The
Charlotte Collegian
Official Charlotte College Student Publication
Volume 18, Number 10
Choral Society
Gives Program
The Cleveland County Choral
Society presented, informally, an
evening of sacred and folk music
in the Library Audtiorium on
Tuesday May 12.
The Society with Charlotte Col
lege’s Harvey Woodruff as con
ductor, first presented “Shout
For Joy, Ye Ransomed Band!”
followed by “Mass in G” by
Schubert. Soloist were Miriam
Booth, soprano; Robert Decker,
baritone; and Robert Carter and
Morris Jordan, tenors.
The Society then sang four
spirituals, “Poor Wayfarin Stran
ger”, a white spiritual; “I Got
Shoes”, a Negro jubilee song; “I
Jes’ Can’t Stay Here By Myself”,
a folk lament; and “Let Us Break
Bread Together”, a traditional.
The preformance concluded
with “Te Deum” by Flor Peeters.
The Cleveland County Coral
Society is a nonprofit group of
persons who have a common
interest in good music. It is sup
ported by various patrons and by
an offering from the audience.
Charlotte, North Carolina
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Chorus to Sing
At Opening
The Charlotte College Chorus
■will sing Thursday night. May
28 at the opening of the new
theater at Park Road Shopping
Center. Also appearing at the
opening will be Greogry Peck
and Governor Sanford..
The chorus will probably sing
two songs: “Dixie” and “Tzena”.
The Charlotte College Chorus
previously sang at the opening
of Cinerama at the Center The
ater.
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Robert C. Schaeffer
Schaeffer Chosen
C U. Chairman
Robert C. Schaeffer has been
chosen by the Governing Board
of the College Union to act as
Chairman of the Union for the
1964-65 school year. The Govern
ing Board at a meeting scheduled
for Fi’iday, May 15, (after the
deadline for this issue) will com
plete the selection of the remain
ing three executive positions.
The Governing Board, as set up
by the newly approved C. U.
constitution, consists of the Direc
tor of the College Union as non
voting chairman, the Executive
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Graduation Ceremony
Will Be Held May 31
On May 31, at 4:00 p.m., the
last junior college class of Char
lotte College will march into his
tory, completing a chain of events
which began in 1946, when Char
lotte College was the Charlotte
College Center of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. Charlotte
College did not exist as such until
the Charlotte Commissioners of
Education decided to support the
College Center, and make it a
community college, which it be
came, officially, in 1958.
Charlotte College graduated its
first class of Associates in Arts
in 1950, one year, after the Uni
versity of North Carolina had
ceased supporting its many Col
lege Centers, which had been
created in 1946 in response to
the demand for education by
veterans of World War H. It be
came a part of the state’s network
of Community Colleges in 1958,
the same year in which the build
ing program began at the old
downtown campus. In 1960, the
site was acquired on NC 49, our
present location, and that year
NEW COURSES
TO BE OFFERED
Dean McCoy announced today
two new additions to the curricul
um for this year. In the fall
Charlotte College will offer for
the first time degrees in Spanish
and Nursing Education.
“There wil Ibe a ‘filling out’
process in all areas in which we
now offer degrees,” explained
Dean McCoy, “as we will offer
almost twice as many courses
this year as last. Charlotte Col
lege is growing at a fast pace.”
Last year a program was begun
for students interested in enter
ing the teaching profession on
the high school level. This year
a program will be initiated for
those interested in entering the
elementary level.
Four degrees will be offered
this year: B.A., B.S., B.S. in nur
sing, and B. S. in Engineering.
Students may major in Chemis
try, Economics and Business, En
gineering, English, French, His-
lani matics, heto tlMt drcao Py
tory, Mathematics, and Political
Science. Also this year credit may
be transferred to Charlotte Col
lege taken elsewhere by corres
pondence. Special permission is,
however, necessary.
“Interestingly enough, the col
lege will offer a course in Rus
sian this year,” added Dean Mi-
Coy, “and as soon as facilities are
available we will offer courses
in physical education. Charlotte
College is expanding at every im
portant aspect and rapidly, too.
Charlotte College is moving.”
also saw the founding of the
Charlotte Community College
Foundation, which is now the
Charlotte College Foundation, In
corporated. The bill making the
College a four-year, state-sup-
ported institution was passed in
1963, bringing events full circle
to the next logical step, which
is consolidation with the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
As the paper goes to press, the
exact number of graduates is un
known, but best estimates call
for about twenty-one to receive
Charlotte College’s two-year dip
loma. The Majority of these are
terminal students, but a surpris
ing number of the two-year grad
uates are going on to take Char
lotte College’s first four-year de
grees. The Associate degree will
continue to be given to terminal
students and others wishing to
complete the requirements.
The graduation ceremony will
coincide with Honors and Awards
Day at the College. A reception
will be held for the graduates
Elections
Are Held
Colorful posters and signs her
alded the election of class of
ficers. The elections began Thurs
day morning and ended Friday
afternoon. At the time of this
story, ballots listing the different
candidates for each office of the
four classes were just being typed.
There were two hopefuls for
senior class president: Judy Mor
gan and William D. Swing.
Sandra Hodges went uncon
tested as vice president of the
senior class.
The representatives for the
senior class were Reginald York.
Rasmi Shalabi, George Simpson,
and Charles Helton.
Turning to the junior class,
Gerald S. Broome was the sole
nominee for president. Beverly
Blankenship was also uncontest
ed in the office of Vice president.
There were seven junior class re
presentatives running for elec
tion: Robert England, Kearney
Smith, Judy Hardison, Dennis
Pressley, Merry Marcotte, George
Callahan, and Ann McMillan.
On the sophomore ballot there
were two contestants for presi
dent: Jan Calloway, and Ben Hor-
ack. Frank Reynolds received no
opposition in the office of Vice
President: Only three people ran
for sophomore class representa
tives: Nancy Barnes, Pat Price,
and Wally Yarbrough.
Judges for the student court
were the same on all ballots. The
six candidates running were Mar
ilyn Bowers, Tommy Estridge,
Gary Cummerson, Tim Britton,
Skip Stanley, and Dan K. Huston.
and their families following the
informal ceremonies. Dr. Bonnie
Cone will make the primary
speech at the ceremony.
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The Cleveland County Choral Society is pictured in con
cert her on May 12. '
Committee, the Student Council
Liaison, three (3) members of
the Faculty, and one (1) member
of the Administration. The Exe
cutive Council of the Student
Government Association acted as
temporary C. U. Executive Com
mittee.
Beginning next year, the entire
student body will elect these of
ficers. Applications will be filled
out by interested students, as was
done in this selection. The elec
tion, as stated in the C.U. Consti
tution, will be held in February.
The purpose of this is that in
most cases, because of the qualifi
cations, the Executive Committee
Officers will be rising seniors. A
February election will leave these
people free to complete require
ments for their major.
This method of selection was
previously approved by the Stu
dent Legislature in the interest
of time. The C. U. Constitution
was only recently approved, and
election of these officers would
have interfered with the elections
of the past few weeks.
Schaeffer
Sees Goa!
Bob S;haeffer, newly chosen
C. U. Chairman, expressed his
joy shortly after being notified
of his appointment. “I feel that
perhaps everything turned out fcr
the better. I think that this po.= i-
tion can be at least equally as
useful ;n promoting the name of
Charlotte College as the other of
fice that I sought, and this, after
all, is my principal goal.”
Commenting on the .separation
of the College Union from the
Student gislature, Schaefi^rr
said, “I think that now, for the
first time, “we’ll be able to im
plement a solid, active program
of social affairs for the students
because of the nature of the or
ganizational structure of the C. U.
“The C. U. has a great advan
tage. In almost every organiza
tion in which the majority of the
positions are elected, a small
group of people usually do the
bulk of the work. Because all of
the positions in the C. U. organi
zation, other than the executive
positions, are appointed. We will
be able to be quite selective and
fill every position with a capable
individual.”
When asked about plans for a
program for next year, the new
Chairman stated, “It’s a little
early to discuss a program. Our
first task, of course, will be to
fill the positions of committee
chairmen. The C. U. will be very
flexible in this respect, as we
will be able to create committees
and positions to fill immediate
needs. We will be flexible, in
fact, of necessity in order to dis
cover which ideas work best.”
Continuing on the subject cf
a future program, Schaefer ad
ded, “One big problem that we
can work on is that of the night
student’s activity. I feel that now,
by using night students on com
mittees, and by giving equal at
tention to these people as a
group, we can better integrate
the night school into the college
community.”
Bob summed up his feelings by
saying that he is looking forward
to this job as a challenge. “1
don’t expect quick miracles, but
I feel that we can take the first
step in raising the level of the
college significantly as far as
student activities are concerned.”