THE CLARION
Volume XVI . BREVARD COLLEGE. NOVEiMBER 24, 1949 Number 4
64 On Mid-Semester Honor Roll
Members Of The College Student Council
Pictured above are the members of the student council who have
been elected for the 1949-50 school year. Sitting, from left to right,
are: Bob Moore, president of the student council; Joyce Wilhelm,
secretary-treasurer of the council; and Dan Stowe, vice-president of
the council. Standing, in the second row, are; Don Helms, sophomore
representative; Sam Geek, day student representative; Gladys Brew
er, president of the Christian Student Movement; Betsy Bowman,
sophomore representative; and “Moe” Moriarty, freshman represent
ative. Third row: Earl Seckinger, freshman representative; Bemie
Welch, freshman representative; and Mike Haddock, sophomore rep
resentative.
Tornadoes Primed For Second
Game With Lions Thanksgiving
Writing Contest
Is Announced By
College Magazine
The fourth annual College Writ
ers’ Short Story Contest has just
been announced by TOMORROW
Magazine. First prize is $500; sec
ond, $300; and third, $200. Manu
scripts will be judged by the edi
tors of TOMORROW and the edi
tors of Creative Age Press.
The prize-winning stories will
be published in the spring and
summer of 1950. All other manu
scripts will be considered for pub
lication as regular contributions
and paid for at TOMORROW’S
regular rates.
Entries should be addressed to
College Contest, TOMORROW
Magazine, 11 East 44th Street,
New York 17, New York. The
deadline is January 15, 1950.
' The contest is open to anyone
taking at least one course in any
college in the United States. This
includes under-graduate, graduate,
special, extension, and adult exten
sion students. No application
blanks are'necessary. Manuscripts
should not exceed 5,000 words. Any
number of manuscripts may be
submitted by a single student,
^ch entry must be marked Col
lege Contest and bear the writer’s
name, his home address, and the
name and address of the college
he is attending. All entries must
be accompanied by a self-address
ed,, stamped envelope.
Pertelote Staff
Sponsors Drive
For Snapshots
The Pertelote staff has begun a
drive to sponsor a snapshot con
test. The dates have beea set as
November 2 through November
30. The purpose of the contest is
to get pictures of campus life to
use in the annual.
Prizes wiU. be awarded to the
winners. The first place snapshot
carries a prize of two dollars for
the person who submitted it. Sec
ond and third prizes are one dol
lar each. Judges are Mrs. Elsie
Bramlett, Eddie Thomas and Bette
Cook.
Rules for the contest have been
posted on the bulletin board, and
we are repeating them here in or
der that everyone may study them.
1. No prizes will be given un
less a total of a hundred or more
snapshots are submitted.
2. No person will win more
than one prize.
3. Pictures must reflect Bre
vard college life, preferably con
taining himian interests.
4. Photos will be judged on
quality of photography as well as
the subject.
5. Any snapshot that is submit
ted becomes the property of the
Pertelote staff. Any that are not
used will be returned later in the
year.
6. Put on the back of the picture
the name of the person who sub
mits it, and the names of the peo
ple in the picture.
“If you have any snapshots that
were made this year or the latter
part of last year or during the
summer, please submit them, and
you may win a prize,” stated Bette
Cook, editor. '
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Thanksgiving
Dance Will Be
In Gym Tonight
The Mnemosynean Literary so
ciety will sponsor the annual
Thanksgiving dance in the gym to
night. The affair will be semi-
formal and will last from 8 o’clock
until midnight. Prices have been
set by the social committee, and
they will be used for every dance
throughout the year. Couple tick
ets will sell for $1.00, men stags
for $1.00, and girl stags for 50
cents.
The gym will be decorated to
represent a sky, all in blue and
silver, with the theme “Stardust”
carried out in every phase of the
decorations.
Ravon Smith and his dance or
chestra will furnish the music.
As an added attraction, Loise
Stratton will be featured as vo
calist. Second year students will
remember her as the soloist with
last year’s dance band.
During the intermission, a fig
ure will be formed by the offi
cers of the Mnemosynean and
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Coach Andrews Says Team
In Good Physical Condi
tion For Mars Hill
The Tornadoes of Brevard col
lege are putting the finishing
touches on their grid plans for the
Thanksgiving battle with the
Lions of Mars Hill on Thursday af
ternoon at Mars Hill. Kick-off is
scheduled for 2 o’clock.
Several hundred Brevard stu
dents are planning to attend the
game as well as the college band,
which will play at the Thanksgiv
ing festivities at Mars Hill under
the direction of E. Allen Lind.
The game on Thanksgiving wUl
mark the second encounter of the
two teams this year. Earlier this
fall Brevard nosed out the Lions
here on the high school field by
the score of 7 to 6.
Coach Bob Andrews says his
team is in the best condition of
the year and wUl be ready for the
Lions on Thursday.
“I’m not making any predic
tions,” he declared, “because when
the Tornadoes and the Lions tan
gle, anything can happen.”
Brevard had an open date last
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Increase Of 37
Over Last Year’s
Honor Students
A total of 64 students at Bre
vard college made the honor roll,
according to Mrs. E. J. Coltrane,
registrar. This is nearly 14 per
cent of the total enrollment, which
is one of the highest percentages
in the history of the school. It is
an increase of 37 over the mid
semester fall honor roll last year.
The following students are list
ed with scholastic honors:
Mary Alice Allen, Taylorsville;
Mary Ellen Amos, Newton; John
Hershel Ayers, Pineville; Charles
Alexander Barkley, Gastonia; Sa
rah Beatrice Biggerstaff, Ruther-
fordton; Betsy Keith Bowman,
Marion; Minnie Bettylou Boykin,
Fairview; Charles Benjamin Brew
er, Concord; Gladys Brewer, An-
sonville; Dale Brovra, Marion; Sa-
lah Dot Call, Advance; James O.
Crawford, Greensboro; Betsy Juan
ita Dean, Randleman; Anna Ruth
Dougherty, Black Mountain; Rob
ert Buchanan Dwiggins, Mocks-
ville.
Nelta Jean Eaker, Dallas; Quilla
Jane Eargle, Charlotte; * Evelyn
Elizabeth Eller, Creston; Edith
Pauline Field, Candler; Sara At
wood Freeman, Charlotte; Mar
garet Jean Georgef, Penrose; Ed
die Reid Gilbert, Germanton; Bar
bara Maxine Hall, Brevard; Emma
Grace Hartsell, Mt. Holly; Joseph
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Second Student
Recital Was Held
Here Last Week
On Friday night, November 3,
the music department gave its sec
ond recital of t^e year. These
regularly-planned recitals are giv
en as an example of the work be
ing done in music under the de
partment’s four instructors, Bruce
A. Livengood, Mrs. Louise P. Mil
ler, Earl R. Holloway and E. Al
len Lind.
The program included vocal, in
strumental, organ and piano selec
tions. The following students
took part in the recital: vocal se
lections by Ann Holton, “Mi Chio-
mano Mimi”; Jerry Crawford,
“Ich Liebe Dich”; Betty Ross, “I
Walked Today Where Jesus
Walked”; and Michael Haddock,
“Within This Sacred Dwelling.”
Instrumental solos were ren
dered by Norma Knig, who played
“Concerto for Clarinet,” and Lloyd
Stiffler, trombonist, who played
“Coronation March.”
Two organ students had parts
on the program. Ann Smith play
ed “Prelude and Fugue in E Min
or” and Frank Roberts played
“Laudamus Te.”
Piano solos were played by the
following students: Peggy Mc
Cracken, “Scarf Dance”; Marye
Graybeal, “Moment Musical”; Al
len Cooley, “Movement Perpetuels
Number 1”; Florence Ann Gaines,
“Blackie” and “Study in Style
C”; Harvey Sigmon, “Minuet in
G” and “Polonaise in G Minor”;
Mildred Miller, “Gavotte” and
“Allegretto”; Nancy Sader, “Study
in Style” and “Watclunan’s Night
Song”; and Bessie Ann Allison,
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