yiay Day Festivities Begin May 5th At 3:00
' JOYCE MABRY
I Beginning at 3:00 P.M. Sat-
, urday, May 5, the Brevard Col
lege campus will be the scene
' of the year’s biggest annual
event, May Day. This year the
theme of the day is to be “Car-1
rousel”. and promises to be col-
orfii!. '■resh. and lively.
The Freshman Class, under.
the leat'fr.^hip of Miss Sherry;
Mcrrif. Chairman of ihc plan-j
ning cummittee. and Mrs. J. B. i
3ennett, 3d\ i.sor to the class, i
iias put much enthusiastic and |
imaginative work into the prep
arations in order to make this
year’s May Day as unforgettable
as possible.
The afternoon program will
begin with the presentation of
the 1962 May Queen and her
court, who will reign over fes
tive events of the day. This
year’s Queen is Miss Sally Miles
from Evingston, Virginia. She
will be escorted by Mr. Danny
Bost of Kannapolis.
President Emmett K. McLarty
will crown the queen and be
stow upon her the official title,
“Queen Sally”. Miss Miles’ Maid
of Honor is a sophomore. Miss
Doris Lawson of Winston-Salem.
She is to be escorted by Mr. Dan
ny Eubanks of Brevard.
There are eight other attend
ants on the court, four freshmen
and four sophomores. The soph
omore attendants are Miss Kitty
Whitworth of Charlotte, to be
escorted by Mr. Tommy Crates,
also of Charlotte; Miss Betsy
Wren of Saluda, to be escorted
by Charles Smith of Greenville,
South Carolina; Miss Linda Shef
field of Clyde, to be escorted by
Mr. Garland Smith of Marion,
C.; and Miss Kenlon Carlson!
(if Ridgeland, Now Jersey, to be!
escorted by Mr. Johnny Wittak-I
er of Brevard.
The freslimen attendants are
Miss Sandy Hill of Asheville, to
be escorted by Mr. George Dur
ham 6f Winston-Salem, Miss
Sherry Patrick of Jacksonville,!
Florida, to be escorted by Mr.
Richard Lane of Morganton;
Miss Jeannie Keener of Lincoln-
ton, to be escorted by Mr. Jim
Keep of Forest City; and Miss
Ann Miller of North Wilkesboro,
to be escorted by Mr. Russell
Pearson, also of N. Wilkesboro.
Martha Cantrell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Cantrell,
will be the flower girl, and Pres
ton Roberts, son of Dean and
Mrs. E. E. Roberts, will be the of
ficial crownbearer.
This year the color scheme
for the Queen and her court will
be white. Miss Miles will wear
a white satin ball gown with
bell-shaped skirt and jewel-
worked scooped neckline. Her
court will wear white ball gowns
“Queen Sally,” on the left, with her maid of
honor Doris Lawson, will reign over May Day ac
tivities at the colleg^e this weekend. Festivities
will begin at 3:00 on Saturday, ending at 12:00
Saturday night.
of silk organza over taffeta. The
gowns will have tulip bodices
with spaghetti straps and bell
shaped skirts detailed in back.
Wrist gloves, modified organza
stoles, and “Southern Bell” hats
will be worn in the afternoon
but discarded for the evening
dance.
Each attendant will carry cas
cade bouquets fashioned of deep
pink carnations and English ivy.
The Queen’s bouquet will be
white. All the male escorts will
wear white coats and black tux
edo pants. The flower girl will
wear a white dress fashioned on
the order of the attendants and
will carry a miniature bouquet,
and the crownbearer will wear
a white suit.
During the entertainment the
Queen will sit under a canopy of
rose and white stripes, and her
court will sit on decorated stools
around her. All the afternoon
activities will be outside around
the lily pond if the weather per
mits. To begin thel entertain
ment the traditional May Pole
Dance will be done by Mrs. Ba
der’s freshmen girls’ gym class
es. They will wear pastel bal
lerina length gowns.
The May Pole dancers will be
Jane Adams, Lynn Brewer, Har
riet Carey, Jeannie Cleary, Vir
ginia Cook, Carolyn Dotson, Ka-
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS
The Clarion
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT
WEDNESDAY
VOLUME XXIX
BREVARD COLLEGE, MAY 5, 1962
NUMBER 14
S. G. A. Candidates Announced; Election May 9
Trustees Meet On Campus To
Consider New Building Program
MR. CANTRELL
.Cantrell Receives
Service Award
j Mr. Quentin Cantrell, the di-
jfector of the Maintenance De-
^partment at Brevard College,
ji’as been honored by the Wood-
®en of the World for his serv-
to his community, state, and
I nation.
The local chapter of the
Woodmen, in a special service
held recently, presented Mr.
''^ntrell an honorary plaque
which reads:
“In appreciation of commen-
dahle service to community,
^^3te, and nation, this honor
Waque is presented to Quentin
Cantrell by the local chapter of
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^ ^Confetti /, ” By
Eng. 16 Class,
To Be Published
On May 9th
Members of the creative writ
ing course (English 16) will
publish a small sampling of
prose and poetry, written for
the class, on Wednesday, May
9. The publication will be dis
tributed without charge to
students and faculty, the publi
cation costs being underwritten
by the college.
Entitled Confetti I , it is ex
pected that if the project con
tinues in successive years
each new edition will be num
bered. The book, which contains
forty - eight pages, was design
ed at the college and printed
on the college - owned Multility
machine.
Every member of the class
has contributed work to the
publication. Ronnie Alexander,
in two poems, describes a mina-
ture Collie dog and a stock
yard scene, while Ann Greene
seeks to reveal something of
life’s meaning in two additional
poems.
Sue Ellen Grofsick has con
tributed more poems than oth
ers (four altogether), the um-
fving theme being a dancer—
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At eleven o’clock today a
general meeting of the board
of trustees will be held in the
faculty lounge. A dinner meet
ing was held Thursday evening
at six o’clock at the home of
President McLarty.
Along with the usual business
to be discussed at the meeting
will be the new by-laws and
charter of Brevard College Cor
poration. They will discuss the
next phase of the building pro
cedure, including: a new library
and administration building,
the feasiability of a new men’s
dormitory, the renovation of the
student center into a music
building, and the enlargement of
the present library into a stud
ent center.
These plans are being made
in order to accommodate one-
third more students.
Hooper, Former
Student, Added
To B. C. Faculty
MR. FISHER
Beta Gamma
Honors Fisher
Miss Ceha I. Hooper, from
Canton, N. C., has been added to
the faculty as instructor in Eng
lish and as assistant to Mrs. Del
linger, Advisor to Women, for
the 1962-63 session. Miss Hoop
er graduated from Brevard Col
lege, magna cum Laude, in 1960,
and will graduate from Berea
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Mr. Charles Ray Fisher, pro
fessor in the business depart
ment at Brevard College, was
informed by the University of
Georgia, where he attended sum
mer school in business courses,
that he has been elected to
membership in the Beta Gam
ma Sigma, a national honorary
scholastic fraternity for candi
dates for a degree in business
administration.
The letter he received from
the University, of Georgia states
that he may wear the Beta
Gamma Sigma pin for his abil
ity and perserverance to place
among the highest tenth of his
class.
Campaigns For Top
Posts Begin Today
The Student Government As
sociation, after a week of peti
tioning by the' student body, has
announced the candidates for
top S.G.A. positions for the
school year 1962-63.
The candidates for the top
post of President of the student
body are Johnny Bradburn,
from Brevard; Ray Hoxit, from
Lake Toxaway; and Charles Cort,
from Asheville, N. C.
In contention for the Vice-
Presidential slot are Theresa
Foster, from Mocksville, N. C.,
and Ken Barnette, from Conov
er, Ga.
Running for Secretary-Treas-
urer of the S.G.A. are Sara
Moores, from Maitland, Florida,
and Harriett Carey, from Green
ville, S. C.
The candidates for Social
Chairman are Violita Perez,
from Brevard, Betsy McLean,
from Canton, N. C., and Caroljm
Dotson, from Black Mountain,
N. C.
The two nominees seeking the
editorship of the Clarion are
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Student body secretary Lou
is Martin announces that all
students who have not paid
their S. G. A. fees will not
be eligible for an exam pw-
mit until these fees are paid.
Those who are in debt are ad
vised to check with Louis as
soon as possible.