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VOLUME i7. NUMBER 4
Oxford Work
Is Reported
By Manuel Kennedy
Addressing the last meeting
of the English-Speaking Union,
Mr. Joel H. Siegel, of the Eng-
ligh Department at Charlotte Col
lege, gave a vivid account of his
summer’s work at England’s Ox
ford University.
The English-Speaking Union
had granted Mr. Siegel a full
Scholarship in 1962 to attend the
July-August summer session at
Oxford. His tutor for special
studies in English Linguistic His
tory was E. J. Dobson, a well-
known English philologist and
author of monumental studies in
linguistics.
“A comfortable place to
Indulge one’s curiosity” was Mr.
Siegel’s brief description of Ox
ford. One finds at the great uni
versity “people who know how to
be scholarly without being stuffy
and how to amuse themselves
without being silly.”
Mr. Siegel was impressed most
by the long line of tradition behind
the school - -a tradition begun in
the twelfth century and in which
lx3cke, Browne, Shelley, Eliot,
and many others have played an
important role.
Expanding on the dominance
of tradition, Mr. Siegel empha
sized “the quality, variety, and
immensity of its significant con
tributions to human affairs” and
named advances in science and
contributions to literature.
“Certain universities such as
Paris and Oxford are, nexttothe
Roman' Catholic Church itself,
the oldest unbroken human insti
tutions in the Western World to
day,” Mr. Siegel told the English-
Speaking Union.
CC Recieves
Gifts
CHARUOTTE. MC»TH CABOUNA
JANUARY, 1963
Many
By Susan Proctor
December is the month for
giving, and Charlotte College was
by no means left out. Gifts poured
in from interested friends in
Charlotte and far removed.
One of our oldest scholarships
began in 1959, when the employ
ees of the L. G. Mumaw Engi
neering Company gave a full
engineering scholarship in the
name of their employer as their
Christmas gift to him. Mr. Mu
maw was so thrilled by the honor
that he also gave a scholarship.
Both have been renewed annually,
totaling ten scholarships todate.
Of the students receiving the
L. G. Mumaw scholarships, two
have obtained engineering de
grees from N. C. State Col
lege; two are now seniors there;
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JIMMY WESTMORELAND
to spark T. A. P,
Westmoreland Is
Named Chairman
A freshman at CC, Jimmy
Westmoreland, has been ap
pointed state chairman of the
Teen-Age Program (TAP) of the
National Foundation which spon
sors the March of Dimes.
He will be responsible for
thirty-two counties and will serve
with two other chairmen. Wendell
Eysenback, volunteer state
chairman, announced his appoint
ment in December.
“My main responsibility will
be setting up the program within
the counties and seeing that it
By Susan Weter
is carried out,” Jimmy said.
“The purpose is not just to make
money, but to get more teen
agers interested in the pro
gram.”
The March of Dimes began
January 8 and will end January
30.
Jimmy Westmoreland is a
graduate of Myers Park High
School. He is active in the Me
thodist Youth Fellowship and
plans to enter the ministry. In
addition to his school work, he
holds down a job.
Music Plays In Lounge
“Cramming for exams really
paid off. I seem to be hearing
heavenly music, ” thought a
weary, sleep-deprived C.C. stu
dent as he wandered into the
student lounge.
No, the extra hours of study
did not reap ^uite such rich
rewards. It wasn’t angelic choirs
this unsung scholar heard,
but only music from a tape
recorder in the lounge. The music
is a project of the Student Council
Publicity committee headed by
Circle K To Sell Books
During registration week the Circle “K” Cfluh wiL
•sponsor a used-book sale to help istudents dispose of
previous textbooks or buy used books for the next
coiirse. The club vnll handle all boo;ks an ft consign
ment basis.
Books wiU be collected in
Room K-316 during examination
weeh, beginning on January 21.
and will be sold beginning on
January 28, the first day of
registration.
The student selling abookwiU
set his own price and will re
ceive a receipt shovring his sale
price. Books will be sold in
the order tlwt they are received.
Only textbooks in continued
use will be handled. A list of
saleable books will be posted
in K-316.
Tte selling price of each book
will be the owner’s price plus
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Fraternities Are
Ruled Against
At its meeting oir Tuesday, January 8, the Board
of Trustees adopted a resolution establishing aJ policy
“that no social fraternities or sororities be recognized
or approved at Charlotte College.”
Calvin Beckwith. Calvin prepares
the tapes, which are secured at
C. Hugh’s Record Shop.
The first sample of this idea
came the day before Christmas
holidays when carols were played
in the lounge. The Christmas
music was so well received that
the Student Council considered
making It permanent. Friday
January 4, the music began. A
wide variety of listening (not
dancing) music was played.
The tapes also serve a pur
pose other than bringing pleasure
to students and faculty: important
announcements are included for
those who somehow miss them on
the bulletin board. The members
of the Publicity Committee are
responsible for changing the
tapes and the operation of the
recorder.
Calvin and other members
would appreciate comments from
students concerning the music
they would like to hear.
TO OFFER BLAZERS
Student’s desiring blazers will
get their chance on Monday, Feb.
4. Blazers fittings will be held in
Room L107 at two times to be
announced. There will be a time
for day students and night stu
dents.
Coffee Hour
Is Popular
Friendly atmosphere and good
will prevailed in Room L-107
last Thursday afternoon. The oc
casion was the coffee hour for
students and faculty. And another
hour was held for night students
later that evening.
Beginning in mid-afternoon,
the affair was pne of many simi
lar events the Student Council
hopes to schedule fortheschooL
Across one end of the spacious
room stood a long table covered
with white lace and lighted by
blue candles, providing both at
mosphere and the school colors.
On gleaming silver trays there
were mounds of tiny, sweet cook
ies and petite sandwiches for the
guests. Music was prcxvided on
tape by Calvin Beckwith.
AU around faculty and students
were engaged in conversation.
Topics during the afternoon
ranged from up- coming exams to
controversial fraternity discus
sions.
“This is the nicest coffee hour
we have ever had, but I hope
there wiU be many more,” said
Sharon Bush, who served.
Thanks for this festive occa
sion go to the Social Committee,
headed by Miss Patricia Stephens
and Sandra Hodges. Hard-work
ing students on the committee
have arranged many happy events
for the faculty and the student
body, and they have more planned.
-| Reasons for the action were
j based largely on the commuting
character of the college. It was
concluded that there is little
need for social fraternities or
sororities where the student body
travels back and forth at stag
gered hours during theacademlc
day.
Another reason involved was
the practical problem for the
college to regulate properly such
social organizations, since they
would be operating at some times
or for the most part off campus.
No cjiapters of national fra
ternities had been chartered at
Charlotte College. In a student
body of twelve hundred, one local
fraternity. Sigma Lambda Chi,
had been established for twelve
years, and two other student
groups were interested in found
ing local fraternities.
The action of the Board of
Trustees was In substantial a-
greement with a resolution adop
ted earlier by the faculty, en
couraging further expansion and
development of organizations im-
der the direction of the Student
Council.
Although the afternoon meeting
of the Board of Trustees made
the news of its action available
first in the morning paper, stu
dents directly interested in fra
ternal organization had been in
formed earlier that a policy
decision was pending and had
been advised not to assume any
financial obligations.
Discussions remain pending
with the several student groups
on the possibilities of realign
ing their organization within the
framework of the Student Coun
cil.
CC Alumna Speaks
At NEA Dinner
The Charlotte College chap
ter of the student N.E^. held a
dinner meeting at the Greenland
Restaurant on December 15,1962.
Charlotte College alumnae who
attended were Miss Rose Erwin,
Miss Martha Price, Mrs. J. M.
Hollingsworth, and Mrs. Vernon
Booth. Miss Erwin, Miss Price,
and Mrs. Hollingsworth are pre
sently studying at Queen’s. Mrs.
Booth, who was the speaker of
the evening, is teaching at Baine
Elementary School.
Mrs. Booth returned to school
after an absence of twelve years
to prepare herself for a teaching
career. Her two children, Larry
and Connie, were eight and four
years old respectively when she
registered at Charlotte College.
In spite of her duties at home.
Mrs. Booth maintained a high
scholastic average during her
years at Charlotte CoUege. When
she graduated from C.C. and went
on to Queen’s for her junior and
senior years, she was appointed
to the Dean’s List.
Mrs. Booth’s talk centered
around the rewards of public
school teaching, particularly ele
mentary teaching. Following her
talk, the floor was opened for an
instructive question-and-answer
period.
Other members and guests at
tending the December meeting
were: Mr. J. M. Hollingsworth,
Mr. Larry Lynn, Mr.RalphKIng,
Miss Antoinette Eubanks, Miss
Kristen Phipps, Miss Glenda •
TruU, Miss Patsy Helfner, Miss
Mary Denny. Mrs. B. J. Phipps.,
and Miss Glenda Trull.
Student Poll
what is your opinion concern
ing fraternities at Charlotte Col
lege?
Guy R. Newman: There are no
foundations for fraternities out
here. Charlotte College is de
finitely a commuting college.
There is no basis fora fraternity.
Tom Guerrant: 1 think that it is
not up to the school to dictate
what students can do. Charlotte
College is a non-resident school,
and as such it can claim little,
if any. Influence on the actions,
of its students.
Gene Horne: I think that a
college is a place for freedom- -
freedom of thought and fre^om
of actions. While I think that the
administration should discreetly
choose school-supported activi
ties, the students themselves
should have the ability to think
or act-- individually or collec
tively--as they wish... the spirit
of college students requires
freedom, adveirture, quest,
fellowship ... A fraternity,
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