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Western Carolinian Volume 27 Number 14

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  • Queen Of Song' To Appear In Lyceum Here Thursday Delia Reese, "The Queen of Song," will be featured in the second of a series of Lyceum programs here at WCC on February 15. The famed song stylist will cppear in Reid Gymnasium at 8 p.m. Thursday night and will be accompanied by The Saint Louis Blues Orchestra and The Meditation Singers. Miss Reese, who has risen to stardom by way of television, radio, night club appearances and recordings, ranks among the .op entertainers in the nation today. "The Meditation Singers," who will accompany her in Thursday mght's program, are a group of gospel singers formed by Miss in her college days at Wayne University in Detroit. Miss Reese broke into show busine be help of Ma- halia Jackson, who heard the young iile en tour in ,ese then sang with th< ?e for five ners. Miss Reese, then Del! Taliaferro, was forced to leave due to the death of her r. She decided on a singing career. Her first job was doubling as a singer and a hostess in a Detroit night club. Soon after, she was hired at Detroit's "Flame Club" where she had a to study the styles of the head- Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Al Hibbler, and others. When Delia finally got a :ng, the response was ional. She then took on the name After her first 1 a record The record was heard by York - Hawkins Orche Soon ! with ..rds. Hits v e Got .'.'arm," "Time After Time," and an al- neholy Baby," ice and style. Then in 1957 Delia broke into the big-time with a i ed "And That Re. 1 favorite among the as the ol That same year she was voted The Most Promising Girl Singer" by Disc Jockeys of America, Juke Box Operators, and Billboard, Cash Box, and Variety magazines. In 1958 Delia made her motion picture debut in the Columbia Pictures production, "Let's Rock." In the summer of 1959, Delia signed a new contract with RCA Victor Records. Subsequently she recorded a hit record, "Don't You Know," a tune taken from Puccini's La Boheme, which soared past the million mark in sales. Her top hits now are "Someday," "Bill Bailey," "And That Reminds Me," "Far Far Better Tilings," and "What Do You Think Joe." He albums include "Delia Cha Cha," "Delia By Starlight," "Amen," featuring the Meditation Singers Gospel Choir, "Story of the Blues," and "Melancholy Baby." Delia's television credits include the Ed Sullivan Show, the Patti Page Show, the Perry Como Show, the Jackie Gleason Show, and many others. On the Sullivan Show, she has appeared more than 20 times. In radio she appeared a total of 68 times on the Robert Q. Lewis Show on CBS. She has also appeared on the Palladium Show on BBC TV in London. Rated as one of the world's greatest singing performers, Miss Reese has appeared in such clubs as the Fountainebleu in Miami, the Flamingo in Las Vegas, the Coconut Grove in Hollywood, Blinstrub's in Bos ton, the Copacabana in New York, the Chicago Theatre, Mister Kelly's, and the Black Orchid, all in Chicago, El Morocco in Montreal and the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico. Delia has also made several tours including a South American Tour, a European tour, the Nat King Cole Tour, and the Oklahoma State Fair. The 29 year-old singer, who has been singing since the age of six, is also recognized as a polished cabaret and theatre performer. All students will be admitted free to the program. Others may purchase tickets on the night of the performance at the ticket booth in Reid Gymnasium. Prices are: adults, $1.50—children, .50. Students Have Chance To Reaffirm WCC In SACS Accreditation Rests On Students Students have the opportunity to help WCC reaffirm its accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. This possibility was pointed out by Dr. Gordon Sweet, Executive Secretary of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association, who spent Monday conferring with members of the faculty and administration, the first step in launching the periodic "institutional self-study" necessary for continuing accreditation. East Carolina College and Appalachian State Teichars College are currently in the process of making this self-study. In a talk Monday night before the combined faculties of the college and McKee Laboratory School, Dr. Sweet told his audience that WCC must once again "take stock" to determine how far it has come, where it now stands, and where it is going. ©lttJUtstorn (fiarolttrian "Voice of the Students" VOL. XXVII, NO. 14 Friday, February 9, 1962 Cullowhee, N. C. Radio Club Elects Officers Members of the Radio Club elected new officers Monday night to serve the rest of this school year. Norman Wiseman was re elected President. Treasurer Jon Allen and Business Manager Horace Lutz, were also re-elected to their positions. Randy Barnwell was elected vice president; Joe Sloop, station engineer; Paul Cloer, reporter; and Joe Clark, news director. The Radio Club, which con sists of approximately 45 mem bers, has been operating with limited financial resources all year, but has worked hard as a unit to over come its difficulties. The top-fifty records of the week, besides the local, state, and world news, are some of the features presented to the students by WWOO, which is operated completely by amateurs. Growing enthusiasm, plus a growing membership, has raised the standard of the pr«grams, and also the listening audience. Programs are broadcast 9 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. WWOO is found at 550 on the radio dial. Definite progress over the past ten years must be shown by a college before the Southern Association will re-affirm accreditation. The College must decide whether it is attracting primarily what Dr. Sweet called the "collegiate student — the rah- rah fraternity bearded man," the academic student, or the athlete. Committees will be set up in the near future to carry out the required self-study, which often takes two or three years to complete. The study normally helps an institutions to uncover its strengths and weaknesses and to evaluate its faculty, student body, curriculum, finances, physical facilities, purpose, and c image. Founded in 1895, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is an accrediting agency whose aim is to keep education "realistically close" to the changing needs of students. Because the organization, like others throughout the United States, is regional rather than state or national, it protects member schools from temporary political pressures. Although membership is voluntary, most junior and senior colleges, both state and private, seek to maintain the qualitative and quantitative standards necessary for membership. Bulletin Peace Corps Calls For Volunteers Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps, has announced plans for projects in eight new countries and invited qualified volunteers to apply for their choice of projects. Shriver said request for volunteers had been received from the Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Somali, Togo, Tunisia, Honduas, Jamica, and North Borneo. Shriver made the announcement at the O'Hare Inn in Chicago during a luncheon honor- irty six Vol: i! parting from O'Hare International Airport for service in Malaya. "There are many men and women who would like to serve in a particular area of fill a specific project need," Shriver said. "These eight new countries will enable them to volunteer for the kind of job they know they can do. More new projects providing many more new opportunities for service will be announced soon. "We are now in a position to begin recruiting for particular skills. Candidates will be able to apply for the project of their choice." Shriver has listed the eight countries as follows: Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Somali, Winners of the Student Union Pool Tournament held on January 29 are: Benny Johnson, first place; Wayne Gravitt, second place; and Bob Bailey, third place. The winners received $5, $2, and $1, respectively. Catamount Goes To Press; Earliest In College History To Be Distributed In Spring Quarter In a ping pong tournament held on February 5, Bob Prim won first place and Bruce Peterson won second place. The winners received $5 and $2, respectively. In a recent meeting of the Home Economics Club, a discussion of the various aspects of interior decorating was conducted by Ann Norris, Nancy Wright, and Libby Wilson. The club also discussed the possibilities of going ice skating and attending a movie. Bishop Warns WCC Students Against Superficial Piety "We often place too much emphasis upon petty social rules and regulations and lose sight of God." This was approximately the assertion of the Right Reverend M. George Henry, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, who spoke last week at a campus-wide assembly in Reid Gymnasium. The well-known clergyman challenged students to beware of following a personal "religion" based upon superficial piousness and taboos. A native of Chapel Hill, Bishop Henry has served as head of the WNC Diocese since 1948. Prior to that time he was a priest for various North Carolina parishes, including Charlotte and Tarboro. The churchman is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he later taught chemistry, and Virginia Theological Seminary. The Bishop's visit to the WCC campus was his second in recent weeks. During the weekend of February 23, he will serve as Celebrant for Holy Communion services at a conference of college students at "In-the-Oaks," Black Mountain's Episcopal retreat. The local Canterbury Club plans to send representatives. Summer Jobs Now Listed A directory which lists summer jobs for college students throughout the United States is now available, according to in formation received here this week. The SUMMER EMPLOYMENT DIRECTORY gives the names and addresses of 1,367 organizations which want to employ college students. It also gives the positions open, salary, and suggestions on how to make application — a sample letter of application and a personal data sheet. There are all types of summer camp jobs listed in every state, the announcement said. There are jobs at resorts in the New England states, the Northeastern states, the Great Lakes area and the Western states. College students, the release stated, are needed for summer work in 20 national parks and national monuments, 34 ranches in the West and New York State, summer theatres in 15 states, business and industry at scattered locations, and various departments of the government. In addition to these employers, many other organizations list their needs for summer help in the publication. Students wishing summer work may make application to the employers listed in the directory. Employers are included at their own request, and they invite applications from college students. Students who wish to have a SUMMER EMPLOYMENT DIRECTORY for their own use may obtain a copy by sending $3.00 to the publisher: National Directory Service, Dept. C, Box 32065, Cincinnati 32, Ohio. FINAL TOUCHES AND LAST MINUTE PREPARATION are given to the 1962 Catamount by (L to R) Anne Bauer, Art Instructor and Advi.sor, Bill Cullom, Editor, and Jeanne Crawford, Assistant Editor, before the annual goes to press on Thursday of next week. Tunisia, Togo, North Borneo I and Sarawak, Jamica, and Honduras. Shriver also said that several other Peace Corps projects recently announced are still accepting Volunteers and that candidates may apply for them. They are: Venezuela, Bolivia, and Peru. SFJC Hits At Book Thieves The following memorandum was recently issued by Dean A. K. Hinds: "An unfortunate situation has arisen concerning the improper checking of library books. In fact the situation is that the library books are simply being carried from the library without being checked at all. "The Student-Faculty Judiciary Committee has asked me to inform the student body that any person found with a book improperly checked from the library will be severely disciplined. At some colleges such an act would be dealt with by dismissal from the institution and such action could take place at Western Carolina College. The Committee also asked me to inform the student body that in case improperly checked books were found in any room, all occupants of that room would be found equally guilty. This means that each person in a room should see to it that neither he nor his roommate has such books in the room. This again is a case of a few people causing the many to suffer for their actions. When these books are improperly checked, in case some member of the student body should wish to refer to them, they are not to be found since the librarian has no record of where they are. This, as you can see, might easily cause a hardship on many members of the student body. The Committee feels that the great majority of the students do use the library properly and it does not want any person who is so using the library to feel that he is being censured. "It is my sincere hope that each one of you will do his level best to see that the library is properly used hereafter." Hinds Goes To Dean's Confab WCC Takes Lead In CCAA Western Carolina College played the leading role in organizing the new Carolina Conference Annual Association. The objective of the CCAA is the betterment of college annuals in the Carolinas by holding meetings, devising a rating system, and swapping ideas and information with other schools in the conference. Bill Cullom, Editor-in-chief of organization will help Western Carolina to find out how its yearbook stands in relation to others in the conference. It is now hard to get this information because of the distance between WCC and other conference schools. Cullom hopes that the first yearly meeting can be held Spring Quarter just after annuals have been issued. Officers of the CCAA are to be elected at this time. Dean A. K. Hinds will leave tomorrow for Harvard University, where he will attend a six- day institute for academic deans. A grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York makes possible the annual institute for academic deans, academic vice presidents and similar officers. Participation is limited to 35-40 deans from colleges throughout the United States who have had at least five years' experience in positions of this type. Discussions will center on such aspects of their job as faculty recruitment and development, curriculum planning, and budget policy. Travel expenses are underwritten by the Institute for College and University Administrators. Dean Hinds has recently been informed that his tuition, room, and board fees will also be waived to make it possible for him to attend the institute. The 1962 CATAMOUNT will go to press February 15 according to Bill Cullom, Editor-in- Chief. Cullom said the press deadline for the yearbook, copies of which will be distributed a- bout a month and a half before the end of Spring Quarter, is the earliest in Western Carolina history. Delmar Printing Company of Charlotte will print the CATAMOUNT, which will contain approximately 60 pages more than the 1961 edition. This is one of the biggest one-year increases a Western Carolina yearbook has ever had. The 1962 annual will also feature more color than preceding editions. Editor Cullom gained information on annual production by Nomad Staff Sets Deadline The Nomad staff met last Monday night to decide upon the method of submitting poetry to the Nomad magazine. Persons who have poetry they wish to submit should type three copies of each poem exactly as they wish it to appear in the magazine. To the poetry they should attach, in a sealed envelope, their names and the names of their poems. Poems for consideration may be given to Reginald McCelland, Nancy Harmon, Biff Maye, Tommy Joyner, Clyde Ray, John Streetman, and Ella Jane Cabe. If unable to contact these students, a person may submit his work to Dr. Agnes Stout of the English Department. The deadline for submitting work is February 14. WCC Ranks Second In In-Service Ed. Program Of the 19 colleges and universities now taking part in the state's new in-service teacher education program, WCC ranks second in the number of instructors participating. The 1961 General Assembly appropriated $300,000 to the State Board of Education for the professional improvement of teachers now teaching in public schools. This new program will enable the State Board of Education to carry out a program of in-service education for teachers in the public schools of North Carolina. The chief objective of the program is to upgrade and bring up to date the subject matter knowledge of the classroom teachers. This will be done by Board sponsorship of area institutes, evening and Saturday classes, and summer school studies which designated teachers will attend for professional improvement. The appropriation will be used to hire subject matter specialists to instruct the teachers participating in the program and to defray other expenses, including a limited number of summer school scholarships. The appropriation was requested in order to improve the quality of education received by the children of the State. Under this program competent college subject matter specialists will be paid to teach teachers in classes held at night or on Saturdays. Participation in any of the programs may or may not carry college credit. If credit is involved, the program must be conducted under the supervision of an institute of higher learning. Meet The Prof Returns To TV "Meet the Professor," ABC's weekly TV series, has returned to the air. The half-hour shows are designed to present a realistic picture of college professors and their activities. Each week a professor from a different college or university is featured. Emphasis is placed on his professional life in the classroom, laboratory and office. The series appears locally every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. over Asheville's channel 13. Educational Dept. Bulletin Now In Print The Education and Psychology Department has begun publication of a quarterly Education Department News Bulletin. The fall quarter edition was publish ed in November and the quarter edition is now being prepared. The bulletins are sent to recent Western Carolina gxadu ates and public school superin tendents. The Education Department anticipates that the bulletin will serve the following purposes: 1. To maintain contact with recent teacher education graduates. 2. To inform graduates of teacher-education activities on the campus. 3. To serve as an in-service follow-up instrument. 4. To assist graduates to maintain contact with each other. 5. To serve to publicize the extension of on-campus night and Saturday classes. 6. To assist graduates toward professional advancement. visiting Delmar Printing Company, observing their printing processes and talking over problems of annual production with members of the North State Student Government Association. Cullom stated that this year's annual, which is dedicated to Dr. Rosser H. Taylor of the Social Science Department, gives more dignity to the graduating senior. Cullom and his staff feel that this year's improvements will bring The CATAMOUNT up to par with other yearbooks in the Carolinas Coii Cullom had high praise for his sponsors, Mr. Tyson Cathey, Mr. Duane Oliver, and Miss Anne Bauer, and his staff which is headed by Jeanne Crawford, Assistant to the Editor, and Ted Home, Business Manager. Other members of the 1962 CATAMOUNT staff are: C. W. Hopper, Amelia Mozingo, Sherry Gray, Isaac Royal, Mary Frances Carpenter, David Leon Evans, Jr., Frances Jeanne Dudley, Judy Allen, and Paul David Cloer; Roy Lee Williams, Linda Janice Ruff, Ann Hyder, Rita Leger Martin, Annette Yvonne Mc- Carson, Beverly Hamrick, Vivian Leatherwood, Patricia Ann Jones, Katrina D. Elmore, and Linda Willis; Joanne Brown, Jo Anne Hopper, John Shuler, R. Keith Cochran III, Carolyn Smither- man, Jane Long, William G. Smith, Elaine King, Sally Audry, and Joan Bruning. Cullom also expressed thanks to the student body as a whole for its enthusiasm for the CATAMOUNT. Young men literally "wore their hearts on their sleeves" during early celebrations of Valentine's Day. World Book Encyclopedia relates that men chose their valenties by drawing slips of paper with names from a vase. Each young man then wore the paper with his lady's name on his sleeve for several days. Student Senate Ousts Peterson Bruce Peterson, Junior Student Senator, has been relieved of his duties as senator as of the January 29, 1962, meeting of the Student Senate. The reasons for Peterson's dissmal are stated as follows: A senator shall be automatically dropped from membership for the following cause: Three unexcused absences per quarter. Any senator unseated for any reason by the Senate, however, shall have the right to appeal to the Executive Committee of the Faculty, whose decision is final. Peterson had been absent from five Senate meetings this year. Peterson was excused from a number of meetings during Fall Quarter, due to football, but was not excused during Winter Quarter because of basketball. However, it has been reported that since Peterson plays basketball, he would automatically be excused from the meetings that conflicted with games he would have to attend. The motion for Peterson's dismissal was presented by Steve Teague, seconded by Glenn Pitcher, and passed by a majority of the members present. Teague also moved that the Senate Office be opened to receive nominations for the Junior Senator to replace Peterson.
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