THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
Jonuory, 1964
Students Dance To Dorn
The Charlotte College campus
is still glowing from 1963’s big
gest social function, the Christ
mas Dance. December 21 found
the Library Auditorium trans
formed from an empty room
into a ballroom lighted by the
glow of a hundred candles. Lit
tle tables decorated with green
ery and candles were scattered
around the sides of the dance
floor, and three Christmas trees
added to the festivity of the oc
casion. The music of Pat Dorn’s
fourteen-piece orchestra filled
the room as couples swayed to
popular favorites.
The highlight of the evening
was the presentation of the
Christmas Queen and her court.
Martin Richek announced the
queen Pam Barrier, and Dudney
Jarnigan, President of the Stu
dent Government Association,
crowned her with the traditional
Charlotte College tiara. The
court was made up of Andria
Prutnik, Sandra Hodges, Sandra
Haney, and Barbara Watson.
After being crowned, Pam
and Herb Baker, her escort, led
off in a “Spotlight Dance.” The
two were joined by the rest of
the court and then the rest of
the party.
Another high point of the
evening was the announcing of
the Mr. and Miss Ugly Contest.
Dick Raley and Jane Shaw were
proclaimed the winners after
which they, Flo Morrow, and
Dudney Jarnigan participated in
Pat Dorn’s “You Be the Conduc
tor” Contest. The ordinarily
quiet Flo astounded the audience
(and the orchestra) by taking
the baton firmly in hand to win
the contest.
The Pat Dorn Orchestra was
a great success; the Social Com
mittee has announced plans to
ask Mr. Dom to return next
year. Said Committee Chairman
Martin Richek: “Once we’ve
found a good thing, we like to
stick with it.”
Engineer’s Club
Plans Trip
The Engineer’s Club plans a
field trip to the Celenese Cor
poration Research Laboratory
on February 5. This field trip
will be on a Wednesday after
noon and will consist of a guid
ed tour by the Chemical Engi
neers of the Institution. Any
Engineering student interested
is asked to contact Mr. Darholt,
Harry Simmons, or turn their
names in at the College Union
Desk. Any other persons inter
ested will be welcome.
Sidelights On Trip
To St. Petersburg
In an inerview with Miss Mil
dred English, Director of Stu
dent Personnel and Advisor to
the Cheerleaders, the Collegian
learned some of the background
on the recent Sun Coast Tourna
ment at St. Petersburg, Florida.
The group from Charlotte
College included the basketball
team. Coach Edelman, Mr. Don
ald McKay, the cheerleaders,
and Miss English. They met at
Belmont Abbey on the afternoon
of Thursday, January 2 to board
a bus for the IB hour trip. The
College Union provided sand
wiches and fruit for refresh
ments on the trip. Spirit was
high as the trip started and
stayed that way throughout in
spite of the lack of sleep and
constant activity.
One of the hardships of the
trip (the bus was unheated)
provided a source of amuse
ment as Miss English helped
Butch Gilbert pin a blanket over
the emergency door to keep out
the cold air. “All we had,” said
Miss English, “was a bunch of
those tiny gold safety pins, and
the blanket kept failing all
night long.”
An example of the high spirit
was Butch’s asking Miss Eng
lish, “If we win the trophy, will
we get a trophy case to put it
in?” Naturally, Butch received
a positive answer so Miss Eng
lish is now happily frantic as
she says, “Where are we going
to get a trophy?”
Arriving at St. Petersburg
about lunch time on Friday, the
group had lunch on campus at
Florida Presbyterian. After the
lunch the basketball team prac
ticed for that night’s game
with Birmingham Southern.
Since the 49’ers were to play
the first of the night’s two
games, there was very little
time for relaxation before the
game. After the CC victory the
group was so excited that they
couldn’t rest. That excitement
spread to Charlotte as Miss
English phoned President Cone
who had insisted that she be
called after each game.
To celebrate the victory, Miss
English, Coach Edelman, and
Mr. MacKay took the team and
the cheerleaders to the Outrig
ger Inn, a night club with a
Polynesian atmosphere. There
they were entertained by a Ha
waiian floor show. Another treat
came when the band played
“Happy Birthday” for Joe Saba-
tini as the whole audience sang.
Joe had a little cake with a
sparkler on it for his second
surprise of the evening (the
first came when he was named
All Star for the tournament).
Sunday morning found a
group of exhausted, very happy
people heading back to Char
lotte. Mike Means, a native of
Florida had been given a car by
a relative while he was there
and he received permission to
drive it back to Charlotte.
While the rest of the crew left
on the bus to meet at an orange
grove in Citra, Mike drove Miss
English and Bonnie Borthen to
Mass. The three got lost while
looking for the church and even
tually wound up in Tampa.
When they finally got to Citra,
they had missed the bus and
therefore had to drive home
alone. Because Mike’s car was
a straight shift. Miss English
and Bonnie refused to drive; so
Mike had to drive the whole dis
tance. Like the bus, the car had
no heater; said Miss English,
“We froze all the way down
there and all the way back—
but it was worth it.”
Speaking on the conduct of
the students, Miss English
agreed with Coach Edelman
when she said, “Our boys and
girls were the best behaved
there. I heard that there was a
write-up in the Florida Presby
terian newspaper which praised
them for the good appearance
and good manners they exhibit
ed.
“Our team was the only one
there which brought its cheer
leaders. The girls paid for their
own rooms and meals and help
ed keep up the boys spirits with
their lively enthusiasm.”
Books Given
To CC Library
A shipment of 2,000 books ar
rived at the Charlotte College
Library on January 23, 1964,
from The University of Vir
ginia. It is part of a book ex
change program in which num
erous colleges present to other
colleges lists of books which
are duplicates in their own
libraries. These books, for the
most part, are very fine and
selective as in The University
of Virginia’s case. They needed
more shelf space and the Char
lotte College Library was very
fortunate to receive the books.
Two additional shipments of
2,000 books each will come from
U. of V. within the next few
months. Mr. Donald McKay, Co
ordinator of Student Activities,
knew of The University of Vir
ginia’s book list through per
sonal contacts with Mr. John
Cook Wyllie, Head Librarian,
and the Associate Librarians,
Mrs. Louise Savage and Mr.
Francis Berkley, Jr.
Another such list taken ad
vantage of by the Charlotte Col
lege Library was that of Duke
University’s. This selection of
over 300 “more selective” books
took place last November.
Through the cooperation of Dr.
Benjamin E. Powell, Head Li
brarian; and Miss Gertrude
Merritt, Chief, Technical Pro
cessing; Charlotte College fac
ulty member Dr. George A.
Abernethy, Jr. and Reference
Librarian, Dr. Elizabeth Gra
ham selected the books person
ally with the objective of select
ing very rare and valuable
books as befitted the needs of
Charlotte College’s growing Li
brary.
Another gift need of mention
ing is that of The Home Finance
Group of N. C., Inc. They pre
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Congratulations To A Fine Team
By Ellison Clary
Our C. C. 49er’s and Coach
Irv Edelman deserve hearty
congratulations on their recent
triumphs in the Suncoast Tour
nament at St. Petersburg, Flori
da. They played steady, consist
ent basketball and proved their
merit beyond any shadow of a
doubt.
The first round of the tourna
ment matched the 49er’s against
Birmingham-Southern, the team
which was favored to take home
all the marbles. The C. C. boys
were quick to burst their bubble
with a 70 to 60 win, which fea
tured the 19-point scoring of
Rodney Robinson and the fabu
lous rebounding of lanky center
sented the Library with a check i Joe Sabatini.
for $2,000.00 for the purchase j After defeating Birmingham-
of library books in memorium
to J. Murray Atkins. The money
has already been spent for
periodical indexes in the refer
ence area. They will be ready by
next fall.
Others donating books to the
Library in recent months have
been: Dr. Ethel M. Abernethy,
who gave a collection of Mark
Twain’s and O’Henry’s writings;
The Ed Caldwell Equipment and
Sales, Co.; Mr. Dalbert U. Shef-
ter. Secretary, Charlotte Engi
neers Club, gave several me
morial gift books to the Library
from the Club; and Mrs. Eunice
Churchill, Head Librarian of the
University of North Carolina at
Chape! Hill, presented to the
Charlotte College Library a se
lect list of valuable books.
Faculty members donating
books to the Library recently
were: Miss Mary Denny, whose
books were donated in memory
of her Mother; Dr. Robert M.
Wallace; Mrs. Edyth Winning-
ham; and Dr. George R. Aber
nethy, Jr.
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Southern, Charlotte’s pride ad
vanced to the championship
game to face the host team,
Florida Presbyterian, which had
downed College of Charleston
the night before. This time the
locals surprised everyone by
overcoming a -five point deficit
at half time to upset the home
team, 68 to 61.
Again it was Rodney Robin
son and Joe Sabatini who spark
ed the team. Robinson, the
husky forward, threw in 21
points and Sabatini continued
his bruising job of dominating
the backboards.
No one was surprised when
Robinson, who had 40 points for
two games, was selected as the
tournament’s most valuable
player and when Robinson and
Sabatini were named to the All-
Tournament team. Both boys
performed almost flawlessly and
certainly deserved the honors
which they received.
Although Robinson and Saba
tini were standouts, they did not
carry away the winner’s trophy
single-handedly. Boys like Jim
my James, Ronnie Green, Butch
Gilbert, Charlie Jacobs, and
Mike Means deserve their share
of credit; for C. C.’s first tour
nament win was certainly a
team effort.
With the two tournament
triumphs, the Charlotte boys
have made believers out of the
people on campus who were
rather skeptical of their ability.
On behalf of the entire student
body, this reported would like to
say, “Congratulations, boys.
Keep up the good work!”
GOP Speaker To Visit CC
We of the Collegian salute
these people in recognizing the
Charlotte College Library as
the “heart” of a growing cam
pus.
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
61
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
Fr.
Lib.
Arts-Ed.
32
Robinson, Rodney
6'4
185
20
Jr.
Lib.
Arts-Hist.
* Charlotte College Lettermen
Basketball Schedule
On February 4, Charlotte Col
lege will be visited by Dr. John
H. Kessel, of the Republican
National Committee.
Dr. Kessel is a Columbia Uni
versity Ph.D. in political science
on leave of absence from the
University of Washington, Seat
tle, where he teaches American
politics and political behavior.
He is this year’s National Cen
ter for Education in Politics
Fellow at the Republican Na
tional Committee. He will speak
to Professor Don Freeman’s
class on political parties at ten
o’clock and will lead a discus
sion at a coffee hour sponsored
by the Young Republicans Club
in the College Union at three
o’clock.
Kessel is a part of the Repub
lican wish to dispell the widely
held belief that most college
professors are Democrats, “I
don’t know why everyone as
sumes college teachers are
Democrats,” Kessel said. “We
have the names of 13,000 who
are Republicans.”
Many Republicans presume
the belief grew out of Franklin
D. Roosevelt’s well-publicized
Brain Trust. Adlai E. Stevenson
followed with his “literary
grace” that was thought to be
intellectual bait.
Through the Roosevelt-Ste
venson period it was common
practice for GOP speakers to
make fun of the professor as “a
theorist who never met a pay
roll.”
Suddenly Republicans realiz
ed that their rivals could make
good use of the theory that a
Wed.
Feb.
5
WINGATE here
Thu.
Feb.
6
at ASHEVILLE-BILTMORE
Sat.
Feb.
8
LYNCHBURG here*
Tue.
Feb.
11
at N. C. METHODIST*
Fri.
Feb.
14
at ST. ANDREWS*
Sat.
Feb.
15
at COL. CHARLESTON*
Thu.
Feb.
20)
at DIXIE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
Fri.
Feb.
21)
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Feb.
22)
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thinking man thinks Democra
tic.
A good example of the wide
spread belief that this idea has
gained is in Clinton Rossiter’s.
book Parties and Politics in
America where he discusses
those who hold high degrees in
the sciences, humanities, and
social studies. He says, “Such
people, most of whom are pro
fessors, are strongly Democra
tic in political preference.”
Going beyond the college cam
puses, Rossiter says: “The anti-
Republican urge would be even
stronger among painters, poets,
dramatists, musicians, enter
tainers, and others engaged in.
esthetic or intellectual pur
suits.”
Speaking as a well-known
egghead from Cornell, Rossiter
concludes:
“The egghead vote in Ameri
ca is not a large one, but for
what is it worth it is heavily
Democratic.”
Republicans generally admit
there is little they can do to
fight this trend in thinking,
mainly because no one can de-’
fine an egghead.
In a unique study recently
completed by Arthur Peterson
of Ohio Wesleyan’s Ameson In
stitute of Practical Politics,
Registration books were check
ed by name to determine the
political preferences of the pro
fessors of Ohio’s forty-one ma
jor colleges.
The tally:
2734 voted Republican.
1691 voted Democratic.
1956 voted Independent.
Kessel admits that Democrats
have the professorial edge in so
cial studies. This edge is impor
tant because the intellectuals
write the books on politics.
Both parties are bidding open
ly now for professorial help,
and the serious presidential can
didate “studies academic pros
pects like a football coach sizes
up tackles.
“The politicians are experts
only on the here and now. The
professor thinks in terms of
general interest and the long-
range view.”