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PAGE 6 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1964 Films This Week Sinatra And Lawford Star In Last Movie Of Quarter The only movie being shown on campus this week is the movie being shown tonight in Hoey Auditorium. There will be no movie shown in Hoey on Tuesday, March 3 because of final examinations. The movie playing tonight is NEVER SO FEW, starring Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollo- brigida, Peter Lawford and Steve McQueen. "Never So Few" is an adaptation of the best selling novel by T. Cha- males. The movie is an example of the "war is hell in Hollywood, but you should have seen it in Burma," type war story. The action sequence is simple enough A scotch- drinking, machine gun-toting, guerrilla captain is single- handely winning the war a- gainst his inferior Japanese enemy. Retiring from the war long enough to recuperate from the ravages of war and replenish his stock of scotch, Captain Reynolds (Frank Sinatra) meets Gina Lollobrid- ida and falls in love with her. The fact that the young lady is a kept woman does not restrain the good captain for he understands. He understands a lot of other things also. For instance, the easiest way to minister to one of his soldiers who has been shot In the stomach is to shoot him in the head. Of course., this points out the fact that war is really not the glamorous fun game that recruiting officers tell eighteen-year-old kiddies that It la. The Captain isn't all bad, however, as is shown in the latter part of the movie. In this scene, he stumbles onto a Chinese village which has been raiding American truck convoys. Incensed at this outrage, the Chinese supposedly being our allies, the good Captain massacres the entire village. This causes a great deal of friction between the Chinese and Americans, and Captain Reynolds is recalled from the jungle. After an interminable legal hassle, Reynolds clears himself, and the war is over for him. The movie is an adventurous, action-packed look at the magnificent American fighting man. What other country could produce such a soldier as the flippant, crooked protege portrayed by Steve McQueen? Or for that matter, what other country could produce a soldier that could fight a war on two fronts at the same time? One front was Burma's, and from observing the a- mount of footage devoted to the other front one would think that the movie should have been entitled "Never So Many." Show time for this raw, rough, battle saga is 7:30 p.m., and admission is 25$. —L.S. Pledge Activities Almost Over; Greeks Plan Spring Functions With Winter Quarter drawing rapidly to a close, most of the Greek organizations on campus are completing pledge activities and formulating plans for Spring Quarter functions. The pledges of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity recently worked for the college Maintenance Department to earn money for their pledge project. Following the regular Monday night fraternity meeting the pledges served coffee to the actives and pledge Hans Tholander of Bor- lange, Sweden, showed slides and spoke on Sweden and its cultural, social, and political life. The Teke pledges will start on their pledge paddles immediately following quarter break, while the actives will be making plans for their annual Sweetheart Ball to be held Spring Quarter. Kappa Alphi fraternity will be hosts an an open dance to be held tonight at 8:00 p.m. in the Gallery of Hunter Library. The music for this Informal dance will be provided by the Cardigans. KAPi's actives are preparing for the annual Old South Ball which will be held in Asheville from March 13th through the 15th, and includes chapters from throughout the state. Their pledges are currently working on their paddles, which will be carried the first week of Spring Quarter. An open combo party will be given in the Gallery of Hunter Library on the first week end following the students' return from their long-awaited quarter break. Sponsoring this dance will be the brothers of Delta Sigma What Composes A Coed Phi fraternity, the largest on the Western Carolina campus. This party constitutes part of a tentative Spring Quarter schedule announced by Ken Rogers, president of the local chapter. The schedule includes, among many other activities, an "Engineered Leadership Banquet" to be held in mid-March, the highlight of which will be a talk by a prominent North Carolina political figure. He will, before the banquet, speak to an open audience of Western Carolina students. Also on Delta Sig's Spring agenda is a cookout, a record party, and their annual Shipwreck Ball, all of which will be for brothers only. February 24th began the week of concentrated activities for the pledges of Delta Zeta sorority with the traditional carrying of the paddles which will continue until they are initiated. On Tuesday night the sisters treated their "Little Sisters" to dinner at the Parkway Restaurant in Sylva, while on Monday evening the pledges presented a hootenanny in front of the Student Union building. As a campus spirit project the pledges constructed a "Back-the-Cats" sign for the cafeteria. This was displayed prior to the Cats participation in the Lexington Tournament. To climax their week of activities, the pledges will sponsor a combo party Saturday night in Franklin. The entire agenda for the party is in the hands of the pledges and they are expected to entertain everyone present with their dramatization of a skit about the sisters of the local chapter. Exam Schedule Monday, March 2 8:00—10:00 . . . 10.00 classes 10:00—12:00 . . . 1:00 classes 1:00—3:00 . . . 8:00 classes Tuesday, March 3 8:00—10:00 . . . 11:00 classes 10:00—12:00 . . . 4:30 classes 1:00—3:00 . . . 9:00 classes Wednesday, March 4 8:00—10:00 . . . 2:00 classes 10:00—12:00 . . . 3:00 classes 1:00—3:00 . . . 12:00 classes 'Blue Jeans' Rival Beatles For Swing London — With the Beatles visit to the United States, news comes that the rival Mersey group, the Swinging Blue Jeans, has been booked for Moscow. The Swinging Blue Jeans are currently No. 5 on the British hit parade with their number "Hippy Hippy Shake." The Blue Jeans declare they will operate in Moscow with balalaikas instead of guitars, if amplification is possible — and perhaps also permission. By a swinging coincidence it is reported here that the Moscow youth newspaper has just printed a long article about the Beatles, (by John Allan May from The Christian Science Monitor.) Dr. Marcus Bloch, L-Hy. President Eastern Magical Society P. O. Box 118 New York 9, N. Y. Since time began, men have been trying to understand and to describe woman in fitting manner. Poets have written poems about her, and musicians have put those poems to music, but few writers have painted a more clever wordpicture of feminity than did one who asked the question, "What is a coed?" and then proceeded to answer his own question. The author who drew that word-picture signed no name, so he is lost in the fogs of anonymtiy. His word-picture follows: Between the innoncence of girlhood and the dignity of womanhood, we find the amazing creature called the coed. Coeds come in assorted sizes and weights, but all have the same creed: To make it known with loud fanfare that they are on a diet and promptly forget it at mealtime. Coeds are found everywhere on the campus—blocking doorways, going up and down stairways, running for classes, stepping off curbs in front of trucks, whispering in the library and losing their pews in church. Mothers worry arjout them, fathers dote on them, little brothers hate them, teachers tolerate them, and college boys can't make up their minds. A coed is a primness with a run in its stocking, beauty with curlers in its hair and sophistication with its lipstick smeared. When you are trying to be serious, a coed is a laughing, bouncing, bundle of glee. But say something witty and expect her to laugh, her brain turns to cement and she looks at you GAS FOR LESS Cullowhee Hi-Way Service Tires -:- Tubes -:- Wash Grease -:- Batteries -:- Oil Radford Hooper, Owner-Mgr. Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop Factory Worn Shoes Expert Shoe Repair PHONE 586-2457 8YLVA, N. C. wide eyed, wtihout the least notion that anything funny has been said. A coed is a composite—she has the nerve of a Fall morning, the persuasiveness of a Philadelphia lawyer, the de- mureness of a Mona Lisa, the mind of a Machiavelli, the tenacity of a shark, the warmheartedness of a saint, the optimism of a gambler, and a secret weapon that turns men to jelly—tears. She likes new clothes, dates, boys, Christmas vacation, eating out, talking, convertibles, athletes, furry stuffed animals, young handsome teachers, Spring, being sophisticated, and expensive drinks. Nobody else can attend college without deciding in what she is majoring. Nobody else can get so much fun out of sunlamps, window shopping or ticket stubs. Nobody else can cram into one small handbag three weeks' notes, four tubes of lipstick, a manicure set, 27 cents in change, a comb, 12 bobby pins, three keys, a bid to last year's prom, a powder puff, two chewed pencils, a package of filter cigarettes (no matches, of course), four sticks of gum and an autographed picture of Julius La Rosa. A coed is a magical creature — you can lock your heart a- gainst her, but she'll steal the key; you can keep her out of your life, but you can't keep her out of your mind. Might as well give up — she is your captor, you boss, and your master. But when you bring her home at night from a date with only shattered pieces of your bankroll left, she can make you feel like a million when she breathes these five magic words: "I had a wonderful time." Maroon and Gold Elon College pw you KNOW? Easter, with all of its colorful customs and traditions, remains one of our loveliest holidays. From the pages of The Book of Knowledge, here are some facts about popular Easter customs, that may be new to you. r^S»—— Our modern Easter Parade stems from an old custom called the Easter Walk. In rural Europe, Easter Churchgoers walked through the village in procession, chatting and singing hymns. Today, particularly on New York's Fifth Avenue, the Easter Parade has become a fashion showcase. —The Book of Knowledge, Vol. 3 pg. 1046 Why do we paint Easter Eggs? In early times, eggs were forbidden food during Lent—so by Easter Sunday, everyone was hungry for them. One of the nicest gifts to give a friend —was a hand-painted, hard cooked egg. -The Book of Knowledge, Vol. 3 pg. An American custom is the egg-rolling contest on the White House lawn each Easter Monday. The child who rolls the largest number of undamaged (hard-boiled) eggs is the winner. The custom, of European origin, was introduced to the United States by Dolly Madison, wife of *y>i our Fourth President. >SV -The Book of Knowl- edge, Vol. 3 pg. 1046.

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: 1964-02-28;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-04
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  • Dimension: 16" x 10.5"
  • Pages: 12 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_1964-02-28_Vol29_No18
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library