THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
November, 1963
P
Edelman Boasts A
Tough Team
Alma poses before practice at the C.U. She is to lead CC’s
majorettes.
Prancing Little Women
rettes. She was Miss Dixie Ma
jorette from 1961 through 1962,
and again from 1962 through
1963.
The group’s mascot, Miss
Nancy Wean, who is eleven,
boasts an honor, too. She was
Little Miss Dixie Majorette in
1962. She will do a few solos
of her own.
The drill team, which is
known as “The High Hatters,”
cannot be denied its share of
the limelight, either. This group
of twelve lovely girls was the
state champion drill team last
year. They also marched in the
Carousel parade and won the
special unit division. They plan
to march in the parade again
this year.
The uniforms that these girls
will be wearing are easy to de
scribe. They resemble those of
the basketball team, but they
are slightly briefer and have no
numerals. The majorettes’ uni
forms will be blue .satin with a
little lace here and there. The
drill team will be wearing gold
uniforms.
Alma summed things up when
she said, “It’s a tough looking
group.” That will certainly be
nominated for the understate
ment of the year. Yes sir, it
should be a great year for bas
ketball at Charlotte College.
By Ellison Clary
Attendance at the C. C. 49’s
basketball games will probably
soar this year, but not neces
sarily because of the quality of
the basketball team. Even if our
team may leave something to be
desired, we will have a squad of
majorettes who can take on all
comers.
At every 49er home game,
spectators will be treated to a
performance by a team of Char
lotte College majorettes, under
the direction of Alma Royster.
This group will be made up of
five majorettes, a mascot, and
a drill team.
The majorettes are Diane
Sweezy, Carol Foster, Bonnie
Myers, Sue Streigh, and leader
Alma, who is in the process of
training these girls now. They
plan to put on a wonderful show
at every game, featuring solos
and fire twirling on occasions.
The girls practice every Wed
nesday afternoon, from four
until six o’clock, at Sharon
School. So that’s the place to go
for all you boys who have sud
denly developed a deep desire
to learn to twirl a baton.
Alma has proven her ability
with a baton for a number of
years. She performed at South
Mecklenburg High School for
four years, where she was a
member of the famous Sab-
By Jim Reynolds
Coach Edelman walked across
the court in his gray sweat
shirt, gray pants, white tennis
shoes. His fingers busily twirled
the whistle hung around his
neck. He stopped about three-
fourths of the way across the
court to talk to a couple of his
players, then walked to the edge
of the court to watch the open
ing moments of practice.
The coach first commented on
the schedule, which is the
roughest in Charlotte College’s
history. In addition to the regu
lar Dixie Conference opponents,
games with Belmont Abbey’s
varsity and Duke University’s
freshman are coming up. Coach
Edelman announced also that
the team will participate in the
Sun Coast Tournament held in
St. Petersburg, Florida.
Coach Edelman is very happy
with the material he has to
work with on the team. When
asked about outstanding players,
he names every player on the
team and elaborates on the qual
ifications of each. “If we can
keep the boys we have now,”
Coach Edelman said as he
watched each boy shoot, “we
will have the best team in the
history of Charlotte College.”
The coach seemed assured
that he has a good shooting
team that is well balanced and
strong on the backboards. “We
still have to learn to work to
gether, but we have to get used
to each other,” he said with
confidence.
Coach Edelman also expressed
his regret in the failure of the
cross country team to material
ize. According to him, the col
lege has a commitment to the
Dixie Conference to add at least
one sport a year until the ath
letic program is completed.
He suggested a bowling team
that would only have to submit
its scores to the conference for
competition with other schools.
Tennis and golf were also men
tioned as possible future addi
tions.
49’ers Schedule
49’ers Roster
No.
Name
Ht.
Wt.
Age
Elig.
Course
11
James, Jimmy*
5'6
145
21
Jr.
Bus. Adm.
12
Chapman, Walt
5’9
140
18
Fr.
Lib. Arts
13
Jacobs, Charlie
6'2
187
23
Jr.
Lib. Arts-Hist.
14
Sabatini, Joe*
6'6
195
21
Soph.
Lib. Arts-
Psych.
15
Gilbert, “Butch”*
5'9
155
20
Jr.
Bus. Adm.
21
Sides, Gene
6'1
169
19
Soph.
Bus. Adm.
22
Henderson, Gene*
5'11
170
22
Soph.
Bus. Adm.
23
Greene, Ronnie*
6'3
165
21
Jr.
Bus. Adm.
24
Means, Mike
6'2
180
19
Fr.
Lib. Arts-Hist.
25
Blackwelder, Whitey 6'
160
18
Fr.
Lib. Arts-Ed.
31
Gummerson, Gary*
6'5
155
21
Jr.
Lib. Arts-Hist.
32
Robinson, Rodney
6'4
185
20
Jr.
Lib. Arts-Hist.
* Charlotte College Lettermen
Drink
In
harmony
with fun!
I
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Summer Work
(Continued from page 1)
and all applicants will be noti
fied of the committee’s decisions
by the last of February.
Governor Terry Sanford stated,
in a letter of November 5 to
President Bonnie E. Cone: “This
program constitutes an inten
sive effort on the part of the
state to develop the interest of
outstanding North Carolina col
lege and university students in
the governmental affairs of
North Carolina. We believe that
the two previous summer pro
grams were immensely success
ful.”
Governor Sanford indicated
in his letter also that the pro
gram will receive national pub-
I'city in the winter issue of
State Govemment, published by
the Council of State Govern
ments.
The Summer Internship Pro
gram for 1964 will last from
June 15 through August 21 and
will provide an opportunity for
the twenty outstanding college
students to work in approxi
mately fifteen agencies of State
Government.
In addition to their work, the
student interns will have inten
sive, coordinated discussion on
governmental and related prob
lems of North Carolina in eve
ning seminars to be held twice
a week, and in luncheons to be
held once a week. The seminars
and luncheons will be under the
supervision of a political scien
tist and will have state officials,
leaders, and political scientists
as guests, speakers, and re
source persons.
All interns will live at one of
the dormitories at North Caro
lina State of the University of
North Carolina at Raleigh in
order that their experiences may
be shared fully on an informal
basis. Rent will be $6.00 per
week without linen. Interns will
be paid $75.00 per week.
In order to qualify, an appli
cant must have completed two
years of undergraduate college
work and must be either a resi
dent of North Carolina or duly
enrolled in a North Carolina
educational institution.
Peruvians
Study at CC
Luis Lecanos and Angel Vas
ques are members of Charlotte
College’s first freshman class as
a senior college. Both graduated
in December from a rigid high
school system.
For example, last year Angel
took Geography, Trigonometry,
Physics, Religion, Chemistry,
Biology, Military Science, and
Gym. Luis took almost as many
subjects, while he was going to
c special Math Academy and an
American school to study Eng
lish. The school period lasted
from 8:00 or 8:30 A.M. to 5:00
or 5:30 P.M. (with a two-hour
lunch period) for 5% days every
week. There were four exam
periods a year (one every two
months), and pre-exams every
month in between.
Luis comes to us from Lima,
the capital of Peru and a city
of over 1,000,000 people. Luis is
one of the four boys and two
girls in his family. He had the
one year of required kindergar
ten, then five years of primary
and five of secondary school,
finishing in a boarding school of
5000 students, which is one of
the largest and oldest in South
America and about which a pic
ture of South American school
life was made.
It is very difficult to be ad
mitted to Luis’s school and, at
least an average of about fifteen
is required. (There is no mis
print. Grades in Peru range
from 0-20, with 13 the average,
and anything above 18 virtually
impossible to achieve. So the
next time you receive a smash
ing 15, console yourself. If you#
were in Peru, you would prob
ably be on the Dean’s list!)
Luis says that the high
schools are of two types, tech
nical and professional. A gradu
ate of a technical school is ready
to go to work, but a profes
sional school graduate has about
five more years of university
work ahead of him (eight if he
wishes to be a doctor).
Luis wanted to come to
America two years ago, but
thought it would be impossible
since student visas are issued
only if one has been accepted at
a school here and knows where
he will stay. There was no way
Luis could find out these
things without being here. How
ever, a friend, who is now at
N. C. State, came last January
with “Operation Amigo.” Last
summer, Luis came over on a
visitor’s visa and his friend in
troduced him to many people,
including the family he now
':ves with.
Sat.
Nov.
30
GUILFORD here
8:00
Wed.
Dec.
4
N. C. METHODIST here*
8:00
Thu.
Dec.
5
at BELMONT ABBEY
8:00
Sat.
Dec.
7
at N. C. WESLEYN*
7:30
Tue.
Dec.
10
MARS HILL here
8:00
Fri.
Dec.
13
COLLEGE of CHARLESTON here* 4:00
Sat.
Dec.
14
at DUKE FRESHMEN
6:00
Wed.
Dec.
18
ST. ANDREWS here*
Fri.
Jan.
3)
at SUNCOAST TOURNAMENT, St. Peters
Sat.
Jan
4)
burg, Fla., vs. Birmingham
Southern,
Florida Presbyterian, College of Charles
ton
Tue.
Jan.
7
at GUILFORD
8:00
Sat.
Jan.
11
N. C. WESLEYN here*
8:0u
Thu.
Jan.
16
at MARS HILL
7:30
Sat.
Jan.
25
at LYNCHBURG
8:00
Mon.
Jan.
27
ASHEVILLE-BILTMORE here
8:00
Tue.
Jan.
28
at WINGATE JC
7:30
Thu.
Jan.
30
WILMINGTON here
8:00
Wed.
Feb.
5
WINGATE here
8:00
Thu.
Feb.
6
at ASHEVILE-BILTMORE
8:00
Sat.
Feb.
8
LYNCHBURG here*
8:00
Tue.
Feb.
11
at N. C. METHODIST'*
8:15
Fri.
Feb.
14
at S. ANDREWS*
8:00
Sat.
Feb.
15
at COL. CHARLESTON*
8:15
Thu.
Feb.
20)
at DIXIE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
Fri.
Feb.
21)
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Char
Sat.
Feb.
22)
leston, S. C.
I ’* Denotes Conference games. Charlotte College is a member
of the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
All games will be played in the evening.
All Home Games will be played at the Garinger High School
gym.
Angel and Luis
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He was accepted at C. C., and
Luis, who was nineteen on April
8th, arrived in our country on
his birthday. He is taking Calcu
lus and Analytic Geometry,
Chemistry, English, and Engi
neering this semester; math is
his favorite subject.
Angel himself came to Char
lotte with “Operation Amigo.”
He wanted to come back, but
did not think it would be possi
ble. After he was graduated as
valedictorian of a class of 200
(there were 2000 in his high
.=:chool), he took the difficult
examination for a university in
his city and was accepted.
He began classes in April
and went for one week, then got
word from the family he had
stayed with in America that
they wanted to pay his way
here. Charlotte College offered
him a scholarship; his problems
resolved, Angel entered as a
freshman in September. Angel
was chosen for “Operation
Amigo” because he was one of
the best students in the all-male
school which he attended.
Angel says that there co
educational universities and that
there are even women profes
sors. In Peru, the teachers,
rather than the students, change
classes. Angel who was eighteen
on October 2nd, is now taking
Math, Chemistry (his favorite),
English, and Engineering Draw
ing. He looks forward to a pos
sible trip home next summer.
The two plan to travel in the
States during their planned
four-year stay. Luis hopes to
major in Electrical Engineering,
work on his Master’s degree,
and then go home to work with
some large company in Peru.
Angel, who says his main reason
for coming was to really lean.
English, will probably major in
Civil Engineering, but he really
wants to get his Master’s and
teach English in a Peruvian
university.
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