BACCALAUREATE
SERVICE
Caldwell Memoriol Presby
terian Church
June 2nd 8:00 P.M.
Sermon by The Reverend
Alfred Baxter Montgomery
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rhc NcmpdiHT Voice of Chdrlotte C.olL’ge
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES
Central High Auditorium
June 4th 8:15 P M.
Address By The Honorable
Luther H. Hodges, Governor
of North Carolina
Vol. 8, No. 10
CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 30, 1957
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Gov. Hodges To Address
Collegers Largest Class
Magazine For
Students
Writer’s Club .Vlasazine
On May 24, 1957 the Writer’s
Club of Charlotte College released
its first publication of Owl Tracts.
This first edition initiates a long
line of literary work designed to:
“uphold the highest ideals of a
liberal education.” The magazine’s
material ranges from poetry to
short stories. All subject matter
was compiled and edited by mem
bers of the club.
Owl Tracts has now become an
estalilished campus publication
which is to be released every quar-
te)-. Building on its foundation of
this year, Owl Tracts is a literary
magazine which will give the best
to the friends and student body of
Charlotte College. This is the clos
ing of a year but it is the begin
ning of an avenue for the college
to broaden its scope and influence.
The entire W'riter’s Club hopes
that the student body favors their
work and welcomes all enthusiasm
and interest.
At the final meeting of the club,
officers for the coming year were
electcd. Thos who will lead for ’57-
’58 are: pres.—Ronnie Shumate,
vice-pres.—Hal Kellams, sec-treas.
—Mrs. Dorothy Macallister, and
historian—George Killough.
The Honorable Luther H. Hodges
News For Next Year
The 1957-58 editions of the Char
lotte Collegian will be offered to
members of this year’s graduating
class at a reduced rate, Mr. Fred
(lollins, incoming business manager
of the Collegian, announced last
week. Mr. Coilin.s stated that the
increase in the list of advertisers
this year enabled him to make the
offer.
This special rate is good to any
member of the present graduating
class, providing he subscribes be
fore the beginning of the new
school year. Mr. Collins said that
he was not prepared to quote the
exact figure of the rate at the
(See NEWS, p. 2, col. 4)
The Honorable Luther H. Hodges,
Governor of North (Carolina, will
deliver the main address at the
Charlotte College commencement
exercises. The chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Charlotte
College, Mr. .J. Murrey Atkins,
will preside. The exercises will be
held in the Central High School
Auditorium.
Miss Bonnie E. Cone, director
of Charlotte College, will award
diplomas to the largest graduating
class in the history of the school.
The forty seniors will hear the
invocational given by Dr. W. B. H.
C^orky, a member of the faculty.
Governor Hodges’ address will
be followed by the giving of awards
by Dr. Palmer H. Garinger, super
intendent of (’harlotte City Schools.
The governor will be introduced
by Mr. Robert Lassiter, a mem-
mer of the State Board of Higher
Education.
Seniors receiving diplomas are:
Ralph McCall Abercrombie, David
(Caldwell Alexander, Fletcher
Marks Arnold, Lionel Demming
Bass, Jr., Albert Frank Bern
hardt Jr., Fred Douglas Biddy,
Bobbie Joe Butler, Jane Anne Car
michael, Charles William Cox Jr.,
Claude P^llis Davis Jr., William
Francis Drinkard Jr.
Wayne Arthur Eaton, Nancy
Ann Fisher, Merwin Edsel Foard,
Brona Jean Foster, Robert Reese
(iriffin Jr., Bobby Franklin Grubb,
Johnie Wyatte Hall, Kenneth
Rhyne Harris, William Gladstone
Hensen, Taylor McFarland Hill
Jr., Bettie Joyce King, P'dward
(See HODGES, p. 2, col. 4)
(iriffin, f'oster, Foard, Fisher, Eaton, Drinkard