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THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
June 2, 1959
The Charlotte Collegian
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Published
Charlotte College
Jerry Rich, Reid Wentz
Ed Phillips
. .. Judie Joseph
Bob Robertson
Deanna Merrell
Hal Edwards
Sam Bell
. Billy Carden, Kay Combs,
James Mahaffee, Geraldine Loveless
Fred Collins
John McManus
George Killough, Wade Ramsey, Jr.
by the Students of
Charlotte, North Carolina
JERRY RICH
NOTES
THEMUSICCORNER
COOPERATION
THE KEY TO PEACE
Is the human race going to learn to adapt its thinking toward co
operation before it is too late? The way we are headed now it seems
unlikely. Ever since the cave-man first tied a rock on a stick to make
an ax, he has been going around hitting people who did not agree with
him. This worked all right at first, for it provided a method of elimi
nating the weaker members of the group. Today war only drains a
country of its best men. Many countries—France, in particular—are
still feeling the shortage of manpower created by WW II.
When we can say “jump” to a whole continent and back it up with
hydrogen bombs, individual ends cease to be as important as they
once were. The ridiculous part of the whole situation is how anyone
can consider wiping out millions of people to get something which
won’t be fit to use when they get it. We have progressed to a point
where there can be no “winner” of the next war. Everyone knows this
fact; still the U. S. and Russia erect iron curtains, stockpile bombs, and
carry out policing actions.
People live through one crisis after another in fear wondering
when it will happen. When ? That’s the big question—not “if”, but
“when.” How can we sit chain smoking in a room of dynamite without
expecting that sooner or later it will explode. There are many ways of
being useful, but the most obvious—and least likable—is simple to put
the cigarette out. Likewise, it seems most obvious that to prevent a
war we must practice co-operation on a mass basis.
There are millions of things that nobody can do alone but that
can be done with help and co-operation. Nobody—except possibly a
professional weight lifter—can lift a modern automobile. But frequently
the simplest way to separate a pair of cars with locked bumpers is to
pick one up and get it out of the way. There are usually a dozen or more
people standing around looking; cooperative effort and a good heave-ho
—and the job is done.—Reid Wentz.
KAY COMBS:
PICNIC THOUGHTS
In the spring a young man’s
fancy turns to thoughts of . . .
food, among other assorted things.
And food is exactly what we had
plenty of on Saturday, May 16, at
the annual CC picnic.
Bryant Park served as an ideal
location for the members attend
ing, and Mother Nature blessed us
with a beautiful spring atmosphere.
By getting a good start on the
food at six o’clock, almost every
one was stuffed at eight.
Food is not all I think about
really. Besides loving to eat, I have
several other pastimes, one of
which is laughing. I mean to tell
you that your dear ole school has
some really entertaining person
alities. All they need is something
such as a picnic in order to enter
tain and keep people such as yours
truly laughing. I believe more of
my time was spent in laughing than
in eating.
Cont. Page 6, Cols. 3 and 4.
EDWARDS
FRIEND OF
FRESHMEN
Well, it’s here—that last bit of
sweat and strain that identifies the
end of the school year. For the
sophomores, it is a time of con
fusion. Many are worried about
their credits or about final exams.
Still others worry about which
school to attend next year. Lastly,
the sophs are undoubtedly concern
ed over the fact that their school,
as it were, is being left to the
freshman crew that is advancing
in status and will be sophs them
selves next year. What about these
freshmen ? Will they be strong
enough to carry the responsibili
ties? Will they be ready to really
go to work ?
The answers to these and other
pointed questions concerning the
freshman class may be obtained by
Cont. Page 6, Col. 5
AND QUOTES
Why in blazes is the world al
ways rushing about, screaming its
silly head off about the horrors of
this wild, hovering cloud of worry
called “atomic fall-out?” The way
I see the situation is that if this
radio-activity bit is so deadly, it
might be a very good thing.
Think about it this way: This
“Yankee Jones—or rather 01’ Fool
ish Jones—down-the-block,” whom
you have been planning for months
to kill because he talks like an in-
tegiationist, will be killed by this
fall-out. Those Negroes over in
Biddleville, those foreigners who
run that no-good little grocery
store, those people over yonder
whose skin is a different color from
yours, all of them will be erased
from this earth. Thus, this crazy
atomic fall-out could save some
work for you and Kasper and the
race - and - nationality prejudiced
boys.
But then you might be killed; it
would be most fitting for you, you
bunch of trouble-making monger-
ers. Of course, this fall-out would
take care of me, too. But us peace-
loving radicals have got to go some
time or another.
And maybe it should be soon,
while there are still a few days of
light in this hate-darkened land.
If * *
Who was the wise one who said;
“Hear no evil, see no evil, and
speak no evil—and you’ll never
write a best selling novel”?
* * ♦
Some people irritate me—espec
ially those who promise me arti
cles but don’t turn them in; how
ever, it is an erroneous rumor
spreading about that everyone irri
tates me.
* * *
I liked this year’s edition of the
Si Si. The cover went a long way
in aiding the over-all annual. Also,
the I’arnassian comes out this
week, and should be a very good
effort.
♦ ♦ ♦
I don’t care what you think; I
like me. And you can’t have me.
(Makes sense, doesn’t it?)
>ii * *
Here’s wishing Reid Wentz and
Ed Silber loads and loads of luck
in their publishing of next year’s
Collegian.
I really do believe that Reid
and Eddie will do their best to
put out a paper representative of
Charlotte College.
BY REID WENTZ
First, I would like to express
my appreciation to Jerry Merritt
for correcting the error I made in
the title of the new Mitch Miller
album. However, I feel sure if he
looks back at my column, he will
see that I merely suggested “Even
Still More Sing Along with Mitch”
as a likely title.
I would also like to differ with
my musical cohort on the new
Porgy and Bess album. Lena Horne
is not as good as she usually is on
this disc. She recently filed a mo
tion to prevent RCA from releas
ing the album. In the suit Miss
Horne also wanted $100,000 dam
age because the LP “does not pre
sent her singing voice satisfactori
ly.” She also felt that its release
would cause her career “irrepar
able damage.” It’s nice to know
that she concurs with my opinion.
What would make a really good
Porgy and Bess album is the com
bination of Belafonte and Ella Fitz
gerald (who cut the Gershwin opera
on Verne with Louis Armstrong,
of all people).
Martin Denny on Liberty is mak
ing a big splash with a tune called
“Quiet Village,” recently released
from his album “Exotica, Vol. I”
which is now among the top albums
in the country. The tune is an old
one wi'itten by Les Baxter, the
well-known Capitol orchestra lead
er who has conducted such big hits
as “Blue Tango” and “April in
Portugal.”
One of the biggest albums now
out selling “Peter Gunn,” is “77
Cont. Page 6, Col. 4.
BY JERRY MERRITT
This being the last (Yea!
Whoopee!) edition of the year, let’s
you and me. Baby take a fleeting
glance at some of the best selling
songs of the year, okay?
1958-59 saw a major change
from knee-slapping, gorilla grunts
(often termed rock ’n roll) to the
more soothing, slower grunts. Take
a quick look at one of the hit pa
rade charts. (But not the Fabu
lous; Fbrty, for heavens sake!)
You’ll find most of the top sellers
are ballads.
'I'he contributing factor was that
most of the rock 'n roll songwriters
were finally captured and sent back
to Siberia; and to fill this gap, ar
tists began reviving the old stand
ards, such as “My Happiness”,
“Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”, “My
Heart Sings”, and many others.
Some writers proved to be quite
tricky about combining an old song
with new words—^for instance,
“May You Always”, “The World
Outside”, and “Yellowbird”. All
were good sellers.
Some of the new artists and
songs to pass the million mark
were Conway Twitty and “It’s Only
Make Believe” (incidentally, have
a stupendous title for his next al
bum—“Twitty Tweets the Top
Pops.” How about that, Rudolph?)
Connie Francis and “Stupid Cupid”
and “Falling’,, and the Kingston
Trio and “Tom Dooley”. David Sel-
ville dropped a new trend in our
laps with the Chipmunks (Cone,
Baker, and Heck). Let us not for
get Richie Valens and The Big
Cont. Page 6, Col. 3.
THOSE END OF THE YEAR BLDES
C\
The management of the Owl’s
Roost wishes to thank you—the
students of CC, our customers—for
your patronage this year.
Bobby Allen
A1 Palmer.
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John Yandle 54
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John Simon 3