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{?ost^4a^4/&&^ tW Qoad JlucJi Sesu&ti, The Western Carolinian VOL. X NO. 13 CULLOWHEE—A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOKIES CULLOWHEE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1943 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION Seventy-Four Pupils To Get B. S. Degrees Dr. H. T. Hunter To Present Diplomas. Seventy-four students will receive their bachelor of science degrees in the Hoey auditorium on May 23 to close the 1942-43 school year at Western Carolina Teachers College. Those graduating and their major-minor fields are as follows: Pauline Cornelia Baldwin, English- French, Asheville; Thomas Pearre Ballou, physical education-history, Nashville, Tenn.; Mary Lee Barron, grammar grade, Bakersville; Mary Elizabeth Bennetth, history- English, Asheville; Verna Banks Blankenship, grammar grade, Hilton City, Va.; Mary Virginia Brown, business education-English, Asheville; Annie Helen Browning, grammar grade, Franklin; Isabel Marie Byers, grammar grade, Edneyville. James Coleman Cannon, Jr., business education, Dillsboro; Edith Virginia Cherry, grammar grade, Stanley; Harold Edwin Collins, business education-history, Hendersonville; Mary Jane Coward, grammar grade, Sylva; Frances Elizabeth Dickson, primary grade, Murphy; Wanda Jo Dills, French-English, Sylva; James Gerald Eller, science-Math., Robbinsville; Louis H. Enloe, grammar grade, Cleveland, Tenn.; Ruby Arlene Floyd, grammar grade, Burgess, S. C; Mary Madeline Fortune, grammar grade, Montreal Lojaun Galloway, English - history, Cullowhee; Shirley Mildred Gibbs, business education-music, Leicester; Cordelia Greene, business education - history, Erwin, Tenn.; Jessie Lindsay Hales, grammar grade, Almond; W. R. Hall, Jr., English-Math, Younf Harris, Elizabeth Ellen Hammond, business education-English, Minor Hill, Tenn.; Sara Ruth Hammond, primary grade, Minor Hill, Tenn.; Reuben DeLoach Harris, grammar grade, Gastonia; Mae Rene Hauser, grammar grade, Pinnoch; Beulah Rogers Hooper, grammar grade, Robbinsville. Herbert Allison Howard, grammar grade, Davidson; Doris Lee Jones, grammar grade, Gay; Louise Evans Kale, grammar grade, Wingate; Eleanor Austin Lee, Math-science, Belmont; Ethel Ellen Lewis, primary grade, Zebu- Ion; Mary Rogers Lewis, primary grade, Asheville; Lora Alice Long, grammar grade, Cullowhee; Sylvia Rose Lyday, primary grade, Brevard; Helen Louise McDevitt, business education-Math, Marshall; Louise Cooper McFall, primary grade, Andrews; Mary Sue McGinnis, business education-physical education, Kings Mountain; Lela Belle McKeithan, grammar grade, Gayetteville. Elizabeth M. Maness, English- French, Biscoe; Lenora M. Mathews, primary grade, Argura; Lou- cile Wood Meredith, French-Math, Guilford College; Ada Moody, grammar grade, Robbinsville; Kate Wykle Moore, business education-English, Bryson City; Zelda Murray, grammar grade, Frank- linton; Marjorie Helen Painter, (Continued on page four) Commencement Calendar I. Pre-Commencement Events FRIDAY, MAY 21 8:30 P. M. Student Recital in Auditorium. SATURDAY, MAY 22 8:30-11:30 Informal Dancing and Games in Gymnasium II. Commencement Events SUNDAY, MAY 23 11:00 A. M. Baccalaureate Sermon 3:00 P. M. President's Annual Message to Seniors and Alumni. (This to be followed by a general meeting of the Alumni Association and the induction of Seniors into the Association). 4:30 P. M. Faculty Tea inviting Seniors, Alumni, Out- of-Town Guests, and Parents. 8:12 P. M. (Sunset) Flag Lowering Ceremony at Flag Pole in front of Student Union Building. 8:45 P. M. Commencement Concert (Immediately after flag ceremony. MONDAY, MAY 24 10:00 A. M. Graduation. Dr. Charles Nabers and Dean Robert House To Be Speakers At Commencement Exercises DR. H. T. HUNTER, president of Western Carolina Teachers College, who will deliver a personal address to the senior class during Commencement Week. Thompson, Weaver Presented In Music Recital The Music Department of Western Carolina Teachers College presented Dorothy Thompson, pianist, Alice Weaver, soprano, in a senior recital Sunday afternoon, May 16, at 4 o'clock, in the parlor of Moore Dormitory. Miss Nancy Riedel was accompanist. Ushers were Emma Duffey Blades, John Wellman, Betty Lamb and Bobby Hall. Miss Thompson and Miss Weaver are pupils of Miss Clara DeVane and Mrs. Inez W. Gulley. The program follows: "Novelette," opus 21, No. 1, Schumann, and "Nocturne," ipus 9, No. 2, Chopin, Miss Thompson. 'II Bacio," Arditi, sung by Miss Weaver; "Scherzo," opus 31, B Flat Minor, Chopin, by Miss Thompson; Widmung, "Franz," and "Mein Glaubiges Herze," Bach, sung by Miss Weaver. "Juba Dance," Dett, "Romance," Sibelius, and "Rhapsodee," Dohn- aniji, by Miss Thompson. "Do No Go, My Loce," Hage- man, "Sing, Sing, Birds on the Wing," Nutting, "Eyes of Irish Blue," Cooke, and "Take Joy Home," Bassett, sung by Miss Weaver. Raby Re-elected Head Of Women's House Government In a joint meeting of Robertson and Moore House governments Mattie Pearl Raby was re-elected president of the Women's House Government for 1943-44; Martha Perkins, vice-president and Louise Tweed, secretary-treasurer. Nominations made from the floor were posted several days before the election. Miss Raby,. whose home is Franklin, has served as president of the Women's House Government this year. A rising senior, she has been on the Dean's! List for two quarters, and is a member of the senate. As a sophomore she was on the Woman's House GoVr ernment Council for two quarters. She has at one time belonged to the Journalism Club, the Western Carolina Players, and the Woman's Athletic Association. Not only outstanding on the campus, Miss Raby has achieved some distinction as a young poet. Two of her poems have been published in the only poetry magazine of North Carolina, SCIMITAR AND SONG; and some of her selections are being published this spring in an anthology of college poetry, SONGS IN THE MORNING. Martha Perkins, from Goldsboro, a rising junior, is prominent in musical circles. She has served as president of the Glee Club and secretary and treasurer of the Wesley Club. She belongs to the MacDowell Music Club, the Young Woman's Auxiliary and the Woman's Athletic Association, and the Epworth League. Louise Tweed, of White Rock, North Carolina, also a rising senior, graduated from Brevard College in 1942 where she was active in campus activities. She was captain of the varsity basketball team, vice-president of the Fireside Club, and assistant dietitian. She belonged to the Christian Workers Club, the Euterpean Literary Society, the Folk Dance Club, and the Future Teachers of America. At Cullowhee, Miss Tweed belongs to the Wesley Club and the Woman's Athletic Association. She has served on the student council of the Woman's House Government Association as a proctor for two quarters. Other nominees for these offices were Margaret Bird Rentz, president; Phyllis Terrell, Hope Edwards, vice-president; Dorothy Jeane Ensley, Hilda Brown, and Sara McMillian, secretary-treasurer. Summer Session Plans Are Made At Cullowhee Dean Bird Will Direct Work At Teachers College. Plans for the summer session to be held at Western Carolina Teachers' College here June'l to July 10 have been announced by Dean W. E. Bird who has been named by President H. T. Hunter as director for the term. In regard to summer work at the college, Dean Bird said: "Prospects now for the summer session, in spite of present discouraging conditions due to the war, are good." 'Refresher" Courses In addition to taking care of normal needs for renewing and raising certificates and for preparing students to meet graduation requirements, the college is offering special opportunities to those wishing to come back into the teaching profession after having been out of the field for several years. The state needs such persons to return to the classroom. County superintendents are lowering their certificate requirements in many counties and are glad to use men and women who have (Continued on page four) Wikle, Raby Have Poems In Magazine In the February issue of Scimitar and Song, poe :y magazine, John Wikle had a (toem, "Winter 1940," published and Mattie Pearl Raby's "Too Young To Die" was published under the section of Old North State Poets. The poem by John Wikle was written while he was attending Western Carolina Teachers College. At that time he was editor- in-chief of The Western Carolinian. John attended Mars Hill College for two years, coming to W.C.T.C. in 1939. While on the campus he was vice-president of the Debate Club, went as a representative to the Student Legislature, was active member of the International Relations Club and, of the Western Carolina Players. He had leading roles in the Dramatics Club productions "Our Town" and "You Can't Take It With You." In 1940-'41 he was listed in Who's Who Among Students In American Universities and Colleges. John is now serving in the U. S. Army. Mattie Pearl is a rising senior, president of the Women's House Government, was listed in Who's Who, and has had several poems published previously. ROBERT B. HOUSE, dean of administration at the University of North Carolina, who will deliver the commencement address Monday, May 24. Senior Students Are Honored By Music Faculty Members of the music faculty, Mrs. Charles Gulley, Miss Clara DeVane, and Miss Rachel Rosenberger, were hostesses Tuesday evening, May 18th, at a dinner honoring senior music students. Guests included Madeleine Fortune, Betty Hodgin, Lela McKeithan, Dorothy Thompson, Ruby Floyd. Edith Cherry. Ruth Ray, Mae Rene Hauser, Nancy Riedel, Mary Lewis, Shirley Gibbs, and Dr. and Mrs. H. P. Smith. Dr. Use Huebner, Noted Pianist, To Be At W.C.T.C. Number of Her Students To Attend Summer Session. Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of Western Carolina Teachers College, has just completed arrangements with Dr. Use Huebner, professor of music at the Out-of-Door School, Sarasota, Florida, to bring her class of advanced piano students to W. C. T. C. where they will be enrolled for the six weeks summer term, beginning June -1, and ending July 10. Dr. Huebner and her students will occupy a section of one of the dormitories, have the privilege of attending any classes, and have the use of pianos for daily practice. Some of the students who will accompany Dr. Huebner are her students from the University of Tampa; several are former students of Dr. Huebner from the Cincinnati College of Music; others are former pupils from the Cape Cod Institute of Music; still others are pupils studying at present with Dr. Huebner in Sarasota; and a few are themselves teachers of music. Dr. Huebner, pianist and composer of note, attended the Music Staats Academy in her native city of Vienna, Austria, where she was graduated with the distrinction of being awarded the medal for highest merit. She has studied under Anton Dvorak and Edward Grieg, and played at the age of thirteen the latter's Concerto under his own conducting. Upon her graduation, Dr. Huebner served in Vienna as director of music at the Institute of Liszt, as well as the head of the piano department of the Marineum in the same city. After coming to America she was affiliated with the Master faculty of the College of Music at Cincinnati. Later she became head of the piano department at the Cape Cod Institute of Music, East Brewster, Massachusetts. She has recently taught a series of master classes at the University of Tampa to advanced piano students. Dr. Huebner will arrive at Cullowhee the first week in June. Dean's List Is Announced By Committee Mr. Newton Turner announced the students' names who were selected by a joint student-faculty committee to be placed on the Dean's List for last quarter. To be named for this honor a student must be outstanding in social adjustments, leadership health, personality, attitude and morality. Those students selected are Roselle Ayers, Dorothy Jeane Ensley, Helen Hartshorn, Madeleine Fortune, Edith Cherry, Sara Ruth Hammond, Elizabeth Anne Hunter, Mattie Pearl Raby and Lawrence Stewart. DR. CHARLES HADDON NABERS, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Greenville, S. C, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Sunday, May 23. Rentz Elected President Of Honor Society McDonalds Pay Visit To Campus Visiting .friends on the campus of Western Carolina Teachers College for several days are Mr. and Mrs? Marion McDonald. Mr. McDonald has, for the last two months, been employed as technical instructor at the army air base. Prior to their going to Goldsboro, Mr. and Mrs. McDonald for three and a half years had been employed by Western Carolina Teachers College. Mr. McDonald was assistant dean of men and teacher of manual training. For two years he assisted with coaching basketball and base ball. He became head coach of these activities last year. Last fall and this spring Mr. McDonald directed the physical fitness program for the pre-service men enrolled at the college. While they were in Cullowhee Mrs. McDonald was hostess for Robertson Hall, where the couple resided. Having completed his work as instructor at Goldsboro, Mr. McDonald plans to go into the army after a brief visit to his and Mrs. McDonald's homes in Larnard, Kansas. Ralph Robertson, of Larnard, Kansas, and Ike Olson, of Luras, Kansas, both students at Western Carolina Teachers College, will accompany Mr. and Mrs. McDonald to Kansas. Lt. Hunter Now Commander Of 56th WAAC Co. Lieutenant Marthalou Hunter, daughter of President and Mrs. H. T. Hunter of Cullowhee, is in command of the 56th WAAC headquarters company stationed at Fort Warren, Wyoming, it was learned here recently. The company arrived at Fort Warren last week from Daytona Beach, Florida, and was greeted by two regiments and a military band. The WAAC's at Fort Warren are taking over clerical and stenographic posts formerly held by soldiers. They also work at various other jobs at the post. Men's Club Holds Meeting At Brown House The Cullowhee Men's Club met on Thursday evening at the Brown House, Cullowhee. Dr. H. P. Smith was in charge of the program. He resented members of his history class, Contemporary European History, who gave talks on the various phases of the "World at War and Peace." When interviewed about the post war world, Dr. Smith of the History department at Western Carolina Teachers College and a person well inforfned on international relations, said, "There is no certain program for the post war world. Many eminent statesmen, writers, and news commentators have expressed their ideas as to what the post war world set-up will be, but as yet no actual program has been worked out and adopted. One of the fine contributions young people can make is to study the social, political, economic and religious aspects of the post war world and do some good thinking along these lines. The program consisted of the following talks: Miss Iva Dean Roper, junior of Macon county, spoke concerning Germany, "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"; Virginia Hill, a sophomore of Granville county, discussed, "Great Britain and the Post War World"; Zelda Murray, of Granville county, talked on the topic, "Russia in the Post War World." These speeches are the result of research and analysis of the present world conditions and of Europe in particular, which have been made by the class in Contemporary European History, under the supervision of Dr. Smith. Margaret Bird Rentz, of Whittier, member of the rising junior class, was elected president of Alpha Phi Sigma, national honorary fiatemity, at a meeting Moi.u<.y night in the Student Union Building. Mrs. Rentz, a very active member of Alpha Phi Sigma, holds the Master's degree, the highest rank obtainable in the fraternity. Participating in many campus activities, she has recently been elected as secretary of the student' senate for the next year. Vice president of the fraternity will be Dorothy Jean Ensley, of Bryson City, a member of the risi- ing senior class. She served as '42-'43 president of Alpha Phi Sigma. A member of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, she is active in campus affairs. Ruth Hamilton, of Andrews, was elected secretary of the group. She has made the honor roll consistently in college and holds her Master's degree. She succeeds Gertrude Nelon. The treasurer of the organization is Mildred 'Ensley, of Bryson City. A member of the rising junior class, she likewise holds her Master's degree. She is a member of the W. A. A. and has recently been elected to the B. S. U. Council. Other officers include Hilda Brown, of Clyde, reporter, and Roselee Ayers, of Robbinsville, and Vivian Muse, of Bushnell, representatives at large to serve on the executive committee of the fraternity. All of these girls hold their Master's degrees and are active in campus activities. Miss Alice Benton, national historian of Alpha Phi Sigma, is to serve again as sponsor of the Zeta chapter. Prominent Men To Address Class Of Seventy-Four. Dr. Charles Haddon Nabers, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, South Carolina, will deliver the Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday, May 23, at 11:00 a. m. Reverend J. A. Herring^ pastor of the Cullowhee Baptist Church will pronounce the invocation and Reverend McMurray S. Richey of the Cullowhee Methodist Church, the benediction. Dr. Nabers is a prominent lecturer and author. For a number of years he taught in the mission schools of Cairo, Egypt, and the memories of those days have been published in his book "Monument of the Nile." Dr. Nabers has made several trips abroad as the lecturer on Mediterranean cruises. For a number of years he traveled and studied in Europe. The books which Dr. Nabers has written are, "Crucial Chapters in My Father's Book," "New Testament Correspondence," "Youth Chooses," "Mediterranean Memories," and "When Rotary Hosts Trek Eastward." He has been the president of the Rotary Cub in four different citifcs and is outstanding nationally in the work of the club. Dr. Nabers is a weekly contributor of news to the Greenville News. The Commencement address will be delivered Monday at 10:00 a. m. by Dean Robert B. House, dean of administration at the University of North Carolina. Dean House will be introduced by the Honorable D. Hiden Ramsey, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina Teachers College. Dean House has been with the Chapel Hill section of the University of North Carolina since 1934. He is outstanding as an ..dtnor, lecturer and educator. He is the author of "The Biography of a Southern Home" and edited the "Public Letters and Papers of Governor Thomas W. Bickett. Whitaker Named New Member Of Board Of Trustees State Senator Edwin B. WhitakeT of Bryson City, was last week appointed by Governor Broughton as a member of the board of trustees at Western Carolina Teacher* College for a term which ends May 1, 1945. Mr. Whitaker succeeds Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, who resigned when she was appointed to the state board of education. Scenes From Home Book Are Portrayed The History* of American Reading Instruction was presented by the Future Teachers of America in chapel last week. From the Horn book with its deeply religious influence in the fourteenth century to" the period of broadened objectives of the twentieth century, scenes from the reading class room showing methods of presentation, furniture, and costumes were shown. Outstanding scenes were those taken from the Nationalistic-Moralistic Period 1776-1840, the Pestalozzian Period, 1840-1880, and the period of reading as a utiliterian asset from 1918-1925. A brief comment on each period giving date, principal leaders and method, was flashed on the screen preceding each scene. The program was under the direction of Miss Cordelia Camp, faculty sponsor of the F .T. A., and Eleanor Lee, president of the association. Members of the Audio-. Visual Education class assisted in flashing comments on the screen. Homecoming Banquet Will Not Be Held The annual homecoming banquet of the Alumni Association has been dispensed with this year because of war conditions. The association will have a meeting immediately following Dr. H. T. Hunter's address to the seniors and alumni of Western Carolina Teachers College. Mr. Charles W. Morgan, well-known Asheville citizen, will preside as the new president of the association. Mr. Morgan is secretary of the Smoky Mountain Trailways, vice-president of the Asheville Junior Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Ki- wanis Club. He was graduated from Western Carolina in 1934, served for several years as alumni secretary, and was elected president last year. Vice-president of the alumni, Emmett Sams, a member of the 1941 graduating class, is a member oi the Burnsville high school faculty. Mrs. Frank H. Brown, wife of Professor Brown and native of Cullowhee, is secretary. The association executive secretary, John Worth McDevitt, is an alumnus of Mars Hill College and of W.C.T.C. He was for a time connected with the North Carolina Adult Education program. Nominations Are Made For Best Citizens Each year two boys and two girls are nominated for the honor of being chosen as Best Citizens for that college year. Out of these candidates one boy and one girf are selected by a joint vote of a student-faculty committee. Formerly bronze plaques were awarded the two students selected for this honor. Due to the scarcity of metals, however, a sum of money is now being given. The award to the winning young man is given by Professor E. H. Stall- well and the award to the young woman is given by S. W. Enloe. Each honoree has his name put on a bronze plate. Those students nominated this year by the student body are Elizabeth Hammond, Mattie Peari Raby, Lawrence Stewart and Raymond Rhodes. The candidates selected by the faculty are Pauline Baldwin, Helen McDevitt, Lawrence Stewart and Raymond Rhodes.

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: 1943-05-05;
  • Date digitized: 2017-07-10
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  • Pages: 11 pages
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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