The Carolinian [December 12, 1929]

              Tenth Anniversary Issue
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Anniversary THE CAROLINIAN V
North Carolina College for Women
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VOLUHII1 GREENSBORO, If. C, DBCEMBEB 12, ItSf NUMBER 13
Carolinian Celebrates Tenth
Anniversary With This Issue
INCREASE TO SIX
PAGES FROM TINY
FOUR-PAGE SHEET
Published First in May, 1919,
With Mr. A. C. Hall As
Faculty Adviser.
CHARTER MEMBERS
*. MILLER IS FIRST EDITOR
Local Paper la Member of North Caro-lina
aad National Scholastic
s Preaa Associations.
Prom a fourfcolumn, four-page sheet
of small dimension! to a six-column, fre-quently
six-page paper of much larger
sine, which in 1988 wen second place ia
the state college newspaper contest, ia
ia part the record of the growth of the
Carolinian since the year 1919-1020 when
it was published regularly for the first
time with A. C. Hall, of the English de-partment
as (faculty sdviser.
In these years the paper haa greatly
change* in make-up, in type of head-lines,
in arrangement of advertising
matter, in length and type of story, aad
in general arrangement and appearance.
The Carolinian of today ia more journ-alistic
in style aad tone than the Caro-linian
of ten years ago.
The change from a four-column to a
five-column paper of larger size in 1921
and in 192S to the full-sized six-colunm
page of the present time are among the
outstanding happenings in the history
of the Carolinian. The paper haa been
published weekly with more or lee«VeK-ularity
since the beginning.
GIRLS OF OLD DAYS
WERE DESIROUS
FOR KNOWLEDGE
Miss Viola Doddle Contrasts
Former and Present N. C.
Students.
Classes May Come and Go
ButE. J. Goes On Forever
THE CHANGE IS NATURAL
Shift From Desire far Knowledge
One of Entertainment Caased
by New Wealth.
to
Mystery T ?
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A Carolinian which will be ■nrpria-
Ing In more than one sense is prom-ised
by the editors next week. Mys-tery
will abroad the why and where-fore
antll the paper appears on cam-pas
Wednesday afternoon. Material
for the lamte mast be in on Sunday
nlaht.
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H. J. Forney, college treasurer, and Misa Viola Boddle, head of the Latin
department, have been at North Carolina College alnce It first opened for work
on October 5,1891. They are the onty charter members. -
R. UPSCOMB HEADS
FRESHMAN CLASS
Commercials Choose M. Dickey
for President—Ware is
Secretary-Treasurer.
MISS JAMIESON SPEAKS
A summer
Carolinian waa issued 161922, but this
haa never been done since.
The idea of a student newspaper at
North Carolina college originated in Mr.
Hall's class ia writing in the early part
of the year 1918-1919. A special com-mencement
issue was published in May
of that year, bu^ the paper waa not
issued regularly until the next fall. The
first issue of the paper, dated Septem-ber
20, 1919, waa* about half the siae
of the present Carolinian. Smooth pa-per
waa used instead of the regular
news sheet Florence Miller waa first
editor of the paper, and Willie John
Medlock, business manager. These girls
were assisted by a staff of 20 members.
The paper was issued under the direc-tion
of Anne Fulton in 1920, and Anne
Cantrell, now social editor of the
Greensboro Daily News, waa editor in
1921. It waa in this year that the paper
waa enlarged and the make-up ehaaged
to some extent, although many improve-ments
had been made during the first
two years.
The Caroliatan was further enlarged
in 1922 when Nell Craig, now society
editor of the Greensboro Daily Beeord,
waa editor and Eva Bagley business
manager. This editor especially en-couraged
the use of pictures, which had
not been done to any great extent up
until this time. Lena Smith headed the
staff ia 1923, Sam Davis in 192*, an4
Eleanor Vanneman in 1925.
Blanch Armfield and Nina Smith were
editor and business manager, respective-ly,
of the Carolinian in 1926-1927. The
next year judges in the N. C. C. P. A.
newspaper contest ranked the paper sec-ond
in the state. Frances Gibson, now
of New York City, edited the weekly
that year, and Sally Smith was business
manager.
Last year the Carolinian, issued by
Katie Gravely, editor, who is working
in New York City at the present time,
and Elisabeth Reynolds, of Aaheville,
business manager, won third place in the
college 'newspaper content. Mattie-
Moore Taylor ia editor of the sheet this
year and Mabel Holland - is business
manager.
At present a six-page paper is issued
-whenever posible. There has been no
faculty advisory board for the paper
since it was first founded although Mr.
Hall greatly aided the staff in putting
the paper on its/feet. Money for the
publishing costs of the Carolinian ia
derived from the budget aad from ad-vertising.
The Carolinian is a member of the
North Carolina Collegiate Preaa associa-tion
aad of the Natloaal Scholastic
Press assentation this year.
GIRL OF TODAY IS
AS GOOD AS EVER
Dr. Jackson Says That N. C. C.
Girls Are More Independ-ent
Than Formerly.
FACULTY HAS CHANGED
The freshmen and commercial classes
of the college organised and elected
their officers for the remainder of the
semester at meetings held on Monday
at ehapel period. The commercials met
in the Cornelian hall, with Miss Minnie
Jamieson presiding, and elected claw
officers aa follows: president, Martha L.
Dickey, of Atlanta, Ga.; vice-preaident,
Haael Perkins, of Wendell, N. C; sec-retary-
treasurer, Annie Jo Ware, of Ba-leigh,
N. C.
Virginia Motte, president of the jun-ior
class, presided at the freshman meet-ing
which was held in Students' audito-rium.
The officers elected were as fol-lows:
president, Rachel Iipecomb, of
Greensboro; vice-president, Margaret
Morris, of Florence, S. C; and secre-tary-
treasurer, Catherine Melver, of
Summerfield.
After the election, Miss Jamieson
made'a brief talk urging the freshmen
to work diligently and build individual
character, thus upholding the ideals of
the elass. She plead for co-operation of
the students with the officials in the de-parture
for aad return from Christmas
holidays. She advised the freshmen to
work with a thought for the time four
years hence when they will be seniors
with full responsibility in campus
affairs.
HISTORY PROF. TALKS
ON'MADONNAS'SUNDAY
Miaa Mendeuhall Ia Speaker at Weekly
Vesper Service*-C Mayaard Plays
) Offaa Solo.
"Madonnas" was the subject of a
Chrtftmaa talk by Miss Marjorie Men-denhall,
of the history faculty, at the
weekly vesper service held in the Mnsie
building Sunday at 7 p. m.
Christie Maynard played an organ
selection, "Moonlight and Roses," aa the
organ prelude. Nancy Taylor had
charge of the program aad introduced
the speaker. Margaret Byerly sang
"Love That Will Not Let Me Go," aad
the chairman read "Christmas Miracle,"
by Morgan, before the talk.
Miss Mendenhall discussed the im-portance
of the virgin in literature and
art and showed a lovely collection of
paintings of the Madonna.
DR. JACKSON TALKS
ON ANDREW CARNEGIE
"Girls of today are just as good as
they ever were, if not better," so says
Dr. W. C. Jackson, vice-president of
North Carolina college. During the past
20 years that Dr. Jackson haa been here,
he has noticed the greatest change
among the student body in that the
present one has more "independence
and self-reliance." It seems that the
girl of today is more ready to challenge
the instructor's' word, not disrespect-fully,
than ever before. In discussing
this topic Dr. Jackson stated that more
work and better preparations were're-quired
of the teacher by the students
now. The present student body haa an
evidence of a wider experience and
seems to be "better acquainted with the
world." •
Dr. Jackson thinks tnst "the student
body does not give aa much attention
to the form of religion now, but is just
as sound in character nevertheless."
In discussing the first change, there
was brought out the-increasing number
of the faculty who have obtained the
higher degrees of learning. The ma-jority
of the present faculty have the
M. A. degree, while a large number have
received the doctor's degree. All teach-ers
have « better foundation for teach-ing
now' than they did 20 years ago.
Perhaps the greatest change is that
the faculty is chosen from all over the
United States and also from across the
Atlantic; at presentHhere are five Eu-ropeans
on the faculty roll. Practically
every section of the country ia repre-sented
on the faculty of North Caro-lina
college.
FRENCH CLUB MEMBERS
HAVE MUSICAL PROGRAM
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Helen Shaford Readers Plaao Selec-tion
and E. Halybarta* Given Two
Violin Number*.
"The girls who came in the old days
were hungry for knowledge," said Mites
Viola Boddie, one of the two charter
members of the college and head of the
Latin department, in a recent inter-view
on the difference between the girls
who came to the State Normal and In-dustrial
school and those who come to
North Carolina College for Women.. .
Miss Boddie became a member of the
faculty ia 1808 when the institution first
opened its doors to students. She has
been an integral part ef the college
and haa watched its growth from a few
small buildings and only 223 girls to the
present institution composed of more
than 20 buildings and 1,800 girls.
When the Normal first opened, many
of the girls came from out of the fields.
They had grown to maturity without an
opportunity for any~higher education
and when the state school for women
was opened they were glad to have a
chance to be educated. They came,
filled with ambition to learn anything
anyone would teach them, rather than
with the idea that college was an in-stitution
to be criticized. According to
the Latin' professor, these girls really
appreciated the things the college did
for them, and in every way they mani-fested
a spirit of gratitude and respect.
The auditorium or ehapel in the early
COLLEGE COURSES
CHANGESGREATLY
In 1903 A. B. Was Given at N. C.
College for Post Grad-uate
Work Only.
GUARDS M O N E Y
Mr. Forney Cashes Checks and
Makes Witty Remarks to
Those He Serves.
GIVES FISCAL STATISTICS
College Treasurer Will Alwaya Be
Blessed by Business Women Whom
He Has Trained.
FOUR COURSES OFFERED
For the first few years after the
founding of the college in 1802, there
were fixed courses with definite aad set-tled
requirements, all of which led not
to a degree, but to a diploma. There
was a course whieh emphasised the lan-guages,
two being required; there waa
another course dealing with domestic
science; another with commercial work
aa a specialty; and yet a fourth which
emphasized the natural sciences.
In •1903 there waa offered one post-graduate
course whieh led to the A. B.
degree, and it was not long after that
it was possible to obtain a B. 8. degree
also. About 15 girls in all took the de-grees
offered.
In 1900 this method of conferring de-grees
was abolished, and definite courses
leading to these degrees were pre-yed
of th7eolta*e wa7 on'Ve "second *"»»«<*• In 1808 the Bachelor of Peda-floor
of the Administration building;
and Miss Boddie recalls the eagerneas
which waa expresaed in the faces of the*
students aa they would gather aa dose
to the stage aa possible for fear of miss-ing
one single word of a lecture. They
listened intently and accepted without
criticism everything that was spoken
from that stage.
The college instilled into the girls a
deep spiritual training and a cede of
morals that in no way compares with
the morals of today. There were not so
many diversions and the students could
really put aaide all things but those of
first importance to their education. \
Miss Boddie says the girls did not
have all the finery with whieh they dress
nowadays, but they did have a desire
to learn rather than to leave the class-room
as soon as possible to go up town.
The gain in interest in material things
came about gradually, and with it eame
the natural decrease in interest in scho-lastic
fields.
It is not altogether the fault of the
girls, Miss Boddie feels. The change in
the interest of the country from eul-
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Dr. W. C. Jackson, vice-president of
the college and head of the history de-partment,
spoke on Andrew Carnegie aa
his fifth lecture on representative
Americans at a meeting of the Friday
Afternoon club, December 6, at the
home of Mrs. T. Moody Stroud. Miaa
Mary Petty, head of the chemistry de-partment,
waa joint hostess with Mrs.
Moody.
Musical numbers offered by members
of the French elub pleased a large audi-ence
at the regular meeting of the club
held last Thursday night in the Corne-lian
hall. The program was in charge
of Peggy Hanna, Fleta Martin, and Elis-abeth
Abram.
Helen Shuford, piano, gave "An Clair
de Lune," Debussy. Ernestine Halybur-ton,
violin, presented "La Cygne," Saint-
Saens, and "Gavotte," Ooasec. The ac-companist
was Ella Poindexter.
Following the program delicious re-freshments
consisting of coca-cola and
sandwiches were served.
Coraddi Notice
The deadUae far all Coraddi ma-terial
is • p. m. Monday, December
18. Copy may be seat to Betty Gaat
throats local mail.
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gogy degree was offered along with the
A. B. and B. 8. degrees. This degree
waa changed later to the B. E. degree,
whieh later amounted to a major in
education.
It was iai 1918 that^ the college curricu.
lum was changed so aa to require major
and minor subjects, and about this time
the elective system came into being. In
1919 it waa possible to obtain the fol-lowing
degrees at this college: B. S.
H. at, B. S., A. B., and B. M.
In 1926 there were some graduates in
Physical Education. This course was
established in 1984 enabling students to
take a degree in B. 8. P. E.
In 1926 the degree of B. 8. in Nurs-ing
was first conferred. The require-ments
for this degree were three years
of study at thia college and two years
of training at an approved hospital.
This degree was cut out of the curricu-lum
when the college joined the Asso-ciation
of University' Women.
I In 1927 the college began offering the
degree of A. B. in library science.
A total of nine Master's degrees have
been conferred, one in 1982, three in
1924, one in 1926, one in 1988, and three
in 1989.
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Times Have Changed But
Girls Rjemain the Same
Goodness me how things have ehanged
since mother was a girl! Yes, THINGS
have changed more than the girls, if
one would believe Miss Laura Coit, sec-retary
of this college. Miss Colt be-lieves
that girls were always the same
aa they are now, but that the girls at
present have a better /outlook and richer
opportunity than the girls of the nine-ties..
At the Normal, aa the college was
called, they lived simply; there waa no
such thing as a fur coat. Often times
the girls would bring butter and eggs to
help pay tuition. A mountain girl, and
Miss Colt says to take her word for it,
entering thia college brought her ward-robe
in a cracker-box. A trunk .would
have been too targe, extra expense for
nothing 1
Yes, this college haa changed as all
other things do in the course of time.
In 1894 the State Normal for Women
consisted of administration building,
half of Guilford hall, the president's
residence, Curry building, Teague dor-mitory,
wooden shaeks, and the college
farm and stables, located on the present
site of Students' building. The. site of
Spencer dormitory wa« then only woods;
and from college park to Greensboro
college waa primitive woodland. The
assembly hall waa then where the com-mercial
department now ia. Worn than
that, there was no postoffiee. Packages
came occasionally, while letters came
more often. Those having mail were
notified verbally during the assembly
exercise. **;
The first year in the history of N. C.
college found 883 students enrolled. In
1894 there were 400. Three courses
were open to these students: general
teachers' training, domestic science, and
commercial. Fifteen teachers then made
up the teaching force of thia college.
Though the girls of the nineties bad
no entertainment brought to them, they
provided for their own good times. They
had two literary societies, the Cornelian
and Adelphiaa, and occasional lectures.
Frequent plays were presented by stu-dent
talent. Permission to go down
town waa not deprived the first students
of this institution, but to ride to town
was. There were no street ears and the
girls, so Miss Coit testifies, walked to
town through mud a foot deep.
As the most outstanding change in
the institution, Miss Coit cites the
gradual and steady development of the
college to fit the needs of the State and
of the young women of this generation.
Since the war, growth has been rapid
in order to meet the growth in the high
schools and the marked growth in the
state's educational system.
Classes may come and elasees may go,
but the college treasurer seemingly goes
0B forever. He is that genial individual
who gives you your money's worth for
your cheeks and a few witty remarks
gratia. Sinee the college opened its
doors in 1892, Mr. E. J. Forney haa per-formed
the duties of guardian of finan-cial
affaire. Later he became head of
the commercial department. At all
times he haa served in the time-honored
capacity of wiseeraeker extraordinary.
When interviewed regarding the rela-tive
cost of a college education back ia
the good old days and a similar expos-ure
to knowledge today, Mr. Forney
was inclined to be somewhat statistical.
The college waa scheduled to open on
September SO, 1892, he said. The dormi-tories,
however, were aot completed;
the walls were not plastered. The earn- •
pus looked more like a lumber yard than
anything else. Notices were aeat oat
to prospective students that the college
opening would be postponed. Several
girls had already left home, however,
and they arrived at the college on Sep-tember
30. A Miss Dail, according to
the recollection of the office force, waa
the first student to appear on campus.
Receipt No. 1 in the treasurer's office
is made oat to Miaa M. M. SingleUry,
who made her initial payment of $19
the day she srrivsd. The payment was
made to the Normal an■d Industrial'
School aa the college was then called.
Four other students made their pay-ments
on the same day.
There were 820 students the first year,
according to the treasurer. Today there
are 215. students enrolled in the com-'
mereial department alone. Some of our
mothers who were seeking an education
then, had to pay $76 to the college for
eight months' schooling, the amall sum
of $9.50 per month. Today, the 1,800
fair maidens aasembled on thia campus
pay the college $306 for nine months'
board and keep and a few other acces-sories,
a monthly expenditure of nearly
$34.00.
When the college opened there were
eight faculty members who were lucky
if they drew a salary large enough to
allow them to keep body and soul to-gether
and a roof over their heada. The
present faculty numbers nearly 800, and
their worldly wealth is evidenced by
the number of snappy-looking ears
which adorn the initialed spaces of the
various paved.drives on campus.
The amount distributed for suste-nance
today, including appropriations
for social directors, is said by the treas-urer
to be $170 per capita. In 1898 each
student paid $8. a month for food, the
total sum for a year being $64. Admin-istration
fees today, including registra-tion,
amount to $20; in 1898 thi/ fee
waa $8.
Laundering today has arisen from the
wash-tub level. The work, according to
Mr. Ferney, ia done by the best ma-chines
obtainable, with as little wear
and tear aa possible. Each stndorft pays
$25 per year for this convenience. Negro
women scrubbed the clothes in wash-tubs
in 1S92. ' They were paid by a stu:
dent fee of $4 each year.
From these statistics something may
be deduced as regards the increasing
cost of a collegiate education. Figure
it out for yourself.
Mr. Forney has aot mellowed with age.
The reach of his long, wiry body op-ward
(and he looka not down, but upl)
has been variously compared to a hu-man
exclamation point, or to certain
symbols of his own belov/ed Isaac Pit-man
shorthand which any devotee of
the science will recognise. Anyway, you
will know him when you meet him I He
will likely leave you a little breathless
from some swift rapier stroke of wit
or scintillating observation about men,
manners, and life I There is no hypoc-risy
-about thia treasurer. Five dollars
is five dollars; it ia not $4.98. Black ia
black; white ia white. There are few
in-betweens in his thinking and opin-ions.
With all the relentlessnees of a
corksehew he bboorreess tthrough to the
truth—and out it pours I
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