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THE CLARION
JANUARY 15. 1965
The Clarion Staff
PRESS I
EDITOR Treva ilitchell j
BUSINESS MANAGER Bebe Garrett |
SPORTS EDITOR Wes Howe \
TYPIST Kay Trigg I
STAFF WRITERS John Gosnell |
Benji Sullivan, Rory McManus, Diane Ross, Diane Warman |
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Our Minds — Diseased Perhaps?
Among the many diseases that may develop in
the fertile ground of a college student body there
are two which will, if not eradicated, produce a decay
that permeates every fiber of that student body. The
two of which I speak are the inability of the majority
of students to intelligently discuss any subject of col
lege level and secondly, and most insidious, to possess
the ability to discuss but lack the courage to do so
for fear of being criticized.
After much thought and consideration, it i^ my
confirmed belief that the students of this institution
do not lack the basic intelligence needed for a decent
discussion, but that in too many instances, they do
lack the courage to discuss. Because this is so often
the case, many individuals defeat the very purpose of
college and thereby are traitors to themselves.
I am not suggesting that all discussion be con-
cered with Plato, Kafha, Joyce, or perhaps the the
ory of relativity; that would be intellectual snobbery.!
Nor do I support a crash program designed to pro-!
duce m us the speech of Shakespeare or Milton. Con-j
versely, all I would suggest is that we be ourselves,'
a solution obvious yet obscure. As I previously stated
we are capable of intelligent discussion, but we tend
to be stereotj^pes of each other and in so doing destroy
our individually unique ideas. If we would question
once, assert ourselves once, discuss once, it would
mark the beginning of our recovery from the disease
that is killing us mentally. Our failure to arrest the
decay that has already set in, however, will leave us
the victims of an apathy of our own creation which
will ultimately consume us.
—John Shreves
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• • •
Happiness is getting through
your exams on Wednesday, and
you don’t have to be back at
school until Sunday night.
Happiness is a closet full of
ironed clothes on Monday morti-
ing.
Happiness is getting a good
grade on a Lit test.
Happiness is winning a bas
ketball game.
Happiness is getting a call
from the “right” one at the
“right” time . . . like Saturday
afternoon.
Happiness is a whole week
with no tests.
Happiness is a snowy day, with
a ca:mpus snowball fight.
Happiness is having last year’s
sophs visit the campus.
Happiness is having someone
to talk to when you need him.
Happiness is a mailbox stuff
ed full of mail.
Happiness is getting to sleep
late one morning in the week
. . . usually Sunday.
Happiness, to a girl, is getting
a date for the Valentine dance.
Happiness, to a boy, is having
enough money to buy the flow
ers to give the girl whom he is
taking to the Valentine dance!
Happiness is getting this ever-
lovin’ Clarion out on time!!
Won On.
... fjou, WU?
The Tornadoes defeated Warren-Wilson College
by a wide margin Monday night. Numbers of stu
dents poured out of the gym with high spirits and
shouts of “Victory!”. Great. This is, of course, the
exjpected thing, just as it would be unexpected if they
poured out of the gym in a joyous mood after a loss.
So far this year, the losses have exceeded the wins
but is this any reason for the generally non
chalant attitude of “What the heck?’’ that has pre
vailed on campus this season? It seems as if a great
number of collegians on Brevard’s campus continu
ally gripe about the “poor showing” of the team, and
continually bewail the fact that the team “just isn’t
the one we had last year”. Of course not. As a mat-
tei of simple fact, only three of the team members
this year played for the college last year. The rest,
freshman boys, can’t be expected to play as if they’d
been at college basketball for a couple of years now.
But Monday night’s game shows that they’ve
“got what it takes”. Rome wasn’t built in a day. "and
so far as I know, the 62-’63 team didn’t make it to
Kansas, either.
_ Now what? Do they get our full-fledged support,
win or lose, or do we stir up a little enthusiasm only
for “the big wins”?
This college is enmeshed in
a web of Mickeymousism.
When a person leaves high
school, he is expected to leave
behind his childish actions, ob
scene gestures, and trite non
sense. Unfortunately, this is not
the case, even at tBrevard. It
seems that pettiness is the rule,
rather than the exception.
This pettiness is not restricted
to students, or to teachers eith
er. It is a compounding of years
of increasingly absurd rules,
regulations, and customs that
add up to a sweetly sitifling, so
cial atmosphere. The girls are
the first hit. Upon arrival, they
are informed of some neat little
rules (such as those governing
dress, smoking, hours, and car
bonated drink bottles in their
rooms) which look very good to
trustees, impress mothers, and
make enforcement a distasteful
chore. The men have it a little
better, but still find themselves
at odds with demerits, hall proc
tors, women’s hours, and them
selves. The faculty, which has
the privilege of instructing this
unruly mob of “future leaders”
often find themselves perplexed
at the apparent unconcern and!
uneasiness of the generation sen
tenced to live under the shadow
of the H-Bomb. Why?
The problem lies in the en
forcement, or lack thereof, of
rules. If a rule is just and merits
enforcement, it should be en
forced absolutely. If a rule re
stricts student thought, hampers
individualism, and degrades a
person’s “phenomenal self”
(quote: Tawney) and actually
harms no one’s well being if ig
nored, it should be stricken
from the rule books.
The human factor makes con
sistent enforcement impossible.
If given the crutch of implausi-
bility, even the niost sincere will
fail to do justice to an ordi-
What's New
A new aid to rapid, almost
magical, learning has made its
appearance. Indications are that,
if it catches on, all the elec
tronic gadgets will be just so
much junk. The new device is
known as Built-in Orderly Or
ganized Knowledge. It has no
v.'ires and no electric circuit to
break down. Anyone can use it,
even children. It fits comfor
tably into the hands and can be
conveniently used sitting in an
armchair by the fire. The mak
ers generally call it by its in
itials: BOOK.
an
nance.
As one of my peers is fond
of saying, THE POINT IS THIS:
any organization, student or oth
erwise, cannot function as a tru
ly representative organ unless
all Its members take some sort
of share in its activities, make
some show of interest, or care
(even). Why don’t you?
David Drum
Age Of.. . What?
The December 15 issue of
Look ’ was devoted to, as thev
termed it, “the twisted age.”
The article was a discussion of
popular dances (pagan fertility
rites), leather boots, coats, and
mesh nylons (echos of De Sade),
and illegitimate children for the
redemptive punishment of par
ents by their “offsprungs” (I’U
fix you. I’ll have a baby!!).
This is my generation? I re
fuse to agree. Certainly “Sex is
conquest. Love is surrender.”
comes not from my lips. But
then I’ve never been
“mooning.” Perhaps I’m too in-
tranced with Browning. Get thee
j hence, idealist.
Where have I gone wrong?
Chastity? I find no desire for
a used car, and as for a used
wife . . Religion? I just refuse
to believe the world exists under
a cabbage leaf. Education?
Knowledge increases my con
ceit.
But I guess I’m ignorant. My
lips have never tasted codeine,
nor have my legs staggered
down sandy beaches unsure be
neath the fingers of LSD, nor
do I weight my brain with alco
hol to see a review of the din
ner menu. Maybe ignorance IS
bliss.
Benji Sullivan
How does this revolutionary,
unbelievably easy invention
work? Basically, BOOK consists
only of a large number of paper
sheets. These may run to hun
dreds, where BOOK covers a
lengthy program of information.
Each sheet bears a number in
sequence and is held firmly in
place by a special locking de
vice, called “binding.” The user
is presented with an information
sequence in the form of sylla
bles, which he absorbs, optically
for automatic registration on the
brain. When one sheet has been
assimilated, a flick of the fin
ger turns it over, and further
information is found on the oth
er side. Altogether, Built-in Or
derly Organized Knowledge
seems to have great advantages
with no drawbacks. A great fu
ture is predicted for it.
BLT Cast Chosen
A full cast has been chosen
for “Blithe Spirit” to be given
by the Brevard Little Theatre
February 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. in
the American Legion building.
This prize winning farcical
comedy, written by Noel Cow
ard, has a cast of seven. The
Broadway production won the
New York Drama Critic’s Circle
award for the 1941-42 season.