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the clarion
DECEMBER 19, iggg
OUR GANG I
With Judy McManus |
Believe it or not, those 500 hours
mentioned in my last column are
slowly, but surely dwindling away;
and it won’t be long now until we
say our “au revOiirs” and bid fare
well to Brevard until January 6.
Yes, the cities of this country —
and Cuba — will be on the alert
December 20th, for the students of
Brevard Junior College are coming
“Home for Christmas.”
Well, even iif I don’t get exactly
v.hat I want for Christmas, I’ll
have the satisfaction of knowing
thiat we had a wonderful pre-holi-
’d«y season here at Brevard. The
sight and sound oi Christmas have
been with us since Thanksgiving,
but the feeling has grown even
more since the carding party, the
“Home for Christmas” evening,
and vespers on Wednesday night.
It makes us a Mttle sad to be leav
ing, yet happy to be going home to
see our families and friends.
More excitement! I can hardly
wait umtil the big “Blue Christmas”
dance tonight. What a gorgeous
theme for our last night at Bre
vard! The Clios and Euterps have
r&ally been working hard; and at
8:30, the results of their efforts
will be shown. I think this will be
one of the prettiest Christmas
gi-eetings we will get this year.
And if you are a girl and have a
blue or white dress for the dance,
you’ve got it made!
One of the highlights of the
dance will be the crowning of the
Christmas queen. Anita Smith. Our
warmest c'ongratuMions and best
v.ishes go to her royal highness.
Queen Anita I. May her reign be as
gay and brilliant as the holiday
season itself! Anita’s escort for the
dance will be Jim “Pot” Huffman,
cap'tain of the basketball teaLTi'.
How did you like all that snow?
Wasn’t it just beautiful? I am
wondering, though, which of the
big teams won the snowball fight
rguess I’ll never know, but 111
wager that Carl Matthews was on
the winning team. Believe ^e, he
throws the hardest sno^alls Ive
ever seen - or felt. This tra
should be an asset to the baseball
team next spring. ^
In the midst of all the
festiwty, U. B. Deyton and Harold
Wilson have been observing Beat
Your Buddy Week.” Since I
couldn’t begin to explain the pur
pose of it, I suggest that you ques
tion these two boys.
Oh yes, more congratulations.
This time to you, the student body,
for the tremiemdous spirit
displayed at all the basketba
g'iimes. Brevard’s Bag Basketball
Boys will keep winning ’em as
long as they have the support of
the' students. So — keep up
good work, and KEEP YELLING!!
Hats off to Mr. and Miss Fresh
man, Jeanie Armstrong and Jm
Young, and to Mr. and Miss Soph
omore, Shirley Moses and Wally
Fortenbury; You really deserve
tliiis high honor granted to you by
your classmates. Co-ngratulations..
Well, don’t you think that it s
about time for me to make a few
New Year’s predictions? You
don’t? Anyway, I predict that:
Sammie Vermillion will still be
smiling all the time in ’59. ^
U. B. Deyton won’t shrink an
inch. , ,
Roland Peacock will still oe
hcmging on to that camera.
The Chanticleers will be here on
January 9. , ,,
Loretta Helms will be the May
Oueen, and Tommye Bradley, her
Maid of Honor.
There will be 365 days in next
year. . • u n
How can I possibly miss with all
my connections at Delphi!!
At last, here’s my parting note,
as well as iry Christmas card.
Joyeux noiel, Froliche Weihnacten,
los Saturnalia, Feliz Navidad, Mer-
i-y Christmas — and have a cool
Yule and a frantic first!!!! See ya
next year!
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“Grab your robes, music, and the
risers; we sing in fifteen minutes^
ran« the long-suffering voice of
one'’Mr. Nelson Adams, Glee club
director, as forty-seven eager Bre
vard college musicians scrambled
across the bus seats and each other
in search of music
folders and m.spiaced high-heeled
shoes.
Yes “Join the Glee club and see
North’ Carolina” could well have
biien the slogan of Brevard s Glee
club as its members virtually sang
their way through Asheboro,
'^homasville. Liberty, Salisbury, Al-
bermarle, Concord, and Mecklcn-
burg county on their annual
Christmas tour, which was Decem
ber 6-10.
The group was given a rousing
send-off by President Ei.-nimett K.
McLarty and Dean John Bennett,
who boarded the bus to harmonize
on a fare-well song and to distrib
ute 10,000 life-savers to the stu
dents and to present a roar-view
mirror and a stop sign pillow to
Mrs. Nelson-Adams, who served as
chaperon on the bus.
“Where’s my other shoe?” “Has
anybody seen robe thirty-nine?^^
“All right, who’s got my music?”
“When do we cat?” “Which way
is it?” “Right down the hall and
turn left.” “Hey, driver, do we
go through ‘Mern’?” “Do you
have a Kleenex?” “Guess what?
We’re on the radio in Albemarle!”
“What do you mean ‘bad’? We only
vent flat on four pieces!” These
and many others were familiar
plirases which rang repeatedly in
the ears of all the Glee club mem
bers as they sang in the high
schools and churches of North Car
olina,
The group stayed in the homes
of various church members, where
they usually ate breakfast. The
noon and evening meals were eat
en in the high schools and church
es where programs were given.
“Wow! You should have seen the
palace we stayed in!” “We got to
go to the Country Club to eat!”
‘ Ooh, our family had the cutest
son!” “I’mi ashamed to go back
for more; I’ve had three servings
already.”
While in Thomasville, the group
was royally entertained at the beau
tifully decorated home of Charlie
Walker and his family. On the fin
al lap of the journey home, the
Glee club sang at the Methodist
church in Davidson, where, prior
to the concert, they were given a
supper by a group of Methodist
boys from the college. In addition
to these plea.santries, everyone re-
c'jived a morr.le boost from seeing
several former Brevard students,
including Ole Borgen, and his wife,
Warta; Suzanne Boling, Bibba
Whi^nant, Bobby Little, Rayford
I.cdfcrd, Benny Martin, Frances
Watson, and Fred Sig'.r.on, In addi
tion, our own Mr. Ralph Reed put
in an appearance at the Salisbury
cf ncert.
The tired, but happy, group ar
rived back in Brevard shortly af
ter one o’clock Thursday morning
and was greeted by an assortment
of lonesome boy friends and day
students’ parents. “Oh, we had a
marvelous time!” “We stayed
with the sweetest people!” “1
think I’ll cut my eight o’clock
class.”
Be it ever so humble, there’s no
place like home — or Brevard Col
lege! “Hey, Mr. Adams, when do
we leave on the spring tour?”
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Christmas
Greetings
AND
Best Wishes
FOR A
Happy New Year
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