THE CLA
Vol. I
The Brevard College^ummer Monthly
Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, June 1936
No. 1
Several Graduates
Will Enter Other
Colleges Next
Year
The present prospect is that at
least forty members of this year’s
graduating class will enter other
colleges at the beginning of the new
college year. Edith Beard of Char
lotte has already entered the Wo
man’s College of the University of
North Carolina in Greensboro. She
will be joined later by Vivian Moore
of Andrews, Rena Morgan and
Emma Martin of Gold Hill, Made
line Farthing of Sugar Grove,
Bessie Mae McFadden of Flat Rock,
Wylma Ferguson of Asheville, Jane
Rhae Lackey of Stony Point, and
Ethelene Goodnight of Mount Ulla.
These young women have already
been admitted to junior class stand
ing.
Dan B. Williams of Booneville,
who graduated in March, has al
ready entered the Naval Academy
in Annapolis. Millard Whiteside
of Hendersonville has likewise been
admitted to the Naval Academy.
Each of these young men was ac
cepted without examination on aca
demic subjects on the basis of their
records in Brevard.
Marlin Schreyer of Fletcher and
C. W. Harmon of Winnsboro, S. C.
have been accepted in Wofford Col
lege, Helen Avett of Cornelius in
Greensboro, William Davis of Badin
in Davidson, Robert Stevenson of
Hendersonville, Lloyd Parks of Lex
ington, and Taylor Bird of Horse
Shoe in the University of North
Carolina.
It is understood that Ralph Shep
pard of Washington, N. C. and Gor
don Barbour of Saluda will enter
Wake Forest College and that Rich
ard Queen, James Deavor, and
Queen Justice will go to Western
Carolina Teacher’s College at Cullo-
whee.
Dickson Willis of Vale has already
been enrolled in Berea College, lo
cated at Berea, Kentucky. Sara
Lou Kiger of Mt. Airy and Louise
Ward of Hickory will enter Berea
in September.
Other institutions such us Duke,
State, East Carolina Teacher’s Col
lege and Catawba are being consid
ered by other members of the class.
It is particularly gratifying to col
lege officials to have the assurance
that its graduates are having their
credits accepted in the best colleges
of North Carolina and other states.
The American Bible Society re
cently announced that the Bible
or some part of it has been publish
ed in 972 languages.
A New Summer Quarter
Opens July 6, Will Extend Ten Weeks
Arrangement has just been made
for the opening of a new summer
quarter Monday, July 6. This spe
cial quarter will extend through
ten full weeks ending Saturday,
September 12. During this period
it will be possible for a student to
complete one quarter of work or
one-third of a year. Freshmen on
ly will be admitted for this quarter.
Students entering as freshmen for
the first time or freshmen desiring
to repeat certain courses will be el
igible for entrance. Classes in Eng
lish, mathematics, chemistry, and
history will be conducted.
College authorities have made ar
rangement for this special quarter
because of their belief that there
are a great many students who
would prefer to enter in July rath
er than wait until September.
Young people who are not profita
bly employed will find it to their
advantage to attend college for the
entire quarter.
Under a recent ruling of the Col
lege administration, students Will
not be permitted to have part-time
jobs until they have been in college
at least one quarter. This arrange
ment makes it possible for a new
student to prove his ability as a
student and also demonstrate his
willingness to accept assigned tasks.'
New students who may find it nec-’
essary to have self-help will do
well to enter in July and thus be
ready for help in September. This
arrangement means that the new
student will pay the entire expense
for the summer quarter.
A student who enters July 6 may
remain in college ten weeks for a
total charge of $61.00, exclusive of
books and laundry. This provision
makes it possible for a student to
reduce his expenses for the first
quarter to an appreciable extent.
It likewise enables a student to
complete his work in Brevard Col
lege three months earlier than he
would if he should enter in Septem
ber.
The College administration strong
ly urges freshmen who have failed
two or more courses in previous
quarters to return to the College
July 6 and remove these failures
before the beginning of the fall
quarter in September. As a matter
of fact, new students will find it
possible to begin their work-in col
lege under more favorable condi
tions. Classes will be somewhat
smaller and more opportunity for
conferences with teachers will be
given. It would appear that the
entire plan should work to the
great advantage of those who may
be interested.
Dr. J. Henry Highsmith of Raleigh
Delivers Commencement Address
It is the generally accepted opin
ion that Brevard College officials
were very fortunate in the selection
of Dr. J. Henry Highsmith of the
North Carolina State Department
of Education as commancement
speaker. From the beginning of
Brevard College, Dr. Highsmith
has shown himself friendly to the
enterprise. In April 1935 he and
Dr. J. E. Hillman, rtfrestnting
the North Carolina College Confer
ence, madi a study of the situation
here and recommended certain im
provements which should be made.
Again in May of this year these
two officials made another study of
the same situation. On the basis
of the investigation, Brevard Col
lege has received accredition by the
College Conference and has been re
ceived into membership of the A-
merican Association of Junior Col
leges.
Dr. Highsmith acquitted himself
with great credit in his address to
the graduating class. Taking as
his subject, “What Now”, he em
phasized that in the present world
order it is necessaiy for a young
person to give attention to his phys
ical and mental health, the matter
of suitable salesmanship, the choice
of a vocation, and the development
of wholesome personality.
Through a loud-speaker device,
the entire commencement program
was carried to large groups of visi
tors who were unable to find seats
in the auditorium. Some of them
found seats in the library, while
others assembled in the corridors
and on the lawn.
Students Visit
High Falls
Practically the entire summer
school student body mounted two
rather large trucks last Saturday,
June 20, which immediately motor
ed to the beautiful High Falls about
twelve miles southeast of Brevard.
The group arrived there at two-
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Summer Recreation
In order that the extra-curricula
activities may be of more interest
and contain a deeper competitive
spirit, the students on roll for the
summer quarter have been placed
in one of two groups which are
evenly divided.
These groups are of a peculiar set
up since they will work with each
other, against each other, and for
each other. In athletics they will
work in competition; in social events
they will work together; and in a
general way they will work for the
enjoyment of each other.
Each group is composed of about
forty students and six faculty mem
bers. The groups were divided by
faculty, and the first meetings were
conducted at the assembly period
Thursday, June 18. James Rogers
was elected as leader of one group
and Odell Salmon as head of the
other.
Committees on athletics, social e-
vents, dramatics, and singing have
been chosen; and they are forming
plans for the entire summer. It is
hoped that there can be in athletics
tennis, soft ball, horse shoe, croquet,
and various lawn games of a lightei
nature. Each group vnll present
several dramatic productions, the
first of which will be presented
within three weeks. Each section
will be the guest of the other at two
or more social events during the
course of the summer.
Already a great deal of interest
is being shown by the forming of
these two groups which have not as
yet had time to get thoroughly un
der-way.
Other than the work of these two
groups the entire student body will
go hiking to a near-by point of in
terest every Saturday that the
weather permits. Excursions will
be conducted to Mount Pisgah,
Caesar’s Head and the Vanderbilt
estate in Asheville.
Arrangements have been made
with the city officials in charge of
the swimming pool for Brevard stu
dents to have reduced rates and the
College is furnishing to each student
one free swim per week.
Eighty Students
On Roll
Approximately eighty students
have enrolled, either in the high
school or in the college department,
for Brevard’s second summer quar
ter which opened Monday, June 15.
Instruction, which is being given
by the majority of Brevard’s regu
lar faculty, began at eight-thirty on
Tuesday morning. About twenty
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