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Frosh Class Meeting Letters To The Editor In its No. 4 issue, The Collegian posed the question, “What will the freshmen do now?” We hope what they did, or rather didn’t do, at the freshman class meeting Nov. 11 won’t be a true prediction of things to come. We are referring to the poor attendance—less than 50 from a class of 750—at the Wednesday meeting. This meeting, unlike previous ones, was well publicized and we are sure that more than 50 freshmen knew about the meeting. Many students had complained about having a meeting at the 11:30 free hour because it conflicted with lunch. The officers of the class thoughtfully scheduled the meeting for noon; still, less than 50 students attended. At this meeting the newly elected president and vice- president of the class were introduced and a treasurer and secretary were elected. We believe the freshman class of Charlotte College can do better than this. Freshman Vice - Pres., Secretary Criticize Lack Of Enthusiasm The Collegian wel- I comes letters for its B “Letters To The Edi tor” column. All let ters should be legible and written on only one side of the paper. All letters must be signed. (However, the signature will be with held on request.) The Collegian reserves the right to edit all letters. CC's Progress Praised Born in the aftermath of World War II to serve the needs of veterans, a small, all male college was founded in Central High School on Elizabeth Avenue. It didn’t have a president—only a director, and her office was in an extra book closet. The “director” was Miss Bonnie Cone and the college was Charlotte College. The story of the development, though comparable to the myth of Cin derella, has not been an overnight affair. The road has had an occasional stone. In 1949, it was felt that the college had served its purpose, that it was no longer needed, and the North Carolina College Conference, which was supporting the institution, ended sponsorship. But Charlotte College would not die and through student fees and donations from interested citizens, the college survived. This was also the year CC got a president—Miss Cone, of course. The college lived on donations and fees for five years, until May, 1954. At this time, the city of Charlotte voted a special tax to help support the school. In 1955, the North Carolina General Assembly made the first appro priation for support of Charlotte College. This action of ficially brought the college under the North Carohna community college system, gave it its first board of trus tees, and made it eligible for annual grants-in-aid from the state. On November 4, 1958, through a bond election, Mecklenburg County enabled Charlotte College to ac quire 270 acres on Highway 49. On October 27, 1959, a statewide bond election provided additional capital for all colleges in the North Carolina community college sys tem. Another county bond election on November assured the necessary funds to provide classroom, administrative, and library facilities for the then rapidly growing col lege. In 1960, the Charlotte Community College Founda tion was established to enrich and strengthen the college through private sources supplementing state appropria tions and student fees. In the fall of 1961, Charlotte College took another giant step. The campus was moved from old Central High School in the center of Charlotte to its present location on Highway 49.. We were given 270 acres of growing room. In May, 1963, the General Assembly of North Car olina pi'esented Charlotte College with a charter to be come a senior college. In addition, the state took over full support of the college and established plans for it to become a campus of the University of North Carolina. 1964 has been another big year in the life of Char lotte College. Last spring, the campus w'as expanded to 917 acres by a gift from the County Commissioners. And just the other day, the board of trustees of UNC approT- ed a plan for the 1965 General Assembly to make Char lotte College the fourth campus of the University. Yes, we’ve come a long way. The Collegian congra tulates Charlotte College, her president, and her students on their achievements. Let’s keep up the good w'ork. Charlotte Collegian Official student Newspaper of Charlotte College. Pub lished Bi-weekly. Editor Howard Pearre Photographers Dick Raley, Tommy Estridge News Editor Nina Castles Feature Editor Betty Trapps Columnists Ellison Clary, Martin Richek Staff _ _ Jean Burns, Mary Case, Jirrt evening, Wsijsr Editors, The Collegian: It is unfortunate that in our present society those people who express an interest in the com munity affairs have to suffer because of a lack of interest among the great majority of citizens. The respective classes of this campus are prime ex amples of this wide spread in difference of the masses. Where has the enthusiasm gone? Surely not to Charlotte College. The freshmen have left their’s hanging in some cob- webbed hall at high school; the upperclassmen have stored their’s in that dusty attic they call a mind to save it for a later date. But there is no later date; the time is now. School organizations are on the verge of collapsing. No club, committee, or organization can expect to survive by draining the vital blood from Its wori- ing members and officers, es pecially while the so-called "members" who want the club as a name listed in the SI Si sit back on their carcass and watch. It is difficult for one to under stand why people pay for social activities but fail to come to them. For example, the College Union payed $400.00 for Lord's international. How many atten ded? Twenty-seven people — 10 students, and 17 faculty mem bers and their families. What did each person pay to actually see it? The equivalent of $15.00 per person. You as an individ ual paid a part of that sum in your fees. The unsupported social acti vities at Charlotte College are costing more money than we, as students, can pay; therefore, entrance charges to subsequent social functions are higher to overcome these deficiences. Why do we have these "long hair" programs? They were planned by last year's commit tees of the Union. Why didn't you know about them before now. You had your chance to get on these committees and you stKI have a chance for next years activities. So the fault is yours, not Charlotte College's. You have no right to complain. "I don’t have enough time to come out to Charlotte College for activities because I work and it’s too far.” Yet it's not too far or too much time to drive through Harold's, Shoney's, or the Hoot Mon Restaurant. Per haps you don’t realize that more than half of the activity com mittees’ members work at part- time jobs, yet they make it to (he functions. Maybe they are late and have to leave early, but they do come. Jlemember you are paying for your education; nobody w1U force you to participate. It Is not. yo'ir rfcligjticn t-o attflrsd social functions, it is your privi lege. It has been paid for. Pat Archer, Secretary of ttie Freshman Class Bill Hodges, vice-pres. of the Freshman Class Activity Fee Editors, The Collegian: Many of our students have ex pressed concern about how our student activity fees are spent and by what student organiza tions. For this reason we are is suing the following report con cerning the state of the Student Government Association and the Student Activity Fee. These are the major student organizations on the campus of Charlotte College, their pur poses, and the amount of money that each has been appropriated by the Student Activity Fee Committee in order to carry out their respective purposes for the year 1964-65. I. The College Union; $7,810. The purposes of the College Union are to provide for the recreational, social, and cultur al activities of the college. II. Athletics: $7,752.00. The Athlctics Committee ad ministers all athletics and sports at Charlotte College and arranges all games, meets and other sporting events. III. The Si-Sl (Charlotte Col lege's Yearbook): $6,775.00. The purpose of the Si-Si is to to prsent a written and pictorial record of the campus activities of each year. The publication i,? supported in part through the sale of advertisements. IV. The Charlotte Collegian (Charlotte College's Newspap er): $2,200.00. Tlie purposes of the newspap er are to provide a voice for student opinion and to provide a regular means o communi cating the news of campus af fairs and happenings. V. The Student Legislature: $2,135.00. The purpose of the Student Legislature is to provide a dem ocratic means by which the students at Charlotte College can govern themselves and their activities through their duly elected representatives and of fices. .John D. Scott President Student Government Association Reading Day Editors, The Collegian: The executive committee of the SGA requests that the Ad ministration. in making future calendars, leave a reading day between the last day of classes and the first day of examina tions in cases where the exami nation period docs not begin on Monday. Gus Psomadakis Vice President, SGA As seen from the roof of the College Union, the stu dent area of the paved CU parking lot Is filled, but the reserved faculty area still has plenty of space left, and students are forced to go to the unpaved LA parking lot. How long will this continue? (Staff photo—Estridge) Dear Boss dear boss; the next time you find yourself in the college union lightly place your index finger , on one of the many windows and you might feel the painc who said these are the times that try men’s souls and suspicion is the companion of mean souls and the banc of all good society and a bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men but wait perhaps to point much better be the words of d r p marquis 'vho said •1 hav« noticsd . that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them i wonder if it might not be the same way with the human race and an Idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it quotably yours vw the beetle postscript: red buttons used to resolve his act with a musical patter whose main theme was quote strange things are happening 'Jnquote vv i
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