Cullowhee Yodel Volume 07 Number 12

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A Neighborly Call from the Hills to Kindred Spirits Everywhere
Western Carolina Teachers College, Cullowhee, N. C, May 1, 1930
College Has Unexpected
Week For Easter
CONSTRUCTION  WORK PROGRESSES.
The students and faculty of Western Carolina Teachers College were
given an unexpected week of Easter
vacation. The construction work that
is under way was responsible for it.
An addition is being made to the
dining-room and kitchen, which necessitated tearing away the intervening walls, laying new floors in
the old kitchen, plastering, painting,
re-locating equipment and steam and
water pipes. The task of feeding two
or three hundred students and teachers while this was going on presented grave difficulties to the dietitian
and her force of workers. A vacation
seemed the best solution, allowing
the contractor time to complete the
connection between the old and the
new part of this building. Meals were
served to the faculty members and
students who remained in Cullowhee
in an improvised dining-room in the
Home  Economics   Laboratory.
The vacation ended Sunday, April
27. Classes were resumed on Monday
following. This vacation deferred the
opening of the last six weeks special
session, which was scheduled to begin on the 22nd of April. The new
students registered on the 28th.
SPRING COMES TO CULLOWHEE VALLEY
Methodists Holding
Series of Services
Evangelistic services began at tn^
Methodist Church, Sunday morning,
April 27, and will continue until Sunday, May 4. Reverend Mr. G. B.
Clemmens, who is at present pastor
of the Methodist Church in Sylva, is
conducting the meeting. The services
are beginning each evening at eight
o'clock. During the week only one
service will be held, but on Sunday
there will be two services.
W. R. Francis Appointed as Member of Board
Announcement has been made by
Governor O. Max Gardner of the appointment of Mr. W. R. Francis, of
Waynesville, to fill the vacancy on
the Board of Trustees of Western
Carolina Teachers College created by
the resignation of Mr. Reuben B.
Robertson, of Canton. Mr. Francis,
who is a young lawyer, is expected
to be an asset to the board and the
college, due to his enthusiastic interest in Western North Carolina.
Hydro-Electric Plant
Recently Completed
WILL FURNISH COMMUNITY TOO
The hydro-electric plant begun last
August has just been completed. The
plant was designed by Engineer
Charles E. Waddell of Asheville, N.
C. The dam and power house were
built by Biltmore Concrete Company,
also of Asheville. The machinery
was furnished and installed by the
James Leffel and Company of
Springfield, Ohio.
The new plant will be of much economic value to the college. It is estimated that it will save the college
from ;$12 to $15 per day. The authorities hope that it will be possible
to give twenty-four hour service
when the plant is fully established.
Besides furnishing the college with
lights the plant will also provide for
the community. The money received
from this source goes to help the
student loan fund of the college.
President and Dean
Make Commencement Address
President H. T. Hunter and Dean
W. E. Bird have recently served several schools in Western North Carolina by delivering commencement addresses. Dean Bird has spoken at the
graduation exercises of the Jackson
County Colored Consolidated School
at Beta and at the Almond High
School commencement.
Mr. Hunter spoke to the Glenville
High School Class and is scheduled
to make the following addresses:
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, High
School, on May 1; Oak Hill, Caldwell
County, High School, on May 9; and
Canton High School, on May 23.
B. S. Colburn Visits
Campus
Mr. B. S. Colburn of Asheville,
North Carolina, was a Cullowhee visitor April 16th.
Mr. Colburn is very much interested in Western North Carolina and
has made a great collection of old
Indian relics. He is also a very interesting speaker and has promised to
come back and talk to the student
body and faculty members in chapel.
When he comes it is to be hoped that
he will take Dean Bird's suggestion
and bring a truck load of his various
collections.
Everyone is looking forward with
pleasure to his coming.
Fifth Grade Project
Interesting
On April 17, Miss Cordelia Camp
presented the fifth grade of the Cullowhee Training School, in a program,
directed by Miss Mary Alice Haigh
critic teacher, and the following
practice teachers: Mary Leslie, Ei
selle Home, Dollie Curtis, Ruby Griffin, Irma Anderson, and Blanche
Ledford. The program which was
given in the college auditorium consisted of a four-act play, entitled
"The Covered Wagon," this year being a centennial of the covered wag-
The play was a result of a project
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August Seniors Have
Picnic
On April 16, the August seniors,
with Miss Ferrell Bolton and Miss
Lona Bill Braswell as chaperones,
were entertained with a picnic on the
Cullowhee picnic ground. After
games and races had been enjoyed,
the crowd gathered around a large
bonfire where weiners, pickles, bacon,
coffee, and marshrnallows were enjoyed by all present.
Silence
"God must have loved the Silence, for he laid
A stillness on the sunset and the dawn;
Upon the moment when the bird has gone,
Leaving a note high-hung within the glade
More sweet than when he sang it;,moons that pass
Too full of forests changelessness for sound—
Creeping of little frosts along the ground
Silence of growth among the summer grass.
"God must have deeply loved the Silence—
For is there one of us who has not heard
Promptings to silence that he speaks not of ?
What of an old remorse; a hope that is
Too deeply hoped; what of a grief outgrown;
And  silent,  old,  unconquerable   love?"
—Anonymous.
Commencement
Speakers Announced
By President
The speakers for the June and August commencements at Western Carolina Teachers College have been announced by President H. T. Hunter.
All four of the commencement speakers are ministers. For the June com-
menceemnt the sermon will be preached by Dr. H. B. Trimble, pastor of
the Central Methodist Church, Asheville, and the baccalaureate address
by Dr. John E. White, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Savannah, Ga.
For the August commencement the
sermon will be by Dr. William R.
Owen, First Baptist Church, Asheville; the address, by Rev. Clarence
Stuart McClellan, rector of the Calvary Episcopal Church, Fletcher.
Miss McAuley
Entertains Students
On Tuesday evening, April 15, Miss
Minnie McAuley, fourth grade critic
teacher of the training school, entertained the following student teachers
of the fourth grade with a picnic near
East La Porte: Jeanette Henson, Edna Brown, Nell Campbell, Dixie Henson, Janie Hooper, and Sue Rucker
Special guests were Misses Jewell
Swain, supervisor of the Jackson
County Schools, and Catherine Neal,
instructor of art.