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The Western Carolinian VOL. XI NO. 1 CULLOWHEE—A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT SMOKIES CULLOWHEE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1943 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION A nnnol Pi»a QacciAn 'Thursday Evening' Elliott Assumes iiiiiiudi r i e - oe^Muii To Be Given By Duties As Head Meeting Is Held Here The annual freshman reception honoring new students and faculty members was held in the parlors of Moore Dormitory Friday evening, September 24. The parlors were decorated with fall flowers arranged by Miss Claudia Baker. The guests were met at the door by Raselle Ayers, president of the student body, and presented to the receiving line by Miss Anne Albright, dean of women. In the receiving line were President and Mrs. H. T. Hunter, Dean and Mrs. W. E. Bird, and the following heads of departments: Dr. W. A. Ashbrook, Business Education; Dr. C. D. Killian, Education; Dr. Grant McColley, English; Miss Alice Benton, Physical Education; Mr. McMurray Richey, acting head of Mathematics; Professor Clarence Chrisman, Language ; Mr. C. P. Dodson, Science; Miss Charlotte Watson, Pine Arts; Miss Cordelia Camp, director of Training School; Mr. C. H. Hoyle, principal of the Training School; Mrs. Lillian Buchanan, Library Service. Refreshments were served in the back parlor by members of Woman's House Government Council, under the direction of President Martha Perkins, Vice-President Sara McMillian, Secretary Louise Tweed, assisted by Mrs. M. K. Hinds. Officers from Moore Dormitory servin gwere: Chief Councilman Lucille Hunter Parris; Vice-Chief Councilman Hope Edwards; and Secretary Louise Byers. Officers from Robertson Hall serving were: Chief Councilman Ann Brittian; Vice-Chief Councilman Norma Lee Daves; and Secretary Clara Mae Gantt. Dramatics Class Of Gardner-Webb ■Up Recommendations For Clean-1 Day In Spring 1. That Spring Clean-Up Day be made an Annual event, April first, or in the event April first falls on Sunday or shobld the weather be unsuitable—as near the first as pos- sble. being set aside for that purpose. 2. That the Senate inaugurate a plnn for having clubs on the campus make a study of patlimentary procedure -and that the Senate also arrange for a chape! program on parli- mentarv procedure. 3. That the committee for planning a Religious Emphnsis Week be appointed by the Senate before October first. This committee should be instructed to submit iis final report to the Senate at its first meeting in November. . 4. That the Business manager of the college be interview to determine whether the morning mail can be taken to Cullowhee in time to catch the early out. 5. That students be requested to maintain quiet for announcements in the dining hall ami that the Senate made iegai provisions for official an- nouncers. Dr. McColley, Dean Bird Address English Club Dr. Grant McColley, English Club sponsor, spoke to the English Club at their first meeting of the '43-'44 school year on the possibilities of creative writing. A number of new students expressed their desire to join the club and do some writing, both prose and poetry. Edna'Hawkins, class of '44, presided at the meeting as president of the club. She read portions of the rules and aims from the constitution. An informal discussion of the literary potentialities of Cullowhee .students was led by Dean W. E. Bird, sponsor for the club last year, and Dr. McColley. Miss Charlotte Watson, Miss Mabel Tyree and Dean W. E. Bird are faculty members of the club. Doris Ghormley is club secretary, and Louise Byers is vice-president. Mrs. C C Buchanan, college librarian, is to assist with the club work concerning current trends in literature. Miss Benton Is President Of Alpha Phi Sigma Miss Alice Benton has taken the national presidency of Alpha Phi S^gma, scholastic honor society for teachers colleges. This office was formerly held by Lt. William V. Wiber of the Navy. Miss Benton's duties will last for the duration. Elizabeth Ann Hunter is acting as Miss Benton's executive secretary. Before her appointment Miss Benton was national historian of the organization. Miss Benton, head of the physical education department, has been prominent in local, state and national meetings of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Association and in work of varied fields. She is chairman of the local chapter of the Red Cross and has charge of First Aid and water safety classes in this area. Elizabeth Ann Hunter, a member of the junior class, has been a member of Alpha Phi Sigma since first entering college. She is vice-president of the student body and has been prominent in many extra curriculae activities. Her new duties will consist of compiling reports for national headquarters from the chapters of Alpha Phi Sigma which are scattered throughout the United States. National headquarters for Alpha Phi Sigma will now be located at Western Carolina Teachers Col- Tege. "Thursday Evening," a on< comery by Chrietophey Morley, is the choice of the Dramatics Class for their regular chapel program, Tuesday, November 2:!. The setting of the play is in the kitchen and the plot centers around the family life of a young married couple and their in-laws. ('harafters for the drama will be members of the class in dramatics, Rachael McAlister, Jeanette Peden, Essie Mae Hall, and Bob Hall. Seven Proctors Elected In Moore State Officer Of i Nominations for protectors were held Tuesday night, September 21, in Moore Dormitory. Those nominated were: first floor, Hope Tweed, Gloria Tweed and Virginia Hill; second floor, Louise Kinsland, Roberta Moore, Doris Ghormley, Sara Beth Crawford, Ruth Webb, Anna Belle Trott; Mildred Ensley, Helen Hartshorn, and Doris Gibbs; third floor, Julia Owings, Betty Gudger, Nancy Allison, Emogene Northcutt, Mary Denton, Phyllis Dil- liard, Zelda Gentry, Beatrice Frishee, and Edna Roberts. Elections followed on Thursday, quarter are: first floor, Gloria The new protectors for the fall Tweed; second floor, Roberta Moore, Sara Beth Crawford, and Doris Gibbs; third floor, Julia Owings, Phyllis Dilliard and Zelda Gentry. In order to qualify for protector a student must have lived in the dormitory for one quarter and possess the necessary character traits. Professor Phillip Elliott, for several years head of the English department of Western Carolina Teachers College at Cullowhee, assumed his duties as president of Gardner-Webb Junior College at Boiling Springs, North Carolina, about August 1. Before coming to Cullowhee, Professor Elliott was vice-president of Mars Hill Junior College. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a graduate student of Johns Hopkins. Mr. Elliott is also a minister of the Baptist church and pastor of several congregations. He was active in community and campus activities. Selma Boyd Elected By Senior Class For Office Of Secretary Selma Boyd, senior, of Newport News, wag elected secretary of the senior class at the first meeting of the school year in the Student Union Building Tuesday, September 21. Nominations were also made for 'the senior senators, editor of the Catamount and the business manager of the Catamount. Nominees for senior senators were Lucile Hunter Parriss, Sarah Braswell, Hilda Brown, and Bobby Hall. Annie Lou Blalock and Cherry Glass were nominated for the editor of the Annual, and Doris Ghormley and "Sandy" Daves were nominated for the business manager. Two senior senators and the editor and the business manager of the Catamount will .be elected by the senior class by the student body some time next week. History Repeats Itself As Second Generation Enters With the arrival of new students many upper classmen were surprised to hear the recital of such names |didate and'be sent directly to Offi College Women May Qualify As WAC Officers Women may apply for officer training in the Women's Army Corps directly if they have had at least four years of experience in work, study, social or civic fields. The four years' required experience may include one or two years of college with experience to fill out the four years. Or she may enter WAC officer candidate school following the ba ;ic training if she is a college graduate, with no business experience but with a record of responsibility, resourcefulness and leadership to her college credit. WAC officers' duties are varied and interesting. They serve as company commanders, teach basic training and courses in WAC specialist schools and administer the affairs of the WAC in training centers. Officers also are assigned as assistants to high-ranking offices in practically all phases of operation jobs. They work in Public Relations, Personnel and Recruiting and are assigned to the staffs of commanding generals in all service commands and overseas. When the officer-qualified woman joins the WAC, she will go through Hasic training a* an Officer Can- Rev. Herring To Return To China As Missionary The Reverend James Alexander Herring, pastor of the Cullowhee Baptist .church for the past eighteen months, has been appointed by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board as food administrator and missionary to the famine areas of Free China. During Mr. Herring's pastorate at Cullowhee, he has been outstanding in college and community religious activities, and has devoted muchtime to the religious organizations such as the Baptist Training Union and the Baptist Student Union designed to link the college more closely with the church. Mr. Herring was born in Tiian, Shantung Providence in North China, and spent his childhood there. At the age of seventeen he came to the United States to enter Campbell College. He attended Furman University in South Carolina and the Baptist Bible Institute in New Orleans. Upon completion of his education he returned to China as a Southern Baptist missionary and spent five years of service in South China. During the next critical stages of the Chinese-Japanese war, Mr. Herring was evacuated from China and sent to the United States to await recall by the Southern Baptist Missionary Board. He is now awaiting permission from Washington to return to China to minister to the needs of ten million starving Chinese. Mrs. Herring, Jimmy, Sarah Alice, and Baby Gordon will reside in South Carolina with Mrs. Herring's parents during the absence of Mr. Herring. Seven New Teachers Join College Faculty Library Secures $1,500 Worth Of Reference Books Fifteen hundred dollars' worth of reference books were ordered in June, according to Mrs. Lillian Buchanan, librarian, in a recent interview. However, because of the shortage of labor and paper, the order has not yet been filled. High on the list of purchase is a 12-volume edition of the Oxford Dictionary which took 75 years to compile. This is one of the most valuable additions in years to the English department. Other books include: the Columbia Encyclopedia, one volume; the Thompson's Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians, one volume; Adam's Dictionary of American History, five volumes; and The Pageant of America, fifteen volumes, giving a pictorial history of the United States. The remaining books cover political, social, industrial, and cultural history but omit biography, since this is taken care of in the Dictionaries of American Biography and of National Biography. Varied Vacations Enjoyed By Faculty Hope Edwards To Be ACE Head Hope Edwards has been named president of the Western Carolina Teachers College chapter of the Association for Childhood Education. Other officers elected were Sarah Braswell, vice-president; Sara Beth' Crawford, corresponding secretary; Helen Picklesimer, secretary; Ruth Hamilton, treasurer; and Norma Lee Davis, reporter. Gloria Tweed was appointed chairman of the year book committee and Margaret Mulkey was named chairman of the toy and game lending library. Maj. Gregg Cherry To Speak At WCTC Major R. Gregg Cherry, past commander of North Carolina American Legion and a veteran of World War I, will visit the college campus. He spoke in Sylva September 23 at the unveiling of as Carter, Jordan, Crawford, Warren, Jackson, Hill, Darby, Burleson, Hosaflook, Reed, Harris, Tweed, Stallcup, Tallent, Wallin. Chandler, Smith, and Coward. ' For a while we wondered if we were returning to the pre-war years 1940-41, to the old graduating class which included such personalities as Gertrude Carter, John Jordan, Alma Jackson, Vera Hosaflook, Thelma Smith, and Zula Franklin, while such wishful sophomores and juniors as John Crawford, Pauline Warren, Ned Burleson, Lucile Reed, and Katherine Darby looked on with wishful eyes. These were the "good old days." Could it be possible that these boys and girls were returning to us The last we heard from Carter, she and McDevitt were happily married. John Crawford and Tohn Jordan were in the employee of "Uncle Sam." Katherine Darby had just announced the arrival of a son, and Pauline Warren was on her honeymoon. Suddenly we realized that these pre-war days could never return. But what about these new people on the campus? Who are they? Why do they carry the names of our former students? Immediately we began asking, "Fay, do you know Gertrude Carter? Virginia, do you know Alma Jackson? Rex, are you Vera Mosaflook's brother?" Always the answer was the same, "Yes, she is my sister; or yes he is my brother." Cullowhee is living up to Its (Continued on page 4) cer Candidate School when she has completed the basic courses. At the end of eight weeks of officer training, successful graduates are commissioned second lieutenants in the Army of the United States. And they proudly wear the gold bars of a WAC officer. Opportunities for advancement are many. Interested college women should contact the recruiting office nearest them immediately and find out how they may become officer's in the WAC. The Army needs many more WAC officers. Miss Helen Patton Heads Design Department At Illinois College Miss Helen Patton, who resigned her position as director of the art department at Western Carolina Teachers College, is now head of the department of design at Monti- cello Junior College, Alton, Illinois. Miss Patton who is an alumni of Western Carolina reviewed her A. B. degree from George Peabody College for Teachers and her M. A. from the University of Chicago. Robert Hennessee Is President Of Men's House Government Miss McAdams Now With Secret Service In Washington, D. C. Miss Laura Jean McAdams, former head of the Modern Language Department of Western Carolina Teachers College, is now with the United States Signal Corps at Washington, D. C, doing secret service, the nature of which is a 'military" secret. In addition to her work with' the Signal Corps, Miss McAdams is also teaching night classes in Spanish. Several former students of the Western Carolina Teachers College are residing in the same dormitory, Alabama Hall, in Arlington, Va., with Miss McAdams. Among them are Cordelia Greene, Elizabeth Hammond, Sara Ruth Hammond, and Ruth Andrews. Miss McAdams and Miss Greene have served on their dormitory council which is similar to the Women's House Government council of Western Carolina Teachers College. Brittain Elected Chief Councilman At Robertson Hall Ann Brittain, of Black Mountain, was elected last week chief councilman from Robertson Hall and will serve on the Women's House Government board. Sandy Daves was elected vice- chief councilman and Clara May Gantt the , secretary-treasurer in the same ] election. Alva Jo Moody and Tuesday evening, September 14, Phyllis Ann York were-the oppon- all men residing in Madison Hall , ents in the campaign. met in the Student Union Building for the purpose of electing their house government. Dean Bird and Assistant Dean Clarence Chrisman were present. The meeting was opened by Dean Bird who explained that certain provisions of the constitution making it mandatory for all officials of the Men's House Government to be either juniors or seniors were being waived this year with the permission of President Hunter, a fact made necessary because of the small number of upper classmen residing in Madison Hall. The following men were elected officers: president Robert' Hennessee; secretary-tieasurer, Clayton Ramsey; faculty advisor is Aslant Dean Chrisman. Lieut Edwin Young Is Awarded Air Medal Of 3 Oak Leaf Clusters the Jackson County Honor Roll erected by the William E. Dillard Post of the American Legion. Lt. Edwin Young, of Franklin, a veteran of the Midde East fighting front, has completed a special course of advanced training at the Air Force Central Instructors School for Bombardiers, according to an announcement from the Carlsbad Army Air Field. Lt. Young, who has been awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for his exploits during 11 months of combat, parti cipated hi 35 bombing missions. Lt .Young was a member of the only American medium bombardment group with the British Eighth Army from El Alamain to Tunis. He participated in the first ail- American mission against the Axis in the Middle East when an enemy airfield near El Bada was blasted. The Central Instructor's School, now being trasplanted from the Carlsbad field to the Midland (Tex.) Army Air Field, has stepped up Axis-blasting by providing additional, more versatile training for instructors, who in turn teach their home-field cadets the latest methods of bombardiering. Students at this "teacher's college" of the air include many bombardier officers returned from combat zones so that their wealth of practical experience can be added to the CIS curriculum. Upon completing the CIS course, graduated officers are assigned to one of the nation's bombardier training stations where they pass on to future bombardiers new techniques of aerial warfare. Lt. Young, a former student of Western Carolina Teachers College, visited the campus last week. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Young, live in Franklin. Did you ever stop to think that a teacher likes his or her vacation as much as you and I? Many of the college teachers spent interesting and profitable summers. Miss Mabel Tyree spent her summer at Ypselanti, Michigan, as a war worker in the Willow Run Bomber Plant which manufacturers "Liberators." Dr. W. A. Ashbrook had an in- testing summer touring Fon- tana, Bryson City, Franklin, Shelby, Belmont, and Cherryville, interviewing prospective students for Western Carolina. He spent a few weeks at Somerset, Kentucky, remodeling a house. Miss Edyth Walker spent the summer at home in Greenville, South Carolina, where she did graduate work at Furman University. Dr. C. D. Killian stayed at his home at Cullowhee and did his part for national defense by growing a Victory Garden, raising 700 chickens and two pigs. Miss Alice Benton bought a home here in Cullowhee and spent the' summer enjoying it. Her two sisters, Mrs. H. C. Claxton and daughter, Judy, and Miss May L. Benton, visited her. Miss Anne Hammond spent a few days in Washington, D. C, and Arlington, Virginia, visiting Miss Laura Jean McAdams, the former language professor at West- Miss Brittain, a major in home | ern Carolina, Mary Sue Blackweld- er, Cordie Green, and Sara Ruth and Elizabeth Hammond, her two nieces, and Ruth Andrews. She made the trip to Nashville by plane where she visited relatives. Mrs. M. K. Hinds spent her vacation in Saluda, South Carolina Dr. Grant McColley, scholar, professor and author, has recently been added to the faculty of Western Carolina Teachers College as head of the English department to succeed Professor P. L. Elliott, who is president of Gardner-Webb. Dr. McColley received his college training at Washington University, St. Louis, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, 111., and Northwestern. As an undergraduate, he participated in various activities including football, basketball, tennis, the college paper, and Garrett Club of Dramatics. He was literary editor of the school paper, received class honors and shield honors and is a Phi Beta Kappa. From April, 1917, to February, 1919, Dr. McColley served in the U. S. Navy as pharmacist's mate. Since that time he has taught in the University of Arkansas, West Texas State College, Kansas Western University, Smith College, and Illinois Institute of Technology. When he accepted this position, Dr. McColley was acting as special Company at the general offices in consultant for the Inland Steel Chicago. He is a member of the Modern Language Association and Association of University Professors; for the past ten years has served as chairman of the advisory committee of this section in Chicago. Dr. McColley was program director for the Chicago Poetry Circle. In Kansas he was director of a Shakespearean Festival given in an original Shakespearean stage. Dr. McColley has published fifteen or sixteen scholary articles in American and European journals, five books, various small poems, and one book of verse. Mrs. McColley is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of the University of Arkansas. She is a member of the American Association of University Women, DAR, member of YWCA cabinet, and president of the Pan Hellenic Council. The McColleys have three children : Margaret, who has completed her sophomore year at the University of Chicago; Carolyn, who is a sophomore in the Hyde Park high school in Chicago, and Robert, a student in the training school at Cullowhee. economics, is taking special work at the college in the field of science. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Brittain, of Black Mountain. She is a junior and chairman of the properties committee of Western Carolina Players and member of the English Club. Miss Daves, who transferred from Woman's College, Greensboro, North Carolina, last year, is a senior. Her major is primary education. She is secretary-treasurer of the McDowell Music Club, an active member of the A. C. E., I. S. S., Alpha Phi Sigma. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Daves, of Greensboro, North Carolina. Miss Clara May Gantt, class of '45, is the daughter of Mrs. Bessie Gantt, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Her major is business education. She is a member of the Business Education Club. Miss Moody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moody, of Sylva, is a member of the class of '44, and is majoring in business education. Miss York, a sophomore, is majoring in business education, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. York, of Canton. Miss Charlotte Watson Teach Art. English Miss Charlotte Draper Watson, who succeeds Miss Helen Patton as instructor in art and English, is from Cookville, Tenn., where she attended the Tech High school. She received her higher education from Milligan College and Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. Recently she spent three months in a Fashion Academy in New York studying designing. Miss Watson is to be co-sponsor of the Catamount this year. Chrisman In with Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Padgett! i Language Dept. Dr. Hunetr Addresses Student Body At Chapel Exercise Chapel exercises opened on Tuesday, September 14, at the Hoey Auditorium with an address by President H. T. Hunter. President Hunter was introduced by Professor E. H. Stillwell, who has charge of the chapel programs this year. Following this address, the audience joined in singing patriotic songs. At the second chapel exercise, on Thursday, September 16, Dr. Carl Dan Killian presented the movie, "Target For Tonight," actual scenes from a raid by the Royal Air Force. Mrs. Charles Gulley, who spent the summer at her home in Clayton, Georgia, has not returned to school because of the illness of her husband. During her vacation, Miss Camp spent the summer in Knox- ville with her sister and also stayed three weeks on her farm near Rutherfordton. While in Knox- ville she attended and audited classes at the University of Tennessee during the second session. In the latter part of August (Continued on page 4) Schedule For Chapel Programs Announced Chapel programs for the fall quarter have been announced by Professor E. H. Stillwell, chairman of the program committee, as follows: Sept. 14—President Hunter Sept. 16—Dr. Killian (movie) Sept. 21—Student Day Sept. 23—Dick Howerton Sept. 28—Miss Benton Sept. 30 — Rev. McMurray Richey Oct. 5—Student Day Oct. 7—Dr. Killian (movie) Oct. 12—Dr. McColley Oct. 14—To be announced Oct. 19—Student Day Oct. 21—To be announced Oct. 26—To be announced Oct. 28—Rev. McClure Nov. 2—Student Day No. 4—Dr. Killian (movie) Nov. 9—Mr. Seymour Nov. 11—To be announced , Nov. 16—Student Day Nov. 18—Miss Watson Nov. 23—Miss Tyree Nov. 24—Exams Mr. Clarence Chrisman, who succeeded Miss Laura'Jean McAdams as head of the Modern Language department at Western Carolina, is a native of Kearney, Missouri. He received his A. B. degree from William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo.,.and his M. A. from the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Mr. Chrisman has donet graduate (Continued on page 4) 17 Valedictorians, Salutatorians Are Initiated In A. P. S. Alpha Phi Sigma initiates for this year total 17, a considerable increase over last year's group. The young eligibles who were honor students in their high schools include: Lynwood Halliburton, valedictorian from Hamlet; Christine Finch, valedictorian, Bailey; Mary Alice Cowman, valedictorian, Cullowhee; Doris Lipscomb, valedictorian, Shelby; Dorothy Ramsey, valedictorian, Belmont. Christian Love, valedictorian, Stanfield; Joan Rhodarmer, salu- tatorian, Canton; lima Chambers, salutatorian, Andrews; Billie Carpenter, valedictorian, Robbinsville; Ruth Patterson, valedictorian, Bryson City; Ida Mae Gentry, valedictorian, Spring Creek; Mary Crawford, salutatorian, Sylva; Annie Laura Mulky, salutatorian, Murphy. Mary Madison, valedictorian, Webster; George Seals, salutatorian, Nevo; Ruth Lyerly, salutatorian, Nebo; Ruth Lyerly, salutator- dentat Mars Hill; and June Osborne, salutatorian, Mills River.

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: 1943-09-29;
  • Date digitized: 2017-07-10
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