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The Charlotte Collegian With C. C. News And Features — Bi - Weekly Volume X Wednesday, November 5, 1958 No. 3 FUTURE OF COLLEGE SYSTEM ASSURED 'tJi. . MR. BECHTOLI) MR. JONES MR. PAGE Hocsak Guest Speaker At CCUN October Meeting BY BOB ROBERTSON Colleg'ian Reporter The student lounge was the scene of the October meet ing of the Charlotte College Chapter of the Collegiate Council of the United Nations. Guest speaker for the meeting was Mr. Steve Hocsak, a young Hungarian who with his wife and family fled his native country in 1956 at the time of the Revolution. Mr. Hocsak, who is an electrical engineer at J. N. Pease Co., Archi tects, in Charlotte is a 1952 grad uate of the University of Budapest. In 1950 he was a national swimming champion in Hungary. In a question and answer period following Mr. Hocsak’s talk on Hungary, students seemed particu larly interested in the causes and results of the October, 1956, Revo lution. There were many reasons, said Mr. Hocsak, for the outbreak of violence in defiance of the mail fist of Hungary’s Communist overlords. To begin with, the people of Hun gary have been restricted to a de gree which must inevitably result in some outward manifestations of contempt. Students were forbidden to wear Western styled clothes. They could not visit outside of Hungary—neither outside of the Iron Curtain nor within the satel lites themselves. Criticism of the government' was anathema. The av erage income ranged from 60 to 75 dollars per month, and only such people as public officials were al lowed the luxury of purchasing an automobile—a luxury which put the purchaser in debt for ten years. Mr. Hocsak said that the two concepts of life—the dialectical ma terialism of Communism, and the spiritual principles of the Church —have caused the evolution of a generation of young Hungarians who do not know just what to be lieve. The Revolution revealed what many had chosen. After the discussion period hot coffee and cookies were served. The next C.C.U.N. meeting will be held in room 1-3 on October 15th at 8 P.M. Hoyler Gives Electronics Presentation BY JOHN KIRBY Collegian Reporter Cyril N. Hoyler fascinated a captive audience Thursday night with his presentation of Sight and Sound in Solid State Electronics. The school audi torium was filled with inter ested students and profession al engineers. Mr. Hoyler, who combines his professional attitude with a wel come sense of humor and marvel ous sense of showmanship, kept the lecture fast moving yet comprehen sive. Exploring what is coming in science, recent experiments, and opportunities in new fields, Mr. Hoyler held the interest of the audience throughout. Mr. Hoyler, a Canadian born Moravian College educated man representing the David Sarnoff Re search Laboratory, a division of R.C.A., interspersed his lecture with slide projections and experi ments, including live television, photographing, automatic traffic control, music reproduction. Mr. Hoyler illustrated that an electric current flowing between two metals could produce a cooling effect. Utilizing this electric cool ing on the stage, he made ice cubes. He also showed how’ this could be incorporated in walls to be used as air conditioning. By reversing the current between the metals heat is produced, thus yielding a year round air conditioning system. Mr. Hoyler also pointed out that ice Continued Page 3, Col. 3 64 EnroHed In N. C. St-ate Classes Here BY JIM MAHAFFEE Collegian Reporter As. Dr. Lynch is out of town on the date of this writing, little in formation is available on the pro gress of the N. C. State courses being offered at C.C. It was learned through Miss Cone and the college office that 64 stu dents are enrolled in these classes. Of these, 60 are undergraduates and 4 are post-graduates. The four post-grads are studying in the chemical engineering majors. Five subjects are being taught this Fall Quarter with six to be taught in the Winter Quarter, Fu ture information on these courses will be reported later on. Writer's Club Holds Year's First Meeting BY JOHN KIRBY Collegian Reporter The Writer’s Club held its first meeting Wednesday night in the student lounge. Distribution date for the first quarter “Owl Tracts,” literary magazine was set for Dec ember 8th. The club adopted a motion that a student, outside the club, who is selected as having the most worthy paper by club shall have his work honorarily published in the maga zine. The club plans a business meet ing Tuesday, October 24th, at 8:00 o’clock in the lounge, and starts work on the magazine Sunday aft ernoon at 2:30 o’clock at Patty Hill’s house on Romany Road. Membership is by invitation from this fraternity to students selected as worthy. Present members are Patty Hill, Bob Robertson, Susan Thomas, Tex Berryhill, Martha Moore, and John Kirby. Phi Thet's Meet Phi Theta Kappa honorary fra ternity held a brief meeting Thurs day at the break. At this meeting it was announced that a full scale meeting was scheduled for Sunday, October 19th, at Miss Mary Denny’s house at 3:00 o’clock. Page, Jones, Bechtold Were Leaders Of City Campaign BY MARGOT DOIHJE (’ollegian Co-Editor On Nov. 4 the voters of Charlotte approved a bond issue for the amount of $975,000 for the Charlotte Community College, $575,000 of which will be used to match state funds and $400,000 which will go toward purchase of site. “The future of Charlotte College was at slake in this election," said Miss Bonnie Cone, director of Char lotte (’ollege. She further explained lhat despite the efforts of the Com munity (’ollege System for the past two years the legal bond limit had been filled and this was the first and last chance our college will have to expand in another ten years. The other two bond issues are 1.) a two million dollar courthouse for Charlotte; 2.) a $500,000 alteration for the present courthouse. The two million dollar courthouse is to ac commodate our two rapidly increas ing administrations, and also to start a slum eradicatien program in the Brooklyn district. Since the construction of the new courthouse will necessarily take several years, the present courthouse must be al tered to take care of daily expand ing demands. Beating the city-wide drums for the Community College System, the Chamber of Commerce appoint ed Mr. A1 Bechtold head of the pub licity committee, Mr. Arthur Jones head of the education committee, and Mr. Robert Page, Jr., as over all chairman of both committees. The public was kept informed in every conceivable way with cover age by Chamber of Commerce mem bers; students, instructors and teachers of Charlotte College; radio, T.V, and newspaper cover age; plus a brochure and a simple fact-filled folder. The brochure, “Data for the Big Date”, is an extensive explanation of the Charlotte Community Col lege System. It was distributed to all civic organizations. The fact sheet was a simple folder given to each school child in the area for parents supplying all the pertinent information in cooperation with Dr. E. H. Garinger, Mr. James W. Wil son and school boards. The evening before election, a 15 minute pro gram was put on T.V. centering around the bond issue, with the Community College System spon sors sharing part of the 15 min utes. Speeches were made by faculty, alumni, and Chamber of Commerce members to each civic club and organization. May we of THE COLLEGIAN, knowing that we speak for the stu> dent body of Charlotte College, express our deep regrets and ex tend our sincere sympathy to our beloved director, Miss Bonnie Cone, ot the passing of her mother. SOLUTION? f»fp HARFtlS AND MOTOFJCYCLE: One student’s cure for the parking headache at Charlotte College.—(Collegian Photo—Killough).
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