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College Union Independent
Next year, the Charlotte College Union will fun
ction under its own constitution and governing board.
The plans to have the College Union run in this fashion
had been under consideration since spring semester of
last year, and this decision was not made lightly.
Until the approval of the College Union Constitu
tion, the College Union was under the aegis of the
Student Legislature. The chairman of the College Union
Committee was in an appointive office and not subject
to direct student opinion. There is now a provision for
direct student election of the executive officers of the
College Union. Whereas under the old system, the Stu
dent Legislature handled all student affairs, regardless
of what field, the Legislature has now only the legis
lative function. The Educational Social, and Recreation
al functions will now be handled by the College Union.
There will be, however, a liasion between the govern
ing board of the College Union and the Legislature.
It was felt that this separation of function would
be best here, just as it has been in many other schools.
With the separation, some forms of friction which may
arise can be avoided. Ninety-five percent of the colleges
which have College Unions use this system and it has
been proven effective.
The College Union governing board controls all
funds, with these funds coming from three possible
sources;
(1) The Student Activity Fee, a portion of which is
allocated to the College Union.
(2) Revenue produced by operation of the College
Union Building (for example, game room proceeds).
(3) Admission charges of events which may be held
on or off campus from time to time.
With the advent of a well-organized and well-dir
ected College Union the student body at Charlotte Col
lege has every right to expect that the Educational,
Social, and Recreational programs of the future will
be many and various in there and occurrence.
Where has all the sidewalk gone:
When that rather impressive power shovel began
ripping up the end of the walkway which extends to
the parking lot several possibilities became apparent
(1) A dreadful mistake was in progress
(2) A dreadful mistake had been made several
months ago when the walk was installed
(3) This dreadful mistake, like most, would cost
someone a dreadful lot of money
(4) No mistake was being or had been made
(5) There was a subtle plot afoot to disturb the stu
dents in their leisure time.
Well, no matter what the reason there is certain to
be a good answer.
CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
STAFF
May 18, I9G4
R. P. ANDREWS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
CLUB EDITOR Susan Proctor
COPY EDITOR Beth Groom
FEATURE EDITOR Betty Trapps
NEWS EDITOR Nina Castles
SPORTS EDITOR Jim Reynolds
PHOTOGRAPHER Tommy Estridg’e
COLUMNISTS. .Ellison Clary, Martin Richek
REPORTERS: Sam Lindeman, Dave Nanny,
Bill Queen, Susan Weber,
And Joe Williamson
ADVISOR Kenneth Sanford
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
Just as the defeated Honor
Code implied the guilt of the ac
cused (the burden of proof was
on the accused), so did the writer
of “First Things First” imply
the incapability of the newly
elected Executive Council; “Can
we honestly expect people who
are even familiar with the pro
cedural process to grasp the con
cept of government?” Our
basic concept of democratic
government looks askane at those
who, just because the game is
not played their way, take their
football and go home.
Does the writer of “First
Things First” have such a low
opinion of these Council members
and of the Student Body of Char
lotte College to actually think
that the surge of “new blood”
which now flows through the
Student Government Association,
cannot do a better job than that
of the past legislatures? Does the
writer not think that we, as
students, have planted a seed of
enthusiasm which, if nurtured
properly, will grow into a strong,
united student body?
We have the opportunity and
the people in power to help Char
lotte College progress in its ac
complishments and appearances
which are in keeping with the
progressive four-year institution
it is striving to be. The snail
eventually gets to where it’s
going, but it is time now for
Charlotte College to give up its
role as a snail.
Let us not forget the power
which we have now-nor under
estimate it. But we must also
remember that along with power
goes responsiblity. With inter
est, ideas, and hard work, this
new Student Government Associa
tion will give Charlotte College
not only a just, workable Honor
Code (which the article “First
Things First” implies is impos
sible), but also will give Char
lotte College a legislature meet
ing which will be more than a
place for smart, sarcastic remarks
and gestures. It will be a place
where the students learn and
grow together into a strong unit.
Yes, Mr. Editor, the students
are in favor of honor; but they
want, deserve, and demand re
spect also!
ANN McMILLAN
To the Editor;
Please excuse this egotistic at
tempt of one of the alleged 1%
male leaders to bring to your at
tention some points which seem
ed to be overlooked in your article
The Superior Sex. Since women
are exploiting this new found
power I say full speed ahead. Of
course with this new power also
come many new reasponsibilities.
When your Madam President
takes office it will be one of her
first tasks to have the Consitu-
tion amended to read “all men
are created equal and all women
are created Superior” It may rat
her be to your advantage to have
some women write a revision to
the Bible. Since you advocate the
abolition of fatherhood such re
vision as “Honor thy test tube
and thy mother that thy days
may be long upon the land that
the Lord thy God giveth thee”.
You have indicated that behind
every great man there is a wo
man—would it be asking too
much to ask some woman to
stand behind us poor failures?
Conceded that we now live in a
woman's world but this makes me
very happy to be a man. It must
be awful to have to live with
the philosohpy which you have
outlined—greed, power, selfish
ness, etc. It is of no wonder that
the woman’s lacrimal glands pro
duce more tears.
A Married Night Student,
J. Ross Fizer
To the Editor;
In the last issue of the Collegi
an there appeared a very humer-
ous article entiled “The Super
ior Sex.” It appeared to be the
attempt of a female to take
credit for the wonderful society
in which we live.
Had Oswald Linhertz, the first
caveman to allow his wife to sleep
in the cave, read this article,
then he would have surely said,
‘I would prefer it if you would
take your presence back outside
and sleep with the rest of those
NUTS!” It was the Chinese, Wong
Wa Woad, who allowed his wife
to walk beside him, and men like
Irving Gulch, who feeling sorry
for his wife, told her that she
was equal to him.
Throughout history it has been
the male who has excelled in all
fields and throughout hisitory
there have always been “scatter
brained” females in the back
ground shouting, “I did it, I did
it!” (All she did was to have a
few brats.)
The male society has allowed
the female to vote, have washing
machines, cars, and kids, and for
these great honors they have
taken away some of man’s favor
ite pastimes and traditions, such
as .‘mistresses.”
In Miss Proctor’s article she
stated that the “test tube could
make man obsolete. Maybe so;
but can a “test tube” nibble on
an ear lobe, or give gentle cares
ses? It may well be that Miss
Proctor favors a “Test tube”
for a lover and mate, but what
about the countless millions of
females whose whole life is for
a man.
Women are definitely not the
“Superior Sex” and after obser
ving certain members of their
klan, I wonder if they are truely
a “sex”. Anyway, I’m glad that
they are the opposite sex.
(Anyone wishing to send con
tributions to buy Miss Proctor a
test tube, can do so by sending
them to . . .
Ken Spencer
% Charlotte Collegian
To the Editor:
I fear that there is loose on
the campus of Charlotte College
a malady that threatens not only
the spirit of the students of Char
lotte College, but also our entire
American way of life.
This sickness can best be seen
in those students who oppose an
Honor Code because it is an in
sult to their selfhonor or because
it would require them to be aware
of and report any misdeeds on
campus.
This is part of the spirit that
allows a woman to be attacked
and murdered in view of some 30
people, who won’t help her and
even will not call the police.
It is the same spirit that makes
people stand idly by and do not
hing when a nude girl screams
from a doorway that she is being
raped. They do nothing, and the
police have to force their way
through the mob to help the girl.
“But, “they say, “it’s none of
my business. Why should I bother
myself with someone else’s trou
ble. Nobody is bothering me.”
What has happened to the Am
erican spirit of helping one’s
neighbors? Certain students smirk
when the name of Circle K. a
service club, is mentioned on
campus. Why? Because the “poor
solbs” aren’t “cool” like the rest
of the student body. Circle K be
lieves that it gets something out
of doing something for others.
Students who have given a great
deal of their time and energy to
service in the Student Govern
ment are condemned for their ef
fort.
No longer is service to one’s
country by serving in the Armed
Forces a respected thing. Young
men will do almost anything to
keep out of Uncle Sam’s grasp. Is
U any wonder that the Commun
ists are advancing throughout the
world. They have the same drive
and belief in a cause that enabled
the early Christians to grow from
an ignorant rabble following a
poor peasant to a force that con
quered the Roman Empire.
The place to begin fighting this
sickness is right here on the camp
us of Charlotte College. Let stu
dents not be afraid to act as a-
dults and enforce the rules of
society. Let students not be afraid
to labor long and hard in the ser
vice of their fellow students aad.
their nation. Let us begin now, or
this sickness may come to weaken
our nation to the point where the
people no longer believe in the
things that have made our na
tion great, and we fall easy prey
to a determinde enemy.
If these things do not talie
place, I can only paraphrase Tiny
Tim’s famous blessing and say,
God HELP us, everyone.
—Tommy Estridge
To the Editor:
One-hundred and fifty-six night
school students voted on Amend
ment I to the S. G. A. ConstitUa
tion to give them representatifi
in the Student Legislature,
would seem, ha, ha, that they
would like (?) represenation -
something that they not only de- j
serve but which is their consitu- i
tional right to have.
As the nominations for the re- I
presentatives closed on Friday, j
May 8, not one qualified night
student had put in his or her
nomination. Monday morning, I
met with the Executive Counci^
to extend the nominations for the!
night students through Thurs
day, May 14 and to hold the nigh|
school election on Monday and
Tuesday nights, May 18 and 19.
Do the night students not have
enough time to spend even a few
hours per week at meeting? Are
they interested enough in stu
dent government, to give them
selves the representation to which
they are entitled? These ques
tions are unaswered.
There are a total of 373 night
students; 156 voted for the Re
presentative Amendment; surely
then somewhere among these are
nice people who would like to
run for the available offices and
serve their fellow night students.
Eight people, wherefore are'
thou?
Bill Queen
Chairman, Election’s
Committee
To the Editor;
I want to commend the COL
LEGIAN for the editorial en
titled “FIRST THINGS FIRST”,
which appeared in the May 11,
1964, issue. Although I cannot
completely agree with the article,
I am pleased that at last the
COLLEGIAN has taken a stand
on a very important issue, and has
shown a competent knowlege of
the situation. It is my hope, and
I am sure that many will agree
with me, that the college news
paper will continue to show in
creasing awareness of the real
problems facing students, and
will put forth solutions to some
of these problems. Perhaps then
this paper can truly function as
a conscience of the people.
Again, thank you for a fine
editorial.
Sincererly,
Joe N. Williamson
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DEAR BOSS
dear boss
my life
is what
i will
have it
be
as long
as i will
have it
be
and
as i sit
and ponder
the profundities
of life
1 am made
aware
that that
is my
problem
finally
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