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Editorial Page Of The Western Carolinian WESTERN CAROLINIAN STAFF Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief Ben Edwards Feature Editor Jack McCabe Reporters Fancy Funk, Jimmy Dyer, Weaver Hipps, Bob Abbot, Richard Jackson, Don Ashe Sports Editor Jerry Fuller Assistant Sports Editor Larry Phillips* Sports Writer Mike Jolly Art Staff Photographer Bob Cloninger Cartoonist Frank Allison Music Editor „ Linda Watson Business Staff Business Manager Bill Fortescue Exchange Manager Byron Sherman Circulation Manager Weaver Hipps Office Secretary Gay Moore Faculty Advisor Dr. George Herring Published every two weeks during the regular term, except during holidays and vacations, by the students of Western Carolina College. Subscription rates are $.50 per quarter or $1.50 per year. Regular enrolled students receive the paper as part of their Student Activities Fee. Cheerleaders, Square Dance Club, And School Spirit Guest Editorial A strange, but long invited, disease is enveloping Western Carolina College. Perhaps many of you have been aware of the strange feeling in the air around Cullowhee. Reports are coming in from all clubs saying they have more members than ever before in the history of the college. Are we really beginning to feel like a college? The college band, the radio club, church choirs, and other organizations are well supplied with willing members. Of course, all would like to have, and need, more. The first two ball games, although away from home, brought record crowds of WCC students and faculty who displayed school spirit to the extent to cause goose pimples to run over the ones who liave been aiming for a good school spirit. There has been 100 per cent change in the attitude and spirit of the football team. Many faculty members asked to help with buses to the Carson-Newman game. Everyone is getting into the act. Last Tuesday night, the Square Dance Club entertained several hundred students and faculty with a variety of dance music and excellent performance by the visiting Cullowhee Dance Team. Mike Jolly, president of the square dance team, and sponsors Miss Barbara Lashley, Dr. Dexter Squibb and Clarence Goode are to be commended for their job well done in advancement of school spirit. The club has planned several interesting e- vents throughout the year, including a festival in the spring with different schools competing. Mrs. Ritter and her hard working cheerleaders held a bonfire last Friday night for the first time in several years. All were pleased with the turnout, which really got "hep" with cheers, songs, pep band renditions directed by Gene Ellis, and a talk from Coach Bob Setzer. The football team was enthused by the spirit of the occasion and the starting e- leven enjoyed burning a Carson Newman player in effigy. Next time the group is planning to serve refreshments, so be on hand for fun, spirit and eats. Other clubs are asking to help in fulfilling the recommendations of the Prc- Conference Session. Dean Harrill remarked on the Conference (entertaining the largest group in the history of the college), "I have never seen the students more willing to work themselves to get the job done." Anyone having suggestions on school spirit, student government, or any phase of college life, let us hear them. I assure you an all-out effort will be made to fulfill your suggestions. Marvin Cole President, Student Body The Western Carolinian-Its Purpose And Policies The Western Carolinian is the students' voice here on the campus of Western "Carolina College. It is our purpose to present the students' news and views in a straight and forward manner and in keeping with the best journalism practices. Like every other organization, we must set some standards by which we will be governed. First of all, there is the Editor's right of censorship. Although this is a land of "freedom of the press," every person's thoughts and beliefs cannot be published. Therefore, the editor reserves the right to edit and cut any article which is submitted for publication. Every letter that is written to the edi tor must be signed. The name will be withheld if the writer so desires, but to be considered at all, it must be signed. This paper must be impartial. We cannot take sides in any matter. It is our responsibility to ascertain the truth and then publish it. Just as we, the staff, feel our responsibility toward you, the students, we feel that you also have a responsibility to us. Every student should take an active interest in the paper and work to make i^ the best. We all cannot be members of the staff, but we can all help out. Stu dents are urged to express their opinions through letters to the editor and through guest editorials. We are always open t suggestions on how to improve the paper The Lyceum Programs Looking Back Through Files Of The Western Carolinian From The Editorial Page Of November 7, 1949 EJitior. We cry for school spirit! Nuts!! How do we expect people to feel toward any high goal that we advocate when we, ourselves, do not live up to the rules of fair conduct? From the opening day of school this fall at WCTC there has been a general cry for better school spirit. Through the channels of the college newspaper, by way of the college radio station, and by word of mouth students and faculty have been calling upon every son and daughter of our Alma Mater to get in the game, to go back the school, to be a credit to our great institution, to show fair play and, in general, to be a good college citizen. And what have we gained? Sure, we have made history in the sports world; we are now the undisputed Champions of the North State Conference. We are doing well in the program for Building Improvements. We have come this far without any discrediting displinary cases. In the program for Religious Emphasis there was great cooperation. So we are great; we need a pat on the back. But, my dear misinformed classmates, we have been patted on the back too much. What about the situation in our beloved chowhall? Brother, it stinks. The linebuckling strategy has hit the campus again and this time it surpasses all efforts ever exerted before. It is the most outrageous thing I have ever seen on this campus. It is the most unfair thing ever to have happened here in the long history of the school. Do the students in this college have no sportsmanship at all? Are you so downright aggressive, unmannered, unprincipled, unmitigated, inhumanly obstinate, and asinine that you must show less fairness and social grace than a bunch of greedy pigs? The statement was made earlier in this denouncement that we students have been getting too much praise, too much backslapping and too much flattery. That is putting it mildly. The probable beginning of this year's linebucking was with the football squad. I do not make this as a dogmatic statement. I am only surmising such. The squad has been practicing until late for the whole season and often they find relatively little left to eat when they reach the chow hall. They, in all probability, felt justified to buck the line when they were lucky enough to reach the chow hall before it was cleaned out. Who is to say that they were not justified? When a man works hard as have all the boys in football, they deserve a good meal, one that will be edible and wholesome. But so far as I can learn no one has given the squad or anyone else the permission to buck the chowline. The boys have passes which are supposed to guarantee them of enough to eat and, I suppose, the kind of food that they can digest. I suggest that provisions be made to fulfill these guarantees. A training table is the proper thing to have for the football players. If such were provided, the boys could come in, early or late according to the time the practice ends, and they would get enough to eat. They should be served as soon as they reach the chowhall after practice. And there should be enough food for all of them. That takes care of our Champs. Now for you fudging, scheming, conniving chow hounds that don't belong to any football team, any basketball team or baseball team. You are the most unfair of the entire lot. You run around on the campus in a half frenzied state trying to enlist the support of everyone you meet in what you lovingly call "School Spirit Program." And then you go into the dining room and you drop all the social grace that you have ever learned, you lose all the human goodness you might have inherited, you throw to the winds fairness and sportsmanship; you lose all this and become a screaming, scrambling, pushing, panting, barbarous horde comparable to a pack of greedy wolves. Does death from starvation hover so near? Does the matter of five minutes mean life or death? And even if it does, have the good grace to tread easily on the toes of your victims. But, you say, if everyone else cheats and I don't, I will be left out in the cold. You say that you must buck the line or be left out. Phooey! You go in to eat and just because you see someone else cut in, you too must become a parasite. Just because you see someone else push ahead by ulterior methods, you must lose all scruples, you must cheat and graft and bludgeon your fellow citizens. Will you let that carry over into your later life? Is that the kind of competition a man of scruples must meet in the business world? If it is the dark ages will soon be upon us again. Why don't you wise up? A Prima Donna, eh? Looks more like a Prime Dunce to me. vw«V>yi\ r«*A* just ben Looking Around by Ben Edwards — Editor i1 \ ( ( It is after midnight and this office is finally quiet. Since daybreak, this place has been full of noise as the staff rushed to get this paper to bed on time. Now that all have cleared out, I have finally set down to write my column. Since I took over as editor I have been wondering just what responsibility this paper has to its readers. A good friend of mine, Editor Weirfter Jones of the Franklin Press, once said in an editorial that the responsibility of any paper was to serve as a mirror reflecting the actions, the thoughts, the hopes and the dreams of the community in which it exists. I suppose this is no less true of the Western Carolinian. Publishing a bi-monthly "news" paper is no easy task. Since we only come out every two weeks, much of our so-called news is The Administration And School Spirit The lyceum programs for the year have been chosen and several thousand dollars of Student Activities fees will be spent to bring them here. The programs this year are good but the money for them is being spent with students having little or no voice in how it is to be used. Designed to bring some "cultur our campus, the programs are chosen by a five-man faculty committee with three students being invited to sit in on the meetings. The Lyceum Committee, like the Athletic Committee, has the privilege of spending outright a certain percentage of the students' fees. We feel that students should have at least equal voice in which programs are to be chosen and how much of our money should be spent in securing them. Perhaps the committee should be made a unit of the Student-Faculty Co-operative so that the students could have equa1 representation. More students on the committee as it now stands would be an improvement. We need Mrs. Buchanan's experience in securing and promoting the lyceums. We need the other faculty members' guidance. But most of all we need a louder voice on this important committee. Marvin Cole and the Student Senate are the ones to thank for bringing the "Four Freshmen" to our campus, not the Lyceum Committee. The Student Senate, speaking in the interest of the students, has agreed to pay $600 of the necessary $1,000 to bring them to our campus. Many editorials have been written in The Western Carolinian concerning school spirit. We have encouraged STUDENTS to support the athletic teams, join clubs, and do well in class. We stand very strongly for these things. But school spirit means more to an institution. "Spirit," according to Webster, is the "breath of life." But what does the term "school" mean? Isn't it the total organization, including the administration and faculty? What responsibilities do these two have in giving this "breath of life" to the WCC campus? We feel that their attitudes and actions are just as important as those of the students. Is it a showing of good school spirit when students who come on the campus to leave on a retreat are not permitted to store their gear in their dormitory rooms? Is good school spirit shown when signs in the dormitories on registration day read, "The Dormitory Will Be Open For BUSINESS At 2:00 p.m.?" Are administrators showing good school spirit when they speak to students and about students with such words as "Big Men on Campus" and "Lowly Freshmen?" School spirit on the part of the administration is something over and beyond the call of business. A school of our size and one of such rapid growth must do things in a business like manner to be sure. However, our business can be done in a friendly and considerate manner and in keeping with the truest sense of the words "school spirit." We believe that our faculty and administrators are, for the most part, genuinely interested in joining with the students to promote a friendly and cooperative atmosphere on our campu? There are many ways they can help. /, little thing like speaking to students in the halls is a great help. They can let down their hair and join in the recreation at the Student Union. They can strive to make their classes interesting and rewarding. As club sponsors, they have a tremendous responsibility in the building of school spirit. We, the students, want a good spiri on our campus. We need and have every right to expect the cooperation of those in administrative and faculty positions. really not new to our readers. However, we do feel that students are interested in what other students are doing. We feel that our paper serves as a valuable history of the college. I personally feel that the Western Carolinian is one of the two ways students have of expressing their opinions on this campus. We have a good staff this year. With your help, we can have a good newspaper. ▼ »***** % Its good to learn that the campus cop is also giving traffic tickets to faculty members who break the rules. Their cars take up no less space than ours, so they should indeed be given the same treatment. Monday night, Marvin Cole, President of the Student Body, appointed several students to the Appropriations of Student Fees Committee and to the Student- Faculty Judiciary Committee. These students have tremendous responsibilities. Each should take his position seriously. ******* The movies in Hoey Auditorium this year are the best ever to be presented here on this campus. Many of them are good, recent productions. Mr Taylor Huskins is to be highly commended for the work he has done in bringing them here. ******* Braving our first cool weather, attended the "Dawn Dance" the other morning and was pleasantly surprised to see so many students out for this original and fun-filled activity. Chi Delta can indeed be proud. Prouder still can be the students for the dance band this year. If their "dawn" music is any indication of what is to come, then they are in for another good year. * * * * * * * Many people have complimented us on our "Orientation Issue." We are greateful. Quite a few have asked me if we'll be able to keep it up all yean All I can say folks is we'll try. Freshman Beanies The Twenty-Third Pre-Session Conference has recommended that the practice of having freshmen students wear beanies be started at Western Carolina College. The beanies, green ones this year, have been ordered and are expected to arrive soon, if they haven't already. There has been some reaction on the part of some freshmen against wearing the caps. Is this in keeping with the spirit of the project? The wearing of beanies is done on many campuses throughout the country. When done in the right spirit it can be a powerful force in building school spirit and a thing that should help weld the freshman class into a stronger group. This year's freshman class has been challenged. Will you take the responsibility that has been handed to you or will you refuse to cooperate? We feel that you will do your part in making the student body of Western Carolina College the strong and vital force that it can be. Wearing the beanies wil be a start. ***** Goodnight friends, late. It's mighty Campus Cops Are On Duty Mr. Carl Hopkins, a night watchman on the campus last year, has taken over the duties of full- time day policeman. Mr. Fred Bumgarner is now night watch-, man. Prior to his duties as night watchman, Mr Hopkins was a deputy with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. His present job is to make sure that both students and faculty obey the rules set up by the Health and Safety Committee concerning the operation of motor vehicles on campus. Mr. Bumgarner was formerly a member of the Sylva Police Department.

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
  • Date original: 1957-09-28;
  • Date digitized: 2017-09-26
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  • Dimension: 21.5" x 16"
  • Pages: 8 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_1957-09-28_Vol23_No02
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library