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  • 1#£ W'EST'E^f C&RpLI9{IWhi Special Centennial Issue Thursday, Sept 28,1989 VOLUME 55, NUMBER 6 Cullowhee, North Carolina The Voice of The Student Body Western to Sponsor its 15th Annual Mountain Heritage Day by Christine Faris Editor Activity and excitement will reign in Cullowhee this Saturday as Western Carolina University hosts its 15th annual Mountain Heritage Day, and a year long celebration of the 100th year gets underway. Since it began in 1975, Mountain Heritage Day has become one ot the state's premiere events. Last year, an estimated 35,000 people gathered in Cullowhee for the celebration. This year, in conjunction with WCU's centennial celebration, Mountain Heritage Day will offer more variety and depth on the stages and along the midway. Over 150 craft booths as well as 43 food vending booths are expected. Crafts-persons from North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee have already secured spots along the midway. The Belk Building stage will feature several new performances, including a babershop quartet, a jazz combo playing music from the "swing" era, authentic Cherokee dances, and music from WNC's Scottish roots. A children's circle and a ballad circle will showcase fiddling and banjo styles. A "Talking Tent" will feature clogging and flatfooting, logging talk, a session for sharing stories and memories of school days at WCU, and a session on herbs and home remedies. As for food, there will be such traditionals as ham and biscuits, smoked trout, barbecue chicken, fried pork rinds, beans and corn bread, and Cherokee fry bread. Other features will include an old truck show, a dog show, a cat show, horseshoe pitching, a tobacco spitting contest, mustache contests, log sawing contests, and contest for canned and baked goods. And, of course, the moonshiner will once again be running an authentic batch on his still. In addition to the performers and demonstrators, the Mountain Heritage. Center, located on the first floor of the H.F. Robinson Administration building, will unveil a new historical exhibit about the university. The exhibit, prepared by WCU history professors Curtis Wood and Tyler Blethen, will feature histori- Over 35,000 people gathered in Cullowhee for last year's Mountain Heritage Day cal photographs and artifacts from WCU's earliest days. Also on display will be the permanent exhibit "Migration of the Scotch- Irish People," which tells the story of the Scotch-Irish early settlers who came from Ulster to Western North Carolina. Folk artists and craftspeople—wood carvers, basket makers, gunsmiths, quil- ters, weavers and potters— will demonstrate their skills throughout the day. Mountain Heritage Day will begin at 8 am, but the activity will really rev up around 9, when the chainsaw contest begins. If it rains, the events will be moved into the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. Close-by parking for the day will be limited; WCU will operate a shuttle bus from outlying parking areas. Special parking for handicapped individuals will be available. Remember, comfortable shoes are a must. After 5 pm rolls around and the booths begin to close, the evening will conclude with an intercollegicate football game between WCU and Mars Hill. Kick off is at 7 pm. The tentative Mountain Heritage Day Schedule is as follows: 8 a.m.—Entries in the baked goods competition accepted, winners in canned goods contest on display (Belk Building). Registration begins for the chain-saw contest (corner of Belk intramural field) and for Mountain Heritage Day Five-Mile Run (at WCU track). 9 a.m.—Footrace begins (WCU track). Chain-saw competition until 1 p.m. (Belk field). Cat show (parking area, east side of Robinson Building). Dog show (south end, Belk intramural field). 9:30 a.m.—Music and dance begin on Belk Building stage. 10 a.m.—Midway booths open for crafts-people and vendors. Folk artists begin demonstrations and exhibitions at Mountain Heritage Center. Music and activities begin at Mountain Heritage Center stage. Storytelling in Founders Auditorium. Old truck show (Belk intramural field) begins. Children's games (Belk field) until 4 p.m. Food fair judging begins. 10:30 a.m.—Music and talking tents open at Mountain Heritage Center. 11 a.m.— "Sacred Harp" sing begins on religious music stage (east entrance, Robinson Building). Puppet show, followed by storytelling at 11:45 (Room 104, Belk Building). Noon—Mountain Heritage Fashion Show and special events (Belk stage). 1 p.m.—"Bells in the Valley" slide/tape presentation begins in Founders Auditorium. Men's singles competition in horseshoe pitching (south end, Belk field), continues until 3 p.m. Puppet show, followed by storytelling at 1:45 (Room 104, Belk Building). 1:30 p.m.—"Christian Harmony" sing begins on religious music stage. 2:30 p.m.—Women's singles, men's doubles in horseshoe pitching. 3 p.m.—Puppet show (Room 104, Belk Building). 5 p.m.—Music stages and midway close. 7 p.m.—Western Carolina Catamounts vs. Mars Hill College Lions, football (Whitmire Stadium). Year-Long Celebration of WCU's Centennial Getting Underway This Week WCU, 1920. First row, L-R: Baptist church, steam plant, music/art building, Methodist church. Second row:Old Madison, Davies home, Joyner, Moore dorm. by Curtis Pate News Editor Western Carolina University is celebrating its centennial this year. The following is a calendar of Centennial Events. On September 28, from 8-10 pm. the Mountain Heritage r "\ What's Insider Centennial Mountain Heritage Exhibit Pg. 2 Computerized Catalog at Hunter Library Pg.3 Debaters Prepare for Competition Pg. 6 Cats Get Plundered Pg. 10 Southern Conference Predictions Pg. 11 \s Spotlight will feature square dancing and mountain music at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. This event is open to the public. September 29 is Second Century Day, wh.ch officially marks Western's Centennial. The Mountain Heritage Center will host a historical exhibit, "The School At Cullowhee," and a historical slide show, "Bells In TheValley"from8amto5pm. At 11 am, the Opening Convocation will take place in the Ramsey Center with Senator Bill Bradley, of New Jersey, delivering the Keynote Address. Immediately afterward, North Carolina Attorney General Lacy Thornburg will give an address at a luncheon honoring the Convocation's Platform Party, the academic delegates, and special guests. This event takes place in the Grandroom of the University Center. Reservations are required and seating is limited. The cost is $8. Call 227-7102 for information. From Noon to 2 pm, a buffet luncheon will be served in Brown and Dodson cafeterias. The cost is $5.50. Students may use their meal tickets. Throughout the day, guided walking tours will leave Killian Plaza every fif-- teen minutes, with a refreshment stop at Joyner Square, except in case of rain. Transportation will be provided for the handicapped for this and the Mountain Heritage Center events. The day's events will end with the Centennial Symphonic Concert by the Cullowhee Music Festival Orchestra in Hoey Auditorium. Admission is $5. September 30 is Mountain Heritage Day. At 2 pm, History professors Tyler Blethen and Curtis Wood will host a program entitled "School Days," which traces the history of WCU through the memories of local people, in the Heritage Center courtyard. At 7 pm, WCU will host Mars Hill College at E.J. Whitmire Stadium. On October 29, Western holds its Homecoming Day. From 9:30 to 10:45 am, there will be school and departmental receptions tor alumni. At 11 am, Cake-Cutting Kicks Off Centennial Year J jDr. Glen Stillion, Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs, and SGAl President Brent Taylor cut the first piece of the cake tickled the tummies of some 1500 people. "It" is a large cake, in the shape of WCU's new Alumni Tower, that was cut and served at special activities Wednesday, Sept. 27, onthe lawnof the Hinds University Center as the first big It took nearly a month to make. When finished, it weighed an estimated 200 pounds and stood at least 6 feet tall. It measured 10 feet by 8 feet at the base, and it was adorned by 100 candles. And, most importantly, it event in Western's yearlong centennial celebration. The cake-cutting ceremony was part of a student celebration that also featured the music of the Crystal River Band. The cake was actually 24 separate cakes, assembled and decorated to resemble the grounds of the University Center on which the actual tower is being built. The cake was decorated with a replica of WCU's centennial logo and adorned with 100 candles and some 3,000 centennial flags. The cake-cutting began at 5:15 pm Wednesday, Sept. 27. The Crystal River Band, winner of the recent "Battle of the Bands" competition at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, performed at 4:30 pm. The band, whose members come from the Sylva and Franklin areas, plays rhythm and blues, 60s soul, Motown, and rock 'n' roll. the Alumni Tower dedication will take place on the University Canter Lawn. At noon, the Chancellor's Homecoming Luncheon and WCU Birthday Party will take place in the Ramsey Center. The day ends with pre-game activities at 2 pm, and the Homecoming Football Game, WCU vs. Furman, at 2:30 in Whitmire Stadium. The November 3 birthday party in Atlanta concludes the fall semester's Centennial activities. In Memory of Dr. Gentry Crisp by Christine Faris Editor On behalf of Western Carolina University's Speech and Theatre Arts Department and Mrs. Emily Crisp, we would like to dedicate this issue of the Carolinian to the memory of Dr. Gentry Otis Crisp. This past Sunday morning Dr. Crisp died from natural causes at his Canton residence. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Canton's First Baptist Church. Dr. Crisp, STA professor at Western since 1961, initiated what is now the Debate Team. In the early seventies, Dr. Kathleen S. Wright began working closely with him and eventually stepped in as Debate Team Director. Wright remembers Dr. Crisp as "dedicated to his students. The faculty and his students will always remember him as a pioneer in debate and rhetoric," she said Wednesday. STA professors Ralph Hamlett, Kathleen Wright, and Janina Shoemaker will assume Dr. Crisp's instructing duties in the near future.
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