THANKSGIVING
RECESS BEGINS
The Clarion
NOVEMBER 27,
AT 12:00 NOON
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VOLUME XXXI
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., NOVEMBER 15, 1963
NUMBER 4
The Editor
1963 Pertelote Receives
First Place Rating
The 1963 Pertelote, edited by
Jeanne Cleary, has won a first
place rating in the 1963 Year
book Critique and Contest.
Through the combined efforts
of an efficient staff, their
adviser, Mrs. Brona Roy, and
Mr. Glenn Hardesty in the Pub
lic Relations office, the year
book received perfect scores on
the outline and on constniction
—the order, theme, etc. Perte-
Thanksgiving
Banquet To Be Held
President McLarty
Pays
resident i^mnebt K. McLartjr
traveled to Gastonia on Novem-
be^^5, to a sp^ial event, celt-
bfMjing tjie birthday of Alien H.
Sifej Chairman of the Board
of ■ftoistees of Brevard College.
Approximately 350 frieaxds of
Mr. Sims gather^ Tuesday night
to wish him "Happy'Bifthday”
and thank him for his many
years of service to the" commu-
oity and to posterity. Ihi evfeftt
was sponsored by the Gastonia
Chamber of Commerce and the
program was along the line of
“This is Your life.” Mr. Sims
Taylor
Wins Award
Second Time
Taylor, the oldest dormitory
on campus, has now won two
first place awards in the second
annual contest for the Presi
dent’s Trophy. Jones Hall, the
women’s dorm, has also receiv
ed two awards, both second
places. The men of Green Hall,
the newest of the three, have
yet to score.
Mr. Butterworth, business
fwana^er, pointed out that the
independent inspectors take into
consideration both the age of
the dormitory and the number
of occupants. He also added
he hoped that the competi
tive spirit will continue and that
the Green Hall men have not
Siven up.
After each inspection, bulle
tins have been posted in each
of the dorms pointing out the
®3Jor deficiencies.
is President of the Citizens Na
tional Bank in Gastonia,
Following are sojne excerpts
from PreMdent McLarty’s ad
dress honoring Mr. Sims.
“Much of the progress of Bre
vard College in recent years
stems from the leadership you
haVfe'given this Chfistjiii insti
tution with Ax^ose fortunes you
have been intimately bound.
Your trust^hip at this college
covers a twenty-year period, and
during th elast two and one-half
years you have been ChairmSn
of the Board of Trustees. Dur
ing this time the college has
made substantial strides forward
in several areas, and these have
largely been made because of
your interest and effort.
At the last meeting of the
trustees of the college, the offi
cial record of the college was
re-confirmed that the Student
Center when formally dedicated
will bear the name, The Sims
Student Center in memory of
—Turn to Page Three
Brevard College’s students
will be entertained at the annual
Thanksgiving banquet on Mon
day, November 25. The school’s
one and only banquet of the
year will begin promptly at 5:30
P.M. in the college cafeteria.
This year, as in the past, the
Students Earn
Honor Grades
Mid-semester grades have been
released to Brevard College stu
dents. Twenty^eight students
have earned honor grades. To
be eligible for the Dean’s List,
students must achievfe a 2.5 av
erage on all work attempted.
Those who earn a 2.0 average
are listed oh the Honor Roll.
There'Were seven students on
the Dean’s List this gradhig per
iod: Donna Blaiikinship of Bre
vard; Melba Blanton, Concord;
Su^n Cannon, Rutherford Col
let'; David Cort, Asheville; Dee-
di-a Dickinson, Wiriteir Park,
Florida; Jane Martin, Le^ville;
and Robin May, Rockville Mary
land.
Twenty-one students earned a
2.0 average: Catherine Atwell,
Brfevaid; Judy Barnes, Easley,
South Carolina; David B^hdW,
Black Mountain; Thomas Black-
well, Brevard; Maurine Brandon,
Fallston; Dana Congdon, Hen-
deixonville; Judy Conrad, Win-
ston-Salam.
Lowell Curry, Waynesboro,
Virginia; David Drum, Conover;
Linda Edwards, Aberdeen; Mich
ael Key, Mount Airy; Bette Gaw-
throp, Sparta, New Jersey;
Charles Gilbert, Virginia Beach,
Virginia; Rachel Ingle, Granite
Falls-
Louis Jimenez, Havana, Cuba;
—Turn to Page Four
BL T Group Performs
On Campus
The Brevard Little Theato
welcomes students and facul^
to see “The Solid Gold (^diUac ,
the first production of the 63-64
season. It will be given m the
auditorium of the Brev^d Col
lege campus center buildmg on
Friday and Saturday, November
22 and 23 at 8:00 P-M.
Five college students will ap
pear in roles. Marvin Stout, m
a lead role, plays Warren Gillie,
a member of the board of di
rectors of General Products Cor
poration. Larry Davis and Don
Cheeseman play reporters with
the U.P. and A.P. Steve Clark
and Vince Dennen are news
broadcasters.
This bright, neatly managed
comedy is a farcical spoof of
big business, politics, TV com
mentators, newspaper reporting,
the theatre aind assorted sub-
ipcts It is the story of a small
J —Turn to Page Four
main event on the program will
be a “chalk talk”, given by Presi
dent Emmett K. McLarty. A
“chalk talk” is a group address
Vv'hich is supplemented with the
use of blackboard illustrations
made with colored chalk. A de
votional message will be pre
sented by John Foil. Entertain
ment wiU be presented by Mr.
Nelson F. Adams, head of the
music department. Miss Joan
Moser, another member of the
music department, will also par
ticipate in the program.
The Thanksgiving banquet is
sponsored this year and every
year by the Christian Council,
which is a campus religious or
ganization composed of members
of different dehomln^ionjal
clubs. The traditional affair is
given for the enjoyment and en
tertainment of' the stud^its of
Brievard. It serves to instill in
everyone some of the trui' holi
day spirit.
Classes wiU conclude at 12:00
noon, on November 27, and will
resume on December 2 at' 3:00
A.m. Dormitories will cl6se' at
2:00 P.M. Wednesday, tht day
recess biegins. They Will reopen
Sunday, Diecembei’ 1.
Transportation can be made
available to and from the Air
port and Asheville itself accord-
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lote scored 913 points out of a
possible 1000. A score of 850
or better was rated first place.
The 1963 edition is the first
Pertelote to be rated in first
place. It has been awarded a
certificate embossed in gold.
The annual Critique and Con
test is held by the Columbia
Scholastic Press Association.
This professional organization of
more than 2,000 teacher-advisers
was organized in 1927 to furthear
the development and expansion
of the school press field in ac
cordance with accepted educa
tional practices.
Primarily a Critique for the
Yearbook or the Class book, the
Contest provides a periodic rat
ing on a nationwide basis by a
board of experienced judges.
Advisers in the field, printers,
engravers, photographers, paper
and cover manufacturers are
consulted in the study.
The critique aims to stimulate
student interest and activity and
to contribute to. the betterment
of the book. The growth of the
number of entrants in tlfie con
test, gives testimony of the value
and effectiveness, of the objec
tive service rendered to Advis
ers and staff members by the
Association.
FVom last yei^’s Pertelote staff
there are three mtm'bejrs’ wh'^
hold positions this yfeif. Rich
ard Jones, this yeai^s Editor,
was Layout and Faculty Editor
last year; Sue RisIhgV Future
Editor was dlub' Editor' ana
Dona Vaughn, Copy 'Mak
Assistant Feature'^itbr.
^ congratulitiohk' to Jranne
Cl^ty, her staff, A&s. Roy I' ahd'
the many helpers on their'
achievement, and gbod luck to
Richard and the 1964 Pertelotel
The Advisor