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The Brevard College Weekly
Vol. I
Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina February 21, 1936.
No. 17
Literary Societies
Are Reorganized
At reorganization meetings of the
literary societies last Tuesday night
less than one-fourth of the student
body attended to enroll themselves as
members.
The groups will meet again Friday
night and every Friday night in the
future. All groups elected officers
and appointed committees to draw up
a constitution. The meetings are re
corded in detail in the following para
graphs,
Mnemosynean
The Mnemosynean Literary Society
meeting was held in the girls’ living
room Tuesday, February 18, with
Louise Ward presiding. One of the
outstanding features of the discuss
ion was the desire for faculty super
vision. Ida Whisenant was elected
chairman of the committee to draw
up a constitution, which is to be
presented to the society at its next
meeting.
The following officers were elected:
president, Edith Beard; vice president,
Bernice Brantley; secretary, Donnie
Patterson; treasurer, Virginia Hender
son; chaplain, Eunice Arnold.
Delphian
The Delphian Literary Society met
in Room 221 for its reorganization
meeting last Tuesday night at seven
o’clock.
Marshall Houts was elected president
and he presided over the meeting
while the following other officers were
elected: Bobby Rhinehardt, vice presi
dent; C. W. Harmon, secretary; Jim
mie Rogers, treasurer and chairman
of ways and means committee; Mitch
ell Faulkner, chaplain; Eddie Carlisle,
critic; Bob Dixon, reporter, and Bill
Edwards sergeiEnnt-at-arms.
A committee was appointed to draw
up a constitution to be presented as
soon as possible.
Euterpean
The Euterpean Literary Society met
N
ews m
Brief
Plans are in process of completion
for the freshman-sophomore theatre
party that is to be given Wednesday
evening, March 4, at the Clemson
Theatre. Detailed arrangements will
be announced later.
The Dramatic Club will present
“Skidding,” a three-act play in the
college auditorium, Friday night,
March sixth.
The biology department has received
a balopticon, which is one of the most
modern pieces of equipment for illus
trated class room work. This machine
—somewhat like the projecting ma
chine used in a theatre— projects opa
que objects such as pictures, printed
matter, and lantern slides. The ma
chine can be used effectively in a light-
Contiwed on page 4
Tuesday, February 18 to reorganize
and to formulate plans for future
work. Sara King presided, and the
former officers were reelected: vice
president, Martha Walker; secretary
and treasurer, Paula Briggs; chaplain,
Lallah Mae Edwards; sergeant-at-
arms, Betty Brookshire; and critic,
Ruth Sylvester.
After a short devotional period
there was a discussion of dues and
fines. A committee was selected to
draw up a constitution for the society.
Clisophic
Bill Davis was elected president at
the reorganization meeting of the
Cliosophic Literary Society last Tues
day night.
Eighteen members affiliated them
selves with the society at its first
meeting. There was a discussion on
faculty membership which ended with
ho definite conclusion.
Bob Sumner was elected vice presi
dent; Norman Plott, secretary-treasur-
er; Wilson Braswell, chaplain; Frank
Heffner, censor; Earl Pearson, critic;
and Sam Ardrey, sergeant-at-arms.
A committee was appointed to form
a constitution.
Drama at Vespers.
Sunday evening, Febrary 16, at the
vesper hour “Neighbors”, a one-act
play by Zona Gale, was presented in
the college auditorium, under the
direction of Mr. J. A. Carlyle.
When the action in the play began,
all the neighbors of a little village
were complaining of their little
troubles and grievences; but as the
play progressed and it became neces
sary for all to work together for a
common cause, they forgot these
troubles. By working to help some
one else they learned to get joy and
happiness out of life.
The characters were:
Grandma . Emma Leape
Miss Diantha Abel Bessie McFadden
Ezra Williams Ferrell Young
Peter Frank Heffner
Inez Billie Bunday
Miss Elmira Moran Corine Self
Miss Trot Lallah Mae Edwards
Miss Carry Ellsworth Mary Ross
Music Recital
Valentine afternoon at four o’clock
the girls’ department of music pre
sented, before a small invited group,
its first program of the year in the
school auditorium.
The program rendered was varied
with selections by the girls’ glee club,
vocal solos and a trio, and piano solos
and a duet. Miss Hatcher appeared
on the program singing ‘*AveMaria.”
The program consisted of the follow
ing numbers: “Go Lovely Flower”
and “American Lullaby” by the glee
club; “Love Sends a Little Gift of
Roses”, a vocal solo, by Ethel Kerr;
“Troyka”, a piano solo, by Ellen L.
Gidney; “Dream Tryst”, a vocal solo,
by Lenora Randall; “Off to Market
Jonnie”, and “Lying Little Daisy”,
vocal solos, by Eugenia Coltrane;
“Elegy”, a piano duet, by Ellen Wad-
del and Ellen Gidney; “Ave Maria”,
a vocal solo, by Miss Hatcher; and
“The Shephred’s Song”, a vocal trio,
by Lenora Randall, Mary McLarty,
and Ethel Kerr.