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April 23, 1948
THE C. C. U. N. C. NEWS
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina
Published bi-weekly by the students of The Charlotte Center
of the University of North Carolina.
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For and By the Students
Working: upon the assumption that college students of today more
than ever before are affected by incidents national and international
in scope, The CCUNC News will attempt to offer its readers an ex
tensive coveraffe of the news combined with the reporting of local
school activity. A bi-weekly publication, The CCUNC News will not
be able to achieve last-minute coverage. It will confine its purpose to
a concise analysis of news which has a direct bearing upon the college
student and veteian.
The CCUNC News is convinced that college students share an
interest in current affairs. By opening its columns to the students, this
newspaper hopes to stimulate this interest.
Students cannot escape the influence of world-wide events as well
as local happenings in government, education, and society. These
occurrences cause reaction. It is the wish of the editorial department
of this newspaper that these reactions appear in the pages of The
CCUNC News.
Under Fire
By BRANDON DAVIS
IF I WERE 21 AGAIN
Hv DU. HOY E. HOKE, Ph.D.
The Tech High Story
Every year young men left the red-brick building of Tech High
School in Charlotte, North Carolina with diplomas in their hands.
Equipped with a high school education, they walked the streets of that
thriving metropolis in search of employment. They found it in depart
ment stores, clothing establishments, filling stations, small businesses
—the kind of jobs available now days to high school graduates.
Tech High School is located in a moderate section of the city. Its
students come from that staple portion of American society, the
middle-class. A college education was looked upon as a luxury that many
could not afford.
Charlotte is the county seat for Mecklenburg County, the largest
in the state. Heie, sources of higher education for young men were
almost non-existent. Going to college meant traveling to Durham,
Raleigh, Davidson, or another outlying university town. Living away
from home adds to college expenses.
The outlook was different for Tech High’s graduating class of
1946-47 as it was for students leaving other city high schools. The
College Center of the University of North Carolina, a subsidiary of
the University at Chapel Hill, opened its doors. Tech High grads were
quick to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the Charlotte
College Center. During that first year, more young men attended the
Center from Tech High School than have attended all other colleges
combined since the opening of Tech High.
The Tech High story reveals the dire need for an institution of
higher leaining in Mecklenburg County. As the center of population,
Charlotte would be the natui'al location for such a school. There the
nucleus has been foi'med at CCUNC. Operating in the Icassrooms of
Central High School, The Charlotte College Center boasts a well
trained teaching staff. Some of these instructors have come out of
retirement in order to devote their time to the project. Courses taught
at CCUNC are accepted as credit by colleges and universities through
out the state. The ball has started rolling. The citizens of Mecklenburg
County must not let it stop.
CCUNC is seen by the University of Noi th Carolina as a means
of relieving the congestion that exists in established colleges. The
continuance of CCUNC is assured only as long as this emergency is
apparent, and the University has been unable to give to officials of
the local Center any definite statement as to how long the project will
remain in effect. This danger could be eliminated if the Mecklenburg
County Commissioners set up a fund with which to help make the
Charlotte Center a permanent junior college in the local school
system. A reserve fund has been requested by the CCUNC advisory
board.
Our School Lectures
On those memorable occasions
when Franklin D. Roosevelt hopped
to some far away spot across the
Atlantic, teletypes clicked confer
ence news to voters back home.
Newsreel cameras recorded an
other meeting of the Big Three.
Sometimes this exclusive trio,
basking in mutual friendship un
corked by the suave diplomat from
the United States, busied them
selves by jockeying international
boundaries into a unique pattern
laid out by Russia’s hedge-lipped
Joe Stalin.
After a decade, the voters got
u.sed to FDR’s leadership. They
turned confident eyes toward
Capitol Hill when trouble arose at
home or abroad and waited for the
man behind the cigaret holder to
produce a Presidential panacea. He
usually came through.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt
departed for his last big confer
ence on April 12, 1945, his fol
lowers knew that he would not
return. This sad event left them
in a quandary from which they
have not recovered. They were
forced to get things done for them
selves in a war ravaged world.
The docile inhabitants of the
United States hope to remove this
uncomfortable condition by elect
ing a strong man in November—
someone who will be able to fur
nish the leadership which they
have come to rely upon and feel
lost without.
After World War II, the men
who had led the fight emerged
before the public as symbols of
authority and power. Generals
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Doug
las MacArthur, Supreme Allied
Commanders, executed their jobs
so efficiently as to impress the
American people that they might
be capable of guiding their coun
try through the jittery post-war
era. However, remembering the
mistakes of the Grant Adminis
tration, voters tend to shy away
from the military for the reason
that army men have a reputation
for being poor politicians and the
ever present fear that the nation
might eventually be controlled by
a military clique. A comparison of
the Supreme Commanders will
reveal how United States citizens
hope to elect a military man
President on the off chance that
the Grant catastrophe will not
re-occur.
General Douglas MacArthur is
noted for his able administration.
A typical soldier, he employs an
iron hand in carrying out the
duties with which he is invested.
While his capabilities are respect
ed, the discipline that he injects
into his programs is commonly
viewed as undemocratic by former
soldiers who had always been
civilians at heart and were unac
customed to strict military indoc
trination.
If 1 were twenty-one again I
would pay proper attention to my
physical condition. Exercise stim
ulates circulation of the blood;
digestion depends on the quality of
the blood; good health depends
upon digestion; and happiness
depends upon health. A college
professor once said: “Personally,
I would rather have for a father a
robust burglar than a weak,
narrow-chested, consumptive
bishop.”
A hearty laugh is an excellent
tonic. Someone has said: “Laugh
ter is the thunder of optimism.”
Very few men have ever died while
laughing. I would laugh a little,
sing a little, smile much and walk
a lot. Good health is life’s first
prize.
If I were twenty-one again I
would try to secure the best pos
sible education. Every person,
sooner or later, should be prepared
to earn a living. It is becoming
difficult to earn a living with an
education today. When one starts
out in life with very little education
and must compete with those who
have had much preparation, there
are two strikes on him at the
start. I would find some worthy
work that needed to be done. If I
liked it and had the ability neces
sary for it, it would be may work.
If I were twenty-one again 1
would crowd my brain with the
beautiful poetry and lovely gems
of thought of the ages. It is said
that Martin Luther always placed
a flower on his desk before he
began to write. His stormy natuie
needed the soothing influence of
that delicate beauty. W'e all do.
“W'hile the evil days come not.”
In my father’s house are ma;iy
mansions.” “They shall hunger no
more, neither thirst.”
“The hours I spent with thee,
dear heart,
Are as a string of pearls to
me:
I count them over, every one
apart,
My rosary: my rosary.”
These gems are like a rock in a
weary land. They soothe the soul.
If I were twenty-one again I
would be careful in the selection
of my friends. I would seek friends
of about my own age but have a
few who are soniewhat older. They
can be a great help in many ways
to a younger Hfe. I would seek
not a gerat number of friends but
a smaller number who are tried
and true.
If I were twenty-one again I
would be very careful in financial
matters. I would try by every
honorable means to get ahead but
would take advantage of no one.
I would be willing to work hard
for what I earn and then expect
to collect. I w'ould try to be inde
pendent of father’s pocketbook
and would keep away from doles
and relief. I would expect to earn
my own way. I would be generous
with such means as came into my
possession. I would give cheer
fully to all good causes.
If I were twenty-one again I
would dedicate my life to Jesus
Christ—if I had not done so
before. I would give the flower of
my youth to Him. 1 would not wait
until my hair had turned white
and then throw the ashes of my
misspent life in His face.
If we were asked to make a list of the things we dislike to do,
our first entry would probably be, we hate to be asked or required to
attend a dry, uninteresting lecture. Judging from the number of
College Center students who have not attended the two lectures given
in the school auditorium this year, we are convinced that there must be
a large number of people who concur with our dislikes.
However, I do not mean to suggest that the lectures which have
been given at the College have been either dry or uninteresting. It
is true that they have not been humorous; it would have been impossible
to give a humorous lecture on the subjects which have been assigned
to the speakers. The College and Student Body officials have done, and
are doing, everything in theii power to obtain for us intelligent and
interesting speakers capable of giving us first hand information on
the subjects assigned to them.
It is not the desire of the College officials for anyone to feel that
he is being forced to attend these lectures; but the lecture piogram,
as well as our other extra curricula activities, will cease to exist if we
do not make a greater effort to support them more in the future than
we have in the past.
—WILLIAM L. MILLS.
The aloofness of the stern-faced
man in the Pacific certainly has
not promoted any warm feelings
in the hearts of the people. The
“MacArthur Legend” and the “I
shall return” slogan made the
General a public figure, but it
also carried with the dislike which
Americans have for personal ag-
grandization. Conquered Filipinos,
who had been showered with “I
shall return” leaflets, probably re
ceived MacArthur as a hero when
he lived up to his boast, but dearer
to the millions of Americans were
the GI’s who had sacrificed their
lives in making MacArthur’s re
turn possible.
As a professional soldier. Gen
eral MacArthur commanded re
Possibly the most universal of
all pastimes is singing, whether
it be folk tunes, operatice arias,
popular ballards, or even “be-bop!”
Although it is only natural for one
to enjoy hearing himself croon a
melody “solo,” it is possible to
increase greatly the pleasure of
singing when several voices are
combined in harmony, even if the
harmony is strictly amateur and
informal. Well, students, the
purpose of this little “build-up”
is, as you may guess, to endeavor
to persuade a few more of you
campus canaries to lend your
support and your golden voices to
our feeble, struggling—but spirited.
College Center Choral Group. It
is, of course, understood that many
of us who actually would like to
join this group have been pre
vented from doing s othis winter
because of “lab” periods and
other late classes. However, the
spring quarter is just around the
corner. Its arrival, the revised
schedules, warmer weather, longer
days, plus the capable and cordial
EVERYBODY SINGS
By DAVID LITTLEJOHN
leadership of Mr. John Holliday
should be sufficient incentive to
scare up a good number of new
candidates and to re-instate some
of the old members who could only
carry on through the fall quarter.
Several events are being planned
in which a choral group would
play a prominent part. So, it is
urged that each and every one of
you think a little bit about par
ticipating in the activities of the
CCCG during the spring quarter.
And, by the way, you co-eds arc
all just as eligible as the basses,
baritone?, and tenors. Remember
that Mr. Holliday is very much
interested in working with us, and
it will mean a lot to him and to
the College Center if we can get
some of you potential Carusos and
Lily Ponseses (plural of Pons) to
contribute your valuable talent to
this school activity. Again, be sure
to keep the Choral Group in mind
during the next couple of weeks
and watch for announcements con
cerning time and place of practice.
spect; however, there exists no
bond of sincere friendship between
the General and the people 'who
aie expected to elect him.
Affable Dwight D. Eisenhower,
retired Army Chief-of-Staff, is
reminiscent of Franklin D. Roose
velt. A spontaneous grin that
wrinkles his face into a dried
orange is catching like the famous
Roosevelt smile. Eisenhower is a
general who enjoys confabbing
with the enlisted man, and shakes
hands with the Negro elevator
operator when checking out of a
hotel.
With the realization that he was
heading a civilian army, Eisen
hower led his troops in Europe
without acquiring the disciplinar
ian stigma. This puts him in good
stead with the ordinary soldier—
now a voting veteran, and his
winsome ways have secured for
him an exhalted position in the
eyes of the public. Thus, the
General has become “one of the
boys.”
In their search for a strong
leader, the voters have narrowed
down the field to tw’o professional
soldiers, and they seem to have
rcached a compromise by lending
their support to Eisenhower
rather than the militaristic Mac
Arthur. In Eisenhower, they hope
to get their strong President, but
they are counting on the chance
that he would not carry militarism
into the Whitehouse.