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Volame XXFV
BREVAKD COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 16. 1956
Number f-
COLLEGE WELCOMES ALUMNI
mSaDDEN HAS HIT A Royal Welcome I BETTY LAWRENCE
ELECTED QUEEN
Director Alex B. McFadden si
lently watched his Brevard Col
lege Masquers present their first
play of the season, A Wedding.
Throughout the performance the
audience stopped the play with
load hursts of approval and gave
the players a resounding ovation
upon the completion of their one
act comedy. A smiling director
modestly accepted congratulations.
The Wedding was supposed to
be a formal wedding taking place in
the bedroom of a comfortable
country home. Confronted with the
difficulties of a poor stage, no set
ting and lacking the proper cos
tumes, the Masquers nevertheless
came through with such poise and
professional maturity that one
came away with the effect of hav
ing seen an elaborate production.
Carrying the lead was Shan Nor
ton as Bob Tisdale, the bridegroom.
Shan is a freshman, however, he
didn’t act like one. Though visi
bly nervous at curtain time, he re
laxed with the first laugh and then
proceeded to present one of the
finest character sketches ever seen
at this college.
Equally impressive was Mary
Garland who portrayed Alice Gray
son, the bride. Sophomores will re
member her performance as a
maid in last year’s, A Broom For
The Bride. Her versatility is re
markable.
Archie, the best man, was por
trayed by Edgar Israel who came
across with the best performance
of the night. Although every mem-,
ber of the cast performed with j
poise and maturiay, Edgar seemed ,
to forget he had an audience at aU ■
and really lived his part. We look
forward to seeing him in future ,
presentations. , ]
Munsey Millaway who appeared i
in the lead in last year’s A Broom
For The Bride, was cast as Alice s
father. This was IVfunsey’s first
role as a mature person and he
came through with flying colors.
Ronald Daniel was cast as Ted, a
skeptical groomsman. Mary Sue
Drum played Mrs. Tisdale^ the
ibridegroom’s mother, while Shirley
Parsons gave
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Will Reign Thursday Over
Huge Homecoming Crowd
At College
Pirtured above is Betty Louise Lawrence who will reign
this Thursday as Homecoming Queen. Betty is aubu^
^ pvpd beautv measuring 5 6 and trims
down to a neat 34-22-34. Hailing from West Jefferson,
N. C., she is a freshman — and that not a double-enten
dre boys! ^
Huge Crowd Is Expected
I„ a.licipalion 0. .he hug.J.wd | onemion. »pec.
expected here Thursday, , since no one can think
dents, faculty, and administration'
of Brevard College are throwing
open the doors to returning alum
ni and friends.
ouitri, - I Homecoming this year will he
an hilarious inter-1 most elaborate ever stagea.
Parcnn; eave an iiiiaiiuuo nne iiiUM.
pretation of Miss Grayson, the Thanksgiving day will usher in th
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Stamey To Be
Speaker For Vespers
President Robert Stamey will be
the speaker for the special Thank^
giving vesper service to be held
on campus, Wednesday night, Nov.
21.
The college choir, under the di
rection of Mr. Nelson Adams, will
render special music. The leaders
of the five religious organizations
will take part in the service. Bird
ie Lee Bingham is chairman of tne
committee in ch*ge of the ser-
vice. .
This vesper service is substitu
ting for a regular Thanksgiving
service since the cafeteria will not
accommodate the huge crowd ex
pected to arrive Thursday. Al
though the entire day of Thanks
giving will be one of solenin rev
erence as well as one of .iovial fes
tivities, this service will offer ev
ery student and alumni an op^r-
tunity to proceed the next day
fully realizing that they do so on
ly by God’s grace-
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largest and most grandiose display
of exhibits ever witnessed on tne
campus. The veterans a/e plan
ning a miniature model of the co -
le^e with streamers coming m
from a large map representing ev
ery town, state, and country from
which Brevard draws her student
body. Streamers will then lead to
Duke, University of North Caro
lina North Carolina State, etc.,
representing students leaving Bre
vard and continuing their educa
tion in the various institutions
around the county. From here the
model will show the students go
ing into their various walks of life.
The student council is planning a
huge welcome arch. These ^o are
only given as a sample of the tre
mendous enterprise being shown
by the clubs in their effort to awe
the returning alumni and to cap
ture first prize money Thursday.
Homecoming will actually begin
Thanksgiving Eve with a turtey
dinner. President Robert Stamey
will then speak at a special veper
service to be held that night. Class
es will be held until noon Thursday
and alumni and friends urged
to observe the college in actual
however, since no one can think
with a holiday upon them. There
will be a barliecue at noon which
will last until 2:00 p. m. At 2:00
p. m. there will be a football game
between the winners of the con
ference. This will probably be the
New Dormitory and the Sopho
mores. There is a possibiUty that
Betty Lawrence will be crowned at
this time, but this event will prob
ably take place at the dance later
in the evening. After the ball game
there will be a reception in the
lounge of the women’s residence
hall at which time President Sta
mey will conduct an open house
tour.
Sponsored by the Clios and the
Euterps, the dance will begin at
8:00 p. m. There is a huge silence
surrounding this event. It is sup
posed to be a huge surprise, how
ever snoop-poop, our ace reporter,
has been hiding in some un«pec-
ted places and comes up with the
following hints. The Waldofs Aris
tocrats will be the band playing
for the dance. They are one of the
finest dance bands in the South.
Gene Ladd, a radio announcer,
working his way through coUege,
will be the master of cereniomes.
Euterps have been seen trying to
get a fan to blow streamers. There
is talk of a huge fountain occupy
ing the center of the dance floor.
These are a few hints uncovered,
however, most of the operati^is
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Betty Louise Lawrence has b^n
elected to reign as Homecoming
Queen here on the Brevard Col
lege campus on Thanksgiving Day.
A freshman from West Jeffer
son, N. C., Betty will be the school
girls dream in reality. In a hotly
contested battle on Nov. 12 she
watched her lead grow over the
other 6 beauties who had been pe
titioned to run. A freshman in col
lege — and now a Queen!
Betty is a member of the Bre
vard College Masquers and a
member of the Mnemosynean So
ciety. She is currently preparing
for a career in the world of bus^
iness.
Born the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Fred E. Lawrence of Boone„
N. C., on April 30, 1937, Betty la
ter moved to West Jefferson, N.
where she now lives. In high,
school she was editor of the paj>er„
a memiber of the dramatic club, 2
member of the debating team,
winner of second place for charac
ter acting in a dramatic festival,
and a participant in many other
activities.
It has not been decided at what,
time she will be crowned, but it
will either be before the kick-off
of the football game or later on m
the evening at the Hom&coniing
Dance.
Golfers Look Good
The BfeVard; College Golfing
Team should capture every tour
nament that they enter this year.
Led by Ed Ficker, a former Flori
da State scholarship man, they
look better than any previous team
in the college’s history.
Ed came to us this year from
Florida State University where he
had a scholarship given him for
his golfing ability and will play
with a handicap of 3. As a caddy,
Ed began playing at the Hender
sonville Country Club at the age
of 8 years and has continued play
ing top flight golf ever since. He
attended Flat Rock High School
where he played on their golf team
for four years. He finished 3rd_ in
the senior division at the Asheville
JV Tournament in 1953, while 19M-
saw him clirnb to 2nd place in this
same tournament also in the sen
ior division. During his high school
days, he played in Asheville, Mor-
ganton, Charlotte, and Greenville,
S. C., and went to the High School
Championship in 1954 and 55.
While at Florida State last year
he was 3rd flight winner in the Tal
lahassee Invitational Tournament.
Coming back home, he was 1st
flight winner in the Henderson
ville Invitational Tournament m
1956.
A veteran of the Korean Con-
flict’, William F. Rutledge makes
up the 2nd member of the golfing
team and will probably compete
with Steve Davis for 2nd man oa
the team. William started playing
in 1950 and has since gone to the
semi-finals in the 2nd flight at the
1950 Thomasville City Toun^ent
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