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  • THEWESTE lOLEMAN VOL. XXX, NO. 12 FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1965 CULLOWHEE, N. C. L. D. Bruce Is Candidate For Award Larry D. Bruce, a Senior from Miami, Florida, has passed the initial screening process for a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Award and will be interviewed in Greensboro on January 16 for the possible award of the Fellowship. On a scholarship at Miami- Dade Junior College, Bruce Larry D. Bruce completed his freshman and part of his sophomore years. He attended Southwestern Missouri State College and the University of Miami for the remainder of his sophomore work before coming to Western Carolina. He has been here for five quarters and both summer sessions of 1964. Bruce was offered scholarships to the University of Florida at Gainesville and to Florida State University at Tallahassee. A history major with a 3.89 quality point ratio, Bruce has made the Alpha honor roll and the Dean's List each quarter he has been at Western, He is a former student assistant in the history department. The first student from Western Carolina to be nominated for such an award, Bruce hopes to do graduate work in Philosophy at Harvard. Gaining an interview in the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship selection process is an honor, for approximately ten thousand Seniors are nominated each year by the colleges and universities of the United States and Canada. Of these ten thousand, only twenty-five percent survive the initial screening process and are granted interviews for the final award. In turn, the eventual recipients of the Fellowship are limited to one thousand. The purpose of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation Program is to attract men and women to the profession of college teaching. Band Goes To Inauguration Election For Miss Catamount, New VP Is Scheduled Jan. 12 The election of a new Vice- President of the Student Body of Western Carolina College to fill the position vacated by Steve George, who resigned at the end of Fall Quarter, will be held Tuesday, January 12, from 9:00 a.m. until 3 p.m. outside Stillwell Building. The filing dates for the office of Vice-President were January 6-8. When the CAROLINIAN went to press Senator Rocky Johnson, President Pro- tem of the Senate, was the only candidate who had filed to run for the vacant office. In regard to this election, President of the Student Body, Bill Melton stated, "If we are to continue the effective work of the Student Senate we are going to need the support of our students to come out and vote and to elect a competent Vice- President." The election of Miss Catamount will also be held on the same day. Nominees include Joanne Boden, Susan Crisp, Susan Hull, and Elvena Price. The nominees for Miss Catamount are selected by the Catamount staff. WCC Graduate Is Fatally ijured En Holiday Accident Miss Barbara Jean Hembree, a 1964 graduate of Western Carolina College was killed instantly Wednesday morning, December 30, when her car rammed a bridge underpinning on Interstate 40 near Marion. Miss Hembree received her Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Social Science and Psychology. She was an active member of the Canterbury Club while at Western Carolina Col- Miss Barbara Jean Hembree lege. In 1963 several of her poems were published in The Nomad. Since her graduation in May Miss Hembree had been employed as a caseworker by the Welfare Department in Morganton. She was a native of Jackson County and had graduated from Cullowhee High School in 1960. Miss Hembree is survived by her mother, Mrs. Jeanette Woodlief, and her stepfather, Paul D. Woodlief, of Kettrell, N. C; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. R. Victor Brown of Cullo whee; a brother, Allen S. Hembree of Roanoke, Va.; two sisters Mrs. Juanita Phillips and Miss Linda Hembree, both of Kittrell. Services were held New Year's Eve at St. David's Episcopal Church in Cullowhee with the Rev. James E. Taylor officiating. Burial was in the Cullowhee Cemetery. Mcintosh Accepts Summer Position Dr. Stephen Mcintosh of the Western Carolina College Department of Psychology has accepted a position at the University of Vermont for this summer. His duties will include teaching Psychology and Counselor Training during the second term starting July 6. in addition to his position here, Dr. Mcintosh is also a trustee of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. While in Vermont Dr. Mcintosh and his family will reside in Burlington. His tentative plans include a tour in Canada. Brown, McKelvin Attend Meet Anthony Brown and Dennis McKevlin of the Department of English of Western Carolina College attended the annual meeting of the Modern Languages associaiton in New York, December 27-29. The activities of this convention centered a- round lectures and round table discussions. The Modern Language Association is probably the foremost professional and scholarly organization in the fields of literature and language. The main objective of this organization is the promotion of scholarship in the field of languages. WCC Musicians First In Line Among Collegiate Groups The Western Carolina College marching band journeyed to Raleigh yesterday to take part in today's inauguration of North Carolina's Governor-Elect Dan K. Moore. Accompanied by the majorettes, the band left by bus at and should arrive back on campus late tonighi or early tomorrow morning. This year's inauguration ceremony was expected to break all records for attendance and from all indications Raleigh was more crowded this afternoon than it North Carolina Governor Dan K. Moore 12:00 yesterday. As the largest marchng band in the conference, the Catamounts took an honored position in the inaugural parade. The first college band in the line of march, the WCC group had only two of the bands preceding it: The Canton High School band, Moore's honor band, and that of Robert Scott, Lieutenant Governor-Elect, the Cary High School band, which along with the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, various military units and escort cars came ahead of the marching Catamounts in the Parade. While in Raleigh the band and majorettes attended several of the inaugural functions, including the traditional Inaugural Ball Thursday night. Due to the large contingent of Western North Carolinians who turned out to see the Governor-Elect from Canton take the oath of office, the ball was moved from Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium to Reynolds Coliseum on the North Carolina State campus. Band members are expected to attend, in addition to other events, a reception at the Governor's mansion this evening has ever been for the event. All Raleigh hotels were booked solid since just after November 3's election victory for Moore and hotels and motels within 50 miles of the state capital were reportedly filled also. The day's events were begun with military honors for now former Governor Terry Sanford and his wife at the mansion at 10:30 a.m. At 10:35 the former Governor and Mrs. Sanford, Governor-Elect and Mrs. Moore, and Lieutenant Governor-Elect and Mrs. Scott moved in military escort from the mansion to the Auditorium. At the Auditorium, a break with tradition was made when Mrs. Sanford and Mrs. Moore accompanied their husbands in the inaugural procession; They also sat with their husbands on the platform instead of behind them as has been done in the past. The noon inauguration was followed at 1:00 by military honors, including a 19-gun salute for Governor and Mrs. Moore. The inaugural luncheon, in another break with tradition, was not held. At 8:00 p.m. tonight the public reception will be held in the mansion.
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