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The Clarion
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VOLUME XXVII
BREVARD COLLEGE, MAY 20, 1960
NUMBER 12
Commencement Program
Will Begin On May 28
Left to right are major participants in the May 13th
chapel program. Leroy Hill, president of the Delphian
Society, who presented Mr. Ralph V. Reed with a plaque
honoring Mr. Reed, to be given each year to the society
that promotes the most student interest on campus.
Major C A. Speed of the North Carolina State Highway
Patrol was the speaker. (Photo by Scoop Scott)
Apporximately 100 candidates for
graduation will participate in com
mencement week-end activities on
May 28-29, beginning with the An
nual Alumni Luncheon on May 28
and ending with the Commence
ment Reception on May 29.
Saturday morning, following re
hearsal and preparation for coim-
mencement, the Brevard Alumni
Association will honor the gradu
ating class with a luncheon. Spe
cial guests will be Miss Lucile
Smith, Miss Dulcie Hayes, and Dr.
Burt W. Loomis. All candidates for
graduation are required to attend
the Alumni luncheon to begin at
one o’clock.
Saturday evening, at eight
o’clock, Mr. Nelson Adams and Mr.
Ralph V. Reed of the Music depart
ment will present the annual com
mencement concert. Participating
in the concert will be the Brevard
Orchestra To Give Concert
BJC Board Of
Trustees Will
Meet Today
On Saturday, May 28, 1960, at
8 p.m. in the Sims Campus Center
Building the Glee Club and College
Orchestra will present the annual
music program Which will be visi
tors and guests of the 1960 gradu
ating class.
For this occasion the orchestra,!
under the direction of Ralph V.
Reed, will play a March and Pre
lude and Fugue by Handel, ex
cerpts from Schubert’s 5th Sym
phony, Sibelius’s tone poem Fin
landia and will close with the tra
ditional Pa.T.ip and Circumstance of
Elgar.
Members of the college orches
tra include: Warren Atkinson, Bill
Barnes, Charles Causby, Jerry
Chappell, James Crenshaw, Jean
Fluke, Frances Guffey.
Susan Gamble, John Howren,
Susan Jowers, C. K. Lee, Dale
Losey Sara Lowdermilk, Nancy
McCullough, Karen Schneider
Lewis Sauls, Linda Stout, and
Linda Thacker
On Friday, May 20, the trustees
of Brevard College along with their
wives will be on campus. At ten
o’clock the several different com
mittees will meet, and ait eleven
o’clock the Board of Trustees wll
meet, when the plans of the Build
ing and Grounds Coimimittee will be
presented to the trustees.
The campus ladies of the College
will hold the annual coffee for the
wives of the trustees from ten to
twelve o’clock in the Annabell
Jones Hall. Honored guests will be
Miss Lucile Smith and Miss Dulcie
Hayes.
College glee club and orchestra.
The Commencement sermon will
be delivered by Dr. James G. Hug
gins, Pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Gastonia.
Prior to graduation, at 3:30, Mr.
Nelson Adams will give a recital
cn the Carillon bells.
Ait 4:00, the candidates for grad
uation make their final trip down
the aisle of the Sims Oamipus Ce»-
ter Building. Principal speakers
for the afternoon will be Dr. E.
McLarty, president of Brevard Col
lege, and Dr. Clarence Raymond
Carpenter, professor of psychology,
Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. John B. Bennett, academic
dean ot Brevard College, will prfr
sent the honors and awards. At thfe
time, the winners of Hhe Oiin
Mathieson Scholarship, the most
versatile student, the best student
in history, and the Honor Roll and
Dean’s List vsdll be announced.
Following, Dr. Bennett and Prea-
dent McLarty will award the As
sociates in Arts degrees and Jniuor
College Diplomas to the graduating
class.
A reception for the graduating
class will be given in the facnity
lounge imim'Cdiately following conir
mencement.
The marshals will usher and lead
the processions at the commence
ment service and grad'uating exer
cises. The Reverend C. Edward Roy
Ls the college mars:hal. Six aca
demic marshals will come from the-
freshiman class.
The CLARION, on behalf of
the student body, wishes to ex
press deepest sympathy to Sara
Cannon at the death of Ws
mother, Mrs. Samuel B. Cannon
of Asheville.
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Williams^h Head Big Sister Organization
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The newly-tapped members of the Bre
vard College Big Sister Organization are
Dianne Nesbitt, Asta Gabrielsson, Mane
Teele, Hazel Williams, president, Franc^
Kwok, and Linda Stout. Also Vanda yn
Brown, Anna Williamson, Linda Phillips,
Barbara Pless, Patsy Green, Ilena Kmg,
Judy Grogan, and Barbara Beverly.
(Photo by Pat Austin)
Hazel Williams, a rising soplia-
roore from Morganton, will be the
president of the Big Sister Organi
zation in 1960-61. Hazel was dhosen
from the new BSO candidates by
the retiring group of Big Sisters.
Included in the new group of
freshmen advisory counselors are
two foreign students—Asta Gabri
elsson of Borga, Finland, and Fran
ces Kwok of Hong Konig, China.
Others are Barbara Beverly,
Kingsport, Tennessee; Vandalyn
Brown, Marion, N. C.; Patsy Green,
Thomasville; Judy Grogan, Char
lotte; Ilena King, Hendersonville;
Dianne Nesbitt, Black Mountain;
Linda Phillips and Barbara Pl^
Kannapolis; Sandra Smith, Marion,
S. C.; Londa Stout, Lancaster;
Marie Teele, Shelby; and Anna
Williaimson, Dublin, Ga.
These girls were chosen for tte
BSO on the basis of scholarship
(a 1.5 average), character, and
personality by the faculty and the
1959-60 BSO. They will attend the
Leadership Workshop prior to the
new academic year and will act as
sophomore advisors.
The Big Sisters will give a break
fast in the girls’ dorm on Sunday,
May 22, a tradition of the organi
zation each year.