THE CLARION
Volume XV BREVARD COLLEiGE, FEBRUARY 4, 1949 Number 6
24 New Students Enrolled For Spring Semester
Newly Elected Student Officers
INEZ ELLEDGE, of North Wilkesboro, and LANDER BEAL, of
Gastonia, above, were recently elected to serve as secretary-treasurer
and vice-president, respectively, of the Brevard college siudent body.
Along with CLAUDE HICKS, president, the two are formulating
plans for the drafting of a new constitution which should be ready
for presentation to the students some time in the early spring.
Churches Hear College Officials
Preach Sunday, Students Sing
65 Students On
Fall Semester
Honor Roll Here
Sixty-five students have been
listed on the fall semester honor
roll which was released last week.
Of this number, three Were listed
ns making the all “A” honor roll.
They are: Margaret Madison Cog-
burn, Canton; Marianne Gingele,
Maplewood, N.J., and Stella Rich
ardson Moran, Jamestown. Mrs.
Moran was graduated with high
honors at midyear graduation ex
ercises held January 25.
Since last year the requirements
for the honor roll have been al
tered in one respect. On the ad
vice of the teachers of Physical
Education, the Dean, the Regis
trar, and these teachers have de
cided to lower the requirements in
physical education from the grade
of “B” to a minimum grade of
“C.” All other requirements re
main the same. This was dis
closed in a statement by Mrs. E. J.
Coltrane, registrar, last week.
Those making the honor roll
with an average of “B” or better
are as follows:
“B” Honor Roll — Thomasin
Elaine Alegre, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
Bertie Ruth Ayers, Pineville; John
Hershel Ayers, Pineville; Charles
Alexander Barkley, Jr., Gastonia;
Betty Gray Billings, North Wilkes
boro; Betsy Keith Bowman, Mar
ion; Dale Brown, Marion; Mary
Ellen Copeland, Newton; Valma
Virginia Come, Zirconia; James
Oliver Crawford, Jr., Greensboro;
Betsy Juanita Dean, Randleman;
Herbert Dale Dixon, Kings Moun
tain; Evelyn Elizabeth Eller, Cres-
ton; Sarah Atwood Freeman,
Charlotte; Mary Lou Hamrick, For
est City; John Paul Hannon, Col-
■endge.
Allen Henley, Jr., Charlotte;
James McNider HoUowell, Yonk
ers, N. Y.; James Makepeace
Holmes, St. Petersbiurg, Fla.; Peg
gy Ann Keener, Canton; Alfred
Grady King, Seagrove; Evelyn
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Pertelote To Be
Ready Late In May;
Plans Materializing
Gerald Martin, editor of the
Pertelote, college yearbook, has
announced that the 1949 edition
will be available to the students
sometime in May. Work has been
progressing rapidly and plans for
a better annual are materializing.
Group photographs have been
taken of all clubs and activities
and a drive is now on to get indi
vidual photographs of all new stu
dents and old members of the stu
dent body who have not already
had theirs made. Two days were
set aside by Austin’s Studio ear
lier this week for this purpose.
Advertising is coming in at a
steady pace and ^Charlie Freeman,
business manager, states that he
is well pleased with the results
thus far.
Printing and binding of this
year’s Pertelote is being done by
the Keys Printing Company of
GreenvUle, S. C. This firm has
printed Brevard college yearbooks
for the past several years and tiiis
year’s edition is expected to be the
finest of tJim alL
Dunham Entrance
'Being Remodeled
Work was begun this week on
the entrance to Dunham Hall with
the removal of the eaves, which
have been rapidly decaying the
past few years. A scaffold has
been constructed on the steps
above the entrance to perform the
difficult task.
Mr. White, superintendent of
buildings and grounds at the col
lege, stated that it would be al
most impossible to replace the
eaves as this would necessitate
completely tearing out the brick
work. The eaves will be removed
permanently and replaced with a
stucco fronting around the entire
porch.
Progress on the construction
was hanipered somewhat by the
recent snow and inclement weath
er, but it is expected to be com
pleted within a few more days.
The wrong office holders are
elected by the people who didn’t
vot&
Methodist Churches in Can
ton, Statesville and Bal
four Were Visited
Three churches in North Caro
lina—the First Methodist church
of Statesville. Belfour Methodist
church, and Morning Star Metho
dist church, of Canton—heard
sermons Sunday, January 30, by of
ficials from Brevard college, ac
companied, by students who sang
special anthems.
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
the college, preached at the First
Methodist church, in Statesville,
during the morning worship ser
vice. He was accompanied by ^a
mixed quartet composed of Betty
Anders, Hendersonville; L o i s e
Stratton, Reidsville; Bill Huntley,
Spindale; and Bill Martin, Albany,
Ga. They sang “Incline Thine Ear,”
by Himmel, “Peace I Leave With
You” by Roberts, and “Glory to
the King of Kings” by Thompson.
J. J. Stevenson, dean of Brevard,
delivered the morning sermon at
Balfour Methodist church. A quar
tet furnishing special music was
composed of Eloise Keever, Kan
napolis; Mary Margaret Graybeal,
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Eight Old Students Return
ing After Period of
Absence
A total of twenty-four 'tudents,
including eight who have been at
Brevard previously, are enrolled
for the Spring semester.
Those returning include: Eliz
abeth Cockerham, Dobson; Ben
jamin Covington, Ridgeville, S. C.;
Betty Crary, Brevard; Mrs. Dixie
Gibbs Dellinger, Cherryville; Fred
O. Dillenger, Cherryville; Bette Jo
Helms, Charlotte; Leona Norton,
Highlands; and William 0. Up
church, Cherryville.
There are six new students do
ing special work in the various
departments. They are: Rebecca
Brenfleck, Brevard; Mrs. Wylma
Covington, Ridgeville; Mrs. Ruth
Holmes, St. Petersburg, Fla.;
Gwendoyln Pickelsimer, Pisgah
Forest; Kay Stamey, Lawndale;
and James Opie Wells, Brevard.
New students in the college
division for the spring semester,
1948-49 are as follows: Betty Lou
Boykins, Fairview; Howard J.
Christley, Draper; Charles Leroy
Dwiggins, Kannapolis; Alphonso
Hicks, Jr., Rocky Mount; James
Hinson, Tuxedo; Elizabeth McCon
nell, Hendersonville; Marvin Maul
din, Seneca, S. C.; J. T. Nichols,
Rocky Mount; Lionel Rhodes, CUf-
ton Forge, Va.; and \Jeanne White,
Charlotte.
English Woman
Makes WSSF Appeal
In Chapel Program
Last Saturday, January 29, Miss
Rhoda Traherne-Thomas spoke to
the students of Brevard college of
the World Student Service Fund
and the aid it is giving to students
in foreign countries.
Miss Thomas told of the needs
and wants of students iniichools in
France, Germany, Italy and other
European countries. The WSSF
is a world organization which was
started with the purpose of help
ing foreign students overcome
their handicaps and give them the
needed materials with which to
continue their education.
Miss Thomas brings to the
World Student Service Fund an
unusual background. She was
born in Wales and was educated
there and in England until the fall
of 1940. She crossed the Atlan
tic nine times by tha tine she v/as
twelve.
She visited France and Norway
before the war. Evacuated from
England during the blitz with the
last boatload of women and chil
dren to leave under the govern
ment evacuation scheme, her ship
dodged submarines to arrive in
Canada.
Later, she came to the United
States and attended school in New
York and Ashley Hall in Charles
ton, S. C. She is a graduate of
Smith college and has done sum
mer work at the University of Wis
consin.
Last year she headed the very
successful Smith college Relief
Committee which contributed $7,-
000 to the World Student Service
Fund.