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Vol. 6, No. 2 Charlotte College, Chorlotte, N. C. November 3, 1954 "SERVICE WITH A SMILE" In the spring of last year you, the students of Charlotte College, elected certain representatives to carry on the business and duties of the student body. Your Student Council is doing just that. In their meetings, which are held twice monthly, any activity or responsibility which in any way involves the stu dents, is brought up, openly discussed, and settled. If you were to sit in on one of these meetings, you would realize how ridiculously easy this sounds. In reality, the Council often “bats back and forth” a problem “almost” to the point of argument— argument to obtain the best solution for you. All committees, such as the Social, Assembly, Publicity, Finance and Athletic, and both the annual and the paper staffs are all a part of the Student Council. Each committee chairman reports the activities of his committee to the Council. Although the elected president of the group was unable to return to school at the first of the year, Don Payne, vice- president, has stepped smoothly into his shoes. Under his lead ership and the very helpful advice of Mrs. Edyth Winningham, our Student Government Advisor, the Council is attempting to serve the students in every possible capacity. Your Student Council will always appreciate any advice or suggestion that you as a student might have concerning any phase of the gov ernment of the Charlotte College student body. Louella Robinson, Sec. MY FIRST MONTH AT CHARLOTTE COLLEGE My first month of college life began as I walked down the famil iar halls of Central High School into the unfamiliar halls of Char lotte College. As I looked around I saw many strange but friendly faces. College was going to be a new and different experience and I was determined to make a success of it. In my first class the teacher pa tiently explained to us freshmen that college was a place to work, not to play. She told us that we would get out of our work exactly what we put in it. As I left that class I realized that college was a place for mature, hard working young adults. I hurried to my next class only to find the classroom completely empty. I sat down and in a few minutes a high and mighty sopho more came in. I very timidly asked where everybody was. After a few seconds of hard laughing she ex plained that we were having a break and that class would not start for another fifteen minutes. I did n’t enjoy the joke as much as she did but I did learn something else about college life. My last class went smoothly and before I knew it my first day in college was over. As I trudged my way home I thought back over the day and I realized that there were going to be a lot of changes made. The next day we had a coffee hour. I went in the room with the feeling that this was going to be a lot of fun. In the next hour I found out why C. C. is so noted for its friendly student body. It wasn’t long before those strange faces became familiar faces. I left the coffee hour thinking that maybe college wasn’t going to be all work after all. Now at the end of my first month at Charlotte College I think back on those first days and I see just how much I have learned in one short month. Yes, this first wonder ful month is over but I know that I have many more wonderful months in store for me at CHAR LOTTE COLLEGE. A Freshman “Laughter is day; sobriety is night. A smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.” OUR COMMITTEES Down here at Charlotte College everyone is working hard to try and have a fine school year. The fine committees of our school are the leading forces in our drive. First I think we ought to rec ognize the assembly and the ter rific job they have done for us this year. The committee is headed by Don Trapp. Don is in his first year down here at C. C. and he has done, and will continue to do, a really great job. On the publicity side of the ledg er we have a committee headed by always dependable Jan Shetler. Jan and her staff have done a better than average job in publicizing school activities. Posters and pic tures for the local papers have been a couple of the projects they have undertaken this year with un usual success. On the Social Committee we have the old man around the school. Just kidding Robie. The boy we are speaking of now is Robie Howard. Robie did a truly sensational job in putting off our October 23 dance. Robie has had quite a bit of experience in this sort of field and he is doing an equally fine job for us. The Elections Committee is headed by Margaret Falkenburg. Margaret has been an indispens able link in our school chain. Now to our list is the Athletic Committee. Their job is to help raise money for the basketball uni forms that the team is to receive this year. Rea Hinson, Slade Joyner, and Larry Brown compose this committee. Remember it’s these guys and gals that keep things going down here at C. C. If they ever call on you for help please don’t hesitate to accept. LARGER ENROLLMENT At the last student council meet ing Miss Cone made the announce ment that our student body was approximately 38^ larger this year than last. This makes all of us feel very proud. - With all these students, I’m sure that all of our extracurricular activ ities and our social events will be a large success. All of us are very proud of our school and I’m sure that all of us want to do all in our power to help make this year the best in Char lotte College history. NEWS AROUND C. C. Sophomore elections were held October 12 and the new officers are as follows; President, Boyd Matti- son, vice-president, Rea Hinson; secretary-treasurer, Don Tyser. We, of the Collegian, want to wish luck and success to these new officers. We feel that they will do a very good job. Freshman elections will be held on November 4. Margaret Faulken- berg, chairman of the elections committee, has done very good work on the Sophomore elections and we are sure she will help the Freshman election committee do their best in choosing the right per sons for class officers. It won’t be long, boys. Basketball practice will soon get under way, so dig out your shoes and start practicing. We hope to have a win ning team this year and support from the students and faculty. The first big dance of the 1954- 55 school year was held Saturday, October 23, in the Central High School Gym. Dan Ramsey and his orchestra provided the music. The gym was very nicely decorated and the refreshments were very good. Hope everyone had an enjoyable evening. There will be an assembly and coffee hour on November 24. The assembly’s theme will be based on Thanksgiving. After the assembly there will be coffee and cookies served in the Cooking lab on the first floor. This will probably be the last day of classes before the Thanksgiving holiday. Not to be rushing matters, but plans are now being made for the Christmas Dance which will prob ably be held the last week of school in December. This affair will be semi-formal and there will also be a dance band. OLYMPIC FUNDS October 16, 1954, was National Olympic Day in these United States. All of you know, I’m sure, how our Olympic teams have al ways been under-financed. It is a known fact that the athletes that the U. S. sends to the Olympic Games are always ranked among the best there. The students of Charlotte Col lege have a chance now to help in sending our outstanding athletes to the Olympic Games. In the win dow of the C. C. office there is a cup where you may donate to this worthy cause. Please remember, however, that this drive is com pletely voluntary and no one is obli gated to give.
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