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The Campus Interpreter The Campus Guide The Western Carolinian CULLOWHEE A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOKIES CULLOWHEE, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1938 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION Fourth Presession Conference Is Helc Student-Faculty Leaders Study Problems And Advise Several Remedies At the invitation of the College Administration, a large number of students and faculty leaders attended the Fourth Western Carolina Teachers College Presession Conference held at Lake Junaluska on September This Conference, a unique institution in cooperative student government has become a permanent feature of Western Carolina's student government program. Each year representatives of student government organizations and major activities meet with representatives of the College Administration to review the work of the past year, to study student problems, and to advise in the form of s group of recommendations a remedial policy for the new school year. Recommendations of the Prcsessk Conference are purely advisory and to become effective must be adopted transeunt change or permanent pol by the student and faculty groups c cerned. Building And Expansion Program Here Underway Assembly Program j Greatly Enjoyed New Director Student representatives invited to participate in this year's Conference were: Charles R. Holloman, Hannah Lou Brown, Virginia Hall, Edna Allen, Claude Carpenter, Charles A. Dandelake, Mary Delle Davis, Burke Ferguson, Thelma Galloway, Elvira Greenlee, Charles McCall, Horace Meredith, Sara Welch, Gay Stewart, Josephine Morgan, Edith Wilson, John Henry Gesser, and Everett Wall. Faculty and administration representatives invited were: Pres. H. T. Hunter, Mrs. H. T. Hunter, Dean W. E. Bird, Mrs. W. E. Bird, Dean Anne Albright, Assistant Dean Anne Hammond, Assistant Dean R. C. Whitaker, Prof. C. F. Dodson, Freshman Adviser John S. Seymour, Mrs. John S. Seymour, Miss Fannie Goodman, Alumni Secretary John -W. McDevitt, and Mrs. John W. McDevitt. Recommendations of Conference The Conference adopted unanimously the following advisory recommen- ;.'^tiu;.s vhirh have since been adopted by the Student Senate and Faculty: 1. That the purpose and proceedings of the Presession Conference be reported to the student body and faculty in the following ways: (1) by a program before the student assembly, (2) by articles in the Western Carolinian, (3) by a report in a faculty meeting, (4) by placing a copy in the files for the purpose of checking the progress made during the year and for a permanent record. 2. That the Student Senate continue the policy adopted last year of checking undesirable students at the end of each quarter and recommending to the Executive Committee that students of such character not be permitted to re-register. 3. That the president of the student body call a meeting of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes as soon as possible after the fall registration to enlist their cooperation in achieving and maintaining the highest possible moral and ethical stand- History Of Western Carolina Given By Prof. R. L. Madison, Founder Of Institution 4. That the secretaries of the Senate and house governments report all sentences to constituent governing bodies. 5. That the Curriculum Committee make a careful sutdy of their setup for the purpose of considering institution of a five-day school week. 6. That a committee be appointed from the Student Senate to revise the constitution of the Student Assembly, especially considering the following points: (1) Committees of the Senate. (a) The Clubs Committee. (b) The Appropriations Committee. (c) The Social Committee. (2) Article II, Section 11 (By-Laws) Selection of Marshalls. (3) Article II, Section 12 (By-Laws) the election of cheer leaders at the spring election to enable the chief to attend the Presession Conference. (4) Article IX, Section 1, Personnel of the Senate. That the presidents of the House Governments and the Day Student government will be members of the Student Senate by virtue of their election as presidents of these organizations. (5) To change specific dates to approximate dates. 7. That a committee be appointed from the Student Senate and the Day Student Council for the purpose of writing a constitution for the day students. 8. That two chapel periods be set aside each quarter for meetings of the house governments and day student government, that a roll be called at these meetings, and that the secretaries turn in all absences to the college office as chapel absenses. 9. That the constitution of Rob- — (Continued on page 4) On Tuesday, September 27, 1938, the student body of Western Carolina Teachers College was accorded a ra treat. To the freshmen it was an c never to be forgotten for it every college that a first year student is privileged to hear the fascinating story of the foundation and growth of the institution which he is attending from the lips of the man who had the courage and strength to attempt such an undertaking. That was the fortune of the fresh- an class and the entire college on September 27 last. To an admiring, and enthusiastic audience, President Hunter presented Profes- Robert Lee Madison, founder and president-emeritus of Western Can Teachers College. Our founder stood, and with firm, erect step walked to the center of the auditorium and received the tremendous ovation given him by some 400 students who wished, in some way, to express their appreciation for the great and glorious work he has done. Even a first year student who ii the threshold of life, who has his record to make and his achievements to leave to the world, a first year student who knows nothing of the glory of reaching the top and gazing back into the beauty of life well- lived, a student who knows nothing of those things—could not help but feel with him the emotions which filled Professor Madison's heart as he stood there with humble grace before the ich reward that is his. In his address, he accorded highest praise to the sixteen years of brilliant work which President Hunter has given the college. Then beginning with his birth and early life, he traced the development of the institution from the little frame building where the first class was conducted ith of August, 1899, to the great teachers college which we have today. He stated that W. C. T. C. is absolutely the first teachers college ever established in North Carolina and that others are merely patterned after his original plan. Details of foundation and growth are not necessary here as they have already been so ably put forth in the series of articles prepared for the Asheville Citizen by Professor Madi- New Constitution Adopted By Men In Robertson Hall The men of Robertson Hall met on Tuesday evening, September 20, at ":30 p. m., in the parlors of the hall, for the purpose of adopting a consti- Short talks were made by President H. T. Hunter and Dean W. E. Bird "Student Government." The constitution was presented by Charles Holloman and discussed by the members of the house. It was moved, seconded and carried that the constitution be adopted by the house government. The meeting adjourned at 10 Dr. H. P. Smith, from the University of North Carolina, has assumed his position as director of W. C. T. C. Training School. He succeeds Dr. C. H. Allen, who resigned to accept a po- ' ' n in Missouri. New Faces Seen In Faculty Rolls Every student on the campus has instilled in his heart an even more profound respect and admiration for our founder than he had before, because they have become personally acquainted with this great man. He a great man and the thing which makes his greatness more pronounced that he seeks none of the pomp and ceremony which other men in his position would covet. To remain with his school and watch it grow by leapi and bounds to a prominent place among southern colleges is all the •ecognition he asks. Humbly we shall accord him this privilege. Grady Edney. Among the new members of the training school faculty is Miss Mable Tyree, head of the English Department. Miss Tyree, a former resident of Paduka, Kentucky, attended college in Murray, Kentucky for two year. ^She received her AB degree from the University of Kentucky 1934, following which she taught for three years in the high school at Bedford, Ky. She was given a Fellowship at U. of Kentucky where she did graduate work and was connected with the English Department. She ived her masters degree in English this summer. It seems that her hobbies are boys and girls, but she said that her English students think assigning English contracts her hobby. Miss Tyree says that she is enjoying her work and is very much impressed by the spirit of the growth of both the Training school and the college. Miss Nell Hines has returned sume her position in the training school after a years' leave to do grad uate work at the University. Mr. Kenneth Wood comes from thi training school to replace Mr. Cobb on our college faculty. Mr. Bramlett replaces Mr. Wood as coach in the training school. On Tuesday evening, September 27, at 9:15 p. m., another meeting was held. Mr. Gay Stewart, president of Robertson Hall Government, told the members that the constitution had been passed on by the Studer>3Senate and the Executive Committeier Some new plans for the dormitory for the coming year were discussed. The attitude of all the men of the dormitory is to make it a better pli in which to live. Mr. R. C. Whitaker, assistant dean of men, gave some very good ideas for improving things the dormitory. Mr. Whitaker said that the parlor would soon have some new material, including: shades, curtains, card tables, a radio, and some games. From the applause Mr. Whitaker received, all the young men are backing him one hundred per cent. On checking the rooms Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Whitaker found them excellent condition. Most of the brooms have curtains, shades, pictures and other things that add to the rooms. Mr. Whitaker stated that there had not been a single rule made the dormitory, and there would not be as long as the students co-operate. Some autumn flowers and leaves •e to be gathered by some freshmen to decorate the parlor. This group will be supervised by Mr. Lawrence Leatherwood. With complete co-operation of the students in the hall much ca complished in a short while. Enrollment For Fall | Quarter Is Largest In History Of School This school year marks the semicentennial in the history of the college, and the enrollment for the Fall Quarter proves to be the largest in the history of Western Carolina Teachers College. The enrollment has reached 401 students. The second largest Fresh- Class in the history of the College has enrolled. There are nearly twice as many freshmen this year as there were in 1937-1938. The near- previous enrollment has come to this one was in the fall of 193G when there were 376 students. The student body is composel of representatives from eight states: North Carolina, 380, South Carolina, Georgia, 3, Tennessee anl Michigan 2 each, Iowa, Florida, and Ohio, one each. One foreign country, Cuba, is ■epresentated. Jackson leads the North Carolina lounties with 99 students. Buncombe .vith 44, Haywood 28, Henderson 21, Madison 20, Cherokee and Swain with 18 are next in line. Other counties represented with ten or less are: Yancey, Clay, Macon, Mitchell, Lincoln, Gaston, Graham, Johnston, Transylvania, Wayne, Rutherford, Cleveland, Guilford, Polk, Robe- sonson, Forsyth, Wake, McDowell, Catawba, Hoke, Pitt, Union, Bladen, Cumberland, Davie, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Franklin, Iredell, Lee, Mai tin, Nash, Randolph, Rockinghan Stanley and Wilson. Dormitory And Auditorium Are Included In Proposed Program Schubert Glee Club Off To A Good Start The Schubert Glee Club, und< capable direction of Mrs. Charles Gulley, was reorganized this year, to include both men and women. In the second meeting this year, the following officers were elected: Melba Nanney, president; Mary Kathryn Gardner, vice-president; Bea Hollifield, Secretary -treasurer; *md John E. Crutchfield, reporter. Those persons who were on the campus last year will remember the excellent programs rendered by this group. A more widely extenlel program is planned for this year. The members have been selected with usual care. The club plans to make sev trips, including one to Asheville, and representation to the District Federation meeting at Morganton thi mth. Increased Interest Shown In Music Seen On The Campus During the past week, many old faces have been seen on the campus. Among them were Ruth Burch, Carolyn Weaver, Bob Brown, Claude Henson, Ernest Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ratcliff, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Tucker, Alice Ward, Emily Rodgers, Arnold Hyde, Wash Fisher, Hilda Fisher, Wilson Fisher, Bernard and Dot Brigman, Randall Duckett, Dan Pryor, Wayne Hall, J. C. Rich, Reeves Colville, Elsie White, and Mr. and Mrs. Troy Dodson. Glimpses Of New Students At WCTC New faces—-new names—new talk -Vincent Wright making our band sound melodious. He's in the orchestra too—every other person from Bryson City—Hendersonville too— Crowder is cute—in more ways than one—No place to sit on the Rock Wall —Drinking too many cokes—"Jug Head" and Porter—Alan Whit ' stead of Alan White—What! another McCracken, Greenlee, and Perkins?— Hang around a spell with us, Jack and Garland—Dr. Doolittle of last year is here in the presence of Alan Newcombe—I bow before you—good crop of valedictorians and salutatt ians—Thelma Smith and Pauline Pres- sly from Cullowhee—Mary Grant can play the piano—. Somehow we can't help feeling that people got along better back days when horsepower was furnished by the horse instead of the A great deal of interest is being shown this year, not only by the faculty, but by an increasing number of students, in the concerts which the Asheville Civic Music Club will spon- Asheville during the winter. Last year the club presented Jose Iturbi, pianist; Albert Spaulding, violinist; the National symphony Orchestra and Kirsten Flagstad, who s ranked as the world's leading so- irano. Several faculty members and tudents attended these concerts. This year more of the faculty have secured tickets to the concerts and there is a gratifying increase number of students who have become members of the club. The program for this year has been formed. The Asheville Civic Music Association presents the opera Faust the fourth of November. Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Ricg- ard Crooks, and Russian Duo Pianists. The Civic Music Club is a national association and the membership cards may be used in any town in which the club is organized. John Charles Thomas will sing in Spartanburg, December 12, and Kirsten Flagstad, May B. Our idea of a supremely happy citizen is the man who feels as important at home as he does in a lodge room dressed in a lot of regalia Those holding membership in the organization this quarter are: Edna Alexander, Edna Allen, Celesta All- man, Loreta Bass, Adele Biebinger, Ruby Bridgers, Christine Broyhill, Louise Bryson, Gertrude Carter, Pearl Coggins, Catherine Cope, John Crutchfield, Willa Mae Fisher, M Kathryn Gardner, Mary Elizabeth Grant, Sue Haigler, Ruth Hales, Bea Hollifield, Clara Hooks, Herman Hopper, Mackie Hughes, John Jordan, Nellie Manning, Theodore Perkins, Sam Pryor, Elizabeth Rogers, John Henry Thomasson, John Carlton Wells, Margaret Wilson, Nettie Woodell, Vincent Wright and Herbert Cohn, Climaxing 49 years of steady growth and development, Western Carolina Teachers' College has received official notification of a PWA grant which will, with the aid of state funds appropriated at the recent special ses- of the general assembly, inaugurate a new building and expansion program of $381,000. This grant, President H. T. Hunter said, may be called the third step in the college's current building program which began in 1937. Last year the WPA and state agencies began construction of the physical education building, which will, when completed, cost approximately $75,000. The structure, of native North Carolina granite, is 144 feet by 88 feet. The stone is quarried near the college, each stone being cut by hand before being laid. The main gymnasium floor is to be , and glass backboards for basketball are to be installed. Offi- classrooms, rooms for visiting teams, supply rooms, and a large swimming pool will occupy the remainder of the building. Applied For PWA Grant The second step began when the 1937 general assembly appropriated $110,000 for the contraction of a training school. Realizing that nearly twice that amount would be needed to construct a suitable building, college authorities applied for and received a PWA grant making possible construction of a $200,000 building. Advertisement for bids began Tuesday. An unusual feature of the structure is that it will be built on a unit plan. Each unit is made up of two class rooms with a practice room between them and conference rooms at each end. The floor is of wood block construction. The third step makes possible the construction of: dormitory to accommodate 160 at an approximate cost of $130,- 000 fully equipped. Auditorium, with capacity of 900, $25,000. Student union building, to house student organizations and alumni officers, $30,000. Re-modeling of old training school, r use as a college classroom building, approximately $30,000. Enlargement of water and lighting systems to take care of the additional buildings. The total program, included in the three steps mentioned by President Hunter will cost more than $630,000. Negotiations are under way with the Nantahala Power and Light Company for power to supplement that generated by the college plant. Famous Singer Is Heard By Students Various Clubs Elect Officers MacD.well Music Club The officers elected for the fall quarter in MacDowell Music Club are: President, Christine Broyhill; Vice- President, Ruth Barton; Secretary- Treasurer,, Gay Battle; Reporter, Mary Grant; Chairman Program Committee, Melba Nanney; Chairman of Social Committee, Clemmie Brewer. Halcyon The Halcyon Chorus met Tuesday, September 27 and elected the following officers: President, Dan Cooke; Vice-President, Pearl Coggins; Secretary-Treasurer, Josephine Morgan; Press reporter, Mildred Atkins. Several trips have been planned by the group. This club is a member ne of the most popular Lyceum ibers in the history of Western Carolina Teachers College was attended September 23, by approxi-|of the North Carolina Federation of tely 300 college students. Transportation was furnished by the college to Sylva where the Metropolitan Opera Singer, Norman Cordon and his accompanist, Hans Heide- man, presended a universally acclaimed program. As is characteristic of our southern appreciation, the negro folk songs sung by Mr. Cordon were enthusiastically encored by the audience. TO THE STUDENT BODY OF W. C. T. C. This is to acknowledge with greatful appreciation your kind expression of sympathy. The Welch Family. Music Clubs. Business Education Club The Business Education Club met September 27 and elected the following officers for the coming year: President, Virginia Hall; Vice-President, Everett Wall; Secretary, Josephine Morgan. The president, Miss Hall, appointed Bea Hollifield as press reporter. Both Miss Hall and Miss Hollifield are charter members of the club. Y. W. A. Organized The following officers have been selected for the forth coming year in Y. W. A.: President, Vera Jones; Vice-President, Helen Gibson; Sec- Treasurer, Christine Proyhill; Devotional leader, Margaret Lee; Corresponding Secretary, Ruth Barton; Personal Service, Kate Lindsay; Program Committee, Bea Hollifield; Publicity, Clyde Sronce; Social Chairman, Clemmie Brewer; Choister, Melba Nanney; Pianist, Celeste All- man.

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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  • Date original: 1938-10-07
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