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CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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CHARLOTTE COLLEGE
Vol. 8, No. 1
CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1956
Welcomc Collegians
To the students of Charlotte College, I want to express my
sincere good wishes and a hearty welcome for this tenth anni
versary year of your college. When an institution becomes ten
years of age, it has enough of a history to look back upon even
though it be short and make an estimate of itself. In this young
institution we have had some very fine students, and their
experience and their success since they were at Charlotte College
shows the strength of our organization and the competency of
the teachers on our staff. The students have been courageous
and loyal and have played a very important part in making
their college accepted by the people of this city and state. When
members of the State Advisory Budget Bureau or the members
of the Commission on Higher Education pay the college a visit,
they are impressed with the enthusiasm and the foresight that
has been shown and are quite willing to work with the college
in helping it achieve its objectives. If we have done so much
in so little time, we certainly can look forward to the next ten
years with great confidence and enthusiasm. To you who are
celebrating this tenth anniversary, we take off our hats and
promise you that our shoulders will be at the wheel with you
in making this another memorable year. May your fine director.
Miss Bonnie Cone, and your staff of teachers find from us and
from all of the citizens of our city and county the support that
you need. I am sure that you will get it.
ELMER H. GARINGER
Superintendent of Schools
Charlotte, N. C.
(ireetings From The Director
At the beginning of our Tenth Anniversary year, I wish
to extend a cordial welcome to all students and faculty members
of Charlotte College. I sincerely hope that you may find both
pleasant and profitable all of your activities as a member of
our college family.
On this occasion we pause to review our beginnings and
significant mileposts. Starting in the F’all of 194(5 as one of
twelve college centers opei'ated by the Directorate of Extension
of the University of North Carolina, we offered only the first
year of college work. In the Fall of 1947 the sophomore year
was added. Before the closing of all college centers in June,
1949, the North Carolina General Assembly of that year, at
the request of the Charlotte Board of School Commissioners,
passed an act which provided for the continuation of Charlotte
College.
In May, 1954 a two-cent tax levy, voted by the citizens of
Charlotte, gave our college its first tax money. The first State
funds were provided by an appropriation of the 1955 General
Assembly.
Such events in any college’s development are significant mile
posts. However, none of these attainments would have been
possible if there had not been worthy students to be taught
and faithful faculty members to teach them.
Our students and faculty working hand in hand have made
our first decade a most successful period. To each new student
and faculty member I offer the privilege of becoming a part
of this enthusiastic and dedicated group who has done so much
to assure the success of Charlotte College during its first ten
years. Through cooperation of the whole faculty and student
body, we can make the next ten years even more eventful.
Bonnie E. Cone
Welcome From The President
(^f The Student Ciovernment
We, the members of the Student Council would like to take
this time as the only time we can ever say to you, “Welcome
stranger.” We would like to say it so that it will be less a
welcome than an invitation to new friends, new experiences,
and a new and vital w'ay of life for you.
As your repx'esentative in the Student Government, I would
like to become better acquainted with you. Please feel free to
stop me in the halls at any time and introduce yourself. If you
have any ideas or complaints, I would be glad to present them
to the Student Council for you. The school is for you and by
you.
In closing. I’d like to say again, “Welcome to the family,”
and wish the very best to all of you.
Bill Henson
President of the Student Council
Chari otte College Begins Second Decade
New Building Is Now Open
The new building is now open that will solve many of the old problems
that have formerly plagued Charlotte College students and faculty.
For old students, the new drafting
room will be almost unimaginably
modern. The students of both the
College and the High School will
be able to take previously unavail
able courses in television, radio,
radar, and other electronic and
electrical equipment. Several new
classrooms are included in the
structure and are furnished and
equipped with the latest in desks
and lighting. The administration
of the College has gained some
much needed space with the new
offices of registrar and assistant
director.
New and old students will find
the new student lounge inviting
and modernistic. The plant holder
that looks like the bottom half of
an egg shell was given by the Stu
dent Council. The color scheme is
designed to harmonize with the
style of the building and yet be
restful instead of stimulating.
The new office space gave Joyce,
Miss Raney, and Mrs. Hazel Mul
lins room to turn around in for
a few days but as registration day
approached it seemed soon as tight
ly packed with work to be done
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Width, length, or height, any
way you measure it Charlotte Col
lege is ten years old this month.
The College was originally set up
to take care of the hundreds of
young North Carolinians returning
from the second World War. After
the rush of veterans was over, the
need for a community college in
Charlotte had been firmly estab
lished. When the State decided that
the crisis in education was over and
voted to stop the administration of
local college centers, the Charlotte
Board of School Commissioners saw
the need of a Charlotte college and
received permission to administer
the College as part of the local
school system. The original plan
was to have the College self-sup-
porting by charging the students
tuition.
This plan did not prove entirely
feasible but the citizens and organ
izations of Charlotte came to the
College’s support and voted in favor
of a tax on the hundred dollar
valuation for the support of the
College.
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the community, Charlotte College
has become one of the major fac
tors in helping adults and young
people to develop their vocational
abilities and to effect a substantial
savings by taking the first two
years of college at home. It has
worked with the leaders of Char
lotte to help make Charlotte and
the surrounding area one of the
leaders in vocational, cultural, and
general education.
Congratulations to the college,
the faculty, the alumni, the stu
dents, and all those who have
worked to make Charlotte College
better than ever on this its tenth
anniversary.
Bill Wagner, owner and operator of W4WI)J, has decided to designate
his station as the Charlotte College station. The new title will be passed
on each year to a ham operator w'ho is studying at the college. The
principal duties of the station under the new title will be to bring
Charlotte College in closer contact with other colleges, universities, and
teachers who operate their own ham transmitters.
The station is rated at 75 watts and transmits either by voice or
code. Bill has the walls papered with cards from the stations he has
contacted from Cuba to Canada. He can change the settings of the
transmitter or receiver so fast that the snaj) of the switches sound like
the rhythm of a good typist.
Bill and his station will play an impo? tant part in the program of
Charlotte College by enabling the college to make itself and its work
better known fiom Havana to ()uebec.
Listen and Learn
Perhaps a few of you have heard
the three little words with the big
meanings—Listen and Learn—be
fore. We hope that it was last week
on Charlotte College’s radio pro
gram. Under the direction of Mr.
Harold Parker (Sophomore at
Charlotte College), the first of a
series of weekly programs was pre
sented over Charlotte Radio Sta
tion WSOC—1240 on your dial.
Listen and Learn will be the theme
of all of the programs, but the
programs themselves will be de
signed by the students and faculty
of the college to give variety as
w'ell as knowledge.
Plato, Benjamin Franklin, Abra
ham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee,
•Shakespeare, and Peter the Great
are a few of the programs that are
under consideration. A Brief His
tory of Chemistry, College is for
You, How to Make Speeches, Pearly
English Literature, Photography
For You, North Carolina History,
War, and Economics For You, are
some of the programs that the ra
dio committee hopes to present.
Music, old and new, popular and
classical, will also be presented.
The radio committee hopes to bring
some of college happenings to the
people by broadcasting coffee hours
and school elections.
The radio program is one more
accomplishment that we have as
we begin the celebration of our
tenth anniversary. The weekly pro
grams are going to draw our col
lege and our community closer to
gether. It is the duty of the stu
dents to help with the program. We
can help by serving in the many
capacities that the presentation of
the program will create. We can
help by telling all of our friends
about the program. Let’s get be
hind this new challenge and push
it to the limit.
New Business
Manager For The
Collegian
Did the title shock you? Well, it
is true. With the very first issue
we have a new business manager
and we are happy to have him with
us. We firmly believe that WIL
LIAM D. WAGNER will be a great
asset to the Collegian staff. “Bill”
Wagner will replace Garland G.
“Guy” Wallace who was elected to
office in the spring elections.
Mr. Wallace has transferred to
Northwestern University. Our loss
is Northwestern’s gain. Mr. Wal
lace was a fine student and we feel
sure that his work at Northwestern
will speak favorably of our great
school.
Mr. Wagner is one of Charlotte
College’s straight “A” students.
He is a hard worker and believes
in doing all things to the best of
his ability. Bill will ask some of you
in the near future to join his staff.
We hope that you will accept his
invitation. The experience that you
gain will be of great value to you
as you continue your formal edu
cation and as you pursue your vo
cation in future years.
For Our Contemplation
While we are registering, pur
chasing books, and paying tuition
fees. Miss Bonnie E. Cone (Di
rector of Charlotte College) is -it-
tending the fourth of a series of
conferences that have and will
greatly influence the future of
Charlotte College. At two o’clock
today, the Board of Higher Educa
tion will present a request for oper
ational funds for Charlotte College
and other community colleges to the
Director of the Budget (Governor
Luther H. Hodges) and the Ad
visory Budget Commission.
The first conference was held at
Raleigh on June 20th. On that day,
Miss Cone, members of the Char
lotte Chamber of Commerce, and
many other friends and supporters
of Charlotte College met with the
Finance Committee of the Board
of Higher Education to present
Charlotte College’s needs.
The second conference was held
in Charlotte on July 18th. On that
day, the members of the Advisory
Budget Commission visited our
present location to inspect our
school. They also came to look at
proposed sites for a new building
that would be for the use of Char
lotte College ONLY.
The third conference was held at
Raleigh on August 27th. On that
day, Dr. E. H. Garinger (Super
intendent of Charlotte City
Schools), Mr. John Dunlap (Assist
ant Superintendent of Charlotte
City Schools), Miss Bonnie E. Cone
(Director of Charlotte College),
and Dr. Brown of Carver College
met with the Finance Committee of
the Board of Higher Education to
answer questions and to present
new information.
The fourth conference is now
taking place in Raleigh. Miss Cone
is attending the conference to an
swer questions that the Director of
the Budget and members of the
Advisory Budget Commission might
ask when the Board of Higher Edu
cation presents the budget requests
of Charlotte College and other
Community Colleges. We do not
know what action will be taken
after this conference but we do
know that some favorable results
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