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I Think It’s Great’-McKnight
Mr. McKnight
By HOWARD PEARRE
'I fhink it's great!"
idated more fhan 30 years ago, an^ ture and an unlimited future. For
/ n^ this." \Jonly ttirougii ttie University could
iw- t 1 L. r^ nnA we tiope to build ttie broad under-
' For Mecklenburg County and
These words m general express graduate and graduate program
the emontions of most people hav- personally think this is *his area needs so urgently."
ing anything to do with Charlotte , «k.
. , the most important development; He said further that it was the
Colelge concerning the recent j
, I in this century. prospects of the graduate pro
change in status. In particular. I' r . . , . j
these words express the emotions Then the elephone rang. If was aram that dictated o'*; Jeci ion to
of Mr. C. A. McKnight, member Dr. Friday, president of the Consol- become part o e
of the Board of Trustees of Char- idated University. As I sat eaves- S'‘V-
lotte College, and editor of The dropping, words and phrases like Under state law, no stale sup-
Charlotte Observer. "congratulations" and "a tremen- ported college may offer graduate
dous job" passed through my ears. . ugyond the Masters Degree
Mr. McKnight expounded by ■ u
showing how the change would af- M-". McKnight hung up, started level unless the school .s a
feet three bodies of peoples - the fo say something, and the tele- of the University,
state, the county and surrounding phone rang again. More words and „,Knight also thinks the
anH thp students of the phrases of the same sort. I oidn f , . ,
"har'lotte College. catch the name this time. He hung University program won t take as
up again. long as a lot of people expect it
"For the state of North Caro- ^ ii. *>• predict the total University
Una Jf^c a iiTXDortant develoD" For Charlotte College and its
• f j > cfiirlontc I think this means the program will develop much faster
ment in education," he pointed out. students, I tnmK tnis means fne f s . ..
"First, the University was consol- difference between a limited fu- than many people seem to think.
Campus Opinion
one Of John Kilgo’s Business
Fralernily
College men mterested in form
ing a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega,
a naitiional service fraternity,
ishrould conbaot Bill Hodges or
Dean MacKay. The fraternity is
for men who have had previous
traiining in Boy Scouting. There are
over 250 chapters operating on ma
jor college and university camp
uses throughout the United States.
It’s
Charlotte News columnist John
Kilgo has suggested that perhaps
Charlotte College’s nickname, the
49ers, might be out of date. In re
cent columns, he has offered such
names ah the “Bonnies” and the
“Hornets.” Several students have
voiced Strang feelings concerning
these and other proposals.
“I don’t think it’s any of John
Kilgo’s business. He should quit
trying to find feeble little things
to fill up his column with,” says
Ken Grimsley.
Roger Grosswald thinks the name
should go back to the original
“Owls.” This school has no tradi
tion. The "Owls” was derived from
the original night school and we
should remember our beginning as
the Owls.”
Ellen McClamrock doesn’t see
the value in changing it unless
someone can come up with some
thing really original.
“A better name could be found
than one derived from a highway
and the year the school started,”
comments Duane Coggin.
On the other hand, Libby Nelson
thinks that 49ers has a lot of sig
nificance. “Besides, there hasn’t
been a belter name suggested.”
Jim Short believes that the name
should be changed and that the
student body should be allowed to
vote on it.
"49ers is inadequate since we’ve
obtained university status. It
doesn’t parallel names like Dea
cons, Devils, or Tar Heels,” says
Gerald Broome.
Martha Caton raises the ques
tion, “What’s the matter with the
name as it is?”
Finally, Loch Walker asks, “Who
told John Kilgo to think?”
'Most Important
Event in Area'-
Reese
“It is one of the most imporlbant
events ever to take place in this
area. . . . Yes, the standards of
the new branch compare favorably
with those of UNC! ... a triumph
brought about by teamwork!' . . .
Yes, I’m glad that I shared in
the victory! . . . What a quarter
back Dr. Cone has been! . . . Oh,
yes the future of what was once
Charlotte Coliege now expands be
yond the horizon!"
These were the exuberant replies
of Mr. Addison Reese, Chairman
of the Board of Trustees. Char
lotte College, in answer to ques
tions popped to him over the tele
phone. In July Mr. Reese and the
present Board of Trustees will turn
the task of operating Charlotte
College University over to the
Board of Trustees of the Consol
idated University of North Caro
lina.
"With every succeeding year
since the school was established in
1946 the students of Charlotte Col
lege have been able to carry their
chins a little higher. Let’s hope
that it will always be true and
may the light of what was once a
small junior college beam proudly
throughout the future.”
Tennis Team
Will Begin Year
With Pfeiffer
The Oharldbte College tennis
team begins the 1965 season at
Pfeiffer Callege Tuesday, March
23. Pfeiffer is always tough but
C.C. should be ready.
The team this year consists of
letitermen Barry Brice, Jay Currin,
Art Meyer, and Bob Bcms. Prom
ising new members include John
Smith and ScoUt Treadwell. The
mosit interesting member of the
team this year will probably be
Nancy Barnes, the first girl ever
to play a varsity sport for Char
lotte College.
C.C. will compete against teams
from Belmont Abbey, St. Andrews.
College of Charleston, Pembroke.
N. C Methodist, and N. C. Wesley
an. Home games will be played at
Freedom Park. The matches and
bheir playing times will be posted
in advance in the college union.
Bowling Team
Ties For Third
The Charlotte College bowling
team tied for third place with St.
Andrews in the March 6 D.I.A.C.
bowling tournament at Charlotte’s
Cohseum Lanes.
College of Charleston and Lynch
burg College overcame the field
for first and second spots, respec
tively, in the team events.
C.C.’s tdoubles eaam, Ernie Bou
youoas and Ken Sloop, posted a
resptoable score of 1141 pins to
take home the second-place doubles
cup.
'Russians Fill Minds With Ideas;
We Give Them Food'-LeyasmeYer
By BETTE TRAPPS
Dr. Karlis Leyasmeyer, di.stin-
guished European author, lecturer
and educator spoke to a group of
students and faculty members
here. Wednesday morning on the
subject "The New Soviet Policy
and Future Outlook.”
A Latwan by birth. Dr. Leyas
meyer has been a United States
citizen since 1949. He has lectured
at more than 350 colleges and uni
versities and hsas spoken on more
than 300 radio and television sta
tions across the country.
"We acedemic pH?ople,” Dr. Yas-
asmeyer began, “cannot sit in our
ivy-covered towers and do no
thing.”
He warned that the spread of
communism is a greater threat
today than ever. Under the former
Soviet boss Nikita Krushchev, the
previous image of the snarling,
cold-blooded Russian began to dis
appear. In its place appeared the
new Russian—culture conscious
and mentally and physically fit.
“This is the strategy that Khrush
chev devised to woo undeveloped
nations. We now see the results
of his master mind. It was this
image of the smiling, thriving, co
operative society which has made
communism more acceptable and
widespread today.”
Many Americans traveling in
Russia have also been impressed
by her rapid development. They
return, favorably impressed, after
having seen “what the government
wanted to make public.”
“No one has been shown the
graves, the human suffering, nor
the forced labor which went into
the building of this nation.”
Finally, Dr. Leyasmeyer point
ed out the main difference between
the policies of Russia and the
United States.
“The Russians fill the people's
minds with ideas: we give them
food. A man will not fight for you
because his stomach is full, but
he will die for an idea.”
Prof Exhibits At Flower Show
Dr. Herbert Heckenbleiker, bi
ology professor at Charlotte Col
lege, was one of Bhe exhibitors in
the Southeastern Flower and Gar
den Show at Charlotte Merchandise
Mart last week.
The show, which ran from March
6 to March 14, had over 10,000
square feet of living floral and nat
ural plant beauty. Dr. Hecken-
bleikner’s Charlotte College exhib
it took up 400 square feet.
The title of the Charlotte Col
lege exiiibit was "Mountain Cove.”
It included 32 living plartts ranging
from white pine, balsam, and hem
lock trees to the small ground cov
ers such as running cedar. aU na
tive to the North Carolina moun
tains. It also nicluded a rock wa
terfall with moss-covered rocks.
An amhique chestnut fence (shown
below) formed the guard. Dr. Hech-
enbleikner said the fence was al
most 100 years old.
He explained that all the plants
were living. “They are all living
plants so when we get through with
the show, they will all go to the
campus in either the arboretum or
the area around the lake.” Many
of the filler plants and leaves
came from Charlotet College camp
us in the first place.
This was Dr. Heckenbleikner’s
second time to have an exhibit at
the annual flower show. Two years
ago, at the firsit show, he had an
exhibit showing the ooasibal region
of North Carolina..
“Last time I got hay fever from
wrestling with pine straw. This
time I used leaves.”
Dr. Heckenbleifcner said he didn’t
expect to be in anymore flower
shows in the future. I’m not plan
ning to be in it,” he said about
next year’s show.
FLOWER SHOW