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Vol. 1 - No. 2
CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
February 3, 1950
Extragenerous" Fund Over Subscribed
Something Old
Something New
Attention all you men students
who are married! Would you
like to have the upper hand in
your family? Would you like to
enjoy the blissful but little
known state of genuine male
supremacy? Well, you can if
you will just follow the methods
set forth by Petruchio in “The
Taming of the Shrew,” which was
given by Margaret Webster’s
Shakespearean company on Sat
urday night, January 21, at the
Armory Auditorium.
The production played to an
audience quite considerably
larger than that usually seen in
the “Barn,” which is still quite an
apt name for the Armory Audi
torium; and even Miss Webster’s
troup of players, who are known
as one of the very best in the
country, could not change the
Armory’s poor adaptability to
play production. However, the
audience was so enthusiastically
engrossed in the excellent per
formance that it noticed only
slightly the playhouse and be
came interested only in the ro
bust and virile acting which was
taking place before them.
Because the entire company
was so perfectly sure in every re
spect, the production took on a
unity which every play should
have and which left little room
for any individual praise. Louisa
Horton, who was seen in Char
lotte a few seasons ago in “The
Voice of the Turtle” and who
took a leading role in the movie
“All My Sons,” played the shrew
ish Kate in such an understand
able way as to make her sweet
sister Bianca appear a little in
sipid. Kendall Clark was Petru
chio and made him so terrifically
domineering that the audience
broke into spontaneous applause
several times during the evening
and showed themselves to be ex
tremely pleased that he was do
ing what he set out to do in
taming the violent Kate. The
other member of the company
who was particularly well-liked
was Larry Gates, who played
Christopher Sly in the prologue
and epilogue and took the cen
ter of attention at several points
during the evening when he was
completely engrossed in the
“taming of the shrew.”
It is not often that Charlot-
teans get the opportunity to see
a Shakespearean play, and cer
tainly one of this caliber would
be a treat for any town at any
time. The costumes were not only
colorful but perfect in taste and
character, and the versitile set
ting proved to be one of the most
decided examples of the fact
that we were getting “real the
atre” in Charlotte. This produc
tion as well as the Barter The
atre’s “The Imaginary Invalid,”
which played a week earlier,
should encourage Charlotteans
into some wishful thinking about
what Charlotte might get to see
in the coming years.
“The Shrew” was brought to
Charlotte by the Mecklenburg
English teachers and the Shake-
spear Society of Charlotte, both
active groups interested in the
Charlotte public and deserving
much thanks for their efforts in
bringing a fine experience to
many Charlotte playgoers.
Jim Poteat
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OWLS GET NEW TOGS.—The Charlotte college Owls, playing this
year for the first time in the North Carolina Junior College confer
ence, finally got their new uniforms yesterday. The Owls are a rapidly
improving team and toppled Lenoir Rhyne’s Jayvees last week. Tak
ing time out for a picture in their new outfits is the starting five.
They are (kneeling, left to right) Guard John Gamble and Forward
Steve Economus; (back row, left to right) Forward Jack Harkey,
Center Bill Proctor, and Guard Howard Hartley. (Observer Staff
nhoto by Jake Houston.)
The Alumnus Of The Month
K. Bechtler
“Building leaders of tomor
row” is the order of the day for
Neal Forney, Jr., Director of
Optimist Park, center of the
youth program sponsored by the
Charlotte Optimist Club. The
Optimists are proud of their ven
ture into planned recreation for
school-age boys and girls, and
they may well be confident of
the project’s continued success
under the capable Forney’s com
mand.
Veteran of two years with
Uncle Sam’s Navy, Neal’s ap
proach to any problem starts
with getting “squared away” and
proceeds to a sustained state of
being “ship-shape,” at the same
time keeping the situation well
in hand. In typical Forney fash
ion, he began his duties with the
Junior Optimists by enlisting the
help of the boys, themselves,
in a general clean-up campaign
which not only left the Club’s
quarters spick and span, but
found the new Director holding
the lasting loyalty that only an
army of small boys can give to
an admired “big brother.” This
allegiance to Neal by his team
holds throughout the many ac
tivities that center in and around
the young Optimists and their
clubhouse. The boys, themselves,
are divided into two groups, one
for those eight to thirteen years
old, and the second, or older
group, ranging in age from four
teen years up to twenty. Two
nights a week are devoted to
actual meeting routine, conduct
ed in an orderly fashion along
accepted lines of procedure fol
lowed by regular “grownup” club
meetings. Thursday night of each
week is given to discourse and
debate, in preparation for a
state-wide oratorical contest com
ing up soon for Junior Optimists
of North Carolina. Once a week,
the school-age girls meet at the
Club under the leadership of
an older woman who comes out
to assist them in their various
interests. In winter, the Club
house is open evenings until
nine o’clock, Monday through
Friday; in summer, the closing
hour changes to eleven p.m. A
full sports program Is main
tained the year around, with
organized, well-trained teams
participating throughout the state
in contests appropriate to the
season.
The Junior Optimists Club is
a busy outfit, and right in the
middle of the hub-bub towers
the red head of CC’s own Neal
Forney. Of course, Carolina has
a claim on him, too, as he was
a student at that eminent in
stitution as lately as June, 1949.
As a matter of fact, he majored
in sociology at the University,
with a view to going into some
branch of criminology after
graduation, but his present work
with the citizens of tomorrow
would seem to far outweigh any
thing that could be accomplished
(after the fact, so to speak,) in the
field of post-criminology. Central
High School and Coach Bill Bran-
nin no doubt feel possessive about
Neal, as (1) a Central graduate
of 1944, and (2) the best gym in
structor that High School ever
had, while Neal led a double
life in the hectic years of 1947
and ’48, working under Coach
Bill Brannin in the daylight
hours and attending evening
classes at Charlotte College (then
CCUNC).
Be that as it may, students of
Charlotte College from then to
now hereby proclaim Neal For
ney, Jr., class of ’48, Alumnus of
the Month for January, 1950.
College Yearbook
Planned
Annual Plans Emerging
Charlotte College will publish
its yearbook this quarter.
According to Jim Kilgo, Presi
dent of the Student Council:
“The groundwork has been
laid for the publication, soon, of
a year book that we can all be
proud of. This permanent and
beautiful remembrance of an
important phase in our lives
is one to be cherished.” Jim
adds: “To achieve an annual in
which we may take pride means
combining efforts of many
people. The Student Council
urges all students who can and
will spare their time and talents,
to contact either your Annual
staff, your Student Council of
ficers, or Mrs. Grogan, the facul
ty advisor to the annual staff.
We need artists, advertising staff
personnel, typists, reporters, edi
tors, etc.” Jim concludes: “Do
nate some time and effort now,
and your reward will be tangi
ble and visible in all the years to
come.”
Ed. Note: We join in asking
for volunteers: you, you, you,
and YOU!
THE ANNUAL IS COMING
HOORAY!
Activities Of
Keymen
The only men’s social organi
zation at the Charlotte College
so far, the KEY MEN FRA
TERNITY, is steadily progress
ing. The flashy jackets seen
around the halls will attest to
that fact. Yes, the jackets have
finally arrived, and a definite
day of the week will be set aside
as “Jacket Day” for the mem
bers. On that day, all members
will be required to wear their
jackets to school. This project
is intended to give some sem
blance of unity to the fraternity,
and a similar procedure will be
followed when the pins arrive.
The fraternity has already
staged one party which was quite
successful, and is now making
plans for a stag party to be held
in the near future. It is hoped
that immediately after the stag
party, they can follow up with
another “mixed” party. The Key
Men are also doing a little long-
range planning for a spring
dance, which could turn out to
be quite an event. That, however,
is still in the formative stage.
At the beginning of each new
quarter, the old members of the
fraternity begin to get a fiend
ish look on their faces. When
they do this, you know they are
thinking of the new members
who will soon be coming into the
group and the subsequent initia
tion of said members. With this
thought in mind, the members
of the fraternity got together
the other night and sugge.sto''
the names of several prospective
members. As each prospective
member has to be unanimously
approved by the fraternity, the
process was rather long and has
not as yet been completed. Let
us hasten to add, therefore, if
you should happen to see a
WORM crawling around in the
halls sucking on a lemon. Don’t
Laugh! YOU might be the next
name on the list!
Team Fully Outfitted
We are all proud of the snap
py, eye-catching uniforms worn
by our fighting basketball team
and the fine equipment it need
ed so badly.
We are prouder still of the
unbelievably generous school
spirit which prompted students
and faculty members alike to
open their pocketbooks and dig
deep to make the purchase of
this equipment possible.
R. Frank Harwood, instructor,
Lewis Camp, Bill Schultz and
the other members of Economics
31 form the team that made this
financial touchdown for Char
lotte College. All members of
the faculty and student body
backed the extragenerous drive
with a good and true spirit.
A goal was set; that goal was
easily reached and passed. The
response to the “extragenerous”
appeal for help was gratifying
to everyone connected with the
project.
“The entire school,” says Miss
Cone, “worked as a unit toward
the achievement of a praise
worthy goal. Well done.” “Our
basketball team,” according to
Coach Gene Shumate, “appreci
ates the support shown by our
fellow students, and we will give
our best on that floor.”
Let’s all of us stay behind our
team, in whatever sport it is
engaged; let’s root with our
cheer-leaders; and when our ma
roon and gray men are out there
fighting for us, let’s always give
them everything we’ve got— no
matter what the outcome of the
game.
The Humorous
Slant
Attention Mr. Ellis:
Groucho Marx was interview
ing an unemployed man in his
giveaway program the other
night,
“What did you do before you
became unemployed?” asked
Groucho.
“I was teaching an automobile
driver’s class,” replied our Social
Security claimant.
“Well, what happened?”
“I made a wrong hand signal,
Groucho, and got in a wreck.”
Ed. Note: Modern cars will
shift for you and signal turns
for you, but they still apparently
can’t tell the difference between
a teacher and a student.
A brilliant student was asked
by his psychology professeor in
a final exam to define anxiety.
He wrote: “There are two
classes of anxiety. The common
or garden variety such as the
dull student facing final exams
which he fears; and the anxiety
of the brilliant student facing
final exams for which he is
totally unprepared.”—Reprint
COME ON, MOVIE FANS
We are informed that during
the week of Jan. 22, the motion
picture, “The Heiress” starring
Olivia De Havilland, will open
at the Carolina.
After seeing the movie, every
one in Charlotte is invited to
write a review of the film and
send it to the theatre.
The three winning reviews in
the nation will each receive a
Ksiser-Fraser Traveler.