Page 2
CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
November 2. 1950
CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
Published monthly throughout the school year by the stu
dents of CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, Charlotte. N. C.
STAFF
William E. Senn, Jr.
Carole Hinson
Crayton Rowe
Gus Economus
Carolyn Reichard
Miss Mary Denny
Editor
Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
Sports Editor
Circulation Manager
Faculty Adviser
Two Plus Two
It would be interesting to poll the students of Charlotte
College to determine the reasons they had for selecting
Charlotte College instead of another school. Some of the
reasons which would be given are not difficult to anticipate;
the location of Charlotte College makes it possible to do the
first two years of college work without leaving home and
incurring the additional expense involved; the hours at which
classes are scheduled at Charlotte College simplify the stu
dent’s problem of working while going to school; the wide
variety of courses offered by Charlotte College assures the
student that he can begin his training in any field which
he may select; the scholastic standing of the school insures
that credits earned will be acceptable to any other college
the student may wish to attend. There is one reason, how
ever, that would certainly be given many times. Actually
it is a composite of many contributing reasons; Charlotte
College makes possible the beginning of a college education
to many who would not otherwise be able to attend any
school.
Included in the roster of Charlotte College students are
the names of many recent high school graduates who are
beginning college only because Charlotte College is acces
sible to them. Also included are the names of some who
finished high school many years ago and who are able to
resume their education only because Charlotte College exists.
An unofficial survey made by the student council shows
that 79.7% of the students enrolled in regular college cur
ricula at Charlotte College are engaged in full or part time
employment in addition to their school work. These students
are obliged to make many sacrifices in order to go to school.
The survey indicated that they believe the value derived
from a college education is worth the price they are paying.
It shows that people want to go to school and will go if they
have a chance.
It does not seem reasonable to assume that a student would
spend two years in a junior college unless he at least hoped
that he might be able to complete his work for a degree. It
is doubtlessly true, however, that there are numbers of stu
dents now in Charlotte College, as well as many students
from Charlotte and its immediate vicinity now enrolled in
the freshman and sophomore years at other schools, who
have no clear idea of how they are going to be able to com
plete their college work. We beheve it to be true that there
would be many more students from the Charlotte area en
rolled in the first two years of college if there were any as
surance that they would be able to complete their work
with the third and fourth years.
The idea of a four year general college in the Charlotte
area is not a new one. There is now a movement under way
for such a school supported by state funds. The need for
college facilities in this area has long been recognized. The
concentration of population within a commuting distance
from Charlotte alone indicates the pressing need for ade
quate facilities for higher education in the locality.
It seems to us that Charlotte College would be the logical
foundation upon which to build a four year institution. Char
lotte College has led the way for the establishment of such
a school, and the operation of Charlotte College has empha
sized the need for a four year general college in this area.
It may be true that we do not have the plant to meet the
requirements of an extended college, but we do have things
which are much more important; we have the administration
—after only one year of independent operation, Charlotte
College was granted active membership in the American As
sociation of Junior Colleges, the highest ranking institution
of its type to which a junior college can belong; we have
the faculty—it is a recognized fact that the teaching staff
of Charlotte College is outstanding and is remarkable for a
school of the size and age of Charlotte College; and we have
the students—the enrollment continues to be high and the
way in which the students support their school would do
credit to a much older institution.
Since this article was planned, we have had the opportu
nity to talk with some of the leaders in the movement for
securing funds from the State of North Carolina for the es
tablishment of a four year general college in this area. It
is gratifying to know that these men have expressed them
selves as believing that Charlotte College would be ’ the
logical starting point in the establishment of a full scale
college program for the Charlotte area.
TATTLE TALE
Welcome to CC everyone . . .
New students and old, we extend
to you a hearty welcome . . .
I'here aren’t so many girls this
year and fewer romances . . .
One steady couple we’ve noticed
is Wyalt Bell and Jo Ann Con
rad . . . Wonder why we’re so
scarce on girls this year? . . .
Looks like this would be the
place they would all want to
come . . . Woman’s College at
Greensboro has contributed one
member of the sophomore girls—
Roberta Jones . . . Welcome Ro
berta . . . We really want to give
a warm welcome to our two new
Latvian girls, Ausma and Vella
Burvls . . . We hope you are go
ing to enjoy CC as much as we
are going to enjoy having you . . .
Nancy Freeman claims she is
still going steady with Lee Flowe,
an ex-CC man, but we notice her
frequently around with Dorsey
Mcllroy . . . Who was the girl
Cotton Cash had at the carnival
the other night? . . , Harry Book
er and Camille Walker are start
ing their second steady year at
CC . . . We wonder how they
manage to agree for so long . . .
Elton Hunsucker and Carleen Mc
Intosh are still going together ...
(Note) Any of you boys who are
looking forward to taking your
draft exams soon better look El
ton up. He is one of the guys who
will see that you get in the Army
when you take your exam . . .
We wish to congratulate Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Vann Lindsay, who
were married on October 7. Mrs.
Lindsay is the former Miss Pat
Atkinson. Bob Lindsay is a CC
student.
A motorist involved in a high
way accident escaped serious in
jury but was rendered unconsci
ous. Passing motorists extricated
him from the wreckage and were
carrying him gingerly toward a
nearby filling station. As they
approached the station, the in
jured man began to regain his
senses, and, casting a look around
in the direction of the filling sta
tion, suddenly began to kick
furiously and to scream at the
top of his lungs.
In telling of the accident lat
er, the victim said that as he
began to come to he realized
that he had been in a wreck.
“When I looked in the direction
of the filling station, the first
thing I saw was a Shell sign and
some idiot was standing in front
of the “S”.
The Faculty
EDYTHE F. WINNINGHAM
Most college students who
spend four hours a day in the
classroom consider that they have
a pretty full schedule. Imagine
taing a course in which classes
begin at 9 in the morning and
continue until 10 in the evening.
That was the schedule for the
Workshop in Economics which
Mrs. E d y t h e F, Winningham,
Charlotte College’s instructor of
political and social science, at
tended at the New York Uni
versity this past summer. Mrs.
Winningham was one of 75 teach
ers and administrators selected
from the United States to partici
pate in the workshop. The pur
pose of this program is to pro
mote the teaching of the
principles of the American eco
nomic system. The workshop was
sponsored by the Joint Council
on Economic Education, a group
which represents government,
business, educators, and labor.
During this summer’s session
Mrs. Winningham visited the New
York Stock Exchange and the
New York Times and attended
a session of the Security Coun
cil of the United Nations.
Mrs. Winningham is a native
of North Dakota. She was born
and grew up in Arthur, a town
near Fargo, where she attended
grammar and high school. Her
Undergraduate college work was
done at the University of North
Dakota, where she majored in
romance languages and received
her A. B. degree. From Grand
Forks she went to the Universi
ty of California to begin her post
graduate studies. At California
she took up social studies which
she continued during a year in
Europe, including several months
at the Sorbonne, in Paris. During
this time she changed her major
to social science and received her
master’s degree in this field from
the University of North Caro
lina.
Mrs. Winningham’s teaching
career includes, in addition to
her three years at Charlotte Col
lege, positions on the staff of
The University of Wyoming, Wo
man’s College at Greensboro, and
Wilmington College. She also
taught political and social science
in the Greensboro and Wilming
ton high schools for a number of
years.
The Winninghams have a
daughter, Nancy, who is a stu
dent at the Woman’s College,
Greensboro. Mr. Winningham is
OpirLLons
In this column last month we invited suggestions from our
readers on the subject of the school paper. In response to
our invitation we have received a number of suggestions in
cluding one that your editor return to his former and rightful
occupation of plowing. We feel that this suggestion has much
in its favor and have the matter under advisement. In the
meantime, however, press time is again closing in, and we
are concentrating on other suggestions which, while not
necessarily better, are capable of being carried into opera
tion with more dispatch.
Among the other suggestions made were several that the
Collegian run a column of Letters to the Editor. In such a
column any member of the student body could find a voice
for his views or opinions on any subject pertaining to the
school, its organizations, and its activities.
The idea behind a column of this nature is sound. To be
truly representative, a school paper should make its col
umns available to all interested persons for the expression
of opinion and for the discussion of topics of interest to the
readers of the paper.
You are invited to send your Letters to the Editor to the
Charlotte Collegian. We cannot, of course, guarantee to print
every letter received; we will have to observe the customary
conventions governing the publication of material. We will,
however, print any signed letter within reason, space per
mitting.
Mrs. Winningham
the Supervisor of Veterans Edu
cation in the Charlotte and Ashe
ville Districts for the North
Carolina Department of Educa
tion.
Having been in two of Mrs.
Winningham’s social science
classes last year, we had assumed
that she must surely spend what
time she was not teaching in the
classroom in studying and keep
ing abreast of current develop
ments in government and world
events. We found, however, that
she is engaged in civic activities,
including membership on the Ex
ecutive Board of the League of
Women Voters, and is an active
member of Delta Cappa Gamma,
a national society of teachers
whose chief objective is interest
ing young people in the teach
ing profession.
Mrs. Winningham also finds
time for several hobbies. She ad
mits a fondness for reading and
playing canasta but is partial to
cooking and gardening—particu-
Charlotte College -646 ken gal 6
larly growing roses and camellias.
The Saturday morning we went
over to talk with her, we found
her and Mr. Winningham en
gaged in the popular fall past
time of raking leaves. From the
way 'she seemed to enjoy this
activity, we believe that she real
ly does like gardening.
Those who have had the op
portunity to study under Mrs.
Winningham’s instruction know
that her lecture courses are
chararterized by her seemingly
endless knowledge of her sub
jects and her ability to make her
lectures vitally interesting to her
students.
“Jimmy,” scolded the teacher,
who objected to pupils chewing
gum during class, “are you chew
ing something?”
“No, ma’am,” replied Jimmy.
“Haven’t you something in
your mouth?”
“Yes, ma’am, but it’s just a
prune I’m soaking for lunch.”
Don’t worry if your task is small
And your rewards are few;
Remember that the mighty oak
Was once a nut like you.
A couple of cronies had been
bending the elbow in a local pub
for several hours. They had lost
track of the time, and when they
finally made their way to the
street, they couldn’t teU whether
it was day or night. They both
could see a brilliant orb in the
sky, but one thought it was the
sun and the other said it was the
moon. A passerby, who had been
taken a few aboard in a nearby
bistro, came in their direction.
They decided to have him settle
the dispute and asked him
whether the bright object in the
sky was the sun or the moon.
“Shorry, fellas, I dunno. I’m a
shtranger in thish town.”