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  • Thursday, January 4, 1968 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 3 1967:Reflections Come On Over To Cancer Country OfYearThatWas By JERRY CONNER Now that we have come to the. end of one year, we find ourselves in a retrospective mood. 1967 was filled with events and situations affecting todays students. There has been the continuation of the war in Vietnam, which saw many of our fellow students defending the peace and tranquility of the United States. We have seen that peace and tranquility disrupted by students seeking a method of establishing their own kind of peace. The Washington March didn't help them -acquire this except to spurn many more students into discussions and thoughts. We have seen the hippie movements, resulting in dropout as well as flunk-out students drifting about supposedly care free. Yet, had it not been for responsible and charitable citizens feeding and donating clothing, they could not have existed, in my opinion, Yes, the American student has been under constant attack concerning his credibility in society as a solid citizen. Yet, it hasn't been all bad. In fact to the contrary, students are being found to be the makings of tomorrow's citizen. 1967 saw the completion of a four-year survey of students at Stanford University and the University of California. These studies showed that men and women students had attitudes toward family life, human values, and ambitions which vary greatly from those imaginable due to publicity given student . riots and marches. Given the statement: "After I am married, when it comes to making decisions, if I had to chooje one or the other, I would want my husband's wishes to have priority." A whopping 82 per cent said "yes". -Only about nine per cent of the women wanted their wishes to have priority over their husbands. Most of the women said they "would not want a husband who could not control me," andonly seven per cent of the women disagreed to this idea. When asked to list three things he expected to be most important in his life after graduation the following were given: in addition to his career, "relations and activities with future family," "love and affection," and "developing a personal i- denity." All through the questioning there appeared a great need for building a home, the urge for love and affection and the quest to find themselves. The primary needs that, these students listed included a desire for "emotional well-being," "maintaining self-respect," and "being accepted and liked by others." Among the 3 per cent minority of students were the following listings as the most important: wealth, fame, recognition, sexual needs, sensory and aesthetic pleasure. Moving toward the spiritual aspect, one out of nine men and between one foith and one fifth of the women said they prayed "frequently." Another quarter said they prayed "occasionally." Most of those who prayed said they did so "because it puts me in touch with a power greater than myself," "to find out what God's will is," "because I feel anxious/' These aren't profound statements by people who are about to disrupt the harmony of the world. They aren't even the advocations of a live-let live society. However, they are the conservative viewi of a working society made up of people with an intense desire to fulfill their needs and step into Uie shoes of yesterdays generation. "It would be well to jud;,"' our college students' not by the gyrations of small minorities, but by the quiet beliefs of the majority/' Nearly 500 jewels have been cut from a 33-pound dark blue aquamarine crystal found in Brazil, notes the January Reader's Digest, Seven magnificent gems totaling 123 carats were cut from it for a Middle Eastern monarch. In cigarette country, television commercials frequently show virile cowboys astride handsome horses. Or there are sleek sports cars, planes or scuba gear. The scene is always one of cool, clean, windswept health. The people have a look of supreme confidence; the lovely girls all smile. But there is another land from which few return, In this sad region there are no strong men, no smiling, pretty girls, It is cancer country, Hugh J, Mooney, a Rochester, NY., insurance man who has been there, vividly described It in a January Reader*! Digest ar tide, "w hat the Cigarette Commercial! Don't show," When he had trouble Swallowing, it was believed limply "a case of nerves," It proved to be cancer of the throat, and he joined three men with the same condition in ward "Seven East" of a hospital, He ry ri'.'.'l suppertime and the patients were eating. "It wasn't much like the television campfire scene," writes Mooney, "These men stood by their beds and carefully poured a thin pink liquid into small glass tubes . .The fluid drained down out of the tubes through a thin, clear plastic hose which CANDIES, CbSMiCTICS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES Next To First Union Bank STOVALL'S 5-70-25* STORE We Give £&H Green Stamos IYLES DISCOUNT PACKAGE STORE In Waynesville Welcomes All New And Old WCU Students Special Bonus Given With Bach WCU Student Purchase ke - Gas - Groceries And Discount Package I 1155 Balsam Road (tcrtts frta Satky Ht. Dri?t-ta) MEAD CORPORATION Sylva Division Serving Western North Carolina disappeared into one nostril, "They had to eat this way because throat, mouth, tongue and esophagus had been cut away Li surgery." In an effort to save his voice, Mooney was given radiation treatments. They were not successful and in a ten-hour operation, surgeons removed his larynx, pharynx, part of his esophagus and "a few other random bits and pieces," Eight later operations were required to reconstruct Uie front of his neck, "We don't ride horses or helicopters or sports cars in Seven-Fast," writes .%!■ onev. "We ride wheeled tables to the operating room, and if we are lucky we ride them back." His narrative is condensed from the Christian Herald whose "ditorj, Kenneth L. Wilson, considers it the most forceful magazine article since "—And Sudden Death," Reader's Digest's famous account of automobile accident injuries published in 1935. "Several smokers I know," says Wilson, "read it and immediately threw their cigar= ettes away," STUDENTS! I NOW YOU MAY PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR CLASS RINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE (FORMERLY THE COLLEGE SHOP) HIDE -A - WAY ORDERS TO CO! Relaxed Atmosphere, Opposite Entrance to Campus 293 44™ Staff Photo by T. C, Fender would Cabot like to announce the (no kin to Ralph) as Shop' Myles Reflection of the Week. Myles, a sophomore from High Point, says to tell you all that the V.S. (college talk for Varsity Shop) is really abundantly stocked with extremely beautifully and expertly tailored suits and sports coats for this year ~ more than they ever had before. With the completion of this year's Football season along with the beginning of a new winning round ball season, everyone needs a new coat, So come on down to the local clothes mart and at least look around. FOR THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE NEW YEAR! A BIG SALE! ON ALL FALL AND WINTER APPAREL ®t|* UarBttg &hnp Traditional Clothing for The Gentleman & His Lady
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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 Carolin...

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