The
Charlotte Collegian
Volume 18, Number 7
Official Charlotte College Student Publication
Charlotte, North Carolina
April 13, -£S4
I.
Upper left hand corner indicates the acre- Commissioners,
age given to the college by the County
Commissioners Decide
Donate 520 Acres
The County Commissioners approved unanimously
Tuesday, April 7, the gift of 520 acres of land to Chalotte
•College, subject to ratification by the General Assembly
next year.
If the assembly does not ratify
the gift, or if the college does not
carry out the terms of the ratifi
cation, the land will revert to the
Rpunty.
If commissioners determine at
any time that any part of the
land is not being used for educa
tional purposes, it will revert to
the county also.
The college will use the coun
ty land which lies along U. S.
29N in putting together a 1,500-
acre tract which it feels neces
sary for the univerisity it hopes
to become. A special committee
from the Consolidated Univer
sity of North Carolina is study
ing the college’s bid for univer
sity status, and it was felt that
the land donation would have a
favorable affect on the .commit-
- tee’s recommendations. The gift
brings the total now to 917 acres.
The remainder is expected to
come from a do'nation by a col
lege trus-tee and by additional
purchases.
The land is valued at one mil
lion dollars.
The land immediately sur
rounding Green Acres, the coun
ty-owned home for the aged, is
■not in the donation.
Monday’s unanimous decision
by the commissioners gave col
lege officials clear-cut demon
stration of the community’s of
ficial enthusiam for Charlotte
,'College and its future.
The action ends about two
years of discussions between
college and county officials over
the feasibility and legality of
the gift.
Earlier this year, commission
ers decided to gice the land out
right, then called a November 3
referendum to insure its legality,
and finally decided once again
on the outright gift after it was
determined that a referendum
jould not legally be held for at
least a year.
College officials expressed re
lief and delight at the decision.
‘■The action today”, said Miss
Bonnie Co'ne, "recognizes the
importance of this institution
to our people and will help en
able Charlotte College to assume
its prospective role of a camp
us of the university”.
College Trustees
Name Library
For Atkins
The Charlotte College trustees
have voted to name the school
library in honor of the late J.
Mui’rey Atkins. Mr. Atkins,
chairman of the trustees and a
former member of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Board of Educa
tion, died last December.
The trustees unanimously
voted to name the building the
“J. Murrey Atkins Library”, and
to have an official dedication in
the near future. It was anno'un-
ced that the Dickson Founda
tion had donated $5,000 to Char
lotte College to be used for edu
cational purposes, and as mem
orial to Mr. Atkins. Mr. Atkins
was president of the investment
firm of R. S. Dickson and Co.
As an area business and social
leader, Atkins served as city
councilman, as chairman of the
former city school board, and as
a director of the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce. He had
also been a member of the Board
of Governors of the Investment
Bankers Association and District
Chairman of the American Se
curities Dealers Association.
Governor Terry Sanford, May
or Stan Brookshire, and many
others praised Atkins’ many con
tributions to the community he
loved.
Said Sanford; “Murrey Atkins
earned his reputation as a suc
cessful businessman, a strong
supporter of education, and a
civic leader. The Charlotte area
and the entire state benefited
from his work. For years to come,
the students at Charlotte College
will be beneficiaries of his ef
forts.”
Mayor Brookshire expressed
his feelings this way: “In the
death of J. Murrey Atkins, Char
lotte lost one of its finest citizens
. . .an outstanding leader who
placed ,f.9rvice to his community
above self-interest. He will be
greatly missed in the business,
civic, and church affairs of our
city.”
Preyer Is
Here Today
Judge Richardson Preyer,
Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of North Carolina will be
on campus Monday, April 13th.
He will speak in room 206 of the
coffee hour will follow, with dis
ing sponsored by Charlotte Col
lege Students for Preyer. Judge
Preyer’s speeoh will last from
10:20 until 10:40. An informal
coffee hour wil follow, with dis
cussion until 11:00.
Books For Libmry
Library Week Here
April 12-18, National Library
Week, has as its slogan, “Reading
is the Key”. But Charlotte Col
lege, because of small numbers
of books in the libray, has as its
own slogan, “Books for the Lib
rary”.
During National Library Week,
a table will be placed in the
middle of the Library for stu
dents and faculty members to do
nate several of their unwanted
books to the Books for the Lib
rary drive. Dr. George Aberna
thy Jr. of the Faculty Library
Committee said, “The faculty re
sponse is encouraging. It is the
students' library and it should
be up to the students to contri
bute a back or a book. CC Stu
dents can also mention it to their
friends, relatives, and acquain-
Bulletin!
Constitution
Defeated
A Special Student
Council Meeting has
been called for 10:30 A.
M., Monday. It seems
that the Referendum
will be declared void . .
. . watch for results.
iiiiiinin
Decline Of The
Sex Frontier
The Sex Frontier in fiction has
been so thoroughly exploited
through the release of the works
of D. H. Lawrence and Henry
Miller, among others, to the
American reading public, that
sex has been taken just about
as far as it can go on the print
ed page.
Today’s authors are beginning
to realize that sex, as a fictive
element, is a broken crutch—In
short, that it is no longer, by
and of itself, sensational.
Jesse Hill Ford is one of the
few newcomers to fiction who
believes this decline signals a
trend towards a fresh vision of
comedy in American fiction, a
comedy rooted in the tradition
of the vigorous New World. Tak
ing his own works, themselves
prize examples of the new buoy-
ance and comic release in
thoughtful fiction. He gets at
the origins of the new trend in
delightful scenes from the novel,
the short story, and the drama.
Hear Jesse Hill Ford discuss
this trend in the lecture which
kicks off our Annual Spring
Weekend, Friday, April 17, 10:20
A.M., in the Library Auditorium.
Mr. Ford will also be available
for individual discussion during
the Informal Coffee Hour, Fri
day, April 17, from 2 to 4 P.M.,
in the College Union, room 206
Student Activity
Fees Are Itemized
By Nina CasJles
Student activity fees, at the
present time, are .set at 16-dollars
for the first semester and 11-
dollars for the second semester.
In the first semester, 5-dollars
o'ut of the 16 is used, not to ope
rate the College Union, but to
pay for fui'niture and equipment.
The student council receives 6-
dollars which it uses for activi
ties such as athletics, concerts,
lectures, and social events. The
remaining 5-dollars is for the
publication of the Charlotte Col
lege annual.
Again, in the second semester,
5-dollars out of the 11 is to pay
for furniture and equipment,
leaving 6-dollars for the student
council activity fee.
Beginning with next semester,
students will pay a first semes
ter fee of 13-dollars, no part of
which is earmarked for any parti
cular activity such as the annual.
I'he second semester fee will be
7-do)lars, making a yearly total
of 20-dollars.
In addition to this 20-dollars
students will pay a seperate fee
of another 20-dollars. This fee
will be the sole source of pay-
rr.ent for a new addition to the
College Union. The cost of the
addition will be $572,000. Annual
payments of $40,000 must be
made on the loan. Assuming an
enrollment of 2,000 students, this
amounts to 20-dollars per stu
dent.
The Charlotte College Board
of Trustees approved this raise
in fees reluctantly, realizing the
burden it will place on the stu
dents. However, no state appro
priation money is available for
building the addition.
The addition to the College
Union will increase the present
area of 24,000 sq. ft. to 60,000
sq. ft. It will include a cafeteria
that will seat 436 people, allow
ing the present cafeteria to be
converted completely to a snack
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tances.”
The reason for the Books for
the Library drive has always
been with Charlotte College,
That is, not enough books be
cause of a lack of Library plan
ning during the College’s fiist
stages. According to the Ameri
can Library Association, a col
lege or university with 1,000 en
rolled students shold have 50,000
books in its library and 10,000
more for every additional 200
students. So CC, in order to meet
ALA’s standards, needs twice as
many books as it will have at
the end of this semester. The N.
C. General Assembly is now bud
geting money for books, but
this is considered inadequate by
the college administration. But,
there is no specific source to
make up for the Library’s defi
cits. There is where “Friends of
the Library” come in. “Friends
of the Library” are book-and
education-m i n d e d benefactors.
Thus, Books for the Library is
an obvious start at fulfilling the
Library’s book deficit.
The American Association of
University women has given the
Charlotte College Library a
check for $200. In addition, the
AAUW will conduct a drive
among its membership and
among citizens of the communi
ty. Members and citizens of the
community are asked to scan the
bookshelves for volumes suitable
for a college library. Reading is
the key, and the CC Library has
the readers. What it needs now
are books, books, and more
books.
CU Parking Lot
Study In Black
Is Completed
By Joe Williamson
The rut-filled rockpile behind
the College Union has finally be
come a respectabl parking lot.
Students were pleasantly sur
prised on April 6, Monday moi n-
ing, when they arrived at col-
leg to find a smooth black as
phalt driveway and lot, where
before there had been only tire-
piercing gravel.
Mr. Kenneth Batchelor, Busi
ness Manager for the College,
said in an interview that the lot
was paved from necessity, since
the road was continually w^ash-
ing way, and had to be graded
and refilled. Money for the pav
ing came from funds owned by
the school before it became a
state-owned institution. The job
cost a little over $25,000.
Work on the lot and driveway
was completed on Friday, April
3, just in time for classes the fol
lowing Monday. The contractor
was Crowder Construction Com
pany. When asked about the
parking lot, Mr. Batchelor said
that there is not enough money
at present for the job. The col
lege has applied for a loan from
the State, but the application has
not yet been approved. The
money from this loan, according
to Mr. Batchelor, will also help
to pay for expansion of the Col
lege Union lot when the Union
building addition is completed.
The loan will be partially sup-
plimented by the increased Stu
dent Activity Fee.
Further expected addition.^ to
the Union lot are speedbreaks
and a YIELD sign for the inter
section of the driveway and the
road.