Vol. 7, No. 6
THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
April 13, 1956
THE NOCTURNES
The C.C. Social Committee has
announced that the next big dance
of the year will be presented at the
Klks Club on Saturday, May li).
The dance will be presenting a
popular instrumental group, the
Nocturnes. The Committee has not
yet decided whether the dance will
be formal or semi-formal but will
announce their decision in the near
future. The event is slated to be
one of the biggest of the year and
all students are urged to take
advantage of the presentation,
p^rank Carner has announced that
his Committee is expecting a large
turn-out since the school has gone
into much preparation to obtain
the services of such a fine group
as the Nocturnes.
This is the versatile combo now
beginning the third season on
WBTV with the show “Nocturne,”
With Loonis McGlohon there is
Earl Blankenship, drums; Creigh
ton Spivey, bass; Jim Stack, vibra-
harp and trombone; and a new
addition, Bill Hodges, one of the
nation’s top trumpet men. Before
forming their new and exciting
group, the members of The Noc
turnes played with the to)> name
bands such as Cilenn Miller, Claude
Thornhill, Jimmy Dorsey and
Sauter-Finnegan. Their diverse
talents have found a better medi
um of expression through the
(luiet, relaxed arrangements one
hears from The Nocturnes. Their
music aims to please you, and so
they have every type of dance
music at fingertips — waltzes.
Dixieland, modern jazz, standard
and pop ballads, and authentic Lat
in numbers. In the vocal depart
ment there are Joe Turkey, who
also plays harmonica, and Delores
Henson.
The Social Committee believes
that you will enjoy hearing the
Nocturnes “in person,” and they
are anxious to play for you. C.C.
has had many successful dances
this year and this one will be the
final touch. More information will
be given about this event during
the next few weeks.
FUTURE OFFICERS
By the present time the nomina
tions and election of class officers
for the 1956-57 school year have
been announced. Elections for the
publications officers and Sopho
more officers are set tentatively
for April 26 and May 15, respec
tively. Because of the planned
STUDENT COUNCIL CAPERS
Another Thursday night has rolled around and again you’re faced
with the problems which inevitably will occur if you set foot in the
library to attend the Student Council Meeting. “Maybe, if I could
sneak out an exit I could miss this meeting.” But there’s no chance of
that. Bill Reid is planted staunchly at one exit, Mrs. Winningham is in
the way if you take the other, and anyway Ralph Abbercrombie has a
sti'angle hold m you. So your future has been decided.
When, upon entering the meeting you hear shouts, laughter, and
terrible arguments, you know one thing right away. Darrel is here
tonight!
Suddently the meeting is called to order by the president, Bill Reid,
and he nearly scares you to death by the tone of his voice. The minutes
are read and the meeting is officially begun. Suddenly there begins a
terrific debate between two great orators. You suppose they are great
orators because they aie always running their mouths. One speaks and
then the other. The council members are hushed all except the two great
si>eakers. And then one great orator questions the other great orator
with an example that should justify his side of the case. He speaks,
“you must have your cake before you cut it.” This is a terrible spot for
the second orator. He thinks and you can see his mind working madly.
The council members watch for the retaliation which they know must
come if he is to keej) his arguments alive. And then just as if he had
not taken a moment to think, and like Jackie (Ileason saying “away we
go” he retorts with, “Oh, I don’t know. It’s according to how big the
cake is.”
Then the jjroblem of graft is brought up for discussion. Someone is
becoming rich off the school’s money and corruption must be stamped
out. Ken Harris says that he is eliminated because the council doesn’t
give him any money anyway. The problem is finally solved. Bill Vickery,
the treasurer, has added wrong again. He missed the third grade and
hasn’t had a chance to learn addition yet.
Johnny Culj) was asked to give a report on the works of the Athletic
Committe and was quite badly startled because he had been staring at
the secretary. He finally collected his wits and began to tell about school
letters being presented to the Cheerleaders. When asked about letters
for the basketball team he was alarmed and made this brief but exact
statement. “Do you mean give letters to those bums?”
changes in the school Constitution
the dates which have been set for
the nominations and elections are
not yet final. We propose that you
begin thinking about these future
elections and get the best people
for the jobs.
C.C. YEARBOOK
Ken Harris, the editor of the
Charlotte College Annual, has an
nounced that the Si Si Annual has
already gone to press and the re
sults should be witnessed soon.
There have been many excursions
into the mysterious dedication but
it seems that everyone on the
annual staff is remaining silent
about the matter. Maybe we’ll be
seeing something special and quite
different when the annual is dis
tributed.
Ken has done a wonderful job
on the annual and has had some
GOES TO PRESS
excellent advice by Mrs. Hoyle. He
has surpassed last year’s annual
in almost all departments including
that of size. He has also had a
wonderful and co-operative staff.
Van Sistare and Don Patterson
have given much of their time,
sweat, and tears, to give Charlotte
College one of the best annuals
yet. They deserve a lot of recogni
tion for their work. Ken and his
staff will get their due justifica
tion when the finished product is
presented to the student body
sometime in the month of May.