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Volume 18, Number
Charlotte, North Carolina
January, 1964
49'ers Bring Sun Coast Trophy Home
Four Dates Set For Performing Arts
Three concerts and a program
of readings from Shakespeare
have been scheduled for the
chpring series of performing arts,
it was announced last week by
Prof. R. W. Rieke, chairman of
the Committee on Concerts and
Lectures.
Dates for the performances
are: February 19 at 8:00 p.m.
—Readings from Shakespeare;
March 13 at a morning hour—
The Deane-Drinkall Duo; April
14 at 8:15 p.m.—The Charlotte
Choral Society; and May 5 at
':15 p.m.—The Alabama String
Quartet.
All events of the spring series
will be held in the Library Audi
torium, and admission will be
free. The committee emphasizes
that the families and other
guests of students and faculty
'will be welcome to attend all
programs in the series.
The Shakespeare program
comes first, being scheduled for
Wednesday evening, February
19, at eight o’clock. This pro
gram, which includes readings
:fc'om a half dozen of the plays,
wil be presented by the Pfeiffer
College group, under the direc
tion of Prof. Robert Grubbs,
chairman of Speech and Drama
at Pfeiffer. Known as the
Shakespeare Concert Perform
ers, this group includes student
and faculty members who have
had professional theater experi
ence.
On March 13, a morning con
cert will present the Dean-
Drinkall Duo, now in its third
successful season, having per
formed in Europe, Iceland, and
America. In concert perform
ance, Derry Deane plays the
violin; Roger Drinkall, the cello.
Both members of this Duo are
highly trained musicians. Derry
Deane is a graduate of the East
man School of Music, and she
has won a number of musical
prizes. Her guest appearances
have included the Rochester,
Memphis, and North Carolina
Symphony orchestras.
Roger Drinkall is a graduate
of the Curtis Institute of Mu
sic, and he has won also a num
ber of prizes. His guest appear
ances have made him widely
known as soloist with orchestras
in Chicago, Wheeling, and Phil
adelphia. Both artists have ap
peared at the Brevard Festivals.
The third program in the
spring series will bring to
campus the Charlotte Choral
Society, known nationally for
its dramatic performance each
year on the Singing Christmas
Tree, which was sold out a week
before performance dates this
year. Under the direction of
Alice Hulbert Berman, a grad
uate of Westminster Choir Col
lege, this choral group includes
105 voices and offers exciting
variety in its concert programs.
Its repertory includes classical
and contemporary music as well
as popular numbers from recent
musicals.
The date aranged with the
Charlotte Choral Society is a
Tuesday evening, April 14, at
8:15, and the general public
will be invited. In addition to
this home concert, the Choral
Society is travelling out of town
this spring to give concerts at
three other colleges—Pfeiffer,
Catawba, and Winthrop.
Concluding the spring series,
the Alabama String Quartet
will appear in the Library Audi
torium on May 5, Tuesday even
ing, at 8:15. Known as the
Quartet-in-Residence at the Uni
versity of Alabama, this group
makes short tours each year to
other states.
More Adults Enrolling
Over 300 adults from Char
lotte and surrounding towns at
tended a briefing session in the
Library Auditorium last Thurs
day evening, January 16, to get
information about evening clas
ses to be offered during the
spring semester.
The special program, planned
jointly by the college adminis
tration and the Central Indus-
rial Management Club, was ar
ranged to stimulate more in
terest in adult education through
direct publicity on the oppor
tunities available here. Both the
large attendance and the keen
interest during the program
made the effort seem worth
while.
Representing the college.
Dean S. J. McCoy, Mr. Frank
F. Tinkham, and Mr. L. Robert
Grogan addressed the meeting,
Explaining registration proce
dures and choices available in the
classes. After an extended ques-
tion-and-answer period, many
of those attending the program
expressed a keen interest in en
rolling at the college.
Mr. Joseph Du Montier, presi
dent of the Management Club,
had handled publicity to adults
employed in the Charlotte area,
and the appeal emphasized two
personal objectives—to complete
a degree and to gain the satis
faction of studying and learn
ing.
The program in the Library
Auditorium was followed by in
dividual conferences with mem
bers of the faculty, as interested
guests were directed to the dif
ferent departments. These con
ferences, in addition to necessary
practical questions, revealed
the keen excitement of ser
ious men and women who had
dismissed a college education
earlier or had been unable to
continue.
The impact of this special
publicity on evening class can
not be gauged in exact figures
of increased enrollment, but a
round figure of fifty new stu
dents was the most frequent
estimate. Such results will
broaden the influence of the col
lege so much farther in the
surrounding community.
Speaking for the committee
after the spring series was firm
ed up. Professor Rieke com
mented: “The committee feels
it has been fortunate in arrang
ing to offer to our students and
the general public such variety
and quality of artistic presenta
tions during this initial year.”
Earlier in the year, this com
mittee presented Dr. Willy Ley
in a lecture on “The Space Age”
last October. The committee wel
comes audience reaction and
suggestion as the remainder of
the series continues.
Sanford To
Direct Publicity
J. Kenneth Sanford was
named Public Information Di
rector for Charlotte College,
January 15. He will release all
publicity from the college and!
advise the student publications.
Mr. Sanford graduated from
the University of North Caro
lina in 1957 with a Masters’ De
gree in journalism. He also at
tended Mars Hill Junior College.
He has done journalism research
and recently worked as an edi
torial writer for the Winston-
Salem Journal cmd Sentinel in
Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr. San
ford has worked as Public In--
formation Director for the
United Fund of Asheville.
Miss January—Sandra McGee
Plaque Honors W'\ A. Kennedy
On the afternoon of January
6th, 1964, a plaque honoring the
memory of Mr. W. A. Kennedy
was affixed to the facade of the
Science Building. The bronze
marker, bearing the names of
the current Board of Trustees
of Charlotte College, is the first
commemorative plaque erected
on the campus. The man whom
it acclaims was devoted to the
development of Charlotte Col
lege.
For the students who were
not acquainted with him, Mr.
Kennedy was a successful textile
manufacturer. He was obliged
to work his way through North
Carolina State College. Never
theless, he participated in many
extracurricular activities.
Mr. Kennedy wanted to see a
great university located near
Charlotte. He used to tell re
porters, “I may not, but you will
live to see 10,000 students at
Charlotte College.”
As Chairman of the Site
Selection Committee appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce,
he was the first to suggest the
present location for the campus.
Mi*. Kennedy felt that the col
lege needed a scenic campus with
ample space for expansion.
For eleven years, Mr. Ken
nedy worked as a member of
the Advisory Board of Charlotte
College. His death occurred on
the day before he was to be
come a member of the first
Board of Trustees. Because of
his interest in science and engi
neering, our science building
was erected in his honor.
Count Basie At Charlotte College
The Studetit Council Social
Committee has announced the
booking of Count Basie and his
orchestra for Saturday night,
February 8, in the Library
Auditorium at Charlotte College.
The performance will be a very
informal combination concert
and dance, beginning at 9:00
p.m.
Admission to this perform
ance will be on the basis of one
student and one guest per stu
dent identification card. Faculty
and Staff members and their
families will be admitted with
their identification cards. The
Social Committee wishes to
make clear that admission to
this event will be very care-
''ully controlled, so all students
should be careful to remember
their identification cards. No
one will be admitted without
the proper identification.
Preceding the performance
by Count Basie, the Charlotte
College 49’ers will play Lynch
burg in the Garinger gymna
sium, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Students, Faculty and Staff
members who attend the basket
ball game will be the first to be
admitted to the Count Basie per
formance, so everyone who de
sires the best choice of seats
should plan to attend both the
game and the performance.
The Social Committee also
stated that the performance by
Count Basie will not take the
place of the Valentine’s Sweet
heart Dance, which will be held
in the Library Auditorium on
Friday night, February 14, be
ginning at 9:00 p.m.
The Charlotte College 49’ers
topped the finals of the Sun
Coast Classic, played in St.
Petersburg, Florida, during the
first week of January, and
wrested the trophy away from
Florida Presbyterian. An un
expected victory for the 49’ers
sent their final score to a final
68-61 victory.
On the opening round of the
tournament, the 49’ers had
drawTi a tough opponent in Bir
mingham Southern, the only
team in the tournament offering
basketball scholarships and re
puted the toughest competition.
After winning over Birming
ham, the 49’ers faced Florida
Presbyterian in the finals and
wound up the first half lagging
by five points, 27-32. Then a late
burst of scoring pushed them in
the lead by ten points with only
minutes left in the game. Al
though this lead was whittled
down, a comfortable margin held
for the final winning score of 68-
61.
Following the game, Ronnie
Robinson was named the tourna-
fnent’s most valuable player. He
and Joe Sabatini made the All-
Tournament team.
Bringing the first tournament
trophy home has created a sud
den problem at Charlotte Col
lege—no trophy case.
Board Elects
Reese Chairman
The Board of Trustees of
Charlotte College, at its meeting
on January 14, elected Addison
H. Reese chairman. Mr. Reese,
president of North Carolina Na
tional Bank, will fill the unex
pired term of J. Murrey Atkins,
who died in December.
As vice chairman formerly,
Mr. Reese had also chaired the
Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee. As new Chairman of
the Board, he appointed Thomas
Belk chairman of the Buildings
and Grounds Committee and al
so appointed J. Ed. Burnside,
a new member, to serve on that
committee.
Three Faculty Appointments
At the same meeting the
Board approved three new ap
pointments to the faculty, one
to begin with the spring semes
ter.
Joining the faculty now, Wil
liam E. Jackson will be the new
instructor in political science
next semester. A graduate of
Davidson with his master’s de
gree from the University of
North Carolina, Mr. Jackson has
had unusual experience as re
search assistant to the majority
leader of the New York State
Senate and as a budget examiner
for the Bureau of the Budget in
Washington, D. C.
Dr. James R. Kuppers will be
come an associate professor of
Chemistry, beginning this fall.
Dr. Kuppers, now teaching at
Pfeiffer College, has had earlier
experience as food technologist
for United Fruit Company and
(See BOARD, page 3)