The
Charlotte Collegian
VOL. 20, NUMBER 4
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
DECEMBER 8, 1964
The CU Petition Governing Board Petitions
Dr. Cone For Independent Charter
The following is the petition to Dr. Cone from the Gov
erning Board of the College Union:
Dear Dr. Cone;
Last year for the first time since the inception of Char
lotte College the College Union organization was established.
An organizational structure was set up by a group of volun
teers from the Student Government working with the co
operation of the Director of the College Union. Later, a con
stitution was drawn up by this group and subsequently ap
proved by the outgoing Student Government. Upon this action,
the members of the Student Government — College Union
Committee began to work actively in the building of the Col
lege Union organization.
The administrative body of the College Union, according
to its constitution, wa3 to be a governing board composed of
administrative personnel, faculty, and student officers. The
administration was then requested to appoint a member to
the governing board; the faculty were requested to elect mem
bers from within their own body; and the student officers
were to be elected from the student body.
The ground work being completed, the College Union
began its growth. Today, less than a year later, this organiza
tion has become the center of student-faculty activities. Liv
ing up to its stated purpose of providing cultural, social and
educational benefits to all the members of the college com
munity and including in its operational membership faculty,
administrative personnel, and students, the College Union
today has arrived at a unique point in its development and at
a unique position on campus.
Friday, the sixth of November, the administrative body
of the College Union, the Governing Board, held a meeting to
discuss its function and responsibility.
In considering the consequences of a decision on a mat
ter that might well have been unpopular with the Student
Legislature, it became evident that the Governing Board was
in an untenable position.
The Student Legislature is chartered by the College. The
Legislature, in turn, created the Governing Board, although
it is composed of student representatives, administrative
staff, and faculty representatives. The Governing Board is
intended to oversee the operation of the College Union. How
ever, its staff members purportedly represent the admin
istration of the college, and the faculty and both the latter,
apparently, are intended to represent the interests and the
long-range policy of the college.
In effect, then, the college has at the present time no
direct line of control over the policies of the College Union
or of the Governing Board.
Contined on Page Three
By DAVE NANNEY
Charlotte College President Bon-
n'e Cone has been petitioned by
the College Union to establish the
Collegj Union as a functioning
unit independent of the Student
Government Association.
ihe College Union, chartered by
the Student Council last year to
serve as the social, cultural and
recreational center of the campus
has asked President Cone "... to
establisn a Governing Board which
will function as an administrative
committee for the College Union
as constituted in Article,IV of the
Constitution of the College Union.”
Article !V states in effect that
the Governing Board will govern
the College Union.
In the letter to Dr. Cone, Joyce
Pressley, who submitted the peti
tion, states that the College Union
has become the center of student-
faculty activities and in less than
a year has arrived “. . . at a
unique point in its development
and at a unique position of camp
us.”
On Friday, the sixth of Novem
ber, the administrative body of
the College Union, the Governing
Board, held a meeting to discuss
its function and responsibilities.
“In considering the consequences
of a decision on a matter that might
well have been unpopular with the
Student Legislature, it became
evident that the Governing Board
was in an untenable position,”
"The Student Legislature Is
chartered by the College. The
Legislature, in turn, created the
Governing Board, although it is
composed of student representa
tives, administrative staff, and
Continued on Page Three
RefcDOM
rHROUCH
THIRD PLACE WINNER—Charlotte College's float
in the annual Christmas parade took third place in Its
division. The main features were a book with the words
"Freedom Through Education" on it, a classroom scene,
and a giant rcplica of the lamp of knowledge. (Staff photo
—Estridge)
College Float
Takes Third Place
Qay Porter - - Cultural Asset
By BETTYE TRAPPS
London’s loss was Charlotte’s
gain when Gay Porter immigrated
from that city six years ago and
declared Charlotte as her perma
nent residence. Since then, she has
been a definite asset to Charlotte's
cultural development and an all
around asset to Charlotte College.
Most Charlotte Collegians know
Gay Porter merely as a fast-walk
ing young woman with an effer
vescent personality and a British
accent. She is all this as well as
one of the most talented ballerinas
and chorographers to come to
Charlotte.
Gay’s dancing career began at
the age of nine and at fourteen,
she began dancing professionally.
Rogers and Hammerstein directed
"The King and I” in which Gay
danced one of the main parts.
She proudly recalls that Princess
Margaret saw the play three times.
Unlike most girls who go through
a stage of wanting to be a nurse,
teacher, model, or the like. Gay
never wanted to be anything other
GAY PORTER
than a dancer, "And I’ve never re
gretted it”, she remembers. Be
cause of her dancing ability, Gay
has toured England, Spain, Ger
many and performed in Paris,
France.
Life in the United States and
especially here in Charlotte has
been just as eventful as in Europe.
Gay is a resident member of the
Charlotte Summer Theatre, was a
member of the casts of two Mint
Museum productions, "The Corn
is Green" and "The Trojan
Woman’’, and teaches ballet at
Henderson School of Dance.
During the summer, she taught
dancing in toe gifted children’s
program in the local schools. "This
was a most gratifying experience”,
she commented. Her present busy
agenda calls for her to perform
in the upcoming “Singing Christ
mas Tree” sponsored by the Char
lotte Choral Society.
With all this talent, Gay is still
not satisfied—she wants a college
degree and a teacher’s certificate,
“You can’t do anything without
a college degree”, she says.
When asked about an incident or
event which she is least likely to
forget, Gay playfully swooned and
replied, “I danced the polka with
Hugh O'Brian.”
Charlotte College’s float in the
annual Carrousel Parade took
third prize in Division 7, which
was composed of various educa
tional institutions.
In accordance with the general
theme of the parade, the float had
as its theme, “Freedom Through
Education,” and featured a giant
replica of the lamp of knowledge
Light blu6 and while, the
school colors, were used on the
body of the float, and a class
room scene was depicted in the
center of the float.
Miss Maud Gatewood, CC’s art
instructor, acted as design con
sultant, and the Circle K Cluib
provided most on the man hours
necessary to cover bhe float and
build the lamp; hoiwever, various
other students assisted in some
oif the work.
The Charlotte Sales and Mar
keting Executives Club provided
the body of the float and .'!»100 of
the money necessary to decorate
it. The Circle K clu'b provided
any money above the $100, about
$50).
The lamp of knowledge, which
measured seven feet high, five
feet wide, and 14 feet long, was
the most difficult part of the
entire project. The form was a
wooden frame covered with
chicken wire, the holes in the
chicken wire stuffed with Klee
nex.
In all twenty feet of lumiber,
eighty feet of chicken wire, and
one-half a case of Kleenex were
used in building the lamp. About
fifty man-hours were required for
its construction.
Cheerleaders ’
To Find "Ugliest
Man On Campus"
Boys, when you cry do your
tears run down the back of your
head? Does your process look as
if it has taken a recess?
If so, then the first annual
UMOC (Ugly Man On Campus)
contest is just what you have been
look'ng for. The contest is being
sponsored by the cheerleaders to
raise money for their various ac
tivities.
Any club or class may spon
sor one candidate; however, il
you are Just a "poor hung-up
soul" and have no affiliation with
a club, you can have one of your
friends nominate you. A nomi
nation fee of one dollar plus a
scody face is all that is required.
On Friday, Dec. 4, all candi
dates dressed as 49ers and their
pictures were on display at the
voting booth near the cafeteria
entrance. Voting is by putting
money in a container for the can
didate of your choice with each
penny counting as one vote.
The winner will be announced
on the evening of Saturday, Dee.
12, during the half-time of the
Charlotte College-Lynchburg game.