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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1965-03-26_Vol30_No18_03

Friday, March 26, 1965 The Western Carolinian Wander inn** By John Bruton Next to a revolutionary or a Communist, the worst thing in the world I can think of being called is a flower hater. Nobody hates flowers, do they? I mean, not really. So, kind reader, inasmuch the spirit of a reformed subversionist as I can muster, I copy Salinger in urging you to "accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of very early-blooming parenthesis: ((((()))))." I can only regret that there are not enough lilies in this valley to offer you a finer bouquet of Genuine Cullowhee Lilies (of which they say, "tangible proof" will be apparent this spring. What tangible proof? Why the need? It Is true, I hear that somewhere on the mysterious grounds of Moore Dorm, one is apt (or is it liable) to find a specimen or so of our namesake flower. For Pete's sake, though, don't go looking for It there! It's not worth getting caught for. Since this is after all, the Valley of the Lilies, one would expect to be able to find some that are not cultivated in such treacherous places. Now, let me see. A mile or so down the road we find the notorious sign affirming the existence of the flower in question. Presumably, everything between the school and there may aplty be called the Cullowhee Valley. Now just suppose I were a member of the Help Revive the Cullowhee Lily Association of America. Where would I go to see the darling thing growing, uninhibited by a flower pot? This is my third spring here for Pete's sake, and I haven't seen a lily yet — except for once in the cafeteria. Maybe that's where the thing is supposed to grow. Honest. Cullowhee is a likeable place. I almost hate to admit It (my flower loving heart blushes) but sometimes I actually like this cute little valley. The mountains aren't so bad as long as you don't look straight at them, and the river is quaint as long as you don't try to fish in it. And the lily? Well if you have the guts to resort to Platonic abstraction and conjure up the eternal Form of the missing flower, it's absolutely beautiful. There are some things I'm not quite sure about, though. What happened to the thing? Before somebody instinctively jumps in and says the white man went around stomping each lily with his hob-nail boots I retract the question. I rather suspect that it was a puny sort of flower to start with, but, no doubt, a pretty sort of puny. You may not believe it but I feel sort of sorry for the old bloom. For goodness sake let's try to bring it back. Why don't we take down the Cullowhee sign and put up something like "Drive Carefully, Elusive Lilies Somewhere, Honest." We might even post wanted posters to discourage floramaniacs. Once again for posterity and cause of self defense, I think I've leaned to love the ghostly flower. Really! What I don't like are lily allusions and phony signs. In the first place when a sign says there's lilies around somewhere, there really ought to be some around somewhere I think. Somewhere you can see them. As for the famous English translation of the Cherokee work "Cullowhee," everybody knows, for Heaven's sake, it At Random By Joan Burnett Now that the official first day of spring has passed and the annual monsoon season has set in, the various institutions that comprise the rites of spring for Cullowhee may once again be taken from the shelf and dusted off for use. One of the earliest signs of spring in the Valley of the Lilies is the institution of wall-sitting which reaches its height when the weather turns warm and the various walls around campus are suddenly covered with human beings instead of ivy. The most noteworthy one is the wall in front of the Student Union which becomes the after-dinner gathering place of everyone who is anyone in the social strata of Cullowhee. People who never set foot in the Union during the winter months suddenly reappear from wherever it is they hibernate off season, and the wall takes on the general characteristics of a combination garden party and police lineup. Even the evening bridge game is sometimes moved outdoors in honor of the season. Sleeping is the major extracurricular activity during the spare hours of winter quarter, but as the sun shines warmly over the clostered nook between Albright and Benton dormitories and the boards on the sunporch of Moore are re- nailed, sunbathing once again becomes the vogue. Even people who didn't go to Daytona for Easter can look as though they did. Many industrious souls have been known to loiter an entire day basking in the golden rays which bounce off of the "creek" behind Albright-Benton. The local drive-ins reopen and the movie in Hoey is not the Friday night event that it used to be. Sleeping in class is not confined to the people who were up late studying (?), but becomes the habit of almost everyone. Gazing out the window is much more rewarding when the weather is warm, and cutting classes easier to succumb to. So it is, that when the rains stop and the flu epidemic moves on, spring and the traditional institutions of the season return once more to make the educational process even more difficult. means "valley of the lilies." That is, that is what the original translator said it means. I suggest that he may have been a little looped on fire water. A reliable scholar tells me, though I hate to be the one to tell you, that Cullowhee, alas, doesn't mean valley of the lilies at all. It means VALLEY OF THE LOTUS! Come to think of it, there are probably as many lotuses in Cullowhee as there are lilies. Student Government State Scene By Rep. Lacy Thornburg Two highly controversial bills were defeated on the floor of the House during the past week. One would have raised auto liability insurance coverage from 5/10 to 10/20. Main opposition to the bill (Mine from Legislators who had the feeling that the existing laws concerning assigned risk and cancellations should be revised before additional premiums were levied by law against policyholders. Daylight Saving Time was defeated by a close margin after many of the northeastern Legislators — previously voting against the bill in past sessions — supported the measure on the floor. The bill admittedly would have hurt outdoor dramas and the theater industry. A bill to change the primary date from Saturday to Tuesday was defeated, and another bill to allow new North Carolina residents to vote for President, if they have been in the state at least sixty days, seems to have a good chance for passage. A bill to limit charges made by second mortgage lenders has been introduced in both the House and Senate, and probably will be passed into law. The long awaited utilities bill has been introduced and seems certain of passage. Main features — taxation of cooperatives, exclusive territorial jurisdiction, and new authority for the Utilities Commission to certify generating plants. Opposition from the municipalities will likely be ineffective. The general feeling: If the public utilities and the co-operatives are in bed together, lets cover them with the legislative blanket of approval. Governor Moore's message calls for spending an additional $72.5 million and points to an additional $68 million in revenue. No new taxes are proposed. Main features of message — 10% raise for State employees, 5-5 raise for public school teachers, $12 million additional to capital outlay, apparent deficit to be adjusted $4Vi million. For Gant Shirts VISIT THE STEVEN VANCE MEN'S SHOP in Winners ASHEVILLE, N. C. Standards and Alcohol by EDDIE WOODARD The Standards Committee finally met on Monday, March 22, 1965, at 4:00 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of Joyner Building. The express purpose of this committee and the meeting was to begin work on the 1965-66 edition of the Student Handbook which is published yearly. In the past this has been a very difficult job and Chet Gatlin, vice-president of the student body and also chairman of the Standards Committee hopes to have the revised edition ready for the printer before the end of the Spring Quarter. In this attempt to complete the handbook before the end of the academic year, Gatlin has divided the handbook into six different sections appointing two people (one student and one faculty member) to work on an assigned section. With this method it is hoped that revision will be speeded up and that only eight more meetings will be necessary for complete revision. One section of the handbook will require the attention of the officers of clubs. This, of course, is the section dealing with religious clubs, Greek organizations, professional organizations, etc. All of these organizations are asked to submit the names of their newly elected officers for the 1965-66 academic year to any member of this committee. The committee members consist of the following faculty and student members: Mr. Jack Barnett, Dean Cosper, Dean Renfro, Mr. Julian Hirt Mrs. Carl Killian. Paul Cabe, Eddie Woodard, Cindy Borden, Charles Stevens, John Reid, and Hazel MeCormick. • * * For the benefit of some 900 fellow students, who signed a petition at the beginning of the year, let me inform you that the Student-Faculty Judiciary Committee has begun work on a new proposed alcoholic policy which will be submitted to the Policy Committee within a few weeks. The new proposed policy will not be released to the students until it has been sent to the Policy Committee for final action. However, you can feel assured that hours have been spent with much consideration on the problem. At the last meeting on Wednesday, March 10, the Student-Faculty Judiciary Committee adjourned at 10:30 p.m. having been in session since 7:00 p.m. New proposals have been made in some cases and more will be made. In order that a fair and concrete policy is ar- rived at, it is necessary for the time element to be considered. It is hoped that in the very near future the proposals can be sent to the Policy Committee for acceptance or rejection. As soon as final proposals are reached for presentation to the Policy Committee they will be released by the Western Carolinian. Gold fever sparked California's growth in the 19th century. In 1849 alone, almost 100,000 treasure seekers reached the territory, the National Geographic says. IT'S FOR THE BIRDS! Maybe so—but it's the latest in modern design and construction. This new steel cage, as ingeniously light and flighty as its tenants, is for the birds at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo. It's for bird-lovers, too, who will be able to go right into the cage by way of a foot bridge and entry room. Cables soar from an 83-foot central steel plate mast out to a sweep of intersecting steel arches, and from these to a low outside wall where the steel cables are anchored. Airy, vinyl-coated steel mesh 13 draped from the cables to keep the birds in bounds. Creature comforts include electrically heated perches and nooks and crannies built into the huge artificial boulders in the bottom of the cage. WCC Students and Faculty Members WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT US FOR Special Gifts, Art and Office Supplies, Hallmark Cards, Party Items, etc. Just Back From A Big Shopping Spree! Come See All The New Items. THE BOOK STORE in Sylva

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.

• Creator
  • Western Carolina College
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1965-03-26;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-10
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 8 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
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
• Identifier
  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1965-03-26_Vol30_No18
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library