The
Charlotte Collegian
VOLUME 20, NUMBER 11
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
APRIL 22, 1965
Psomadakis, Student Party
Sweep Executive Elections
By BETTYE TRAPPS
Collegian Staff Writer
The University of North Carolina
at Charlotte will begin the 1965-66
school year with Gus Psomadakis
and James Burgess leading the stu
dent body as SGA president and
vice px'esident respectively.
Gus, a junior, srved last year as
vice president of the SGA.
I’ve been campaigning for
thirteen months for this office,”
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GUS PSOMADAKIS
'There Is No Actual
UN' - - Newcomb
Spring Is Sprung;
Grass, Politicians Is Ris
In spring a young man’s fancy
turns to love, or so the saying
goes. Around Charlotte College,
however, a few young men and
women, too seem to be thinking
along the lines of politics.
Keam Smith is unopposed in his
candidacy for senior class presi
dent. Bob England, unsuccessful
candidate for vice-president of
SGA, runs against David Baucom
for vice-president of the senior
class.
Running for senior class repre-
Only four sophomores are run
ning for the four junior class rep
resentative spots. Mot Boney, Ross
Povey, Sally Hillert, and Phyllis
Henline seem to have thier am
bitions well planned
Bill Hodges is running unopposed
for sophomore class president. Bill
has been freshman class president P™P>iganda, “Radio Moscow,
Since the iirst of this semester.
Sam Scott wll also run unopposed
for the position of vice-president.
By RASMI SHALABI
Collegian Staff Writer
“There is no actual United Na
tions in existence. The U. N. is yet
to be established,” said Alan New
comb to more than 60 students
Wednesday afternoon, April 7.
Mr. Newcomb, public affairs di
rector for WBT is known, for his
daily editorial, “Land of the Free”
program, and a nationally syndi
cated radio commentary on Soviet
He
is the Carolina’s cori'espondent for
the Voice of America and has been
in radio and TV for the past 19
The freshman class representa- years.
tive race seems a little more crowd-
sentatives are, SGA president John ed though with seven students run-
Scott, Andrea Whisnant, Lewis
Barber George Elam, Gerald
Broome, and Nancy Barnes. Four
from these will be elected.
The junior class will be led next
year by either Mike Thomas or
ning for four positions. The can
didates are Donna Corbett, Wilma
Happy, Tim Britton, Larry Gard
ner, Earlyn Mabry, Jim Cunning,
and Marsha Robinson.
In response to an invita.tion is
sued by CCUN, Mr. Newcomb
spoke about “The U.N.—What It
Has To Offer.” He said that he
would not consider the United
Nations in New York the UN, but
rather a UN. World unity must be
a prerequitite for the UN.
Newcomb stated that only 33 of
Only six students have filled
Richard Savage. Richard Dancy candidacy for judgeship. They are
and Susan Osborne are running Marlyn Bowers, Skip Stanley, Tom the 115 present members are con
against each other for the position Estrdge, Dick Whitfield, Gayle sidered democracies in the sense
of junior class vice-president. Gordon, and Mary Case. (Continued on page 4)
Yarbrough Is New K Lt. Gov.
Wally Yarbrough, a sophomore
chemistry major and a two year
member of Circle K, has been elect
ed Lieutenant Governor of the new
Northwestem Division of the Caro-
linas District of Circle K Internat-
onal. He was elected to the posi
tion at the fourth Annual District
Convention held at East Carolina
College in Greenville, N. C., March
26-28.
There are 26 clubs in the Dis
trict organization which covers
both North and South Carolina.
Clubs at Wake Forest, High Point,
Mitchell and Charlotte colleges are
in the newly formed Northwestem
division.
Although it is presently the
smallest of the 5 divisiins, there
are two clubs in the Northwestem
Division which are nearing the
charter stage. Also there are po
tential clubs at several other area
colleges.
During his year in office it will
be Wally’s responsibility to orga
nize and strengthen clubs in his
Division. As Lt. Govemor, he rep
resents the District and its Gover
nor, Cadet John Mack of the Cita
del. Wally hopes to have both a
Division Training Conference and
a District Board meeting on Char
lotte College campus dumg his
term of office.
Club President J. M. Spearmar
led the local delegation at Green
ville. Other attending members
were Fred Ratchford and Lanier
Tones.
The Circle K Club of Charlotte
College won the 1964-65 Achieve-
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OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS AND TROPHIES —
Wally Yarbrough, left newly elected Circle K Carolinas
Northwestern Division Lieutenant Governor and Charlotte
College Circle K president Morris Spearman veiw trophy
that was won at this year’s convention at East Carolina
College.
Gus said jokingly. “I would like
to thank evcryine for the tre
mendous vote of confidence given
me.”
Newly elected vice president Jim
my Burgess transfen-ed to Char
lotte College from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jimmy has been active participant
in student government affairs since
high school.
When asked if she ever feared
losing the elction, Betty Craig
remarked, “There is always a
chance that your opponent will
win. One cannot predict human
nature in the voting booth.”
Betty, a sophomore and Spanish
major, was elected secretary of
the SGA.
President John Scott appointed
Dan Huston to the office of treas
urer when this position became va
cant at the beginning of the sec
ond semester. Since he served only
one semster, Dan was elagible to
run for office again. He was elected
unopposed. Dan is a junior major
ing in business administration.
ALAN NEWCOMB
Foundation Gives College
$13,000 For Teacher Grants
Charlotte College and the mathe
matics programs in the junior and
senior high schools and elementary
schools of the area got a boost
with two grants from the National
Science Foundation the first of
April.
The NSF awarded the first grant
of $8,300 to the college for 50 jun
ior and senior high school matha-
matics teachers in this area. The
second grant of $4,520 will support
a program for twenty-five elemen
tary school teachers.
Each teacher will receive free
tuition to a mathematics course
at the college. In addition he will
receive a $10 allowance for books
and will be given his transporta
tion expenses to the college.
The program will begin in Sep
tember, 1965 when the institution
will be known as the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte and
willl run through May, 1966.
Classes will meet one evening
per week on the campus and will
be taught by regular faculty mem
bers of the UNC-C Mathematics
Department. Administration o f
these grants will be under Dr. Wil
liam M. Perel, professor of mathe
matics.
Each participtant in the pro
gram will be able to earn four
semester hours of credit in math
ematics.
The Mathematics Department
will publish a brochure to provide
further information about the pro
gram.
These are the second and third
NSF grants for the college. Last
year the Chemistry Department re
ceived a grant for laboratory equip
ment.
Witherspoon Travels
To Religious Meets
Dr. Loy H. Witherspoon, assist
ant professor of philosophy and re
ligion and chaplain at Charlotte
College, read a paper April 1 at
the meeting of the American Acad
emy of Religion at Black Mountain.
The paper is entitled “The Text
of Luke’s Gospel According to St.
Cyril of Alexandria.”
Dr. Witherspoon was at Cornell
University April 5 through 8 for a
national conference on religion and
higher education sponsored by the
Association for the Coordination of
University Religious Affairs of
which he is a new member.
This is an organization of per
sons involved in religious work on
tax-supported campuses.