THE CAMPUS CRiER
VOL. I
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 20, 1947
NU. 0
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JUST FOR THE SPIRIT OF THINGS, the Campus Crier has gone hack to Christmas, 1946, for
the snow scene of Asheville taken from atop Beaucatcher mountain. Up to this writing, all hope for
a "White Christmas" in 1947 seems lost, but still its Chtistmas. (Photo reprinted through courtesy of
Asheville Citizen-Times and June Glenn, Jr. staff photographer.
Editorial
iWerrp Cfjrisitmasf
For some little time now, the retiring editorial staff of The
Campus Crier has been pleasantly annoyed by the ringing of sleigh
bells and the good-natured jostling of Christmas shoppers, all har
bingers of the holiday observing the birth of Christ.
For all of us at Asheville-Biltmore College, the beginning of the
Christmas holidays, 1947, will mean a two-week-long rest from
studies, a chance to renew acquaintances with relatives and old friends.
It will mean more, for the spirit of giving increases each season and
countless joys will also be experienced on Christmas morn.
But we of The Crier are, like so many others at Asheville-Bilt-
more, tots at heart and the joys of receiving have been known to
mean more to us than the much-publicized spirit of giving.
After careful consultation with our Santa Claus, we have
compiled a list of items which would look very good under the
Christmas tree at Asheville-Biltmore, and the bewhiskered gent
has assured us that these little items may be obtained through the
cooperation of all concerned.
First of all, there’s this business of a four-year college. Pro
viding enough of Asheville’s populace can be interested in this idea,
it will prove to be one of the most outstanding features in the City’s
growth and development.
In order to see this become a reality, Santa informs us, we must
all coordinate our efforts toward making full use of what we now
Christmas
Message
As we approach the glorious
Yuletide season, let us all be
come imbued with the real
spirit of Christmas. The time
is most propitious for tne man
ifestation of brotherly love,
tolerance, generosity, and the
willingness to share with oth
ers our happiness and our
many blessings. It is a time
for prayer and for universal
tnanksgiving for our spiritual
heritage. If the peoples of the
world accept the precepts and
the philosophy of our Saviour,
“peace on earth, good will to
ward men” will become a real
ity and the specter of a third
world war will be banished
forever from the earth.
A new year will be ushered
in before our return to classes
after Christmas. Let us re
solve to make the year 1948 the
greatest ever both for ourselves
and for our college. To the
students and faculty, their
friends and loved ones, I wish
to extend greetings. May you
all have a most joyous holiday
season.
Sincerely,
(Signed) Glenn L. Bushey
CCUN GROUP
BEING SET
UP AT A-B
By Nickie Bonarrigo
Herbert Wallace, retiring edi-
lor-in-cnief of ‘I'he Campus Crier,
ana an executive memoer of tfte
i^iauiHg Committee of tne Colleg
iate Council lor the United i\a-
tions, nas announced tnat plans
nave aiready been formulated for
tne creation of a cnapter of tne
CCUN, here at ABC. Working
witn a group of interested stu
dents and with members of the
delegation who attended the re
cent conference at Statesville
Wallace is confident tnat a very
strong and eifective organization
IS in the offing.
With the blesings and the co
operation of tne International Re
lations Club, its president, Joe
M o r r i s, a.n d its advisor, M r
Moser, we should have a work-
mg organization and extensive
Plans ail ready to operate by Feb.
0, 1948 when the next statewide
conference of the CCUN will take
place, Wallace said.
STATE HEADQUATERS of
the CCUN at Chapel Hill, has
sent the newly planned group the
first issue of its bi-monthly news
letter which stated that over
seventy students representing 12
schools of Western North Car
olina were in attendence during
the recent two-day meet. District
lA, which is our own district,
has been given a headquarters
and ihe honor has fallen to Mon-
treat college.
The next conference, to be
held in Statesville on Feb. 5 and
6, will see such famous speakers
as Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Ambassador rienri Bonnet from
France, and Oscar Ivanessivich,
the Ambassador from Argentina.
“It seems that the gentle
warmth of brotherly love, of new
found peace directly after World
War II, has suddenly turned into
a winter of icy hearts and a ‘cold
war’.” These are the words of
Lincoln S. H. Kan, State Director
of the CCUN that so vividly in
dicate the vital need for an or
ganization such as the CCUN.
The specific and ultimate aim of
CCUN is to join with other na
tional and international groups in
an all out effort to make the
United Nations Organization a
permanent and effective instru
ment for world peace.
ROBERTA W. STERLING, N.
C. State Secretary-General of
CCUN has stated that we, as stu
dents, through the CCUN, have
accepted a challenge, a challenge
that will lead us to carry to the
colleges and to all the citizens of
North Carolina an intimate under
standing of the United Nations.
She stated also that the state of
North Carolina will have the dis
tinction of being the first state
wherein its far-sights civic lead
ers have met on a common
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