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September 18, 1957 THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN Page 5 The Charlotte Collegian Offers Reduced Rates starting this year, the Charlotte Collejjian is makiriK a special offer to all Charlotte College alumni. The yearly subscription rates have been reduced to one dollar a year. That will be ten cents an issue for ten issues. This offer is for alumni only. For the rest of the student body, the rate will be one dollar and fifty cents per year. As can be seen, this reduction will be a con siderable saving to those who de sire to take advantage of it. This deci'ease from the present subscription rate has been made possible l>y the large increase in our list of advertisers. We know that many an alumnus has a warm spot in his heart for his alma mater and desires to keep up with its latest happenings. Those who desire to do so and who wish to take advantage of this offer should write to the business manager, Charlotte Collegian, in care of the college, or call the office. Please leave your mailing address. Sports Ball and Shot (Staff Photo—Killougrh) Interview: Dickie Matthews, Charlotte College Student Council President CAVALARIS SKATING RINK OPEN HOURS 3:00-5:00 Mat. 7:30-10:30 Night Sat. 9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Private Parties Morehead Bowling Automatic Pinsetters Open Alleys Every Night 915-919 E. Morehead St. ED 4-3761 Roy White Florist “P’inest In Flowers” ED 3-884(5 11)49 E. 7th St. "Jti VL laleA iS.corl ” Parker-Gardner Company 118 West Trade — Since 1898 — Phone EDison 2-8257 ARNOLD JEWELERS Frank V. Taylor Registei'cd Jeweler inid Certified (iemoloyint— American Gem Society 207 S. Tryon St. Phone ED 2-6727 COMPLIMENTS OF MITCHELL DISTRIBUTING CO. CONSTRUCTION & INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 3335 Hutchison Avenue Charlotte, N. C. EUCLID — KOEHRING INGERSOLL — RAND PLAZA MOTOR CO. 401 HAWTHORNE LANE United Motor Service; Auto Lite Parts and Service; Special Carburetors; Delco Remy Parts and Ignition Service; Carter Carburetor Service; Stromberg Parts and Service; Tune-Up Service; Major Overhaul Service. liv Dave Harmer Richard Douglas (“Dickie”) Matthews has almost become a landmark at Charlotte College in the past two years. Last spring the student body elected this quiet but friendly young man president of the Student Council. Matthews is twenty years old. He finished high school at East Meck lenburg in 195.5. He is modest and does not like to talk about the honors and office.s he held there, but he finally admitted having been a member of the National Honor So ciety. He feels that there is con siderable difference between high school and college. “I think most of us had it pretty easy in high school,” he said. “I certainly did. But when I got to college—whew! I really had to get down to busi ness.” He plans to spend one more year here at C. C. before transferring to N. C. State College, where he hopes to pursue a curriculum of electrical engineering. When inter viewed, he spoke enthusiastically about the field of engineering. He stated that engineers are in great demand and that the field is teem ing with opportunities for quali fied people. Matthews, in his unassuming way, is an idealist. He described the ideals and aspirations that he had when he came out of high school. “I suppose I thought I was going to revolutionize something,” he said. “College life has changed my viewpoint somewhat. I’ve kept my ideals, but my high hopes have descended to a more practical level. I guess it’s just a part of growing up.” This young man with a very mature outlook philosophized at some length on the valuable influ ence of a college environment. “I’m glad I decided to go to college,” he said. “I hadn’t intended to, but I won a scholarship to Charlotte Col lege. An aptitude test indicated that I might do well at engineer ing. “I’ve met some fine people here at C. C.,” Matthews continued. “Many of them are older than I am. I wouldn’t take anything for what I’ve learned from them—their attitudes about education and about life itself.” (.See JNTEKVIEW on I’. 6, Col. 5) On May 1, 1957, the Secretary of the Army announced that as part of the new weaponization program, the Army is adopting a new service rifle and cartridge. The adoption of this new rifle will replace four U. S. Army shoulder weapons that are in current use. The standard M 1, which was adopted by the Army in 193! and is better known as the Grand; the Browning automatic rifle (B.A.R.); the caliber 30 carbine; and the M 3 submachinegun. Such a change was not a ‘will o’ the wisp’ idea, but one of positive thinking brought about by the needs of mod ern warfare. The new rifle, designated as the M14, will serve several purposes. First, it will give the army a bet ter and lighter weapon. Second, it will simplify maintenance and parts problems. Third, it will re duce the training time for the com bat soldier. And fourth, it will give the infantry greater fire power. The M14, known as the t44 dur ing its testing stages, has been undergoing army evaluation tests since 1952 with the t-48. (The t-48 is another experimental rifle that was under consideration by the army but failed to pass field quali fication tests in the final stages. tm 'WTTW - ... ... 5 St? St?‘ijs?^ It was primarily designed around the old B.A.K. action.) Long before the new rifle was conceived, the army, in 1945, adopt ed a new service cartridge. This is called the t-(!5 (now known as the 7.62 mm NATO), the idea being that it is much easier to de sign a rifle to fit the cart ridge than it is to design a cartridge to fit the rifle. The t-()5 is nothing more than the old 30 with the case shortened one-half inch to absorb excessive powder space found in the old mili tary cartridge. Winchester is now loading this same cartridge com mercially for its model 70 and is calling it the .308 Winchester. It is just about the same as the .300 Savage that has been on the mai'- ket since the early twenties. Bal- listically, it is about the same as the 30-0(1. With a 1(!5 grain slug, it develops a 2,785 feet per second muzzle velocity and a 2,700 foot pound muzzle energy. At 100 yards, (See RH-’LE, P. 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