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CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
December 13, 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 Hmson
Crayton Rowe
Gus Economus
Carolyn Reichard
Miss Mary Denny
Editor
Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
Sports Editor
Circulation Manager
Faculty Adviser
Education In A Democracy
Demelrios Nixon
As the days pass by, I consider myself to be one of the
luckiest persons alive to bo able to go to school and study
different subjects. Many of my friends and fellow students,
it is true, are doing the same kind of work, but I do not be
lieve that they realize that they too are lucky to be able
to attend school and to have as many facilities as they have.
Since I have been in this country only four years, I am
sure I can easily distinguish between education in a democ
racy and education under communism, a dictatorship, or
other form of government. The reason for this is, of course,
that I have had the experience of living under different
kinds of government. And I am sure that my fellow students
would appreciate more of what they have and enjoy it more
if they were in my place.
When I was in Europe, I was attending school too; attend
ing school in Europe is twice as hard as it is in America.
My native country, Greece, has been a democratic country
since the ancient times of Pericxes, Aristotle, and Socrates;
but there is a great difference in the schools in Greece and in
America.
As we know. Democracy is a form of government in which
one can govern himself freely and has many opportunities
to become a successful person in the world. No other word
can take its place and no colorful illustration can give to it
a more perfect meaning. The word “Democracy” is derived
from the CJreek word Democratia — Demoscratos which
means, as it literally does in all the nations which have it,
a people’s govenment. People have loved such a form of
government from ancient times because it was and is a
government of equal rights and opportunities, a government
of Christian principles, and a government in which one is
free to develop himself and to become useful and valuable in
our society.
Yes, many of us do not realize it; in fact, we do not see the
difference between Democracy and other forms of govern
ment and are unable to fully appreciate what we have to
enjoy every day of our lives. But suppose we were getting
an education in Russia under the communistic government?
Would we have the same privileges that we have in our de
mocracy? Would we be allowed to work and to go to school
for our own benefit? Would we be allowed to obtain an
education because we served in the Army? Could we ex
press our thoughts freely, speak freely, and write freely as
we can in our Domocracy? Certainly not. We would never
have such privileges. In no other place in this world could
we have such privileges—only in this country of God, called
America.
I lived under Communism and I can easily tell the differ
ence. I have studied their plans, and I know where they
lead one; I have suffered under their form of government,
and I can highly appreciate what I have under Democracy.
Under Communism, one has no chance to develop or to distin
guish one s self, because one has no freedom. When I com
pare the two lorms of government, I see a dark chaos under
Communism and a bright future under Democracy. When
I left Europe four years ago, things were not as bad as right
after the war years, when the “Black Tiger” was threatening
us. Rather than to have to live under their form of government
again, I would gladly die. Yes, Democracy is being formed in
Europe again, but that Democracy is just like an infant with
undeveloped senses and like a bird with one wing.
So what is better than getting an education in a Democracy?
And what is better than freedom? Leonidas, the ancient
Spartan, once said: “It is better, and we will prefer to die
with freedom than to be a slave under the Persian govern
ment.” And because he and his soldiers, Spartans, had demo
cratic principles, they preferred to die, all of them, rather
than surrender to the Persians.
So getting an education in a Democracy such as America
is something to be proud of. If we could only learn the mean
ing of the word “Democracy”, I believe it would be the best
education we could obtain. And if we could just learn to
appreciate what we have and to compare it with what other
peoples have, the knowledge would be the greatest benefit
we could receive.
Education in a Democracy is something that many people
desire; so w’hy not appreciate it w’hile we have it?
If I can acquire my desired education in this Democracy,
I believe it will be the greatest thing I can get, something
which I believe is worth more than millions in a country
where one has to live under the boots of a “Stalin.”
Patient: “Doctor, I don’t smoke,
drink or chase around with wo
men. Will I live a hundred
years?”
Doctor: “No. But it w^ll seem
like it.”
yurse: "Did you drink the three
pitchers of water and stay in
bed, like I told you?"
Patient: “I drank the water.”
TATTLE TALE
Everyone had better start
studying, if they haven’t already
started—final exams are coming
up now . . . That certainly was
some float Charlotte College had
in the Carrousel—many thanks
and congratulations go to Jay
Sherrill and Brice McLaughlin,
the originators, and to all the
students who helped out in build
ing it . . . Quite a few of our
former students attended the
square dance last month . . .
Some people would like to know
where David (Cotton) Cash gets
his good-looking girl friends
(Some people is putting it mild
ly—Ed.) . . . Why is Arial Steph
ens so interested in Tuesdays? . . .
It is understood that Jay Sherrill
has a number of girl friends in
reserve . . . We wonder where
Buck Mallonnee gets those out
standing neckties — especially
that shimmering green one . . .
The girls at C. C. must not suit
Joe Poston—he has tried them
all and has not been satisfied
yet . . . The Army has taken an
other C. C. boy—Donald Horlon
. . . Dorsey Mcllroy has received
notice that he has been deferred
until June . . . Dr. Heck has been
having quite a few field trips
this year. The botany, geography,
and geology classes climbed
Crowder Mountain, literally on
their hands and knees. For sev
eral days afterward the students
appeared limping. The geology
class took a week end off and
went to Bluff City, Tennessee
to explore some caves. John Gam
ble, L. A. Spake, and Buck Mal-
lonee went wading unintention
ally in an underground stream.
By what name has Buck been
called as a result of his express
ing his surprise at finding him
self ankle deep in the icy water?
Carolyn Reichard will be known
henceforth as the “Bat Woman”
since she took such an interest
in the bats that the group cap
tured . . . We wonder how Ar.'al
Stephens and Warren Blair made
out in holding a half-dollar be
tween the calves of the legs, and
W’hat the idea was . . . Several
of the C. C. students have been
married recently—Jimmy Mer
rill and Norrie Hager, both of
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The Faculty
R. FRANK HARWOOD
Ordinarily it is a long and
circuitous route from a sheep
ranch in Texas to the Commerce
department of Charlotte College
but as traveled by Mr. R. Frank
Harwood it involved some seven-
league boots with an “assist”
from several western railroads.
May I say here that we students
in the Commerce department are
glad he made the trip.
Mr. Harwood began life as any
ordinary boy in Kansas City, Mo.
Here he attended school and par
ticipated in the athletic program,
particularly football. From his
position on the fifteenth string
he could almost see the field on
a clear day. Evidently this over
sight on the part of the coach
left an impression on our in
structor, for, at the age of fifteen,
he decided to Get Away From
It All.
With only five dollars to his
name, he slipped away from home
on the start of what turned out to
be a 5000 mile trip through the
Southwest. Using his thumb to
good advantage, he covered
ground rapidly. When his thumb
failed, the railroads were near
by. The Missouri & Pacific, West
ern Pacific, and the Denver &
Rio Grande all contributed gen
erously. His trip was almost per
manently ended on one occasion,
however, when the car he had
selected turned out to be a re
frigerator car which was sealed
shut upon him. It was on this
trip that he became a sheep-
hearder in Texas. He worked for
a total of three days and received
seventy-five cents, of which fifty
cents was counterfeit!
He finally worked his way
back home and returned to school.
As evidence of the beneficial ef
fects of his trip, he won a scholar
ship to Jefferson College at St.
Louis. From there he went on
to St. Louis University, graduat
ing cum laude with a B.S. de
gree in commerce and finance.
Before the war, Mr. Harwood
was at various times a bank
clerk, an accountant, a fireman
in the merchant marine, a bus
driver, and a railroad track labor
er on the Union Pacific at Green
Decline Of Americanism
Fred Prince
Most people in this country believe that the American
Communist Party and its fellow travelers are the chief ene
mies of our economic system and our form of government.
The most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart
of the British Social Planner, who denies that he is a socialist
and operates behind deceptive phraseology. He begins by
advocating a welfare state, not Socialism. Nothing is called
by its real name. Words are used to deceive. Practices ab
horred for ages by free people are identified by luminous
words, and capitalistic practices are tagged with odious
names. Profit and competition are vulgar. Socialism is al
ways “National Planning.”
The basic fault of Socialism lies in the fact that no one
man or group of men, no matter how brilliant, can ever
comprehend the vast amount of data and numerous condi
tions which would be necessary to make effective plans for
a large industrial nation. This Socialism is not to be con
fused with our small but sincere Socialist Party which has
functioned as a legitimate party for many years.
The crash of 1933 and the subsequent new concepts of
government attracted the largest assortment of social philoso
phers ever gathered in Washington. As bureaucracy flour
ished, more Socialist Planners, from dark-red revolutionaries
to pink reformers, swarmed into office.
Federal control of banking, federal invasion of electric
power industry, and socialized medicine are presented as
separate reforms, but they are part of the overall scheme
of Socialist Planners. Private industry must produce money
to pay deficits of the government industries and the addi
tional costs of bureaucracy as well.
According to the Brannan Plan, consumers would pay
market prices for produce, and the government would pay
the farmers the remaining part of the price guaranteed by
the government. But where does the government get the
money? From the consumer, of course.
Americans must wake up and stop this menace which has
been preying on their indifference or their greed for six
teen years. Trading liberty for security will be our downfall.
River, Wyoming. The war inter
rupted his career, however. He
joined the Army Air Force and
was accepted as a cadet for navi
gation training.
He received training at various
fields in Texas; San Antonio,
Houston, and Hondo were a few.
He received his radar training at
Langley Field, Va., and Boca
Raton, Fla. While undergoing in
tensive training at Boca Raton,
Mr. Harwood became a casualty
of war. He had managed to come
through all his prior training un
scathed, but the two golf courses,
tennis courts, swimming pools,
and cabana at Boca Raton were
all against him and his luck fin
ally ran out. He broke his finger
playing ball.
After discovering that this
wound did not qualify him for a
discharge, Mr. Harwood proceed
ed to take his flight training in
B-17’s and B-29’s at different
fields located in Tennessee,
Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and
Nebraska.
He arrived in the combat area
on Tinian in the Marianas
December 31, 1944. His tour of
duty lasted until September 4,
1945. During this time he flew
29 missions in the B-29’s and ac
cumulated a total of 500 hours
combat flying time. He was
awarded the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross, the Air Medal with
two clusters, two battle stars,
and the Asiatic Pacific Theatre
ribbon.
After being discharged, Mr.
Harwood sold insurance for a
time, then became a research en
gineer in the field of ceramics.
Three years ago he brought his
family to Charlotte and decided
to stay. He became an instructor
in the Commerce department of
Charlotte College in the eve
nings, and he holds the same
position in a business college
during the day. In connection
with the Air Force Reserve
program, Mr. Harwood is
currently a member of the 9940th
V.A.R.T.U., and is also enrolled
in the Command and Staff School
of the Air University which has
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