The Brevard College Weekl
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Vol. I
Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina Aprils, 1936.
No. 21
Eight Students
Graduate
On Tuesday, March 24, the first
fullfledged Brevard College graduates
slowly walked on the small rostrum
at the Brevard Methodist Church and
received a diploma, the President’s
congratulations, and the wish for con
tinued learning.
On the program, prior to the occa
sion, the graduates and a crowded
house heard the baccalaureate ac1 dress
by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, o*f Shelby,
who spoke on “Government”.
Mr. Hoey stressed the importance
of intelligent citizenship and its neces
sity in maintaining and ensuring the
progress of a great American govern
ment. He valued highly the infinites-
timal part of the individual in- a
democratic form of government. -He
closed his remarks with the quotation
“Where ever you are—be all there”.
Every member of the graduating
class entered Brevard College upon
the opening in 1934 to begin his or hei-
college career. These students were
able to complete their work at this
time because of attendance during the
summer quarter last year. Most of
the class will continue their education
next year.
Those graduating were:
Barton Farthing, Wilson Forbes,
Elma Freeman, James Gantt, Sarah
King, Mary Marcho, Jethro Mock,
Louise Spaulding, Martha Walker,
and Daniel Williams.
Taylor Hail Council
Selected
Thursday evening, March 26, the
men of Taylor Hall met in the lobby
of that building for the purpose of
selecting a council to take the place
of the retiring council. At this meet
ing Mr. Williams, dean of Taylor Hall,
read the constitution of the organiza
tion to the men and discussed the
various rules of the building. He also
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Council Election to be
Held Next Week
Tom Graham, president of the pres
ent student council, recently an
nounced that the council will conduct
election of president for the council
and student body of next year at
assembly periods next week.
The council will present two tickets
or nominations for the presidency at
the assembly period Monday at which
time nominations may be made from
the floor. The assembly period on
Tuesday will be given the nominees to
elucidate their platform, and the elec-
tion will be held later in the week.
Nominations of the council will not
be announced until the nomination
meeting. Election of other council
members will probably take place the
following week.
Dr. Johnston Speaks
at the College
Sunday, March 29, Dr. T. P. Johns
ton, president of King College in Bris
tol, Tennessee, spoke in the Presby
terian Church at the morning service
and then held conferences at the col
lege in the afternoon.
In his talk Sunday morning Mr.
Johnston discussed the requirements
that he thought a college should ful
fill in order to be called a good college.
Chief among these requirements was
that it shoald train its students to be
Christians. He showed us how one
could have an abundance of “book
sense” and still not be well-rounded,
because of the lack of Christian train
ing.
Sunday afternoon Dr. Johnston luet
with the young people of the college
and the high school seniors in the li
brary of the college and discussed with
them their problems about getting an
education. This discussion was limited
as he had several engagements to fill
in Asheville and other places.
Picnics in drug stoes are a good idea,
says Ruth Coltrane.
Program on India
Given at Assembly
Tuesday morning, March 31, at the
assembly period a very interesting
program was presented when Mr. W.
S. Willets, engineer, explorer, and col
lector, presented an illustrated lecture
on India. Mr, Willets has done
extensive work in India and was well
acquainted with the most important
features of that country.
He told something of the trip to In
dia and the changes that are noticed
in the landscape as one travels towards
this country. Then he discussed the
type of life lived by the natives, and
in this he told of the burials that are
given there. Next he went into de
tail about the animals of the country,
telling of the elephant, the water buf
falo, the tiger, the jackals, the hyena,
the deer, the bears, and the snakes.
In telling of these he related accounts
of fights among the animals and the
dangers that the natives undergo be
cause of these animals. Mr. Willets
stated that twenty-six thousand
people are killed annually by the wild
animals.
After the main part of his lecture
Mr. Willets showed various objects
that are used in the life of the natives
of India. He presented knives, rugs,
ornaments, vases, clothing, and vari
ous other articles.
Literary Societies
Mnemosynean
On March 27, after a short business
session Bernice Brantley led the pro
gram on parliamentary law. Sybil
Spratt, the society critic, commented
on the mistakes which the club mem
bers had previously made in the order
of their programs. The officers for
this quarter are; president, Edith
Beard; vice-president, Bernice Brant
ley; secretary, Donnie Patterson; treas
urer, Virginia Henderson; critic, Sybil
Spratt; chaplain, Eunice Arnold.
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