by Georgia Graham,
Gary Swaringen and Pu C’Hong.
Featured songs were “Puff, the
Magic Dragon” and “This
Train.” Malachi Green led the
assembly in a rousing rendition
of “Ban the Bomb.”
The meeting then adjourned
for refreshments which included,
appropriately, Russian tea and
cookies. The foreign students
present included girls from
Sacred Heart and Queens and
boys from Davidson and Bel
mont Abbey. In the warm at
mosphere provided by the re
freshment table, Americans and
non-Americans became “just
students” with the universal
student problems and ideas.
Spanish, German, and French
language students had a chance
to practice their newly learned
skills in talking with the stu
dents from South America,
Europe, and Africa.
C.C.U.N.’s president Tom
Meachum emphasized the impor
tance of such gatherings as the
U.N. Day meeting and an
nounced the club’s plans for a
Christmas dinner for foreign
students in this area.
The first appearance of the
Charlotte College Chorus, under
the direction of Mr. Harvey
Woodruff, was the occasion of
the Dedication of the Library
and College Union buildings,
Sunday, November 3. They sang
two anthems, “Blessed Is the
Nation” and “Jubilate Deo,” ac
companied by Mrs. June Kelly.
The chorus is planning two
presentations of their Christmas
program, both featuring guest
artists. The first presentation
will be on Sunday afternoon
December 15, from 2:00 until
3:00. This hour will enable those
who wish to attend the “Mes
siah” to reach Ovens Auditorium
by 4:00.
The guests for this program
will be the “Uptowners” of
which a member of our own
faculty, Miss Marilyn Jody, is a
member. The other members of
the group are Catherine Jenrette
snd Lynn Rankin. The numbers
they are planning to do for the
program are: “Bye Bye, Thou
Little Tiny Child,” “Follow
Now, 0 Shepherds,” “Sing We
Noel,” and “A Round About
Christmas.”
The choir will render the fol
lowing songs: “Praise God, The
Lord, Ye Sons of Men,” “To Us
There Comes A Little Child,”
“0 Rejoice Ye Christmas Loud
ly,” “Come, Ye Lofty Come, Ye
Lowly,” “Yuletide Carol,” “The
King Is Come,” “Let Our Glad
ness Know No End,” “Sing We
Noel, Noel,” “0 Bethlehem,”
“Tell It Out Among the Na
tions.”
The second presentation of
this program will be given dur
ing school time for the students.
It is scheduled for Monday,
December 16, from 11:00 until
12:00. The guest for this pro
gram will be a baritone soloist,
Mr. Evans Gremellion, Minister
of Music at the First Baptist
Church of Albemarle.
Mr. Woodruff tells us that the
Christmas program will feature
its serious music at the begin
ning and end on a somewhat
lightei- note.
auditorium, was Mr. Addison H.
Reese, Chairman of the Build
ings and Grounds Committee of
the Board of Trustees. The
Speaker was introduced by Mr.
Oliver R. Rowe, Chairman of
the Finance Committee of the
Board of Trustees.
The Service of Dedication
was conducted by President
Bonnie E. Cone, who led the
assembly of students, faculty,
and community friends in the
established Litany of Dedica
tion.
Other participants in the
ceremony were Prof. W. B. H.
Corkey, who gave the invocation
and benediction, and Dr. War
ner L. Hall, Minister of Cove
nant Presbyterian Church, who
offered the prayer of dedication.
The Charlotte College Chorus,
under the direction of Mr. Har
vey L. Woodruff, sang two
anthems.
A reception for guests was
held in the College Union after
the ceremony.
Summer Work
For Juniors
Juniors still have the oppor
tunity to compete for appoint
ment to the third North Caro
lina Summer Internship Pro
gram in State Government.
Interested applicants can get
official blanks from Dr. Donald
M. Freeman (L-119). All appli
cations must be returned to the
Governor’s Office in Raleigh by
December 15.
Selection of twenty interns
for the summer of 1964 will be
made by a committee which in
cludes prominent political scien
tists teaching in North Carolina,
(See page 4)
Reception for CCUN
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