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The Nempapcr Yoke of Charlotte College
VOL. 9 NO. 7
CHARLOTTE COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C:
MAY 15, 1958
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Si Si Co-Editors Judy Spurrier and Dan Baxter. Business
Manager Dorothy McAUist:'?, and (lubs Editor Cindy Maydanis
dedicate the 1953 annual to Mr. J. Murrey Atkins, former head o(
the advisory committee of (\ (\, new ('hairman of the Hoard of
Trustees. Krom left, McAllister, Maydanis, Atkins, Baxter, and
Spurrier. (Staff l*hotograph—Killough)
McLean And Griffen Are
Infant King And Queen
Saturday, April 2(!, in the year
of Charlotte College was ascended
Queen Monya. The proud parents
Clifford McLean and Mr. and Mrs.
The title and crown were
awarded these tots by popular
vote of the dukes and duchesses
of Charlotte ('olleRe with Kho
(iammi Alpha presenting our
majesties n.th sterling cups bear
ing the inscription of their new
royal titles.
The royal pair and their subjects
(the royal C.C. family) were feted
at a pre caronation picnic in Bryant
of our Lord 1958, the infant throne
by King “Chip” and Her Hifrhness,
of the royal pair are Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Griffin.
Park. Honoring- the royal family
were our own Miss Cone and our
beloved Miss Marion Fraser—one
time instructor of English—who
(as she so fondly put it) “just
b*-eezed in” to be with her children
at C. C.
To the new King and Queen and
t3 their royal subjects—We of the
Collegian Staff salute you!
Student Dies Attempting
To Rescue Small Child
Gene Ivey Nancc, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nance, drowned Sunday,
May 4, in a futile attempt to save the life of a four-year-old child. Nance,
a Charlotte College student, had accompanied his parents to the cabm
of relatives, which was located on the Catawba river.
Xance heard the child’s
screams from the opposite bank
of the cove; he hastily peeled off
his shirt and dived into the
water. It soon became obvious
that he was in trouble, and six
teen-year-old Hill Barley rushed
into the water to try to rescue
both Nance and the child. Young
Harley, an expert swimmer,
reached the child and brought
her to shore and then returned to
aid Xance, who had already gone
under. He made several attempts,
but the pressure of the water
made it impossible for him to
find Xance.
Gene Nance
Spring Dance
Is Saturday
Just a reminder of the Spring
Dince, Saturday, May 17, from
8:30 until 11:30. This annual dance
will be held at the Veteran’s Club
on East Morehead Street and will
be semi-formal. The admission
charge was paid by students in
their activity fee.
Atkins Elected Chairman As
Board Of Trustees Sworn In
Eleven members of the recently
appointed Board of Trustees of
Charlotte College vvei’e adminis
tered the oath of office last Monday
morning. At their first meeting,
the members elected Mr. J. Murrey
Atkins Chairman of the Board.
Absent from the swearing in was
Mr. W. A. Kennedy, longtime friend
and supporter of Charlotte College,
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W. A. Kennedy Passes On
Eve Of Trustee Office
Woodford A. (Woody) Kennedy,
one of the earliest and most con
sistent loyal supporters of Char
lotte College, died of a heart attack
at his ho/ne early Sunday morning,
May 11, a little more than 24 hours
before he was to have taken the
oath as a member of the new
College Board of Trustees.
He was ()3 years old.
The induction ceremony in the
Council Chamber at City Hail
Monday morning would have been
the fruition of years of work on
Mr. Kennedy’s part to make Char
lotte College an independent, state-
supported institution. He began
advocating the expansion of the
College into a four-year institution
at a time when most other people
thought he was indulging in an
impractical dream.
Yet the developments of this
spring have proved that his vision
.vas ccri’ect that the great rd-
icational institution that he had in
mnd is no longer a dream but is
now a clear probability.
Mr. Kennedy was for years a
nember of the former College
Advisoi'y Board, which the new
Board ot Trustees replaces, and in
-hat position he worked tirelessly
£or the upbuilding of Charlotte
College. He was on the special site
selection committee that worked for
months to find a building site for
the College.
He often predicted that the
College would some day be a
four-year institution with 10,000
students. “I may not live to see
that development,” he often said,
but he insisted that it was coming.
One of the main reasons, he said,
that he devoted much of his time
to Charlotte College was that he
worked hi.s way through North
Carolina State College and knew
how hard it was for working stu
dents to get through college.
He was a native of Wilmington.
He sei'ved overseas in World War
I, and after the armistice, while
he was attending the Sorbonne in
Paris, he met his wife, the former
Lucette Bresson. He married her
and brought her to Charlotte.
He was president of W. A.
Kennedy Company and of WAK
industries. He was active in the
Rotary Club and was a former
president of the Charlotte En
gineers Club.
who passed away unexpectedly last
Sunday.
The new trustees are: Mr. R. L.
Taylor, Mr. Oliver R. Rowe, Mr.
Linn I). Gaiibaldi, Dr. E. A. Beaty,
Mr. Addison Reese, Mr. John Paul
Lucas, Mr. Thomas M. Belk, Mr.
.Sheldon Smith, Mr. Cecil Prince,
Dr. Thomas J. Watkins, and Mr.
Atkins.
As soon as the board of trustees
has been completed, the Charlotte
Board of Education will relinquish
control of the institution, and it
will be a fully operative college.
It should be emphasized that
whether the bond election passes
or not, Charlotte citizens will still
have to pay the two cents per one
hundred dollars property evalua
tion tax, which has already been
in force. This forthcoming bond
election merely extends the tax to
a county-wide basis.
The local community colleges are
already receiving funds from the
state on a probationary basis, but
these would have been lost if the
tax vote had not been favorable.
During the current year these pro
bationary funds amounted to ap
proximately $80,000.
Writers Club
Meets In Lounge
The Writers Club held a meeting
Thursday night, May 1. New mem
bers were chosen and plans were
made for the publishing of the
club’s magazine, Owl Tracts. A
committee was chosen to work on
the magazine. Invitations will be
sent to the new members early this
week. Another meeting will be held
soon so that work may begin on
the magazine.
Martin, Robertson, Maydanis, And
LaRoach Elected To Executive Council
Nance was born in 1939. A fresh
man at Charlotte College, he was
graduated from West Mecklenburg
High school in 1957, and he was
employed by A & P Food Stores in
the meat packing department. He
was an active member of the En-
derly Park Baptist Church. Funeral
services were conducted Tuesday,
May 6, at 3:30 p.m. at Enderly
Park Baptist Church.
The results of the election for
Executive Council members, which
wa^ held on April 28, were made
public the following evening by Jim
Hicks, Chairman of the Elections
Committee. That committee’s re
port of the tabulation of votes read
as follows:
Nominations for candidates for
this election were accepted from all
members of the student body by the
Elections Committee; then on April
14, members of a Nominations
Committee were publicly drawn
fro mthe roll-books of Charlotte
College. This committee met April
21, under the chairmanship of John
Earl Ballard, to select the candi
dates that were deemed best quali
fied. The candidates that they se
lected were, for President, Wiley
Martin; for Vice-President, Bob
Robertson and Charles “Pete”
Cruse; for Secretary, Kanela May
danis and Margaret Fisher; for
Treasurer, Jim LaRoach. Although
the offices of President and Treas
urer were uncontested, a blank
space was left on the ballot for
nominations by dissenting voters.
It was announced by the Assem
bly Committee that a brief general
assembly of the student body would
soon be scheduled for the purpose
of administering the oath of office
to the officers-elect.
Executive Council officers for the coming year relax in the
Lounge. From left. President Wiley Martin, Vice-president F5ob
Uobertson, Secretary ( indy Maydanis. and Treasurer .lim L, Roach.
(Staff f*hotf>—Killough).