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THE CLARION
march 3,1961
When You're Alone
By Vandalyn Brown
Congratulations^ Coach And Team
“Give ’em the axe, the axe, the axe. . . ; arid they
did! Congratulations, Tornadoes! Congratulations,
Gbach Martin! Congratulations from the CLARION
staff and the student body of Brevard College.
Because you have proven yourselves a team, worthy
of acclaim, because of your abilities, your work, your
determination to win, Brevard College has won the
distinction of being Conference Champions and Tour
nament Champs. You have given Brevard a new place
in the annals of fame, a new glory to be remembered
fliroughout the years and new prestige.
But most of all, you have proven yourselves capable
•— not only of being champions, but of being outstand
ing students. Too few of us realize the long hours that
are spent in practice, the studying that you must do
when your muscles ache and you’re dying for sleep.
Despite this, you have achieved the unity and the level
ol performance needed to win.
To those of you who have not starred in-every game,
or played every game, belongs a great share in the
jglory and praise. The first string may be composed
of only five men, but to make a team, you need re
serves. 1 1 4. I It is often said that we do
Coach Martin has proven himself more and better - only what we must do. If neces-
fhan the average coach. It is to his credit that the Tor- j sary we can expend as much ef-
Tiadoes are champions: because of his intefirrity as a | fort as is possible, and seeming-
We have so often heard of
effort “above and beyond the
call of duty” that it seems rath
er trite and meaningless. We
turn a deaf ear and say “how
nice,” without ever realizing
what it is all about.
There are those among us,
however, who do do more than
is necessary. And, invariably,
thesfe persons are the ones who
ask for no credit or recognition.
They do what they do because
of an inner drive in them—they
must work or play to the limit
of their capabilities to live with
themselves, to answer the call
tliat is within us all, but ignored
in so many of us.
coach and a leader, Brevard has achieved this dis-
tanction.
Thanks For The Spirit
ly more than this at times; but
if we are able to perform our
“duties” by doing less, human
nature is such that this is all
we will do.
According to several unbiased spectators at the ^rrSond whltt" fxpeted!
touitnament games, Brevard College exhibited the ]
best show of spirit of any school. A large number of
students attended the games and supported the Tor
nadoes with screams, yells, and prayers.
A bus rolled slowly down the mountain, the inter
ior was dark, silent. To a passerby, it might have look
ed as though everyone on the bus was asleep. No one
was sleeping; they w^ere engaged in a moment of silent
prayer for victory, or the grace to lose nobly.
“Go Tornadoes! Sis-boom-bah! and Blue Jacket,
Blue Jacket, Fight, Fight! With all the men at Win
gate, there are none can touch you now.” To the Yell-
Belles must go much credit for their unfailing support
lf the Tornadoes. Faithfully attendiner each game,
OTsp and lively in their blue and white, they have
given the kind of support that any team needs — must
fiave. They have led the student body in showincr the
bevst school spirit ever seen at Brevard College. They
have been important. They are important. We’d like
1® see the cheerleaders at the game in Kansas.
The students and other loyal fans also deserve much
credit for their support of the team. To hear the crowd
yelling, “Go, Champs, Go”, and to see nearly the entire
group of Brevard rooters rush onto the floor after a
game was enough to fill any team with m6re deter
mination and thankfulness for having persons present
who cared whether they won or lost.
however, refuse to stop when
they have done as much as is
necessary. They, at least in
most phases of their lives, give
and give and give of themselves.
Even though they become weary
and ill they continue to work
to their utmost capacity.
There arises, of course, the
question of whether it is worth
it. It is doubtful that anyone
knows the true answer. But
the only answer these persons
need is that for them there is
no other way — to truly liye
they must live this way.
It is a never-ending joy to
know a person like this, even
though we are standing in our
mundane, “only what is neces
sary,” world looking in on their
world where they live above
and beyond the call of duty,
which may be only duty after
?11. For it would seem that there
is a call to do our best — to give
of ourselves completely.
So the question remains and
only in the deepest part of each
of us will we find our answer.
SGA Financial Report
EXPENDITURES OF SGA FOR
FALL SEMESTER 1961
Homecoming Dance
Television for Student Lounge
Christmas Parade
Upkeep fo Lounge
Total Expenditures
Plus Defibit of last year
Total
Total Amount in Treasury
Deficit
$204.29
90.00
5.00
3.95
303.24
38.79
342.03
225.00
117.03
Attend REW Services
March 5-9 at Brevard College has been set aside for
Religious Emphasis W^eek. During this time nightly
services will be held, ending with Holy Communion
on Thursday.
These services are especially constructed for col
lege students; they are designed to bring forth and
make clearer subjects about which we are most in
terested. It is a time for those deep questions that are
only 'put into words during midnight “life” conversa-
not only to be complimented for the excellent games tion to be answered. It is a time to find ourselves and
you have ’played, hut also the sportsmanship-like our purpose. It is a time to gain direction for our
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However, these things will not come to us if we sit
and wait. We cannot say, “Oh, I don’t want to go. I
have too much to do,” and still get the benefits from
these services. We m.ust give of our time and attention
and interest if we are to receive either what we are
seeking or the will to continue to seek it.
The_ first night of Religious Emphasis Week, let us
put aside whatever we are doing and attend the ser
vice. Chances are that everyone who goes the first
night will return all other nights.
Let us not go alone. If we stop and take someone
with us, he, too, will return and perhaps take someone
with him.
More Congratulations
February 27, 1961
Brevard College
Brevard
North Carolina
'Coach Martin and Members of the basketball team:
I congratulate you on the championships which you
have won and your year’s excellent record. You are
manner in which you have conducted yourselves.
With best wishes,
Cary C. Boshamer
Chairman of Athletic Committee
of the Brevard College Board of Trustees
—"4*
A Note From
The President
One of the oldest traditions
on the Brevard College Campus
is Religious Emphasis Week. The
title given this particular week
is, of course, somewhat mislead
ing, for throughout the school
year emphasis on the Christian
way of life is a dominant one.
Lastr yeir, Mrs. A. W. Plyier
Widow of the late A. W. Plyier
who was a long-time minister
editor, and leader in the Western
North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Church, and mem
ber of the Brevard College Board
of Trustees, established a' me
morial foundation that provides
annually sufficient funds for
bringing an outstanding preach
er to the campus for this special
week.
Beginning Sunday evening,
at the Brevard Methodist Church’
Reverend Mr. Hermon Nicholsoni
Pastor of First Methodist
Church, Waynesville, this year’s
Plyier Preacher, will commence
the Religious Emphasis Week ob
servance. I would like to urge
students to participate in this
observance by supporting all the
services that will follow on the
college campus. It is fitting that
this year Religious Emphasis
Week falls with the Lenten Sea
son, which traditionally is a sea
son of self-denial and spiritual
preparation for the celebration
of Easter. Your Easter obser
vance this year will take on new
meaning with faithful attend
ance and parrticipation in the
services of the week.
On Monday evening, the minis
ters and their wives, from the
Asheville District of the Meth
odist Church will be guests of
the college for dinner and at
the service which follows.
Emmett K. McLarty, Jr.
President
I The Clarion Staff
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Editor-in-Chief Vanidalyn Brown
Associate Editor Gene McGaha
Business Manager Becky Sigmion
New.s Editor Ralph Greene
Sports Editor Danny Bost
Exchange Editoo* Bawbara Ballew
Staff Writers and Typists Sara Whitmire, Jerry Tillotson,
Shelba Jean McKee, John Goins, Joel Stevenson, Jimmy
Wilson, Eleanor Mefford, Carole Padgett.
It is up to us, the students of Brevard College to
make Religious Emphasis Week serve its purpose and
beicome truly a week where the emphasis is placed on
religion. It is an excellent opportunity to hear talks on
the subjects that interest us and to ask our questions
, If we receive nothing from it, there will be no one to
I——,—..—.,-ilblame but ourselves
Vacation
Plans
You stand atop a building and
watch the scurrying masses be
low, each individual reduced to
infinite proportions. Suddenly,
you remember the squalor of a
tenement, the thrill of a ship
sailing to distant lands, the fra
grance of Jewish ryebread in the
corner of a delicatessen, a drunk
lying face down in his favorite
haunt in the Bowery. You re
member, yes, but gone is the dis
gust or pity you may have felt at
the moment. It is replaced by
an inexplicable feeling of love
for the city and its people. You
love the sordid slum along with
the sophisticated apartment; and
the reprobate (with whom life
has dealt harshly) along wift
the Park Avenue aristocrat. This,
for a time, is your city. Your are
a part of it; you love its good
along with its bad.
Perhaps far away in time and
place, you, the student, begins
to plan your summer vacation.
When the first spring-like days
arrive, you feel a yearning for
exploring new places, whether U
be a city, a beach, or a resort
town. If you have not traveled
a great deal before, it is well
to keep this in mind: Travel in
volves knowledge of new places
and sight seeing; but far more
important are the people you
will meet. Go with a open mind,
accept your vacation spot for
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