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»AGE TWO APRIL 21,1961 When You're Alone By Vandalyn Brown Some Came To Xnadu ^ Recent criticism of the so-called “lost” or “beat” generation has prompted me to analyze the topic under consideration, and to attempt a defense or explanation of it. The questions tiie adults ask are: Why the despond ency in the present generation? Why the lackadaisical attitudes? Why the popularity of eastern religions and philosophies? Of course it is difficult to understand the gener ation. It is especially difficult for the older members £q understand the “beat” cliques. How could they understand when they have created the world of situations in which we exist? We have been left with mystery of existence — your -no sense of probable reward; we must face life, often, j existence, as a futile thing with little opporunity to “be” rather j You see your life for what it than to “exist.” This world —this sphere we occupy — | is, and you know it should and is filled with war, with constant revolution, constant | could be better. With a sharp iiissension. We are faced with the knowledge that we i pain you hear your bored voice must be constantly alert or lose what we claim as jmg unkind, cutting remarks ■our freedom. But the hardest blow is still manifested j somethTng^to hdp in the form of racial conflict. Men cannot live to-, gether as men, but must exist in the realm of mis-1 you understanding, hate, and fear. Here, we must bring 1 just couldn’t do it. You see your forth the question of eastern relieions. I am of the I potentialities and then you see opinion that Christianity teaches the brother-! You step into a cold shower some morning, or wake suddenly from a weird dream. Or maybe you just look into a mirror and &bc a stranger. And it hits you, the age-old question, “Who am I?” And then it starts, not just this one question but many of them covering the complete I what you are, what a long way to go before you can even begin to fulfill the promises of your intelligence, spirit, and person ality. The chances you’ve had, and not taken, the plans you’re mak ing now, the picture of what your life will be if you go on living as you are now — they all flash before you and they find their mark. For once you’re awake; you’re seeing and feel ing and hearing with clarity and up-to-now hidden insight. Life is there in front of you. No, it’s not waiting to be given to you; it’s waiting for you to live. But it will mean a lot of changes. It’s your choice — what do you do? Kampus Komment By JOHN GOINS Let the old fogies who contin- ously express their “dour con cern” for this younger genera tion take note: Nearly 500 col lege students, spending their Eas ter vacation in Florida, found time to listen to Dr. Billy Gra ham as he delivered a sermon especially for them. As Mr. Gra ham put it, “This older genera tion often forgets that they were j once ^;oung themselves.” Some times we wonder Vacation Snapshot: Can you imagine the picture: dear old Dad, standing hatless out on the lawn, looks sadly into empty garage, as his son, just home from college, disappears in a cloud of dust. Mournfully shak ing his head, he starts slow ly for the house, half mur muring to himself . . . “And 1 can remember the day when he went into the garage and came out with a lawn-mower!” Ah, the good old days. Spring has Sprung .... and Brevard College Campus is blos soming; Trees are turning green, grass is growing tall, baseballs are competing with the robins for air space — Ah Spring. ’Tis hood of man. Zen, existentialism (in its “beat” form), Itheui with facts backed by sound reasoning, and other eastern ideas have infiltrated the thinking of j To which South do we owe our loyalty? To the South ^many of the members of the younger generation. It hundred yea^s ago, a South ruled by blind pre- •is popular because of the failure of Christianity to'judice? Or to the South of today, and of the future; answer the problem of philosophy so as to avoid ’ a South ruled by education and knowledge? contradicting' certain apparently obvious facts and i One hundred y-ears from now our grandchildren will important truths. Christianity will not re-evaluate her j look back at today’s headlines and wonder — Wonder platform and discard what is not true and incorporate , first of all what all the fuss was about. Were we all in the platform what is true. _ jso blind that we couldn’t see? Wonder next about Som&one has said that today is an isthmus | our‘*educated^Meaders who failed to materialize; who i xj necting the continents of memory and ho'pe. But for.c;|;ood by and let those who didn’t understand lead time when a young man' the young — w^here is the hope? Billy Graham said, I the South into the crisis that it now faces. ... “They are rebels without a cause, looking for a flag to j America fought two world wars for the sake foHow.” I agree with Dr. Graham’s belief that we ; of freedom; and the end was inevitable. Today the are looking for a flag, but I cannot concur with his|Negro is fighting for freedom; the end is also in- opinion that it is rebellion without a cause. | evitable. Freedom will win Some of the more progressive rebels have chosen The mark of a truly great man is his ability to accept their 'pr'ophets and follow them ascetically. They are i the inevitable. Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Eliot (although he discredits | the beatnik movement) and Pound, as well as Rand, the most recent. I do not defend their malicious attacks on society, but can we truly say they are wrong? i I must return to my bankrupt world of Xnadu, and gaze, as the day fades, on grey, grey night. Vote On April 26 The election of officers for the Student Govern ment Association for the 1961-62 term will be held April 26. The importance of each student’s vote cannot be overemphasized. A large measure of the success jof Brevard College, not only next year but in the I years following, will depend upon the ability or lack I of ability of these persons. One hundred years ago the South fought a war —| it is not easy to determine whether the candidates andlost. We fought for the preservation of the “status jhave. potentialities of true leadership or onlv an quo”, which we thought was essential to our livelihood, air of superiority. It takes deep thought, but the mat- Which South? We have learned — but how much? Would you fight today to enslave the Negro — or any other man? In the South today demonstrators are waging a ter is serious enough to warrant it. Only with a slate of the most able officers possible will Brevard grow as it should. Only with such a slate will the duties war against the United States Supreme Court decision of the students be fulfilled. Only with such a slate wi.,.*) A +„ will the entire college enjoy a year which comes close to tulfilhng its greatest potentials. , carefully about the candidates, weigh their abilities, make your decision, and vote. to integrate public schools. Why? A minority group of uneducated Southerners seem to feel that their chil dren are “better” than the Negro children; but this view is instantly seen to be quite ludicrous and comi cal, for since God is the Father of all mankind, we are actually all brothers. There is yet another group in the South today, slightly better educated, who feel that integrated schools will hasten intermarriage between the races. Maybe so, but it’s a fact that educated and_ intelligent Negroes and Whites alike are opposed to intermarri age, not simply because of racial prejudice, but be cause of certain biological prinaiiples of genetics. Knowledge will remove racial prejudices and replace i tary-Treasurer of District I of ..—.—the North Carolina Federation. Moving to Greensboro, she serv ed the Greensboro Club as co- chairman of its Bulletin Com mittee, and later moving to Ral eigh, she served as Parliamen tarian of the Raleigh Club. One dedicated to her chosen field of endeavor, and now serv ing as an Assistant Professor of Business at Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, she is a graduate of the Woman’s Col lege of the University of North Carolina, where she earned her B.S. degree. She received her M.S. degree from the University of North Carolina, and is now completing her doctorate work The Clarion Staff Editor-in-Chi«if Vandalyn Brown Associate Editor Gene McGaha Business Manager Becky Sigmon News Editor Ralph Greene Sports Writers Danny Host, Jimmy Wilson Exchange Editor Bainbara Ballew Staff Writers and Typists __ Sara Whitmire, Jerry Tillotson, Shelba Jean McKee, John Goins, Joel Stevenson, Jimmy Wilson, Eleanor Mefford, Carole Padgett. [ ..-i Lois Frazier Is Candidate, BPW Office (Continued from Page One) BPWian in the Brevard Club, has held teaching positions where she served as Correspond- the Leaksville High School ' ing Secretary, Recording Secre- Leaksville, North Carolina; Bre-' tary and Pesident. While in Bre- Brevard, North I vard she also served as Secre-i s College of the University of North Caro lina, Greensboro, North Car olina; and Flora Macdonald Col lege, Red Springs, North Car olina. In our state federation .... She served as Assistant Record ing Secretary from 1946 to 1948- Recording Secretary from 1948 to 1950; Parliamentarian, 1950- 1952; Second Vice-President, 1952-1954; First Vice-President, 1954-1956; and President, 1956- 1958. In 1958-1960 she served as a member of the Headquarters Committee, the State Handbook Revision Committtee, the Legis lative Advisory Committee and the Finance Committee. She continues to serve as a very valuable member of the State fancy turns to what women have been thinking of all year. And it isn’t baseball. Clarion Spring Bouquets are awarded to the members Of the veterans club, who have toiled all year, through rain and snow, to keep our flag flying properly; to the members of the two house councils, who work hard, and often risk their popularity, to preserve peace and order on Brevard Tech Campus. But it ’tis an honorable job; to the “guys and gals” who co-operate in pre senting the Wednesday night Vesper services. Have you ever stopped to consider how much time is spent planning the pro gram? Clarion Brickbats go to these: The guys and gals who throw their ABC chewing gum on the walks and in the fountains, to the “table hop” who goes from table to table in the cafeteria pestering hungry people; to the people who seem to have for gotten that to “knock before entering” is a courtesy admir able even among close friends. An Idea — Most people who attended seemed to enjoy the Easter Sunrise services; during the warm months before the close of school, why not have special vesper services there, too? The End — Then there’s the one about the father trying to make conversation with his daughter’s date: “Emmy Lou tells me you’re from Creeps- ville.” at the Indiana University. She Headquarters Committee.” Appreciation Dear Mr. Butterworth: Please extend our thanks to the Brevard College Students who gave us such valuable as sistance on the Forest Fire in the Penrose section March 17, 1961. With their help we were able to bring the fire under control much sooner than we had hoped for. Thanks again. Sincerely, Clark Grissom Transylvania Co. Forest Ranger
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