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THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN. MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1942 - -Western Carolina SPORTS - - * ! Doings And Dones of Physical Education By Helen M. Hartshorn Another wrestling team is being organized at W. C. T..C. Preliminary tryouts for places on the team are to be held this week. Boys who make the team are going to find themselves facing a heavy schedule. Tentative arrangements have been made to hold matches with teams from Vanderbilt, Appalachian, Maryville, University of Tennessee, and the Canton and Knoxville Y. M. C. A. groups. Cne of the games with Vanderbilt is to be played in Sylva. It is to be sponsored by the Lion's Club and proceeds will go to the American Red Cross. Last year's wrestling team faced some stiff opposition and came through with a successful record. This year's team is facing heavier opposition and will, it is hoped, make an even finer record. * * * Miss Benton and Mr. Andrews represented W. C. T. C. in the clinic held at Asheville College last Saturday. Both took part in the program. Miss Benton, district president of the Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation, spoke about "Health Education in High Schools", and Mr. Andrew's topic was "High School Intramural Program to Meet the Present Emergency". The clinic was held in connection with plans made by the Governor's proclamation stating 'u-t all Juniors and Seniors in Eigh School must be given Physical Education courses. * » * In response to the above, Cullowhee high school has already taken steps to give Junior Fivst Aid training to juniors and seniors. Two of our college students, Lois Pryor and Mai Wall are instructing First Aid fundamentals to the high school students. Lois and Mai have both had the Red Cross Instructor's course in First Aid which is taught as a part of the regular college Physical Education program. * * * Anyone attending our basket- b; il games has, of course, seen the tumbling act staged by the three boys from Black Mountain—Charles Legan, MacKinley Hensley, and James Barnwell. Their acts have included Buddy tumbling, toss flips, cat rolls, parellel bar work, and the elephant act. The boys have worked a good deal by themselves in developing .this gymnastic work. Several others have also become interested and will probably appear in exhibitions to be given later. * * * The girls winter intramural program includes a wide variety of sports. Tournaments are being planned for basketball volley ball, paddle tennis, shuffle- board, tetherball, and badminton. This will give girls opportunities for participation in team, individual, and doubles play. Five points will be given for entrance in each tournaments and additional points for each advancement made in competitive play during a tournament. Miss Benton To Attend Meeting Miss Alice Benton has been asked to serve as local chairman for the Health and Physical Education Institute at Asheville college. This institute has been suggested by Governor Brough- ton and is tied up with national defense Governor Broughton has ordered that physical education and health be taught in every high school in the state. Governor Broughton has also suggested that the eighth grade be organized on a junior high school basis (In the present setup of 12 years, the eighth grade would be on a grammar grade level.) In this plan, the work in physical education would presumably be carried on by a special teacher in the junior high school. The high school regulations are that every student be required to take a special course in health and physical education five days a week, with the recommendation that three days be given to physical education, one to health and one to safety. All seniors are reqired to complete a course in first aid. As these apply to all high schools in the state of North ^ronna, a vast new field t opened to major and minors in Physical Education. PLANS ARE MADE . (Continued from page 1) Rev. McMurray Richey will lead the discussion on Religion and Health laying particular emphasis on mental health and personality. The Senate committee in charge of plans for the week are: Thelma Smith, chairman; A Hone Jackson, Richard Woody, Gerald Eller, Carlton Wells, Nell Scott, and Dean Anne Albright, faculty adviser. A special committee under the direction of Misses Dorothy Pos- tnn and Betty Jean Best will serve coffee each evening immediately after dinner and preceding the evening discussion. Moving pictures on Religious subjects will be shown Sunday afternoon, February 8. Catamounts Wallop Lenoir-Rhyne Bears Down In Front By JOHN TYREE WCTC Aiding Defense V\ ork Sonogram Clur To Get Sweaters Western Carolina Teachers college, in order to do its part un the national emergency, has organized two classes; one in First Aid training and the other in Home Nursing. The First Aid course is a standard course as outlined by the American Red Cross. Miss Benton, who is instructing approximately 35 students, will teach anatomy, bandaging, treatment of wounds, artificial respiration, stoppage of bleeding, treatment in common emergencies, and proper transportation. This is a twenty hour course and meets every Wednesday night at seven o'clock. The Home Nursing course is being conducted by Miss Baker as two classes; one meets every Monday and Wednesday at 3:20 and the other at the same time on Tuesday and Thursday. So far, sixty people, including wives of faculty members as well as students, have enrolled for the class. Miss Baker is devoting her own time to this work and will be willing to accept any one who has any desire at all—students, community people, or faculty members, to take such an essential type of training. "resident Bill Smith of thf Monogram Club announced that a new coat type sweater is being ordered for second year Let termen. First year men will receive the traditional, gold slipover sweaters with the purple monogram. Commenting on the new sweaters, President Smith said, "The new sweaters will be gold with a purple monogram. The open front sweater is the style now used by the University of North Carolina and Duke University". The following boys will receive slip over sweaters: Sam Gibson, Lay ton Deitz, Jake Phillips, Wallace Hyde, Carl Taylor, Bob Andrews, George Brown, Fred Gaylor, Terry Jo Johnson, Elmer Neil, Tom Jones, Ike Olson, McKlnley Hensley, Jack Roberts, Ray Cowan, B. C. Moss, Ben Battle. The second year boys are: Wayne Bradburn, Franklin Gudger, Ray Hunter, Roton Barnes, Claude Jamison, Bob Wright, David Meredith, Albert Shuford, Charles Leagon, Bob Reece, and Bill Smith. Second Cage Meet Is Held Buy U. S. Defense Bonds and "Keep 'em Flying". The Western Carolina High School conference held its second meeting January 12 at Western Carolina Teachers College. Mr. Ralph J. Andrews, commissioner of the conference presided. The constitution, which had been tentatively arranged and drawn up at the last meeting was this time brought before the coaches for permanent approval. The constitution was passed without any dissenting votes. The first tournament which the conference has arranged will be spring basketball. It will be held at W. C. T. C. on the 4, 5, 6, and seventh of March. Approximately twenty five Western Carolina high schools will be represented in this meet. Coaches from the larger and smaller schools have taken part ! in the conference and are giving their approval to the plan Mr. Grayson Cope, from Sylva, was appointed as chairman of a committee to take steps in organizing an Officials Association which will work directly with the conference. Mr. Cope has done a great deal of officiating in the western area and his appointment came as a result of his experience and interest in this field . This conference has the support of the North Carolina Department of Education and the winner of the conference will be MONOGRAM CLUB ELECTS HUNTER AS BUSINESS MANAGER Ray Hunter was selected Business Manager of the Monogram club for Winter Quarter. He succeeds Ben Battle who was Business Manager last quarter. Present officers are : Bill Smith, President; Franklin Gudger, Vice-presidem; David Meredith, Secretary and Treasurer. Western Carolina's smooth basketball quintet, sparked by Gudger, took the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears to the cleaners last Monday night, January 12. The Catamounts took an excellent lead early in the game and were never headed. At half time the score stood at 36-23, in favor of W. C. T. C. Gudger, working under the basket, was the standout of the night. He rang up most of his points in the first half, then coasted through the last one. His total: a nice sum of 23 points. D. Pryor, flashy forward, was next with 10. Rhodes got 8. For the Bears, Gilbert was standout. He chalked up 15 points, and was also outstanding on defense. Stafford and Mashburn got 9 and 8 points respectively. For Western Carolina, Barnes and W. Pryor of the starting squad were outstanding on defense. Olson also broke up several attacks. The outstanding feature of the game was the Catamount teamwork. It was all for one and one for all. Deceptive plays that took timing to the nth degree were pulled and made to look as simnle as high school strategy. Maybe that is one thing that fooled the Bears—as if they weren't rattled enough. The line-up ^enoir-Rhyne W. C. T. C. Gilbert (15) F D. Pryor (10) Stafford (9) F Rhodes (8) lashburn (8) C Gudger (23) 'illit (4) G W. Pryor (6) Moore G Barnes Substitutions: W. C. T. C—Hyde, Olson (4), vferedith (3), Deitz (2), Ballou 4), Smith, Collins. Lenoir-Rhyne—McOall, Oon- ^d (4), Gurley, Boss (1), Abee (4). recognized as a district inter- scholastic champion. The election of officers of the conference will take place at the spring meeting. A committee is to be appointed by the commissioner to make the nominations which will be presented at that time. This conference has grown as the result of a meeting of coaches at a basketball clinic held at W. C. T. C. on the sixth of December. During the panel discussion concerning better coaching and officiating it was pointed out how much need there was of an inter-high school conference. At that time Mr. Andrews was made chairman of a committee of five which had to establish tentative rules and regulations for the forming of such a conference as the coaches had in mind. A meeting for discussion of these rules and regulations was held the 10th of December. At that time the most important rules discussed were those of ineligibility and quali- i fication for entrance into the conference. It was decided that the academic standing of any student should h;ive nothing to do with his competing in any sport. If any sport is valuable enough to be played at all, no student should be deprived of participating in the sport as long as he is a bona fide student of the school. It was also agreed that the conference will be open to vocational schools as well as to the regular liberal art schools. 1. All competitors must be bona fide students in regular attendance (81 percent of time) for a period of twelve weeks orior to competition, or must have entered school not later than one week after the first day of that school term. Post graduate students are not considered bona fide. (Note: In order to play on a team representing a school, the participation of a student in a full time program should be satisfactory. The program of any individual should be one adapted to the needs of the students and approved by the school administration. The term "participation" is comprehensive and includes the idea of citizenship or constructive participation in the .^. A. A. Meets On January 13 The Women's Athletic Association held its regular monthly meeting January 13th in the Student Union building. Lois Pryor, president, appointed Lucille Hunter as chairman of a committee to make arrangements for a coffee which is to be sponsored by the club. The winter intramural program was planned and managers were elected to arrange plans for regular tournament play. The managers and the sport of which each has charge are Anita Hughes, basketball; Lucille Hunter, volley ball; Lois Pryor, tetherball; Dorothy Jeane Ensley, badminton; Helen Hartshorn, paddle tennis; and Betty Jean Best, shuffleboard. The tournaments will run continuously throughout the quarter. All girls are urged to participate in any or all of these sports. Points toward a monogram or letter may be earned in this way. general affairs of the school). 2. No competitor shall be eligible for any sport in which he has already participated for all (or parts of four seasons. (One minute of participation in a regularly scheduled contest is participation for that year). 3. No competitor who has reached the age of 21 years before "regular practice" begins for a particular sport shall be eligible for that sport no'r any interscholastic sport after that. 4. All competitors, to be eligible, must live with their own parents or legal guardians or receive official permission from the commissioner. Competitors not living with their parents or legal guardians become eligible after one year of continuous attendance in that high school. 5. All member schools shall fill out and send in to the director of the conference at least two weeks in advance of the first contest of each sport, or other interscholastic competitive season, a list of names of eligible contestants in that sport. No other contestant shall compete unless his name shall have been sent in to be added to the direc- With the passing of football from the scene, and the Nation focusing its spot light on basketball, so has the campus of Western Carolina centered its attention on the favorite winter sport. Once more the Intramural teams of the campus begin their annual tussle for the championship and this year's round promises to be a fight to the finish with five evenly matched teams participating. Entered into this year's competition are the four floors of the Men's dormitory and the Day students. All five teams are being coached by some of the outstanding players of the college team. Delmar Pryor is guiding the first floor; "Woody" Pryor, the second; "Rosie" Barnes, the third, David Meredith, fourth, and Layton Deitz, the Day students. The season officially got under way Tuesday night, January 6, with a hard fought game between the Third and Fourth floor teams, and not until the final gun sounded was the victory assured. However, in the closing minutes the Third floor managed to forge ahead and wind up on top, 19 to 12. Following this game was an eye- opener between the Day students and the Second floor. By virtue of hard fighting to the end, the Day students eked out a 23 to 20 win. January 8 marked the second event scheduled with Day students facing the First floor. Although rated as under-dogs of the game, the boys of Coach Del- mar Pryor proved no match for those sharp-shooting boys and were defeated, 21 to 11. . To date these have been the only games played and in the top position at the present are the Day students. However, it is far too early to form any definite opinions and the race is still wide open. The next two games scheduled are to be played on January 14, which places the Second floor against the Third, and the First floor against the fourth. All teams this year seem well balanced, and there are no heavy favorites as yet. The Sec-> ond floor may well be considered the "Big" team of the outfit, as as their starting quintet averages about 200 pounds. This combination consists of G. Howard, H. Howard, Gurley, Neil, and Warsaw. The games are well worth following and should prove plenty of excitement from beginning to end. So much for the Intramural round-up. OFF THE RECORD Franklin Gudger, lanky center of the Catamount team, certainly turned in a bang-up performance against the Lenoir- Rhyne "Bears" Monday night. "Gudge", who stands 6 feet 2 inches, and is a star performer, not only in basketball but in football and baseball as well, racked up 23 points in the game and played A-l ball from start to finish Edeyville High's former star, Delmar Pryor, also was cracking the net from all angles and turned in a brilliant performance. The Catamounts look like a championship team to me; better lay your money on the line for them to take the North State crown. Roses to Coach Marion McDonald for his untiring efforts in coaching the newly formed "B" squad. Coach "Mc." is developing a fast breaking team that should be hard to stop and some of those "Kittens" should turn into full fledged "Cats". One of the most promising freshmen appearing on the varsity team this year comes in the form of Clair Olson. "Ike" is playing some real basketball and is also a tri-sport man. Enough chatter from a side line commentator. Let's all buy Defense bonds and Defense tor's list at least two weeks prior to his participation in any interscholastic competition. These lists, and any additions to them must be checked and signed by the principal of the high school. The president's word shall be final. . stamps and be sure to turn out for the next home basketball ! game, January 27, and help the ! Catamounts defeat Appalachian. "Cats" Whip Enka Quintet "Kittens" Win From Webster Playing an inspired brand of ball all the way, Coach Marion McDonald's Western Carolina "B" team downed a slow moving Webster high quintet, 11 to 4, in a preliminary game prior to the feature game between the Cat- mounts and the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears, at the college gym Monday night, January 12. Paced by Jerry Rice, promising young center, the "Kitten's" Jumped into an early lead which was never threatened by Webster. At the half time the "B" outfit was unscored on and led by 6 to 0. The second half moved slowly, with both teams playing a ragged type ball. Webster came back some-what stronger, however, and managed to drop in a couple of good shots, their only score during the game. The game progressed in see-saw manner and the "Kitten's" last score came when Frank "Stoog- ie" White, forward, sank a free throw, and the game ended with a 11 to 4 count. All members of the "B" squad saw considerable action and each one turned in a good performance. The win was the first for the newly formed club, having dropped a thriller to Sylva high, 16 to 14, a few nights before. The Catamounts erased an earlier defeat by the strong Enka quintet with a clean-cut 59- 30 victory Thursday night, January 8. Coach Whatley's boys took the advantage early in the first period and were never in trouble. Especially in the third period did the Catamounts shine. No one could miss, or so it seemed. It was in the third installment that the Western Carolina team really stepped out in front. Gudger and Rhodes were top scorers for Western Carolina, each ringing up 10 points. Meredith and Olson, two substitute forwards, were next with 9 and 8 points respectively. Barnes and Pryor were outstanding on defense. Center McCain was high scorer for Enka; Munday was the best on defense. The lineup: Enka Lindsey (8) F Turbyfield (3) F McCain (8) C Munday (5) G Tweed (6) G Score at half W. C. Enka, 16. Substitutions: Western Carolina: (9), Olson (8), Deitz lips (4), Smith (2), Ballou (2), Hyde (2), Collins. W. C. T. C. D. Pryor (6) Rhoades (10» Gudger (10) W. Pryor (4) Barnes T. C. 20; Meredith (2), Phil- OUTSTANDING SENIORS CHOSEN Three rare volumes published in 1700 have been donated to the Washington State college library. (Continued from page 1) to the Western Carolina Player, Future Teachers of America, the International Relations Club, and the Alpha Phi Sigma. Carlton Wells elected as the best looking man comas from Murphy where he played basketball for two years. At Western Carolina he has been a member of the Glee Club, the Alpha Phi Sigma and the Association for Childhood Education. He has served on the Men's House Government Council and on the Student Senate for the past two years. Lois Pryor, the most athletic girl of the senior class, graduated from Lake Lure High School in the class of "38. She played basketball in high school, was vice president of her senior class, and was elected as the most popular girl of the class. At Western Carolina Lois is well known for her participation in athletics. She is president of the Women's Athletic Association, secretary of Future Teachers of America and a member Although Clemson colege offers no course in journalism, the student newspaper, The Tiger, and student yearbook, The Taps, both are raated as "All- American." of the Marshalls and the Big Sisters Club. David Meredith is living up to his reputation of being an athlete by being elected most athletic senior. At Guilford High School he was on the basketball team In "36 and '37 and on the baseball team in "36 and '37. At Western Carolina Meredith played basketball, "39 and '41 baseball -39 and '41, and football '41. He is active in intramurals, having won several ping pong tournaments, shuffle-board tournaments and horse shoe tournaments. Touch football is one of his hobbies. David was vice president of his junior class, and secretary-treasurer of the Monogram Club '39-'42. He was on the Catamount Staff in '40- 41, and is a member of the Marshalls Club and the Science Club. BATTLE & SNYDER Cullowhee, N. C. BLUE RIBBON SHOE SHOP SOUR SHOE HOSPITAL — EXPERT DOCTORS Let Us Put New Life In Your Shoes! All Work Guaranteed Sylva, N. C. VELT' S CAFE The Home Of Good Food Sylva, N. C. Asheville Baking Company Get In The Swing Of Things WITH THE ENERGY FROM GOOD BUTTER-KRUST BREAD and CAKES

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina Teachers College
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• Date
  • Date original: 1942-01-19;
  • Date digitized: 2017-07-05
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  • Dimension: 20" x 16"
  • Pages: 11 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1942-01-19
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library