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Jane Shaw
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Bobby Jean Gantt
The C. C. Rider
By E. Clary
Man Bites Own Ear;
Doctors Puzzled
Local doctors were reported
ly puzzled today after treating
a Charlotte man for a bitten
ar. Doctors said that the man,
identified as Caulie Flower, told
them that he had bitten it him
self. They stated that it was the
first case of its type in medical
history.
Mr. Flower’s personal physi-
jan. Dr. Jack Knife, was in-
iviewed by this reporter and
made the following state-
ent:
“Mr. Flower was admitted to
the hospital yesterday afternoon
with an acute slice on his right
ear. The wound appeared to be
excessively deep and, at first, I
thought that I would have to
amputate for fear that gan-
'reen would set in.
“I soon decided that the
wound should be sewn up, how
ever, when I remembered that
I had to drop by my tailor’s
shop, anyway. I’m glad I did
now, because that man can
work wonders with a needle. He
.made this suit. Notice those
neat seams?
“Oh, yes, back tc the case.
Mr. Flower is doing nicely, but
we’re going to have to keep him
under close observation for a
couple of weeks in cas€ rabies
develops. He can’t remember
whether he’s had his shots, and
he doesn’t have his tags, so I
have no other choice.”
Later, this reporter also in
terviewed Mr. Flower. When
asked how it felt to bite his
•own ear, he replied, “Painful.”
Mr. Flower was then asked how
he was able to bite his own ear
and he explained, “It was easy.
I stood on a chair.”
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The Mailman Cometh
The mailman delivered a let
ter to me from the city dump
the other day and since it had
to do with this column, I have
decided to print it. It follows.
Dear Mr. Clary,
Recently, one of our field
sanitation engineers brought in
a load of refuse which con
tained a copy of the November
issue of the Charlotte Collegian.
Since I had never seen this pub
lication before, I decided to
take a look at it.
Smiling Ethelyn McMillan
Publicity Committee
Lays Down Law
Under the leadership of Ethe
lyn McMillan, a sophomore of
South High extraction, the Pub
licity Committee of the Student
Government Association of
Charlotte College is enjoying a
period of well-organized pros
perity. Active members of the
committee include Eve Renne,
Jay Currin, Tom Porter, Tom
Mecham, Judy Freeland, Mike
Heavner, Frank Perez, Jan Gal
loway, and Sandra Haney.
With her “right hand man,”
Chris Serigstad, Ethelyn has
compiled a set of rules and reg
ulations to govern campus pub
licity. These general rules are
now in elfect; all clubs, organi
zations, and individuals are ex
pected to observe them.
1. All publicity should be in
good taste and in good judg
ment. The uses of obscenity,
profanity, and material derogra-
tory to any group should not be
used.
2. All organizations or per
sons responsible for the posting
of publicity are also responsi
ble for the removal of their
publicity when it is outdated.
The privilege of using bulletin
boards may be withdrawn from
any organization or person
which persists in failing to re
move its outdated publicity.
All personal notices will be
dated by members of the Pub
licity Committee and can re
main on the bulletin boards for
three weeks only.
3. All publicity pertaining to
otf-campus activities must be
approved by the Publicity Com
mittee chairman before posting.
The Publicity Committee func
tions to handle all the publicity
for Student Government organi
zations. It is kept busiest by the
Social Committee, whose many
activities this year have kept
“poster markers” and “sign
printers” very busy.
Apparently it had been used
to line a trash disposal, for it
had been badly mutilated by
coffee grounds and it smelled of
dog food. However, I was able
to decipher a small portion of
the paper. It happened to be a
column, called The C. C. Rider,
which was written by you.
I read this column and I was
very much impressed. I would
like to request that you make
the Charlotte Collegian avail
able to all sanitation department
personnel so that they, too, may
read your column. I am sure
that they would enjoy it for it
is, without doubt, the trashiest
piece of literature that I have
ever read.
Yours very truly,
Nats N. Flythe
Supervisor, City Dump
Mr. Flythe, I am completely
overcome by your most compli
mentary remarks. I just want
you to know that I will do
everything in my power to see
that there is a copy of the
Charlotte Collegian in every
garbage can in the city.
In Conclusion
This column ends with the
famous words of that wise
Chinese philosopher, Confucious,
who said, “Wong no long sin
chin we hop.” We should al
ways remember and live by
those words, but, as we all
know, they hold a special mean
ing during the holiday season.
That reminds me — Merry
Christmas and Happy New
Year!
I Early Uglies
I Freshmen
Sponsor
Ugly Contest
By Betty Trapps
Who vdll be C. C.’s “Mr. and
Miss Ugly” of 1963 ? Well, don’t
laugh, it just might be you.
Take a good look in the mirror;
does what you see look promis
ing? Then why not enter the
Ugly Contest specially created
for this type of problem?
There’s no swimsuit division, no
talent division, and you don’t
even have to be congenial. When
all the judges have cast their
votes some lucky ( ?) couple will
be crowned “Mr. Ugly” and
“Miss Ugly” of 1963.
Since nominations will remain
open until the last minute, let
me explain the rules of the con
test.
1. Every C. C. student is eligi
ble; good-looking, not so good-
looking, and well
2. You can nominate yourself,
your best friend, or your
worst enemy by paying a $.75
nominating fee.
3. Next, Tommy Estridge, our
photographer will take a pho
tograph of you which will be
used in the contest. Any con
testant who damages the
camera during his or her sit
ting is held directly responsi
ble.
4. Now, set a jar with your
name and photograph in a
strategic place; cross your
fingers, and wait.
5. The judges, C. C. students,
will cast their votes by drop
ping a penny into the con
testant’s jar; each penny will
count as one vote.
6. The male and female contes
tants receiving the highest
number of votes will be
A Short Story
For Christmas
By Jim Reynolds
Once upon a time, but not so
very long ago, the tingling
sound of bells spread through
the brisk night air from a small
speaker over the door of a
small shop. It spread sounds of
“Jingle Bells,” “White Christ
mas,” and “Christmas Island”
up to the colorful lights and
down to the ears of the shop
pers who rushed past the small
shop.
Near the door of this sh.op a
small group of men gathered to
talk. “I remember Christmas
when the whole family went to
Grandmother’s for the Christ
mas meal,” said the well dress
ed middle-aged man.
“I remember Christmas,” said
the silver haired doctor, “when
all the guys would make their
own sleds and have races down
the old river hill.”
“I remember Christmas when
I got up at two o’clock in the
morning and got a brand new
football,” the fat old man
laughed. “And you,” he looked
at the last member of the group,
“what do you remember?”
“I,” spoke the weathered fac
ed old man, “Remember Christ
mas when . . .”. He stopped and
a tear came to his eye as he
walked away rubbing his scar
red hands. Just then “Silent
Night” poured from the speak
er, and it was.
C.C. student dressed for semi-
formal dance Saturday Dec. 21.
To be held in the Library Audi
torium.
THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
December, 1963
Ray Soil
crowned “King and Queen
Ugly” at the annual Christ
mas dance.
7. Sorry, no witches, goblins, or
the like are eligible unless
they can prove they are qual
ified campus students.
All money received from the
contest will be used to sponsor
an activity for the student body.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I
have an appointment with the
photographer.
Peter, Paul,
and Mary Speak
By Martin D. Richek
Folk singers think, and, being
performers in the public eye,
they have the opportunity to
express their thoughts to
masses of people at a time. In
this exclusive interview, grant
ed after the trio’s December 8th
performance in the Charlotte
Coliseum, Mary Travers spoke
to the Collegian and to Ebony
magazine on two topics that are
occupying the minds of “Peter,
Paul and Mary”—integration,
and the assassination of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy.
“The segregation problem is
not just in the South,” says
Mary, a resident of New York
City. “There are problems all
over the country, but the South
is where the problem centers
on the educational system.”
Recalling a recent concert in
Greenville, South Carolina,
Mary spoke of a young man
who asked her why the Negro
student would want to go to
the same school as the white
student, since the Negro schools
“are as good as the white
YRC Elects
Officers
At its meeting on Monday
night, December 9, the Young
Republicans Club elected the
following officers: Jerry Wil
liams, president; Sidney Llewel
lyn, vice president; Judy Nied-
ringhaus, secretary; Libbie
Pace, corresponding secretary,
and Fritz Mercer, treasurer.
A constitutional committee,
consisting of Ann McMillan and
Chris Serigstad, was appointed
to draw up a charter for the
club, so that it could be accept
ed at the Student Government
meeting on December 16.
Martha Huff
schools.” Her reaction to this
was that “the important point
is that they have the right to
go to the same schools. If the
founding fathers of our coun
try had meant to create a gov
ernment for Caucasians only,
they would have said ‘all men
are created equal, except the
Negro’!”
Mary flinches at the phrase
“States’ Rights.” She said, “I’m
suspicious of the term ‘States’
Rights’. It sounds too much like
‘Secession’! What is the State,
anyway, if not the representa
tive of all the people—all the
people—every individual.
“One of the biggest trage
dies,” she added, “is the situa
tion in Virginia, where they
closed public schools rather
than integrate. How long will
we allow this sort of thing to
go on?
“Our country,” Mary continu
ed, “is a federal government!
When the United States goes to
war, they don’t ask North Caro
lina if they would like to help!
“If the states are going to
be independent, let’s see them
do it without Federal funds.
The truth is that they want all
the benefits of the Federal sys
tem and none of the responsi
bilities!”
Mary spoke briefly on her at
titude, and the attitude of the
trio, toward the assassination of
President Kennedy; “We have
to figure out how we, as per
formers, can stand on that stage
and tell the audience, without
raising their feelings of resist
ance, that the assassination is
the fault of every one of us. It’s
your fault, and it’s my fault;
and it’s up to each of us to do
something about the kind of
hate that resulted in this terri
ble loss of the man we had
chosen to carry vidthin himself
a bit of each of us.”
At another recent meeting the
club had as guest speaker Mrs.
Louise G. Rogers, Republican
National Committeewoman, who
spoke on the importance of
founding a two-party system in
North Carolina. This program
was in line with the club’s cur
rent policy of dealing more di
rectly with state and local poli
tics than with national issues.
Future plans for the club in
clude the possibility of running
food wagons at the Little Fed
eral Plan Elections. The next
meeting is scheduled for some
time after Christmas.
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