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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1967-03-14_Vol32_No35_01

FEATURES, SPORTS . Features fraught with national coverage, little on the local scene. But the ads are better than ever, see pages 4, 5. And look for Charlotte Wise's personal interview with Lady Bird, coming soon in Features. Sports finishes basketball, begins baseball, and covers in- tramurals, pages 6, 7, TheWESTERN CAROLINIAN INSIDE THE CAROLINIAN . . . The biggest news of all- Lady Bird visits Cullowhee today. She will speak in Reid Gym at 2:30. See page 1. Western Carolina's influence is widespread, also page 1. The Editor Emeritus Chambers returns, and sends a letter to herald his arrival, page 3. VOICE OF THE STUDENTS VOL. XXXII, NO. 35 Tuesday, March 14, 1967 CULLOWHEE, N. C. FIRST LADY TO VISIT CAMPUS TODAY Mrs. Johnson Will Present Plaque At 2:30 Assembly In Reid Gym Pre-Session Review Tells Year's Progress the second meeting of the Thirty-second Annual Pre-ses- sion Conference was held in the clubroom of Joyner at 8:30 P.M. on Feb. 21, 1967. Conducted by the Student Senate, the purpose of the mid-year meeting was to review and report to the students on the progress of the fourty-three recommendations and five suggestions of the Pre-session Conference. The meeting, open to any student or faculty member, was sparsely attended. Dean Hines, Junior Senator and chairman of the Community Development and the Building and Grounds Committees , was originally slated to preside over the session, However, Hines was unable to attend and was replaced by Roger Euliss. Euliss, also a senator and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, gave a welcome to all in attendance and the introduction of Bill Upchurch, student body President, In a brief statement , Up- church said that, "the purpose of the meeting was to report to the students on what had been done on the Pre-session Conference recommendations, as well as the activities of various Senate committees." CONTINUED, Page 8 ....... Drinking In Dorms, Course Evaluation Discussed In Senate By TOM DILLARD A lame duck Student Senate listened to a variety of campus topics at a called meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 23, but no business was transacted. It was the second Senate meeting in three days. The regular Monday meeting was quickly adjourned when only a handful of senators were present. At the Wednesday evening session only fourteen senators were on hand. Since sixteen constitutes a quorum, no new legislation could be voted upon at the Wednesday meeting. Nevertheless, the Senate went on with the meeting, hearing as well as discussing a wide range of campus subjects. The key topic arose as the session drew toward a close. Bill Upchurch, Student Body President, voiced his opinion u- pon the growing problem of drinking on the campus and in the dormitories. Citing that a recent campus clean-up had yielded a wealth of liquor and beer containers, Upchurch announced that "the drinking problem in the dorms is getting out of hand." "We have been fortunate this year that the Student-Faculty Judiciary Committee has not met," said Upchurch as he discussed the problem. "Drinking in the dorms is against the rules of the Student Handbook," Upchurch concluded. Many of the senators proposed various solutions con- Miss Curto Will Publish New English Text In April Josephine J. Curto, assistant professor of English textbook, "The Ladder Foresman, Scott and Company. This book is to be unveiled in April at the National College Composition and Communications Conference, held April 6-8, of which she is the consultant for the two-year English program. According to Miss Curto, this book "is the result of her 15 years teaching in high schools where she could see what the students lacked." This book will be used for professional-vocational English and for technical English. It was tested on students in several high schools for its effectiveness. "However, I don't want you to get the idea all I write is textbooks," Miss Curto said. "Ihad my novel, 'Recon the Angels Listen,' published in 1957. I also write short stories for various magazines under a pen name. Right now I'm working on a trilogy which will be entitled "The Fury and the Blood,' made up of three parts, 'Matthew,' 'Margaret,' and 'Lucius.' Textbook-writing is nothing new to Miss Curto, however. Her "prifle and joy," as she phrased it, is a text entitled "Writing with Understanding." It has been adopted by 37 different colleges as their text. an alumnus of WCC and presently an English, recently completed her new of Language, I," published by Miss Curto began her teaching career at the age of 16. Within two years and three months here at WCC she had earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1947. Miss Curto is presently teachipg English here at WCC, but still retains her title at Miami-Dade Junior College as Chairman of the Crea= tive Writing Department. Her opinion of the students here at WCC is very high. According to Miss Curto, "The students here, for one thing, are religious and are not a- shamed of it. They are sincere in their work, I have not seen friendlier students, either in the classrooms or on campus. I'm afraid as fast as Western is growing that these special qualities will be lost because of the increasing number of metropolitan students here." "The Ladder of Language" will have a second volume which is to be published in 1968. Scott, Foresman and Company presently plans to print 20,000 copies of the first volume. Dr. Marlin S. Werner of the WCC Speech and Hearing Clinic will speak tomorrow night in Stillwell 237, at 7:30 p.m., on "Cave Exploring in the Eastern United States." cerning the situation. Some echoed Upchurch by suggesting Men's House meetings in order to inform the dormitory residents. Phil Brown, President of Men's House Government, announced that such meetings were planned for early spring. Brown asked that the dormitory senators set a correct example by both words and actions. "It is better that it come from the students," said Brown, "than from the administration," But the administration spoke in the person of Dr. Douglas Davis, Dean of Men. Davis indicated that a spring crackdown on dormitory drinking was forthcoming, "They are not getting away with anything," said the Dean, "We know what is going on and it has got to stop," Committee reports headed up the meeting's agenda and were for the most part routine. The course evaluation program, planned for the final regular week of the winter quarter was postponed until a more opportune time in the early spring. Upchurch indicated a lack of communication and understanding existed between the faculty and the Course Evaluation Committee. A meeting will be called with the faculty or Instructional Committee and a representative of the Course Evaluation Committee would be be held before distribution of the course evaluation forms. The purpose of such a meeting will be to insure complete understanding in dealing with the project. Tony Hodge, president of the college Center Board, announced that plans toward participation in television's G. E. College Bowl were in early organizational stages. Hodge noted the concert to be given by Josh White in Hoey on Feb. 24 as the last major CCB event of winter quarter. He said that several lectures were scheduled for spring quarter and that the country music team of Flatt and Scruggs were on tap for the Spring Festival. Scott Thompson, sophomore representative, noted that the Student Bill of Rights was to go to the Policies Committee of the administration on Monday, Feb. 27, and then to the Board of Trustees as soon as possible. Barry Steagall commented upon the new Student Handbook, which is a project of the Standards Committee. The new handbook will have a new layout and organization, said Steagall. Distribution will be in April so that new students and incoming freshmen will become familiar with student rules and organizations before they enter. CONTINUED, Page 8 Mrs. Lyndon B„ Johnson, a- long with several other important persons, will visitthe WCC campus on Tuesday, March 14. Mrs. Johnson, accompanied by John W. Gardner, Secretary or Health, Education, and Welfare, and members of the Washington press corp, will arrive at the Western Carolina campus at approximately 1:30 p.m. At 1:40 p.m. a reception will be held in Hunter Library at which representatives of WCC's administration, faculty and students will be present. President and Mrs. Reid and Miss Lillian Buchanan will greet Mrs. Johnson when she arrives. Present at the reception North Carolina General Assembly, Dr. and Mrs. William E. bird, Mrs. Billy Graham, Mrs, Hunter (wife of a former WCC president) , members of the Board of Trustees, twelve representatives from the Student Senate, representatives of the faculty, and members of the National Teacher Corps, FIRST LADY WILL SPEAK At 2:30 p.m. a meeting will be held in Reid Gym to which the students, faculty and public have been invited. At this meeting, Mrs. Billy Graham will give the invocation and Mrs, Dan K, Moore will introduce Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson will give a short talk and will unveil a plaque dedicating the new library. The plaque will be presented to Jonathan Woody, chairman of the WCC Board of Trustees. Mrs. Johnson and the other members of her party will leave immediately after the program for Asheville, and from there they will fly to Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Johnson's party was scheduled to arrive in Asheville yesterday where they were to remain until beginning their trip here today. Before arriving here a WCC, she will visit Sols Creek and the Canada Township consolidated school, which has proved that the National Teacher Corps, championed by her husband, justifies its creation. Last December it was designated and approved as one of 50 National Teacher Corps Demonstration Centers in the United States, albeit a four- member NTC team had been at Canada School since the cur rent school year started. The program has been so successful at this school, sources close to the White House told the Asheville Ciq- House told the Asheville Citizen-Times, that it is considered the number one demonstration school. Accompanying Mrs. Johnson will be members of the national press, including representatives of the three major networks. Three Carolinian representatives , Charlotte Wise, Feature Editor, Grady Cooper, News Editor, and David Watson, Assistant Feature Editor , were scheduled to join the group in Asheville this morning before the trip began. REPORTS A late report from Carolinian correspondents Cooper and Wise in Asheville last night relayed that Mrs. Johnson had arrived at the Asheville Airport at 7:54 p.m. From there she and her party From there she and her party, including Gardener and Gov. and Mrs. Dan K. Moore, went to the Thomas Wolfe home in Asheville, where she toured the home and signed the guest book there. She was escorted by Fred Wolfe, the late writer's brother. Wolfe commented later, "She is a charming woman, more charming than I ever expected her to be." He added that she seemed quite familiar with several of the Wolfe novels. RUMORS It was rumored last night that President Johnson was expected to join the First Lady in Asheville this morning. Calls to a Mr. Horan at the White House in Washington and to Nash Castro with Mrs. Johnson's party at the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville failed either to confirm or deny the rumor. A late call to WATE-TV in KnoxvUle revealed the rumor's source—that the Presdientmay join Mrs. Johnson in Nashville, Tenn,, not Asheville. Rumors have reached the Carolinian offices that some sort of demonstration against the Johnson administration was the Johnson administration is planned during the time mat Mrs, Johnson will be on campus. These rumors remained unverified at press time this morning. Western Carolina Influence Spreads State-Nationwide Cullowhee ~ Western Carolina College, founded in 1889 in a remote mountain section of North Carolina , today spreads its educational influence across the state and throughout the South. ' From a struggling private school , begun by Robert Lee Madison to combat poverty and help the disadvantaged, the in stitution has become a state- supported liberal arts college with an enrollment nearing 4,000 students. Rapid progress since 1950 under Dr. Paul A, Reid, president, has seen the second highest rate of growth of any coll- " lege in the state established, CONTINUED, Page 8 ,

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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  • Date original: 1967-03-14;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-24
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  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 8 pages
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  • 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_1967-03-14_Vol32_No35
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library