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Page 2 Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, January 22. 1937. THE CLARION ; Brevard College Weekly i MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION Editor-inA^hief Odell Salmon Associate Editor Evelyn Swaringen News Editor Monk Landreth Sports Editor Sturgis May Columns Geraldine DeVier :Betty Brookshire Irene Parsons Satenik Nahikian Julius Page Susan Bundy Reporters Mary Palmer W. A. Campbell Management Business Manager Clem Thomas Circulation Manager Gene Matthews Faculty Advisers Miss Craig - Mr. Andrew - Miss Poovey PRINTING Shop Supervisor Mr. Daniel ■Manager Wallis Orr Typesetters: John Orr William Fowler George Buchanan. Press Man John Miller Shooting High The greatest fault of Brevard College students is the lack of ambition—^'that is, the ambition to make of ourselves the person ality which, according to our na tive capacities and abilities, we are intended to have. We are not grasping and modeling by the best in the occupation for which we are preparing, in morals, in litera ture, and in thought. We are be ing held in insignificance gimply because we are not ambitious— because we are not shooting for the highest. On first entering Brevard I made friends, as was normal. There was a distinctive friendship that I called my best; ahd natur ally I wrote to my best friend-- the man I most admire—about this relation. In return he only said, ‘ ‘Fine, if he is the best per son there to have as a friend.” Nine of every ten men who be come astounding successes began at the bottom, but all the while they were shooting high. Amer ica’s most famous contemporary singer was uhder tremendous handicaps at the time he was our present age; but he knew what was there, and only physical mis fortune would prevent him from reaching the top. The leading Ahierican playwright of today knew the time wheh it w«s a luxury to afford three square meals each day. The most suc cessful living manufacturer was wearing overalls and wondering how to get the money to supply his mechanic shop when he was Forum Dear Editor: The entire student bodyi is watching interestedly the build ing program begun at our college. Anyone familiar vnth the inter est of Brevard students in athlet ^cs will recognize the need for a ^■ymnasium and an athletic field, i But even these items, must come second in importance to our library and infirmary. The stu dents and their friends feel deep ly the need for an infirmary and an adequate library, They feel that these developments will mean much to the continuation of Brevard College. Brevard College is destined to grow, and these proposed buildings are necessities. Let us hope for a continuation of the program. Yours truly, Mitchell Faulkner. forty years old. Ambition that lasts for a few hours or days does not cause one to succeed. • Not long ago I heard a student lament because he had made only B oil a intricate quiz. “I wanted an A,” he said. Every day read in the library, and there every day is a girl who studies for hours. She makts grades com mensurate with the highest in school: her mind is keen and brilliant because she has culti vated it. A Professor of Eng lish in this school says best to her students more than any other word. January third of this year I heard a student of the graduate school at Duke University advise one hundred young people to ‘‘shoot high” and get the best people for friendship, to accept only the best as the, goal. Eng- la’^l’s greatest lyric poet had as his theme intellectual,or absolute beauty. He even placed his goal for writing above what he could imagine. Now the first step is to learn what is best, to become familiar with our purpose, then investi gate thoroughly. A new step might cause the discontinuance of a friendship, but that will not restrain an ambitious person. The herd always follows the lead er to better grazing grounds. 'pooc‘3-a3oo&ooocog&e>g>cxi>&poogoooe&cxBoc Kal eido scope Human Interest-Comment-Events a By Odell Salmon ] ] WHAT E)’0 YOU HfeAR? Many students here have a radio, and more have access Jto one at almost any hour of the day he has a vacant period ahd desires to'be enchanted by a striking program. Bdt what program does he hear? It is said that a person stays at home not to listen to the radio but to hear a special or favorite program. And so it is with most stuc’ents, for they are ac quainted with the programs that are charging the air nearly all the: hours' of the day and ' night. They have their favorite pro grams. , . It is true that most coll ’g^- stu dents like ai’snappy, joyful, new, and original '. program, most of which is composed of the mod ern song hits, played by a first- rate 6i*ehe&tfa which has a blues singer who can change the mood anytime. It seems thata swing time, jazztime, and singtime pro gram is the point at which the dial stops. But therf> are other programs that have a greater value. Truly these are few, and spread over most of,the day; butevgry person could hear one orr more- of these programs each day. For instance, in the line of current events or programs behind the news there come to the microphone Cathe rine Craven, Lowell Thomas, Boake Carter, Gabriel Heater, and a host of others who have programs that are practically always worth the time one wtjpld spend to hear them. On Monday,, Wednesday, ,and,.PViday, nights there, are superb dramas present ed by capable and distinguished actors. The . Columbia School of the Air is often interesting, These and many many others are well worth while. Willie was being measured for his first made to order suit of clothes. “Now, do you want the shoulders padded, little man?’^ inquired the tailor. “Naw,” said Willie, “pad the pants.” ARE YOU INSURED? In the United States there are sixty-four million life insurant'^ policy-holders. Seven billion dollars are invested in cash, and it will take twenty billion to pay oflf these policies. Yet most of them are 100 per cent sound. The United States has seven per cent of the world’s popula tion, and seventy per cent of the life insurance. More people are investing, regardless of the fact that science now makes life uncertain; and the old time ques tions— “What is your name?” ^‘Where do you live?” and “what undertaker doyou prefer?” are no longer asked when you are taken to the hospital. A GOOD SUGGESTION It seems to me that the Amer ican people are queer about the book they choose to buy and, consequently, about which book becomes the best-seller: General ly each season the best-seller is a long novel made up by the print er in such a form as to weigh about four pounds. A recent editorial writer sug gests that publishers demand that their printers make books from light-weight paper so that they will weigh one-fourth the amount they how weigh. His prediction ^s that the first volumes issued in this format will sell five million copies and that the publisher will “clean-up.” NEWS IN ONE NEWSPAPER A large daily in New York City receives from all corners of the world more than 500,000 words every day for print in the paper. Space is so limited that it is pos sible to use only less than half of this material. Five hundred thousand words is the length of five modern novels. Afterglow blush. Afterglow, like a faded Rests on the.hills; ,, And a half expectant hush The whole earth fills, , Afterglow, like a' lingering sigh, ~ ,c " Fades from'the hills. Forjthe moon ia^rising high. Arid the?whol^ sky fills. • X Limerick There was a young man from Brevard Who slipped on a slick piece of lard. When he hit the ground, It made a big sound; , And his rear the firmament jarred. — Margaret Ryan If you expect to keep on selling, you must keep on telling.
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