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THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
Moy 29, 1953
Botany Class Visits Grand Father Mtn., Linville
JAMES-MILLS VOWS
On Sunday May 10th, at four
o’clock in the afternoon, William
Lee Mills, Jr., and the former Mrs.
Ruby Spainhour James of Charlotte
were married in the First Presby
terian Church of Lenoir.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Ralph Spainhour and the late Mr.
Spainhour of Lenoir and the bride
groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Mills of Concord, N. C.
Mr. Mills is a former Charlotte
College student who completed his
studies in Law at the University of
North Carolina and is presently in
the general practice of Law in
Concord.
Sigma Pi Alpha
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as faculty adviser.
Several members attended the
Twenty-Second National Congress
at State College on April 25. The
program included a business ses
sion, an initiation ceremony, a so
cial hour, and a banquet supper. A
dance which had been planned was
cancelled when a census disclosed
that the men were greatly out
numbered, ratio 4 to 1. It should
be added that all these ladies were
beautiful. National awards were
presented during the banquet. Sula
Floros was awarded a certificate in
recognition of her unusual scholas
tic achievements.
Sigma Lambda Chi
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Catawba for a party consisting of
boating, fishing, and surf-board
riding. The party ended with a
delicious if plain hot-dog supper.
A new record was set when Bill
Bass consumed in excess of twenty
hotdogs.
Steve Mahaley Elected To Club
Steve Mahaley, graduate of Char
lotte College and at present a
junior at Wake Forest, has been
elected Vice-President of the
French Club there. While at Char
lotte College, Steve was an honor
student, being placed on the Dean’s
List four out of six quarters. He
has also been on the Dean’s List at
Wake poorest.
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Bright and early on a recent
Sunday morning the botany class
and several invited guests met in
front of the Central Drive In to
start on a field trip to Linville and
the Grandfather Mountain area.
Curiously enough most, if not all,
of the guests were the female of
the species. At various times dur
ing the trip it seems that the in
terest of the class was more con
centrated on the fauna than the
flora, the former not of the native
variety.
The first stop, other than the
usual coffee and coke type, was at
Linville Cavern. While Caveman
Suttle saw the sights of the cav
erns, with ths assistance of a girl
guide supplied by the management,
the remainder of the group took a
woods trail up along the creek.
Here many types of ferns and wild
flowers were seen. There was plen
ty of poison ivy to dodge and a few
rocks to scramble over.
After lunch at the entrance to
Linville Falls, the class walked
down to the falls by various trails
to see the river and the Carolina
Hemlock and the Carolina Rhodo
dendron, the latter of which was
just coming into bloom. An advance
scouting (?) party composed of
Payne and Stone made a very in
teresting discovery on the rocks of
the last trail. It seems that some
of the fauna, not native, was just
on the point of going native. Since
Dr. Heck was further back along
the trail with the camera no pic
tures were made of these observa
tions.
Shortly after leaving Linville
Falls and just a few miles along
the Blue Ridge Parkway the usual
field trip mishap occurred—one of
the cars failed to make a left turn
soon enough and was outdistanced
by the advance group. Before com
ing to Grandfather Mountain two
species of Trillium were seen along
the highway and were photograph
ed in color. At one of these
spots a woodchuck was seen to run
down the bank and go under some
large stones. At various places
along the drive in the Grandfather
area there were beautiful little
streams and waterfalls with the
mountain magnolia in bloom along
side the road.
The party turned off the Park
way on highway number 16 which
leads down to North Wilkesboro
and then on through Lenoir to Mt.
Holly and Charlotte. Laie in the
afternoon most of the class got
hungry and what was left of the
earlier picnic lunches was consum
ed, supplemented by odds and ends
bought at a gas station.
On nearly every field trip there
is at least one member who is a
“chow-hound”. It will suffice to
state that this distinction was
claimed by a male student with red
hair. In all fairness, though, it
must be said that he was aided and
abetted by fellow students.
The western North Carolina
mountains are beautiful at this
time of year and all students who
have not driven up to that region
since last year are urged to do so.
To see the mountain flora at its
best, though, one must get afoot,
for many of the smaller and more
attractive flowers cannot be seen
by driving along the main roads.
On the trip to Poinsett State
Park in South Carolina several of
the pictures taken turned out to be
double exposures but no difficulty
of that sort was encountered on
the mountain trip. Final note—no
stills were sighted in the county
most noted for their operation!
If at first you don’t succeed, ti'y,
try again. Then quit. There’s no
use in being a fool about it.—A.
Nony Mous.
ALLURING ALUMNI
By Jim Gunnells
Robert McCatherii, classification
1-A is vacationing (loafing) and
looking forward to a life of high
adventure with the United States
Army. Robert plans to return to
school with many tall tales once
the Army is through with him.
Francis Marsh left Charlotte on
May 14 for San Diego, California,
where he will take twelve weeks
basic training (drillin,'?, cursing,
poor chow, cursing, bad coffee,
cursing—ad infinitum).
Craven Sloop, awaiting a call to
the Airforce, is marking time. He’s
with General Electric for the pres
ent.
Thurton Gheesling has entered
Davidson College after completing
several courses at C. C.
Paul Gibson is finding U. S. C.
to his liking. He is pursing studies
in line with the Airforce ROTC
program, and the lord only knows
what else.
Jack (Jriffin, a Coast Guard man,
is serving aboard the cutter, “Abse-
con,” which has been patrolling the
Atlantic coast from Norfolk north
to Newfoundland.
Jim Hawkins, specializing in
radio-communication, is with Army
Security at Fort Breckenridge,
Kentucky.
Henry Kratt was ordered to Fort
Jackson on May 13. This should
increase his susceptiveness to tris-
kaiedkaphobia.
Vann Sistare, accepting Uncle
Sam’s request, reported to Fort
Jackson on March 6. He is to leave
for Camp Gordon, Georgia, on May
15. Vann finds college life more
to his liking, and he plans to re
turn to school when his army time
is done.
Bill Maynor, a pre-med student
was assigned to the Medical Corp
upon induction on March 6. (It is
interesting to note this unparalled
co-incident—the Army places a
square peg in a square hole.) Bill
Maynor and Robert Wallace should
be able to work up a remedy for
homesickness. Both are at Camp
Pickett, Virginia.
Robert Wallace, also a medical
student, was sent to Camp Pickett
a couple of weeks behind Maynor.
Robert is going to school one of
these day.
QUOTES
There are three sides to every
question: your side, his side, and to
hell with it.—Anonymous.
The best camouflage for bowlegs
is a low neckline.—Anonymous.
There is a lot to say in her
favor, but the other is more inter
esting.—Mark Twain.
W^hen I’m good. I’m very good,
but when I’m bad I’m better. —
Mae W’est.
Budget For Spring Quarter, 1953
Revenue plus old balance as of April 15, 1953 $1081.91
BUDGET
Martha Stogner (Student Union Bldg.) 29.91
Special Committee 175.00
Newspaper 275.00
Assembly 50.00
Annual 200.00
Total appropriated $729.21 729.21
Balance unappropriated $ 352.70
SULA FLOROS, Treas.