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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1950-05-08_Vol17_No15_03

Monday, May 8, 1950 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 3 MISS CORDELIA CAMP Miss Camp Is Retiring BEHIND SHOW BUSINESS ,J WITH PERRY COMO -Supper Club Hall of Fame- PERRT COMO After twenty-three years as a member of the staff, Miss Cordelia Camp is retiring as Director of Teacher Training and Associate Professor at WCTC—retiring but not stopping, she says. And when you hear her talk of her plans for the future, you understand. For the summer, for instance, Miss Camp plans to tour the State of Washington, to see Oregon and Alaska. After that the plans are tentative, but she says that she expects to continue to teach. Then, too, there are tentative plans for more writing. If our students of the future find themselves possessing a copy of Camp's "Methods of Teaching the Social Sciences in High School," it would not be surprising to those who know of her ability and interest in that field. Neither would Miss Camp's associates bat an eye of amazement if—in a few years- our student-teachers are reading another "Tread That Runs So True"—one with a Campish twist and a North State setting. And why not? Miss Camp's ex-» periences as a teacher should cer tainly prove enlightening and stimulating to those of us who are interested in educational progress in North Carolina. The daughter of a teacher, she finished her work at Asheville Normal Collegiate Institute and taught several years before entering the University of North Carolina in 1917 as one of twelve co-eds. From the University she received her bachelor's degree in 1920, and went to Forsyth County as a supervisor. In the work in this capacity, Miss Camp pioneered in the use of standardized tests to unify and standardize work in tht elementary schools. Because of the oht- standing job she did here, Miss Camp attracted the attention of the State Department of Public Instruction. The result was a twelve-hundred-dollar scholarship from the General Education Board in New York to study for a year. At the end of this year, with a* M.A. earned at Columbia, Miss Camp returned to work as a supervisor, this time in Burke County. . * Miss Camp joined the staff of Cullowhee State Normal School, in 1927 after further rich exper-j iences in the public schools and after teaching in the summers of 1925 and 1926 at the University j of North Carolina. In 1928 the late Dr. Hunter asked her to become Director of Teacher Training. Since beginning her work in this job, Miss Camp has also taught classes in the history of N. Carolina (her hobby, she says, | lor twenty years), sociology, history of the United States, meth-j ods courses for the grammar grade J work, high school social studies,1 and English. At the same time, her field of1 service has reached out to allied educational fields. As president of the Western District of N.C.E.A.,1 as a member of the executive ooard of the North Carolina Col- i.ge Conference, and as state lounder and pdesident of Delta Kappa Gamma, she has been an influence in a wide area of service. In the field of writing, she has to her credit two booklets, "North Carolina By Problems," and "The Settlement of North Carolina", in addition to numerous articles for such journals as "Education Administration and Supervision," "Elementary Journal", and "Social Studies." And somehow in the midst of all thes^ activities, Miss Camp has found time to continue a program of enrichment through a summer j of travel in Europe, and through graduate work at Columbia, Chi- cago, and Syracuse Universities. But it is for her ability to put the finishing touches on prospective teachers that she is best known. As one of her colleagues says, "Miss Camp is known as having outstanding ability to train teachers. Educators all over the oiate respect her judgement and admire her ability." Miss Camp says: "I'm a subject-matter woman. In my work in training teachers I have placed emphasis on knowing the subject matter, on the importance of study on the part of the students, and on the use of good techniques of teaching." These aims plus her own love If a man be known by the company he keeps, I'm doing very well. But I have a suspicion the charming personalities who drop in at the erfield Supper Club all the time something more on their minds than ji. ing me. Anyhow, it's wonderful' having them around, Nut only do they add glamour to our show, but they alar Supper Clubbers on our toes. When Raymond Mm- sc.\'- comM uver, 1 have to shake my ivania drawl, anil when ECaye stops by, 1 have tu study my Russian or pig Latin, or whatever it is that Danny's using at the moment. ****** 1 have n special nikoNI for pianists and a great admiration for them. We've hail quit* a lew visit us, from the breath-taking Maria Sanroma to the sardonic Oscar Levant and the hilarious Victor Borge, Borge gav« me lessons on how to play duets with one finger, Sanmina held us all spellbound with his keyboard wizardry and Levant broke up a rehearsal by saying, in the middle of a hushed number,"This reminds me of Hildegarde." Let me not forget Hoagy Carmichael, who plays the piano even better than he docs golf. Last time Hoagy was over, he arrived for rehearsal promptly at 10 A.M. one full day early! Our long friendship and the Carmichael easy-going, good nature saved the it, I doubt if Hoagy will ever forgive us for getting him up so early two days in a row! ****** I seem to have talked about nothing but male guests so fur, but the ladies —bless 'em! —have been responsible for some of our moments. We've had glamour and charm from Claudette Colbert, Lucille Ball, Janet Blair, Ava Gardner and Jane Wyman. And, of course, Mae West! We were happy to have Mae make her return to the airways after 12 years via the Supper Club. She was such a, hit, we had her back again recently. Our studio at NBC has a very wide stage with a tricky step, and we were worried about Mae making her way across with that famous sprained ankle. So, we posted Martin Block at the step and held our breath. She made it all right, for one of our (and her) most effective entrances. ****** We've had all kinds of voralists to help the Fontane Sisters, conductor Mitchell Ayres and myself, including Patti Page, Jen Sullivan and Dorothy Shay. Burl Ives brought his inimitable talents to our mike, and so did Eddy Arnold. I've been watching Eddy's with amazement and pleasui since I met him a couple of years ago. Here's a guy who made a tremendous reputation with a handful of impressive recordings. Eddy brings along his guitarist, another Tenne.-seean with a style as individual as Eddy's own. Johnny Mercer and Bob Crosby have brought their own special blends of comedy and music to our ■ ml the King Cole Trio and the Mills Brothers have added tile best there is in harmony. And,when Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals join us, I get a ch« chit chat with their star Johnny 1'uleo. Johnny and I worked together for Ted Weems in the old days, and the old days get wilder every time we talk them over. When we liave a comedian, the rehearsal usually takes a little longer. Good comics add hits of business and new gags as they rehearse. Once Danny Kaye dropped in to play Caesar. I wai Antony. I thought the rehearsal would never end, but I didn't care. Kaye kept us rolling with hjs a libs, and most of them were so good we had to re-writejhe script again and again. We spend lots of time and effort with guests like Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Morey Amsterdam, the Great Gildersleeve, Jesse] and Milton Berle. But, it's worth it. Maybe it's because I've never won an Oscar, but the great dramatic actors l'eally fascinate me. They always seem to fall in so nicely with whatever foolishness we've cooked up for them. Charles Boyer struggled manfully in a Southern sketch which called on him to mention a "little old love seat." Those L's just don't come through a French accent very easily. After everything else was letter-perfect, Charles went off by himself muttering, "li-tel old luff" over and over again. Henry Fonda, another wonderful guy, gave us a great show, as did Tony Pastor, Ole' Red Godfrey, Sid Stone, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Fibber McGee and Molly, Ella Logan, Robert Q. Lewis and Minerva Pious. They just stop in and take pot luck at the Supper Club. Needless to say, -whether it's radio on Thursday night or television on Sunday night, we're very proud of our guest roster at the Chesterfield Supper Club, and of the wonderful new and old names that are added each week. At Colleges and Universities throughout the country CHESTERFIELD is the largest-selling cigarette.* ANNE PEARCE famous University of Southern California Alumna, says: "Make my cigarette your cigarette Smoke milder Chesterfields." Building Program Underway Convention Notes The first building of the expansion project got underway on Thursday, April 20, with the breaking of the ground to make way for a modern laundry and dry-cleaning plant. By Fall the students and personnel of Western Carolina (Teachers College will enjoy the services of this plant. It will be conveniently located between the power plant and Madison Hall near the highway. The plant will be the answer to all the laundry and dry-cleaning problems of the college. It will cover an area of 3700 square feet housing a spacious laundry room, three offices, and a large storeroom. The plant will be equipped with modern washers, extractors, ironers, pressers, and sewing and buttoning machines. This modern machinery will insure rapid laundry service to all concerned. The cost of the building less college personnel. The construction of the laundry and dry-cleaning plant marks the beginning of the long awaited building project that has been anticipated by the students of the college. Soon the classroom building and library will be under construction. Bicfts for constructs i of the new science-classroom building and library will be opened June 8 in the office of Six Associates, Inc. Bid opening date was decided during conferences of the college officials, architects, and State Budget Bureau officials in Raleigh. Upon the acceptance of the bids construction of the buildings are due to follow immediately. The costs for the two buildings, less equipment costs, will total $1,880,000; the classroom building costing $1,250,000 and the library, Congratulations WESTERN CAROLINA TEACHERS COLLEGE AND PRESIDENT REID TOWN HOUSE Frank Brown, Jr., Prop. Cullowhee North Carolina !! equipment is $27,196.73. The ap-j i630,UOO. proxirpate cost of the equipment will be in the vicinity of $20,000. Tne general contractor handling the structural work is W. W. Hol- liiield of Asheville, North Carolina. The electrical contractor is the Electric Service Company of Hickory, North Carolina, and the plumbing and heating contractor is E. L. Erwin of Sylva, North Carolina. The laundry and dry-cleaning plant will not be operated in competition with similar establishments in the area. The services are attainable only to students and for the work may give us the secret of her success. "I love to teach," she says. "There is nothing that thrills me more than standing be- iore a class of students and teaching." With Miss Camp as she leaves Western Carolina Teachers College will go the good wishes of ! the hundreds of students with J whom she has worked, of the pres- | ent student body and staff. We shall miss her very much. By Jane Callison Conventions! What are they, except for keeping late hours and standing in endless lines? Students from Western Carolina Teachers College attending the Association for Childhood Education International Conference in Asheville, April 9-14, found out. Phillip Hollyfield and Richard McKinney operated some of the audio-visual machines during the week. Janet Robeson, Ruth Moses, Lean Zimmerman, and Helen Hill thought at first their contacts would be limited since they were in the same Study Group, concerned with music. Their contributions of ideas gairr- ed, however, at a recent evaluation meeting were each of a different nature and of interest to the group. One of the most interesting meetings to students was the Student Gathering during the early part of the Conference. Here, in an informal meeting, students told of the work being carried on in their particular organization which they thought valuable. Each group had some special program for the purpose of raising money to send delegates to the conference. Students reporting at this meeting represented most of the states. Persons attending the Conference fom other counties with whom WCTC students had the opportunity to meet were Miss Potter, an exchange teacher from England, and Miss Ming Yong Sung, a student at Appalachian State Teachers College, from China. This party was given to the group by Mr. and Mrs. Smathers, managers of the hotel, and Miss Smith, with A.S.T.C. also serving as hostesses. At the past meeting of the Association for Childhood Education, held April 26, there "Was an informal discussion and an exchange of ideas gained from the Conference. The students attending the Study Conferences and meetings were: Janet Robeson, Lena Zimmerman, Walt Glance, Helen Hill, Phillip Hollyfield, David Longcoy, Ruth Moses, Carroll Wilkie, Gladys Elmore, Betty .Neill, Nelle McBee, Sammie Walker, Jane Callison, Richard McKinney, and Clifford Harris. Plans for the classroom building were drawn by Anthony Lord of Asheville. Architects for the library project are the Six Associates, Inc. of Asheville. THANK YOU Recently there appeared in the Western Carolinian an article written by one Senof Pablo Raione about the loss of a Spanish diction- These persons were dinner guests ary. I wish to express my ap- ot Miss Lencra Smith, Miss Lu- preciation for the return of the cille Hunti and students on April aforementioned dictionary. First, I should like to thank Senor Raione for having written the article. I really think he used this means to ridicule my attachment ior the miniature dictionary. Pablo would have you believe that it is a worthless article, but I should like to call to his attention this 12. Ming, as she wished to be call ed, charmed all whom she met with her appealing manner. She complimented the group because of their fine Southern Hospitality At another student gathering, held on Wednesday night, April "Veep" Becomes Daddy Bob Phillips The vice-president, Bob Phillips, of the student body living up to his superlative distinction of "Best All Around Man" became the proud papa of an eight-pound nine ounce baby girl. The baby, Linda Norwood, was born in the Sylva Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, May 2. Elizabeth Phillips, Luquire, Brigman Speak Nuptials Miss June Brigman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Brigman of Brevard road, was married to William O. Luquire, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Luquire of Raleigh, Tuesday, April 25. The small but impressive ceremony was conducted at the home of the Rev. Charles McConnell of Cullowhee. The bride's parents and several intimate friends of the bride and groom attended the wedding. The bride, an attractive young brunette, was dressed in an orchid gabardine suit with white accessories and a corsage of orchids. Both Mr. and Mrs. Luquire plan to continue their studies at Western Carolina Teachers College. Mr. Luquire, commenting on their plans for the immediate future, said: "Our education first; our honeymoon afterwards." the mother of the new-born babe, is doing nicely. Bob, who said that he would be different from all fathers and not talk about his child, is no different from the rest. It is difficult to get Bob to talk about anything else. Entertaining Educational Spanish proverb: "Cada loco con!12- at the Hotel Charles, WCTC w tema-" I students had an opportunity for „,, r . .._ .. , .. further contact with students. Then I should like to thank the editor and staff of the Western saying, "What kick do you have, Carolinian for allowing to appear the amusing (?) article of Pablo. By now, no doubt, Mr. Raione is you got your dictionary, didn't you?" C. Chrisman. JOE BROWN Of Television Fame SPONSORED BY THE SCIENCE CLUB To Be Presented in HOEY AUDITORIUM WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1950

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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  • Western Carolina Teachers College
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  • Date original: 1950-05-08;
  • Date digitized: 2017-08-23
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  • Dimension: 22" x 16"
  • Pages: 10 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1950-05-08_Vol17_No15
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