Vol. 7, No. 7
THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
•rS» 'I.
OFFICERS
On April 12, Chai'lotte College
had one of the best and largest
turnouts for elections of Student
Council Officers that has ever been
exjierienced at the school. The vot-
inR seemed to be very close and
both of the two parties enjoyed
membership in the list of officers
elected. The f:nKineerinp: party
elected three officers and their op
ponents came up with the final ad
dition. LeadinK the Student Council
for the ’5(>-’57 school year will be
Mr. \V. G. Hinson Jr. as president
and Mr. M. C. Love Jr. as vice-
president. The new treasurer will
be Mr. F. Marks Arnold and Miss
Pat Kendrick will continue her job
as secretary.
The outcome of the election for
pulilications officers has been par
tially fjiven to us at the present
time. The co-editois of the Colle
gian for the coming year will be
Bobby Joe Butler and W. M. Drink-
ard. Guy Wallace was elected as
their business manager. This is the
first year that co-editors have been
ELECTED
elected to the paper staff and we
think it is a wonderful idea.
Chairman of the Elections Com
mittee, Bill Foust, reported that
there was an outstanding partici
pation in the elections and that
they were very close. The students
displayed very much school spirit
in tui-ning out at the polls and
there seemed to be an unusually
widespread interest in the election.
The reason for the great interest
was probat)ly because of the more-
than-average (jualifications of the
candidates which formed the par
ties. The students had a very rough
time in making their choice be
tween the candidates.
The Elections Committee is to be
congratulated on the success of this
fine election. The committee has
done a wonderful job all year in
successfully planning and initiat
ing the school elections.
We would also like to congratu
late the new officers and wish them
success in the coming year.
1955 ANNUALS IN THE
OWL'S ROOST
For anyone who wishes to be the
owner of a 1955 (last year’s) an
nual, you can get one in the Owl’s
Roost. There were quite a few an
nuals left from last year and they
are collecting dust and taking up
space in the Roost. If you desire to
be the possessor of one of these
books, inquire at the Roost and
they will fix you up.
PRE-ENGINEERING STUDENTS
TOUR SCHOOLS
Twenty-five of Charlotte Col
lege’s pre-engineering students put
on their traveling shoes Saturday,
April 28 to take a tour of North
Carolina’s engineering schools. The
purpose of the trip was to acquaint
these students with the schools
they are likely to attend after
graduating from Charlotte College.
The group consisted of members
fi'om Miss Cone’s analytical geome
try class. They visited Duke, N.C.
State, and then went to Chapel Hill
and U.N.C. to tour the school and
campus.
.4t State College they were ad-
diessed by Dr. R. 0. Bullock of the
mathematics department and Pro
fessor W. E. Adams of the en
gineering staff.
At Raleigh the group took a look
at two new IBM computers W'hich
solve problems by the millions for
the faculty and graduate student
researchers.
At the invitation of Dean Walter
Seeley the students made a tour of
Duke’s engineering school. The
group had a very enjoyable and
interesting trip.
SPANISH CLUB HOLDS
MEETING
The Chailotte College Spanish
Club held their last meeting Satur
day, Aiii'il 28 at the home of Patsy
Hartsell. This particular meeting
was somewhat of an off-beat to the
regular meetings which have been
held dui'ing the year. The members
of the club thought that it might be
a good idea and also a lot of fun to
tiy some of the famous Spanish
foods such as tortillas and other
concoctions from our neighboring
country.
So, with this idea in mind the
girls started cooking Satuiday
afternoon. With information ob
tained from Mrs. Hoyle, who
hadn’t eaten any of these enjoyable
dishes for quite some time, the
girls prepared some heart-warming
concoctions.
Well, the meeting time rolled
around and as usual there was a
crowd on hand. The dinner bell was
sounded and everyone dug in at
the table. Some people ate and
others admired their courage.
There was only one member ab
sent and later he was glad of it.
It was probably for the best any
way.
May, 1956
DR. HECHENBLEIKNER
ATTENDS MEETING
Dr. Heck was one of the mem
bers at the seventeenth annual
meeting of the Association for
Southeastern Biologists held at
Durham, North Carolina, April
l'.»-21. Dr. Heck presented a paper
which was published in the ASB
bulletin. The paper was on the sub
ject of Ceratiola ericoides Michx. in
Lexington County, South Carolina.
The abstract version is as follows:
Several years ago the author,
during frequent field trips in the
vicinity of Columbia, S. C., noticed
that Ceratiola ericoides Michx. was
very localized in its distribution.
In fact, it appeared only in a limit
ed portion of one county. This dioe
cious plant is apparently very ex
acting in its growth reciuirements.
It appears that this evergreen
shrub must have pure sand w'ith
some organic material, but no clay,
as a growth medium. After three
attempts, the author was finally
successful in growing several speci
mens at Charlotte, North Carolina.
Efforts have been made to interest
Columbia gaiden clubs in setting
aside a portion of the range of this
interesting plant as a permanent
sanctuary.
Some of the comments went like
this. “Well, it was different any
way.” “I didn’t eat any of the
stuff.” Even though there was
plenty of food left over, the group
had a lot of fun and everyone ad
mitted that.
Aftei’ the supper the members
settled down and had a good old
fashion sing. This is one thing you
don’t see much anymore but which
has become a custom with the
Spanish Club.
The club is planning one more
meeting before the conclusion of
the year. The group is planning to
present a play as they did last
year. Practice has already begun
and if you would like to see some
of your fellow students as actors,
you will have to make arrange
ments to be on hand at their next
meeting. All Spanish Club mem
bers, old and new, are invited to
attend.
The best things in life are fi-ee,
of course, but isn’t it a pity that
most of the next best th'ngs are so
expensive?