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Western Carolinian CULLOWHEE — A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOKIES PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION CULLOWHEE. NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1942 RELATIONS CLUB HAS OPEN FORUM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Graduate Work Available In Summer School PLANS FOR 1942 Local Red Cross Gets Letter From Dundee Scotland Creasman, Feaster To Fill Office Vacancies ARE ANNOUNCED Western Carolina Teachers College will sponsor one term of summer school, according to an announcement by Dean W. E. Bird, and probably a second term. Plans for the second term are not yet fully completed. The dates for the first term are June 11 to July 21. One of the special features of the summer school will be the cooperative program with the University of North Carolina in which the University will offer several graduate courses in the field of Education. Teachers holding the Bachelor's Degree may do one-third of their residence work or a maximum of three full courses in the professional field here. At least two regular members of the graduate staff of the University will give this work. Graduate students wishing to renew their Class A certificates will also be eligible to enroll for these graduate courses. In the meantime the college will offer a well selected group of courses in various fields. For the undergraduate these courses, like.those offered last summer, will consist of regular courses, work shops, hobby shops, and clinics. Several of these will be given as concentrated courses, which means that they may be completed within two weeks time, carrying a credit of two semester, or three quarter hours. In this way a student may enter at the beginning of the term and earn full summer school credit, or he may enroll for two or four weeks' credit, according to his desires. Another special feature of the summer program will be a demonstration school at the training school in which several demonstration teachers will teach students from various parts of the county. The purpose of the demonstration school is to provide observation facilities for all teachers interested in learning the best methods and techniques in class room teaching. Dean Bird also says that emphasis will be placed on a great many practical courses for men and women interested in defense work or pre-navy or pre-army training. The selection of the faculty for the summer school has not yet been completed. Mrs. L. A. Ammons, Chairman of the production unit of the Cullowhee Chapter of the American Red Cross, plans to have 130 sweaters, 14 scarfs, and 12 pairs of socks ready for shipment by the end of January. The women of the community have been knitting since last April. The first shipment from Cullowhee was mailed in June; since that time more than 600 garments have been made by the chapter. Miss Maude Ketchem is chairman of the sewing; Mrs. H. T. Hunter, chairman of cutting; and Mrs. Carrie Bryson, chairman of knitting. One shipment which went to Dundee Scotland was acknowledged by the following letter: 23 Crickton Street Dundee, Scotland To The N. C. Jackson Co Chapter Dear Friends, I am writing on behalf of the Woman's Voluntary Services (Dundee Scotland Branch) to thar<k you very sincerely for your gift of dresses. So far this town has suffered very little from Air Raids, but we are keeping these gifts against anything that may happen this winter, and we are very grateful to you ioi helping us in this way. Please convey our thanks to ; all the members of your chapter who contributed in any way to the making of these gifts for Britain, and tell them that it is very. comforting and encouraging for us to know that we have ' so many good friends in America. Yours sincerely, FAITH LEE, Secretary. Curriculum Has Defense Course , Roles Of Opera Carmen Chosen In accordance with the many defense programs that have been established since the war, Western Carolina Teachers College is offering several new subjects. Mr. Newton Turner will teach a course in Meteorology during the spring quarter, with special consideration for those interested in aviation. A course in trigonometry will be offered by Mr. Keith Hinds, and Mr. Troy Dodson will introduce celestial navigation. These courses will be of considerable advantage to the boys who participate in the defense programs or who plan to enter the armed service later. PUPILS' WORK IN ART IS SHOWN AT MCKEE SCHOOL An art exhibit of work by pupils from the first grade through college level in various schools throughout North Carolina was on display at the Mc- Kee Training School the week of January 19. These pictures were sent to the training school by the University of North Carolina which annually sponsors this exhibit. Excellent creative pictures were on display from Greensboro, Durham, Winston Salem, Albemarle, and Murphy. All of the pictures showed an emphasis on creative self-expression coupled with excellent design and compositional quality. Some of the scenes from Murphy were street scenes, landscapes in water color, a little mountain house with trees around it, and still life compositions. The work from Durham, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro showed excellent character portrayal. All of the pictures were prize winners which were selected from the work submitted last year. This exhibit is being circulated throughout the states and is one of the outstanding child art exhibits of the southern states. An impression of bold, vivacious color, strong, forceful design, and fine imagination characterizes the work. There is a consciousness of the power of child art, and the realization that it is a thing within itself— an art which follows its own laws. The exhibit has been most highly complimented by visitors, faculty members, and by students from the college. The exhibit was sponsored by Miss Fannie Gordman and the college art department. RABBI BALL0fc£S££ DUCKLES GUEST ISSPEAKERAT Mrs. Charles G. Gulley, director of the Halcyon Chorus has announced the names of those students who are to have solo parts in the concertized presentation of the opera "Carmen" to be presented in early. March. They are Barbara Dodson, soprano; Kimrey Perkins, tenor; Owen Lindiey, Baritone; Dick Hughes, bass; Howard Edgerton, baritone; Essie Mae Hall, Contralto; Edith Cherry, mezzo-soprano; Merrill Green, soprano; Vance Robertson, tenor; Helen Painter, contralto; Coleman Jones, tenor; and Don Cabe, baritone. The opera "Carmen" was written by Bizet Zamecnik. The Schubert Glee Club will present Gounod in early March at the Cullowhee Methodist Church. Those having solo parts in this will be Alice Weaver, soprano and Emma Duffy Blades, soprano. Dorothy Thompson will be accompanist for both programs. League Council Discusses Plans For Conference The members of the Epworth League council held a called meeting at the home of Mr. Mc- Murray Ritchie, to discuss plans for the Young People's Conference which is to be in Chapel Hill during February 6-8. This is a conference of all young people on college campuses who belong to the Methodist Church or who are affiliated members of the church. The council also discussed plans for the church paper and for the programs that are to be held at the league meetings. Members of the council who were present are Dorothy Thompson, Edith Cherry, Mar- | garet Livingston, Barbara Dodson, Garmon Smith, and Dick Hughes. Midwinter Dance Sponsored By Men The Men's house government of Western Carolina Teachers College were hosts at their annual mid-winter dance in the Breese gymnasium Friday evening. Carrying out the patriotic motif the gym was decorated with red, white and blue bunting, clusters of red, white, and blue balloons and a large American flag. The Buccaneers orchestra of Asheville played for the dance which had about three hundred students, faculty members and guests in attendance. Faculty sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. R. J, Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Marion McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. James Howell, Dean and Mrs. W. E. Bird, President and Mrs. Hunter, Miss Camp, Miss Albright, and Mr. Charles Hollo- man. Committees in charge of arrangements were: decorations, Herbert Howard, Carlton Wells, Woodrow Higdon, and Mai Wall. Refreshments, Gerald Eller, Edith Cherry, Reuben Harris, Grady Howard, and Allene Jackson. Checking, James Sherrill, Floor committee, Bob Reese. John Jordan, Jack Holloman, and Bob Wright. Miss Cathryn Creasman of Swannanoa and Miss Mary Alice Feaster of Brevard were elected president and vice-president, respectively, of the Western Carolina Teachers College student body" at the chapel period, January 22. The Senate nominated Miss Creasman and Miss Feaster to fill the vacancies created when the former president, John Wilson, Jr. was recalled to army duty, and the vice president, Charles Frazier, accepted a position as accountant for a defense construction company in Arizona. Miss Creasman and Miss Feaster have been outstanding members of their respective classes in high school and college. Cathryn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Creasman of Swannanoa, was president of her sophomore high school class, treasurer of the junior class and vice-president of the senior class. She was also associate editor for the school paper, won the award as Good Citizen in her Junior and Senior years and was _salutatorian of her graduating class. While in college she has served as a member of the Woman's House Government Council for eight consecutive quarters has been a member of the Big Sister club for three years, and chairman of the Big Sister club. She is now treasurer of the Future Teachers of America, a member of the Student Senate, editor of the Western Carolinian, and serves on the Standards Committee and Student Activity Fee committee. For two years she has been staff manager of the Guidance Clinic. Miss Creas- man's major is history and her minor is English. Mary Alice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Feaster of Brevard, graduated from Brevard High School. She was an active member of the Dramatics Club, served as a junior marshal and was also salutatorian of her graduating class. At W. C. T. C. she has been a student senator for two years, a member of the Big Sister Club, Secretary of the Senate, and assistant editor of the Catamount, the school annual. Miss Feaster is majoring in business education and her minor, is English. CHAPEL HOUR "In this hour of world crisis we need a rededication of spirit", said Rabbi Sidney Ballon in chapel, January 20, as he delivered his address on "The Challenge to the Judeo-Chris- tian Basis of our Civilization." Saying that it was a responsi bility and challenge to before teachers, Rabbi Ballon proceded to point out the duties and responsibiliites of the Jewish people in this war and after peace. Rabbi Ballon visited at W. C. T. C. as a speaker from the Jewish Chautauqua Society. He was formerly regional Rabbi for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. A native of Paw- tucket, Rhode Island, he graduated from Brown University, "Magna cum laude". There he took honors in the department of Biblical Literature and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He. was then graduated from and ordained by the Hebrew Union College, 1938, where he attained the highest academic standing in his class. Since September 1940, he has been Rabbi of the Tree of Life Synagogue, Columbia, South Carolina. From Recordings For Broadcasts SPEAKER FOR Beginning February 28, the Guidance Clinic will broadcast over WWNC a series of twelve programs entitled "Western North Carolina Schools in Review". These programs were recordings made in different high schools in Western North Carolina. During the summer Charles Milner, director of the Bureau of Visual Instruction of the Uni- I versity of North Carolina, chose " i three of these recordings to be c circulated among the schools of the state by the Bureau of Visual Instruction of the University. They are: "Our School", three records in which the students decribe the activities of the Cool Springs School. Cool Springs, North Carolina; "Our Part in Defense", three records on Murphy. School students tell of their part in National defense; and "The Moundbuilders" three records of an Indian Cantata produced by the music students of Western Carolina Teachers College under the direction of Mrs. Charles Gulley. Dr. Killian also has recordings of these programs, and for the benefit of those who have not already heard them, plans to play them in chapel soon. Since these three recordings were chosen by merit, it is a compliment both to the school in general and to the Guidance Clinic in particular. Campus May Be Field Of Service "You don't have to go to the battle field to render service", said President Hunter in an informal talk to the student body during the chapel period Tuesday, January 27. Mr. Hunter reminded the students that the present situation has given us the opportunity to have a new objective to go along with the cultural idea of education and ; practical education. This new objective is a noble one—the objective of service. Mr. Hunter emphasized the fact that culture can not be transmitted biologically nor merely by sending boys and girls I to college. It is not so simple. ■ Culture comes from within; it is what we have after we have forgotten everything we have Valentine Dance Plans In Making Plans are under way for the annual Valentine dance sponsored by the Women's house Government. This dance, following close on the heels of the Men's house Government dance, will be given the evening of February 14 in the Breese Gymnasium. The traditional valentine motif will, of couse, be carried out. At present the orchestra has not been chosen. A music committee consisting of Emelyn Haynes, Chairman; Edith Cherry and Betty Hodgin, has been appointed. Other committees which have been appointed are: Decoration Committee: Lois Pryor, Juanita Porter, Mattie Pearl Raby, Sally Alexander, and Catherine Walker, chairman; Invitations, tickets, hosts committee—Ruth Liner, Grace Leatherwood, Virginia Reed, and Lucille Meredith, chairman; Refreshment committee: Betty Jean Best, Martha Perkins, Helen Browning, Helen Hartshorn, and Katherine Shu- ford, chairman; Check room committee: Lelia McKeithan, Ruth Ray, Florence Smith, and Dorothy Jean Ensley; Floor committee: Eloise McBryde, Joy Juniper, and Frances Allison. Hugh L. Riordan, a Marquette university professor whose birthday is December 25, proposes a Society fo rthe Protection of the Birthday Gift Interests of Those Born on Christmas Day. agreed to spend a certain portion of their pay for defense stamps and bonds. Using the example by the Asheville Rotary Club, and particularly, one member, when Drs. Morgan To Lead Program On Religious Week Dr. William H. Morgan and Dr. William I. Morgan to open Religious Emphasis Week with discussions on Religion and Marriage and Home Life. Both are well qualified for leading discussions along this line. Mrs. Morgan is a lecturer and leader of forums and discussion groups in the fields of Personality Adjustments, Parent-Child Relationships, Problems of Adolescence, Relationships of Men and Women, and Marriage and the Home. Majoring in Parent Education and Child Psychology, Mrs. Morgan obtained her Doctorate at the University of Iowa in June, 1941, She had previously received her Master's Degree in Religious Education from Teacher's College, Columbia University, following her graduation in Home Economics from Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kansas. She is now Head of the Department of the Home and acting Dean of Women at Asheville College, Asheville, N. C. Mr. William H. Morgan is a native of South Carolina, and did his undergraduate work at Vanderbilt University and later pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago, receiving the Master's degree in Philosophy from that institution. Dr. Morgan's training has been primarily in the field of Education, and he holds a doctorate in Education and Religion from Columbia University. In studies at Columbia and Union Seminary he gave considerable attention to personal emotional adjustments, including those of men-women and family rela- OPEN FORUM "Civilization moves upward in history when necessary and impossible things have to be done", said Mr. Edwin Duckies, of the Institute of International Relations of the Carolinas, at the open forum sponsored by the International Relations Club. The speaker of the evening was introduced by Miss Cordelia Camp co-sponsor of the club. The Institute of International Relations is sponsored jointly by the extension division of the University of North Carolina and the Society of Friends. "The United States of America is involved in a total war, the sacrifices that we are now making are just a prelude to the tremendous costs of war and sacrifices that we are going to have to make", he continued. "We should take a lesson from this time, the lessons are: (1) never allow private business or any part of our nation to sell war materials to sovereign states; (2) the human species must learn that security lies between nations." "Afte te Wrhar—What? We must lay a foundation of trust and good will, have a peace table far removed from hatred, emergency relief must be cleared up, and there must be functional cooperation", were the conclusions of the guest speaker. "Making a Peace" was the subject of Mr. E. H. Stillwell's speech which was made in the first part of the program. He offered the Atlantic Charter as a suggested plan for permanent peace in the future world. Idealism and realism are complements of each other", he said. "But our problems will never be solved until we form some kind of an international organization with some means of force behind it. A price must be paid to establish this peace, we must shed the shell of isolationism and set up an eternal vigilance, guarding our peace by a strong police force." The program was opened by the singing of the National Anthem, and closed with an open forum with A. L. Bramlett conducting. Zelda Murray, president of the club gave the welcome speech, Miss Camp and Dr. Bramlett are co-sponsors of the International Relations Club. Naval Officer Is Campus Visitor Lt. Hohn E. Baber, officer in charge, class V 7, of the United States Naval Reserve recruiting station at Charlotte, North Carolina visited Western Carolina Teachers College January 22 to interview boys wishing to enter the Navy's department of Deck and Engineering officers training. Present enlistments would first be given a thirty day preliminary training course and later trained as a Midshipman | at $65 per month plus allowance. After this course is completed the men would be commissioned tions, to problems involved in as an Ensign at $125 per month he gave himself over to helping learned in college. "Culture", he | crippled children in all of his developing one's philosophy of plus allowance, explained, "is the influence com- | sPare time- Mr- Hunter stressed ! nie, and to the philosophy of To qualify for this training ing from any sphere that j *ne fact tnat service could be education. you must be a certified citizen touches our spirit." carried to such a point that it Dr. and Mrs. Morgan have of the United States, unmarried The culture of service was I could do something for one's lived several years in Roumania. and between the ages of 19 and demonstrated in the community, Dr. Hunter pointed out, when the ladies in the community .knit over 170 sweaters and all of the employees of the college inner self—remake one. "Let everyone on the campus", said President Hunter, "seek to serve and opportunities will come." While there he was closely associated with the World's Student Christian Federation. They came from the University of Iowa to Asheville College. 27. The representative of the Navy interviewed several of our college boys and 20 of them enlisted for service.

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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  • Date original: 1942-01-31;
  • Date digitized: 2017-07-05
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  • Dimension: 20" x 16"
  • Pages: 4 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_1942-01-31
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