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The Western Carolinian VOL. X NO. 5 CULLOWHEE—A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOKIES CULLOWHEE, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 1942 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION National Education Week Is Observed Program Given At Training School In Hoey Auditorium on Friday Afternoon. Christmas Play To Be Presented "As the world changes, we must change our curriculum and our whole system of education to prepare our Youth to fit into the new order," said C- A. Hoyle, principal of the training school at Western Carolina Teachers College in his welcome to patrons and friends who attended a program given in the Hoey auditorium on Friday afternoon and planned by members of the Future Teachers of America as a culmination of activities in the demonstration school for National Education Week. All Courses Modified In his greeting, Mr. Hoyle told his listeners of the many changes that have been made in the Cullowhee training school to meet the needs of boys and girls who will be instrumental in winning the war. The greatest changes, he pointed out, have been made in the fields of mathematics, physical education, and business education. Every other course, he said has been modified to some extent. Camp Talks Briefly Miss Cordelia Camp, director of the training school and sponsor for the local chapter Future Teachers of America, which is composed of college students interested in becoming teachers, talked briefly concerning the aims of the Future Teachers of America, whose local members had worked with her in planning, preparing and presenting the program for the afternoon. Stating that a training school is the very heart of any teachers training college and that the training of teachers is most important function. Miss Camp explained that the three fold set up of college faculty, training school faculty, and student teachers ato Western Carolina Teachers College has been established and progresses with one great objective in view— the developing of children into worthy citizenship. P. T.'s On Program Miss Camp then presented three members of the Future Teachers of America, now taking practice teaching. First was Miss Eleanor Lee, president of the organization who read President Roosevelt's proclamation for Education Week. Second was Raymond Rhodes, who discussed the Roll of the Public School Today. Miss Helen McDevitt, third speaker, spoke on the topic, The Values of Practice Teaching. Other parts of the program were two numbers hy the High School Glee Club, directed by Misses Helen Painter and Janice Smathers, majors in the field of music; a short talk, The Junior Red Cross, by Jimmy Herring; a folk dance toy the grammar grades girls, directed by Mrs. Mary Muchanan Barron and Miss Smathers; and a demonstration of boxing by grammar grade boys, directed by Mr. Rhodes. Ushers for the program in the auditorium were Taylor Huskins and Vance Robertson. P. E. Demonstration The second feature of the afternoon was demonstrations of physical education activities both by grammar grade boys and high school boys on the athletic field, with Thomas Ballou and William Smith, student teachers, directing. Open house was observed by all class rooms, during the last period of the day, and many parents visited elementary and high school classrooms. Hostesses for the elementary grades were Miss Madeline Fortune and Miss Wilma Pick- elsimer; for the high scvhool were James Cannon, Miss Cordie Green and Miss Elizabeth Hammond. Tea Served Parents Concluding the Education Week program was a tea in the home economics room. Presiding at the tea table and serving were Miss Sylvia Lyday, Miss Elizabeth Hammond, Miss Hilda Brown, and Miss Margaret Livingston. Printed programs of the celebration made by student teachers of the business education department under the guidance of Miss Kathleen Davis, demonstration teacher, bore on the front the sketch of a huge eagle with wings extended in a large V under which was written "Win The War." The cover had been designed by Miss Helen Patton, instructor of art at the college. Musical Drama Will Be Based On Nativity. Rehearsals on "The Shepherd's Star" by Janet Smith, a musical drama based on the nativity which will be presented Sunday evening, December 13, were begun last week by the dramatics class. The play is a religious drama concerning the birth of Christ. The mood of the play is expressive of a sweet and clear-eyed happiness, as well as a feeling of consecration, the tempo of the play is rather stately. Mrs. Charles Gulley and the Hal- ycon Chorus have been working most of the quarter on the musical setting. Those participating in the play are Herald, Jane Elliott; Mary, Betty Hodgins; The Archangel Gabriel, Margaret Livingston; Joseph, Sara Rogers. Shepherds: Abiel, Maurene Hauser; Jaribai, Pauline Haynes; Am- alek, Maxine Brookshire; Elkanah, Reuben Harris; Zibeon, Virginia Reed; Asa, Dolita Baldwin; Joram, Virginia Aiken; Hezdrel, Coleman Jones. Wise Men; Melchior, Vance Robertson; Caspar, Raymond Rhodes; Balthasar, Dick Hughes. Seven seraphim from the Schubert Glee Club. The play is made up of seven scenes: the annunciation to Mary; the annunciation to Joseph; the annunciation to the Shepherds; the journey of the Shepherds; and the adoration of the Child. WCTC To Have Plaque To Honor Men In Service In recognition for their military service to the country, Western Carolina Teachers College has ordered an honor roll plaque bearing the names of all W. C. T. C sons in service, according to a recent announcment by Ralph Sutton, business manager of the college. The plaque which is five feet by three feet, will be placed in the foyer of th Hoey Auditorium. It will carry the name of each graduate or former student who is now in service, his rank, and the branch of service in which he is serving. The names of those who have lost their lives in service will be in gold letters, the other names in silver. About fifty Catamounts are already in Uncle Sam's employee, scattered from Australia to Alaska. Courses For Translators To Be given Miss Laura Jean McAdams, head of the Department of Modern Languages, announces that special courses in advance stylistics and composition will be given again this year for those students who are planning to take the civil service examination for translators in French and Spanish. A number of the majors in the department are planning to enter civil service work next year and thereby make their special contribution to the war effort. A course in Pan-American Spanish composition and conversation is being taught this year by Miss McAdams all three quarters to meet the needs of those desiring special training in Spanish for foreign service . The International Students' Society, an active organization of the department, promotes international friendships by foreign correspondence and programs on the international situation and sponsors Latin American projects, foreign movies, and other activities of international interest. Approximately thirty students are on the active roll. The officers for this year are as follows: Lucile Meredith, president; Pauline Baldwin, vice president; Dorothy Jeane Ensley, secretary and treasurer; and Miss McAdams, sponsor. Dean Bird Gives Recording In Class Dean W. E. Bird illustrated the pronunciation of Middle English last Tuesday morning to his class in Chaucer with a recording he has made of his own reading of about thirty lines from the "Prologue" to the "Canterbury Tales." Prefacing the reading, which covers both sides of a fifteen-inch record, Dean Bird discusses the difference between the pronunciations of Middle English used by Chaucer and modern English. Following his own record, Mr. Bird played a recording of about 100 lines from "The Friars Tale," by Dr. S. W. Robinson, editor of the Cambridge edition of "Chaucer's Complete Works," and one of the greatest modern scholars of Chaucer. Besides the regular class of English majors and minors, visitors for the discussion were Miss Laura Jean McAdams, of the modern language department; Miss Rachael Rosenberger, of the music department; and Miss Mable Tyree of the English department. International Relations Club Holds Open Forum Discussion Based On Re serve Plan Of U. S. Colleges. "The value of reserve training depends to a great extent upon three things," said Honorable Dan Thompkins at the International Relations Club's meeting held at Western Carolina Teachers College on Tuesday evening in the Student Union Building. "These three things are the individual himself, the nature of courses taught at the colleges, and the students application of the courses of study." Mr. Thompkins also expressed the need of the subject of Military Science, which is the application of all courses taught concerning the war effort. During World War 1, Mr. Thompkins was a member of the Signal Battalion Corps of the United States Expeditionary Forces and served eleven months over seas. In regard to the possibility of a boy's being called out of college before completion of his work, Mr. Thompkins said he felt confident that all enlisted reserve men would see action in the present war. Other speakers discussing the topic, Are the College Reserve Organizations Vital to the War Ef- Two New Courses Will Be Added In Winter Quarter Two new courses will be added to the curriculum in the quarter, Dean W. E. Bird has announced. Mr. Kenneth Wood will teach a course in radio, which will be open to juniors and senior. Mr. Keith Hinds will teach a review course in mathematics, which will aid students who plan to take college algebra. This course should prove especially helpful to freshmen and sophomores. General elective credit will be given in both the radio and mathematics courses. Mr. Newton Turner will again offer a course in meteorology, which will be open to all classes. Fall Production Of "Smilin' Through" Proves Big Success Two Films Are Shown In Chapel "Moscow" and "Building A Bomber", both educational films, were presented by the Guidance Clinic at the chapel program October 29. Moscow showed how Stalin has rebuilt Moscow into a place Eight Students Named On Spring 1942 Dean's List Einht students were named on the Dean's List for the spring quarter of 1942, according to an announcement last Thursday at Chapel. Making the Dean's List carries certain privileges concerning class cuts and avsences which are granted to the students for the succeeding quarter that they remain on the Dean's List. This is one of the highest scholastic honors awarded students on this campus. Those eligible for this roll were Lawrence Steward, senior of Che- oah; George Brown, sophomore, Andover, Mass.; Dorothy Jeane of beauty and magnificence, and how the laboring class in Russia Enriey7junior7Bryson"City; Eliz is respected. Many laborers there abeth Anne Hunter) sophomore, Allison Is Speaker At Science Cluh Ray Allison, a member of the senior class at Western Carolina Teachers College, spoke at the monthly meeting of the Science Club on Wednesday evening on the geological formations in Cullowhee. He discussed particularly the area on the ridge above the college farm and surrounding the college reservoir. His opinion, based on the study of soil and geographical landmarks, is that this particular range of mountains has passed through two geological stages of growth, youth and maturity, and was now in the third, or old age period. Allison, who is majoring in science, is a native of Swannanoa. The club accepted for membership Sam McElroy, Terry Joe Johnson and Louis Hesterly. Taylor Huskins, president, had charge of the business session of the meeting. fort?., were William Anderson, Virginia Hill, and Gerald Eller, all students of the college. Mr. Anderson discussed the topic from an educational point of view by expressing the vital part the colleges could play and are playing in the war effort. He quoted Secretary of War Stimson's statement, "The army is greatly in need of men of specialized training, particularly in physics, chemistry, engineering and medicine. We are equally interested in having an adequate number of men of such training available to war production industries and civilian research agencies of the government. Leaders without well train- receive some of t hehighest honors bestowed upon any Russican citizen. "Building A Bomber" followed step by step the construction of a bomber from the molten metal in the pot rooms until the plane soars out on its mission of destruction. Cullowhee; Lucile Meredith, sen ior, Guilford College; Lucile Reed, senior, Sylva; Louise Kale, senior, Wingate, and Anne Engman, junior, Cullowhee. Dramatics Class Gives One-Act Play "To Tommy With Love," a modern one-act play by Dolores Birk Hitchens, was given by the Dramatic Class of the Western Carolina Players in chopel November 4. Coached by Miss Tyree, this play contained a new definition of democracy for the older generation Catamount Staff Is Addressed By George W. Searle George W. Searle, sales manager of the Miller Printing Company, of Asheville, talked to the members of the annual staff of Western Carolina Teachers College last Tuesday night concerning the plans for designing the student publication, the Catamount. Mr. Searle pointed out that since the yearbook is to be dedicated to the boys and girls in the service who Stage Setting Is Most Elaborate Ever Used. The Western Carolina Players, under the supervision of Miss Mabel Tyree, again proved their versatility and capability in the successful staging of Allen Lang- don Martin's well-known melodrama "Smilin' Through." It has, with the many other Little Theatre successes, gone down in the books and memories of all who witnessed it as one of the most dramatic enactments yet placed en the Hoey Auditorium stage. The acting was the smoothest most "finished" witnessed by the college audience in some time; and the stage setting which featured the English garden scene, done by Miss Laura Jean McAdams, was very effective in its realism. It is difficult to recognize any: particular individual for his or her outstanding characterization in the? play. As previously noted, it was one of the best coordinated group- acting productions yet seen. The leading parts were handled with pleasing realism and few overly- done, non-essential dramatic gestures. The make-up was also handled with what appeared to be expert management by the makeup committee composed of Betty Lamb and Juanita Fisher. W. R. "Dub" Hall, as John Carteret, did a nice bit of work in the last role which he will have at W. C. T. C. ed brains are useless in war times." a« well as pointing a moral to girls haye attended school at Wesetrn Club Room To Be Furnished At The College The Women's Athletic Association and the Monogram Club of Western Carolina Teachers College (Continued on page 4) J. B. Freeman On B. E. Club Program Tuesday Evening The Business Education Club of W. C- T. C, held its regular meeting Tuesday night in the Student Union Building. Stressing the need for trained personnel in the Civil Service, J. B. Freeman, of Brevard, explained the method of securing civil service positions and the salaries and standards for various pobs. Shirley Gibbs of Leicester, gave a humorous reading concerning the problems of a typing student. Plans were made for the showing of "Men and Machines," a movie on business education distributed by National Association of Manufacturers, at the next regular meeting. Equipment Is Secured For Physics Lab. The Physics Department of Western Carolina Teachers College has added new equipment for the newly modified course of introductory physics for Pre-Service men which is taught by Professor Kenneth L. Wood. The working model of an airplane engine which has been secured is designed to further acquaint the students with the work of pistons, and intake and outlet valves. This model is similar to the ones used in regular army training bases. about being true to their men in the service. It was well presented and entertaining. The cast included: Aunt Bett, Margaret Livingston; Marion, Sara Rogers; Lucy, Betty Hodgin; Mrs. Taylor, Mae Rene Hauser; Mrs. Pearly, Lotita Baldwin; Mrs. Grey, Maxine Brookshire; Lois, Virginia Aiken; Mrs. Toole, Pauline Haynes, Mrs. Hobb, Virginia Reed. He also gave <l quotatioin from Thomas Jefferson, saying, "It is the responsibility of a democratic government to see to it that those who are able to do college work should have the opportunity." Needs For Officers It is possible for the Selective Service to fill the needs of manpower for the war? was the question Miss Hill discussed. Because of the vast numbers of men who are now entering the service through the selective draft able neither to read nor write'the great demand for officers cannot be filled. Unless some revisions are made in the present plan, the government will have to look to its colleges for the training of future officers. Trained Men Valuable Mr. Eller compared the vast differences between the machines used in the present war and those of to have achieved distinction the last one. Soldiers in the other the field of teaching and to have Ruth Ray who made her first major appearance on the stage in this production, as Moonyeen Clare, seems to be one of the best bets for future leading roles. Her performance rates special attention. Miss Smith Joins National Society Miss Leonora Smith, instructor in primary education and child psychology, has recently been elected a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, a national honorary society for. women teachers in service. The requirements for election into this organization are: war needed only a short time to learn to operate efficiently the weapons used then. In the present war machines have been geared to a greater speed and are more difficult to operate. Only through thorough training can men be taught to operate these modern machines. Faculty sponsor of" the International Club, Dr. H. P. Smith, pointed out that it was only after the War Department had requested the colleges to give pre-service training to students that they did so and not, as many people think, did they ask the government to defer men from active duty to continue college work. Each boy enlisted in a reserve is subject to .immediate call if necessary. Plans of Club Dr. Smith said the club planned to have memorial seats construct- (Continued on page 2) Final Exams Scheduled For November 25, 26 Final examinations for the fall quarter will be held Wednesday, November 25, and Thursday, November 26, Dean Bird announced last week. Students will be given a free week-end beginning Friday. Registration for the winter quarter will be Monday, November 30. Those who wish to remain on the campus during the holidays may do so without extra room or board charges, the dean said. Announce Regulations To Local Student Body The following regulations concerning student activities have been set up by the Student Senate and Student Activities Committee and were presented to the studdent body November 2: (a). Dancing will be permitted in the recreation room of Moore Dormitory for thirty minutes before dinner each week day, in addition to the dancing which is already permitted in the Union Building after dinner until the study whistle blows. (b). Any club whose faculty sponsor will assume responsibility for chaperonage is permitted to dance for an hour once a month as part of the regular club meeting program. Ping-pong may be played in the Student Union Building from 9:30 a. m. to 5:15 p. m. All players are asked to turn out the lights when they finish playing, to observe the "No Smoking" rule and to keep the room neat at all times. Between breakfast and dinner in the evening students may walk on the new highway between the two bridges known as the Cullowhee and the Wikes bridges without chaperones. a professional interest in the work. A candidate is accepted not merely as an honor for achievement, but also as an opportunity for the service which it affords. Miss Smith was a guest at the banquet given at the George Van- derbilt Hotel October 31 in honor of the new members. Dr. Mildred Dawson, the speaker for the banquet, used as her topic "The Value and Dignity of the Teaching Profession." Others members of Delta Kappa Gamma on this campus are: Miss Cordelia Camp, state president, Mrs. C. D. Killian, Miss Alice Benton, Miss Nelle Bond, and Miss Fannie Goodman. WCTC Has A New Campus Sign Western^ Carolina Teachers College was again the center of attraction as a sign bearing its name was replaced on the plot of ground near Madison Memorial. Designed by Miss Helen Patton, art instructor, and built by Mr. N. H. Gurley, college engineer, the new sign is of black and gold Roman lettering on a white background. The top is a jig-saw design while the bottom consists of lattice work. Shrubbery is to be planted at the base of the sign. Carolina, the designing as well as the color scheme should be a forceful and dramatic presentation of the cause which it is to represent. Although the plans for the layout of the publication are not yet definite, the central theme of the entire annual will be interwoven with the activities which the school is promoting as a contribution to the war effort. The training program of armed force reserves which Western Carolina Teachers College is sponsoring will be a major feature of the publication. Staff members of the Catamount, desiring to select a cover symbol that would covey to the reader the patriotic spirit which the school is exhibiting in the war, have chosen a militant catamount leaping through a V as an appropriate emblem. Mr. Searle, who will serve as chief advisor for designing the annual, agreed with Miss Helen Patton and W. Newton Turner, faculty sponsors of the yearbook, and other members of the staff, in their selection of this emblem as appropriate for a wartime annual. Vance Robertson, senior from Bald Creek, is ditor-in-chief of the yearbook, and Elizabeth Hammond, senior from Minor Hill, Tennessee, is business manager. The staff members and faculty sponsors expect to have the publication complete and ready to present to the members of the student body some time in May. It is hoped that the appropriations for the yearbook will be sufficient to permit the printing of extra copies which will be sent to the boys and girls of the college who are now serving in active duty with the armed forces. Juanita Fisher appears to be one of those persons who can do a little bit of everything and does it. Her acting and her arrangement and making of the programs for the play (which, by the way, were very attractive) are good examples of her versatile abilities. The stage setting was one of the hardest jobs which the players have yet had to contrive, but with th« assistance of the very notable work of Miss McAdams, the "play went on;" though Miss "Mac" had dif- ficuty at times in maintaining her balance at high altitudes. The lighing for the various scenes is the result of some hard work done by the technician, John Crawford. It was particularly welt managed in the scene in which Moonyeen was murdered. And as far as the work is concerned, the whole production staff really put forth to get what proved to ba wholly satisfactory results. Herman Dunn, the murderer, did a nice job in his role—in fact, he seems to have had quite a bit of experience or else got special instruction from Miss Tyree. He's another to keep an eye on when some good criminal lovers are needed in future productions. Russell Byrd surely does a nice bit of acting in his part, as he always does in those elderly-man roles. Pre-Service Men Organize Club To promote good fellowship among the boys in service, to prepare them for entry into officers training in the armed services, and to render maximum service to the school and the country, a pre-ser- (Continued on page 4) Rev. Mr. Tuttle, Of Sylva, Speaks To WCTC Students "What Price Freedom?" was the topic of the address delivered by Mr. Tuttle, pastor of Sylva Methodist Church, at the regular chapel program last Tuesday. "The world," said Mr. Tuttle, "is today in a paradoxical state where everyone is struggling for freedom and nobody has it." He agreed with Edmund Burke that the more control one has on the inside, the less control is necessarv from the outside. "License is not the answer to freedom," said Mr. Tuttle, "for unless ones instincts and passions are directe dby his common sense they will carry him to his doom. One cannot break the rules of life and escape unscratched. We might well follow the advice of Voltaire and remember two words—God and Liberty." Rosenberger To Play In Symphony Miss Rachel Rosenberger, violin teacher of the music department, has accepted an invitation to play first violin in the North Carolina Symphony orchestra. Dr. Benjamin Swalin, of the music faculty of the University of North Carolina, is director of the orchestra. A graduate of Iowa State Teachers College and the Eastman School of Music, Miss Rosenberger is a new member of the college music faculty. During her study at Eastman School of Music she was awarded two graduate fellowships, one a teaching fellowship assisting with classes in music history. She played with the Eastman Symphony orchestra. Miss Rosenberger attended the sectional rehearsal of the North Carolina Symphony orchestra in Asheville last Saturday night. Members of the group include Mrs. Trudy Strans and Miss Lowinski, both violinists from the music faculty of Black Mountain College, and Miss Margaret Spiro, second violinist of Asheville. The Symphony will present its first concert November 14 on the Duke University campus, giving both a matinee 'performance for children and an evening concert.

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: 1942-11-11;
  • Date digitized: 2017-07-10
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  • Pages: 4 pages
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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