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The Western Carolinian CULLOWHEE — A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOKIES PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION CULLOWHEE, NORTH CAROLINIA. MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1942 SUPERLATIVES ARE CHOSEN FOR '42 Western Carolina Sons Now Serving Uncle Sam In keeping step with Western North Carolina's high record of enlistment Western Carolina Teachers College has several men either in the regular army forces or doing defense work. The list from the college Registrar's office disclosed the following boys as having left or planning to leave: At Newport News, Virginia — Bert Miller, Hendersonville, E d Bennett, Hendersonville; Bob Andrews, Cullowhee; James Howell, Way- nesville; and Sam Queen, Way- nesville. Wade Messer, Cullowhee, has gone to take clerical work in a Naval Training school. Ray Cowan, Webster, is in the Navy Medical Corps; Leo Cowan, Webster, and Lloyd Cowan, Webster, have gone to Baltimore, Md., on defense jobs; Bill Gant, King's Mountain and Tom Allison of Morehead City are taking special courses at North Carolina State College; Bill Smith, Raleigh and Bob Wright, Bryson City, went to Charlotte to take entrance exams into the Naval Reserve. Of fifteen men taking the exam Wright and Smith were the only ones passing it; Revis Frye, Gastonia, is an instructor in Physical Education in the Naval Reserve. Charles Prazier, Canton, is in Arkansas doing accounting work for a defense construction company. John Siler, Robbinsville, has joined the Navy; Claude Jamison has gone to Nashville, Tenn., to complete training for his commission as 2nd lieutenant in the U. S. Army Reserve Corps; Hugh Lee, Marion, has joined the Merchant Marines and his assigned ship is not disclosed; Troy Haney, Marshall, is doing defense work in Norfolk, Va.; Warren Deyermond, Andover, Massachusetts, has joined the Marine Corp.; T. A. Jackson, East La Porte, is leaving Tuesday for Scott Field, Illinois, where he will be in the signal corp; Johnny Wilson is leaving to take reserve officers training at Camp Croft, S. C; Jakie Phillips, Andrews, is to be drafted but will take the Air Corp Exam. Hugh DeLozier. Candler; La Verne Maxwell, Robbinsville; S. D. Howard, Davidson; have left school but are not sure of their plans. Several other students are expected to enlist or to be drafted after the completion of Winter Quarter. Lyceum Given Tuesday Night Last Tuesday night the Cullowhee audience enjoyed the third in the series of Lyceum numbers presented by the college when the lyceum committee presented in concert William Klenz, cellist; Herbert Livingston, pianist; and Lucia Pialorse, dramatic soprano. The young artists are members of the faculty of the University of North Carolina with the exception of Miss Pialorse an artist from Asheville who substituted for Clyde Keutzer, Tenor, also of Chapel Hill. Among the selections were well-known compositions b y Chopin, Ravel, and Bach. Especially outstanding was the artist's rendition of "Night Piece", an original work by Mr. Klenz. Equally inspiring were the songs of Miss Pialorse. The enthusiastic audience showed by applause their appreciation and desire for more programs of this type. Plans Are Made For Religious Emphasis Week Plans for Religious Emphasis Week are completed as the time draws near for that week February 2-8 when it is hoped that every student and faculty member will give some thought to the important subject of "Religion and Life". The committee decided that religion touches life in the following places: 1. Religion and Marriage and Home Life. 2. Religion and Health—mental and physical. 3. Religion and Social Life, including recreation and good times. 4. Religion and Government. Is there a relationship between religion and democracy? 5. Religion and Industry. 6. Religion and Education. It also invited other students to submit topics of particular interest to them. As a result of this invitation the topic, "Religion and Language" was submitted and will be included in the list of topics to be discussed during the week. Excellent speakers have been procured, students and faculty are interested so it promises to be a time for real spiritual development on the campus. The fact that the administration has approved a change of schedule for Monday, February 2, proves that real emphasis is given to the subject. A special assembly will be held on Monday at the regular chapel period for other days. The plan is to begin each day with a short morning watch service in the back drawing room of Moore Dormitory at 6:40 A. M. under the general leadership of Allene Jackson. Topics on the general theme will be discussed at all chapel periods that week and informal discussions will be held under able leaders every evening at 7:00 o'clock. The discussion leaders already procured are Dr. William Morgan and wife Dr. Mildred I. Morgan of Asheville College, experts on Marriage and Home Life, who will lead the discussions on Monday. Mrs. R. H. Latham of Asheville, National Woman's Club leader will be with us twice on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday have not been definitely scheduled, but at some time during the week our own —Continued on back page IS FEATURE OF NEW WCTC ANNUAL Plans centering around a patriotic theme for the 1942 edition of the "Catamount" are being rapidly completed as the first pages of the annual go to press the first of February. Patriotism with the color combination of red, white, and blue will feature the 1942 annual, according to the editor-in-chief, Charles Guy Reed. This is carried out also in the cover which has been selected. Club pictures are being made this week. This will complete the photography excluding special photographic features. Special emphasis is being placed on the make-up of the yearbook. Divisions already selected include the various classes and snapshots, superlatives, organizations, faculty, dedication, athletics, and advertisements. Each division will be introduced by special photographic features of campus activities. The dedication will be selected by the senior class at their next regularly scheduled meeting. Last year the annual was dedicated to John Worth McDevltt, Alumni Secretary. The Charlotte Engraving Company will do the engravings. Pictures were made by the Dunbar Studios, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Each student will receive a copy of the annual early in May, the expected publication date. The athletic fee paid at registration covers the cost of the annual. Faculty To Buy Defense Bonds Hugh A. Lee Joins Marines Every Saturday during the fall New Haven's open street cars, otherwise unused, are wheeled out of the barns to handle Yale football crowds. At a meeting held for the purpose of providing ways and means for raising the college quota of one hundred dollars for the National Red Cross, the faculty and other employees of Western Carolina Teachers College unanimously voted to assess proportional parts of their salaries to raise the necessary amount. Payments in response to this action began immediately and It is understood that the amount has already been raised. Also voted and passed unanimously at the meeting was a motion that every employee of the college staff buy defense bonds or stamps, each month during the term. This is considered one of the most effective ways of aiding the government in its work. Included in the employees present at the meeting were teachers, administrators, office helpers, cooks, janitors, carpenters, firemen, and all others receiving a regular salary from the college. Hiram T. Hunter Hunter Finishes Rotary Speeches With a visit to the Charleston, South Carolina Rotary Club on next Tuesday, January 20, W H. T. Hunter, Governor of the 190th Rotary District, will complete his visits to the forty- nine clubs in the district. Mr. | Hunter has spoken to all the Rotary Clubs in this district and has made a number of speeches to other clubs as well since his election as Governor of the 190th District last August 1. The following excerpt from the Rotary Club Bulletin, Marion, North Carolina, reflects the sentiment of the clubs toward President Hunter: "Every Marion Rotarian received a big injection of inspiration and enthusiasm from Ty. He talked to us about such abstract things ..-, ethics, loyalty, and ideals, in terms we could understand. No fuss, or feathers —just straightforward from the shoulder reasoning which got under our skin and made a lasting impression. We could do wtih more such talks. Ty, you're a grand guy—and we want you to come as often as you can." Mr. Hunter's term as governor expires June, 1942. Mr. Hunter spoke to the Canton Lions Club last Tuesday night on "What City Clubs Have for Times Like These." He spoke to the student body of Western Carolina Teachers College at the chapel period last Thursday on "Aims of Hitler versus the Atlantic Charter." Lindiey Na^ied Class President Dramatics Class To Present Play The Dramatics Class will present "Charley's Country Cousin", a comedy in four short acts, by Three rare volumes published in 1700 have been donated recently to the Washington State j cal examination, and for admis college library. ision to the school. Hugh Lee, Marion, North Carolina, sophomore, and editor of the column, "Looking Ahead", withdrew from college during the Christmas holidays to enter the merchant marines as a cadet. The training consists of four years' regular college work and includes such subjects as naval science, gunnery, and navigation. It is designed to train officers for government subsidized K. McDowell Rice on March vessels to be used as naval aux- 3 and 4 in the little theatre re- iliaries in war time. cently redecorated by the West- Admission to the course is through competitive examination. Cadets in the merchant marines have the same rating as Annapolis midshipmen, wearing the same uniform and receiving the same rate of pay. Lee took the examination December 7 in competition with boys throughout the United States. Only those making high scores were accepted as cadets. He reported to the Cadet School in New York for the final physi- At the class election, January 8, the freshman class elected the following officers: Owen Lindiey, president; Clair Olson, vice- president; Elizabeth Ann Hunter, secretary. Maxine Reagan and George Brown were nominated as freshman candidates for the Student Senate. Their election will be voted on by the entire student body. MISS MCADAMS HAS SKETCHES IN MINT GALLERY Miss Laura Jean McAdams, versatile head of the modern language department at W. C. T. C. was honored with an invitation to place an exhibit in the Mint Art Gallery, Charlotte, a one-man show of pen and ink sketches. The exhibition was on display for the entire month jf December. Miss McAdams is to have later shows of a similar nature in Asheville, and Washington, D. C. The one hundred sketches which took three years to complete, were to have been included in a limited edition of the works of Anatole France; war, however, caused a delay in the negotiations and printing. Most of the sketches were done in Paris under the supervision and criticism of M. Auguste V. Desclos, director of the National office of French Schools and Universities, and M. Charles Ricard, member of the Institute of France, and director of the Institute of Art and Archaeology, and honorary director of the French Classical School at Athens, Greece. Miss McAdams' work has been compared to that of William Blake, though critics have realized that she develops her individualistic technique where Blake expresses etheriality. A native of Due West, South Carolina, Miss McAdams has proved to be the "local girl who made good". In each of the fields into which she has delved—writing, sketching, painting, scholarship, languages, and teaching— she has had marked success. Her experiences are munificient, her honors many. In a recent column in the Charlotte Observer she was described: "Miss McAdams received her A. B. at Erskin college (umma cum laude); she was an honor graduate, valedictorian, and received the Na- bor's scholarship medal in 1928; she obtained her art certificate from Erskin in 1921; her M. A. at the University of South Carolina, where she was art editor of the Carolinian in 1929. She attended summer school at the University of Georgia, 1930; graduate fellow in Latin and member of the art staff of the "Archive" Duke University 1931-32; Carnegie Art and —Continued on page two Outstanding Seniors Chosen By Class Of 1942 New Catalog Is B ing Printed Thelma Smith .Cullowhee, and John Jordon, Murphy, were elected the best all-round members of the senior class in the annual election of senior super- Dean W. E. Bird and Mr. Ralph latlves. Helen Miller and B. C. Sutton returned to the campus Monday evening from Charlotte. They took the material for the new catalogue, which shows many improvements over the present catalogue. The new catalogue carries some original sketches by Miss Laura Jean McAdams for frontispiece and for head and tail pieces. It will also carry fifteen or twenty cuts photographs taken on or near the college campus. Introductory statements are being given under each department caption explaining the purpose and special merits of department offerings. Student Union Is Improved By Venetian Blinds Venetian blinds in the Student Union building and in the Business Education department, and new curtains in the little theatre are the latest additions to the improvement of the campus and buildings. The little theatre has now taken on a completely different look; it has new maroon draperies at the windows and a maroon cycle on the stage. These curtains were purchased by the Western Carolina Players to improve their little theatre. The Venetian blinds for the Business Education department were ordered some time ago, but because of defense program were not received until recently. The results of both these efforts in improvement are extremely gratifying and the public is invited to come and see them. Jack Dillard Is Campus Visitor Jack Newton Dillard, of Sylva, a member of the class of 1944, was a visitor on the campus Monday. Jack is now a member of the United States Marines on the S. S. President Adams. When his ship developed engine trouble and put in at the Bay of Tampa for a few days he was given a seven-day furlough. em Carolina Players. After training at Parris Is- The cast is composed of Doris land, South Carolina, for about Gibbs as Mrs. Carleton; Charles two months, he was on guard Guy Reid, Mr. Carleton; Veo duty at Portsmouth, Virginia, for Pate, Bridget; and Vera Hosa- a few weeks; recently his ship flook, Margaret Moffat. was on convoy duty and when Because the play will be given engine trouble developed it was in the Little Theatre and the on its way to Balboa, Panama, seating capacity is limited It will for further guard duty. be presented on two nights. The Jack was an outstanding proceeds will be given to the Red ; member of the freshman class Cross. Cast For Winter Play Is Chosen "The Goose Hangs High" by Leeves Beach, has been selected by the Western Carolina Players for their winter production, Thursday evening, February 26. "The Goose Hangs High" is one of the most popular plays of recent times. After a successful run on Broadway it has been filmed and played by various stock companies. Even after several years it still carries a royalty of fifty dollars. The plot, one of the first to deal with the modern generation centers around the struggles of a middle-class arents to keep their spoiled shildred supplied with money. The cast includes: R. B. Knox, as Bernard Ingals; Lucile Meredith, Eunice Engals; Tom Byers, Noel Derby; Russel Byrd, Leo Day Day Students To Buy Bonds Thelma Smith, president of the Day Student Organization has announced that their organization will buy some government bonds this year, and set these up as a loan fund for worthy students. The committee in charge of buying the bonds are Joe Lance, Burke Ferguson, and Charles Guy Reed. Amateur Hour Held At Chapel On January 6 On Tuesday, January 6, Joe Crowell and the Catamount Swingters entertained with an amateur hour during the chapel period. The first talent presented on the program was "The Breezy Three" who sang "Darkness on the Delta" and "Elmer's Tune". This trio was made up of Edith Cherry, Barbara Dodson, and Helen Painter. The second group who entertained in a professional manner was Sherrill and His Mountain Rovers who gave a fifteen minute program of mountain songs and ballads. Six hundred clerical employes of FBI are studying at Washington colleges and universities. Murdock; Lorene Browning, Mrs. Bradley; Jack Hollorpan, Ronald Murdock; W. R. Hall, Hugh Ingals: Vere Hasoflook, Dogmar Carroll; Margaret Moore, bols last year. He was one of the most Ingals; John Tyree, Bradley Invaluable members of the West- gals; Elmer Neill, Elliott Kim- ern Carolinian staff and a mem- berley; Ruben Harris, Rhoda. ber of the western Carolina Alma Jackson is assistant dl- Players. I rector. The third part of the program Ruth Eleanor Elliott, Julia I was taken by Betty Hodgin, Joy Juniper, Ruth Ray, J a n ic e Smathers, and Emelyn Haynes, better known as "The Quin- tones." They sang "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and their theme song, "I Understand". Owen Lindiey added his bit of spi-.e to the program by advertising a super-special sort of corn. Moss were chosen as the seniors with the best personality, Barbara Dodson and Carlton Wells, as the best looking seniors and Lois Pryor and David Meredith as the most athletic seniors. In being elected the best all- round girl Thelma Smith is carrying on a tradition which she started in the Cullowhee High School. When she was elected the best all round student and won the "best Citizen" medal. She was a member of the debate team, president of 4-H Club, president of the Dramatics Club, and salutatorlan of her graduating class. In college she has served on the senate, was secretary of her Junior class, and is now president of the Day Students Council. John Jordon is a graduate of Murphy High School where he was president of the student body in 1937. He was elected president of his college freshman class and has been active in practically all campus activities. He has been president of B. S. U. Council; president of the Western Carolina Players for the last two years; president of the senior class; senator from the senior class; commencement marshall; listed in "Who's Who in American Colleges and SSnfe versities" 1941-42; cast director In Alpha Psi Omega, National Dramatic Fraternity; and a member of the Standards Committee. Helen Miller graduated as saluatorian from Lercester Hi<*h. School in 1936. From there she went to Mars Hill College where she was an officer of the Clio Literary Society and in the French Honor Club; a member of the Home Makers Guild; president of her Sunday School Class, and a member of the May Court. She came to Western Carolina Teachers College In 1940, where she has been active in the Women's Athletic Association; a member of the Fnturt Teachers of America. B. C. Moss, the boy with the best personality, graduated from Kings Mountain High School where he participated in football and baseball. He was vice president of his junior and senior classes and made the honor roll every month in high school. From high school he went to Brevard College where he was vice president of the Cliosophis Literary Society; program chairman of the Christian Student Movement; Catcher on the baseball team for two years; and a member of the football team. At Western Carolina Moss is a member of the Monogram Club. The International Students Society, is catcher on the baseball team and listed in "Who's Who in America" Colleges and Universities", 1941-42. Since November he has been pastor of Webster Cercent, Methodist Church. Barbara Dodson, elected as the most beautiful senior, finished at Mineral Springs high school. She went to Brevard Junior College before coming to Western Carolina. At Brevard she was on the Dean's list, in the May court for two years, and the most popular girl in the Freshman class. She belonged to the Chato Nature Club, the Fireside Club, and was president of the Forsyth County Club. At W. C. T. C. Barbara has been on the Dean's list, the honor roll, is a member of the executive committee of the Wesley Club, and a reporter on the Western Carolinian. She was president of her Sunday School class, vice president of the Epworth League, vice president of Halcyon chorus, and Carnival Queen. She belongs —Continued on back page

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
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  • 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