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Editorial Page of The Western Carolinian Editor Reviews Year The publication of a newspaper involves more than a staff to compile the news and write it. There are many persons behind the scenes who have a great deal to do with the success or failure of the paper. We owe many thanks to Mrs. Lillian Hirt, college Publicity Director, for her untiring efforts to supply us with news and feature stories. We are grateful to President Reid for his over-willingness to supply us with much needed information. We owe special thanks to Mr. J. A. Gray and other staff members of The Sylva Herald where your paper is printed. Mr. Clyde Rector, shop foreman, has been cooperative and helpful with layout while trying to picture what we expect in a college newspaper. To the linotype operators, Mr. Martin Cunningham and Mr. Cordell Chambers, we offer converting our mutilated copy into a readable story. The Western Carolinian would like to thank President of the Student Body Bill Ballard and other student government officers for their help and consideration. Bill has been willing to help us in any way possible throughout the year. To the whole student body, we of the staff extend our appreciation for the wonderful way in which you have received the newspaper this year and for the interest you have shown in it this year. A vote of thanks and appreciation also goes to our advertisers in Cullowhee, Sylva, Waynesville and other places for the important part they play in the success of the newspaper. Yes, whatever success the 1958-59 Western Carolinian enjoyed is due in very large measure to the interest and The United States Student In Time Of Cold War thanks for the fine job they have done in effort of these fine people.—W. H. Many Thanks As this edition of The Western Carolinian goes to press, a new editor and business manager will take over the reins tion contest. We find ourselves enjoying the best of relations with our advertisers and feel of your student newspaper. The staff of that we have been an asset to the mer- 1958-59's work has come to a close. chants of Sylva, Waynesville and Cullo- As editor for the past year I can't help whee. but look back over the year and reflect "The Voice of the Students," we of the on what it has held for me and the staff, staff have constantly tried to present the It has been a good year and in many news and views in an honest and straight- ways a very successful one for the news- forward a way as possible. We feel that we have made a worthwhile contribution to the total welfare of the campus by paper. The credit for this goes to a conscientious staff of 25 students who have worked hard and who have put in many hours of time and effort to make this publica trying to publish a professional newspaper, one which tries to give students the news as it happened. Not all news is tion possible. I, as editor, could not have pleasant, but nevertheless it is of inter asked for a more willing, capable and estto the public and should be printed, faithful group to work with. Through their efforts we have been able to increase the size of The Western Carolinian to six pages and frequently eight, and have, according to press ratings, improved the quality of the paper at the same time. The paper came from sixth place last year up to second in the North State Conference Press Associa- By Weaver Hipps We, the college students of today, have the best chance to arrive at conclusions about our international political happenings than any other class in history. We live at a time when a personal knowledge of world events is a necessity. Space age travel has shrunk the world into the size of a large city where we have our China Town in one section, Italians, Puerto Ricans, etc., scattered over the whole city. The world, in time of Cold.War, is not an inferno with guns blazing and screams ringing from the battlefront, but it is a battle of "grey matter" between two pow erful countries. We listen ardently to a "who- done-it western" on TV, but find ourselves needed elsewhere when an analysis of the news is begun. We listen wide-eyed as the town politician talks of the possibilities of the Presidential candidates, yet how many of us have read accounts of these men's capabilities in one of the news magazines? And if we have, how many of us read both sides of the story and arrived at unbiased conclusions? I hope all of us have, for if we haven't, and if we don't start soon it will be too late, because little Ivan has already been hard at work. He has not been analyzing facts because in his country there are no facts to interpret, but he has been reading; he knows who won the Second World War, Russia! He knows it is the United States who keeps the world in a war scare all the time, because he was told. He knows Russia got a raw deal in Germany at the end of the war and should be given back all the U.S. took from her. He has been told to fight for all this and he will fight when the time comes. Teddy TV sits back and boasts that he will watch on TV how the Russian commoner will rise up and overthrow the Kremlin. LOOSE THREADS By WEAVER Would you overthrow leaders who have brought your country to the top within the past forty years? While there is much poverty in Russia today, times are so much better than they were under the old Czars that they think it is heaven. No, they will not revolt. You are the ones who has to revolt, you must revolt against mediocrity and complacency. You must pick up a book and read who really won the war. And who ves Berlin. But most of all you might try to read and understand Russian Foreign Policy, for in this you will see that we, the complacent, will fall before the Communists. It will tell you in plain words that you will not be shot in a hot war. You will not to face Ivan but you have already encountered him. You have already submitted to him more than you can ever regain. Pick up a world map of 1914 and compare it with one of today. That in itself should be enough to wake you up; you might add Cuba, too. This Communistic disease must be stopped some way; so far no reliable cure has been found. We have tried war in Korea, threats in Formosa, Lebanon and, Berlin. | Men—two of the most important With this issue of the Western Carolinian I write my last inch of copy and edit the last story. The new editor and business man- will put out the last issue while the immediate past editor and business manager are still a- round to offer advice should it be needed. This his been a good year as far as the paper is concerned. I think I can truthfully say it has effectively carried out the wishes of the student body. Of course some students haven't been satisfied with what we printed, but they are the ones who would criticize no matter what we printed. We would like to leave office thinking that we have done some good over the year. We would like nothing better than to think we have given the student body adequate publicity and put Western Carolina College in the public eye. To go back a little, we started the year off with a new Dean of the College, and a new Dean of There have been successes during the past year, to be sure, but there is much room for improvement. As the new staff takes over, we know that they, building on our experience, will make the future Western Carolinian a much better publication. Weaver Hipps Editor Of the two, threats have done the most good, but these threats did not come from an angry child but from intelligent men who have spent a lifetime studying history and interpreting what they have studied. Our present policy of "no appeasement" was learned from our dealings with Hitler before the Second World War. We have already been assured that this policy of "you take this and I won't care" will not be followed again. I hope we have stopped the Russians for the time being, and if we have, the credit goes to the scholars of international politics and foreign policy and not the gum chewing hipster sitting there with his curls in his eyes watching Bat Masterson. It Occurs To Me - It May Occur To You By Oerick Hockin offices on campus. These two of flees have given The Western Carolinian their full support this year and we appreciate their cooperation. A few times interest was stirred up by provocative letters-to-the- editor. Both student and faculty interest was shown through this media, and this in indicative of the student-faculty cooperation we have tried to stress this year. We have been plagued, as all newspapers are from time to time, by printing facts which may not all year and have been assured of better cooperation for next year. I would like to thank Mrs. Hirt who has been the source of many good stories this year. Without her we might not have met our deadline on several occasions. I would like to thank Dr. Herring for putting up with all our childish actions and advising us on many technical matters of which we knew very little. I waited to last to say anything about the staff which has worked with me this year for a special reason. It isn't easy to find words to express appreciation for the work they have done. I think they have been the best staff in the conference. Most of them are English-Journalism majors who know what they are doing when they face a typewriter with an idea. Richard Jackson and Bob Abbott have been invaluable as Assistant Editors, having taken care of a great deal of work which I would have had to do. Larry Phillips has handled the sports page almost to perfection. Never have I had to worry about not having a good coverage of sports. He has been the most faithful member on the staff, having this page finished well ahead of the deadline. Woody Needham and Nancy Harmon have helped Larry in covering all the different sports departments on campus. Probably the biggest staff position, feature editor, has seen four members try their luck at the important post. We began with Nick McCabe then to Chuck Holmes, i * i . *..,,„ tv,j* then Bob Dyer, who held the posi- have been completely true. This . j *• ,, tion for two quarters, and finally ended with Wes Pierce. All these i Stage Notes By Chuck Holmes The last lyceum for the year has come and gone, so now we'll pause for a moment of reflections. Look and see what has been done with your money. The '58-'59 series got under way with the Barter Theatre's Production of the "Reluctant Debutante." The Barter group play^ ed to a full house and received many plaudits. If I may be allowed to quote myself, the Barter company played with "the finesse and skill usually attributed to a professional group." Larry Lo- minac said that "the Barter Theatre presented a sophisticated play on Monday night to an unsophisticated audience and found the reception encouraging." Everyone seemed to enjoy the first lyceum of the year. Next on the list was "Jazz '59." This group also played to a large audience, and got a rave review, mainly because the reviewer thoroughly enjoyed the concert. Opinions on campus were widely divided as to the merits of this lyceum, but it was something that had never been on the WCC campus before. Concert courtesy of Mrs. Buchanan, the Lyceum committee and your money. Third in the series was a speaker, Rosco Drummon, nationally- known news analyst. Although Mr. Drummon is nationally known, he didn't seem to be too well known on this campus. Only 57 people were there. The number of people who heard Mr. Drummon, if they had paid for the lecture at the price the Lyceum Committee paid, would have paid approximately $10 a seat. Your money. Fourth came the "Nelson-Neal and Marjorie Lawrance" concert. The two-piano team gave their usual flawless performance and Miss Lawerance held up their standard. The full house seemed most appreciative. Anthony's Art Article By Bob Anthony. Certainly a pattern of thought must accompany the mind of an artist during those hours he is searching for a composition. These thought patterns vary with the personality. Let's take an example: Hmm, piece of white canvas. I'd like to do something different. Think I'll just go ahead and paint the whole thing blue. Yes, I like blue. That was such a nice apple I had for lunch today, should have kept it, and the apple blossoms are out now. I could have gathered some apple blossoms and put them with the apple and put a clock in there somewhere . . . would have called it "Apple Blossom Time." That's ridiculous. I'm glad thoughts are so personal. Hmm, piece of blue canvas. Think I'll paint a little white tree there, yes, right—there. That's pretty simple, wonder what kind of tree that is? Hmm, big blue canvas, little white tree. I'm supposed to be intelligent. What is this, third grade art class? There must be a connection. I've got to bring it up on a higher plane. Big blue canvas, big blue ocean. That's still simple. Something white and something blue—Moby Dick—I don't quite see the relationship between the tree and the whale, but maybe somebody else will. I don't want to call it Still Life With White Tree. Art should be controversial. I'm finished. I'll call it "Moby Dick." the Lyceum series was the Air Force Band. The band played two concerts, one for high school bands and the students at McKee Training School, and one for the college students. Hoey was packed for both performances, and everyone seemed to be very pleased with what they heard. One theatre group, one jazz group, one speaker, one military band, and one long-hair concert comprised our lyceums. We had variety, to say the least, and from the reactions of the students, there was something for everyone. Thanks to Mrs. Buchanan, the Lyceum committee, and your money. SIDELIGHTS: The WCC concert band will give a concert Sunday, May 17 in the gallery of Hunter Library. The concert is set for three o'clock. "Tartuffe" is to be presented in Last but certainly not least in the Little Theatre May 6, 7 and 9. Minister's Wife Has Been Teaching At WCC Since '53 One of life's greatest responsibilities is that of being a wife and mother. To be a minister's wife entails even greater responsibility. Mrs. Martha Thumm, wife of Milford Thumm, Methodist minister here at Cullowhee, combines the vocations of wife, mother and teacher, and does student work besides. Mrs. Thumm came to teach at WCC in 1953. Her alma mater is Northwestern University in Ev- anston, 111. She has also attended Morris Harvey College at Charleston, W. Va., and summer school at Duke University. The Thumms have one boy, 10 years old, who is enrolled in the fifth grade at McKee Training School here at Cullowhee. Although Mrs. Thumm doesn't have as much time as she would like for her hobbies, she is interested in hiking, horseback riding and golf. Since these sports are seasonal in this part of the country, she tries to take advantage of the summer weather. Juna- luska is her favorite spot for golf, although she hopes to play Sapphire Valley some time in the future. Reading, especially philosophy, is another of Mrs. Thumm's interests. She also enjoys dramatics and writing, particularly poetry and children's stories. Here in Cullowhee, Mrs. Thumm is a member of the Madeline Reid Book Club, the Woman's Club, and, of course, the Methodist church. As the curtain falls upon another year in the publication of the Western Carolinian new leadership will take the reins and endeavor to perpetuate the continuing responsibility for next year's publications. Old associates will depart the scene, and new and old faces will remain to continue the project of producing the official "Voice of the Students." The continuing responsibilities to which we have referred carries within its meaning many ideas which we might develop further. For example, governments come and go, but the ever present and central purpose of responsibility to govern, remains. And so it is, in a similar way with a new staff of a newspaper. The old leadership by virtue of its delegation of the new leadership, have in effect placed their confidence in the ability of the new leadership to She is also a Cub Scout Den Mother, a duty which requires much of her time, and a member of the Organ Guild of America. Mrs. Thumm is not new to the teaching field here at WCC. She previously taught in Guilford County Public Schools. Natrually, one of Mrs. Thumm's primary interests is music. The other arts are also part of her life. But this is her story, so here in her own words is her view of the importance of art: "I consider the college youth of today more intellectually honest than those of a generation or two ago. There is too much tendency today, however; toward observation rather than participation in the arts. We are not willing to devote the necessary time and effort to either the perfection or thorough understanding of the arts. "You say do we need science and mathematics? Yes, but man needs an impetus for living which the arts, like music and literature, give. History proves that the evolution of man to his present status has been slow, indeed, less in our 'haste we make waste' of a very valuable contribution to future generations or civilizations. I feel we all need to take time for our souls to catch up with our bodies." exercise their authority in a responsible way. Without this sense of a continuing responsibility as official spokesman for the student body, this paper would become a mere sham and delusion — not worth the paper on which it is printed. The pages of this paper should reflect, in many ways, the views, the ideas, and the abilities of the students, written in a responsible manner. It is at this point that the students themselves, not immediately associated with the paper staff, must exercise their right and communicate with the responsible staff upon issues which affect them while in college. This is their right and their privilege and they should use it. To repeat, this is the students' paper. "To err is human," and mistakes have been made and will continue to be made. However, the important thing is that whatever mistakes are made—there are lessons to be learned from such mistakes —if they are learned this represents the hall-mark of responsible leadership. The new staff, also, must welcome constructive criticism directed in a responsible manner to the paper. From such constructive criticism this paper could elevate itself to top position in college papers rating in our conference. This must be the ultimate objective of those who will work on the paper during the forthcoming year. Any way, it may occur to you, in which the students may justify their claims to independent government, here on campus, would be to display through the medium of the Western Carolinian their ability to exercise responsible leadership and thus win the respect of our administration. Only in this way can the students hope for change that would be to their greater benefit. A college campus seems an ideal place to train for the even greater responsibilities that await us in the work-a-day world. Use your voice through the written words in the Western Carolinian—but make it a responsible voice. we assure you, was an oversight and not intentional as our opposition would like you to believe. Some of the best written stories haven't gone unnoticed either. During the football season, and especially the Appalachian game, several interesting stories were submitted. One of the best was "The Fall of the Roman Empire, or the Abduction of J. Ceasar," written by our Feature Editor Bob Dyer. We received comments from all over the state referring to this article, and it was printed in about all the papers in the North State Conference. Another story worth mention was a feature on President and Mrs. Reid by Wes Pierce and Bob Dyer. These were two of the most outstanding. One unpleasant situation we had to put up with all year was the holding back of news items by some of our administrators. Several times we had very good news articles which the students would like to have known about, but for one reason or another we weren't allowed to release them until all the other papers in this area had printed them. We have fought this men had to dig deep into their imagination to come up with original stories each week. George Stone, the perfectionist, had nightmares of deadlines, but always came up with flawless copy. George will move on to great things in the field of journalism. Others who helped me this year are: Mary Austin, Barbara Byers, Jane Blankenship, Bill Gardner, Jerry Bastarache, Bob Dean, Coleen Gambil, Sarah Clontz, Henry Reynolds, Bob Anthony, Earl Guss, Gene Medford, and Derrick Hockin. Photographers were Bill Whitaker and Dan Angel. To all these staff members go the credit due them for making it possible to put out a paper. They have worked long hours for nothing in return except criticism if their work wasn't good. They have had a great interest in the paper and Western Carolina College. Several of us graduate this year but there are many left who will come back next year and put out a better paper than we have had this year. Letter-To-Editor Dear Editor, My favorite pastime, like that of many other people on campus, is watching television. Last Tuesday evening I went down to the TV room in Reynolds Dormitory to watch one of my favorite TV programs. The TV room was locked, and there was a sign on the door reading something like this: "Closed because of cigarette butts on the floor." Now I believe that watching TV with 15 or 20 cigarette butts on the floor would be almost unbearable. Besides this, it would probably take 5 minutes to sweep up the cigarette butts. I also believe that the just and right thing to do is to penalize 100 to 150 for the sloppy habits of 15 or 20 men. This is the apparent; therefore it must be right. It will set this example, if you are bad little boys and put your cigarette butts on the floor in the future, no TV. Jack V. Casebolt Reynolds Dormitory THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN STAFF Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief Weaver Hipps Assistant Editor—News jj0b Abbott Assistant Editor—Make-up ......Z Richard Jackson Feature Editor ^yes pierce Feature Writers Jane Blankenship, Jerry Bastarache, George Stone, Wes Pierce, Mary Austin, Earl Guss, Derrick Hockin, Barbara Byers Reporters Bill Gardner, Gene Medford, Janie Turner Sports Staff Sports Editor Larry Phillips Assistant Editor Woody Needham Sports Reporter Nancy Harmon Art Staff Art Editor Chuck Holmes Art Reporter Bob Antheny Photographer Zeke Angel Business Staff Business Manager Ernest Sullins Exchange Manager Sarah clontz Circulation Manager gob rjean Secretary Z Coleen Gambil File Secretary ;. ;;. Henry Reynolds Advisor Dr. George Herring

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 College
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  • Publications (documents)
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• Date
  • Date original: 1959-05-02;
  • Date digitized: 2017-09-20
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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
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1959-05-02_Vol24_No16
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