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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1950-05-08_Vol17_No15_05

Monday, May 8, 1950 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 5 Hollyfield Contributed Much Toward WCTC Radio Station WWOO Radio station, WWOO, located on the campus of W. Carolina Teachers College was a dream that became a reality. At the present the station is well equipped with modern radio apparatus but signs of the past still linger. The homemade transmitter and control panel still remain as the key to make broadcasting possible. In the fall of 1947 Phillip Hollyfield and John R. Holt both radiomen, enrolled at Western Carolina. They worked together repairing radios for the students and amused themselves tinkering with short wave receivers. One day they discussed the possibilities of establishing a radio station on the campus. They decided to talk to the college officials for assi- tance. Many were skeptical of this venture others thought it was a good idea. Phil and John received cooperation from Dr. C. Killian and Mr. Harrill which enabled the men to go and visit the radio set-up at North Carolina State College and at the University of North Carolina. This occurred in the Winter of 1947. The men obtained some surplus radio equipment from the army which was later transformed into a transmitter. This transmitter building was done during the two weeks of Christmas Holidays. Constant experimenting and working with inferior materials due to tht lack of money prolonged the dream of the campus station. With the aid of Neil Scott and Dr. Killian the men were able to obtain more equipment. During the summer of 1948 Phil received the authority to operate a radio station on trial basis from 1)he Intercollegiate Broadcasting System. In August of that year Phil and John completed the con- Phillip Hollyfield, Co-Founder of Station WWOO trol panel. In the fall of 1948 the Radio Club was founded. Officers were elected to carry out production and directing. Phil Hollyfield re- remained in the background to do the necessary technical work with the assistance of his partner, John Holt. The station operated shakily during the '48-'49 year. In the spring of 1949, Phil Hollyfield giving technical advice to Herbert Hyde and Paul Raione and several others, agreed that money was to be obtained in order for the station to survive. Hyde, the new station manager, success fully obtained the necessary funds. Phil Hollyfield was capable of securing the present apparatus at low cost. He spent much of his valuable time installing the new equipment and is on call con- constantly in the event of some Congratulations WESTERN CAROLINA TEACHERS COLLEGE and PRESIDENT REID SYLVA PHARMACY Sylva, N. C. Phone 27 mechanical mishap. Radio station WWOO, its new studios, new equipment and its improved reception had been a dream that has become a reality due to the persistency and ability of Phillip Hollyfield. Two Ex - GI's Tie For First Prize In CBS Awards Television Script Competition Two winners in the second stage stage of the semester-long CBS Awards competition to discover new television dramatists i n American colleges and universities will be announced over CBS-TV tonight at the end of the regular performance of "The Play's the Thing" (CBS-TV, 9:00-10:00 p.m., EST). The winners, both ex-GI's and both undergraduates, are John Wells Robinson, 26, University of North Carolina, class of June 1950; and Frank D Gilroy, 24, Dartmouth College, class of 1950. The winners, who tied for first place, each will receive a $250 award. Both prize dramas are half-hour scripts. After prolonged consideration of three scripts, the judges voted a tie between Robinson and Gilroy. The judges are Charles M. Underhill, CBS-TV Director of Programs; John Steinbeck, novelist; and Donald Davis, producer of "The Play's the Thing" for World Video Inc. The runner-up was John Murray, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson College, who lives at til West Seventh Street, Plainfield, N. J. Wells Robinson, whose winning entry is called* "The Pay-Off," was born in Sayville, N. Y. He is majoring in radio and has produced successful programs for the University of North Carolina Communications Center. He spent three years in the South Pacific with the Navy, was discharged in 1946. He became sports editor of the Suffolk County News, in New York, and later served on the staff of the Southshore Daily, Bay- side, N. Y. He is a contributor to NEWS FOR VETERANS The Housing Act of 1950, which was signed into law by the President on April 20, produces several important changes in the GI home loan program. The principal changes were outlined by Veterans Administration as follows: 1. The amount of VA's guaranty on all eligible veteran's home loan is increased to 60 per cent of the loan, up to a maximum guaranty of $7,500. Despite the increased guaranty, VA's gratuity payment for credit in the veteran's loan will remain at 4 per cent of the first $4,000 of guaranty used, and so may not exceed $160. 2. Unremarried widows of deceased veterans who died in service, or from service-connected Causes after discharge, are made eligible for GI loan benefits to which their husbands would have hran entitled. 3. Combination FHA-GI loans to veterans, which currently represent about one-third of the val- ume in veterans' loans, will be eliminated after a future date to be announced by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 4. The maximum period of time over which home loans may be made repayable is extended from 25 years to 30 years, to provide lower monthly payments. 5. Effective 90 days hence, VA is authorized to make direct Government loans at 4 per cent interest to eligible veterans in certain Scene Of Inauguration Of President Reid the Daily Tar Heel, the university newspaper, and a staff member of U. N. C.'s "The Carolina Quarterly." Frank Gilroy, who submitted the winning script "A Present for the Ahts," is a native of the Bronx, which he still considers his home, and a graduate of De Witt Clinton High School He is editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth, his school's daily newspaper. Several of his plays, full-length and one-acters, have been produced at Dartmouth. He is majoring in sociology but hopes to do graduate work in drama if a fellowship materializes. He spent two and a half years with the Army in the European Theater, most of it with a reconnaissance unit. areas where 4 per cent home financing is not available from other sources. Such veterans must meet all the qualifications for a regular GI loan, including credit and income requirements. No direct loan may exceed $10,000, and a total of $150,000,000 is made available until July 1, 1951 for this purpose. 6. Homes on which construction is begun subsequent to 60 days from the effective date of the law will not be eligible for sale to veterans with the aid of GI loans unless the property meets a certain minimum construction requirements as prescribed by VA. 7. VA is authorized, in certain circumstances, to restore the loan guaranty rights of veterans who used their entitlement to purchase property which later is taken through condemnation, or is des troyed by fire or other natural hazard. 8. VA is authorized and directed to issue regulations limiting the fees and other charges which may be made against builders and veterans in connection with construction and sale of homes financed through GI loans. 9. The Federal National Mort- New Features to Handbook Bruce Stiles, Editor of the College Handbook, announced last week the appointment of a Handbook Staff, the first such organization in the history of the Stu- gage Association is given $150, 000,000 in additional authority for the purchase of GI and FHA loans made by private lending agencies, for current purchases only. 10. Provisions are included to make GI loans for farm dwellings easier to obtain, and farm loans are granted equality with other home loans with respect to eligibility for purchase by Federal National Mortgage Association. dent Government. The newly endorsed feature of including pictures in the handbook, extra changes in the Constitution, more efficient proof reading through a wider distribution of the work. entailed, and achievement of clarity and simplicity of expression— all this necessitated the creation, of such a staff. Stiles made the following appointments: Jim Wood, Herb Hyde, Jane Callison and Olive Davis. The Staff has started work and the Handbook will probably go- to press by June 1. Comma detective will be E. V» Deans, Jr., English professor. Remember Mother On MOTHER'S DAY Sunday, May 14 Students Interested In Studying Abroad To Make Applications All students interested in study abroad at the Summer School for American students at the University of Oslo in Norway are being urged to make their application immediately. The term will be held from June 26 to August 5 and some 250 American students will be admitted. Applications for entrance may be secured from the Oslo Summer School Admissions Office at St. Olaf College, North field, Minnesota. The final date by which applications must be submitted has been extended to permit additional students interested in attending the session to make the necessary arrangements. However, applications must be sent at once. The courses, to be taught in the English language, are open to all American students who have completed at least two college years by June of this year. The main emphasis this summer will be on courses pertaining to Norwegian culture; courses in geography, history, language, literature, music and art. A total of six semester credits may be earned during the six weeks' course. A number of scholarships are available to American and Canadian students. Full details concerning these grants may be obtained from the Admission office. The session has been approved by the United States Veterans' Administration, and so all veterans are eligible for the usual beneefits. Charges for this session have been reduced following the devaluation of the Norwegian crown. The tuition for the six weeks term is $80; the student fee, which includes health insurance, is $10; and the excursion fee, $20. The round trip fare, tourist class on the Norwegian American Line's SS STAVANGERFJORD is $360. Application blanks should be requested without delay by all those interested. They may be obtained from the Oslon Summer School Admissions Office, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Congratulations President Reid -:- Faculty -:- Alumni -;- Students o! Western Carolina Teachers College Phillip Hollyfield's Radio Shop All Radio Repairs Guaranteed This Week Only Prices reduced 50 per cent on the following items: RADIO TUBES: 117Z6; 3Q4; 12A7; 0Z4 Phonograph motors — Speakers — Condensers Special: One Portable Electric Phonograph—was $25 NOW $15.00 Special: Stromberg-Carlson Portable Radio AC-DC with battery—was $69.95 | NOW $34.95 Phillip Hollyfield9s Radio Shop Sylva North Carolina

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.

• Creator
  • Western Carolina Teachers College
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1950-05-08;
  • Date digitized: 2017-08-23
• Extent
  • 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
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
• Identifier
  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1950-05-08_Vol17_No15
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library