CHARLOTTE
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COLLEGIAN
Vol. 2 No. 2
CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
November 2, 1950
CHARLOTTE COLLEGE CONSIDERED
IN PLANS FOR FOUR YEAR COLLEGE
New Student Council Members
Elections
Being Held
Today
Two elections that are expect
ed to create much interest are
being held at Charlotte College
today. The Freshman Class will
elect its class officers, and the
proposed student government
constitution comes up for rati
fication.
The Freshman officers elected
in today’s elections will represent
the class for the remainder of the
school year. These officers will
also become members of the stu
dent council. All other elective
offices having been filled and
the appointments of standing
commmittee chairmen made, the
three freshmen officers elected
today will complete the student
council panel for the 1950-51
school year.
The referendum to determine
the fate of the proposed con
stitution is expected to poll a
heavy vote. The constitution, the
first for the student body of
Charlotte College, was drawn up
by the student council last sum
mer and has been in the hands
of the student body since the
beginning of the school year.
Election Committee Chairman
Fleet Kirkpatrick has announced
that the polls will be open today
from 4 P.M. until after the dis
missal of the class which meets
at 7 o’clock in order to give every
student an opportunity to vote.
Recently elected student council members at Charlotte College include: seated, left to
right, John Gamble, sophomore class secretary-treasurer; Robert Isaacs, Student Council
treasurer: Fleet Kirkpatrick, Election Committee chairman; standing, Richard Meek, sopho
more class vice-president: and Marlin J. Sherrill, Publicity Committee chairman.
Former CC Student
Accepts Post
At N. C. State
James Merrimon Williams
James Merrimon Williams, Jr.,
former Charlotte College student,
has been appointed research in
structor in the Department of
Agricultural Engineering at
North Carolina College. His work
will be in developing new meth
ods of crop drying and processing.
Williams entered Charlotte Col
lege in the fall of 1947 and at
tended for four quarters includ-
mg the summer quarter of 1948.
He was on the dean’s list every
quarter while at Charlotte Col
lege. He entered State in the fall
of 1948 and was graduated there
in July 1950.
Kirkpatrick, Sherrill
To Head Committees
The appointments of Martin J.
Sherrill to the chairmanship of
the Publicity Committee and of
Fleet Kirkpatrick as head of the
Elections Committee were recent
ly announced by Student Coun
cil President Hugh Adams.
The appointment of Sherrill
and Kirkpatrick completes the
roster of chairmen of the stand
ing committees of the student
government. The appointments
of Carole Hinson as head of the
Entertainment Committee and
Charles Gamble as chairman of
the Assembly Committee have
been announced previously.
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Gamble, Isaacs, And
Meek Election Winners
In special elections held to
select officers to fill the vacan
cies in the Student Council and
Sophomore Class officers left by
students elected in last spring’s
general elections who did not re
turn to CC this fall, Robert Isaacs
was elected Vice President of
Student Council, Richard Meek
was elected as Vice President of
the Sophomore Class, and John
Gamble was elected Secretary-
Treasurer of the Sophomore
Class.
The election of these officers,
together with the appointments
of Martin J. Sherrill and Fleet
Kirkpatrick to head the Publicity
and Election Committees respec
tively, completes the membership
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John Kennedy, Jr.
Addresses Student Assembly
Mr. John Kennedy, Jr., local
attorney and instructor of Pub
lic Speaking at Charlotte Col-
ledge, addressed the second stu
dent assembly of the fall quarter
on October 20. Mr. Kennedy
spoke on education in the great
English universities of Oxford
and Cambridge compared with
education in American universi
ties. Mr. Kennedy stated that the
more intimate relationship which
exists between instructor and
student in the English institu
tions is more effective than the
classroom and lecture hall method
used in American colleges. At
Oxford and Cambridge the stu
dent meets the instructors under
much less formal conditions than
those afforded by the classes and
lectures customary in American
institutions. Mr. Kennedy also
pointed out the value of the prin
ciple that education is of no value
unless it becomes a part of the
personality of the student, a prin
ciple stressed in the English un
iversities. Mr. Kennedy stated
that American universities are
superior to English in that they
are more progressive.
Charles Gamble, Chairman of
the Assembly Committee, presid
ed at the meeting. Following Mr.
Kennedy’s address, Mr. Davis of
Marion Davis Company discussed
trends in men’s wear and intro
duced several Charlotte College
students who showed the audi
ence the new styles in all types
of men’s wear.
Fleet Kirkpatrick of the stu
dent body pronounced the in
vocation and the benediction. A
short business meeting of the
student body was conducted by
student council President Hugh
Adams. The newly elected stu
dent council treasurer, Robert
Isaacs, was installed.
Leaders In
Movement Favor
Charlotte College
The opinion that Charlotte Col
lege would be the ideal founda
tion upon which a four year
college in the Charlotte area could
be developed has been expressed
by leaders in the movement to
secure state funds for the foun
dation of a four year general
college in this area.
Mr. W. A. Kennedy and Mr.
E. A. Terrell who, with Mayor
Shaw recently presented an ap
peal to the Advisory Budget
Commission for funds for the
establishment of a state support
ed college in this area, were both
enthusiastic in their praise of
Charlotte College and of the re
markable record it has made in
its short history. They both ex
pressed themselves as consider
ing that the expansion of Char
lotte College into a four year in
stitution would be a logical step
in establishing a senior college
in this area.
In presenting the case for a
state supported general college,
the group headed by Mr. Ken
nedy and Mr. Terrell emphasized
the comparatively low percent
age high school graduates who
enter college from counties re
moved from adequate state sup
ported and privately endowed
colleges as contrasted to the high
er percentage of high school
graduates who attend college
from counties from near which
adequate college facilities are
available. In a recent published
letter, Mr. Kennedy pointed out
that only 1,500 out of 5,000 year
ly high school graduates within
a 50 mile radius of Charlotte at
tend college and estimated that
an additional 1,000 would go to
college each year if they had ad
vantage of facilities comparable
to those of some other sections
of the state.
The type of institution being
urged by the group is one which
would offer the courses suitable
to the needs of the people of this
area. Mr. Kennedy stated that a
committee of school superinten
dents is now studying this prob
lem.
VOTE FOR
CONSTITUTION
RATIFICATION
Student Council
Meets
In the first regular meeting of
the student council held since the
beginning of school, reports were
heard from all committee chair
men and publication editors. The
meeting was held on Thursday
evening, October 12.
Most of the committee chair
men announced the completion of
the membership of their commit
tees, and their selections were
approved by the council. A draw
ing was held to select the mem
bers of the Nominations Com
mittee to function in connection
with the election of Freshman
Class officers scheduled for early
in November.
A problem still facing the coun
cil is the drawing up and approv-
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