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Kite Jlfesttrn Carolinian "Voice of the Students" VOL. XXVII, NO. 11 Friday, January 12, 1962 Cullowhee, N. C. Smith Honored By Y.D.C. Charlie Smith of Asheville, former Western Carolina Col student, was honored on a nationwide scale when he cen' d as the Outstand ing College Young Democrat of The Nation at the Young Democratic Clubs of Amei vention in Miami, Flon Former Sports Publicity Director and president of the Western Carolina YDC du 1960, Smith was pre plaque and a check for $100 by John M. Bailey, Chairman ol Democratic National Comm at the awards dinner ending the four-day meet. Now a sports columnist for the Asheville Citizen, Smith organized the WCC YDC in the spring of 1960. During the fall, the club grew to over 550 members and became recogni/cd throughout the state due to its vigorous campaigning activities. During the fall, Smith was elected College Vice-President of NC. Young Democrtic Clubs to serve during 1961. At the a- wards dinner last January, he was chosen the Outstanding College Young Democrat of North Carolina. Among Smith's activities paving the way for the national a- ward were the 12th District rally in Canton, the successful Way- nesville rally sponsored by the WCC group, registration of over 200 new voters, attendance of rallies all over WNC, and actual precinct work during the general election. The final selection of the national honor was made by Sec. of Agriculture, Orville Freeman, in the Kennedy Administration. A brochure of write-ups, photos and information concerning Smith was mailed to the selection committee for judging. This booklet included two personal letters from Kennedy, two from Gov. Sanford, one from Congressman Taylor and several others from top Democratic leaders. Smith departed from Western Carolina following fall semester of 1961 for a six-months tour of duty with the U. S. Army. Following his return from Miami, Smith has been honored by the Buncombe County YDC at a meeting and recently by Motive' Editor fo Address SNOW, BY NOW A FAMILIAR SIGHT to residents of Western North Carolina, blanketed the WCC campus as it began falling Tuesday afternoon and continued late into the night. Though the silent visitor made driving conditions hazardous, many students found a pleasant relief from routine by frolicking in the blanket of white. Pictured above is Hunter Library, nestled in the wintry whiteness. Eight Vie For Miss WCC Title The Student Senate nominated eight coeds as candidates in the Miss Western Carolina contest in its last meeting before Bulletin Max Eury, Director of the Student Union, has ann n that he has several un-claimed student identification cards in his office on the first floor of Joyner Building and requests that all students that have not claimed their cards do so as ;oon as possible. the Christmas holidays. The election, slated to be held today, will see Pat Walters, Linda Kay Furr, Brenda Reece, Katie Gardner, Susan Todd, Pat Sloan, Mary Hill, and Geneta Hopkins vieing for the coveted title of Miss Western Carolina College. The Senate ruled that married women would not be eligible for appointment as candidates. The election of a Miss Western Carolina College, who will represent the school at various state-wide events and festivities, is the culmination of a recommendation made at the Pre-session Conference, which was held immediately prior to fall quarter. The Senate recognized the resignation of Anne Bell as Senate Secretary. She was replaced by Vivian Leatherwood, who was accepted by acclamation. The Senate is reportedly investigating the possibility of conducting a talent show on campus this quarter, as well as a possible campus clean-up campaign, to be conducted by the freshmen class boys. Librarian Relates Visit To Crisis City Charlie Smith Gov. Sanford and the state YDC at Statesville. In speeches, Smith passed credit for both the state and national awards to the work of the students of Western Carolina and other interested Democrats during the campaign. He told a group of 750 at a dinner where he was honored Saturday night, "I owe both a- wards to the many loyal and supporting Young Democrats of WCC and North Carolina. Had it not been for the outstanding work these people did, I, as an individual, could not have brought the awards back." Nomad Staff Chosen: Articles Solicited The Nomad staff has been chosen and is beginning preparations to accept work for possible publication. Investigation is being made as to exactly what type of magazine can be made with the existing funds available. Anyone who has written poetry, essays or even possibly a short story can see the staff as to the manner of submitting a piece of work. By Reginald McLelland "My whole impression of Berlin was that it was a beautiful, tragic city." This statement sums up in a sense, what Mrs. Lillian Buchanan, Head Librarian of Western Carolina, felt after a holiday visit in Berlin, Germany. Over the Christmas holidays, Mrs. Buchanan visited the "crisis city" with her son who is classified personnel in the 7th Army. The Berlin venture began when the librarian and her son boarded the only train that is allowed to enter the beleagued city through the "Corridor." The train left the town of Frankfort at 7:00 o'clock in the evening. The train is only able to travel through the restricted zone at night. After several stops during the night to have passport papers cleared the train arrived in Berlin the next morning at 8:30. She and her son stayed at a hotel that the U.S. Government has taken over. Mrs. Buchanan remarked that the rooms they were given were extremely clean and that they were supplied with television. They ate their meals in an Officer's Club across the street from the hotel that at one time belonged to the Kaiser. Touring the city, Mrs. Buchanan wajs very impressed with the cleanliness of the streets. Her tour included a visit to the infamous "Wall" that separates the American zone from the Russian zone. "It is depressing to see the wall situation," she said, especially a little monument on the wall erected to two young boys who died while trying to escape from the Russians. Over the monument there is an inscription that reads "This could be your brother." There were 1,000 Christmas PORTRAIT OF MRS. LILIAN BUCHANAN, WCC HEAD Librarian, who traveled to Berlin over the Christmas holidays. The portrait hangs in Hunter Library. trees decorated with whikr lights along the wall. In the tour of the wall the WCC librarian saw the American "check point Charley," one of the six points of entry to the eastern sector. She also visited the Brandenburg Gate, an arch structure that constitutes one of the British points of entry to the Red section. For entertainment Mrs. Buchanan visited a German department store which she said was prosperous even by American standards. Thousands of people were caught up in the Christmas rush shopping in the department store and were buying German-made merchandise. According to Mrs. Buchanan, another alleviating facet of Berlin's social life is their night clubs. She patronized the "Resi" (pronounced Reysee), a nite spot unique in that a person was able to call up a girl with whom he wished to dance by telephones on the tables. Mrs. Buchanan found that the Resi featured a "most unusual floor show." It was a type of water show that was accompanied by an Orchestra playing the "The Blue Danube." She also visited a Beatnik nite club in the French Zone called "The Bathtub." Also she was able to go to a club that was operated by a Russian who was reputed to serve most unusual cocktails. One thing that Mrs. Buchanan noted about European life was the absence of paper bags. In Berlin and the rest of Europe a shopper has to buy a bag of some type of cloth in which to carry purchased articles. In a synthesis of her impressions, Mrs. Buchanan stated that Berlin is a city of "Tension": "It was so odd to note that nobody laughs." She was quick to add however that "I did not see any destitute Germans during my visit." She was particularly impressed by the clean streets and the fact that you just did not see any paper lying a- round the city. She was able to ask a German banker's wife an enevitable question while in Berlin. She asked the lady how they felt about the presence of the occupation troops. The Frau answered that no one likes to be occupied by foreign troops, but she then replied with a smile, "we're glad you're here." State Meeting "The Church Mis sion, of Man's Mistake" will be the theme of a state conference of the Methodist Student ment at High Point January 26- 28. The tin to take lege and Wesley Methodist Church. The conference is open to col- iiid nursing Studenl participate in units of the Methodist Student Movement, col- lents and chaplains, Women's Society of Chi distrut ncretarii student work, pastors, and in- terconference commission mera- s of other denominations will also be present. Deadline for registration is January 15. Registration blanks .should be sent to Miss Beverly Davidson at High Point College. Guest speaker will be The Rev. Jameson Jones, teacher at Garrett, the Methodist theological school at Evansville, 111. The Rev. Mr. Jones edited "Motive," the Methodist Student Movement magazine, for three years and was president of the National Conference of Methodist Youth for two terms. An alumnus of the University of Kentucky, Garrett and Vanderbilt, The Rev. Mr. Jones was one of the main speakers at the June session of the Western North Carolina annual conference. The noted minister will speak at a banquet session on Friday, January 26, and will make two speeches on January 27. He will also deliver the sermon during the worship service January 28. The major portion of the three- day conferences will be devoted to discussions of various phases of the role of the church in the world today. Al R:30 P.M., January 26, "The Prophecy of Amos," an original drama by Dr. Walt Hudgins of the High Point College Department of Religion, will be presented in Memorial Auditorium. Music for the drama was composed by Dr. Lew Lewis, head of the Fine Arts Department of High Point College. The conference is being sponsored by the Interconference Commission on College and University Religious Work of the Methodist Church, through the Methodist Student Movement of North Carolina. Little Theatre Cast Williams' 'Menagerie' 32 Make Dean's List Thirty-two students were I to the Dean's Li fall quarter, according to Frank H. Brown, Jr., ( of the Student Aids and Awards Committee. The Dean's List is chosen from students who make the Alpha Honor Roll. To be named to the List, students must also show outstanding qualities of character and leadership and make contributions to campus activities. Students on tli quarter list are: Alice Rosemary Barnwell, Anne Brown Bell, Norma Gail Bradshaw, Joan Meredith Brun- Charles Burrall, I Caldwell, Mary Louise t'laii- ford, Glenda Jeanne Crawford, June Franklin, Linda Kay Furr, Joseph Graham Julius N. Hill, Sammy Carroll ;tt, William McCliu nor Mack, Rita Sue Martin, ;' Mason, Janet Milton, John William Ollis; Ann Plemmons, Paul Scott Pryor, Sandra Lee Rhodes, Margie Coggins Rice, Linda Roane, Peggy Howell Sams, Amelia Webb, Malvern Olin Wood, and Nancy Wright. Air Force Changes 0CS Entrance Requirements School Postcards On Sale As a result of the recommendation of the Pre-session Conference to sell colored postcards depicting various scenes of the WCC campus, the Student Union has acquired a supply of these colored cards. The scene is that of the W. E. Bird Administration Building and of the three pines that have become an unofficial symbol of WCC The cards are now on sale in the Student Union for five cents per card. Student Given Post As YDC Organizer Woody Dillingham, WCC sophomore and executive chairman of the WCC Young Democrats Club, has just recently been appointed as Western District College organizer for the Young Democrats Club of North Carolina. Dillingham was appointed by Mrs. Cynthia Anne Poole, who was reecntly installed the Vice-President of the North Carolina Young Democrats. The Western district that Dillingham has charge of covers about one third of the state and some fifteen colleges located in this area. The purpose for the meeting of the YDC in Statesville was for the installation of the state officers. Governor Terry Sanford was principal speaker with approximately seven hundred YDC members and officers present. Yeats Nagle of Pfeiffer College was installed as the YDC state organizer with a staff of three persons, Dillingham included. John Ramsey, a WCC sophomore, also attended the meeting to represent WCC with Dillingham. Library Receiving French Weekly L'EXPRESS, a French weekly newspaper, is now being received by the library. The French Club procured the subscription as one of its annual projects, and the paper will be available in the student lounge in the general reading section. L'EXPRESS has a literary slant, and is said to be especially suited for students The U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service has announced that entrance requirements for Officer's training have been relaxed somewhat to meet the growing Air Force needs for Commissioned Officers. Age restrictions previously set at between 20 Vi and 26 Vi years of age have been raised to 20Vfe to 29 Vi years of age. In addition, previous requirements for near-perfect vision have been reduced to 20/20 vision in one eye and 20/400 vision in the other. The relaxed requirements are for applicants for commissions in. Administrative and Technical fields (non-flying). The old requirements are still in effect for all forms of flight training. Officer's Training School in the Air Force is a three month course leading to a commission as an officer in either a field related to a college major or in flight training. It is open to all male and female college graduates able to meet the entrance requirements. In addition, college seniors may apply now even though they will not be available for active duty until Walker Gets Lead As Tom Tryouts for the winter quarter production, The Glass Menagerie, were held im- itely prior to the Christ- uolidays with Joe Walker Ing the lead role in the student-dn duction. The play is under the direction of Dick King, a senior, who is the li.st undei student in tin a three-act production. In addition to Walker, who will star as Tom, Lise Knox .was B, Judy Moore as Laura, and Wayne Vogler as the Gentleman Caller. Walker, from Mill Springs, N. C, is a»*ra.snncd Tfcesf ian and appeared in Visit to a Small Plant, The Sand Box,_ and seve eral Little 'theatre' one-act plays. He was also in the cast of Androcles and the Lion, the fall quarter major production. Miss Knox, also a drama concentrate, has appeared in two major productions and a one- act play here. Wayne Vogler, the Gentleman •Caller 'is ti prelaw student who was cast as Hector in Trollus and Cressida, the scheduled fall quarter production which was waived in favor of Androcles. Judy Moore, a relative newcomer to the Little Theatre stage, appeared as a- danoe*- in Androcles. Student-director Dick King, who is engineering the Williams play, directed a Carolina Drama Festival award-winning one-act In the Little Theatre productions regularly for the past three years. He has tentative plans of working toward an MA in drama. Duane Oliver, of the Fine and Industrial Arts Department, is in charge of set designing and lighting. of the publication are available Back issues at the desk. after graduation. Female applicants should be single and without dependents under the age of 18. However, male applicants have no marital or dependency restrictions. Further information may be obtained by writing U.S. Air Force Recruiting Detachment 306, P.O. Box 10556, Charlotte, N. C. ACE Hears Speech At the last meeting of the Association for Childhood Education, Mrs. Maxine Constantz and Mr. Charles D. Stallings of the McKee Laboratory School spoke to the group on teaching in the elementary school. Before the holidays, the organization gave Mrs. Elizabeth Felton's first grade class a Christmas party at which presents were given to each member of the class and refreshments were served. MISS MARY HILL WAS RECENTLY elected Mies Catamount for 1952 by a majority vote over Pat Walters, Katie Holden, and Beverly Hamrick. Mary was nominated by WCC Catamount staff for the annual year 1962, and was elected by the WCC student body. Mary, a senior at WCC, Is at present practice teaching at Waynesville, N. C. She is majoring in Elementary Education and is Originally f'om Edneyville, N. C. Among some of her activities at WCC are Vice President of the Marshals Club, Social Chairman of the National Education Association, President of Madison Dormitory, and counselor for Woman's House Government. Mary was also active in American Childhood Association, the Baptist choir, the college choir, the May Court, and in the college intramural program.

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: 1962-01-12;
  • Date digitized: 2017-09-25
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  • Dimension: 21.5" x 16"
  • Pages: 4 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
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1962-01-12_Vol27_No11
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library