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Commencement 1950 COLLEGIATE LIFE Commencement 1950 Vol. 1 - No. 6 CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. June 2, 1950 Charlotte College Graduates First Class ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ CHARLOTTE COLLEGE FULLY ACCREDITED State Dept. Grants Accreditation Final and complete accreditation from the North Carolina State De partment of Education has been g’ranted to Charlotte College. In a letter to Miss Bonnie E. Cone Drs. James E. Hillman and J. Henry Highsmith of the State Department made the statement that the ten tative approval under which the f'ollejje has opeiated this year has boon changed to full accreditation: “On the basis of the knowledge which we have of the school we know that the principles for the accreditation of a junior college have been met. Charlotte College, therefore, may be recognized as a standard junior college as of the academic year 1040-19,'jO. Students who graduate in June, or who may have graduated during the year, will be entitled to all the academic privileges which go with gradua tion from a standard junior col lege.” Duiing its three years of opera tion as a part of the University System, Charlotte College Center was fully accredited by the North Carolina College Confeience and its credits were accepted through out the United States. The new city college continued to meet all stand ards prescribed by the North Caro lina .State Department of Public Instruction. At the opening convo cation in September, Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, Superintendent of Public Instruction said: “We are satisfied that thei'e will be no doubt of the ability of Charlotte College to meet the highest standards of ac creditation.” He further assured the students that “every condition ha.s been met” and that their work would be fully accredited from the opening day of school. Dr. Spaugh To Deliver Sermon Plans have been completed for the commencement exercises for Charlotte College’s first giaduating class. The Baccalaureate Services will be held at The Little Chuich on the Lane at 7:30 P. M., on Sun day, June 4. Dr. Herbert Spaugh, Pastor of the Little Church on the Lane, will deliver the baccalaureate ■sermon. The Commencement exer cises will take place in the Central High School auditorium at 8:00 P. M., on Monday. June 5. Mr. John Paul Lucas of Charlotte will be the principal speaker. Baccalaureate Services June 4, 1950 7:SrO P. M. The Little Church on the Lane. Prelude—“Bach Chorale” Mr. Robert Kirkpatrick Processional—“The Son of God Goes Forth to War” Invocation—Dr. Herbert Spaugh Pastor of The Little Church on the Lane Hymn—“Day is Dying in the West” Sermon to the Graduates— Dr. Spaugh Quartette—“Accept Our Thanks” Hymn—“Lead On 0 King Eternal” Benediction. Graduates, June 1950 JO L h Nineteen Students Receive Diplomas Nineteen Charlotte College stu dents are included in the College’s 10.50 graduating class. These .stu dents will be awarded diplomas by iss Bonnie E. ('one. Director of the College, at the graduation ex cises to he held at 8:00 P. M., on Monday, June .5, in the Central igh School auditorium. The title of Associate in Arts ill be awarded to each member i)f the giaduating class. These stu- lents have the distinction of being the fii'st to be graduated by Char lotte College. The 10.50 graduati's include: usines.s Administration Students: Robeit Mark Propst, Jr., Gas tonia, N. C. nmniorce Students: L;wi?- Foiman Camp, Jr., Char lotte, N. C. Thomas (ieorge Doug- as, Charlotte, N. C. James Avei’y Haibison, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. Isaac (iriei' McLaughlin, Newell, N. r. William Paul Proctor, Char- otte, N. C. F*:rgitieering Students: Hugh Lowder Parker, Chailotte, N. liiheral Arts Students; Donald Harrison Caldwell, Mat thews, N. C. Mary Louise Camp, Charlott(, N. C. Eugene Ray Hen derson, Charlotte, N. C. Maurice Wayne Hooks, Charlotte, N. C. James Bethea Kilgo, Charlotte, N. C. liay L'wis Kisiah, Charlotte, N. ('. Graydon Alvice Miller, Jr., Concord, N. C. Barbaia Anne Mur phy, (^hai’lotte, N C. James Ralph Phillips, E. Gastonia N. C. Paul David Putnam, Charlotte, N. C. Deane Richardson, Charlotte, N. C. William Everette Weaver, Gaston ia, N. C. Donald Harrison Caldwell, Lewis Forman Camp, Jr., Mary Lcuise Camp, James Avery Harbison, Jr., Maurice Wayne Hooks, James Bethea Kilgo, Ray Lewis Kisiah, Isaac Grier McLaughlin, Graydon Alvice Miller, Jr., Barbara Anne Murphy, Hugh Lowder Parker, James Ralph Phillips, William Paul Proctor, Paul David Putnam, Deane Richardson, William Everette Weaver, Eugene Ray Henderson. Graduates whose pictures do not app>ear: Thomas George Douglas, Robert Mark Propst, Jr. Commencement Program June 5, 1950—8:00 P. M. Central High School Auditorium Processional—“Pomp and Circum stance”—Sir Edgar Elgar Ml-. Robert Kirkpatrick Invocation—Dr. Roy E. Hoke Instructor of Philosophy Welcome—Miss Bonnie E. Cone, Director of Charlotte College Introduction of the Speaker—Dr. Elmer H. Garinger, Superin tendent of City Schools Address—Mr. John Paul Lucas Quartette—Mr. Emmett Allen, Mr. Fleet Kirkpatrick, Mr. John Jamison, and Mi-. Ray Kisiah “Oui- Junior College”—M. Murrey Atkins, Member of Board of School Commissioners Piesentation of Diplomas—Miss Cone Benediction—Ur. Hoke Recessional. Charlotte College History Mai king an important step in the development of education in the city and county, Charlotte Col lege was formatly opened on Tues day, .September 21, 1949. After three years of operation as a part of the University of North Caro lina, the institution became an in dependent city college under the direction of the Charlotte City School Board. Originating to meet a definite educational emergency in the community, the college has continued to expand its curricula and to increase its .service. In the summer of 1940, when North Carolina Colleges anticipat ed an unprecedented increase in enrollment because of returning veterans, the North Carolina Col lege Conference and the State De partment of Public Instruction de cided to sponsor college centers to provide first ytar college work in Charlotte and in eleven other com munities in the state. These college centers were administered by the Directorate of Extension of the University of North Carolina. In 104i-47 Charlotte College Center under the direction of Mr. Charles C. Bernard, was the largest center in the state, with an enrollment of 287 students. In the summer of 1947 Mi»t, ./un- nie E. ('one, a member of the Mathematics Department of Cen tral High School, was appointed director of the college. In July of that year Dr. E. H. Garinger, As sociate Superintendent of the Char- (Continued on page 3) Former Students Graduate At UNC The Colhge office recently re- eived from the University of No-th Carolina a list of former students of Charlotte College Cen- 'ei and Charlotte College who will receive degrees from the Univer sity in June. We are proud of these students and of the fact that they received their start at CC. The students to be graduated are: Frontis Clyde Allen, Norman M. Black, ,Ir., Thomas Edward Blair, Joe Luther Bookout, Robert Oren Byrum. Bruce Brunson Cadieu, Robert Lee Cloyd, Lawrence Wil liam Fetner, Robert H. Fowler, Eu gene Berrien (Jraham, III, James Rutledge Henderson, John Daugh- tridge Hinnant, David Hallam Lit tlejohn, Lowell Covington Perry, Jr.. Oliver Burton Phifer, Jr., Annie Lee Sawyer, Dayton Echols Speer, Jr., Harvey Lindberg Watson. Bell Heads Sophs (.lection held on May 26 to .seiic, otlicers of the 1950-61 Sophomore Class, Wyatt Bell was elected president. A run-off elec tion was necessary to select the other two officers. On May 30, Nancy Elliott was elected vice- president and Robert Ward, Jr. was picked for secretary-treasurer.