SEE THE
MERCHANT of VENICE
Clarion
DON’T MISS
THE OPERETTA
THE BREVARD COLLEGE WEEKLY
Vol.II Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, February 5, 1937.
Students Will Present Operetta
LISTEN, MR. ANONYMOUS
“Miss Brevard Col
lege’’ Contest Is
Big Success
EVELYN SWARINGEN NAM
ED “MISS BREVARD COL
LEGE” BY STUDENTS
Miss Evelyn Swaringen, of
Concord, a sophomore, was elect
ed “Miss Brevard College” in
the contest sponsored by the Stu
dent Council. The contest was
held in order to raise money for
the college building fund.
The contest began Friday
morning and was concluded
Tuesday night. The place of
voting was in charge of Student
Council members. Nominations
were five cents, and votes w-’re
one cent each.
Miss Swaringen received 2391
votes; Miss Christine Yongue, of
Brevard, was second with 1610
votes; and Miss Margaret George,
of Cherry ville, was third with
605 votes.
Miss Swaringen was presented
a beautiful compact with the col
lege seal upon it. Miss Yongue
was presented a ticket for a
shampoo and finger-wave a t
Ruth's Harper Beauty Shop.
The prizes were presented the
winners by Eddie Carlisle, pres-
dent of the Student Council, at
the conclusion o f t h e contest
in the college auditorium Tuesday
night, February 2.
The minstrel which was pres
ented in connection with the con
test was well received by a large
audience.
A total of $110 was raised by
the contest and the minstrel.
SEE THE PLAY
The Avon Players will make
their second appearance at Bre
vard College Saturday night, Feb
ruary 6, when they will present
“The Merchant of Venice.”
There will be no admission to the
performance, since this comes
■nder the student activities fee.
The editor has received several
anonymous letters. All have
been considered, although they
were anonymous and for that
reason undesirable. Some of them
have been printed; some have
been (iestroyed.
Now we do not contend that
all things anonymous should not
get ar.tention, for there are many
precious anonymous manuscripts.
But all anonymous ktters are
detestable. The writer of such,
it is evident, is afraid for the peo
ple to whom the letter is writlen
know who wrote it. The writer
in m )st cases is critical; but
he desires to support his belief
without committing himself to
his prey. He believes in himself
but feels that no one else will
have confidence in hini.
There is very little influence
if any in an anonymous letter.
“Jailbird” Hoax
Is Explained
By “Monk” Landreth
At the end of the minstrel
last Tuesday night, five members
of the minstrel cast decided to
check up the hill for refreshment s
before they had removed the
convict garb, borrowed from the
Statf' Highway Commission.
We entered Galloways’ Cafe,
where we encountered Eddie
Carlisle’s party, consisting of
Evelyn, Sinclair, Mrs. Swarin
gen, Bernice, and Eddie. The
place was so crowded that we
could not get seating accommoda
tions, so we got in single file
(chaingang fashion) and paraded
to The Canteen,
As we were busily engaged in
devouring hot dogs and coffee,
‘ ‘Uncle Church, ” venerable night
chief of police, walked in and in.
formed us that we were under
arrest because we had convict
uniforms on. He explained that
he had orders to arrest anyone
wearing convict garb. Did we
get nervous? He then laughec
and said it was just a joke. We
No one heeds its requests. Gen
erally there is an issue; but only
the negative can argue, since Mr.
Anonymous wishes to remain
mum after his letter appears.
Often there is a threat or an un
reasonable request, and only a
Mr. Anonymous could support
such contentions.
It will be the policy of \he Clar
ion to ignore future anonymous
letters. We are enger to have
signed letters for our forum col
umn. The various branches of
the student body need criticism,
provided it is submitted proper-
y; and no one should regret or
fear to sign a good letter (and
we have received several of
this type).
We believe it poor (sportsman
ship to criticize anonymously ar-
other person, and the Clarion
strives to adhere to best princi
ple."?.
th‘ n persuaded him to take us to
Galloways’ afe and tell Eddie
that we were under arrest. He
consented, and you should have
fesn the look on Eddie’s face.
Oh Boy, it was rich!
Eddie was then let in on the
joke; and he called Mr. Bunyan
“Warden” Andrew and told him
that we were “genuine jailbirds”
now, and to rush up and get
things straightened out.
Mr. Andrew’s V-8 sounded like
an airplane Cviming up the hill.
He was told the same line as u-
sual, and what a look he had on
his face! He told the chief of
police that he would be responsi
ble for us, anrl “Uncle Church”
said “0. K., trial Monday night
at 7 o’clock.” We then came
back to Taylor Hall and Mr. An
drew told us to go to bid and stay
away from town.
Wednesday night Mr. Andrew
found out that it was all a big
joke, so he told us that Mr. Col-
trane was very angry because of
our Httle escapade; and then we
began to get worried. Of cours-
this was a fake too, but we did
not know that. It had us wor
ried for a while, so Mr. Andrew
and we “jailbirds” are even.
Entire Department
Will Assist With
Musical Production
The Clarion is honored to an-
noun ce the production of the not
ed operetta, “The Willow Plate,”
by the music department next
Tuesday night at eight o’clock.
For the first time this season
the music department is appear
ing in a public program which is
the most elaborate one they
could present, for the operetta
requires both histrionic ability
and musical distinction.
In this Chinese-legend operet
ta, consisting of prologue and
two acts, with words written by
Dorothy Rose and the music
by Frank C. Bornschein, there
are the fascinating oriental plot,
elaborate scenery, and typical
costumes.
Miss Annie Ruth Call as
Koong-Shee is the leading lady;
Leighton Presson as Chang plays
opposite Miss Call. The primary
assisting actors are Roland Tay
lor, Charles Scott, Gladys Weath
erman, and George Stenz. There
is a chorus of Chinese Maidens
played by many girls of the de
partment; the Boys’ Glee Club
has the assisting part as Chinese
soldiers and guards.
Miss Irene Clay and Mrs. Jack
Dendy, directors of music, are in
charge of the production. Miss
Clay will assist at the piano dur
ing the presentation.
This production will be the
second operetta to be presented
at Brevard College. It will last
about two hours, and admission
is only twenty-five cents.
Missionary Club
Sometime in December, befor*
Christmas, the boys and girls in
terested in missionary work met,
with Mr. Trowbridge as their
sponsor, and organized a new
club known as the Missionary
•'lub. This club hopes to be of
service to those in trouble or in
need of sympathy.
TUESDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT