Miss Bonnie
Letters To The Editor
There’s a tence excitement that goes through the human
body and soul when the person is houses is honored as being
the most distinguished from some elite group. And there’s an
almost equal excitement that releases itself in people who are
very special friends of the honored person.
The first experience happened Saturday night, May 22 in
Asheville, as the North Carolina Civitan Club awarded their
annual Distinguished Citizenship Award to Dr. Bonnie Cone.
The latter happened the next day to hundreds of Charlotte
College students as they learned of the award.
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Dr. Cone is a very special friend of every student on this
campus. We had that latter feeling and we think most other
Charlotte College students did.
And we couldn’t agree more with the North Carolina
Ciditan Club.
Let's Have A Contest
Despite our dislike for contests to give a certain upcoming
university a good rough tough nick name and despite our
dislike for contests in general we are going to sponsor one.
The name of said contest will be as follows; NAME THE
STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE AND THE YEAR-
■ BOOK OF SAME UNIVERSITY.
The reason for this contest is that there is a strong feeling
around campus that “Charlotte Collegian” won’t be appro
priate since the institution it serves will no longer be Char
lotte College. We agree. But we want to hear what the stu-
* dents think.
Thus a contest.
The rules are simple. In some manner place on one (1)
piece of paper a name that you think should be good to call
the paper. Leave it in the Collegian box at the College Union
desk.
If you think the name ought to remain Charlotte Colle^an
you may say so by writing “Charlotte Collegian” on a piece
of paper.
We’re going to try to come out weekly next year, so keep
that in mind.
^ Si Si (prounced ce ce, in case you didn’t know), the year
book, is in the same predicament. Leave suggestions for them
in our box and we’ll pass ’em on.
Good luck.
Viet Nam
Charlotte College students heard Monday, May 17, one side
of the argument over the United States’ military presence in
the war torn country of South Viet Nam. That side was, of
. course, the side of the United States state department.
Turner Shelton is obviously a skilled speaker. He express
ed his views of the above mentioned presence clearly and
consistently. He is also a skilled nlayer at tbe came question
and answer, which he played at for over an hour.
* The students and faculty of Charlotte College proved to be
a audience, also. They laughed at the introductory joke, ap
plauded at spots, and in general kept well on their toes.
They, also, proved to be good players at the question and
, answer game. Intellegent questions were thrown at Mr. Shel
ton time after time.
All this goes to show that the people around Charlotte Col
lege aren’t as slow and apathetic as one might think and
complaints from various bodies (including The Collesrian)
about student disinterest are not totally well grounded. All
we need is more personalities like Mr. Shelton to stimulate
* this interest.
CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
Editor Howard Pearre
/Assistant Editor Richard Dancy
Business Manager Cunning
f Photographers D''!*
JL Tommy Estridge
Columnists Ellison Clary
Dave Nanney, Martin Richek
Staff Bettye Trapps
Robert England, Sam Scott, Nina Castles,
Sharon Dailey, Rasmi Shalibi
Achtung? Stay Out
Of Red Sector
Editors, Charlotte Collegian
During the period of construction
of the addition to the College Union
and of the administration building,
access to the campus from the west-
parking lot will be limited. Immedi
ate access to the C. U. from the
parking lot will not be possible.
Large excavation areas will make it
impossible to go directly from the
parking area to the C.U. during the
early stages of construction. Ac
cess to the C. U. will be possible
only through the main entrance
until the project is completed.
A walkway from the parking
area to the main campus walk in
front of the library is being built.
The presence of heavy equipment
and the large areas of excavation
constitute a danger to all pedes
trians. The requirements of con
struction insurance make it neces
sary for the constraction compan
ies to keep everyone not in their
employ out of the construction
area. This area has been fenced off
and thereby clearly marked. All
students and faculty are expected
to observe the restrictions and to
cooperate in every way with offi
cials of the construction firms
Dean Donald M. MacKay
Dean Of Student Affairs
Playboy?
Editors, Charlotte Collegian
It seems that in our modem so
ciety, that hypocricy is the pre
vailing mood of the people. In our
colleges, the students are to learn
about all aspects of life in a criti-
Dave's Raves
cal view point. How, I ask, can this
be accomplished if one of the out
standing magatines of today is left
out of the library?
I’m sure that all the students of
Charlotte College have read this
magazine and I mean read (not just
look at the pictures). I myself
read all the articles in the maga
zine. The authors who contribute
are well known and write very good
stories.
I would like to see somebody at
Charlotte College start a subscrip
tion for the library or the book
store for Playboy Magazine. I feel
that to be a true college, we should
have this magazine on our campus.
George Vaughan
Carwash
Editors, Charlotte Collegian
The Charlotte College Alpha Phi
Omega service fraternity held a
car wash Tuesday, May 11, in the
College Union parking lot. The fu
ture pledges started washing cars
at 8:30 a.m. and a solid stream of
cars kept them busy until 4:30 p.
m.
The Chapter needed $25 to ob
tain it’s charter and the car wash
was more successful than expected.
Through the efforts of the future
pledges the Chapter made $29.95.
The men of the Charotte College
Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega are
very grateful to the faculty and
student body for helping them ob
tain enough money to get a charter.
Skipper Milton
Publicity Chairman, APO
Time Moves On
By DAVE NANNEY
The end of each year is always
disappointing to me for each year
I approach the horizon. “A few
more steps and I’ll see.” And when
I take those few steps I see just
another horizon! It is good that
we are not content to stand in one
place and look, for a clear perspec
tive is good, but the particulars are
also important, even though they
are endless. And I think tears,
sentiment and all that errupts with
an official pause in time are bene
ficial, as they represent a realiza
tion that a certain amount of time
has been substracted from our lives
which means that the future is of
more value. So much for the philo
sophical message for today!
One student said, “My otJy re
gret was that I was inibited all
year long from asking questions; I
was afraid that the teachers might
think I was stupid!” Another stu
dent said, “I’m still hungry; I feel
as though I’ve eaten a good meal;
digested the good nart, eliminated
the bad, and now I want to start
all over again.” Another said, “I’m
soooooo very tired.” Still another
paid, “I’m frantic; I feel like pray
ing twice a year—at the end of
each semester before finals!” And
I’m sure the professors are glad
the year is over—no more papers
to grade. Another person said, “I’ve
flunked out! I’m flunking out!
What will my parents say?” I re
plied, “Why?” Said she. “Those
mean ol professors are mean!” Said
another, “I’ve flunked French
again!” -
I noticed a girl talking to a boy
the other day. She was saying,
“. . . and we’ll never see each other
again, Hermie, I want you to know
I’ll always love ya!” And I over
heard someone humming “. . . the
new year’s eve we did the town,
the day we tore the goalposts down,
we will have these moments to re
member.”
And I heard the words “. . . Is
a time for joy, a time for tears,
a time we’ll cherish through the
yearssss . . . we’ll remember al
ways . . .” And I saw a boy giving
something to a girl. Perhaps think
ing . . something to remember me
by.” And to top it off I heard a girl
saying, “. . . I’ll give you just one
minute to stop flirting with those
girls, and pay attention to me!”
And the bov, not to be outdone re
plied . . . “Keep your gifts!” And
so time moves on.
Charlotte Sends
Delegation To
YRC Convention
The Charlotte College Young
Republican Club sent a delegation
consisting of six voting represent
atives and two non-voting alterna
tives to the North Carolina Young
Republication college Council
Spring Convention held May 7, 8, 9,
in Winston-Salem, N. C.
Interviews with the returning
delegates revealed that the conven
tion lacked neither excitement nor
controversy.
The majority of the Charlotte
College YRC delegates were
members of special convention
committees. Rick Dancy was a
co-Chairman of the Platform
Committee. It was around this
committee that one of the biggest
controversies centered.
The conservative eastern major
ity objected to the platform as writ
ten by the committee and during
the business session labeled it as
“too liberal” and substituted a plat
form which was a much right
wing sentiment.
The other major controversy
centered around the College Coun
cil Chairman John R. Patton. Al
though he was elected with the aid
of the extreme conservative ele
ment of the College Council at its
previous convention in Charlotte,
N. C., this same conservative ele
ment is now seeking his ouster
On the opening day of the May
Convention this faction passed a
number of resolutions of censure
and no faith in Patton and on
Sunday, May 9, initiated im
peachment proceedings against
him. The charges were of a “gen
eral and vague nature” and sup
posedly date back almost to the
day Patton was elected.
Patton termed the charges
“ridiculous” and State Young Re
publican and Federation Chairman
Hubert Teer branded the persons
who introduced the impeachment
proceeding as “immature children.”
The impeachment hearing has
been set for Sunday, May 30, at
the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
During the business session
Charlotte College formed a minor
ity block along with the delegates
from Salem, Wake Forest and Guil
ford colleges which tried to stop
what Charlotte College delegate
Sam Scott termed “obvious per
version of Republican ideals and
goals . . . and an obvious railroad
job” by the delegation of State,
Duke, and Carolina.
Near the close of the business
session the Charlotte College
group, after a short speech de
livered by Scott, walked out of
the convention hall to begin stra-
tergy plans for the “returning of
the College Council to the main
stream of both American and
Republican thinking.”
Post convention abuse by the ex
treme conservative element prompt
ed the Charlotte College Young
Republican Club to adopt five reso
lutions condemning the extremist
factions of the party and whole-
heartly supported Patton.