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Fiftieth Anniversary Edition THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Western Carolina Teachers College W. C. T. C. HAS MANY OUTSTANDING ALUMNI Many Prominent Leaders Look On I W.C.T.C. As Home Next To Teachers, More Graduates Enter Into Practice Of Law Than Any Other Wins High Recognition I Patton. -tmgurfhed ;*luiiini of Western Carolina Teaeheis ire the six ehoseti for the rice Boater by tie D alumni of the college for ten years or more. IVlix E. Alley, cla i the most Hg alumnus foi the Distin- Sj irvice Medal. As a student I nut ion, he belonged to the it Literary Society. 1 e studied and practiced law at Webster linee practiced throughout ii part of the state. As tiv,- from Jackson County Mature in 1905, he u appropriation for this col- ,,iw he is serving an eight- ,1 as Judge of Superior Court. lley enjoys picking a banjo. He wrote the folk song, "Kidder Cole " The late Welch I). Galloway, 1893, graduating elass of Cullowhee Normal School, received his lawdegrte at the University of North Carolina. After graduation, he served a term as mayor of Brevard; represented vmia County in the State Legislature in 1921 and 1923; served ylvania County attorney oi e term; and served for twenty years as ^attorney for the Southern Railway. Professor R. L. Madison, president of Western Carolina Teach- illege, remembers him as a sandy-haired, freckle-faced youth who "walked from Transylvania County to start his college career with his belongings tied in a handkerchif. He "was shy and awkward in public, but, determined to do everything anyone •else did, struggled through chapol speeches and orations in spite of his ■clumsiness; by the time he was a senior, he had become the most accomplished speaker of the class. He jpecame an unusually eloquent lawyer, »nd as a legislator introduced more bills in the assembly than any other member. tte Nellie Smith (Mrs. Nell e 1-ee Hooper) of the class of lH'.)r>, '.aught primary school at Cullowhee several years, was a member of the Cullowhee Methodist Church Board rds, the Missionary Society i Community worker, and operator i t ties," and of the first tourist in the county. J. 1). Mallonee, of Murphy, class of '-1900, studied law at the University of irolina and has practiced law ■kee County since 1904. He -ias city attorney of Murphy, county attorney of Cherokee, member of the "Murphy Board of Education, member County Board of Education, and a candidate for the I Walter E. Moore I Charles W. Wright, class if 1897, was a merchant in Highlands, member of the United States Fores- rice in Macon County, and ion worker with the Macon ■County Highway Commission. He received the Carnegie Medal for Bravery for a daring rescue in 1911 if a man who was falling from White- ■Mtitain. The man, who was intoxicated, had stepped up on Fool s inck on the very edge of the mountain which sways when one 'stops on it. He slid down the ledge beneath and caught on a little shr -hanging on the sheer cliff 1800 feet -'above the ground. Wright crossed marrow crevices with barely enough -bold in order to reach the suspended man and dragged IS to a wider shelf w! rescued him by a rope. "Later Wright was killed in an automobile accident. The late Cassius A. Wallace, class -)f 1894, followed Professor Madison from Qualla to Sylva and then to Cullowhee where he studied for seven Mr. Wallace taught in Cul- Kigh School and organized the Columbian Literary Society, which served community men as well n!s. He taught the Chippewa Indians at Reserve, Wisconsin, and -. Indians at the Rosebud, Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He died of a fever at the age of ,ne while he was engaged in Friends of him here still sremember him for his mischievous •pranks. Those six people on the Distinguished Service Roster show the varieties \)f success which alumni of this college have attained in various fields. Although Cullowhee is a teachers training college, it continues to produce alumni who occasionally become eminent in other fields. Lyndon Hargrave, class of 1917, is one of the most promising potential candidates for the Distinguished Service Roster. He is a nationally Jknown archeologist, field-director and 'Curator of archeology in the Museum •of Northern Arizonia at Flagstaff. He is an active worker in conserving Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville, was awarded the placque for the most outstanding alumnus of Western Carolina Teachers College. The hono,* was bestowed upon him at the Homecoming Celebration in 19.")8. prehistoric resources, and an author- on bird lore. He assisted \h\ A. Douglas in an exhaustive study ree rings which revealed the dates of certain prehistoric ruins. The National Geographic Magazine, published their findings in December, I92S>, in the article, "The Secret of the Southwest, Revealed by Talkative Tree Kings." He collaborated with Emile W. Saury in an extensive account of the same work entitled, "Recently Dated l'ueblo Ruins in Arizona, published by the Smithsonian Institution. His contributions to archeology in this country have gained him a permanent place of honor among scientists throughout the nation. Miss Eddie W. Kichards (now Mrs. J. W. Wilson), who has recently returned to Cullowhee from < is an expert on botany and bird lore. Hvv articles are published in the National Geographic. Nature Magazine, and other prominent publications. The North Carolina Federa- irded her the Sepaik the Newspaper IV. ';.,„•' i\ arian and as assistant librarian to 8. Buchanan for several years. everal years she has n living in Los Angeles, Califor- doing Indian research work, but home is in Cullowhee. who have be- or dean of men since 1920. After finishing at Cullowhee, he took B. degree at. ill,. liniversit;-. Carolina and his M. A. degre< as principal of Cullowhee High School. Dean Bird was the lirst person to differentiate the high school ai d college corrida in 1921. Before became vice-president of the in Union, (here was no distinction in high school and college, and Students did not know when they were doing work of high school level or work of college level. He set up the nine- month's system with the year divided into quarters and organized a Itormal course of college level for teachers. He was largely instrumental in causing the state to recognize Westein Carolina as a standaid teachers' college. Dean Bird w offered a teaching position in Syh and a position in a junior college in Arkansas as head of the English department at the same time that he . bag for a position at Cullowhee. Although both of these carried higher salaries than Curto- rejected them to lUse, as he will tell loves Cullowhi eral years. After her marriage to '.he well-known lawyer, C. C. Buchanan, also an alumni of Cullowhee, she devoted the next ten years of her life to the social activities which are ■ center of interest for the business men in a small town. She was founder and first oi Sylva's Twentieth Century Club, and organizer of women n the territory west of Asheville, for aising options to begin the Smoky Mountains .National Park; chairman of the committee which organized the Sylva Public library; and President Club of Jackson libiai y th elping o - .he wanted all tl e i a- buying lent, the about three hun- ibera doing departmental and so on. It was Mrs. Buchanan duty as president t" co-ordinate these them a 1. ■ supervision the club undertook a number of notable projects. ■ I club to thank for raising the funds and o dering the shrubbery which beaut Bucham n librarian id' West- Be in 192 i, and became head librarian upon Mrs. Gladstone's resignation in 19110. She uramer schools at Colum- She is no-,. niiitteo for college and uni\. .Mrs. Inez Wooten Gulley, class f he Southern Conservatory of Music in Durham, a student at the University of North Carolina, and a student of Herbe t Witherspoon in New York City. She has taught voice in this institution for seven years. She is m leave of absence studying publ c school music and A Cappella Chi direction at Columbia University Teachers College. She is taking voice at the Juillard Institute of Musical Arts in New York City. She is chairman of public school the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. In a state-wii e contest she has twice won the silvi r cup given by the North Carolina Federation of Women for the best original song. She has written several other musical compositions, among them a special song for the Halcyon Chorus. She founded the Schubert Glee Club and Halcyon Chorus in this college. Dr. Lyman J. Hooper and Dr. C. C. Bennet are prominent dentists in Asheville. Dr. Hooper, class of 1912, besides being an efficient dentist, has outstanding work in sculpture. alent of the Asheville Art Club. He discovered his ability in sculpture when he was studying the anatomy of the human head and liking a bust of Professor Madison. lieiuiett, class of 1914, was for many years a member of the Cul- He is lembered by the teachers here for tine public speaking and his aptitude for inter-collegiate debating when he was a student. i. D. Conroy, after leaving Cullowhee, took his M. A. irolina ai d el Johns Hopkins. during the Wor d War. He is now a child in Cincinnati. Dr. Harold ( luk, class of 191r>, had the remarkable experience I f being in a graduating class of thre ■, and tying with the other Bird and Mr. ,). (). Wood, lor fust honors. All three made unusual y high records. Since it had been tie custom for the best student to make a commencement address, the teachers compromised by having everyone in the class do so that year. Sillie taking his A. K. degree and his medical degree in Pennsylvania, he hi s been a successful surgeon ill Ashe- eventeen years. Cullowhee has probabh more lawyers than members of any other profession except, teaching. B. C. Jones, class of P.) 14, lawyer n Bryson City, studied law at the Uni- i North Carolina, lvpiescii ,- ed Swain County in the legislature in 1935 and is now a member of the Cullowhee Board of Trustees. Louis P. Hamlin, class of 1!H2, [) a business man and lawyer of Bre vanl, a Republican leader, and onetime congressional candidate. William U. Sherrill, class of 1902 although he entered school late i life, did excellent work as a student and became a capable lawyer r Webster and later in Sylva. John H. Harwood, from Robbins Wile, practiced law and studied I Bryson City, taught school, and became judge of the Superior Court. The late T. G. Picklesimer. practiced law in I hyson City until he was killed as he alighti'd from a train a few- years ago. Mr. Thomas A. Cox. Sr„ who now resides in Cullowhee, was one of the nine founders of the Cullowhee Normal School, which is now Western Carolina Teachers College. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the institution. Several members of the Cox family who have attended school here are doing notable work in scientific research. Thomas A. Cox, Jr-, graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1909, with a Bachelor of Engineering degrees. After thL. World War, he attended they tied for highest honors under Madame Cui , Jr. was artillery in t;. il engin- r with headquarters in Asheville. hi of the signal •ded li i and the American Distinguished Sei \ daring in keeping the tele- of the Allies in order on the lie helped organize the uy in Western North Carolina at the outbreak of the World War. David 1). Cox finished State Col- came superintendent of the Coke Plant of the United States Steel Company. Henry Cox, graduate of the Uni- North Carolina, is superintendent of the Union Carbide and Carbon Company in Charleston, West Catherine Cox, who took degrees at May School in Boston, at Vassal-, and the University of Chicago, has been assistant bacteriologist in the state laboratory of hygiene in Raleigh and in New York City. Now she supervises the work of seven- ,biologists preparing disease serum in a laboratory in Charleston, West Virginia. David H. Brown, Jr. son of D. H. Brown, also an alumnus of this institution, is studying commercial engineering in the University of Cincinnati, where he has been awarded the Ohio Military District Medal for military proficiency in the Universi- Offlcers' Training Corps. W. Caw Hooper, who attended both the two-year and four-year are, has been teaching in the Phillipine Islands for more than the his i that he < me hundrei better than world. From me of Cullo- it ^ Whei P.l :ne day and iident Rey- ;uperi tendents of inly , heart's de- more fully schools are R. Ottis Self and J. N. Wilson of Jackson County, T. C. Henderson of Transylvania County, and Thomas Roberson of Buncombe. Mr. Otis Self, class of 1904, ex- ndent of Jackson County, was state-wide manager of coal distribution in North Carolina during the World War. He has served as clerk of the North Carolina Senate. For many years he has been clerk rth Carolina Utilities Com- and charts magazine articles concerning different phases of his work. J. N. Wi'son, class 1893, is regarded by Pro! tne best financier this school ever produced. After graduation Mr. Wilson was manager and teacher of mathematics and political science in the college for twervty^four years. ' As county superintendent of Jackson County, to quote Mr. Madison, "He was brilliant in managing the funds to prevent debts." Thomas Roberson, class of 1924, has been Superintendent of the Buncombe County schools three years, and was recently re-elected. He took his B. S. and M. A. degrees at Pea- body. He spent several years as teacher and high school principal before becoming superintendent. In college he was a "crackerjack" basketball player, and had remarkab e determination, ambition, and dauntless confidence. Cullowhee still benefits by the presence of its alumni, notably; Dean W. E. Bird, Professor E. H. Stillwell, Professor Frank H. Brown, and Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, and Mrs. Chas. G. Gulley. Dean Bird, class of 1915, taught English and served as vice-president He is Holds and Preside ed their wish for him president he felt that hi sire was fulfilled even than he could have wished. Professor E. H. Stillwell, class of 1899, took his B. S. and M. A. degrees I at Peabody and has done graduate work at the University of Chicago and Duke University. All his students know how he makes history live for his classes at Cullowhee in his imaginative, vivid class lectures. He taught English here for several years, demand for lectures and comes throughout the :. Stillwell has v. f almost every county of North Carolina, and the history of Cullowhee Baptist Church For many years he has been an inspiring teacher of one of the college Sunday School classes in the Cullowhee Baptist Church. Professor Frank H. Brown was the youngest graduate of his class, yet won the scholarship medal. Although when he was attending school Professor Brown planned to be a chemical engineer and said that he would never be a teacher, he came to like the profession so well while teaching to earn his way through State College, that he has taught ever since. All four of his children have finished at Cullowhee and have continued with higher training. One of his daughters now teaches at Spruce Pine, and the other, Miss Fiances Brown, is assistant librarian in the college library. One of his sons s doing agricultural work at State College. The other is engaged in scientific work. Professor Brown has taught here in the science department longer than any other teacher. Mrs. Lillian Barker Buchanan, class of 1930, librarian and teacher of the Social Usage Class, attended the Greensboro College for Women after finishing at Cullowhee. 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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: 1939-05-13
  • Date digitized: 2017-01-31
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  • Dimension: 22" x 15"
  • Pages: 20 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_1939-05-13_Vol07_No50th
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