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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1936-05-01_Vol04_No06_02

THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN MAY 1, IMS THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Published Monthly at Western Carolina Teachers College Cullowhee, N. C. 1935 Member 1936 Associated GoUe6iate Press Distributor of Colle6iate Di6est EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Steuben Austin Managing Editor Irene Pharr Sports Editor Cecil Penland Society Editor Leila Gray Exchange Editor Eula Mae Potts Field Editor Lois Keener Copy Editor Wilson Fisher BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Burch Allison Circulation Manager MERLE Davis SUBSCRIPTION RATES School : . $1.00 Paragraphics "Welcome, sweet springtime, we greet thee with joy" seems to be the theme note of everyone today. It is indeed a joyful occasion when old Mother Nature throws oil her winter robes and dons her spring attire. Mr. Seymour and his group of troubadors, which played in chapel last Tuesday, were received very enthusiastically by the student body. More of the same kind of programs would be appreciated. There seems to be present on this campus a larger number and variety of birds than can be found on any other campus in the United States. Their presence will make more interesting the "summer school that is different." * * * By the time this comes off the press only four weeks will remain of the present session of scholastic work. It's been a long race, but now you are tm the home stretch. Perhaps it would pay if you would put on a little extra steam these last weeks, and thus cross the line a winner. The pageant celebrating the hundredth anniversary of education in North Carolina promises to be an elaborate affair. Present plans call for its production on May 22 in the rock arena. The cooperation of every student is asked in helping to make it a success. Hundreds of visitors will attend. Let's impress them by putting on a performance that will be a credit to W. C. T. C. * * * The freshman class this year has been a very active one. We wish to congratulate them for the manner in which their dance was carried out last Friday. * ,* .♦ Glimpses: Couples of the Romeo and Juliet type silting all over the campus after dinner. . . . Mr. Killian going to class with that cap of his. ... A redbird singing for a mate. . . . Politicians rushing here and there on election day, trying to win votes. . . . Father Lane speaking to about twenty- five people in the auditorium. . . . Negroes fishing in the river. . . . Special six weeks students registering. . . . Students coming from Mr. Sevmour's class room, all hot and bothered about a test. . . . Alfred Buchanan and others swimming in the Tuckaseegee. . . . Grayson Cope and Elizabeth Davis sipping milkshakes in Buck's place. . . . Weiners and kraut on the table for lunch. . . . Practice teachers with "spring fever." . . . The rock wall lined with students. . . . Horseshoes flying in the air. . . . (oris playing tennis. . . . James Liner conning a girl in Sylva. . . . Accounting students complaining of their heavy work. . . . Columnists punching out copy \nderson, Morgan, Wood, and Killian in a hot tennis match. . . . Bonnie Fleeman tap-dancing. * * * The annual farce of electing the best "college citizen" was carried out in chapel the other day. Many students refused to vote because of (he politics that were involved. The only thing this selection does is to create petty jealousies. Who can tell who is the best citizen? Most of the time it merely determines who is the best politician. Xow is the time of the year when the campus here at Western Carolina begins to bloom out in all its glory. If the campus is to remain one of the most beautiful natural ones in the state, the wild shrubs and flowers must not be broken. Quite frequently a student can be seen with a bunch ot wild flowers that has been broken off somewhere on the campus. Let's leave them growing where everyone can enjoy them and not be so selfish as to take them to our rooms where they sood fade Another thing that would help keep our campus attractive would be to throw our trash into the garbage cans instead of carelessly tossing it down where we happen to be. One big fault seems to be the fact that the students don't seem to take very much pride in their campus. That is indeed a deplorable attitude. If you are of that type, you can at least be considerate of the other fellow, who might take pride in his surroundings. It won't work a hardship on you. Throw your trash in the garbage cans. What Is Success? doing your job the best you can being just to your fellowman ; making money, but holding friends, staying true to your aims and ends; figuring how and learning why, looking forward and thinking high; being clean and playing fair; laughing lightly at Dame Despair; looking up at the stars above, drinking deeply of life and love; struggling on with the will to win, taking loss with a cheerful grin; sharing sorrow and worth and mirth making better this good old earth; serving, striving, through strain and stress, doing your noblest—that's Success ! supplies of future battles and against payment of bonus to vvter- of the future wars, and a pen- to gold star mothers of fu- wars. We are not going to be taxed to death." See your latest COLLEGIATE DIGEST for pictures of the lead- Official Election Returns Sophomore*: Belle Bright Red Chapman (elec John Crutchfield (el It's - And It's And It's And It's It's It's And It's But It's And It's It's Betty McFarland (elected Dot Ormsby Frances Smith Allen White (elected) ... Ernest Wilson (elected) . Ruth Burch (elected) Merle Davis (elected) Elmo (ihonnley Nina Gray Liles (elected) Carl Ratcliffe (elected) .. -Selected THE EXCHANGE -chief: Awyer Tilley The Western Carolin litor-in-chief: Amelia Bradley . Merle Davis (elected) . Virgil Humphrey ALUMNI NEWS lverlisment in West Virginia ersity daily: "Men wanted. By popular sorority girls, two handsome gentlemen for dating purposes. Social assets required." A columnist at Cornell relates how a professor of English received an essay which had been copied directly from the book. The professor announced that if the guilty student would see him after class his name would not be divulged. When the class was over, he found five fidgety students waiting According to Alumni office records, 750 Duke University alumni married as a result of campus romances So we see that W. C. T C. dues have some strong competition. The Rotunda says: "Late to bed and early to rise, keeps your roommate from wearing your ties." Hiriam college, Ohio, celebrated leap year by ordering all men at 12 every night, giving the eds complete freedom. The Enotah Echoes pulled th< "Did you know that a man Washington cured hundreds cases of sleeping .sickness \ three words?" "Three words ?" "Yes, he just stood up and said; 'Congress is adjourned.'" Rice Hotel, Houston, Texas, Apri 1 and 2. The students' policy toward arm and armaments seemed to be quit, consistent in all of the question he ballots which pertained tc question. re you in favor of capital pun ishment?" was one of the questions One hundred and twenty-four vote, "yes" while 144 negative votes wer In a different vein, the question- aire asked: "Are you in favor of 'Dutch Dating'?" The answer came quite as a surprise to many. While 122 objected, LSI voters cast ballots in favor of the "Dutch Date." if the William A. cyan Alumn i favo: of the The v id 12 ; ntallv 1 253 i ivsicalK n favo. Teacher: What is the of, a "Which of the aspirants for the republican presidency do you think would make the best president for the next four years?" received a variety of votes, some of which were quite surprising. They were Borah 105, Hoover 24, Knox 7, Landon 77, Vandenburg 11, Wads- worth 1, and Norman Thomas 1. The students, assuming that one of the above should .be the Republican nominee, declared that they would vote as follows: The Republican, 85; Democratic, 125; ind Socialist, 1. One hundred ninety-six favor a Federal provision for old age-. while 28 say they do not like this Eleven favor the Townsend Plan ; 217 do not. i the world? rolling pin. The salesman entered the office of Doctor J. Grouch, one sultry afternoon in August. '•Hello, Ezra," he greeted the office boy. "How does the bosi stand the heat?" "Ain't heard," was the response from Ezra. "He's only been dead a week." "No wc are not willing to bear arm- on foreign soil," answered 228 students of the 266 who represented more than two hundred colleges and universities from ;dl over the United States at the Eleventh Biennial National Convention of the Pi Kappa Delta Society at the We don't find many on the Veterans Of Future Wars movement in the recent college papers with which wc exchange. Does this mean that the movement is dying or that it is being suppressed by collegiate presses? We wonder- But we do notice in the Collegiate Digest that, in keeping with the demands of the Veterans Of Future Wars Organization, University of Iowa students have devised^ a "Youth Social Adjust,,,,,,, Flan which would revise the Townsend Plan to give payment- to persons between 20 and 40 "so it can be enjoyed by future veterans before getting killed in a future war!" And also we have a new organization at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of the "Profiteers of Future Wars." Say the organizers: We will lobby in congress for payment in advance of profits from contracts-as-yct-to-be-let for the es in the "VVes- says, "A college no raster or finer than ambition of its sons, its work may attract admiration, it will enlist friends. But the driving wheel of steady progress is the enthusiastic, untiring ambition of its alumni." The above quotation should be red and given considerable thought by the Alumni of our College. Every Alumnus should have the it motive to contribute something toward the upbuilding of "Cullowhee." There is a responsibility that the Alumni can fulfill—the de- and devotion to the College itself; the guiding interest oi high school graduates toward "Cullowhee" if the graduate shows interest in our program; and the willingness to support the program of the College. Our Alumni Association is "dead." We do not have the cooperative spirit. We lack interest and eagerness. From the office of the Alumni Secretary, we have endeavored to get a complete revised list of the Alumni for the "Alumni Directory." Sixty-three letters have .been sent out to various Alumni with the list of Alumni in their respective counties. They were asked to check the list of Alumni and make any changes, if necessary, and return the list of names. Only 29 have responded in a period of over 2 months' time. This is only one ex- ple of the many that can be mentioned to show the lack of interest and cooperation. Some of our Alumni have been eager to cooperate and we are keeping a record of their willingness SO that their names will be mentioned from time to time. It seems to the Alumni Secretary that about 60% of our Alumni are parasites. They have come to "Cullowhee" two or four years and have drawn heavily on the resources of the College. When they leave "Cullowhee" and go into the field of experience, they are still parasites. They are reaping the rewards and benefits placed on them by their Alma Mater, but they are not willing to return service for ervtce. "Cullov a ill , but the Alumni can speed up the progress by their loyalty and cooperative,,ess. I challenge you to be interested and loyal, Alumni! —Chas. W. Morgan, Alumni Secretary. To set a record, 7,883 Harvard graduates contributed last year to the Harvard Fund.

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: 1936-05-01
  • Date digitized: 2015-02-21
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  • Dimension: 18" x 12"
  • Pages: 4 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1936-05-01_Vol04_No06
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