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  • Editorial Page The Cheating Instructor It seems that Western Carolina College has finally- set out to better itself academically and intellectually. Department heads, administrative officials, most of the faculty, and even some students are working very hard to achieve an even higher degree of academic excellence. Our outstanding problem here at WCC is the mushrooming student body, and the consequent emphasis on growth and expansion. The resulting conditions could well prove to be a hindrance in achieving academic goals. Thus far, however, this has not been the case. The increased enrollment has necessitated the hiring of more instructors in most departments, and the department heads deserve congratulations for finding quality instructors when the competition for these people is so intense. In the light of these developments, it is truly unfortunate that the college must continue to employ instructors who only waste the time of the unlucky students who receive them for courses. The "cute" instructor, the one who feels that his primary responsibility is to entertain, to be a "Good Time Charley" sort of comedian for his students, is out of place at any level of education. When an instructor places his classes on this basis, he is cheating the student, and his criminal mistakes may make it impossible for a student to pass a subsequent course taught by a competent instructor, one whose subject matter for class discussions is the text, not the physical characteristics of individual students. A Sleeping Infirmary One of the most urgent problems facing the college community is the present inadequacy of facilities at the Infirmary. Still operating under practically the same conditions it was operated under ten years ago, the Infirmary stands still while the tremendous growth of the student body continues to widen the gap. In the first place, the building is only open twelve hours a day. If a student is forced to seek admission while the Infirmary is officially closed, he must first have someone call the nurse who is supposedly on duty. More often than not, the student is received brusquely and discourteously by the person who is paid to be in charge of his physical well-being. Obviously, the Infirmary needs to be kept open twenty-four hours a day, with a nurse on full duty at all times. In addition to keeping the Infirmary open around the clock, the college is in desperate need of a full-time physician. The present hours of the college doctor are grossly inadequate, inconvenient, and the appeal of a lucrative private practive could seem to hinder a person's concern for the health of WCC students. These conditions must be rectified before the occurence of tragedy which would spotlight the situation for all time. THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN is published weekly by the students of Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, N. C. Represented for National Advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc. A member of the Intercollegiate Press Association and the Carolina Press Association. Offices are located on the second floor of Joyner Building. Telephone 293-2312. Subscription Rate $2.00 Per Year. GERALD T. CHAMBERS RONALD ROBBINS Editor Business Manager Layout Editor John Keeler News Editor Nick Taylor Feature Editor Charles Stephens Assistant Feature Editor Linda Krug Sports Editor Don Lucas Copy Editor Carla Warner Assistant Copy Editor Ginger Lathan Columnists: John Keeler, Chet Gatlin, Nick Taylor, Bill Smathers, John Vernelson, Paul Cabe, John Roper, Don Lucas. Writers: Judy Comer, Bert King, Earl Hartman, Mary Jane Carpenter, Sheriden Smith, Gail Verne, Lamar Buchanan, Mike Willis, Doug Hill, Jim Kane, Charlotte Wise, Ted Whisnant, Steve Long, Cliff Gates, Bob Murray, Mary Home, Cindy Borden, Charles Kirkpatrick, Suzanne McGinnis. Typists: Rita Bailey, Joyce Morris, Joanne Cameron. Secretary Marty Oates Circulation Manager Melvin Hyder Circulation Staff: Eddie Butcher, David Hayes, Joe Wray. Cartoonists Carl McCutcheon, Larry Whiteside Sponsor _ Henry G. Morgan COY NkXT Doc* VoRNTS TO u<- Political Scene On Friday afternoon of last week, the Speaker Ban Commission announced its findings and recommndations as to what course it felt should be followed in the reconciliation of the dispute concerning the Speaker Ban Law. This was that the law be reviewed by a special session of the legislature, to be called in the near future. Just exactly what Is the Speaker Ban Law? Just exactly why is it worth the publicity given to it, and the furor aroused by it? These are questions a lot of people would like to answer, many of them in the North Carolina Legislature. I do not have the answers to these questions, but I have heard some good explanations of specific parts of the questions. The Speaker Ban Law is, The Speaker Ban By John Roper simply, a law designed to prevent any known Communist or any person who has taken the fifth amendment on a question of loyalty from speaking on the campus of a state-supported college or university. This is quite an admirable cause, but it is much more complicated than that. It can be construed as an attempt on the part of the state legislature to control the university system and the other state-supported schools. Whether or not it is thus, the 1e.w does cast that impression. One cannot blame the schools for getting irritated by the seeming attempt on the part of the legislature to take the control of the institutions a- way from the boards of trustees and reserve it to the legislators themselves. The legislature, on the oth- The Green Gate By Julie Krause — Guest Columnist Within the last few weeks, Mr. Vernelson has tried to instill within the student body a definite interest for your Alma Mater. Some of his topics have aroused nothing but question marks; others have made us stop and think about what he is saying. For instance, there is the beef category which is student complaints against everything, from bad food in the Brown restaurant to long registration lines. O.K! Now I have a beef— that of students constantly compalining of boredom. Analyze this and you will find that the underlying reason for your complaints is your refusal to do anything about them. Boredom as a freelanced topic is discussed everywhere from the booths of the T.H. to the private seclusion of dormitory rooms. How many times have you heard your roommate pathetically state to you how boring this place is? Actually boredom is a fallacy in itself. Nietsche once said, ". . . is not life a hundred years too short for us to bore ourselves?" Cullowhee is an ideal place as far as location is concerned for self-entertainment, whether you admit it or not. It offers many, many secluded areas for personal analysis and opens many dark corners for the secluded purposes of making those painful errors that we all undergo during maturation. For those of you who enjoy the woody ventures of the mountains, look around you. The city, with its crowded, uncomfortable, snobbish, and rushed airs certainly cannot compare to the quiet walks, or hunting expeditions that the mountains offer. Even on our fair campus, at least every night there is something that can be grabbed, shoved into your pocket of knowledge, and be kept as a never forgotten, ever enduring keepsake. Take advantage of the educational lectures, entertaining movies, and indulging conversations that are seen everywhere. Laugh if you must, but kids, this is your last chance in Custer's great round of impending stands. If you don't grab now, you're never going to be able to bite into the butt of life, education, and knowledge. Viet Nam calls, and some of you will have to answer. Will it be too late then, or perhaps when you have 10 screaming kids crowding your every step- will it be then, that you look back and say—if only I had enjoyed those few years instead of whiling away the years—boring myself? er hand, saw the attempts of the colleges to fight the law as something of an affront to their powers, and for that matter, as an affront to their duties. It must be remembered that the legislators were quite honest in their feelings that the law was a positive good. There is no proof that the majority of the legislators supporting the law feel that there is a definite need for it. What is not considered by them is that the law, as stated, Is not only a bar to a Communist wishing to e- spouse the Communist Doctrine but also to a brilliant physicist or some other specialist In his field if he happens to be a Communist. One notable physicist was barred from speaking at the university because he had some Communist affiliation. I can see that It makes no difference what the political affiliation that a person has If he Is an expert In his field, and of benefit to a student body. The man who introduced the law has testified before the commission that he would not have introduced the bill if he had known the hidden implications of it and the furor it would cause. He felt, as did many legislators, that the bill was completely innocuous and would have no real connotations except that the legislature of North Carolina would have gone on record as opposing the Communist ide- alogy. It is quite evident now that the Law does contain much more than a simple statement of stand, but the law has been passed and it is not readily discernible whether or not the legislators will feel that they can reverse themselves without political damage. Perhaps the most appalling part of the whole thing is that many of the legislators who would not have passed the bill in the first place if they had known the consequences, may not vote for repeal for fear that the thoroughly watchful public may find reason to think that they are not as anti-Communist as they should be and may vote against them. Let us hope that the legislators do not see it this way and that they follow the dictates of their consciences as they say they would have if they had been able to see the whole picture from the first.
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