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lion which could be easily
verted.
remarks: “This thing thalt has hap
pened makes us know that we can
con-
continue to build this university
that we started years ago. Now its
'College Grew To Demands Of
Sludenls'-Winnlngham
is not to take away from them, but
to see that all our young people
are served.
It HAD to succeed because it ,
was right. It was needed; there Winmn^am. An attractive
They saw here a very valuable development must occur as fast as ;^as no time to delay. We were
“What struck me most, was that
the college grew due to the de
mands of tihe students,” said Mrs.
campus of 900 acres with more land
available. This was not to be over
looked since millions have been
spent to obtain additional land for
existing campuses. Our land and
buildings were valued at 8 million:
library and movable equipment,
one million, foundation, over one
million; a total of well over ten
million dollars.
There was also found at Char
lotte College an excellent faculty, letics.”
the state can finance it. Of course, working for a righteous cause and
we realize that there are other I've always believed that right will
campuses to be served. Our goal triumph."
I Look Forward To The Day
When We Gel Dorms'-Hech
“Personally, I look forward to
the day when we get dormotories.
But I don't look forward to the
day when we will have major ath-
Dr. Herbert Hechenbleikner, Pro
fessor of Biology and one of Char
lotte College’s first full-time in
structors, bad this to say about
one phase of the growth of Char-
latite College and its acceptance as
the fourth campus of the Consoli-
They saw a student body which dated University of North Caro-
had been admitted on university .
Dr. Hechenbleikner explained
standards. Dr. King said of our athletics, “I
student body, "The students at don't like the spectator, because
Charlotte College give the impres-
sion in interviews that they are ^
serious, eager to learn, and inter
ested in their work." :
6% of whom hold doctorates. All of
the faculty earned these degrees
from the best American Univer
sities, and four distinguished for
eign universities.
Projections of enrollment in the
next ten years are over 8000, com
muting students alone.
Charloitte College started after
World War II to aid veterans. It
was called CCUNC, Charlotte Cen
ter of U.N.C. Even then students
liked to refer to themselves as
part of Carolina. Now the college
has come full circle. For it now
provides service for the children
of those veiterans when it was
originally started.
The morning before her depart
ure to Baleigh, Dr. Cone received
two letters from veterans who at
tended the college center. Mr. Wil
liam L. Mills, Jr. claims the honor
of having been the first person
to complete more than two years
of work at Charlotte College. He
now holds two degrees from Caro
lina and has a successful
Dr. Hochenbleikner
white haired lady, this political
science teacher has been with
Charlotte College many years,
She begirjs her recoJlection with
the fall of 1947, wihen there were
only 3 fidJ-time workers in Char-
loitlte College: Miss Cone. Miss
Denny, and Mrs. Winningham.
For its first three years of ex
istence, including 1947, the college
was a veteran's center. Until 1947
tlie ctJllege had offered only fresh
man work. But, as Mrs. Winning
ham put iit, "By 1W7 so many
wanted sophomore work; that's
whv we are here today. Miss Cone
and Mr. Gapiager persuaded us to
give sophomore work and we grew
to a two-year cxjllege.”
She went on to explain that soon to the students' assuming respon-
the nigM school in Central High sdbilities. There i>ave been three
building became a community col- constitutions in the government
lege. It was thought tibat it would history at the college,
remain tlhat way since the courses In conclusion, Mrs. Winningham
didn't lead to degrees in home said, “Miss Cone has alvrays sup-
economics or technical things, ported the students. Somehow she
However, the students didn't like would find a way."
the community type college. They
wanted more academic courses, so
—^it became largely an academic
college.
Mrs. Winningham and many oth
ers expected C. C. to remain a
good strong junior college but the
spectator students kept asking for more
work. “So Miss Cone kept working
Mrs. Wininngham
Miss Denny
wihen you have the
you've got to have a parking lot,
and this will ruin the beautiful ^ sen:or college. Then as soon
landscaping we now Jiave on this berome a senaor college,
campus." they war»ted university status and
graduaite work. It grew because
He .said he wasn t at all against of the demands of the students."
athletics, but tlie kind of athletics Commeniting on the college's
now so popular in the United rapid growth (it has taken less
Sates, the big spectator sports than 20 years) Mrs. Winningham
like football didn t do anybody a said, “it’s remarkable for a school
bit of good, except by providing which started out to become a
money for tlic minor s|X)r1>s to op- vetersii's center."
erate on. again stressed the .student's
However, Dr. Heckenbelkncr growth, saying they
said that the big^ime athletics more to do wilth the advance-
would be alright for Charlotte Col- anything else. It couldn't
lege if they were just kept off Possible without the stu-
Dr. Garringer
campus. He suggested a possible
dents.'
solution would be to get the infield
of CharloIJte Motor Speedway (sev-
Cone's efforts: "Miss Con€ led the
TmVeryPleased'-
Garinger
Sludenis, Dr. Cone'
-Denny
Miss Mary Denny, a staunch and
law faithful friend of Charlotte College
By BETTYE TRAPPS
Education has been and will al-
eral miles north of the Charlotte students. They wouldn't have been
College campus on Hwy. 29) made without her. R was through
irtto a football field and lease it. leadership with the support of
For basketball games Dr Hecken- students and the community ways be one of Dr. E. H. Garin-
bleikner forsees the possible use community to ger's chief interests. Dr. Garinger
of Charlotte Coliseum or Park them to tax themselves." for several years served as the
Cgfiter. “The community has always sup- superintendent of public schools
ported CbarldSte College due to here in Charlotte.
“Either of these would be enough confidence in Miss Cone and their Now, as a member of the North
to hold all spectators we could get. desire to aid the school." Oapolina House of Representaltives,
practice in Concord. The other let- through its nineteen years, was And leasing a public building Reviewing these years, Mrs. Win- Dr. Garinger worked diligently to
ter was from Mr. Gabriel W. St. Professor of English until her re- would be much less expensive than ningham said they were a "tre- help make the University of North
mendously intere^ing and exciting Carolina at Charlotte a reality,
experience. It was very challeng- “I was sure it w'ould not be
Clair, Jr., who holds a B.A. degree *®rement last year. She served as building one on campus.
the first Chairman of the English u , ^ w.. x ... ...■
Department. She, also, was Chair- ® ® accefrtance j wouldn't give up any of it." easy," commemted Dr. Garinger,
man of the Freshman English Dc- Charlotte College as the fourth
partment. campus of UNC, Dr. Heohenbleik-
in architecture from Georgia Tech.
Both letters were written in ap
preciation of the quality of in
struction they received at Charlotte
College.
As for her personal reaction to "but I never doubted that the bill
the new university stotus Mrs. would pass. I'm very pleased that
Wednesday, HwthwMe for'" ChaTirte‘'‘as‘’weU Winningl«m stated: “Not very alt the end of the vote was almost
When interviewed
rMarch ,3, about the passing of the as Charlotte College,
bill making Charlotte College the
many universities have evolved in unanimous.’’
this manner so quickly. No one can The existence of UNC C is tlie
Charlotte College has a largo and fourth campus of the University of advantageous visualize wbat this will mean for result of genuine interest and co-
important role ahead as the fourth North Carolina, her .statement was college and the community the entire state. operation from people all over the
/campus of the University of N. C. ]^^d to be." of the University. "We have an obligation to train state. North Carolina Governor
There are more babies being born; |,‘iipo’__ yaoftheEncclyb “But of course many of us on the leaders for North Carolina. The Dan Moore included the UNC-C
faculty are wondering what pro- university at Charlotte should be proposal in his program, and his
“Miss Cone and I have always giiams are going to develop. We're a center in training political lead- support was considered invaluable
ers in city. State, and national gov- ,to the final passing of the bill,
ernment and in training outstand- “We mu.st also add to this R't
ing teachers. of people who helped make UNC-C
"I am imprekssed," said Mrs, possible, the Mecklenburg delega-
Winningham, "by a great many of tion and House Representative
our students. I always have been. Pickard from Alamance County.
We've ahways had an excellent stu- xhe UNC-C bill was further boost-
dent body. ed by the press and the radio and
"Charlotte College has gone a television stations which voiced
more children graduating from
high school, and more high school
grads going on to college as jobs said our school was determined to also wondering how much auton-
become more and more demand- come," she added,
ing. Our aim is not only to meet “We had fine students and wo
the needs of the current percentage liad Dr. Bonnie Cone; and she
of high school graduates entering didn't know defeat," said Miss
college but to raise it. N.C. now Denny.
omy were going to have."
has only 23% of her college age
people in college as compared to
the rest of the nation where the
average is 38%. Of course some
states, such as California can boost
that over 50% of their college age
are in colleg^. Also the most
wealth-producing industries follow
educated citizenery.
Sigma Tau Sigma
By NINA CASTLES
Miss Denny feels that the sup
port of the situdent body and the
faculty has played a great role in
the past years. “We couldn’t have
accomplished this without the loy
al students and faculty pulling all
the way."
Sigma Tau Sigma will have a
meeting Wednesday, March 17, in
College Union Room 210 at 12:15 long way and has a long way to tavorable opinions,
p.m. go. It will be interesting to see Dr. Garinger expressed the be-
Anyone wlio has taken at least what the next ten years bring." [jef that everyone is plea.sed that
20 hours of social sciences (his- Mrs. Winnin^am said that she Cbarlolite College has become the
tory, political science, economics, had worked in .student government University of North Carolina's
Mi.ss Denny said she would be or sociology) and has maintained .since 1948 and had observed a fourth branch. Many people want
visiting Charlotte College sometime an average grade of at least “B" great deal of growth there. The to see and become acquainted with
In closing Dr. Bonnie had these this semester. is urged to attend. growth, she thinks, was steady due the college.