MAY DAY
FESTIVITIES
The Clarion
BEGIN 3:00 P.M.
SATURDAY
VOLUME XXXII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., APRIL 30, 1965
NUMBER 13
Tanner Elected
SGA President
Douglas Tanner, freshman
from Rutherfordton, North
Carolina, has been elected Pres
ident of the Student Govern
ment Association for the 1965-
66 school term. His selection
by the student body terminated
a week of campaigning.
The school - wide voting for
SGA officers came on Tuesday,
April 25, at a required assemb
ly. Current SGA President Jim
Hall presided at the meeting in
which the candidates were in
troduced by their campaign
managers. Tanner appealed to
the students in a personal
speech in which he declared
that “a candidate can’t cam
paign on promises of what he
will do, but only on what he
will try to do.”
Holding the position of right-
DOUG TANNER
NELSON AND NEAL
SCORE SUCCESS
hand man to President Tanner
will be “Honest Bob” Pickens.
The Winfield, West Virginia
native was elected Vice-presi-
dent by his fellow students. The
new Secretary - Treasurer is
Miss Bunny George, of Jack
sonville, Florida. Holding down
the post of Social Chairman
will be Frances Winney, who
also hails from the Sunshme
State. Frances ran unopposed.
Other candidates for offices
were Flip Clark and John Uor-
sett, who ran for the office of
President. The losing Vice-
presidential candidate was Law
ton Roberts. Nominated also for
the position of Secretary-Treas-
urer was Miss Susan Wilson.
Nominators for the candidates
included James Brown, who
introduced Dorsett; Benji Sulli
van, who presented Clark; Da
vid Morrow for Doug Tanner;
David Drum, who introduced
Honest Bob; Hugh Milner, who
spoke for Bunny George; and
John Brookshire and Sarah
Scrivener, who spoke for Susan
Wilson and Frances Winney.
The campaigns were marked
by an abundance of the usual
campaign “propaganda,” the
bulk of which took the form of
posters of various sizes, shapes,
and description. All of the lit
erature served the purpose for
which it was intended—interest.
Campaign highlights includ
ed a song, sponsored by the
"Students for Tanner” Commit
tee, shortly before election. The
song was a take-off on the
“MTA”, popularized by the
Kingston Trio in years past.
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TWO OF the buildings to be dedi
cated on May 7th are the Moore Sci
ence Building and the new Beam
Administration Building (far right).
Buildings To Be Dedicated,
Trustee Meeting To Be Held
Nelson and Neal, famed Aus
tralian - American two piano
team, appeared in concert at
Brevard College on Monday
night. The duo-pianists scored
a hit with the packed house
of college students and towns
people.
For an hour and 45 minutes,
the audience sat entraced with
the team’s skillfiil renditions
of works by Mendelssohn, Bra-
bjns, and others. It was closely
akin to watching a musical ten
nis match in which the team
demonstrated split-second tim-
wg and perfect coordination.
There wasn’t a note out of
place as the pair breezed
through the concert with the
perfectionism of the artists
which they are.
Appearing here as part of
the Lyceum series, the Neals
scored the biggest hit yet in
such a program. Many students
^€nt with the expectation that
this would be “just another Ly
ceum Program”, and came
^way pleasantly surprised. The
appearance of such artists as
“6 Neals is rare on the cam-
Pus, but when they do appear,
|t is to the appreciation of the
student body.
Dr. Kurland Speaks
At Friday-At-Four
Dr. Jordan E. Kurland, As
sistant Professor in History at
UNC in Greensboro, will lecture
in Dunham Auditorium at 4:00
today.
Dr. Kurland, frequent lectur
er on various aspects of Russian
life, education, and culture, has
been a member of the UNCG
faculty since 1954.
He has spent considerable
time abroad, including a year
in the Netherlands as a Ful-
bright Scholar. During 1959-60,
he was an exchange scholar in
the U.S. - U.S.S.R. exchange
agreement in the cultural, edu
cational, and technical fields.
Dr. Kurland arrived in Mos
cow in September 1959, and re
mained there until July 1^0>
serving as a member ^ the
History Department of the Uni
versity of Moscow, without
teaching duties. During his
stav there, he obtained permis-
S “th some diffficulty) >»
do research in the vaults of the
Old Department of Forei^ Al-
fairs. He was the first
can to be permitted to do so
Someone once said that a
college is a matter of "con
tinuing creation” — the build
ing never stops. That’s the
way it is at Brevard College.
College officials are now
busily planning the dedication
of two new buildings, the ath
letic fields and the formal nam
ing of the gymnasium.
The two buildings to be ded
icated are the Grier Beam Ad
ministration Building and the
Byran Moore Science Building
both trustees of the college.
The athletic fields are being
dedicated to the memory of
Flake Sherrill, of Statesville, a
former trustee of the College.
The new gymnasium will b?
formally named, “The Cary
Boshamer Gymnasium”.
The dedication ceremonies
since before World War II. His
particular research interest was
concerned with the 1 /th century
Russian foreign policy.
While in the Soviet Union, Dr.
Kurland traveled extensively.
He possessed a Russian pass
port, which is rarely given to a
foreigner. It enabled him to
visit in remote areas of Rus
sia which are seldom seOT by
foreign travelers. With his flu
ent Russian, he was able to ex
change views with residents of
the communities he visited.
Dr. Jordan is a native of Bm-
ton, and received both his A.B.
and A.M. degrees from Boston
University. He received the
Certificate of the Russian In^-
tute of Columbia University. He
also received his doctorate from
Columbia.
will be held May 7th in the
Campus Center Auditorium al
10:00 a. m.
Besides the construction
of the new bwldings, an ex
tensive program of campus
beautification is now in pro
gress. A landscaping project
is being carried out with the
planting of maple and dog
wood trees. About 50 trees
have been planted, but of
ficials said this is just the
beginning.
On the drawing board is a
plan for renovation of the pres
ent administration building
which will become the Dunham
Music Center. The architect is
now working on preliminary
drawings and it is hoped, ac
cording to President Emmett
McLarty, that construction
work on this project can begin
this summer.
Dr, McLarty also outlined
some major needs of the col
lege for the near future. Of
ficials hope to be able to
A formal student recital
will be given here tonight at
8:00 P.M. Piano, voice, and
instrumental pieces will be
performed. The one hour and
fifteen minute recital will in
clude a short comedy opera
featuring sophomores, Sally
Augustine and Johnny Go
forth. The public is invited
to attend.
AND THE NEXT
edition WILL BE
OUR LAST!
have a new dormitory built
to house at least 150 students
so that future enrollments
can be increased. A new lib
rary is planned and if this is
approved, the old library will
be renovated and turned in
to a Student Union.
On top of the building plans
and dedication activities, the
coHege is in the midst of pro
cessing applications for admit
tance of next year’s students.
The college already has a
full enrollment for the fall of
1966. As of April 10th, 614
applications have been re
received. Of these 289 had
been admitted, 155 rejected
and 137 are still being pro
cessed. '
Admittance policy is based
on the college program and the
college purpose. The program
is “university - paralleled” to
give the student a liberal edu
cation, similar to the courses he
would get during the first 2
years at a 4-year school. The
College Purpose is to provide
“a 2-year academic program,
primarily designed and admin
istered for qualified freshmen
and sophomores, enabling them
to continue more effectively
their studies as juniors in a
4-year college”.
Officials expect an enrollment
for next year of about 400 res
ident students, 50 day stud
ents and several special stud
ents (music and part-time).
Total applications are up
35 percent over the same
date last year and have in
creased 400 percent o%’er the
same date 5 years ago.