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THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
November 13, 1953
CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
Published monthly throughout the school year by the students
of CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Staff
Editor Gleen Keever
Assistant Editor Martha Stogner
Business Manager John Kilgo
Faculty Advisor Miss Mary Denny
What Colleges Should Teaih Women
Lately a tot has been written on the subject of what col
leges should teach women. Numerous authors have declared
that colleges were not preparing women for their most im
portant role in life—that of being a wife and mother. These
authors feel that college courses should be revamped and
women mainly taught subjects that will prepare them for
their major role in life, that of a homemaker. They feel that
courses for men and women should not be on an equal level,
as is now much the case.
However, these authors who feel this way overlook many
things. For one thing, in today’s modern world women are
more and more becoming important working beings, and with
world tension becoming greater every day this is very im
portant. With men being forced everywhere to leave home
and family for military service, it is essential to the nation
that women be prepared to hold jobs normally held by men.
This, by no means, means that woman should replace man,
but is merely ventured es an argument against colleges pre
paring women primarily for homemaking skills. These skills,
important as they are, can be learned as a secondary practice.
Therefore, w’e believe that, first and foremost, colleges
should continue to prepare women for jobs on a par with men.
Gone forever are the days when woman’s place was only in the
home. Today’s women must be able to combine careers and
homemaking. We feel that in this way the United States, has,
and will become a better place to live.
GLENN KEEVER.
Free Annual To Be Given
In the month of April some lucky
student of Charlotte College is go
ing to be refunded his full pur
chase price on his annual. The
drawing will be held during the
April Assembly. All subscription
receipts will be put in a box or
glass jar and one will be selected,
and that person will be refunded
his full purchase price of the an
nual.
HERE ARE THE RI LES:
1. Purchase an Annual and keep
your receipt, and during the April
Assembly if your name is called
come to the front and receive your
money.
2. The annual must be paid for
when you buy your subscription,
or only that part in which you
have paid will be refunded.
3. Members of the Faculty and
Annual Staff are not eligible for
this drawing.
George; “We certainly had a
good time last night for only ten
cents.”
Jean: “Yeah, I wonder how little
brother spent it?”
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Charlotte College’s first basket
ball schedule opens around the first
of December. Here and now we
would like to urge students to at
tend the games this year. We have
a good coach and hope to have a
winning team this year. But it is
no fun for the boys to play their
hearts out to empty seats, so lets
all begin making plans to attend
all home games.
GLEN KEEVER.
SI, SI
At the last meeting of the An
nual staff, bids for a publisher for
the “Si Si” were received. Present
to make bids were Mr. Keck, rep
resentative from the Observer
Printing House, and Mr. Bill
Mitchell of Dowd Press. After care
ful consideration the Observer
Printing House was selected.
Mr. Simpson of Simpson Photo
Studio was awarded the contract
to take the school pictures.
Members present at the meeting
were Gary Langhorst, Tom Owen,
Jerry JIartin, Mrs. Hoyle, and
Miss Cone.
Sigma Pi Alpha
The Honorary Languajje Frater
nity, Sigma Pi Alpha was founded
at North Carolina State Collejje
during: the Spring Term of 1926.
Its origin was the result of a stu
dent movement, inspired by the
work of the Modern Language De
partment of this institution. After
a short career as a Spanish Club,
it adopted a constitution in the
year 1927, and took the name of
Los Hidalgos. This constitution
was revised the following year, and
the Fraternity became a national
fraternity with the name of Sigma
Pi Alpha, National Honorary Lan
guage Fraternity. Throughout its
entire career the achievements of
the Fraternity have resulted from
the work of students, and this is its
most essential characteristics.
This Fraternity’s objective is to
stimulate “an interest in and to ac
quire a more intimate knowledge
of the geography, people, language,
life, customs, history, industries,
and culture of foreign countries
and to make a contribution towards
bringing about a better under
standing between these countries
and ours by having a better know
ledge of them.”
To be eligible for membership,
the student must have an unusual
interest in languages and have a
high scholastic average. Teachers
of these languages are also admit
ted as members.
Student membership is drawia
from those that have a general
academic average of not less than
80 per cent and a language average
of not less than 85 per cent. Teach
ers recommend to the Fraternity
Former Student Ordained
Reverend Ken Wilson, Charlotte
College student last year, was or
dained last Sunday afternoon at
Dilworth Baptist Church where he
is already serving as pastor.
Dr. Casper C. Warren, pastor of
First Baptist Church, preached the
ordination sermon. J. T. Griffin
presented the candidate for ordi
nation, and the Reverend W'. Guy
Helms led the ordination prayer.
A native of Charlotte, the candi
date for ordination is the son of
Mrs. John M. Wilson and the late
Mr. W'ilson. Under his leadership
much progress has been witnessed
at Dilworth Baptist Church.
He knocked at the door of my
room. “May I come in? It’s the
room I had when I went to V.T.
in ’09.” he said. I invited him in.
“Yes Sir,” he said lost in reverie,
“same old room, same old windows,
same old closet.” He opened the
closet door. There stood a girl, ter
rified.
“This is my sister,” I said.
“Y’es Sir, same old story!”
the students that are eligible for
nomination, and election of all
members is by unanimous vote of
the Fraternity.
The advantages of membership
are many. Interest is created by
this study of languages. Improve
ments are noticed in both general
and linguistic scholarship and ac
tive support in the college com
munity with better relations be
tween students, faculty, and inter
ested persons are all outgrowths
of membership.
At Charlotte College, we have a
Charter and last year, a very ac
tive group. W'ith graduation, some
members w'ere lost and this year,
more students will be eligible for
nomination and possible member
ship. Members who join at Char
lotte College are entitled, auto
matically, to membership at col
leges they might attend after grad
uation from Charlotte College.
Among those colleges that have
Charters are N. C. State, Catawba,
Wake Forest, Meredith, Brenau,
and many other institutions of our
educational system.
A very impressive initiation is
given at times during the college
year to the entering members. It
is a very high honor to the student
to be selected for membership. In
speaking for the Fraternity as its
president, we hope that our en
rollment this year will go forward
in number. We welcome those chos
en into the fellowship with full
privileges and trust that they will
enter into the full spirit of the
meanings and embodiments of the
Fraternity.
Rudy Thompson, President
Sigma Pi Alpha.
RANDOM THOUGHTS
Richard Le Gallienne: What
would you not pay to see the moon
rise, if Nature had not made it a
free entertainment.
Francis de Croisset: Paternity is
a cover that is imposed on you one
fine morning without any inquiry
as to your fitness for it. That is
why there are many fathers who
have children, but few children who
have fathers.
Battason Gracion: If a woman
attracts men, she has sex appeal;
if she attracts women, style; if she
attracts everybody, charm.
Notice: There will be an elec
tion for SUPERLATIVES in
January 1954, so start thinking
of whom you would like for any
one of the top spots in this
group. This is under the consti
tution of Charlotte College.
Upon being asked how he caught
such a bad cold, a certain C.C.
student replied, “Oh, I went to a
strip-tease movie last night.”