•He who thinks for himself,
and rarely imitates, is a free
man.’
The Clarion
‘Party is the madness of
many, for the gain of a fcv*
V le XXIV
BREVARD COLLEGE, OCTOBER, 1956
Number 1.
REVARD COLLEGE DOUBLES ENROLLMENT
CONSTRUCTION
PROGRESSES
A $300,000 Campus Center buil
ding will be completed ^at Brevard
College (see page 3 for picture)
near the first of 1957. The three
story building will be colonial
type architecture and will be sit
uated beside the infirmary, facing
south toward the James Addison
Jones Library.
This construction will house the
new auditorium which will seat ap
proximately 500 people, complete
with stage, dressing and prop
rooms, balcony, and organ rooms.
The blueprint calls for a soda shop,
book shop, post office, and storage
rooms in the basement. All admin
istrative offices will be transferred
to the new building. Provisions will
be made for a faculty lounge, con
ference room, and a student lounge.
The most elaborate room will be
the cafeteria, equipped with new
furnishings and tiled with craz-
zao, a new and very desirable type
of floor covering. An elevator is to
be installed for the convenience of
the kitchen staff to make the stor
age space more accessible. This
new cafeteria will eliminate “stand
ing in line” which now confuses, be
wilders, and bothers “Chow
hounds ’ and kitchen staff alike. It
will be better equipped and staffed
than most privately owned cafe
terias in the South.
The architects are McDonald and
Daniel of Brevard. The building is
being constructed by the J. A.
JJones Construction Co., general
contractors of Charlotte. This com
pany constructed the library, the
men and women’s dormitories and
completed the renovation of Tay
lor Hall and the Administration
building.
According to Mr. J. D. Jamer-
son, in charge of the construction,
“The new campus center, upon
completion, will be one of the fin
est structures of its type in the
states.” ,
STEVE DAVIS, president the student body, welcomes the
450th student who registered for classes at Brevard. Seated at left is
Mrs. C. Edward Roy, recorder for Brevard College and standing di
rectly behind her is Nancy Edwards, a day student from Brevard.
450 STUDENTS
REGISTER
Student Wins
Scholarship
Dick Luther, a returning sopho
more, has been awarded a $250
scholarship, as a tribute to his out
standing sales record with Vita
Craft this past summer. Falling
short of the $300 scholarship by a
sales volume of only $36, Dick is
a fine example of the modern col
lege student who applies his edu
cation. Dick’s total sales volume
was $7,964 which placed him fifth
among Vita Craft’s salesmen in
the East.
Accomplishment is nothing new
to Dick. He was a commanding of
ficer in the Army of the United
States at the age of twenty-one and
now holds the rank of captain in
the United States Army Reserves.
Completing his last semester at
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Student Leader
Urges Cooperation
Steve Davis, president of the
student body and spokesman for
the Student Council, has called for
the quintessence in co-operation be
tween students, faculty, and the
administration. In an interview
with the Clarion, President Davis
asserted:
“The aim of the Student Coun
cil this year is the promotion of a
stronger school spirit. Our acti
vities will be built around a big
ger and better Brevard’. We want
to achieve the utmost in coopera
tion between the students and the
administration. If at any time
there exists a student problem, I
would urge those involved to bring
it before the Student Council for
consideration and a possible solu
tion.”
- According to Mr. Guy Burcfar-
fiel, the director of public rel^
tions, Brevard College has douft-
led its enrollment this year. TLe
number of students has risen from
last year’s total of 250 to 450 fca:
the fall semester, with an evec.
greater number expected for t&e
spring semester. This sudden in
flux is due to the tremendous buil
ding program that President Rob
ert Stamey has spearheaded since
his arrival at Brevard College.
President Stamey begins liis.
fifth year this fall as head of Bre
vard College and may now stand
on the steps of Dunham Hall while
his seemingly far-fetched idea®
visibly materialize. A million dol
lars worth of architecture is now
either a reality or in the blueprint
stage.
People are calling Brevard *t&e
■fastest growing college in the
East”. Students and parents from,
every section of the South, were
represented here on opening day,
while new faculty members rep
resenting every state in the South,
were on hand to greet th.^.
Though basically, still an institi*-
tion founded to provide the yoim£
people of Western North Carolina
and the Piedmont an opportunity
to obtain a better education for
less money, Brevard is fast gr^-
ing into a nonsectional school v.-itt'
a far flung reputation.
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS are Alex B. McEadden, English Dept.;
Mr*. H. W. Sigmon, English Dept.; C. Kenneth D«Bois ^ Randolph,
Lynwood H. Halliburton, History Helen S. Davis, housekeeper; and Miss Helen
Jteligiori Dept.; Pierre Wagner, ^““^uage Dep ., . Egerton, Mathematics Dept.; Mrs.
Clark, librarian. Not pictured are Peter Ford M“«ic Dept.^ F.^N^^^^g
Grace J. Munro, Commercial Dept., and Miss »
Dr. Coles Praises
Small Colleges
BRUNSWICK, Me. — (I.P.) —
‘The small liberal arts college may
be defined as a place where every
body knows who is next to be elec
ted to Phi Beta Kappa, and who is
next to flunk out, and why,” accord
ing to Dr. James S. Coles, presv
dent of Bowdoin College.
“This enforced intimacy," Hr.
Coles declared, “actually gives a
student a wider experience in ha-
man relations than he would otli^-
wise have, for he can not liniit his
acquaintance only to men of sim
ilar views and beliefs to his own
but will have friends among met.
of widely varying interests.
“In many ways, the small col
lege has advantages similar to
those claimed for the Institute for
Advanced Study at Princeton; the
intimacy of a small group, the adi-
vantages of close association, and
the restricted use of relatively lim
ited resources to those persons an3^
projects able to profit most,
“The atmosphere at a small life-
eral arts college,” Dr. Coles assert
ed, “seems leisurely compared with
that of the large university, but
through that very fact, life is more
contemplative and ideas are more
thoughtfully received and consider-
ed.
“In recent decades, educational
leaders, and our leaders in com
merce and industry as well, haTe
recognized that man cannot live
by bread alone, nor can he live «e
iron or steel, titanium or vanadi
um; nor can he live solely on po
etry, art, or music. They recognize
that there is a void in a nation
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