The
Charlotte Collegicin
VOL. 20 NUMBER 7
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY 16, 1965
Civil War Expert
To Lecture Here
Wednesday
Dr. Bell I. Wiley, one of Amer
ica’s top historians and a foremost
authority on the Civil War, will
give a lecture entitled “The Mem
orable War” Wednesday, Feb. 17,
at 11:30 a.m. in the Library Audi
torium. It will be presented by the
College Union Lectures Committee.
Dr. Wiley is the author or editor
of a score of books. The two for
which he is most famous are "The
Life Of Johnny Reb” and “The Life
Of Billy Yank.”
From his long list of publications
it is readily apparent that Dr.
Wiley’s principal interest lies with
the humble folk of American his
tory. Research into their lives has
taken him into 47 states and led
him to read at least 30,000 letters
and a thousand diaries. Because
of his warm and discerning por-
Vogler Introduce
UNC Bills To House, Senate
“Gentlemen,
the making.”
By NINA CASTLES
this is history
in
This was from Rep. James B.
Vogler, senior house member of the
Mecklenburg delegation, as he in
troduced the bill designating Char
lotte College as the fourth campus
of the University of North ^Carolina
to the N. C. General Assembly.
Under the legislation, "The Uni- Raleigh, and Greensboro. Also tJie
versity of North Carolina at Char- N. C. Board of Higher Education
lotte" would be established by July unanimously approved Charlotte
1. Vogler also said fhat when the College as a fourth UNO campus,
bill passes it will be the first addi- as did Governor Dan K. Moore in
tion in 74 years to the university his State of the State message. Now
system. The last addition was Wo-
an's College.
Trustees from UNC instituted the
request for the addition of a fourth
campus to those in Chapel Hill.
Dr. Belt I. Wiley
trayal of soldiers a hundred years
ago he is aptly known as “the
Ernie Pyle of the Civil War.”
Dr. Wiley’s speeches follow his
line of success in writing: meaty
but not heavy, informative but not
dull.
An opportunity to meet and talk
informally with Dr. Wiley wil)l be
given following the lecture.
Headaches, Humor Highlight Spring
Registration As 1297 Enroll
that What is known in Raleigh as
,^he “Charlotte College measure”
bears the signatures of enough
legislators to enact it. legislative
approval is all that is needed to
make the College the fourth uni
versity campus.
The legislative signatures were
contained in identical bills that bore
the names of 49 of the 50 senators
and 75 of the 120 representatives.
ROTC In CC’s Future
A visit from John Lang, admin
istrative assistant to the secretary
of the Air Force, signaled that a
Reserve officers Training Corps is
an upcoming future event for Char
lotte College. Mr. Lang visited the
college campus on Wednesdlayj
Feb. 3.
That evening, at Park Center,
Mr. Lang introduced Air Force
Gen. Bernard A. Schriever at the
85th annual meeting of the Char-
Harry
Golden
To Speak Here
In March
Harry Golden, noted editor and
author, will be the guest speaker
at a special dedication program
here March 3, at 11;30 a.m.
Invited by Dr. Cone to dedicate
the new Liberal Arts Building, Mr.
Golden will speak on the topic
“America and Carl Sandburg.”
During Charlotte College’s first
year in existance. Mr. Golden in
structed a class in Shakesi>eare.
Since then he has been a frequent
visitor to the college and has do
nated many books to the library.
Mr. Golden is the editor of the
Carolina Isralite, writes for Monitor
and the Charlotte Observer and is
the author of the best sellers Only
in America. You’re Entitled, and
For 2c Plain.
lotte Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Lang works with the Air Force
ROTC program and the banquet
s.peaker (Gen. Schriever) is com
mander of the Air Force Systems
Command.
Dr. Bonnie Cone, president of
Charlotte College, was invited to
attend the dinner meeting at Park
Center. Mr. Lang had conferred
with college authorities on the pro
posed unit previously and discussed
the matter with Dr. Cone on the
coWege campus and at the dinner
that evening.
One problem facing a Charlotte
College ROTC Unit is the fact that
the size of the unit cannot be deter
mined yet, and headquarters must
be established, although the govern
ment probably would erect a build
ing on campus.
Also, the date the ROTC unit
could begin functioning would de
pend On when a contract is signed
by the Air Force and Charlotte
College.
If a unit is established at the
college, students enrolled in the
program would be issued equip
ment and uniforms. They would be
instructed by a staff of officers
and enlisted men who would be
stationed here by the government.
Those who would continue in their
junior and senior years would be
paid a monthly allowance. Grad
uates having participated f«r four
years would be commissioned as
second lieutenants.
By BETTYE TRAPPS
Congratulations to he 1297 stu
dents who were fortunate enough
to enroll for the first time or re
turn to school this semester.
Registration day for this elite
group was a combination of head
aches and humor for the faculty,
administration office and 150 FAC
volunteers.
The headaches began when half
Sandra Haney
Wins Sweetheart
Beauty Title
The Charlotte College cafeteria
was the scene of the annual Sweet
heart Dance, last Friday night
from 9 to 1 p.m. with the Casuals
providing the noise.
The evening was topped by the
crowning of the 1965 Sweetheart
Sandra Haney. The court consisted
of Cheryl House, Sharran Hacker,
Chris Serigstad and Jill Schaffer.
of the registering students appear
ed without having completed both
sides of their class cards. Approxi
mately 25% bucked against signing
their advisor’s name to the class
cards. There were such arguments
as, “You mean I sign his name?
Why that’s forgery. Do I have
to? Okay, I'll print it.”
The mass then moved into the
registration room where confusion bills forward in each chamber.
The Senate bill was pushed by
Sen. Irwin Belk and was known to
be strongly supported by the sen
ators weeks before the introduction
into the General Assembly. How
ever, as the date of introduction
approached, only 10 or 12 of the
120 represeritatives had signed the
House bill. But when the bills were
introduced, the House bill bore 75
of the 120 representative’s names.
Sen. Belk and Rep. Vogler had
the honor of actually sending the
continued to prevail. Classes closed,
labs filled up and it became neces-
siary for many students to com
pletely rearrange their schedules.
Another common headache was
that after an hour spent standing
in line and another two hours to
register, several students discover
ed, “I left my money at home.”
Mingled with the headaches was
humor. In order to register early,
one male student with an 11:00 reg
istration card had painstakingly
changed his card to read 10:00. His
efforts were successful only as far
as the first checking station when
FAC worker Nancy Barnes detect
ed what he had done. The student’s
only comment was, “Well, you
can’t blame a guy for trying.”
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CONFUSION BEGINS HERE — Registration proved
to be a slightly confusing and tiring event. Here several
students calmly await ttie opening of doors to ttie Library
Auditorium where the triannual event tales place.
Other senators and representa
tives helped Mecklenburg legisla
tors drum up support for the mea
sure. The support was bipartisan,
including help from the only Senate
Republican, Boone Harding, and
from a third of the 14 House Re
publicans.
When the bill had been introduc
ed in the House, Vogler said. "We
feel that this is to the advantage
of the citizens of the state as a
whole.” He also said that Charlotte
is within a 50-mile radius contain
ing a million people, and tha/t UNC
at Chapel Hill and Raleigh had
more applications than they could
accommodate.
Previously, the NC Board of Ed
ucation had adopted a resolution
saying Charlotte College would help
meet “The demonstrated need to
provide university level education
in the densely populated and ex
panding southern Piedmont area
of North Carolina." But Dr. Wil
liam C. Archie, director of state
higher education, said the college
would help "all North Carolina, not
just the densely populated South
Piedmont."
Prior to next July 1, under the
bill, the Charlotte College board of
trustees would convey title to all
of the college’s real and personal
property to UNC.
However. Mecklenburg County
would still be liable for repaying
“all indebtedness incurred by that
county in aid of Charlotte College.”
Legislative approval is now the
only remaining hurdle left in Char
lotte College’s long race to become
The University of North Carolina
at Charlotte.