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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1964-12-11_Vol30_No11_01

THE WESIlK^BOLENlAN ^ : If, ¥i *%^&» VOL. XXX, NO. 11 Friday, December 11, 1964 CULLOWHEE, N. C. 115 Students Moke Alpha Fall Quarter A total of 115 students have been listed on Alpha Honor Roll for Fall Quarter, 1964. These include Joyce A. Absher, Brenda Bradley Adams, Robert J. Baker, Patricia A. Aldwin, Arnold E. Barrett, Jack Dean Baughn, Darnell A. Blankenship, C. K. Boyd, J. O. Braswell, Bette Bridges, W. C. Bridges, H. D. Brown, Harry Browne, Larry Dean Bruce, John Whitley Bru- ton, Richard K. Bullock, L. B. Burch, Lynda M. Burch, R. L. Burnette. Also K. G. Cassell, Barbara A. Chapman, S. E. Christopher, Fred H. Cothern,- Michael D. Daniels, Laura Angela Duckworth, Barbara E. Duncan, R. J. Echerd, Jr., M. John Edwards, G. G. Elledge, John M. Fedock, M. R. Fowler. Also Gerald Jay Gantt, Patsy S. Garrett, Mary Elizabeth Garrison, J. J. Gillespie, N. S. Goode, Carolyn'Martin Graham, Linda Jane Gribble, Frances G. Guffey, M. W. Hartley, Bonnie Jean Heim, Emil Henning, J... R. Hollingsworth, R. E. Hooper, L. M. Huff, Joan Davis Humphries, P. Ann Hyder. Rosemary Celia Jamerson, Carla Anne Janto, H. T. Jones, Linda Faye Jones, L. F. Kehoe, Jr., J. S. Killian, L. B. Kelly, E. D. Kilpatrick, W: R. Kilpatrick, John G. Koone, J. M. Landers, Elmyra J. Ledford, Ralph S, Leete. Also K. Patricia Marbut, Paul R. Martin, Jr., Linda Lee Math- eson, D. A. McClure, C. R. McDonald, Lucy M. Meadows, T. L. Medford, C. R. Mehaffey, R. J. Milliken, Patrick C. Mqn- agham, Dorothy Jean Moore. J. L. Morris, III,1'-Shirley Faye Moses, Terry Wakef Newman, John L. Nunn, Jr;, John Crosley Overton. Also C. K. Patterson, Linda Sue Phillips, N. W. Pool, H. T Pressley, H. D. Price, Linda F. Pruitt, Pamela Ann Ramsey, D A. Ray, Mrs. Anna Jo Reese, E M. Rigdon, S. S. Sanders, L. W. Saunders, M. E. Shepherd, Susan Jacqueline Sloan, B. G. Smart, J. Z. Smathers, Barry K. Smith, Donald Paul Smith, J. G. Smith, J. L. Spangenberg, S. R. Span- gerberg, R. D.' Starnes, Van Allen Stayton, R. E. Stephen, P. A. Stoutland, Clarence' U. Summey. ■ ■ - Also Hans Fredrik.Tholander, Shelby J. Thomas, M. R. Troxler R. C. Vocak, E. N,,Wallace Sandra June West, H. W. Wilkerson, Myra Aellene Williamson, Lou Ann Wilson, Sue M. Wilson, Tom L. Woodard, ■ Fredrick Ray Wright, and E. Wylie. Approximately 300 students were listed on the Beta Honor Roll A. 3.5 quality point ratio is required for Alpha Honor Roll, and a 3.0 for Beta. Convocation Is Held Wed. Five Students Are Appointed To The Standards Committee Recently appointed students to the Standards Committee for the 1964-65 school year are, pending approval from the President of the College, Eddie Woodard, Charlie Stephens, John Reid, Cindy Borden, and Carolyn Graham. These appointements were effected by the President of the Student Body with the exception of Miss Graham, whose appointment is automatic with her position as Secretary of the Student Senate. The three-way check system between the Senate, the Standards Committee, and the Student Activities Committee necessitates that the Secretary of the Student Senate also serve as the Secretary of the Standards Committee, thus Miss Graham's automatic appointment. Members of the Student Activities Committee are Deans Renfro and Cosper, Mr. Jack Barnett, Mrs. Julian Hirt, and Mrs. Carl Killian. The Student Activities Committee comprises the faculty part of the Standards Committee and has standing membership. The Vice-President of the Student Body serves as the Chairman of the Standards Committee, the purpose of which is to up-date the Student Handbook and in turn the rules and regulations of the college. As chairman of the committee, the Vice-President of the Student Body calls all committee meetings. As a policy-making body, the committee has the right to make recommendations to the Policies Committee. In gathering information for the article the reporter found that some of the faculty members on the Standards Committee, as well as several administrative officials, knew little or nothing about the workings of the committee. Graham Speaks At Assembly Honoring College's 75th Year Cast Given For Little Theatre Production Of 'A Far Country" Casting for the Little Theatre at Cullowhee's winter production of the Henry Denker play A Far Country has been completed. The drama is a biography dramatizing the early psychoanalytical experiments of Sigmund Freud. It centers around Freud's work with Elizabeth Von Ritter, a patient crippled for no apparent physical reason. The role of Sigmond Freud has been assigned to Bill Shawn Smith. Smith directed the recent production of Bus Stop for the local theatre group, and appeared this past summer as a member of the resident acting group at the Triangle Theatre in Durham, N. C. He is a member of Kappa Fraternity and Editor of the Western Carolinian. Lynn Parraga, a Freshman Theatre Arts major, will portray the patient Elizabeth Von Ritter. Freud's mother and his wife will be played by Karen Black- more and Dian Everhardt. Other members of the cast include Virgil Johnson, Dave Brown, Sue Warren, Paul Seymoure, and Bunny Wallace. Thad Roberts is production stage manager. A Far Country is being staged by Miss Josefina Niggli, Chairman of the Theatre Arts Major. Niggli most recently directed Blithe Spirit and Tartuffe for the Little Theatre. She is the author of many plays, and her published novels include Mexican Village and A Miracle for Mexico. The play opened on Broadway in April of 1961 and became an instant success. Members of the original cast included Kim Stan ley as Elizabeth and Steven Hill as Freud. Henry Denker has this to say about his play: "There is an iconclastic school of biographers which seeks to impress by shocking. I must confess that I would rather understand and explain. For I think men become great because of the truth, not despite it. This I tried to do in the Sigmund Freud of A Far Country." The local production is now in rehearsal in preparation for an early February opening. Attention! The National Teachers Examination will be administered on the campus of Western Carolina College on Saturday, December 12, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:20 p.m. Elementary Education majors will take the exam in room 336 of Stillwell Building. The Secondary Education majors will report to rooms 310 and 324. The Common Exam, Book One, will be administered from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Book Two, 1:30 to 3:10 p.m.; and the Teaching Area Exam, 3:15 to 5:20 p.m. Assignments for the exam will be posted Friday on the Education bulletin board in Stillwell Building. The Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Western Carolina College wus carried into the third phase Wednesday, December 9, with a Convocation featuring the keynote speaking of Dr. Frank Porter Graham. The event was held at 10:00 a.m in Reid Gymnasium. Dr. Graham, still active in public life, has been a noted leader in education and government for more than forty years. As early as 1921, he established the Graham standard that has since netted the famous American four honorary doctorates and the praise of two American Presidents. The initial leadership step taken by Graham was that of an organizer to raise special funds for state institutions. Within ten years he became the eleventh president of the Greater University of North Carolina, where he had received his master's degree in 1908, and from this vantage point joined the United Nations Security Committee as a representative of the American government and also served as international mediator. In this post he signed the Indonesia Pact which ended war in that country in 1948. This same year Graham stepped down from the role of a government diplomat to return as chief at UNC. He received the personal praise and recognition of President Truman at the conclusion of his official government service. Honored on many occasions for his contribution to society, he received the Clandennian A- ward for interest in rights and responsibilities of workers in 1946 and the title of "one of the 25 most fascinating Americans" by famed historian Charles Beard. Among the other elite of this particular group are Franklin D. Roosevelt and Will Rogers. Dr. Graham also holds the position of permanent member of the Board of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. The Convocation program opened with an invocation by the Reverend J. D. Whitesides of the Sylva Presbyterian Church. The College Chorus, under the direction of Thomas J. Cole, sang "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones." Dr. Paul A. Reid, President of the College, then welcomed all guests and visitors and recognized the present Board of Trustees. Members of the Board included Chairman Jonathan Woody of Waynesville, Vice- Chairman J. Ramsey Buchanan of Sylva, E. J. Whitmire of Franklin, Thomas L. Mallonee of Candler, Arnold Hyde of Asheville, Mrs. Dan K. Moore of Canton, Morgan Cooper of Forest City, Modeal Walsh of Robbinsville, R. Guy Sutton of Sylva, Sam J. Ervin, HI, of Mor- <iyce A. Whitimre of Hendersonville, and Charles O. Van Gorder of Andrews. Following President Reid's welcome, Dr. W. E. Bird, President Emeritus of the College, recognized the College's special guests at the Convocation. These included past Student Body President, past Alumni Presidents, former professors, families of the original Board of Trustees, and families of the past Presidents of the College. Those on the first Board of Trustees were R. H. Brown, J. D. Coward, Thomas A. Cox, D. D. Davies, William A. Henson, William C. Norton, L. J. Smith, R. L. Watson, and William Wilson, all of the Cullowhee community. Presidents of the College have been Robert Lee Madison, who served from 1889-1912 and from 1920-1923; Alonzo Carlton Reynolds, whose term was from 1912- 1920; Hirman Tyram Hunter, who held the office from 1923- 1947; Paul A. Reid, President since 1957 and who also served from 1949-1956; and W. E. Bird, who served during Reid's absence in 1956-57. All but Madison's family were able to be present at Wednesday's ceremony. President Reid then returned to the stand to present Dr. D. Hiden Ramsey, who introduced Dr. Graham to the audience. Dr. Ramsey has been instrumental in the development of WCC, having been Chairman of the Board of Trustees during the school's Fiftieth Anniversary in 1939. In addition, he has been the General Manager of the Asheville Citizen, Chairman of the North Carolina Board of Higher Education, and advisor to governors. The recently-built Asheville-Biltmore College Library is named for him and he wrote the foreward to President Emeritus Bird's history of WCC, Progress of an Idea. In introducing Dr. Graham, Dr. Ramsey commented on WCC's "truly miraculous growth" and Dr. Graham's connection with the College. Dr. Graham's speech, in which he commented on the disinherited peoples of the world, public education in North Carolina and the nation, and the rise of democracy in America, was accented by standing ovations both before and following his address. Near the conclusion of his speech, Dr. Graham said, "All our people should be free to struggle together for a noble America and a peaceful world." Following Dr. Graham's speech, the Alma Mater was sung, concluding the 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 College
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• Date
  • Date original: 1964-12-11;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-05
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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_1964-12-11_Vol30_No11
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library