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THE CLARION
DECEMBER 4, 1964
The Clarion Staff
EDITOR Treva Mitchell
BUSINESS MANAGER Bebe Garrett
SPORTS EDITOR Wes Howe
TYPIST Kay Trigg
STAFF W'RITERS John Gosnell
Benji Sullivan, Rory McManus, Diane Ross, Diane Warman
WHY? WHY? WHY?
Why doesn’t the administration treat us like
adults? We’re freshmen and sophomores in college,
and still we’re treated as if we were twelve years old
or something. It’s ridiculous, that’s what it is. Sure,
we st(^p up the drains and flood the dorm rooms.
Sure, in a moment of madness, we dump sugar all
oyer the corridors. Sure, we string paper out of the
windows^, but that’s only to decorate the bushes a
little. It’s all meant in fun. Suppose we do a little
permanent damage occasionally, we don’t intend any
harm. This is what college life is supposed to be
isn’t it? Fun, fun, fun?
Just because we act like twelve-year-olds some
times, does it give you the right to campus us to our
dorms? Oh, no, we want to be treated like adults!
We’re only kidding . . .
★ ★ ★
A Strange Being
Death is a strange being.
It is a living wall. A gelatin spongy substance
that enfolds about the person selecting the soul, spir
it, and mind and ejecting the body. The combined
etheral parts of man are then reborn, like the womb
expelling the fetus, into a heaven or hell.
There are times when the mind is alert, the limbs
still moving, but one feels the nearness of this shield.
One feels the wings closing about. There is a numb
ing, a thrill, a desire to be a part of that elusive death.
Friends seem far away; life a sure ’part of evil. And
the hands move and clutch at the remaining strands
of the living, trying to sever the connections, trying
to divide the end from the beginning. The senses are
over-powered with depressive beauty. Craned, stag
nated trees stretched against the barren sky, their
naked limbs hung with cruel, cold moss. Dead fields
of shivering grain pass by waving their heads in that
deepest knowledge. Empty highways rush past wav
ering like thread upon a wobbling, never-ending bob
bin. All living tunnels into darkness with a flame in
the midst; a flickering, mocking, alluring flame.
One needs a deep power. It must be. Your can
dle is yet tall. Let it burn till the Master’s breath
pushes it out.
APATHY!!
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What is it that ails a stu
dent body when the members
refuse to cooperate even as
far as writing their own opin
ions about things that direct
ly affect them? Wliat is it
that makes them gripe and
complain about their symp
toms, but refuse to tell these
symptoms so that action can
be taken? Is it apathy or just
plain laziness?
Last year we complained
that the paper was not a true
expression of the feelings of
the students, but did any of
you ever think about how you
could get your opinions into
the Clarion? It really takes a
minimum of effort, all you
have to do is write a few sen
tences expressing your likes
and dislikes in regard to the
questions given you in your
mailboxes. How else could it
be done? The staff is not
psychic, we can’t read your
minds!
Should it be assumed that
there are no phases of life
at Brevard on which you
would like to give your opin-
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ion? If this is so, why the
constant complaints?
Are you afraid to express
your opinions? Do you feel
that anything will be gained
by telling your roommate
what should be done to im
prove the college? Why don’t
you take the chances that are
offered you to make your
ideas known? This year there
are more ways than ever be
fore to improve the areas you
do not like and to applaud
those with which you 'concur.
It really shouldn’t tax your
intelligence nor your ener
gies to recognize and act on
these opportunities.
Lending an oriental atmo
sphere to Brevard’s already
worldly composition is Yoshi
haru Takahashi. Yoshi, as his
friends call him, is twenty-six,
and comes from Yokohama,
Japan.
Yoshi graduated from Kang-
awa Perfectual Technical and
CommefTcial High School in
1956. For the next six years, he
worked ait a Tokyo export and
import company, typing in
voices. After quiting his job
and spending one year at home,
he decided to try to come to
America to attend college. To
get enough money, he worked
one more year at the United
States Navy Housing Activity,
driving school buses and large
trucks. He came to America on
September 9th of this year.
Yoshi heard of Brevard from
a friend of one of his American
acquaintances. He applied first
to Bereia College, but was turn
ed down because of his lack of
knowledge of English. A man
who was from Highlands, North
Carolina, then suggested Bre
vard. Yoshi applied and was
accepted.
Yoshi’s major is English. He
plans to continue his education
at Berea and then return to
Japan to teach English. He is
receiving no credit for his first
semester, and his only course
in English, which he takes nine
extra hours a week. His Eng
lish teacher is Mrs. Ena Kate
Sigmon.
Yoshi likes America, and es
pecially Brevard. He says that
the country is pretty, and the
people are very friendly, al
though he does have a bit of
trouble understanding them. He
spends his holidays with his
sponsor, Mr. Henry Clyde Mc
Donald, who teaches Engineer
ing at Brevard.
Attention,
Sophomores!
Fellow members of the Sopho
more Class:
It is both the tradition and
the duty of every graduiating
class to present the college with
some memorial. This is, in tay
opinion, a worthy tradition and
a duty we should accept gladly
and not consider a chore.
With this in mind, we, as a
class, should begin to formulate
some concrete plans concerning
what our class of 1964-’65 shall
leave.
Last year, the graduating class
bought a large quantity of
shrubbery at a cost of about
$400. This was an excellent pro
ject which greatly improved the
outward appearance of the sci
ence building. However, 1 do
not feel that there is any neces
sity for us to purchase any more
shrubbery as some individuals
have suggested. Several other
ideas, however, have been put
forth which merit your consid
eration. These ideas will be
mimeographed and copies will
be placed in all sophomores’
mail boxes. A class meeting
will then be held to inform you
of all plans that have been made
and if necessary, discuss any
reasonable ideas heretofore un
mentioned. In this way, we can
ascertain which of the sugges
tions is the most popular and
then contact the college archi
tect in connection with location
of the project and its cost.
1 would appreciate your atten
tion concerning this matter so
that we might complete this pro
ject in time for graduation.
John Shreves
President,
Sophomore Class
Christmas Court
Is Selected
A special assembly of the en
tire student body was held on
Tuesday, December 1, for the
purpose of electing the college
Christmas Queen and her court.
A number of freshman and
sophomore girls were presented.
Three of the sophomores and
two of the freshmen were se
lected. The Queen is to be an
nounced on the night of the
Christmas dance. The two re
maining sophomores wUl be
sophomore attendants, along
with the two freshmen attend
ants.
Sue Megraw, Dot Goedert, and
Judy Haper were selected to
represent the sophomore class,
and Betty Kay Fox and Alice
Holman were selected from the
fresihman class.
Thanksgiving
(Continued from Page One)
Washington’s Thanksgiving
Proclamation.
The program was concluded
with a musical benediction,
“Lord, Make Me More Holy,”
led by Mr. Adams,
The Thanksgiving Banquet is
important because it is the one
annual event in which the en
tire student body sits down to
gether, and also because it gives
the students an opportunity to
hear the President speak.