May 21, 1938
THE HIGHLANDER, BILTMORE COLLEGE, ASHEVILLE, N. C.
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FrosH Defeat Sophs
In Annual Classic
The freshmen cagers defeated the
sophomore quint in the annual con
test between the two classes recently.
A large number of students attended
the game, and the proceeds were
used to help buy sweaters and letters
for the members of the regular bas-
Tcetball team.
The game was hotly contested by
the sophomores as they matched the
freshmen goal for goal, the score
being tied 25 to 25 when the regular
game-time ended. An extra heat was
played and the Bullpups held the
upper classmen scoreless while they
piled up five points to win the game.
George Caldwell, sophomore guard,
tossed in four field goals and two
foul shots to tally 10 points which
won him high scoring honors. Trout
man and Hearn, center and forward
respectively on the freshman five,
both turned in 9 points to tie for
second place. Felmet, frosh forward,
was next with 8 points.
Bob Swicegood, coach of the Bilt-
more Bulldogs, refereed the game.
The lineup:
Freshmen 30 Pos. Sophomores 25
Felmet (8) P Garrison (3)
Hearn (9) Holcombe (3)
Troutman (9) C Parkare (4)
Davidson (3) G - Caldwell (10)
McCarter (1) G . Reynolds (5)
Subs: Frosh; Durner, Young;
Sophs: Totherow.
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Softball Team Entered
In ‘Y’ Twilight League
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Biltmore College has registered a
team in the Y. M. C. A. Twilight
Softball League and played its first
game Thursday, May 5 on Chapman
Field at the Y. M. C. A. The Bull
dogs defeated the Ivy’s ten by the
score of 10 to 4 in a very impres
sive exhibition.
Some practices have been held and
approximately twenty students have
responded to the call for players.
Those out for the team include sev
eral good pitchers, plenty of snappy
fielders, and many hard-hitters. The
jerseys worn by the football team
will be used by the Softball players.
Tommy Hearn will be player-man-
ager of the team.
The league schedule is split into
two halves. During the first half
Biltmore will play each of the fol
lowing league teams once: Ivy’s,
Hillside Methodist, First Christian,
Demolay, Calvary Baptist, Army
Store, and Central Methodist. The
winner of the first half will play the
winner of the second half for first
place honors.
All games will be played at 6:15
P. M., and each team plays once a
week. There will be no games during
the Rhododendron Festival week,
June 13-19.
Manager Hearn released the fol
lowing list as those registered for
play: Durner, Felmet, Young, Sales,
Hendricks, Davidson, Hearn, Belk,
Schaffle, Clouse, McMinn, and Hol
combe.
First half schedule for Biltmore is
as follows:
May 16—Monday, First Christian.
May 17—Tuesday, Hillside Metho
dist Church.
May 23—Monday, Demolay.
June 1—Wednesday, Calvary Bap
tist.
June 10—Friday, Army Store.
June 24—^Friday, Central Metho
dist.
Netters Face Three
Remaining Matches
Biltmore College net squad, with
one victony and six defeats, faces
two remaining matches, one with
Brevard and one with Asheville
High. The team, although off to a
bad start, is expected to wind up
the season with the expected match
es with Brevard and Asheville High
under their belt.
Tall, lanky Joe Duncan, man
ager of the Bulldogs, expressed his
opinion concerning the defeats of
the college netters in curt tones
when he said: “The boys just haven’t
been serious enough. They had the
stuff, but fell down at the wrong
time.”
Practices at the Y. M. C. A. have
taken place daily with increased
vigor of the boys. Jimmy Young,
playing number three seems to be
showing much improvement and is
expected to lead the squad next year.
Phillip Sales, Biltmore’s ace net-
man, has won four of his matches
and he leads the team in individual
honors. Hearn, rated number four,
has proved a real threat in the dou
bles play and is expected to show up
well in the city tournaments here
this summer.
The team and their present rat
ing is as follows: Philip Sales, num
ber 1; George Caldwell, number 2;
Jimmy Young, number 3; Tom
Hearn, number 4; Jimmy Benzing,
number 5; Tom Reynolds, number
6; and Ray Crane, number 7.
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Graduation Plans Are
Made By Sophomores
With much forethought and con
sideration the Sophomores of Bilt
more College are makng plans for
graduation. Several issues were defi
nitely decided upon at a recent meet
ing, under the supervision of George
Caldwell, president of the graduat
ing class.
A book-diploma, a new style cer
tificate contained in a leather folder
which is rapidly becoming popular
with other schools and colleges has
been decided upon by the graduates.
It vnll replace the former sheepskin
type.
The dress for graduation was one
of the principle subjects under dis
cussion. After much voting and pe
titioning the final sentiment was in
favor of caps and gowns.
Arrangements were made to order
class rings and invitations for those
who wanted them. Ray Crane was
directed to take all orders, and he
has since reported that the majority
of the class have made known their
intention of purchasing rings.
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Many Courses Offered
At Biltmore College
Students at Biltmore College have
many and diversified subjects of
fered to them now. Although the
average load for a student to carry
is five courses, many take six, and
some take as many as seven. Besides
regular courses such as history, Eng
lish, French, and mathematics, one
may be allowed to worry along in
the realm of calculus; delve into the
mysteries of physics; or attempt a
study of economics.
Many are studying sociologj'
wherein papers dealing in pathology
have been prepared. In writing
papers for sociology some have vis
ited Stevens Lee High School in
order to compare courses offered
there with those given in the white
high schools.
Besides the above-mentioned sub
jects, other courses offered at Bilt-
International Relations
Club Has Good Year
The International Relations club
of Biltmore College was born in Oc
tober of 1936, when a group of
interested students, about thirty in
all, met in Professor Roberts’ room
and elected officers. By November
of that year the constitution had
been adopted and the club was well
established, having fourteen mem
bers.
From the first the club has had
no trouble finding subjects for dis
cussion in the excellent state of
world turmoil; wars and crises have
occurred in rapid succession. Among
the speakers who have addressed the
club were Mr. Phillip Russell, who
attended the 1935 youth conference
in Belgium, and Captain Everett W.
Wilson, world traveler and engineer,
who spoke to a group of four classes,
who were guests of the club.
At present the club has eight mem
bers, but is planning a drive for an
increase soon. The officers of the
club are elected each semester; the
officers for this term are: George
Smith, president, Joe Duncan, vice-
president; Hurley Macintosh, secre
tary; and John Carpenter, corre
sponding secretary. Professors
Stevenson and Roberts have given
the club especial support, Professor
Stevenson being the faculty advisor.
Besides its weekly discussion of
events, and obtainng of speakers,
the I. R. C. is planning to print a
fortnightly commentary, to sponsor
an essay contest in June, and to in
augurate a series of monthly radio
programs to begin soon.
Collegiate
Pants, which have never known
the feel of a pressing machine, rolled
above the ankles; hair that has not
been touched by a comb since Junior
let go of mother’s apron sti’ings
about three years ago; pockets
absolutely lacking in cents but over
stuffed with nonsense; heads being
ditto except that the former is sense
in this case; suede jackets with dis
abled zippers flapping disconsolately
in the piercing wind, demons, pre
posterously shaped girls, and scream
ing mottoes plastered on the smudged
back; big fuzzy letters (alpha
betical) sewed on the fronts of big
fuzzy sweaters covering big fuzzy
(?) chests; black, smelly pipes
clamped fiercely in the corners of
semi-cynical mouths; thousand-mile
shirts which have already passed the
seven hundred mile post with ‘nary’
a cleaning; striped lived socks rolled
to the ankles; in-the-far-away-past
suede shoes with numerous shiny
spots and squashy rubber soles, the
whole saturated with permanent
mud; once in a while a red or yellow
tie; and if the student is recently
escaped or reformed, he may have a
pair of horn-rimmed ‘specs’ perched
on the anterior end of his studious
nose (The specimen may be labeled
“Rare”) There! There is a picture
of the modern collegiate of the male
species, in toto!
—Eileen Smith.
more are: science, creative English
(The creative English class publishes
BLUETS, college magazine) Ger
man, accounting, economics, play-
writing, government, Bible, and two
histoi’ies—American and European.
In addition to these dramatics is of
fered as an extra-curricula activity.
Pictures Are Received
By Science Department
W. E. Merrill, of the Science De
partment, has recently received three
paintings issued by Bausch and
Lamb Optical Company for use in
teaching the science courses. The
pictures were painted by Harold An
derson, and include drawingte of
Christian Huygers, Joseph Fraun
hofer and Hermann von Helmholtz,
famous for their discoveries and
teachings in the field of optical
science.
The instrument set was designed
particularly for distribution to edu
cational institutions and laboratories,
and will be displayed in the labora
tories of the college science rooms.
Professor Merrill will use these as
references for study in connection
with the progress of science through
the ages.
Sets of drawings to be used in
classes of biology were also received
from Bauisch and Lamb, who have
their headquartei’s in Rochester, New
York. The paintings will be on dis
play for those of the student body
who are interested, the latter part
of the week, and will then remain in
the laboratory rooms.
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Exam Schedule Posted
By Dean Chas. Lloyd
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Dean Charles A. Lloyd has post
ed on the bulletin board the sched
ule for all examinations which start
May 27 and run through to June 1.
The schedule is as follows:
May 27 (Friday) 9 A. M.—Fresh
man English—^All sections.
May 27 (Friday- 1 P. M.—Amer
ican History, Physics, Economics I
(1 o’clock section).
May 28 (Saturday) 9 A. M.—
Sociology, Bible.
May 30 (Monday) 9 A. M.—Bio
logy, Accounting, Engineering Math,
European History (9 o’clock sec
tion).
May 30 (Monday) 1 P. M.—Be
ginners German, Economics IV,
Freshman Math (Dr. Mann’s Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday section).
May 31 (Tuesday) 9 A. M.—
French (Miss Coleman), Economics
I (10 o’clock Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday section). Government,
Freshman Math (Dr. Mann’s Tues
day, Thursday, and Saturday sec
tion), Freshman Math (Mr. Lloyd).
May 31 (Tuesday) 1 P. M.—
Sophomore English, European His
tory (11 o’clock section).
June 1 (Wednesday) 9 A. M.—
German IV, Health, and Calculus.
June 1 (Wednesday) 1 P. M.—
Freshman Chemistry (both sections).
If, in any case, a conflict arises,
it is requested that the student re
port it to Mr. E. H. Roberts.
To talk seriously with your friend
is to talk seriously with yourself.
—Grover Allen.
While the lights are paled, misery
grows drowsy and nods for a while.
Thoughts fade into dreams, and the
music of the world is plaintive and
dim.
A Day In The Life of
a Hookworm
Well, good morning! Here I am,
all cozy and warm while the Boss
crawls out of bed into the cold, cold
morning. Aar-h, there’s that Bromo.
Gosh, the Boss had a terrible binge
last night. I’ve got a terrible head
ache. I need an ice pack. Wish he’d
swallow an ice cube. Uh-oh, here’s
the morning coffee; that makes me
feel better. Nothing like a good cup
of coffee to start the day right. My
goodness, what’s the Boss yelling at?
The wife must be nagging him again.
Now he’ll rush out and I won’t get
my bacon and eggs. Doggone her,
anyhow!
Four and one-half hours later:
Hello again! It’s little me. Gee
whiz, but I thought the Boss would
never get around to lunch. I’m sho’
’nough pow’ful hungry. (Pardon my
Southern hookworm accent). Boy,
oh boy, that soup is good. Well,
well, the Boss is splurging today.
That white wine is plenty expensive,
believe me. And here’s some filled
mignon and here’s some stuff I never
tasted before. ’S good though. Ah,
he’s getting down to business now.
Well, I can’t talk with all this special
food coming my way. See you later.
Nine and one-half hours later:
Whoopee! The Boss is off again.
What a night! What a bender! My
goo’ness, but he’s pourin’ it in to
night. Ho-hum, I’m gettin’ shleepy.
Think I’ll take me a itsy-bitsy nap.
Nighty-night. Shleep tight. Hie. Shee
you all in th’ mornin.’
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Radio In Relation To
Our National Culture
By ROBERT CAMPBIXL
Resolvsd: That the radio is defin
itely increasing our culture as a
nation.
PRO
When radio was invented several
decades ago some persons probably
realized that some day radio would
become an important factor in com
munication, but no one realized the
extent to which radio broadcasting
would develop. Today the radio
reaches more people than news
papers, books, or any other medium
of public information and entertain-,
ment. Granted, some few programs
contribute nothing, or may even be
detrimental, to oui national culture.
Nevertheless, the endless stream of
talks, great music, and drama which
pours into our homes daily has con
tributed much to making today’s
citizenry as a whole the best edu
cated, the most alert, and the most
cultured generation in history.
CON
To those who say that radio has
definitely increased the culture of
the American people we suggest that
they turn on the radio for two or
three hours any night of the week.
Out of the loudspeaker comes a
jumble of “hot” music, so called
comedy, and the blah-blah of the
advertising announcer. American peo
pie do not care to hear a great
symphony orchestra play a master
piece of Wagner, but prefer to tmst
the dial to the coarse humor of Jack
Benny, with an announcer, every five
minutes, extolling the virtues of
Smello, or some such product. Yes,
there is much good in radio, but a
night at the loudspeaker will con
vince you that the bad outweighs the
good as far as culture is concerned.