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The Campus Interpreter The Campus Guide tmuMusBmrnrnmsaaat --■:- -•- The Western Carolinian CULLOWHEE — A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOKIES VOL. IX Cl'LLOWHEK. N. «... WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1940. FIBL1SHU) BY THI I VI ION Forensic Team Defeats Nine Colleges At Tournament Professor P. L. Elliott, head of the English department, was a member of the annual hunt on the Little S adjoining the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, November 28- 30. Mr. Mike Brown, Robbmsville, chairman of the hunt. ity-five men and < participated in the sport. Mr. Elliott reports that a two and one-hall hour with three bears, one was killed and one wounded. Besides Mr. Elliott, other members of the hunt from Jackson County were Mr. Cole non and Mr. Harry Ferguson. Since a limited number are allowed to participate in hunts, an invitation is considered by sportsmen treat and an honor. Dr. Ashbrook And Miss Hammond Attend Busi ness Education Meeting Prnfp<^nr Fllintt Dr w A Ashui°°k and miss I I UIOOOUI t-IIIULl Anne ihuumund ot lne Business AttonHc Ro^r i-kllflt Mucatlon Department, attended MLlt/IIUo DCdl III.II the Southern Business Education at Nashville, nessee, November 28-30. The a ion includes e southern states. It has met somewhere in the South ■ during the Thanksgiving holidays since it was or, Ized eighteen years ago. ■nsboro, North Carolina, Ihe 1941 contention eity. In 1939 it met at Jacksonville, Florida. R. Richards, a close friend of Dr. David McKinney, former head of the Business Education Department of this college, was 'd president lor 1941-42. D. D. Lessenberry, University of Pittsburg, Mrs. Esta Ross Stuart, Teachers College Columbia University, and F. O. Nichols, of Harvard University, some of the outstanding visiting speakers. Some of their on business education are familiar to the student teachers who are majoring in that field. Dr. Joseph Roemer, of George Peabody College for Teachers and well known throughout the South as a leading educator, spoke on "The Emergence of seful in Education" at the it ion banquet Fridy even- Dr. Roemer said that the failure in the past to train men for jobs in defense industries. He asserted that these industries are now coming into this section, to employ local labor, but are not finding the skilled material. He also said that this condition is the fault of educational institutions which had been too busy "messing around with the kings of Egypt" and not teaching enough about present-day problems. Marjorie Honeycutt. Annual Christmas Concert Western Carolina Players Appear-In "Our Town" Mrs. Ghar.es Gulley Has Dinner And Bridge Party .Kiglit Students Attend Debate Tournament i The Music I ;it, under the direction Gulley, r, and annual Chi Sun day evening, December 8 I College Auditorium at J:00 o'clock. The following program was given: Our Director March, Bigelow; Nottingham Guards, Johnson; Sleepers Awake. Bach—by the College Band. Helen Patton, chairman, assisted by Carlton Wells, Ned Burleson, Juanita Porter, Frances Allison, and Catherine Walker. Marshals for the occasion were John Jordon, Elsie Avent, and Frances Allison. Vocal Duet Oh Divine Redeemer, Gounod; by Jean Bennett and Mary Jane Edwards. Sonata Pathetique, Beethoven; Fies and movement:—by Dorothy Thompson. Trumpet Solo, Carnival of Venice, Del Straiger; by Sammy Beck. Lyric Overture, Taylor; Prelude, Guilmont—by the C Orchestra. Panis Angelicur. Franck—by Schubert Glee Ch b. String Trio, CM! 'rcn's Prayer, Humperdinck ie Elliott, Helen Bird. - oli. . Mrs. Fisher, i viola. My Faith Lo» ks Up to Thee, Schnecker;—Halcyon Chorus. Silent Night, Adeste Fidelis. Hallelujah Chorus. Handel; — Halcyon Chorus. The decoration of the torium was in charge of Miss Band Plays At Chapel Hour Mr. George Tracy was in charge of the chapel hour on Tuesday, November 26. He presented the college band which ottered several numbers. Among those were a clarinet solo by Vincent Wright and a trumpet solo by Sammy Beck. The band has made much improvement since last year. The members of the band are: Sammy Beck, Revis Frye, Bill Foster, Jakie Foster, Forest Gardner, Elizabeth Ann Hunter, Joe Hed- den, Sue H e d d e n. Vincent Wright, John Jordon, Edith Cherry, Herbert Kimmel, J. W. Farley, Jerry Farley, Glen Po- teat, Ruben Harris, Margaret Moore, Mary Jane Edwards, Joe Crowell, Hal Plonk, Eddie Brown, and Pat Carter. Last Outpost Given Saturday, December 8, Western Carolina Teachers College i nted Cary Grant and Claude Rains in "Last Outpost", a picture of the First World War in Turkey. Cary Grant put on a stirring act as a young British captain from a Turkish prison. It was a regular length Paramount film, including a comedy short. As an advertising feature, visitor rates were reduced to twenty cents. Dean Albright Was Hostess To The Student Body Dean Anne Albright was hostess ■• student body at a lovely tea Thursday, November 28, in Moore Parlors. Fires glowed in the two large fireplaces and the Thanksgiving motif was featured in the decorations. A huge table was decorated with autumn fruits; in the center of the room a side table held a centerpiece qf_different varieties of cactus. Dancing, bridge, and s wore enjoyed by the guests. Frt'it cake and coffee were served by Isabel Gillis, ""one Kolcomb, Dorothy Gaha- '']liz"heth Gahagan, Gertrude Carter, Eloise McBride, !ind Edna Alexander. The Physical Educrtion Staff Has A Series Of Meetings Planned The Physical Education has a series of meetint continuing through ne for the purpose of adaptin; grams to national defense and to the even more It peacetime needs of this section. These meetings will be led by various members of the staff and conducted as a forum. A greatly extended program for recreational swimming has been planned for next quarter. This will include three periods of practicing in life saving, speed swimming, and diving. Water polo, water basketball, and other water sports will be given on nd This will be a definite I aid to the defense program. Miss I be in charge. On the evening of December 3, Mr. Andrews spoke to the Rotary ^ub of Sylva on "Physi- Health, and Rec- in National Defense." hysical Education Staff wouU emphasize to the facult> at they are welcome to pai In any recreation al activit. me there isn't a schedule 1 Uass in session. A lule of open periods will foe placed in each teacher's box so he may avail himself of this opportunity. Horseback, started as a Club, will be available next quarter to students as a class. Much interest has been shown in this club and, with the blazing of riding trails, more interest will probably be shown. The Rifle Club has finally obtained its rifles. The Remington Company said that thi " already had all the orders hey could fill, but for some reasons the rifles came in the other day. Mr. Andrews is still mulling over the mystery. The first meeting of the Rifle Club will be held in the basement o f the Administration Building at 7:30 P. M.. January 2. The Club is expected to be as large as any on the campus. Preacher Lanier has been showing his opponents in badminton that preachers have something no-one else has. A little later, h e was caught was caught punching the devil out of a boxing bag. It is grand to think of all these things but what about the barrier, final exams, that separates us from that last day of classes. Everyone makes up his mind to study and really get prepared for those tests that freshmen have decided are "holy terrors." But what comes of the righteous resolutions? Nothing. Another day passes and there is very little studying done, but there is a lot of worry and concern. Well, why not sleep tonight and work hard tomorrow. Anyway we all need a good night's sleep. That would be fine if we wouldn't forget on the morrow what we had planned last, night. Then holidays loom up again and we dream of the fun-packed days just a bare two weeks in the future. Suddenly we think what is before us in that two weeks between the holidays. Doesn't it take the spirit, out of our dreams though? Anyway, we will study a lot tomorr' Mrs. Ch; of voice at the campus roup with a bridge and d at the Brown H evening, December 2 ; of small Chrlstm and snow piece oi a tree. Bridge \ the parlors ol dinner. Mr. (! t.son was high score Wll ing. Those p dinner were: Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Ashbrook, Dr. and Mrs. H. P. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Man onald, Mr. and M I, Mr. and Mrs. Joh] Miss Anne iarles G. Gulley. College Observes National Ait Week The week of 1 was si Week to p Art, both ii 15-2.} preside Al alp- I By Herbert l.ee An audience of approxi m.itely 000 persons saw the Wes. aroUna Plaj Thursday night, December 5, m "Our Town," a play that unquestionably was the iiat the local dra_ malic group has ever produc ed, and one of the best productions that has ever been hi to Cullov, I The play was directed by Miss Mabel Tyree, a member of the college English De. partment. She is sponsor of the Dramatics Club, and is rapidly making it into a up to be rank_ ed with the best amateurs in late. ture. On Tuesday, November l! . the new director of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts spok' over the radio on "Arts and Crafts in Ame Commemorating National Art Sales Week, the department of Art at Western Carolina Teachers College displayed in the library an exhibit of work done in .he art classes this quarter. Miss Helen Patton, instructor in arts, said: "Since here in the mountains there is so much work done in art and handicrafts, it is important that we emphasize these activities during National Art Sales Week." Mrs. Buchanan also arranged an exhibit of paintings by living American artists. The exhibit included soap sculpture, copper, aluminum, wood, and leather articles, and examples in color and design. Outstanding among the exhibits was a setter dog by Jerry Rice, a fawn by Jean Bennett, a dog by Mattie Pearl Raby, and a Scottie by Jay Juniper, all done in soap carving. From the handicrafts class outstanding articles were copper plates, an aluminum tray by Mrs. Newton Turner, a cocktail tray by Wanda Jo Dills, carved wooden bowls by Catherine Walker and Lula Wells, leather work by Mary Lee Buchanan, and book-ends by Carmen Nicholson. In color and design work an all over design by Juanita Porter, showing the development from a naturalistic drawing to a line drawing, then worked out in an all over pattern suitable for a textile, was beautiful. BASKETBALL The change of seasons brings also a change in the athletic program. Now that the fall quarter has gone by. we are getting ready for basketball. Boys that do not get a chance to play with the varsity, should try for the intramural teams in basketball: there is always a place on them for anyone who tries. e method of presentation unusual. From the !>■ Buck Hunt, stage mat and leading character, expanded the stage to include the e auditorium by talking directly i > the audience. Members of the responded from various of the auditorium and bal. < my. The result was that the i udlence ceased to be spectators, id became residents of Grovers orner.s. the setting of the play. A few times the audience 1 to follow the players into epth of feeling and beauty they reached. But the U of tin was pre "in. And the some spectators laughed others cried and still s were spellbound shows nagnitude and the variety iman nature. play owes much of its niveness to the extreme s mplicity of the stage setting. 1 his simplicity makes the production a great deal more dif- f cult, but when it is handled successfully, it adds the greatness of life itself. Many lovers of the drama are glad to see this imaginary stage scenery coming back. In "Our Town" the scenery was as it was in the beginning of the drama. In Shakespeare's day when a small bit of shrubbery growing in a tub had to represent a whole forest, great acting was essential. Now It is too often the case that more dependence is put in stage scenery than in acting. But in "Our Town" the cast must, through sheer merit and without any artificial support, touch heights and portray truths that are beyond the realms of time and place. Although equipment for the 'lighting effect was meager, yet the results were excellent and added tremendously to the play. The production, however, was not simple. To the contrary, it was the most elaborate that has ever been produced on the campus. More than thirty-five actual players performed on the stage. Among these were Leo Cowan, Lynwood McElroy. James Moore Mary Dell Davis, Louise Bryson, Howard McDevitt, Gertrude Carter, George Walker, Ruth Coggins. John Wikle, Ray Cowan. Jean Bennett, Tom Allison. Mary Lee Buchanan, T. A. Jackson. B. C. Moss, Marjorie Honeycutt. Ben Battle. Tom Allison. Andrew Carter, Boyd Poole. John Jordon, James Cannon, Phillip Ray. Mary Kathryn Gardner. Margaret Livingstone. Marion Arnold, Jerry Rice, Alice Morton, Reuben Harris. Marion Cochran. Martha West, Margaret Moore, and Buck Hunt. In addition to these were the orchestra and the choir. These groups were unusually successful in interpreting the feeling of the play and in completing the sense of unity between the audience and the stage. Virginia Gustafson Fisher Football Letters Awarded In Chapel Carolina Play- Monogram Club sponsored the chapel program (Thursday, December 5. Ch .lames Whatley recounted some of the ach t lie football squad this and some of the possibil- tor next year. He presi the following players: ie Bradburn, Jeddy Miller, ;e Ropp, Geter rifggins, Earl Fespernian, Rossie Barnes, Claude Jamison, Robert Reece, Charles Myers, Rock Plemmons, Spike Plemmons, Howard Barnwell, Bob Wright, Ray Hunter, and Charles Leagan. The second part of the program was in charge of the Western Carolina Players. John Jordon. a.s narrator, introduced several of the characters in "Our Town" who gave characteristic lines from the play advertising the production to be given that evening. The orchestra played the Overture to "Our Town." Eight Students Make Who's Who . It i' announced bv the editor oi "Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities" that eight students from Western Carolina Teachers College have been selected to be included in the volume for this scholastic year. These are: Mary Delle Davis, Betty Penland, Mary Kathryn Gardner, Johnny Wilson, John Wikle, John Henry Gesser, Charles McCall, and Herbert Cohn. "Who's Who" is compiled by the University of Alabama as a service for all the recognized universities and colleges of the nation. Six hundred schools are now cooperating with H. Pettus Randall, editor of this publication. conducted the orchestra. Among her members were Jane Elliott, Helen Eird, Herbert Kimmel, Dorothy Sue Sutton, Joe Hed- \ den, Elizabeth Ann Hunter, Sam Beck, and Ann Byrd. The Choir, under the direction of Inez Wooten Gulley, includes Jean Bennett, Betty Hod- ,gin, Edith Cherry, Mary Jane Edwards, Kimrey Perkins. Neil Hcott, Walker Freel, and Howard [".dgerton. As essential as the actors lemselves, were those who orked behind the stage. The reduction staff does a great ^al of work and receives very tie. The production staff of 3ur Town" included John Jor- m, T. A. Jackson. Tom Allison. j ne Miller, Frank White, Lucille eredith, Harry Martin, Mary ! athryn Gardner, Betty Lamb. i j ndrew Carter, Marjorie Honey - I utt, Allene Jackson, Virginia j Scott, Albert Williams, Dick ! Hughes, Marion Arnold, Alice iMorton, Louise Brysonv Roberta j Norris. Ray Allison, and Dor- lothy Gahagan. To this rightfully | goes a great deal of the credit for a smooth performance. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for its author. Thornton Wilder, in 1938. It is a good play for those who look at technique: it has beauty for those who look for that; and it offers a deep and profound philosophy for those who seek to get at the very heart of life. It was a good cast and a great production, and if the Western Carolina Players live up to it. it is evidence that they are entering a new era in their history. it from Western ollege be- ich made the trip to .sic Wmthrop Coil. Caro lina, ay, De. ber 5 and 6. ; of public speak- iii the but Dr. A. B. Hoskins, ch of the W i his squad to enter d< only. Two u-h debate, mative and lea of the That the nations of the Western heml- iter into a permanent L'nion." i rm- ative teams era : e. and Bill Fer- ui won foul out of six debate nd, le, Wiinliini), and Carson- Newman and wi ..ted by he Univt I aity of Florida. Glen Edwards on two de- s and J i, id sue Fowler Ida MUTTS and Bunn did not win a det At the close oumament a iiHK k to show thi ■ ween Wlnthrop and hools, HftXkr Univi x After the weddine. a dai lce . held attended by Furn ith Carolina State, Elon, T ne citadel, University of Alab ama and the University of Nori na. Incidentally one of the best teams at the tourna .meni, was Wake Forest. Thi it- ed by Carson-Nev er. Western Carolina defeased Carson-Newman. / The teams arrived hi,'jmc Saturday evening, Decemb,'ar 7- - *J ?!ew Offices In Joyner Completed The new offices in Joyner Bi-ilding are completed and are now being occupied. This phase of the building program has been one of the most needed improvements on the campus. For a long time now many students have thought that the President, the Dean and other officials deserved something better in the way of offices than had for the sake of the dignity and reputation of the college. The old offices could not exactly be called a credit to the administration. Now, it is a pleasure to go in the new offices and compare them with what they were before the remodeling took place. Instead of dark crowded quarters they are large spacious rooms, well equipped in every way. On the ri^ht side of the entrance hall are the offices of Dean Bird, of Alumni Secretary John Worth McDevitt. and of the Idie Beam. On the left side of the hall are the offices of President Hunter, of the business manager, Mr. Ralph Sutton, and of the bursar Mrs. Keith Hinds. J Early Registration Reaches 400 Up to Satur,: \m%. De cember 7. approximately^ four hundred students had completed registration for thi quar ter, which is to begin on December 31. This, of course, included only old students. Several more of them and several new students are expected to register at a later da'

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: 1940-12-11
  • Date digitized: 2017-04-10
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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