Legislators, Governor Push Bill
As the 1965 North Carolina General Assembly got under
way earlier this month it quickly became obvious that the
resolution to make Charlotte Collgee part of the University
of North Carolina would be one of the most highly considered
before the legislature. We owe a great debt of thanks to
several persons connected with the legislature for this.
Senator Irwin Belk, senior senator from Mecklenburg
County, has put forth his full energies toward the passing of
this bill. He, along with Senator Martha Evans, also from
Mecklenburg, collected 49 signatures from the 50 members
of the Senate to give the bill as much prestige as possible
as it went to committee. Also, Representative James B. Vogler,
senior member of the Mecklenburg County House delegation,
saw to it that when the bill was introduced in the House, it
bore 75 of the 120 representative’s names. We thank both
Senator Belk and Representative Vogler and the other mem
bers of the Mecklenburg delegations for their efforts.
Also, though he was not fully supported in this area in
his election. Governor Dan Moore has laid his reputation on
the line by giving the “Charlotte College measure” his full
support. In his State of the State address. Governor Moore
said . I strongly recommend that the fourth campus of
the University be located at Charlotte . .
Without the help and their interest of these people the
growth and expansion of our campus would not be possible.
Yea Team!
By the time this issue is distributed the 1965 Charlotte
College basketball season will be history except for con
ference playoffs. When this paper went to press the team’s
record was 14-8 overall and 8-1 in the Dixie Conference. We
would like to congratulate the coach, the players, the cheer
leaders, and the students who attended the games on a fine
season. Record wise and attendance wise this was certainly
one of the best in the history of the school.
Congratulations to Coach Irv Edyleman, who put forth
untold hours with his team in turning out this year’s DIAC
champions. The photo-story in the last issue of the Collegian
pointed out a few of his many problems.
Congratulations also to the team who had a little some
thing to do with the winning season, too. Getting in shape just
gets down right boring after a while, don’t it fellows? And
Piedmont Junior High School gym isn’t the loveliest place to
spend a Friday evening.
And girls, the yells were great. (So are the uniforms.)
We don’t have any cheerleaders on the Collegian staff so we
don’t know how it feels to yell your head off while everybody
else in the crowd is sitting there looking bored to death.
Oh well.
And congratulations to everybody that showed up at
the games. We don’t suppose Charlotte College broke any at
tendance records for basketball games in general, but it was
surely the most Charlotte College has ever seen.
So, congrats everybody on a great season.
■k.
let's Get Honor Code Now
Does Charlotte College need an honor code? Apparently
not.
Our reasoning is simple enough. Just look how long
we’ve done without one. The Charlotte College that stands on
Highway 49 has never had one. And the one we had while
at old Central High terminated shortly after its advent.
But just because we’ve never had an honor code doesn’t
necessarily mean we don’t need one. In fact, we do agree
that Charlotte College needs an honor code. Remember Mali-
chi. Our only gripe is that its taking so long to get one.
Now we’ve got a committee that’s supposed to be making
one. The committeemen seem quite busy, too, except they’re
just not getting much done. They seem to be more interested
in making an honor code that will please everyone than
in just plain making one. {We can only wish the committee
luck on this count. Remember last year?) All the forms to give
honor committee members ideas of what the students want
were fine. But isn’t this all a bit superfluous now.
We would like to suggest a plan by which the committee
would borrow a code from Carolina or State or some other
school, revise it to fit whatever the committee and only the
committee, thinks it ought to fit, and hold a student refer
endum for its approval. If it doesn’t pass, then take a few
time consuming polls to find out why and try again.
Charlotte College is now making its bid to become part
of the University. Isn’t it about time we got an honor code?
Charlotte Collegian
Editor
Howard Pearre
Business Manager
Jim Cunning
Ptiotograpliers Dicl Raley
Tommy Estridge
Sports Editor Robby Snipes
Columnists Ellison Clary
Dave Nanney
Martin Richek
5taff Bettye Trapps
Nina Castles
Sharron Dailey
Letters To The Editor
‘Take One For The Road,
Get Trooper For Chaser’
Editors, The Collegian
In the last issue Mr. Cunning pre
sented an argument in favor of
open bars in Charlotte, and al-
.though I do not wish to contradict
his very reasonable assertions, I
-would like to make a point which
seems worthy of consideration.
I live in Greenwich, Connecticut,
which is adjacent to Port Chester,
New York. The “drinking age,”
legal, that is, in Connecticut is
twenty-one; in New York it is only
eighteen. Every Friday and Satur
day night the residents of Green
wich are treated to a most inter
esting and unusual sight; a mass
exodus of cars, driven by teenagers
from Greenwich and nearby, world
famous Darien, on their way to
Fort Chester. Later in the evening
or early morning, another interest
ing, if not amusing, sight is seen:
a mass invasion of cars all “pilot
ed” by teenagers, on their way
home. Every so often the Green
wich Police stages a “Welcome
Home” party, at Which they un
ceremoniously arrest those guests
who had the most fun in New York.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, de
pending on your point of view,
many of the “regulars” avoid the
police by using the back roads.
The result is a rash of accidents
and, not infrequently, deaths.
By DAVE NANNEY
Perhaps Davidson College can af
ford to have great confidence in
it’s indoctrination program being
a denominational school with a
very selective entrance policy.
Maybe it is that confidence along
with the interesting response Da
vidson students exhibited to the
Atheist speaker who spoke there
last year, that has promoted their
stand on the speaker ban law. But
can we also expect our student
body to react “correctly” to a
communist speaker?
As president of the debating
club I've done considerable re
search the last year and a half to
improve my spea^klng ability and
compiling material for argumen
tative purposes. In the process one
comes in contact with material on
diversified topics. One such topic
is psychological warfare as car
ried on by The Voice of America
and its' Communist counterparts...
Of course these agencies are con
cerned with propaganda the tech
niques of which are more or less
the same for the country and the
individual. They are also more or
less the same for both the good
guys and the bad guys. Some of
them are; (1) Name calling such
as labeling the civil rights worker
as a “rabble rouser.” (2) Glitter
ing generalities with verbal sanc
tions to give them emotional ap
peal. (3) Transfer which is using
sources of authority, prestige, re
spect and reverence to create fa
vorable attitudes. (4) The testi
monial in which a famous name
is associated with a product.
(5) Plain folks is a device used
by expounding in simple terms
without hitting the nail on the
head. (6) Card stacking is a
scheme used to deceive by use of
evasion, distraction, and careful
selection of only the favorable evi
dence (7) The bandwagon which
is a technique used to make an in
dividual seem like an outsider if
The Collegian welcomes let
ters for its “Letters To The
Editor” column. All letters
should be legible and written
)n only side of the paper. All
letters must be signed. (How
ever, the signature will be with
held on request.)
If Charlotte were to have open
bars, he influx of non-local resi
dents would doubtless create a
similar situation, with comparable
results. Unfortunately, it is to be
expected that the desire for re
venue will, with a little rationaliza
tion, overcome the desire for safety
and Charlotte may well become
the “Port Chester of the Caro-
linas.” To alleviate, if not entirely
prevent, the consequences which
must inevitably result from such
a situation, the following suggestion
might be helpful: Do not open bars
in Charlotte, but issue “by-the-
drink” liquor licenses to clubs and
restaurants, with the stipulation
that proprietors not be allowed to
serve anyone who is obviously sat
urated beyond the safety point.
This, as noted, will not ehminate
the traffic problems, but it will
do much to keep it from assuming
undue proportions, which, for lack
he doesn't agree with the ma
jority. Other propaganda tricks
include flattery; appeals to hate,
anger and frustration; creating
devils to lay the blame; repetition;
wishful thinking, rationalization,
rumor, identification with the
great, noble and good; prophecies
and suggestibility.
Freedom, ccurse, obviously con
tains the seeds of its own destruc
tion when taken with out a dose of
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of an alternative is the bes; that
can be expected.
Finally, I might suggest a slogan
for those who drink and drive; “He
who takes one for the road gets a
Trooper for a chaser.”
SCOTT A. MaclVIILLAN
Campus Opinion
What Sliould U.S.
Do About War
In South Viet Nam!
By SHARRON DAILEY
United States policy in Viet Nam
has caused much controversy over
policy and recent serious events
have brought the situation to the
attention of even more Americans.
Students were asked their opin
ions on US action—or lack of ac
tion—in the war-torn country.
"We ought to take a positive
stand one way or the other,” stated
Pete McKnight. “We should either
pull out all together or make some
aggressive move. We shouldn’t just
exist in South Viet Nam.”
Dick Raley feels that the U S
forces should leave Viet Nam al
together because o>f the growing
number of American casualties.
“We should either put up or shut
up, do something or get out.” says
Sam Scott. “It seems to be better
now that we’ve retaliated some
what. But further action is needed.’
Sharron Hacker says, “We should
maintain our present status until
we can improve our situation, short
of all-out war.”
Steve Cox says, “We should leave
because of the great loss of lives
and money. We’re causing people
to be antaganistic towards the US.”
“I don’t think we should let the
Communists walk over us. We
should stay there and fight.” says
Chris Serigstad.
“The US should clobber the Com-
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DEAR READER
Perhaps you wondered why VW the beetle did not have a coilumn
in the last issue of the Collegian—at least, 1 hope you wondered. Well, we
were a little worried ourselves when deadline time rolled around and
no VW was to be seen. As a matter of fact we didn’t find out what
happened to him until last week.
We walked out of the front door of the College Union (the front
door that works—not the other three), and here was VW. It was all
we could do to avoid stepping on him. He was miarching back and forth
in front of the Union looking very determined and carrying a placard
which read as fofllows:
on strike
this school unfair ' .
to beetles
local 3%
On the back of this sign was another message, evidently meant
as a footnote to the first, and this read;
i am not now
nor have i ever been
a member of the communist party
nor have i ever had the occasion
to plead the fifth amendment
although i would rather
not answer any questions
about local 3*^
Negotiations are now underway to try to reach a settlement in this
problem of our striking beetle, but it’s beginning to look as though we
may have to call In someone from the philosophy department to
arbitrate the issues involved.
Meanwhile, we would appreciate your stepping with care in the
area of the College Union. One careless step would be sure to land
us in court, with the NLRB prosecuting the charge of crushing a
striker.
Sincerely yours,
Martin D. Richek
Personal Manager
VW the beetle
Doves Roves
Let’s Think It Over