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Page 2 THI CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN April 5, 1954 CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN Published monthly throughout the school year by the students of CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, Charlotte, North Carolina. Staff Gleen Keever Martha Stogner John Kilgo Miss Mary Denny GET OUT THE VOTE We “old timers” at Charlotte College have come to look forward to the Spring Quarter, but not only because that’s the time when a “young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” and baseball. We know that when the Spring Quarter begins, Student Council elections are sure to follow, and every one knows what that means—posters, campaign speeches, handshaking and politicing. The two major parties at Charlotte College are the Pro gressive and the Independent parties. However, any nominees are free to create their own party name and party platform. Last year the Independent Party was successful in getting all four candidates elected. Those candidates were your present Student Council officers: Jerry Martin, Jim Gunnells, and Mar tha Stogner. The office of Vice-President for a time was held by Marilyn Daly, but has since been tilled by Louella Robinson. Student Council elections will be held on April 14th. Can didates for office must have, at time of election and through out their term of office, a scholastic average of C or better. Al.so, candidates must be taking at least two subjects (special exceptions listed in Constitution, Amendment I). The Constitution states that “Nominations will be made by petitions which have been signed by a minimum of fifteen members of the Student Government of Charlotte College; said petitions must be in the hands of the Nominating Committee at least two w'eeks prior to the election for the purpose of approval, acknowledgment, and publication; In the event a person receives a nomination against his or her w'ishes, he or she may withdraw from the election by filing a written notice of withdrawal with the Nominating Committee not later than three days after the nominations have been publicized.” The final filing date is March 31st. It’s time to get out the petitions and put up your best bet for President, Vice- President, Secretary and Treasurer. Let the Student Body know your candidate’s good points and why you think he ill make the best officer for them. It’s up to you to get in office the four people w'ho will look out for the good of the entire school. Get out the petitions, and get out the votes! We have more elections this year, too. The Annual and Pai>er staffs for next year and the Sophomore officers for next year will be elected April 28th and May 12th, respectively. MARTHA STOGNER Editor Assistant Editor Business Manager Faculty Advisor SPRING Spring, glorious spring, is just around the corner. True the calen dar says it is already here, but the weather for the last couple of weeks hasn’t let it be known. I’ret- ty soon, however, the trees will be budding, flowers will be blooming, birds will be building nests, and coats and woolens can go into stor age. Students will don short sleeves. G. I. haircuts, and a gaze out the window in space. Just think. Pretty soon you can take off for a weekend at Myrtle Beach, if you haven't already, or to the mountains of North Caro lina. At the beach you will have the sound of the surf in your ears, the smell of salt water in your nose, and a bathing beauty on ev ery side. Sounds great, doesn’t it? However delightful Spring may be, some of the male students at Charlotte College aren’t exactly looking with too much enthusiasm toward Spring and Summer. The main reason seems to be that they already have a date to spend a few years in the service of Uncle Sam, It seems half the non-veterans at C. C. are in this class, so rest as sured that the country should well be taken care of, beginning with the end of school. G. KEEVER. Washington Field Trip Dr. Heehenbleikner’s Zoology class, plus a few other venturesome souls, took a field trip to Washing ton during the weekend of February 19th and 20th. The group left Charlotte after Friday night classes, and by driving all night, they were successful in reaching Washington at dawn on Saturday. Needless to say they were a sleepy lot when Washington was finally reached, with the exception of Dr. Heck, who was still fresh as a daisy. Jan Shetler never ceased talking all night, so she was some what tired, but still not too tired to talk every minute of the trip. The first stop after the mote] was the museum. Here there were so many interesting things to see that sleep was momentarily for gotten. For hours we looked at the mounted birds, snakes, other ani mals, and rocks. I think Dr. Heck soon realized that everyone was getting tired because they couldn’t pass a bench without stopping for a while. After lunch, the group went on a tour of Washington. Thanks to the driving skills of Gary Lang- horst and Venoy Bryant, we got by without a single accident or a taxi hitting us. In Union Station, Martha Stogner pointed out a few Communists to Bill Todd and Glenn Keever. She recognized them immediately by their “black Hom- bergs” and brief cases. After sev eral hours of sightseeing, every one went back to the motel to re cuperate. Saturday night found most of the group going to see “This is Cinerama.” They slept through the first half, but after intermission, all waked up to discover what a great picture it was. The girls had strict orders to be up and ready at 8:30 on Sunday morning. The girls were ready at that time, but when were the boys ready? You guessed it—almost ten o’clock. Never let it be said that rain can stand in the way of a Char lotte College field trip. It “poured” Sunday morning, but an enjoyable day at the Zoo was still had by all. All the animals were interest ing, but particularly the talking birds and the monkeys. After sev eral hours in the Zoo, everyone was convinced that “Charlotte needs a Zoo.” With the overcast skies and cold weather and souvenirs, the group headed for Charlotte and home. Everyone agreed that they had had a wonderful time, and that they had a capital to be well proud of. They had decided, however, that for just plain living, Charlotte can’t be beat. Who could fight that “crazy” traffic all their life? GLENN KEEVER Class Week End Trip Friday night, March 5, thirteen students and Dr. Hec started a very exciting week-end of fossil hunting. We reached Conway, S. C., at 11:30 that night. We spent the night about eleven miles from Myr tle Beach. On Saturday morning we visited the Inland Waterways. We went down by the river side and there found a number of interesting fos sils. As we were getting ready to climb back up the hill to our cars, Bobby Henderson spotted a boat coming down the river full speed. The waves from the boat wet the feet of the amazed explorers. Our next stop was a yacht basin. Although a few of the girls had to stay in the car because of cold feet, the rest of the group searched huge sand piles for fossils. We had lunch at Captain Jewell’s tea room at Little River. Dr. Hec’s roasted oyster feast held the at tention of the entire group through out lunch. In the afternoon we journeyed on the Carolina Beach. On our way through Wilmington we drove around the beautiful and famous Azalea Park. Late Saturday afternoon we went down on the strand of Caro lina Beach. The water was very calm and as far as you could see, the strand was deserted except for a few birds flying around. It was the goal of the students to find a shark’s tooth so everyone began ■searching the ground. Although the search went on for quite a while, no one discovered any more than a few white shells. On Sunday we went to Lake Waccamaw. Margie Lotshaw and Joyce Dunn were fascinated with the turtles and bloops. Our next stop was the rock quary near Wadesboro. There we learned how the rocks had been washed down for many years. This trip was not only educa tional but entertaining. We stu dents wil always remember all the valuable experiences we had on our visit to the Carolina Coasts. JOHN KILGO Something Fishy The Sigma Lambda Chi Frater nity held its Winter Quarter party at the Riverview Inn Fish Camp on Thursday, March 18th. The two new' members of the Fraternity, who were recently initiated, are Holland Conrad and Eddie Helms. They were present at the social, along with the other members of the Fraternity. A good time was had by all, especially by Jim Gun nells, who, as usual, was drinking coffee by the pounds. At the next meeting of the Fra ternity, a simple parliamentary procedure for meetings will be in troduced. JIM BRADY
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