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nil WESTERN ( AKOLIMAN, ClLLOVVHi-fc, N. C., JlAK. >'t, mi -Campus Clubs- Business Education Club Holds Meeting The Business Education Club held its first meeting of the quarter Wednesday night In the Student Union Building. The principal speaker of the evening wa.s Joe Lance, who spoke on the subject "The Present-Day Economic Situation As I See It". Other interesting features of the program were: The Madison Quartet, who sang tw0 spirituals; John Jordon, who gave a reading "The Congo"; Dorothy Thompson, who played three piano solos, "Chloe", "Star Dust", and "Sunrise Serenade." The meeting adjourned 8:30. at Schubert Glee Club The Schubert Glee Club will sing two numbers at the Methodist Church for the eleven o'clock service on Easter Sunday. The selections are taken from the Cantata, "Light of the World" by Ira Wikon. Howard McDevitt will direct the singing. Mrs Charles G. Gulley will sing "Hosanna!" by Granier, accompanied by Dorothy Thompson. Folk Dancing Club An interesting schedule Is planned by the Folk Dance Club for the spring quarter. Miss Benton, director of the club, will talk at the NCEA in AshevUle, in April on the North Carolina folk dance, or the "square dance." Miss Benton will take a group of club members to demonstrate ' Westc: represi o the Bercu Mounat.i:* rolk Festival a« Berea, Kentucky, April 17-19. Other colleges to be represented are: Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, Asheville College, the University of Tennessee, and Berea. There will be group dancing, club exhibitions, and the individual numbers. The members of the club are: Betty Jean Best, Virginia Scott, Reuben Harris, Vernon Martin, Emmett Sams, Susie McGinnis, Howard Edgerton, Boyd Poole, Lois Pryor, Nell Turner, Edna Alexander, Andrew Carter, Susie Belle Tatham, Dot Brigmon, Wanda Joe Dills, Ralph Spencer, John Jordon, and Miss Reid. pian0 selections and Dean Bird gave an interesting talk on the Passion Play of Oberammergau. After the program refreshments were served. CHURCH NEWS BAPTIST NEWS Methodist Church Presents Program On Johann S. Bach I. R. C. PLANS F. T. A. MEETS Charles McCall, president of I. R. C. plans a busy spring quarter for the club. The International Relations Club has been one of the most active clubs on the campus this quarter, and the president has in mind an even broader program for next quarter. For some time one of the chief activities of I. R. C. has been the participation in Chapel exercises at neighboring high schools. This will continue with several high schools added to the list. Participants will be chosen, as usual, on a competitive basis. An important feature of I. R. C. is the annual picnic, usually held at the college picnic grounds. Plans for the picnic are not yet complete. President McCall plans some visiting speakers during the spring. Recently Zelda Murray, Clois Ann Ingle, Martha Hensley, Eric Lloyd, Lenwood McElroy, and Burke Ferguson attended the southeastern district meeting of I. R. C. in Tallahassee, Florida. Other students will make similar trips within the next few months. Plans for the spring quarter were outlined at the March meeting of the Robert Lee Madison Chapter of the Future Teachers of America. The club plans to bring at least two outstanding speakers to the campus in the spring. The program committee, headed by John Henry Gesser, will choose from such prospects as: T. C. Roberson, superintendent of Buncombe County Schools; Mr. Patt.on, superintendent of Burke County Schools; the superintendent of the Atlanta City Schools; and a professor of education from Clemson College. The club will send three delegates to the state meeting in Asheville in April: Herbert Cohn, J0hn Henry Gesser, and Gormon Smith. Betty Bird was taken In as a new member. Any student interested in joining may do so, and pay his national dues next October. Andrew Carter represented the B. S. U. at Franklin in a Better .er's Contest, last Saturday tning. The winner received a j to Ridgecrest this summer as a representative of this district. The subject of Mr. Carter's speech was "Learning In The School Of Christ." The Youth Choir members have purchased white vestments for the Sunday night services. The girls are making them under the direction of Miss Ket- chum. Lorene Browning, President of the B. S. U., and the Madison Quartet accompanied the Reverend Fred Forester t0 Franklin Saturday to the Better Speaker's Contest. The quartet, composed of L. B. Ray, Leo Cowan, Lawrence Stewart, and Bill Troutman sang four special numbers during the day. The B. S. U. Prayer Hut is well on its way. The Farmer's Federation of Asheville has donated logs enough to build the cabin. Churches and friends have contrinuted to make the cabin possib13 for the B. S. U. Delegates for the Spri g Planning Co: ference, to be held at Hickory, ..pril 6, will be selected this week. The Stafford Union won the efficiency banner Sunday night. Dorothy Farrior is president of this union. The Cullowhee Methodist Church honored the memory of Johann Sebastian Bach at the eleven o'clock service, Sunday, March 30. Reverend Walter Lee Lanier spoke on the life of Bach, who has made a contribution to religious i ieh has never id rarely ther composer. Mrs. Virginia G. Fisher played "Air For the G. String". The Halcyon Chorus sang "Sleepers Wake!", and the college orchestra directed by Mrs. Virginia G. Fisher, played a Bach chorale. Mrs. Charles G. Gulley directed the chorus; Anne Bird and Dorothy Thompson were pianists. PERSONALS I. S. Society Meets The International Students Society met in the Student Union Building Monday night, March 3, with the president, Mary Kathryn Gardner, in charge. During the program Kathryn Shuford played several The Baptist Training Union has elected new officers for the spring qurater. The Hunter B. T. U. elected Kate Llndsey, president; Dorothy Jean Ensley, vice-president; Eva Higdon, secretary; Catherine Walker, Bible drill leader; Bill Troutman, Pauline Haynes, and Dorothy Poston as program committee. The Stafford Union elected Dorothy Farrior, president; R. B. Knox, vice-president; Genivieve Tate, secretary; Lucille Medlin, Bible drill leader; and Frances Sturgill and Joe Lance as group captains. Mary Cox has been appointed leader of the Junior B. T. U. and Helen Browning as leader of the Intermediate B. T. U. During the Spring Quarter the B. S. U. council will complete plans for the Baptist Prayer Hut which will be erected for the Baptist students on the campus. T. J. Thommason, Jr., has been appointed chairman of the building committee. When the Prayer Hut is completed it will be a realization of the dreams of the B. S. u. councils of 1939-40 and 1940-41. The hut will have a recreation room, a kitchen, a prayer room, and a conference room. Professor P. L. Elliott, head of the English Department, delivered the school commencement exercises. Louise Bryson left Monday night for Washington, D. C. to take a position as Senior Stenographer in the Navy Department. Mrs. W. E. Bird has been at Duke Hospital for two weeks recuperating from a major operation. Dean W. E. Bird was the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Macon County Teachers Association held Friday, March 28, at the Panorama Courts, Franklin, N. C. President and Mrs. H. T. Hunter entertained the directors and chairmen of committees of uhe Sylva Rotary Club at their home Wednesday, March 26, celebrating Mr. Hunter's birthday. Mrs. Jane Gulley Thomas is on the campus visiting her mother, Mrs. Inez Wooten Gulley. John Buchanan, son of Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, was on the campus last week visiting his mother during his spring holidays at Citadel where he is a student. The Women's Missionary So- iety of the Methodist Church sponsored a successful food sale last Tuesday at Moore Dormitory. Mrs. M. K. Hinds, chairman of the committee, served as hostess. She was assisted by Mrs. Carrie Bryson, Mrs. Frank Brown, Miss Anne Rabe, and Mrs. Messer. Beverly Godfrey, Catherine Boyd, Thelma Smith, and Maude Bryson, were the week end guests of Ann McClure at her home. Phillis Terrill spent the week end at her home near Lake Jun- aluska. Miss Margaret Boyd, a graduate of W. C. T. C. in 1940 has accepted a position at King High School, King, N. C. Improvements To Be Completed On College Campus In Near Future Campus improvements which have been in progress during the whiter quarter, will be completed during the spring quarter and the improvements around the Student Union Building begun the foreman said yesterday. The plans for the Student Union Building include a stone wall aloiitj the drive leading to Robertson Hall. Intercepting the wall directly in front of the Student Union will be a flight of st0ne steps with a four-foot concrete walk leading to the main entrance of the building. Crossing the walk at right angles a few feet from the front wall of the building will be another stone wall extending across the entire front of the building with a flight of stone steps and double columns of stone rising at the point of intersection. The areas between the walks and the walls will be sown In grass. On the side of the building facing Robertson Hall the walk will run around the entire building connecting in two places with the walk leading to the Classroom Building and will have extensions to all the entrances of the Student Union Building. A flight of stone steps will lead from the back main entrance of the Student Union Building to the walk leading to the Classroom Building. A stone May Day Festival . . . (Continued from Page One) CLAIRE DE LUNE FOR "J1VLKS" REASONS Dorothy Claire, new sinking star on Glenn Miller's "Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade," is riding the crest <>f the popularity waves. Miller's grand hand broadcasts 3 nights weekly over C.B.S. network. Training School News Mrs. C. D. Kilian, Director of the Senior Play to be presented by the seniors of the training school, has announced that the date set for the play is April 25. The name of the play is "Dear Professor". The cast has not yet been selected. wall running across the entire Mr. Hoyle, principal of the back side of the Student Union Training School, has set the Building will Intercept the ex tension of the walk several feet from the main walk leaving areas to be planted in grass, shrubs, and flowers. The stone wall in front of the building will turn at right angles on the corner next to Joyner Building and run the entire length of the side next t0 Joyner with a flight of steps leading down the incline to the back of the Bookstore. The walk encircling the building will be four feet wide. Although it has not been officially announced, it is rumored that the drive leading to Robertson Hall is to be paved. 1 dates for high school commencement from June 1 to June 4. Mr. Hoyle has also announced that a recreation hour has been | arranged In the Training School ! program, immediately following j the lunch period. The period will be devoted to chapel programs, extra-curricular activities, and playground activities. Fifty-six major meetings drew 59,000 persons to the University of Illinois in the last academic year. crowned queen, and Miss Helen Patton from Swannanoa was her Maid-of-Honor. The entertainment included a pageant which peasants, Robin Hood, and the Knights paid homage to the queen. After the Coronation, the students were served a picnic supper. The festival was under the direction of Miss Alice Benton, head of the physical education department; Miss Catherine Neal, head of the fine and practical arts department; arid Miss Rosanelle Cash of the Modern Language Department. In the spring of 1938, on May 6, the Faculty and students welcomed once again Miss Elizabeth Davis of Charlotte as May queen, and Miss Pearl Coggins of Swannanoa as Maid-of-Honor. The other attendants were Callie Abemathy, Virginia Hall, June Burleson, Katherine Sand- lin, Deane Roberson, Mary Delle Davis, Esther Rerey, Mary Jo Chandler, Dorothy Walker, and Dorothy Ormsby. The Coronation took place on Woodland Stage. The queen for 1940 was Miss Mary Delle Davis, and Miss Jane Greenlee was Maid-of-Honor. Other members of the court were: Annie Lee Bryson, Deane Brazier, Sara Welch, Kathryn Sandlin, Mary Jo Chandler, Betty Penland, Zula Franklin, Juanita Porter, Mary Grant, and Helen Browning. In 1941 Miss Juanita Porter, of Swannoanoa was chosen May Queen, and Miss Mary Grant of Andrews was chosen Maid-of- Honor. The attendants are Kate Gray, Murphy; Betty Penland, Asheville; Maggie Dillard, Sylva: Alwayne DeLozier, Enka; Mary Delle Davis, Andrews; Helen Browning, Etna; Frances Allison, Sylva; and Lorene Browning, Bryson City. J. G. Quick has been registrar at the University of Pittsburg for more than 25 years. University of Minnesota has 1,756 teachers on its academic •staff and 1,317 employees in the various divisions of Its non- academic staff. Drop a line to.) WE FURNISH THE BOOKSTORE WITH ALL THOSE DELICIOUS FRESH CAKES AND DOUGHNUTS Becker's Bakery Hendersonville, N. C. "ASK FOR BECKER'S PRODUCTS" Epworth League News President Hunter was the speaker at the Epworth League last Sunday. He was Introduced by Dick Hughes, who had charge of the program. Mr. Hunter's talk left a definite impression in the minds of many of those present. The League attendance still holds a high average. All members and friends should be present each Sunday night and help make a new record for the spring quarter. Next Sunday night Open House will be observed, which means an enjoyable time for everyone. Refreshments will be served and everyone will join in singing and playing games. Come one, come all. You're all invited. Plans are being made by the Epworth League to have a banquet on Moi lay night, April 5. Arrangement are as yet incomplete, but supgestions for having movies are being considered. Announceme its will be made later as to definite time and place. Everyone Is invited and we hope you all try to come and share in an enjoyable evening. PRACTICE TEACHERS "The more <-hf»y come, the worse they Iook." A new group of seniors are wearing hose, suits, and "Sunday go to meet- in' " clothes. The following students are seen running up and down the hill several times a day: Loraine Burleson, Minnie Breedlove, Alice Bennett, Gladys Watson, Louise McFalls, Florence Phillips, Frances Sturgill, Mary C. Hogsed, Fleta Mason, Vivian Rector, and Leila Hughes in the primary department; Vernon Martin, Augusta Jarvls, and Frances Willis in the Grammar Grade Field; Ella Mae Moss, Reva Painter, Beverly Sykes, Hans Hanson, Mary Jo Chandler, Buck Hunt, Dot Gahagan, Dot Brigmon, James Moore, Lee Miller, Clyde Peek, Revis Frye, Teddy Miller, Alice Morton, Grady Galloway, Herbert Lee Nellie Manning, Katherine Wells, Zula Franklin, Lynwood McElroy, Pauline Wright, Evelyn Hill, Tom Mallonee, Denver Bryson, Grace Ramsey, Hope Holcombe, Susie B. Tatham, and Edwin Young in the high school field. Students to take practice teaching the special six weeks term are: Osie Bennett, Kate Shields, V e r n a Blankenship, Maude Ensley, Ruby Whitmire, Bertha McGuire, and Geneva Paxton in the Grammar Grade Department. Only one student has expressed her sentiment to a reporter. Loraine Burleson, better known as "Peggy" says, "It's going to drive me to drink." for your copy of TOBACCOLAND • U* S < the book that gives you-the facts about tobacco and tells you why ms Chesterfield for a Cooler, Milder, Better Smoke A short while ago we published TOBACCOLAND, U.S.A., the only complete picture story of the growing, curing and processing of fine tobaccos, from seed-bed to cigarette. So great was the demand for this book from smokers everywhere that another million copies are now coming off the press. TOBACCOLAND gives real information and is yours for the asking. The more you know about how cigarettes are made the more you'll enjoy Chesterfield . . . the cigarette that Satisfies. MORE SMOKERS ASK FOR CHESTERFIELDS BVERY DAY Copyright 1941, twin * Mraaa Toaacco C«.

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: 1941-03-26
  • Date digitized: 2017-04-10
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  • Dimension: 21" 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_1941-03-26
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library