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THE BREVARD COLLEGE WEEKLY
Vol. II
Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, February 26, 1937.
No. 21
Students Enjoy
Miss Irene HolcomBe^*'s6jlfahi);
gradiisite of' ^Berfea^ • -©Olld^ aiid
stiidfeM'Sf Elba' V^ttoti,’
Mfe'tirb^iolftan 'e' l*‘av ©orftpah^
stai", gave a concert in th^e'Ctillegfe
auditorium during the assembly
period last Wednesday morning,
February 24.
Miss Holcombe's rendition of
“Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life,”
by Victor Herbert, and “Thein-
dian Love Call” were the most
enthusiastically received of
h e r numbers.
Miss Blanche Loftain, of Ashe
ville, N. C., secretary to Madam
Vettorj, accompanied Miss Hol
combe ^t the piano, and told of
an amusing, incident which she
experjenced.,at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
, Three of the faculty members,
Miss Killough, Mr. Campbell,
and MiT- Cqlyard, were class
mates,of Miss Holcombe at Be-
e.
,Mis;?.I^pIcombe is iat present
teaching piahp and voice in
Weaverville and BarnariJsville.
Others, in Miss Holcpmbe’s
party were iMiss Jev/el Young
blood, Mr. EM Holcombe* 'and
Rev. W. C' Clark, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church jn
Weavervillej-N. C. >
Choir Will Render
Program on Sunday
Sunday morning the traveling
choir will open a series of en-
gag^inentSiWhen they sing at the
regular Sunday morning service
at the; Fir ^t Methodist Chuueh in
HendersonviUe, N. Cy'
' iliJri^dgr'f the direction: of Mrs-
Jack Dendy the choir: has been
practicing,for some time to begin
this season’s programs at church
es and in broadcasts throughout
North Carolina.
The choir will leave about nine
o?clpck Sunday morning by bus
and private cars. Those attendr
ing are: altos, Mary Fern Coble,
Gladys Weatherman, Virginia
Henderson, Marcella Pendley,
and Ellen Waddell; sopranos,
Mary HeleUj Teague,, Mary Mc-
Larty, Christine Young, Helen
Parrish, Mary Lee ' Alexander;
tenors, Jack Taggart^ Leighton.
Presson, George Stentz, Conrad
Wilson, Charles Scott, Robej-t
Moss, Pierce ('ole; basses, jMitcti
ell Faulkner, Roland Taylor,
John Maugans, and Frank Cra
ven
Forensic Tournament
M^:;' We^t Speaks
/To Student Body
Reye|-en,d J. Wi West, mem
ber of the jbpard of truste|i of
Brevard College,:: made a very
Catawba College at Salisbury,
N. C., will. be the scene of ex
tensive forensic a'c.ti V i ti es on
March 4 and 5. Junior colleges
of North Carolina, South • Caro
lina, and Virginia will be repre
sented in the tournam;pnt.
There will be oratorical . con
tests,. contests for after-dinner
speaking, and contests fpr ex
temporaneous speeches for, m en,
enlightening and aniusing speech
during the assembly period in
the auditorium last T u e s day
morning, February 23.
Mr. West’s topic was “The
Word “Impossible.”
Play Presented
The melodrama, “He Ain’t
Done Right By Nell” was pre
sented by the Brevard Little
Theatre last night at eight-fif
teen o’clock in the Little Theatre
Building on Jordan Street.
and contests for dramatic hum-
orouet readings for girls*
A debate tournamle.ntwill be
held in which no teams are elimi
nated,! j The- winners of each de
bate will be chosen, and the team
with the most victories will re
ceive first place. The query of
inter-collegiate debate this year
“Resolved, that Congress Should
Have the Power to Fix Minimum
Wages and Maximum Hours,”
will be debated.
The list of delegates attend
ing from Brevard is not as yet
complete.
Drama Club Gives
Goiriedy Tuesday
■S*.- A
L£.st Tuesday night, Februarys
23, ;the Dramatic Club presented
as its venter production Moliere’s
well-known-, comedy, rt'The Ii^fj;
aginaryiilnvalid,” in the college
auditorium’ to- /!(§g.yeral hundred
people.,
Starring in the play w e r e
Leighton Pressoii. was the
old invalid, Bernice Brantley as
his daughter. Jack Taggart -as
her lover, Marcella Pendley as
his second wife, and Jean Reigh-
ard as the old man’s ward- The
minor roles were, played by Sam
Little, Russell Andrews, Griffin
Campbell, Frank Craven, Martha
Yeltori, and JackBagwell.
This is the second major pro
duction of the Dramatic Club this
year. The first presentation was
the ever-popular conjedy “The
Importance of Being Earnest.”
Both tihese plays were under the
direction of,Miss Smith, who is
director of the Drarnatic Club.
Staff Banquet To
BeHfeld ToHigkt:
Tonight,at seven-fifteen the
Clarion staff will celebrate its
first annual banquet in the small
dining-rOom at West Hall.
Approximately sixty people
will attend thi3 banquet, which is
celebrating the first two quart
ers’ work of this schoplyear.
A rather long program featur
ing four talks hiaS beiii arranged.
'Bill tiavis, who wds'editor of the
Clarion last year and Vi^ho was to
be ah hOripr gue-t, was to have
riiiade a talk as one of the feat
ures. Evelyn Swaringen will
talk on the girls’ relation to the
college newspaper. Sturgis May
will speak about sports in the
college newspaper. Odell Sal
mon will use as his subject “The
Purposes and Standards That a
College Newspaper Should
Have.” President Coltrane will
speak, but his subject has not
been announced.
Several musical features have
been prepared by Mary Helen
Teague and Miss Poovey.
Freshmen Will
Enlprtai At ‘ i
Theatre Party |
Next Wednesday night at|
seven-thirty the lights at Clemso^]
Theatre will dim,; the iriusic will|
sound, and a stupendous sho-wti
will begin to opeii the foremost,
social event of th? year.
Freshmen are follPwiilg a pre
cedent set by the present sopho^- >
more class to entertain thesophor.-
mores at a variety theatre party
as the main class social event of
the year. The present upper-,
classmen entertained the sopho
mores of last year at a four-hour
theatre party on the night of,
March 4. : i
Arrangements are icom[piete to'
pul this show underway without
delay. The opening attraction
of the evening will be a strife
show under the direction of Jack
Reed and Frank Ausband. Frank
Ausband will be master of cere
monies. '
The stage show is arranged'
soinewhat like the stage show
given last year. There will be a
mixed chorus, a quartet, tap-
dancihjg, singittg, and skits.
Imthediately following the
stage show, refreshments will be
served in the lobbj^' Of the the-
atre. ; . ,'' I,.
The main attraction, which has
been secured for showing, by the
clasi, will be‘’'*6he propul'ar hew
picture “When I’m in Love”
starring Grace Moore.
Clios-Delphians
Debate Fridays
The Cliosophic and Delphian
literary societies met in a debate
on Friday evening at seven
o’clock in the college 'audi
torium.
The debate query was ‘ ‘Resolv
ed: That the presidential propos
al to change the Supreme Court
should be carried out.”
John: Wahonick and Rufus
Cuthbertson debated in the
affirmative for the Cliosophic
Society, and Marshall Houts and
Guilford Ross argued the
negative for the Delphians.