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THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 8, 1941 Campus Activities MISS CAMP PRESIDES AT SORORITY MEET Miss Cordelia Camp, outgoing president of the Delta Kappa Gamma teachers' sorority, presided at the tea table during the meeting for the installation of new officers at the western district meeting held at the George Vanderbilt Hotel recently in Asheville. Miss Camp, who was largely responsible for organizing the Asheville chapter in 1930, has served as president for three years. Upon her retirement from this office two weeks ago she was appointed chairman of the membership committee, and a member of the committee for legislation. The Speakers Club of Western Carolina Teachers College has adopted a new system of awards in public speaking, including a gold medal to the Best College Speaker of the year. This year students will receive engraved certificates for varying degrees of achievement in college and intercollegiate speech activities which will be awarded on the basis of merit MEN'S FASHIONS AFTER DARK A recent college news release stated that "some amazing things are happening to men's evening attire along Broadway and throughout the theatre in general. War has taken the starch out of formality". The dinner jacket is now the rule, not the exception that it would have been at banquets, war relief balls, and similar affairs two years ago. "The standard dinner jacket is midnight blue with the advance guard showing in twilight blue, which is a shade lighter. In other words a complete blackout. The jacket I for membership in Pi Kappa is double breasted, and only the j Delta, a national debate and lower button is used". The jacket speech fraternity, this year has wide shoulders and , A broad schedule of speech satin lapels. Dress worsteds, J activities through which partici- some of them unfinished, are I pants may earn experience and seen in designs of herringbones, merit points has been arranged, diagonals, and hop-sacking. [Besides intercollegiate debate Ninety-nine per cent of the j and speech contests, these ac- men this year wear turned down tivities include speaking - Campus Clubs AWARD SYSTEM FOR SPEAKERS CLUB OFFICERS CLUB HAS FIRST MEETING The newly organized Officers Club met Monday evening in the Student Union Building to begin their study of Parliamentary Procedure. This organization is a result of a recommendation of the Pre-Session Conference whereby every officer of any organization, any club sponsor, or anyone vitally interested is given an opportunity to study the points earned during the year | fundamental processes of par- in accordance with a scale de- ; lianientary procedure. vised by the Speech Council. The \ Miss Anne Hammond and Mr. lowest activity rating is the \ Charles Holloman are co-direc- Member Speaker's Certificate j tors of the organization. which will be awarded on five to An outline of eleven lessons fourteen merit points. Other was distributed to each person awards are the Novice Speak- I present, and Mr. Holloman led er's Certificate, for fifteen to , the discussion of several of these twenty-five points; the Appren- ! lessons. The club will meet each , tice Speaker's Certificate, for ; Monday evening for several [moa* ^r^T^.^T' fff twenty six to thirty-nine points; j weeks and make a complete and the Master Speaker's Cer- i study of the subject outlined tificate for forty or more points. ' in this pamphlet with demon- At the end of the year the club ] strations in the latter half of member that has earned the ; the period. STANDARDS COMMITTEE MEETS | The Standards Committee composed of five faculty and five student members met in the office of the Dean of Women last Friday afternoon, to Check over the social standards of the institution and to deter- whether they are being carried out properly. The committee this year recommended that since there was no longer a real need for the regular Standards Committee chaperones that the matter of chaperone selection be left entirely up to the Woman's House Government Council. A committee composed of Dean Anne Albright; John Jor- _u, Mary Alice Feaster, and CaWiryn Creasman was apponit- eu to worn on the revision of me poinc system. me atandaras committee is composed of Dean W. E. Bird, ue&n Aiorighi, Miss Anne Ham- Social Activities HALLOWEEN DANCE HELD IN SYLVA greatest number of merit points will be' named the "Best College Speaker" and will be awarded a gold medal. The Speakers Club also plans to use its merit point system as of qualifying students Approximately forty-five persons were present at the first meeting. Anyone interested is invited to come. soft collars with a soft or semi- starched shirt. The most popular shirts have collars attached and pique fronts. The panel bow tie, which was introduced a Speakers Club representative in other organizations on the campus; speaking on public programs of the club; and speaking on programs of various civic or- couple of years ago for the car- jganizations and public forum riage trade, has ruled out plain ' groups in the western part of ties for college men almost en- North Carolina. • irel In line with President Roose- "Another interesting item is veltfs recent admonition that the discarding of the vest when j Public discussion of current is- the double breasted dinner jack- sues be emphasized during this et is worn. This was started on Period of crisis, members of the the campus, and is a matter of club, using the most authorita- choice. Dark blue chesterfields are over-ruling the dressy top-coat. White jersey scarfs,' which are part of the regular R. A. F. uniform now, are increasing popularity and will field this winter a: scarfs. in lead the evening Training School N ews Several grammar grade and high school students are participating in the contest being sponsored by the "Asheville •Citizen". This contest involves keeping a. scrapbook on current affairs using newspaper articles and maps published in the paper, and individual essays on the subject "The Kind of World in Which I Live". The Red Cross membership drive is on again and the Cullowhee Training School students are doing their bit to aid this worthy cause. Each student pays a designated sum and receives a Red Cross badge to show that he is a member of the Junior Red Cross. Miss Camp has been elected chairman of the Junior Red Cross at the training school. tive and up-to-date information available, are preparing informative and interpretative speeches on current topics to be used on forum and club programs. In order to provide experience for a larger number of students and to add variety to the program, the members limit formal non-competitive speeches to twelve minutes. Members will also accept invitations to give programs ir speech consisting of such items a s humorous declamations, humorous debates, dialogues, and after dinner speeches. DRAMATICS CLUB HOLDS MEETING Masquerade", an excerpt from Shakespeare's "As You Like It" was the program of the last meeting of the Western Carolina Players held Friday in the Little Theatre. The cast of the play was Rosalind, the girl in disguise, Elizabeth Gahagan; Celia, her cous- , Selma Boyd; Orlando, Rosalind's lover, John Jordan. A club song was presented to the members. The music was written by Dorothy Thompson and the lyric by ^Florence Smith: The club voted to sponsor a coffee on Sunday afternoon, November 23, as a compliment to members of the cast of "He Who Gets Slapped". The members also voted to pay twenty cents for the final program to be presented at the dramatics tournament rather than five cents for each separate program. John Jordan, president, presided over the meeting. Plans and final arrangements for the tournament were completed. Keith Hinas from the fac- Charles Frazier, vice presi- oi the senate, chairman, ficio, Mary Alice Feaster, ryn creasman, and John I Agnes Wilson, Bobby Hall, and Jimmy Cannon were hosts to an informal dance celebrating Halloween last Friday night, at the Sylva Clubhouse from eight until eleven o'clock. The Club house was decorated with leaves and colored balloons carrying out the Halloween motif. Punch and sandwiches were served between dances. Miss Addie Beam, Mr. STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE TO SPONSOR COFFEES The Student Activities Committee is sponsoring a series of Sunday Coffee Hours for all | clubs on the campus interested in the project. The club committee assumes all financial responsibility, makes the coffee, and washes the dishes. Miss Maude Ketchem and, and Mrs. John Worth McDevitt, 'Miss Helen Patton, faculty | Campbell from Montreat College Miss Margaret Reid, and Miss | members of the students activi- ' spent the past week end with Helen Patton were the faculty I ties committee, jye advisors for Sally Alexander and Eloise Mc- Lucille Campbell were the guests of Agnes Wilson at her home in Sylva Saturday night. Other students visiting their homes were: Burnette Browne, Leicester; Roselle Ayers, Rob- binsville; Selma Boyd, Fletcher; Gnell Burgess, Canton; Mary Virginia Brown, Asheville; Ruth Hamilton, Andrews; Katherine Wilson, Hayesville; Phyllis Terrell, Waynesville; Catherine Boyd, Fletcher. Annie Lou Blalock was the guest of Hilda Brown at her home in Clyde the past week end. Louise and Marie Byers were the guests of Mrs. Mae Ledbet- ir, 29 Vernon Avenue, Ashe- lle, over the week end. Misses Mildred and Katherine haperones^ Several parents al- the coffees. so attended. Over a hundred All clubs interested in spon- couples enjoyed the dance; mostsoring a coffee are asked to see of them were students of West- j Miss Albright immediately, em Carolina Teachers College. | The Robert Latham Journal- the senate. WOMAN'S CLUB MEETS The second meeting for the year of the Cullowhee Woman's Club was held in the drawing room of Moore dormitory, Tuesday evening, October 21. Mrs. Walter Lee Lanier, chairman of the welfare department of the club, and Mrs. George Tracy, chairman of the parent education group, had charge of the program, which was centered around the subject of the "Aesthetic Development of the Child." Four five-minute talks concerning the general theme were "The Artistic Training of the Young Child" by Miss Helen Patton, "The Young Child's Guidance in Music" by Miss Nelle Hines, "The Literary De- "COOKED UP" IN HOME ECONOMICS Do you know what tile group of guis including Helen Smith, "_>ump ' Diinnger, Helen Home, iiveiyn Wiggins, Jo Stillwell, Ann britton, Eva tiigdon, Pansy Dil- larfl, Glaays cowan, Wynona Ar- taia rington, ana "Tootsy" Martin are aomg on the campus? They aie our first group of Home -.uonomics majors and acclaimed I by many as the cutest group on | tne campus. Watch out for these guis; tney are going places. | uo you know where the Home Economics Department is located? It is housed on the second floor of the New Training School Building. Do you know what the inside of the department is like? The sewing laboratory contains ninety six lockers for individual material, display cases, magazines racks, magazine tables, pattern racks, ten singer sewing machines (electric and treadle) maple-topped cutting tables, parquet floors, and ample light, both natural and electric. The fitting room contains filing cabinets, pattern cabinets, ironing materials, triple mirrors with fitting bench, and a full length plate glass door mirror for fitting. A large storage room back of this provides space for hanging unfinished garments and storing instructional supplies. The convertible living room This address was one in a series I can be changed into a dining of talks she is making in south- | room on occasions when meals ern schools and colleges on the j are to be served. Because this subject. < modern room had no furniture On Thursday, October 28, B. provided the interior decoration C. Moss, a student of the college j class in the winter quarter of made a talk on "Appreciation" | 1940 salvaged the furniture in at Chapel. Earnest Chappel led I there now, out of broken, dis- the devotional. The chapel pro- I carded articles. This room boasts gram was opened by a fifteen | a large storage space where en- minute band concert which con- | tertaining supplies are kept such SOCIAL CALENDAR Wed., Nov. 5 — John Evers- man violin concert. Coffee in ; pi~~~e~TS w_Tbe"liost to the parlor afterwards. Fri., Nov. 7-8 — Western Carolina Dramatics Tournament. Mon., Nov. 10 — Bus going to Asheville for "There Shall Be Mo Night". Thurs., Nov. 13 — Mrs. Buchanan. Club Mutiny. Fri., Nov. 14, — Junior Class Carnival. Sat., Nov. 15 — Mrs. Gulley's I also visited her home in Bre- reception in Moore Parlors. j vard. Nov. 23 — Thanksgiving Can- | Among those students spend- Bryde. Miss Burls Franks from Talullah Falls, Georgia, was the week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Gurley. Marian Cochran and Louise Kendall from Alarka were the week end guests of Lela Mc- Keithean and Ellen King. Miss Mary Martha Nixon from Lincolnton was the week end guest of Mary Hendren. Mary Green from Erwin, Tennessee was the guest of her sister Cordie Green, the past week A string quartet from the or- Betty Bird spent the week end chestra played music and special in Brevard at the home of Al- j numbers at the joint Rotary- bert Shuford. Katherine Powell ;Lions meeting in Dillsboro at ism club was the host to a cof fee Sunday, November 10. The Catamount Staff were special guests. The Western Carolina coffee Sunday afternoon, November 23, complimenting members of the cast of "He who Gets Slapped". PERSONALS Nov. 20 — Thanksgiving Tea : were M i 1 d r | ing the week end in Bryson City the Jarret Springs Hotel, Wednesday evening, October 29. The musicians were Jane Elliott, vio- Helen Bird, Viola; Mrs. J. Dance. Nov. 25 — "He Who Gets Slapped", The Western Carolina Players. B. E. CLUB HAS PICNIC Twenty five members of the Business Education Club attend- i weener roast at the home of Dr. Ashbrook, faculty spon- of the Club, October 30, at i:60 P. M. A tour through the new homes i faculty hill was conducted oefore the roast. Three homes visited were: Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Hinds, Mr. and Mrs. John Worth McDevitt, and Mr. and Mrs. C. Dodson. After the roast, Dr. and Mrs. Ashbrook entertained the club at their home. CHAPEL PROGRAM Mrs. Dorothy Baker was guest speaker in chapel recently on the subject of World Felowship. LANIER IS l) (Continued from page Churches held in Winston-Salem. Mr. Lanier, who originally lived in New London, North Carolina, received his A. B. degree from Duke University and did graduate work in the School of Religion there. Upon completion of this work, Lanier received an appointment to the Methodist Church New London. Later he w moved to Cullowhee. Mrs. Lanier, a member of the Training School faculty, will remain on the campus for some time. Moore, Lorene Browning, Tootsie Martin, Duff Blades, Grace Leatherwood, and Jean Bennett. Susie McGinnis and Duff! Blades spent Friday night at the home of Mary Jane Coward in Sylva and attended the dance at the Sylva Clubhouse. Mary Kathering Wilson and Ensley, Kate :w.'FiSher, cello; and Anne Bird, piano. 'A Quart For A Quarter" SS8S8>S88S8«« eluded with the audience joining in singing "God Bless Amer- RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK WILL BE OBSERVED HERE as table linens, napkins, punch bowl and cups, and an 86 piece set of Derwood China. The foods laboratory, modern in every respect, has the newest type of equipment, consisting of five unit kitchens, each with an electric or gas stove, a double - drain board - porcelain sink, a kitchen stool, a garbage Religious Emphasis Week will j paii, and a work cabinet. Each be observed on the campus, the j kitchen is a working unit with last week in January according ample small equipment. The to the plans released by the ! laboratory has a gas hot water senate committee appointed to , heater and electric refrigerator, make plans for the Week which Do you know that the Home ■hP Vnnn, hilri" met laSt Thursday- A11 clubs and Economics department is one o: bv Tfss Leonora sS _Sd|ca!?pu" ^l^tions will be the beauty sponts on the cam. - a"d | asked to cooperate in observing , pus? Come out and see for you. this week. Both chapel periods ; self Many students spend a year of that week will be filled by the or so on the campus without speakers on religious matters. | knowing that W. C. T. C. has a Other features will be religious ' unit like ours; some stumble up- loving pictures, round table |on the department by chance, discussions, music, morning|If you are interested in seeing watch services, and evening dis- wh!lt we h-VP> and what we are cussions. Such topics as Religion doing in Home Economics we in Marriage, Religion and Busi- I shall be glad to set a day aside ness, Religion and Pleasure, and for ot3en house. Religion and Health will be dis- Do you know what we are do- cussed- ing this fall? You should peep The committee is composed in when "Bump" and "Tootsie" of Thelma Smith, chairman; Al- are working on some recipe that lene Jackson, Neil Scott, Rich- is leading them a merry chase ard Woody, Carlton Wells, and for good results. Last week the Miss Anne Albright, faculty ad- girls made Salad of different kinds and descriptions—rather pretty ones too. Do you know that the girls in foods and nutrition are learning to be good cooks? Maybe „he boys would like to know that they also check for economy, nutritive value, and caloric content as well as for the best methods of preparation. Do you know that we want every college student to come to visit the Home Economics department of W. C. T. C? Do you know that one should enjoy these students while they are on our campus, for they will only be with us two years, after which they will transfer to Woman's college at Greensboro for their third and fourth year work on their Home Economics major. LEADER DEPT. STORE Come In and Look Around THE LATEST STYLES — THE RIGHT PRICES Sylva, N.C. REPAIR AND SAVE MONEY Cullowhee Shoe Shop Cullowhee, N. C. Miss Leonora Smith, 'The Spiritual Growth of the Young Child" by Mrs. H. T. Hunter. George Tracy, of the college music faculty, invited by Mrs. Charles Gully, chairman of the music group of the club, played at the piano the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata, Opus 22. Hostesses for the evening were: Mrs. W. E. Bird, Miss Alice Benton, Miss Claudia Baker, and Miss Anne Rabe. A voluntary, non-credit course in business personality development is offered in the business school of New York City college, visor. 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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 original: 1941-11-08
  • Date digitized: 2017-05-15
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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_1941-11-08
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library