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Page Four THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN March 26, 1949 Alumni Secretary's Letter v< happy to have the opportunity to send out this edition o Western Carolinian to our Alumri and Friends. Perhaps you mav know some of the news which is being published; you may learn something of interest about your old riends and classmates with whom you have lost contact in "Lo, these many years"! This year at Cullowhee has been a busy and happy one for our college family, as a whole. We have had changes in the faculty and administration, and hope soon to have a change in the appearance ol our campus with the addition o' a new library building and a new science-cla(ssorom building. As many of you know, we already have a new stadium which was constructed as a memorial to our Alumni who were killed in service. It is a pleasure which all of us share when we hear from you. The faculty and staff here enjoy passing on the word when any of you take time out to write us and let us know how you are, where you are, and what you are doing.. It would give us even greater pleasure if you would contact us a little more often and give us information about other of our folks that we haven't been able to contact. You will find an announcement in another part of the paper about an Alumni meeting which is to be held soon. We aro looking forward to seeing many of you at that meeting and having a good, informal time talking to each of you. Make a desperate effort to be there, won't you? We'll be looking for you. Sincerely, Helen M. Hartshorn, Alumni Secretary. With The Class Of 1948 (Continued from page 3) teaching in the school at Robbins, N. C, Mrs. Beulah Umberger teaches in the primary department at Bladeboro; Barbara Dillard Andrews, Wesley Lothery, and Iva Deane Roper teach in the Mecklenburg County schools. Nancy Blanton has charge of recreation and girls' physical education in the Shelby schools, Sue Agnes Borders is principal of an elementary school ndar Shelby and Janie Scruggs is in the Polk- ville school in Cleveland County. Annie Lee Bauman teaches English in the Cooleemee school while while Nellie Runyans is employed in the grammar grades of the same school; Max Beam is at Advance nearby. James Franklin Gudger is head coach in the Monroe City schools. Mrs. Maggie Sandlin Crisp is employed in the primary schools of Knoxville, Tenn. Bob Claxton and wife are in the Oak Ridge, Tenn., system. Eugene Waldroup teaches in the Hayesville High school, and Thomas Garland is teaching at Stecoah. Robert Angel is employed in the Franklin High school. Daisy Stewart Holden teaches at Highlands, Matt McBrayer is principal of the West Marion Elementary School and Frank Dorsey teaches at the Harris School near Forest City. Lina Flynt continues to teach English in the Hamlet High school while Vonnie L. West remains in the primary department at Bryson City. Mrs. Kathrine Powell Humphries also teaches at Bryson City this year. Madrie RANDOM NOTES ON ALUMNI A few highlights from the field show that our boys in the coaching business seem to know all the ingles in figuring how to win championships by the gym-full. In Buncombe County alone the W.C.T.C. men have done outstanding work. Roy "Rabbit Jaw" Phillips and his Candler quintet nlayed the Dark Horse in twotour- naments and came out as champs of the Buncombe County Tournament and the Tournament of Champions. In the Enka matches they lost a heart-breaking quarter-finals contest in a second overtime "sudden death" play, losing on a free throw toss. W. W. "Pop" Goodson's Oakley five came out with the best season record. He had sixteen wins and one loss during regular play, then came in second best to Phillips in the B.C. and T. of T. contests. Over here in Jackson County things went the way of the Cully edicts, too. Ike Olson and his Open Letter from Pres. Bird President Outlines Imminent Building Program Asked Legislature For $2,000,000 I am sure that the alumni of Western Teachers College are eager to know what the status of the expansion program of the College is at this time. Questions are continually coming to me by those deeply interested in what Galliway teaches history in her home school at Rosman, Louise Nesbitt is in the Mills River School in Henderson County, Carroll Mer- rell is employed in the grammar grade department at Brevard; Henry Galloway is serving his second year as principal of the school at Fontana Dam; Howard Barnwell is coach in the Bryson City schools and Harest King is principal of the school at Marble. Hazel Annis is in the Bessemer City school system; John Edward Dunn is teaching in Florida, and Walter Jarvis is at Crossnore. The following members of the class are continuing their studies toward higher degrees: Samuel Gibson, Odell Griffin, J. D. Morgan, Joe Walden, and Ralph Robertson are at Peabody; George Griffin Brown, Russell Byrd, and Jim McRainey are at Columbia University; B. T. Gantt and McKinley Hensley are at Duke University; Edward Jones is studying law at Wake Forest; Terry Joe Johnson is at the University of North Carolina, and Sam Queen is at the University of Tennessee. Howard Barnhorst writes that he is employed as Claims Adjuster for an insurance firm in Indianapolis; "Tommy" Ellis is salesman for a company in Kentucky. He and Carolyn live at Rockford Lane, Shirley, Kentucky where Carolyn teaches. Lyle Jones is with the S ate Health Department with headquarters in Waynesville; Joe Lance is working for the Star Engraving Company; Western North Carolina is included in his territory. Clyde Smith is in Boy Scout work with headquarters in Asheville; James Varner is in the Federal Forest Service with headquarters in Western North Carolina. Joe Geisler Henry is in business with his father in Bryson City and Billy Cope has his own business establishment in Sylva. Frank Curcio died at his home in New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 22. He had taught in the high school at Egg Harbor, New Jersey during the spring term of 1948. Dan Cook, class of 1940, has recently been elected principal of the Candler School in Buncombe County. Zelda Murray Morgan is teaching in the Nashville Public schools. Cullowhee boys held the best record for Class B ball during seasonal play, then lost the championship to old timer Wallace Hyde and his Robbinsville outfit in the Tournament. James Barnwell did some record-breaking, too, with his Class A Sylva boys and girls. Both teams won seasonal and tournament victories. Speaking of coaches, McKinley "Shorty" Hensley certainly did a good job with the wrestling team at the college while he was here. As proof of that one of the wrestlers just won the North and South Carolina A.A.U. championship for the 175 lb. class. "Shorty" is also responsible for a mid westerner winning a couple of state championships ... he coached him while in service. We had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. McKinley Hensley the other day. They came over to visit while on vacation from Duke. He's studying physical therapy. Revis Frye also arrived on the scene this week, vacationing from his duties as physical education instructor, coach, and sponsor of the radio club and programs at Gardner-Webbb Junior College. Marthalou Hunter and Betty Henson journeyed home from U. N. C. last week to spend a few days of leave in the old home town. Helen Bird, brother Charlie and his wife (Ellen Burnette) also trekked over from Buncombe county. While attending some meetings in Asheville several weeks ago we ran into Joe Walden. He is studying at Peabody and hitched a ride with the head of the P. E. department to attend the Southern AAHPER. Our old time ballad singer, Red Ramsey helped entertain visitors at those meetings. Red was in summer school last year. Also there were Wayne Bradburn, head of the P. E. department at Gardner-Webb, Mrs. Phyllis Dillard Claxton, Mr. Ralph Andrews, and all of the Buncombe County crew of coaches. Dot Brig- man Shupe was also present, taking in some Public Relatiins meet, ings. Dot is teaching at Marshall, sponsors the school paper, coaches the girls, and writes for the local paper and for the Asheville Citizen. Her brother "Snake" Brigman was married recently to Marjorie Mc- Pheeters. Bill Peek is principal at Marshall and has been doing his graduate work at the University of Tennessee. Woody Pryot put in an appearance on the campus during the basketball season. He and his brother Benny (who is in school here) played on the Hendersonville All-Stars team. Benny and Jo are the last two Pryors of the immediate family to come to Cully. Opal Pryor's husband, "Tucky" Saunders, a major in the U. S. Army, is in England where he will be working with the R.A.F. Opal expects to join him there about the middle of April. the College plans to do in increasing its physical plant, facilities, and personnel. At this moment it is difficult to give a conclusive answer. The College has asked for a substantial appropriation for buildings. And, while the recommendations made by the Advisory Budget Committee and the Joint Appropriations Committee, have thus tar approved essentially our askings, for the College, the matter is still hanging in balance. Anything could happen to upset our present hopes of obtaining the recommendations by these two committees of approximately $2,000,000 for material expansion. If these recommendations are finally approved and voted into law by action of the Legislature, it would mean the following new buildings for the College: A science-classroom building, equipped to take care of all departments in the College except for music, which would retain its present quarters in the Auditorium building. In the new building, too, would be provided laboratories for all the sciences, home economics, and art education and industrial arts. A library building, modernly equipped, to house ultimately a library of perhaps 80,000 volumes of books or more. Two dormitories, to accommodate 150 students each, fully equipped in every way. A laundry building, for use by the whole College, students and teachers. As is well known, this has been a desperate need at Western Carolina Teachers College for many years, since the College has had r.o place for laundry service. A home economics practice home,, to serve as a very necessary training laboratory for home economics majors. A typical six-room brick structure, this practice home will be furnished and operated very much as a family residence. The building program should start this summer. The exact date can not be predicted. It depends on how fast plans can be worked out and approved and contracts let. A president's home, without furnishings. The present residence, known as the President's Home, is an old remodeled building made of wood and lacks all the requirements for a suitable dwelling needed for the purpose. In addition to new buildings, changes are contemplated in other areas. It is planned, for example, to convert the present College Classroom building into a faculty apartment structure. Since Davies Hall is a wooden structure, it will be necessary eventually to raze it and to replace it with a new building. It is possible that one of the new dormitories will be erected on the same site. Considerable work will be done on extension of present utilities of the the College —electric, steam, sewer lines, etc. Extension to driveways will also be made. Considerable landscaping following the building program will be necesssary. Very little, if any, personnel expansion will be possible for the next biennium. While it appears that salaries for the present per- —Continued en page 8

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: 1949-03-26;
  • Date digitized: 2017-09-11
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