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. '":V' S- . *'>?'< 4 ' : ' 9t 191 , H 6 VWfefcwrJy R S . ^5^.. ~? s 1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE IN TI Thousands G Cullowhee, For Goldc It is believed that the campus <y Vvf-siern Carolina Teachers College fuilowhe'c, will on October 28, unles; ;;]1 indications fail, be a mecca foi hundreds of alumni, friends, and distinguished citizens of the state. The occasion will be one of three specific purposes: the celebration of the fiftieth year since the founding of the college; the dedication of six new buildings; and the customary Homecoming for alumni. According tc professor P. L. Elliott, chairman oi the anniversary committee, replies tc special invitations which have been sent to patrons all over the state point to a record crowd at the institution. The program as planned calls for a day brimming full of activities, Beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning with the dedication services, tc be held in the new auditorium, at ' 1 '-"--1- r> ,ir;n which Governor ciyuy ja. ?**., ro-.'-'X the exercises will close at 12 oVioek fhat night with a dance in new physical education builder Ikhccon me nrst ai;l Vast events ol i.'n* notable .'Vanixersary are variou: kiiuts'cv eniertainmenl. Immediately *'icr the dedication program, there V'.a be a barbeque, prepare by ar expert caterer and served free, tc ^ IkdoguRs and special guests. Fclnr.vr-r.g the precedent of all othei hr-rao-comings, the outstanding attredio.i for the afternoon is a footIGi g;one, which will be played or i'untcr field. This annivcrslnrj game will bo played between Mar: ilill College and Western Caroinia These two schools have for year keen friendly rivals, r.nd crowds, o loyal sons and daughters, fans a:ic , jmirons, of both institutions will b? on- hand Ug-sep- -th^cu:iLaak.ap^ bacl t:it:r respective teams. In thee.earl] ev-rhing a banquet, arranged for app;o>::nvilc!y 400 delegates and specially invited guests will be given ii the oining hall of Moore dormitory Pioiniiv. lit a.nothe speakers chos(P. ior iho bdnquet tare Presiden Frank fT. Graham of the GreatJi br.iversity of North Carolina anc Bern llmriett Elliott of the Women: (' dirge of the Greater University Greensboro. Students a: (f other: who may not, for lack of space, att ad Lie banquet, wiil be served a I..is time elsewhere on the campus At the dedication ceremonies, th; Hoard of Trustees will receive Iron tiie har-ti.-r of tlie Building Committjo the six new buildings which ar< low compiefe or aim>st completed Then D. llidcn Ramsey, of Ashevillc tv.uirman of the Board of Trusted will on behalf of the Board, tendc: ? ' - ? IIoov wil< it* buildings to (ioverncu , v ? turn v/iii receive them on behal of the siatc. This having been done the Governor will then make th dedicatory address. The six new buildings and othe units provided for under the cur rent expansion program will for al practical purposes about double th capacity of the college. It will, it addition, provide for new facilitie v.hich have never before been en joyed by the college. For example the only auditorium V/estern Carolin Teachers College has had heretofor v/as a comparatively small upstair ' aan in a building erected by Jack son County as a county school build ing. The new auditorium, sc-atin nearly a thousand, is modern in ever; dcUul. The new swimming pool-wit' its attendant shewcrs, baths, locker: rooms for olficials?in fact the whol new rock gymnasium?represent - ' national opportuitltic - W splendid rcviv-? and a richer educational offennf The Student in* for a wide variety, ot student or K'loized activities, fills a on _ need for day students as well as thos who live in dormitories. The ci of Jackson County as Well to t members of the college are ju in being proud of the ;99*5 lveted training school, tog of the college for teachers. If vious that the new infirmary wi make the problem of caring f S1C students much more simple* Sftu,d3n and faculty members alike say, tur where they will, Westerfa CaraliD Teachers College bears evidelicg I being a modernized and up* to dal Plant. The new additions to the col logo plant represent an investmei | in the neighborhood of $700,000.. The enrollment for this fall h< already witnessed a reiriarkati growth. As against a fall enrollmei 1 T '* w' : r^L \ ' r- : ' ^ ' s ' ' % ; _ / .. / "' / . v * '' * ';^vr:v:,'v /hi 13ftcl( IE COUNTY ^ rather At Saturday. n Anniversary i d of 378 last year, the registrar advices ^ .that already "520 have registered for . this quarter and that several score of . other students' expressing desire to . enter had be to told that all.avail; able room had been assigned. Many . people living in the community have . thrown open their homes to students , in an effort to help meet the crowded r situation. . The anniversary celebration brings , to mind the fact that Western Caro lina Teachers College was the first >! white institution for the training of i teachers in North Carolina. If one > counts the date of founding the col.. lege as the time when Professor R. L. J Madison first opened up his school ' at Cullowhee and announced that he was going to begin the training of , teachers, only the white schools, can , , claim to be older. Professor Madi son began his class work Oh August [ 5, 1889. Fifty-eight days later, Oc; tober 3, State College began its initial session. It was several years -rater that Womans College jof the [ University and Appalachian State. r\r\ frillocta were founded, while 5 1 TiltilCiO V/V/iac^V iv VA ^ _ _ _ - East Carolina Teachers College was ! ; not established until 1907, eighteen i years alter the beginning of its sis) tcr college in the Western part of . the state. Friends of this instiution r | take pride in its chronological priori J ty in the field of teacher-training in . j the state of North Carolna. i j With the enlargement of the physir ; cal plant and the increase in the stus j dent body, a wider and richer edu. Icational offering has developed. . In s j the earlier stages of the institution, f j it was known as "Cullowhee High 1; School." Its program was of the c acadmy type, on a preparatory and 5 largely, academic.?asis with some nicmpKasiil|8n ifce. - j As the pioneer institute grew, fre- i ",j quently the necessity arose to change 1 j its name: in 1907, it become "Cullo-I I whec Normal and Industrial School." " ( At that time the institution was maintjly a high school, but it gave some r; work which was. accepted by the t 1 University and other colleges as credit s! on a junior college level. The Vear m j 925 saw another new name, 'Cullo31 whee State Normal School," which " i was more in keeping with its spe^ J cific purposes as a teacher training i agency. Soon, however; it outgrew 2 1 this pattern and sought to be recog1 ni/.ed as a four year college; conse" > quently, its name was again changed 2 by legislative enactment, as had been the other changes, to "Western Caro!> Jina Teachers College." The legis* lature then authorized the granting r of degrees, the first of which were ?i granted in August 1931.*'Since that Mdate than 1200 degrees have been awarded to young and women who e have studied here. The men who have watched. the r growth of the college and steered-its " j cotirse for half a century, will take 1J a brief part in the program; they are: e! Professor R. L. Madison, founder and a ' first president; A. C. Reynolds, pres~ 1 qi9 tn 1920: H. T. Hunt a iC.ent iruiii ? " er, president since 1923. Pro lessor Madison returned to the institution a he had founded in 1920, serving three e years. He is now, at the age of 73, s president-emeritus. Professor Rey~ nolds, for a number of years Superin" tendent of Buncombe County Schools, ? is at present Principal of the Oakley y High School in Buncombe County. ^ President Huntqr, presiding at the s? banquet next Saturday, will give a e brief paper on the meaning of the s "anniversary, and at that time Pro-!s fessor Madison and Mr. Reynolds will each be recognized iot brief "messages. ~ { It is agreed that the^college had ^ I its years of most difficult struggle e(under Presidents Madison and Rey's.| nolds. As President Hunter says, * ^"ndation-laying years." . i. wcj.t xww " -He insists^ that he was himself not C ,made for a pioneer in.- education and ^"cieclare^ that those who preceeded ^ him '?& Cullowhee were thereal^atflf ^ blazers. Yet those who have witched *c the growth of the. college under the ^ present administration know that its n expansion in every direction* has P ' been almost phenomenal. The school tfjha* increased in value since he Bekjcaaiie president from a plant valued about $200,000 to one worth aptt I proximately one million and a half (dollars. The enrolled college stuis j dents have increased from less than le *50 in ftie fall of 1923 to $20 this fall; at ] please turn to last page - : , r*' . S Y - **;- . " - ? f '? ?. " * ' ' * ' tJ prtt i 8YLVA, NORTH CARof To Widen Main Jackson Highways ' ' . . * * . fc . Widening of Highways 108 and U. S. 19 in Jackson County this winter will employ some 300 or more men and call for the expenditure of: $151,712 by the State Highway and Public Works Commission and t?e Works Progress Administration, it, is anticipated by the completion of de-? tails of highway projects submitted i by the commission. I Highway 106 from Sylva toward} ICullowhee will be widened for a distance of 3.1 nilles* the width be-, ing increased from 16 to;. 18 V feet!' From Dix' Gap to Tiickaseigee a dis- \ tance of 5.4 miles of the, highway will be widened from 15 to 18 feet, and ( the old road Will be retreated. \| On U. S. 19, from.Sylva to Balsam^ Gap the highway will be ' widened * from 16 to 20 feet. This project will J employ 150 men for a period of ap-i proximately six months, and will cost $69,442. W The work on 100 will cost, it is ' estimated, $89,442. ;v ^ Over in Macon U. S. Highway 23! will be widened four feet from War I tauga Gap to the Georgia/line, and a ed on U. S. 64 near Highlands. $40,nnn Will Ko emtnl alcn in M nnnn rtn ~ ~U1JU 111 IfiaLUli UAl ? ?? __ -* .' * ' ' ~ ~~ ~,"" ~ r ?fH ^mm ;' T'" n ,^H .'.S JfnH .4^1 "> 3| - ' I *^9 ..- -fv^B jm 71 . ' - . ? ji ' fl ' fmI . ' ' ' 1i HHHH GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY j DAY PROGRAM New Auditorium 10:00 A. M. Chorus Music by Student^, directed by Mrs. Gulley Recognition of guests Address, Hon. Clyde Erwin, State Superintendent, on Effects of teacher training upon the public schools, for the past half century, since Western Carolina was established, as the first teacher training institution in North Carolina. j Violin Selection, Mrs. Virginia Gustafson Fisher j Presentation of new buildings to trustees, Dr. H. T. Hunter i Presentation to full board, R. U. Sutton, chairman, building committee. | Presentation to State, D. Hiden ,Jtamsey Receiving of buildings on behalf of State, and dedication, Governor ClydQ IR. Hoey | Barbecue Lunch son - 2:30 P. M., Mars Hill College vs. W. C. T. C. 6:30, Banquet, Dining Hall, Moore' Dormitory ? ! j Addresses, Dean Elliott, Woman's College of the University; Dr. Prank P. Graham, President, University of North Carolina Ball, New Physicial Education Building. L i I WMRZgh' ' "i"'' * $NA, OCTOBER 26, 1939 Ratledge Returned f1 To Sylva Chirge Rev. A. P. Ratledge, for the past two years preacher in charge!of the Methodist churches at Sylva and Dillsboro, was returned to the charge for another year by the annual conference, meeting in Greensboro. Rev. Cr. A. Hovis was returned to' Webster circuit, and Rev. G. L. Fisher to Whittier. The list of appointments for the UTavnectrilla /IJetri/if ic' it ajr iiuo v iiiw. ? ,W. L. Hutchins, district superintendent. Andrews: 'G. N. Dulin; Bethel,. J. W. Blitch; Bryson City, A. L. Rayle; Central Canton, W. R. Kelly; First Canton, J. F. Wyatt; Clyde, E. C. Price; Crabtree, W. H. Neese; Cullowhee, W. L. Lanier; Dellwood, C. O. Newell; Fines Creek, G.. L. Lovett, supply; Franklin, I. L. Roberts; Franklin circuit, H. S. Williams; Hayesville, J. G. Gentry; Highlands, J. S. Higgips; Jonathan, J. D, Fyatt, supply; - Junaluska, -C. D. Brown; metal arch bridge will be constructfarm-to-market roads. In Transylvania $77,363 will be spent on farm-to-market roads; and $61,870 will be expended for the same purpose in Swain. IfCjBBa? 1^ Distinguished Guests Expected At Cuilowhee Among the distinguished citizens of the State will be at Cuilowhee for the 50th Anniversary Celebration, are: Governor- and Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, President Frank P. Graham. Dean Harriett Elliott, Commissioner of Agriculture, W. Kerr Scott, Senator Pat Taylor, Budget Director R.. G. Deyton, Dean Harrelson, Carl Goerch, Mayor and Mrs. Holmes Bryson, of Asheville. Sixteen College Will Be Represented Sixteen American cuuegca Universities will be represented at the Golden Celebration at W. C. T. C.i They will be represented by their presidents, dean, and professors. Chapman Heads Dentists Dr. W. Kermit Chapman was elected president of the First District Dental Society, a branch of the North Carolina Dental Society, as the anmiar meeting, held in Morganton, on October 8 and 9. Mrs. Bumgarner 111 Mrs. Ebb Bumgarner, of Cashier's, is sieriously ill, at the Community Hospital. >? + y7/'"' ' T^C - ? " ;*t?V %V / ; I ASX%^M el ' L v f&OO A YEAfc Of 4 Inownpf H<ln^ T W Jk-r-.^JL JLJLC^ JLft. VI Sentences J Webster 4-H Members Go To Fair I Paul Buchanan, principal |>f th< (.Webster High School, took six! mem jbers of the Webster 4-H Cjub U | Raleigh to the State Fair, last Thursday. The 4-H members who* mad.' the trip were Junior Thomas,^ president of the club; Elizabeth Aliman j vice-president, and food prepara'tion champion of the county. Eva | Higdon, secretary, and county records champion, Kenneth Davis, county calf champion, Lloyd Cowan, and Pansy Dillard, room improvement , and rural electrification champion, i The trip included the State Fair, points of interest in Raleigh, A. & E. I College, University, the Woman's ; College, and the University Louisa, L. W. Hall, supply; Macon, Affnminer .Q+oi* W W I u v^? u wanii) 1VAUJLA11115 UMU) i? xx? Pless; Murphy, W. R. Jenkins; Murphy circuit, G. W. Bumgarner; Feachtree, to be supplied; Robbinsville, H. L. Lefevers; Rockwood, W. F. Beadle; Shooting Creek, D. H. Dennis; Sylva, A. P. Ratledge; Waynesville, J. G. Huggin, Jr.; Webster, G. A. Hovis; Whittier, G. L. Fisher, supply. ; : : ..... * ? ~ ,. Ifc?* i ' * * <' ' * &' : ij,. ' , I?' ' l % '* i | K.: ^Rft^SSflSHBsESBI^HflHHlHiiH^' ifwo Hundred Attend 'P. T. A. Convention I The local P. T. A. heads expected ithat 150 delegates to the District P; rn A ' - - x. rv. meeting wouia De in syiva on Wednesday, but the number actually in attendance far exceeded 200, for more than 200 tickets to the luncheon were sold. i The meeting opened at the Method jdist church, with a devotional conducted by Rev. H. M. Hocutt, and ; greetings by Mrs. R. U. Sutton, president of the Sylva P. T. A., and a response by Mrs. Fred Hampton, State corresponding secretary. Mrs. Doyles Alley, State President traced the growth of the P. T. A. movement in the State and Nation; and Junius L. Allison, president of the North Carolina Class Room Teachers Association, spoke on Realizing, the Parent-Teacher Objectives thru legislation. Mr. Dan Cbok sang for the meeting with Mrs. Orover Wilkes accompanying. At the Community House, follow*ing luncheon, the afternoon sessions | were held, with Mrs: Dan Allison, would appear to be back of the efr forts of both parties to be in a position to claim credit tor keeping toe j United States out of war. [ PLEASE TORN- TO LAST PAGE ' ' V-A " * uttl i 1 - - t * i > LDVAHOK OUT SIDE TEE coubtt 8 Out Stiff I tn Court Here 1 y """"" ? J. A few stiff sentegLpes, and several undred dollars in fines for the -ftmHo . 1.1 ' * ? * ???) uuuacu UIC UClODer arm of Superior Court, with Judge V. F. Cowper, of Kinaton, presiding; ud Solicitor John M,' Queen, prosecuting for the Stated The longest sentence imposed was jpon William Dorsey, young colored I ooy of Sylva, who plead guilty of oreaking and entering, larceny and receiving. He was sent to the State prison for not less than 2 years nor I more than 18 months. He could have oeen tried for his life, as he plead guilty of entering the dwelling house of Sam Allison and stealing $90. It was in the night time, and Bin. Allison was at the home at the which would have-made the offense' < burglary in the first degree, had the State seen fit to ask for , the capital charge. Buck Consene, an Indian drew 18 months on an abandonment charge. 'Howard Warren was sent to the roads for one year on a resisting an officer charge, and his brother, Claude Warren, drew one to two years on the same charge. ? 1 Fairday Plemmons, oaught with 50 gallons of liquor, drew one year, and Elizabeth Tipton, young girl, who was with him was given nine months, but placed on probation;; >Boyd Buchanan was sentenced to one year on the roads on an assualt charge. ' * ? Mark Tritt, breaking and entering the store of Ed Battle, at Cullowhee, 18 months; and his nephew, Albert 3reece, was given eight months on the roads for the same offense. His wife, ituby Tritt, was sent to the State ? ainhf mnnthc nn a lar? pil&uil 1U1 Cigltli uwtiwu, jeny charge. ? - 6 > * Ted West, tried at the last term jf the court on a charge of bank i obbery, and a mistrial had, plead guilty of forcible trespass- and^waa given a suspended sentence of two years, and placed on probation for dve years. Jack Hall, prohibition violation, four months. S. J. Bryson, larceny, four.months. Doug Guffey and Don Williams, stilling, six months and five months respectively. J Clyde Carroll, assault, two-months. Clarence Stanley, prohibition violation, six months'at the county home. Lloyd Cunningham, operating an automobile while intoxicated, four months. , ..." . * ?. Carlyle Cogghis, prohibition violation, $200 and. the costs. Lem Stewart,' violating prohibition laws, $25 fine. W. B. Styles, reckless driving, $25 and costs. Ray Jones, - drunken driving, six , ^ h . . Other cases of operating motor ve- > hides while intoxicated. Homer Green, $50 and costs. Fred Moody, $50 and costs. Lyman Higdon, $50 and costs. Gilmer McCoy, $50 and costs. N. F. Cheek', $50 and. cost?. Hugh Babb, $50 and costs. David L. Williamson, $50 and costs, r Theo Franks, $50 and costs, j Clinton A. Queen, $114, Carl Tritt, $50 and- costs. . Henry Bryson, $50 and costs. Frank Ferguson; $50 and costs. Robert Settlemyre, $50 and costs. . . I W. C. T. C. 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