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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1966-03-25_Vol31_No19_08

PAGS 8 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Friday, March 25, 1966 News Briefs APO's Attend Conference, Honorary Selects Officers Alpha Phi Omega On Saturday, March 19, 14 brothers of the Pi Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity attended a Sectional Conference at Wake Forest College with the Kappa Theta Chapter as host. This conference was the first of the section 22-B which includes colleges in Western North Carolina. The chapters represented were from Greensboro, Guilford, Davidson, Pfeiffer, Wake Forest, Duke, and Western Carolina. Western Carolina had the most representatives at the conference. The conference is designed to gather different chapters in the state to discuss and share ideas of the cardinal principles of Alpha Phi Omega and relate the most efficient ways of carrying out these principles. Leadership, Friendship and Service are cardinal principles of the National Fraternity and some of the topics discussed a- long these lines were: Service projects, Friendship activities, Presidential contributions, Chapter finance and Membership. The Pi Delta Chapter had much to offer in the discussion of these areas. The keynote speaker for the evening banquet was Mr. A. G. Spizziri, a member of the National Board of APO. His address centered around the principles of Alpha Phi Omega. George Sloan, Commissioner of Jackson County, who talked on matters pertaining to his job. The University Singers of WCC provided entertainment later during the program. Ciardi Will Speak Here Nationally Known Poet, Critic To Appear In Hoey Monday Sigma Kappa Alpha Phi Sigma Alpha Phi Sigma, National Horonary Scholastic Fraternity of Western Carolina, met last week for the purpose of electing officers. The following officers were elected for next year: president—Barry Smith; vice president—Gerald Gantt; secretary, Beth Bartlett; treasurer, Brenda Willis; reporter, Earl Sipe; initiation chairman, Judy Frank. Also, plans were discussed for Freshman Recognition Night which is to be a banquet honoring those freshmen with a quality point ratio of 3.35 or better. This is to be an annual project of Alpha Phi Sigma with the purpose of encouraging these freshmen to maintain their high scholastic average. The Sisters of Sigma Kappa Sorority held their annual Presentation Ball at the George Van- derbilt Hotel in Asheville Saturday night, March 19, from 7:30 until 12 midnight. At the Ball the new initiates of Sigma Kappa's winter pledge class were presented as sisters. After dining, the sorority women and their escorts danced to the music of the WCC Dance Band for the remainder of the evening. Pembroke Tour Pembroke State College will offer a 1966 tour of the Mediterranean World and the Holy Lands as a part of its Summer Session. Those taking part in the tour will receive six semester hours credit, three in Religion 320, a World Religions Seminar; and three in History 381, Survey of Modern Near East and Mediterranean World. Directing the tour will be Miac I. Ruth Martin, for 13 years professor of religion and journalism at Pembroke State. Miss Martin directed a similar tour te Europe in 19S4. She holds graduate degrees from Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth; and Emory University, Atlanta. The tour will begin June 9 and conclude June 30. Several days will be spent at each of several stops, including Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Greece, Italy and France. Other stops will be made at London and Lisbon. Accommodations will be first class hotels with full board included in the price of the tour. The group will leave New York by Swiss Jiir jet and return by the same line. Price of the tour is $1,110 complete from New York. Application for membership in the tour may be requested by writing to Miss I. Ruth Martin, Pembroke State College, Pembroke, N. C, or to Dr. Herbert Oxen- dine, Director of the Summer Session, Pembroke State College. Full information will be sent by return mail. Baptist Student Union The Baptist Student Union of WCC recently elected officers for the year beginning March, 196« through February, 1M7. They are as follows: Francie Roberts, president; Evan Flynn, vice-president; Patti Johnson, secretary; Barbara Kiser, treasurer; stewardship chairman, David Setzer; outreach, Bennie Roberts; enlistment, Barbara Bryson; The Chatter, Jim Hastings; publicity, Catherine Plemmons; Lister, George Cook; recreation, Betty Nicholson; politics, John Amick; Inter-Faith, Hugh Bold- en; The Coffee House, Vince Binion; and social actions, Jerry Lawing. Young Republicans The Young Republicans Club of Western Carolina College met Monday night, March 21, at 7:00 p.m. in McKee classroom building. Speaking at the meeting was Clark Talks To YDC In Library Mon. The task of getting out the voters on election day is "an issue that transcends the parochialism of party politics," Mr. Ross L. Clark informed the Western Carolina College Young Democrats Club at a meeting held in the Faculty Lounge of Hunter Library on Monday March 21. Clark, formerly a member of the Political Science Department at WCC and now teaching at West Georgia College in Carroll- ton, Ga., noted that all candidates benefit from a large turnout at the polls. Unfortunately, the number of voters who conscientiously apply themselves to the duty of voting is appallingly small, and the great majority must be prompted to the ballot box. Group actions, Clark continued, is the most effective way of arousing the electorate. "Money, of course," Clark observed, "is always vital to a successful campaign, for it is this money which buys the newspaper advertisements and pays for the television commercials which inform the voters, but more important than money are people." Clark reminded his audience of the political axiom, "the candidate with the most workers is the most likely to win." These workers perform the many tasks which enable the voters to get to the polls—telephoning citizens to remind them of the elections, babysitting for mothers who could not vote otherwise, and transporting the voters to the election places — performing these and many other tasks is vital to the success of a campaign. Clark concluded that only by collective political action can the political system work, and he noted the existence of an already-effective political organization in the Young Democrats Club here. Clark was faculty sponsor of the YDC while he was teaching at WCC. Mr. Lacy H. Thornburg, the incumbent Assemblyman from Jackson County and a candidate for re-election to the General Assembly from the newly-formed Jackson-Swain-Transylvania County district was also in attendance at the meeting. A recent recipient of the John Holmes chair at Tufts University, John Ciardi, one of the foremost living American poets, will appear at Hoey Auditorium, Western Carolina College, on March 28 at 8:00 p.m. This academic year, Mr. Ciardi will serve as visiting professor and poet in residence at Tufts. He has just completed seevn years as poetry his translation of the Paradisic Being a father of three children, he has been provided with a listening and reading audience for his children's books of poetry. His most re- rent, I Met a Man, was number four on the NEW YORK TIMES Children's Books List. It introduces new readers to the delights of language, and Annual Western District Science Fair Draws Entries From 19 WNC Schools The annual Western District Science Fair, held last Saturday, March 19, at Western Carolina College exhibted 88 entries from 19 Western North Carolina high schools. Ten winners were selected in both the junior and senior divisions. Winners in the biological subdivision of the senior entries were Penelope Lynn Brown, A. C. Reynolds; Dean Stuck, Charles D. Owen; Daren Hutchison, Lee Edwards; Ricky McElrath, Clyde A. Erwin; and Steve Davis, Lee Edwards. Honorable mention in this division went to Machael Redmon and Alexander Ridley. Under the physical science exhibits, winners were Randall Sluder, Enka; John Helms, Asheville Catholic; Steven Earley of Erwin; and Fred Davis and Jim Steele, Henderson County. Junior Division winners by placement are, in the biological area: first, Lamar Stinnett, Flat Rock Junior, Henderson County; second, Debby Styles and Valerie Ray, Hall Fletcher; and Lynne Briggs, St. Genevieve-of- the-Pines. In the area of physical science, the winners were: first, Linda Lenties, St. Genevieve-of-the- Pines; second, Joseph Lalley, Gibbons Hall; and third, Ronnie Griffin, East Henderson. Honorable mention in the division went to Maryelle Osborne, Hall Fletcher; and Skipper Hutton, Gibbons Hall. Science Fair district director Professor Julian Hirt said, "Although there were fewer entries than last year, they represented an extremely high caliber of work." JOHN CIARDI, NATIONALLY FAMOUS POET. Editor of the Saturday Review. Boston bred, Ciardi received his BA from Tufts University in 1938. His MA was granted by the University of Michigan, where he was also given a Hopewood award in Poetry. At Harvard, he began as an instructor in English, and after a short period, was made a Briggs Copeland assistant professor of English. In 1953 he went from Harvard to Rutgers where he became Professor of English, resigning In 1961 to become a free lance writer and lecturer. He has also been director of the famous Bread Loaf Writer's Conference. Recently Ciardi apepared as the host of the highly acclaimed CBS television program, "Accent." Appearing with his on this program were many personalities of importance in today's world. Among his books of poetry, How Does a Poem Mean became the book that is now used as a college introductory text to the study of poetry. Ciardi, in his book, speaks as plainly about the subject of poetry as he does in his lectures. His latest achievement is a translation of Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio which has been highly praised by critics. He is presently working on Is filled with riddles and a- musing puns. Five other children's books by Ciardi have also been published by Lippin- cott Publishers. Dialogue With An Audience, also published by Lippincott, is a collection of articles that SATURDAY REVIEW readers have answered showing distaste or appreciation. Also included in it are three articles on Robert Frost. His other books include Homeward to America, published in 1940; As If: Poems New and Selected, published in 1955; and In Fact, published in 1963, his most recent. He is also the co-author of Poetry". A Closer Look, a book of poetry criticism. About his lectures he says, "I don't give speeches. I talk to the eyes as I see." Ciardi's appearance here is being made possible by the Western Carolina College Lyceum Committee headed by Mrs. Lillian Buchanan. The event will be held in conjunction with the Student English Seminar which will be responsible for Ciardi's arrangements to and from campus. The English Seminar will also host a reception for Ciardi on the afternoon of his visit.

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 original: 1966-03-25;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-13
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  • 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
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1966-03-25_Vol31_No19
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library