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Brevard College^ Brevard, North Carolina, Friday, December 6, 1935.
The Clarion
The Brevard College Weekly
Published weakly from September to June
whil* the College is in seEsion, except on hol
idays »nd during examinations.
$1.00 ptr ytar by carrier. If by mail
$1.25 for th» school year.
Advertising Rates given on Request.
Editor-in-Chief; William Davis
Associate Editors: Odell Salmon and Evelyn
Swaringen.
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Gordon Barbour Edith Beard
Charles Stackhouse Summers Maugans
Katherine Coffey Archie Hardie
Sybil Spratt Robert Andrews
Cecil Evans Rebecca Brady
Ida Whisenant Pauline Orr
Annie Donnell Patterson Edwin Hyatt
Emma Leape Frances Goforth
' Typist: John Odom
Business Manager Wilson Forbes
Assistant Clem Thomas
Advertising Manager Rembert McNeer, Jr,
Assistant Jack Armstrong
Circulation Manager Mazon Murphy
Assistant Joe Allen
Getting the Most
Out of College
Sometimes we get so very tired of
studjing and so discouraged over some
of the grades we i^ake while we are in
college that we can hardly believe that
an education is the best thing for us.
There are, hqwever a great many ben-
e^ts—cultural, practical, and social—
that we niay derive from college. All
our courses, of course, are of cultural
value, especially those in which we
read a great deal. Many courses that
we are prone to think of as dry and
unirite esting are really the most prac
tical of all. Most of them will be of
great benefit to us in our future lives,
when we will appreciate them more.
Every day in our dormitories and in
other phases of college life we learn to
get along better with other people, a
lesson which we must master some
. time. We learn how to be leaders and
how to follow good leaders. At this
time of year, especially, we are begin
ning to dread examinations, and we
think of them almost as devastating
monsters. They should, however,
, Really bean aid to us, helping us to
ito know how we stand in our classes
and what we most need to improve.
-So' let’s stop dreading “exams,” for,
after all, Christmas is the very next
thing’after them.
What Price
larity
What would you give to be popu
lar? Oftentimes I have been im
pelled almost to envy those who
hold the “lime light” in our social
life: but then, I pause to ask myself
so vital a question as: Does it pay;
is it worth while? The answer al
ways comes back to me, “Don’t
compromise with evil forces for the
worldly pomp and glory which
may be obtained.” There is no
real, fundamental happiness based
on popularity. It lasts for only a
day; and, as it begins to fade, its
temporary possessor is left morbid
and bitter . toward life and the
worthwhile things in our living
here.
Let us look at the other side of this
question. Is a person who works
constructively so that his life can-,
not be said to have been lived in
vain ever popular? Perhaps not at
the time at which he is earnestly
striving to accomplish real things;
but his popularity shall in the end
far exceed that of the person who
may have sold his life for short
time favor.
We, as young people, are anxious
ly gazing toward the future. We
are seeing worldly attractions, the
lights, the gay, the seemingly beau^
tiful. We by our natures are un-
consiously making choices of what
our lives shall count for. Some of
us are going to fall prey to the fri
volity of worldly popularity. Here
then is my challenge to myself and
to you. Shall we be popular for a
day, selling our lives to agencies
which will serve only as aids in the
destruction of our finer, purer,
better selves; or shall we walk the
noble path of humility in the eyes
the world to win lasting fa?ne by
giving our whole selves to the bet
terment of society though the ob
stacles press ever so hard against
us?
Faculty Sketches
By John HoyU^. ' %
Mrs. Coltrane
Mrs. Isabel Bryan Doub CbHrane,
A. M., B. L., B. M., member of
the English Department, Was borti
May 9, 1889, in Jonesboro, N. C.
Sheisa“p. k.” and received her
grammar and high school,education;
in Jonesboro and Durham,- C.
She entered Flora Ma,cdonald Col
lege in 1906 and received her B. Lv
degree in 1910. She then taugliti
English in the college and studied
piano, receiving her B, M. in 1914,
During the summers she “just had
a grand, time;’ ’ taught school one
summer in Denver, Colorado, acted,
as hostess at Wrightsville BeacH a*
noth^r summer, and another she
spent'as governess in the mount-
?iins of : Western North 'Carolih’a^
She received her M. A. from Duke
in 1928, attended the sunlinei’
schools "of Duke, North Carolina,
ColumBia, and Virginia Universi
ties, and received her MRS. in 1931.
In 1931-32 Mrs; Coltrane, with
Mr Coltrane, traveled 40,000 miles
in twenty-five states, Coloradoj
Wisconsin, Alabama> Florida, NeW,
York and all in between. In this
territory they visited all important
colleges and universities in a study
of education by radio.'
She spent ddightful- v&eatibns in
Colorado, riding and hiking ;iA the
Ministerial Beoid ;
At the meeting .of the Ministerial
Band Mr. Me Neer gave a most inter
esting talk on “The Effectiveness of
Christ'an Service in the World.”
Pre-Medical
Dr. Newland addressed the Pre-Med
Clud Friday night, talking about the
health of the body. , Three new mem
bers joined the club. A social was
planned.
Fireside
Cora Ann Johnson led the devotion-
als at the meeting of the Fireside
Club. The program was based on the
proper way of making introductions.
Two new members were enrolled.
Travel
The program of .the Travel Club
consisted of several \i'ery interesting
talks on National Parks in America.
There were also two new members en
tering this club.
International Relations
: At its meeting Friday night, the
club discussed sending delegates to
Winthrop. The following program
was presented:
•‘Is Italy Justified in Attempting to
ColOTnize Ethiopia?”—Norman Plott
“Great Britain’s Position in regard to
the Italo-Ethiopian Affair”—Horace
Raper.
“What Should the United States do in
Regard to this Conflict?”—^Richard
Queen
“Whai) Do Y6u Think of the Outcome
of the Italo-Ethiopian War?”—Willis
Turner
A Round ^able Disciisisidn of the
Shipping of Munitions from the United
States to Other Countries.
Photo-Nature
At the last meeting of this club the
members observed Mr. Dtody’s d e-
veloping of some kodak pictures of
the football boys and some vieWs of
the campus. Some of the most suc
cessful ones will be put in the club
album.
Dramatic
The cast of “Sunset” practiced at
the meeting Friday night, while the
other members of the club read the
three-act play, “Skidding.” Tryouts
for this will be held in two weeks,
and the play will be presented after
Christmas.
Romance Language
The members of this club read two
one-act plays at their meeting: “Les
Entrennes” and “La Poupie.” They
are going to memorize these plays by
their next meeting.
high mountains, and visiting Indian
ruins and Pueblo villages.
. .Having read so many good books
i|t is hard for her to pick a favorite.
Mr^.^ Coltrane claims David of Bib-
hca|[ ,i^ame as her jfayonte poet and
,Iiis'i^i^ Psalm asi'her favorite poem,
fl^^r h&bbies are teaching and ‘ ‘the
whole out-of-doors.” High lights
in her.| life were meeting and ’talk
ing,.with Walter Damrosch,, and
making a loiie hike to the top of a
14,000 foot peak in the Rockies.
And she still gets a thrill in recall
ing the ^st tUrkey she ever baked.
Succotash
Eyerybo^jT’s still, a,way feeling
the l)angji3,v,er..fj^om Tliaiiksgiying.
I’ve never.se?n,^ so. pjaiiy p^ple so
glad, tiQ.gee eacnpther ^ we wgre,
nop'SQ m^^ch excijter^6pt and as many
cordial (very cpr^ial) greetings—
especially when the gang from
^umsvilie Game in. .; :
F^aele Nqu Who was the^happif
est to see Charles I)eal? Mr;, Car
lisle, John Wahonick, Eddie Carlisle
Sinclair, or “Barney”? With all
the greetings being extended, the
fi^shm?n in a way felt left out.
But that’s O.K. We’ll show them
next year.
It seems a little queer' for the
team not to be practicing in the
afternoons. But they’ve worked
hard, and we’re proud of them.
Yes siree. Everyone is very well
pleased that Harmon was elected
captain. Congratulations to you C.
W. You deserve it all.
The sophomore girls are certainly
chbicy about picking their hosts.
One girl had Miss Smith changing
and rechanging her host. And with
what results?
We wonder: If Bill Davis could
stay in one place for fifteen minutes,
why Donny calls Funderburke
“Thunderbolt,” if Salmon is satis
fied since he has apparently found
Avett at home Ayithout company,
if the students missed The Ci.arion
last week» if. the.budding romances
formed during operetta practice will
continue;. .. ,
By. Helen Avet^ r
The frost lies like » cool, white, veil,
Shielding the-ragged, bjaden of grass
Froin rthe fissat rayp of Sunljglit,,
Giwing !tbfeFb%re;-ea?th a .glfetening
shield -
Like .t
inemp^y.