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  • THE CULLOWHEE YODEL THE CULLOWHEE YODEL TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS When in Cullowhee, Sylva, or Ashevil patronize those who patronize us. Read o "WHO'S WHO" IS TO BE A PERMANENT FEATURE "Who's Who In Western North Carolina Education" is to constitute a permanent section in The Yodel, beginning with the present issue. The Yodel takes pride in the fact that this is a feature new and unique among college and normal publications throughout the State in that it proposes to furnish facts and interesting data of men and women who are bringing a great section of the Commonwealth, once dormant and retarded in educational activity, to the attention of the public. The editors invite the friends of education to aid them by bringing to their attention such men and women as by their service in the field of education deserve space in the columns of The Yodel. OUR LIBRARY The following gifts, consisting of newspapers and magazines, recently added to the Cullowhee Normal Library, and covering a year's subscription for each, are acknowledged with grateful pleasure to the friends who made the donations: "The Canton Enterprise," "The Carolina Mountaineer," gifts of the editors; "The North Carolina Christian Advocate," "The Nashville Christian Advocate," gifts of Rev. A. W. Lynch; "Zion's Herald," a gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Fisk; "The Congregationalist,"-a gift by Miss Frances Bishop, Northfield, Minn. In addition to these donations, valuable books have been contributed by State Superintendent A. T. Allen, President H. T. Hunter, and others. Several hundred new books have just arrived for the library, most of which are professional books for the various departments. The Library Committee is planning to make additional purchases soon. Under the management of Miss Eleanor Gladstone, Librarian, gratifying progress is being made toward increasing the size and efficiency of the library. Miss Gladstone is a graduate of Carleton College, Minnesota, where she served as librarian for fifteen years after graduation. Spending one year abroad and two years in Philadelphia with the M. E. Church Board in Americanization work, she accepted the position as librarian in the Cullowhee Normal, where her splendid services have already attracted wide attention. Quite a number of friends of the School are contemplating making donations to the library in the nature of individual books and sets of books. Watch our library grow! GOOD ENGLISH WEEK AT CULLOWHEE "We learn to do by doing"; so said an eminent writer. And though he has been criticised as expressing only a half truth for a whole truth and though we may willingly grant the criticism as just, we nevertheless can not avoid the consciousness that even if it is only a half truth, it is, to say the least, the greater and more important half. Anyway this seems to be the feeling that prevails throughout the entire school system at Cullowhee, from the smallest and most timid first- grader in the practice school to the most erudite and imposing senior in the Normal Department.. Even that most renowned body, the faculty, has cast its unanimous vote bearing the irrevocable "pro" decision. Habit must play the leading role in this new campaign. But lest our readers may wonder what all this talk means about learning to do something, about habit, and about a campaign, we shall say that it refers merely to some of the ideas growing out of "Good English Week" observed at Cullowhee during the time beginning February 17th and ending 23rd, a period specially set apart for a constructive, vigorous, and determined effort to better the cause of good English throughout the country. This concerted effort by all the forces of the School, coupled with the intense earnestness to improve bad English conditions, so that good English may have full right of way, has indeed been very gratifying. The results are already unmistakable. "Hit" and "hain't" are doomed; "git" is fast becoming an abandoned outcast; and "wuz" has scarcely a friend or ally among its many former fond patrons and defenders. The chapel programs for the entire week of the campaign have been planned and rendered almost entirely by the students themselves, ranging from the primary grades to the normal school, and have been met by enthusiastic approval and applause by all who have observed. But, best of all, is the development of a sort of "language conscience," the feeling that "the station of a syllable may cloud the judgment of a council," a spirit that has been carried to the playground, to the class room, and even to the homes themselves expressing the full conviction that the way to succeed is to "learn to do by SUBSCRIBE FOR THE YODEL. You can generally tell what a man is by what he does when he has nothing to do. Don't worry when you stumble; a worm is the only thing that can't fall LEADING CHARACTERS IN HISTORY OF CULLOWHEE It was Long before the white man had heard the call of The Cullowhee Yodel when the great tribe of the Cherokee Indians lived here at Cullowhee. These brave men could well Bo(a)st of their courage for their power was felt in the East and West alike, and there was not a Coward among the band. At that time the Hill tops and Lohr valleys were covered with dense Forest while the planes were decorated with Wilde flowers of many Hughes to be- broken only by a Green Mea- dor now and then. The Indians cared little for progress and the site of our present village with its Rhodes, Mills, stores, and black Smith shops was grown up like a Turbyfield with Hazel bushes, Moody Haywood, and Johnson grass. The Holmes of the Indians were crude tent-like structures without the spacious Hall and Garrett, which are considered so necessary to the modern home of to-day. Their mode of living was peculiar to the race. The women did most of the manual labor both at the house and in the field while the men chased the Fox and Wilde deer. The squaw was Taylor for the family, sewing the skins of animals together for wearing apparel. She was also the Miller using rough stones for (Mc) Cracken the "Corn." Puffed Rice had not been introduced, but many Moore palatable foods were prepared. In most cases the squaw played the part of a Porter for the family, but' occasionally she was made the Queen. The men were lazy about the house, but their energies did not Wayne in Battle, nor would they stop short of the highest mountain Peek in search of game. In those days there were no Bridges to span the Waters of the Tuckaseegee, and in the "Chase" they would not hesitate to wade the river wherever they could find a (Craw)Ford. They knew neither hunger nor (fa)Teague when hunting or engaged in war. For once called out they would (de)Cline to return to camp until they Shook the Wood with a victorious war- whoop. Then they would sit around the Camp (bell) fire at night or during (in)Clement weather and Bo(a)st of the scalps they wore in their belts and tell of dangers they encountered as Hunters and Fisher men as well as warriors. Their children too wore taught from infancy to be brave. When they were taken captives they were not to display any emotions even though they should be Lynch (ed) or Burnside by side at the stake. But the young Indian children liked to play as do children to-day, but of course their games were somewhat different. The Long Green Hollifield with the large Gladstone near the centre was a favorite spot with them. They would climb upon this great Moss covered stone and often one of the smaller ones would skin his Shinn in Roland off into the Mea- dor below. This particular field led into a beautiful pass like a narrow Alley between the mountains where there were Wells and Pooles of Cole crystal water. Also in this valley there grew a peculiar shrub bearing the luscious red ripe de(w) Berry which the children liked to eat. In the springtime the whole valley1 would be covered with the Daisy and 1 Posey, but the most beautiful flower J was the white Cullowhee (lily) that grew near the river Banks. But per- haps the most attractive season for ] the Indians was in the autumn when j the leaves and foliage had turned to i red and Brown, and the whole atmos- phere was filled with a Hayes of J smoke from their Forest fires. The Indians lived here many years 3 unmolested, but the time finally came when it was evident that a Keener people would possess this valuable land. The white man was Benton I pushing his borders farther West, and while the Indian recognized his Wright for Holden this territory, he Stillwell knew he could not resist thai white man's hand. There was not j room for both and the Indian realiz- * ing that the newcomer would always I be a Bain to his happiness and concluding Bloodworth mure than land, 3 decided to withdraw. The Parton of the territory between the Indian ami the white man marked the beginning of a new era for both. The government gave to j the Indians new and better dwelling J places and assured them of their pro- j tection. As a result the Indians now have their own Holmes, their farms, their Barnes, and th chools. In stead of using shells and beads for money, they now know the Price of .1 their goods and the value of a Penny as well as we do. Surely a greater blessing awaited j the heirs of the new heritage. The time came when Virginia heard the I neighborly call of The Cullowhee 1 Yodel as clearly as the Home of Gabriel. She responded to the call by ,J sending to us her beloved son and j our former President, R. L. Madison,j like a Moses or Daniel(s) of old. And, too, many other States have ^j heard the Ernest call and answeredS in clarion tones. To be Frank, it is difficult indeed! to surmise what Hi. results might I have been had our new President! who is a great Hunter and our Dean no less a great Bird lived in the dayfn of the Cherokees. Berta Wells (H. S. '26J LETTER FROM MR. GLANCE 1 The Editor wishes to take the pti-M vilege of publishing the following I letter from one of our former stu- j dents and alumni, who is making 1 good in the professional world: "I am just in receipt of a compli- I mentary copy of The Cullowhee I Yodel, and enclose herewith my check to cover subscription to same 1 for one year. "The progress made by the Cullo- 1 whee Normal & Industrial School for the past few years is very gratifying 1 to all of her true sons and daughters. I believe the School is yet in its infancy in the good it will accomplish! in Western North Carolina in futul»| years. The associations I formed j while at Cullowhee, both in the school life and the community life, will never be forgotten, and I thin™ nearly every student of Cullowhee,! both past and present, feels the aaXoM way. "Wishing The Yodel a lasting and well deserved success in its journilj istic adventure, I beg to remain, m "Yours very truly, "J. Marvin Glance." M
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