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THE CLARION
may 10, 1963
Assemblies Cause Resentful Attitudes
Required assemblies, in simple language, are be
coming a nuisance regardless of the purpose for theN
meeting.
It is evident that assemblies of the entire student
body are necessary to properly conduct the business,
such as tapping ceremonies, awards-meetings, and
movies of the college. The method presently em
ployed is neither satisfactory nor stimulating to the
majority.
Chapel on Wednesday night, before or after
which no announcements or any form of Student Gov
ernment business are permitted, does not allow for
the smooth functioning of activities which increase
and complement school spirit. As a direct result of
the present system of meetings, that intangible facet
which every student body relies ulpon for promotion
and conduction of rewarding group endeavors is alD-
sent (namely, school spirit). There are no opportu
nities whatsoever for the students of Brevard College
to meet together in a spirit which would justify en
thusiasm for projects requiring mass cooperation
without calling a required assembly after 6:00 p.m.
A sacred chapel meet is definitely not the place
to campaign for officers, recognize students for their
accomplishments, or to announce coming activities.
The chapel serves a distinctive object in reverent wor
ship, but alone, does not suffice to the needs of a
student body.
A particular circumstance which ably represents
this fact was the absence of campaigns for student
government officials this year, and more specifically
the lack of candidates for these positions.
These deficiences were caused by the circum
stances forced upon the student body. Without assem
blies, which tend to draw a group closer together,
there cannot be a unity that supports community
drive, community ambiton, and community success.
A return to the system used last year whereby
one chapel meeting devoted to religiously inspired
programs and one assembly reserved for the promo
tion of student affairs each week would eliminate
these frequent, scarcely announced assemblies which
interrupt plans previously made for the evening hours.
The reservaton should be made, however, to cancel
an assembly when no worth-while program has been
scheduled to eliminate the filler-up programs which
serve no recogniza/ble purpose.
All of these meetings are becoming, as once
stated, intolerable ordeals, which undermine the no
ble intention by which they were inspired.
Cflvds
To Tht
I’ll take a dozen, please!
Essay On Man
by Joyce West
Some items such as clothes,
shoes, food, and fingernail pol
ish become useless as they grow
older. Other material goods,
such as furniture, houses, and
rocks increase in value. But a
man — it’s hard to tell whether
he mellows like an apple, rots
like a peach, or becomes yellow
like a cucumber.
The worse thing about it is
that you can classify most col
lections into categories such as
stamps, souvenirs, books, and
jewelry; hut, you can’t classify
men because they do not con
form to any specified size, shape,
color, or form. They vary as
abruptly as an Euglena from a
mammal, a Cadillac from a Mod
el T, a fern from an angiosperm,
and darkness from light.
They change as unpredictably
as Brevard’s weather in temper
ament, severity, and degree of
manageability. They can be ten
der or crude, nice or lonely.
They can give, give, give or take,
take, take.
They are necessary as oxygen,
as deadly as poison, as vicious as
robbers, and as dictatorial as Na
poleon. Yet, when a woman con
quers a man by force (which is
unlikely), by persuasion, or by
sheer superior intellect, he bends
like a blade of grass in the wind,
like a straw in a coke, like a
pipe cleaner held by a lively
youngster, proving that man is
not infallible.
He eats, drinks, smokes, and
makes love vwthout even batting
an eyelash. He can chew, dip,
curse, fight, or go to church all
in the same 24-hour span.
Man, most women vidll agree,
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The Clarion Staff
EDITOR Joyce West
BUSINESS MANAGER Charles Gibbons
SPORTS EDITORS Freddie McMahan
Jim Ferguson
PHOTOGRAPHER Gil Coan
ASSISTANT IN PHOTOGRAPHY Sam Snyder
STAFF WRITERS — Lorraine Martin, Martha Curto, Cheryl
Greene, Jerry Shore, Ann Green
Men’s House Council
Submits Year’s Bubget
In reply to a request concern
ing the expenditures of the
House Council organizations, the
Men’s House Council wishes to
give its financial statement for
the year.
The Council’s only sources of
revenue are proceeds from drink
machines in Green and Taylor
Halls and from one-fourth of the
student dues. Of the total in
come for the year, over one-third
was returned directly to the stu
dents for TV installations and re
pairs, and for electrical outlets
for vending machines.
One hundred and thirty dol
lars was contributed to drives
and organizations on campus in-
SGA Proposes
Revisions In
Handbook
In view of the contradictions,
amibiguities, and out-dated arti
cles in the Student Handbook of
Regulations, the Student Gov
ernment has revised, added, and
edited these regulations concern
ing activities at Brevard.
1. SGA fee changed from $1.00
to $1.50 per semester.
2. Officers of any organization
and proctors are to be al
lowed to hold office until
the end of the semester ev
en if their averages are not
satisfactory at mid-term.
3. Curfew hours for girls (al
ready in effect) changed
from 11:00 on Saturday
night to 11:30 and from
11:15 on Sunday night to
10:45.
4. Library hours are not 7:00
to 9:00, but 7:00 to 9:30.
5. Guests in the girls’ dorm
are to pay $1 if they are
staying in the dorm and $2
if linens are supplied by
the College.
These recommendations remain
to be ratified by three-fourths of
the student body and approved
by the administration.
Each student is urged to read
the handbook carefully and then
submit any reasonable recom
mendations for additions or
changes in the regulations to a
member of the SGA.
eluding the Save-A-Child Federa
tion and the Kenerly Memorial
as part of the Brevard College
Development Fund. Also, the
Council recently agreed to sup
port the SGA in any financial
difficulty which it might en
counter in the remaining school
year. All surplus revenue will
remain in the Council treasury
for next year.
The proctors of the House
Council, with their time and ef
fort, have given organization to
the Men’s dormitories in order
that the men might have reason
able studying conditions. For
this service they have received
a tremendous yearly salary of
about six dollars per member
for three steaks!
Balance—beginning of
year $287.64
Income from R. C. Bottling
Company 362.33
Income from student dues 102.00
$751.97
Distribution of Income
Raxter Radio (T.V. installation
and repairs) $78.22
Bryant Electrical Co. (Electrical
outlets) 103.65
Brevard College Combo (for
ball games) 25.00
Save-A-Child Federation _ 75.00
Brevard College Building
Fund (Pledge of $90) 30.00
House Council Suppers (Fall
and Spring Semester) _ 126.26
Miscellaneous Expense 1.54
Total Expenditure 439.67
Balance (April 6, 1963) _ $312.30
Ken Barnette, President
Men’s House Council
B.C. Graduate
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Oratorio Singers of Charlotte.
She is presently organist of
St. John’s Baptist Church, Char
lotte, N. C. Her study of organ
has been with Nelson Adams,
Brevard College’s Head of the
Music Department, and with
Harold Andrews of Greensboro
CoUege. In addition to her
church duties, she is a private
instructor of piano and organ.
The program wUl include se
lections by Buxtedhude, Bach,
Walcha, and Franck. This will
be the final recital in the Beu
lah Zachary Recital Series.
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JOYCE WEST
I’ve heard that everybody, well
almost everybody, goes though
stages in their life when they
want to conquer the world and
hold it with its hands behind
its back, its mouth gagged, and
have it completely under their
control. I, being a somewhat nor
mal person, (although there are
those who disagree) can remem
ber the days when I was hope
ful enough to want to be another
J. Adams (that was before I
learned my I.Q.), wishful enough
to want to be another S. May
nard (that was before I looked
into the mirror), and confident
enough to want to be another D.
Swiger (that was before I tried
to play tennis).
I recently wrote this, what 1
thought was a poem, for L. Miles.
After reading this, you can all
tell that I’m not another S. Heff
ner or R. Frost, but if you need
a good laugh, here’s one for
free.
“THE CALL”
“I’ll call at half past nine,”
He had written.
So here by the telephone
I’m sitting.
The little hand rested between
nine and ten
But the big one had passed
where it should have been.
Wiggling, waiting with alert
perched ears
To hear the familiar ting-a-
ling so dear.
Each tick of time weathered
my mind.
“Perhaps he’s forgotten to
keep
His lover’s promise, the
“creep”
I reasoned sensibly.
The fearful inner me shouted
“He lied, he lied,”
While the trusting self argued
ferociously,
“There’s a reason, so simple,
so true
“That he’ll explain when his
call comes through.”
“Not so, not so,” the devilish
voice screamed,
“You’re a fool — an innocent
trusting fool.”
The better me stood up with
staunch reproach
To stifle the trouble rouser
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Reading Days End;
Tagged As Failure
In a notice posted on May 9,
Dean Bennett announced that no
“READING DAY” has been
scheduled prior to the examina
tion period. He said “earlier ex
perimentation with a “Reading
Day” proved advantageous to a
few — but too few. The distrac
tion of a “holiday” tossed in at
this point proved too much for
too many.”
“This, then, like several ven
turesome experiments proposed
by this office in recent years/*
he wrote, “had to be written off
regretfully as a failure.”
He ended with a challenge to
students: “Please do not dissi
pate valuable time requestii^
the revision of the final sched
ule to include a Reading ^ Day.
Those who are seriously inter
ested in such a Day may leave
their recommendation with the
Student Government for consid
eration next year.”