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The Western Carolinian CULLOWHEE — A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOMIES CULLOWHEE, N. C. WEDNESDAY, PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL HOMECOMING OCTOBER 25TH FIFTY SECOND CELEBRATION TO BEHELOHERE State F.T.A. Convention On Campus Oct. 10-11 The Robert Lee Madison Chapter of the Future Teachers of America, a junior member of the National Education Association, wer,e hosts to the state convention of Future Teachers of America on this campus, October 10-11. Local Representatives from fifty different colleges in the state of North Carolina attended. Each year Future Teachers of America in North Carolina hold a convention on some college campus in the state. Last spring when the N. C. E. A. met in Asheville the local Chapter sent Herbert Cohn, president, John Henry Gesser, and Garmon Smith as representatives to have a program on the activities and Social life on this campus. This aroused so much interest that it was decided to hold the state convention at Western Carolina Teachers College. Registration for guests began Friday morning and lasted through the day. The program began at eight o'clock Friday evening in the Student Union Building. Principal speakers for the evening and their ^ppics were: "The Essential Qualifications of the Teacher, Dr. J. H. Highsmith; Panel Discussion: "Questions Arising from College Students," led by Miss Hattie Parrot, Professors E. S. Chris- :„ cvllege students. Saturday morning the program opened with a thirty minute moving picture review of campus life at Cullowhee. The speakers were Clyde Erwin, Superintendent of the North Carolina Public Schools, who discussed the "Purposed Changes in the Curriculum for the North Carolina Schools;" Dr. James E Hillman, "Techniques for the Selection of Trainer for the Teaching Pro- —Continued on page 3 Program Given For Homecoming Day 10:00 a. m. Regisration of All Guests, Joyner Building. 10:30 a. m. 1. Business Education Teachers Conference, Student Union (Dr. Ashbrook in charge.) 2. Science Teachers and Officers Student Union—(Mr. Dod- son in charge.) 11:30 a., m. Program in Auditorium. 1. Presentation of Portraits of President Hunter and Professor A. C. Reynolds (by the class officers and acceptance by D. Hiden Ramsey.) 1:00 p. m. Luncheon—College Dining Hall (All guests may secure tickets free of charge at Registration desk.) 3:00 p. m. Football Game. Western Carolina vs. High Point College. 6:30 p. m. Annual Home-coming Banquet for students, Alumni, Faculty, and Guests of the College Johnathan Woody President Alumni Association, presiding; Mrs. E. L. McKee, speaker. 9:00 p .m. to 12:00 p. m. Annual Home-coming Dance. Admission: Students 25c, others 50c. Music: Rodney Bryson's orchestra. WESTERN CAROLINA TEACHERS COLLEGE Cullowhee, North Carolina October 9,1941 TO WESTERN CAROLINA ALUMNI AND FRIENDS EVERYWHERE Western Carolina and the Alumni Association extend to you, our friends and supporters, a cordial invitation to attend the 52nd Annual Home-Coming Day Celebration on October 25, 1941. We here at Cullowhee look forward each year to Home-Coming and search, it seems, throughout the day for familiar faces and happy reunions. If you haven't experienced "coming home to Cullowhee" lately, then you've missed a warm welcome by a friendly student body and faculty. Let us make reservations for you this year. This special invitation comes to you through the courtesy of the "Western Carolinian" Staff and Sponsor, Miss Mabel Tyree. Sincerely yours, John Worth McDevitt Alumni Secretary Governor Names Trustees For WCTC D. Hiden Ramsey, Asheville, Mrs. D. H. Tillet, Andrews, Mrs. E. L McKee, Sylva, Harry E. Buchanan, Hendersonville, Mrs. Johnathan Woody To Be Toastmaster At Alumni Banquet SPECIAL RATES! TOALUMNION The Western Carolinian Staff announces a special circulation program for the benefit of alumni, former students, and patrons of the college interested in happenings here on the campus. The Western Carolinian is published bi-monthly throughout the regular school year. Each edition carries college news of general interest, rousing editorials, fashion news, club news, a dirt column, special feature stories, and complete coverage of varsity and intramural sports. Alumni news items will appear reguarly. The Western Carolinian staff invites you to become a subscriber and regular reader at the special rate of $1.00 per year. The Circulation Department in charge of Walter Roberts will take care of your subscription, mailing each issue promptly. For your convenience use the subscription blank below. Jonathan Woody, class of 1914, who was elected president off the alumni association for 1941, and Ernest McCracken, class of 1933, vice-president of tlie Association, will preside at the aunual umni banquet at 6:30 on homecoming evening in the college dining hall. Mr. Woody was for several years manager off Foote and Davis Company in Atlanta, Georgia before returning to his native county, Haywood, to become president of the First National Bank of Waynesville. Mr. McCracken after his graduation was principal of East Waynesville Elementary School for several years. Then he joined the North Carolina Employment Service in which he has had several promotions. First to the manager district office located at Lenoir then to field supervisor of Unemployment Compensation Service located at Raleigh. Mr. McCracken married Ruth Brown also of th( class of 1935. The president and vice-president will be introduced by John Worth McDevitt, the Alumni secretary. Committes Make Plans For Day At Homecoming Various committees on Homecoming plans, workirg under the supervison of Alumni-Secretary; J. a Silversteen, Brevard, and I J«hn Worth McDevitt, have al- Glenn C. Palmer were reappoint- I most completed plans for one of ed to the Board of Trustees of ! the most gala homecoming Western Carolina Teachers Col- | events in the history of the to- lege, August 15, by Governor J. stitution. M. Broughton. j Open house at each of the Mr. Frank Hyatt, Bryson City, i three residence halls, the meet- E. E. Wheeler, Asheville, Gilmer i ing of the science teachers, the A. Jones, Franklin were appoint- j meeting of the business educa- cd as new members Mr. Jones, | uou teaehers, tne Business Edu- however, did not accept his ap- j cation Club's open house, all are pointment which leaves a va- ! designed to assure the old grads' cancy to be filled. ' meeting each other and mem- Mr. Ramsey, who is managing »ers of the faculty and student editor of «the Asheville "Citizen- body. Times" was reelected chairman j The decorating committee, of the group. Mrs. E. L. McKee ; composed of Mrs. Lillian Buch- was elected vice-chairman. '■■ anan and Miss Helen Patton will Mr. Wheeler is a member of decorate the gymnasium for the the Ned Wheeler Brokerage Com- dance and the banquet tables pany in Asheville; Mr. Hyatt is : in the dining hall, for the alumni attorney and Clerk of the ' dinner. Superior Court of Swain County, j Music for the football game is The following standing com- j being arranged by Mr. Tracy mittees have been appointed by and the college band. A special North Dakota Agricultural College has chosen 22 students to receive La Verene Noyes financial scholarships In 1941-42. Four outstanding North Carolinians will be honored at the Hpmeeoming celebration when tour of the new buddings on the campus will be formally named for them. First row, left to right: ,. Madison, president emeritus and founder of the college; Clyde R. Hoey, former governor of North Carolina. Second row, left to right: Gertrude Dills McKee, former state senator; Frank Porter Graham, president of the University of North Carolina. the chairman: Executive: H. E. Buchanan, Chairman. Glenn C. Palmer, and Mrs. J. S. Silversteen Budeet and Curriculum. Mrs. McKee, Chairman. Frank Hyatt, and E. E. Wheeler. Personnel: Mrs. Tillet, Chairman. Mr. Wheeler. Building: Mr. Palmer, Chairman. Mr. Hyatt, Mrs. Silversteen, and Mrs. McKee. feature of the afternoon game will be the parade of the Berton Class, between halves composed of twenty girls, under the direction of Miss Margaret Reid. Hostesses for the day's activi- tes are: Miss Anne Albright, Miss Anne Hammond, Mrs. Marion McDonald, and Miss Kathleen Davis. Students at Emory University prefer to call the campus water tank the "Bobby Jones Memorial." The famous (roller studied law at Emory in 1927-28. Artist Paints Portraits Of Three College Presidents Persons named Leavenworth are eligible to benefit under a $12,000 scholarship fund at Hamilton College. Mail My Copy Of The Western Carolinian To: Name 1 Address Amount enclosed for subscription $ MAIL THIS BLANK TO: * Walter Roberts, Circulation Manager J "Western Carolinian", Cullowhee, N. C. Perpetuating Professor Madison's memory and his achievement in connection with this college in a work of art has been a desire of Mrs. Lillian Buchanan since she first came to this institution, twelve years ago. His illness last winter impressed her with the necessity of doing whatever was to be done at once, but the cost involved seemed insurmountable obstacle. An article, however in "Life," January, 1941, encouraged her to believe that portraits, not only of Professor Madison, but also of each of the other two presidents of the college was possible. On a trip to New York last spring, Mrs. Buchanan visited the Portrait Painters' Clearing House and through Mrs. Lois Shaw, vice president of this poration, she got in touch with Wilford S. Conrow, an outstanding portrait painter o1 York, who was painting portraits at Charlotte. the three pictures for $350.00 each, with only $100 as down payment. The senior class of 1941 made the first payment on the Madison portrait. W. D Flintom of Charlotte, nephew of Mr. Reynolds, made the first payment on the Renyolds portrait; faculty made the first payment l the Hunter portrait. The present senior class has agreed to contribute one hundred dollars on the Reynolds portrait, and the rising senior class will contribute the same amount on the Hunter portrait. The remainder of the money is being paid in donations by friends of these men. In his "Notes on the Portraits of the President of Western Carolina Teachers College," Mr. Conrow says concerning Mr. Madison: "The full story of Mr. Madison's loyalty to an idea de- New i serves preservation for posterity some in a biography or in an epic ! poem. Whatever his experiences | Mr. Coflrow came to Cullowhee in life, in the seventh decade he and became so interested in the is more like St. Francis of As- project that he agreed to paint —Continued on page 3 Ramsey To Preside At The Naming Of Buildings Ceremony Four new buildings on the campus will be named in a special ceremony, as part of the Homecoming program, Saturday morning, October 25 at 10:30 'clock, in the Hoey Auditorium. i. Hiden Ramsey, chairman of the Board of Trustees, will preside. The following persons will be guests of honor: Professor Madison, Mrs. ■ Gertrude Dills McKee, Dr. Frank P Graham, and ex-governor Clyde R. Hoey. KcKee, a member of the Board of Trustees, has served on the Board of Trustees of Peace College, Brevard College, and the University of North Carolina. The training school bears the honor of her name, the Gertrude Dills McKee Training School. The story of the beginning and development of Western Carolina Teachers College is inseparable from the life and work of its founder, Professor R. L. Madison. Professor Madison came to Cullowhee in 1889 and opened a small school from which grew Western Carolina Teachers College. The boys' dormitory is to bear his name, Madison Hall. Dr. Frank Graham has lived among school peop.e all of his life and knows how to deal with them. He is a native of Charlotte and is now the president of the University of North Carolina. The infirmary is to be named after him. Former Governor Clyde R. Hoey, who is a native of Shelby, has served in public life many years. He has been Governor iof the state and has held many i other prominent offices. The auditorium bears the honor of his name. MRS. MCKEE TO BE SPEAKER AT BANDIT MEET A highlight of the homecoming program for Friday October will be the alumni banquet scheduled for Friday evening, at seven o'clock in the college dining hall. The banquet is open to the alumni, visitors, and students. Tickets will be given free when the alumni register. John Worth McDevitt, Alumni Secretary, will introduce Jonathan Woody, president of alii, who will be toastmaster. John Jordan will greet the visitors on behalf cf the senior class and Johnny Wilson will extend greetings from the entire student body. Mrs Dan K. Moore and Ernest McCracken will respond. The speaker for the banquet will be Mrs. E. L. McKee, Sylva, who has been described a "one of the most entertaining speakers in this part of the country." Mrs. Vrginia Fisher and Mrs. Inez Gulley are in charge of special music for the occasion. Western Carolina's annual homecoming celebration will be held Saturday, October 25, marking another milestone in the history of the college. Graduates, students, faculty members, friends of the institution, and trustees will gather on this day to pay their tributes to the college as it enters its fifty- second year of steady growth. The college is plaining to entertain one of the largest groups in the history of the school. The program will get under way at ten o'clock with the registration of all guests by the alumni office. As long as there is avalable space in the dormitories and dining hall, reservations will be taken. At 10:30- there will be various departmental exhibits and conferences such as the Business Education Teachers Conference, and the Science Teachers Conference in the Student Union Building. At 11:30 everyone will assemble in the auditorium for the presentation of the portraits of three college presidents: President Emeritus, Robert L. Madison, Professor A. C. Reynolds, Sr., and President H. T. Hunter. The J^rtaul;. will be presented by the various class officers and will be accepted by D. Hiden Ramsey, chairman of the Board of Trustees Mr. Ramsey will then conduct the ceremony honoring those for whom the buildings are named: Robert L. Madison, Dr. Frank P. Graham, Mrs. Gertrude Dills McKee, and Clyde R. Hoey, former governor of North Carolina. Lunch will be served free to alumni and guests of the college in the college dining hall at one o'clock. Tickets may be secured from the registration desk. The annual classic football game will open with the kick- off at three o'clock on Hunter Field, between High Point College and the Western Carolina Catamounts. Jonathan Woody, president of the Alumni Association, will preside over the annual homecoming banquet for students, alumni, faculty members, and guests of the college in the college dining hall at 6:30 P. M. Wrs Gertrude Dills McKee will be the guest speaker. Rodney Bryson's orchestra of Asheville will play for the dance in the Breese Gymnasium starting at nine o'clock that evening. Students will be admitted free; guests other than alumni will have to secure tickets from the Dean of Women for fifty cents. When the strains of "Home Sweet Home" sound at midnight, the curtain will fall on the fifty second homecoming celebration of Western Carolina Teachers College. The Tulane University campus covers 100 landsaped acres. Final Enrollment Is Given By Registrar Miss Addie Beam, registrar of Western Carolina Teachers College, has announced the final enrollment figures for the fall quarter. Four hundred, and eighteen students are now enrolled in this institution, which is 85 per cent of th? number enrolled in the fall cmarter last year. According to enrollment statistics from other colleges, this enrollment percentages is better than the average for this fall term. The selective service draft, and the numerous jobs that have opened up in industry for both boys and girls ara responsible discussed certain aspects of the . for the decrease in college at- war situation. I tendance. SPEAK IN CHAPEL RELIGIOUS WORKERS Miss Mary Currin, State Young Peoples' Leader of the Baptist Church, has been on the campus a few days helping the Y. W. A council get the year's work plan- net}. She was accompanied by Miss Pearl Johnson, a Baptist missionary to Peking, China, for seventeen years who is home on a furlough. Miss Johnson plans to return to China, December 7. She spoke in the Student Union Building, Wednesday evening, and in Chapel, Thursday afternoon. She talked on the culture of China, stressing particularly its changing customs. She

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. This issue has date September 24, 1941 but is reall

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