Congratulations,
Graduates
The Clarion
and Good Luck to the
Rest of You, Too!
VOLUME XXXII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C„ MAY 21, 1965
NUMBER 14
DR.HOLT,DR.McLARTY
TO ADDRESS GRADS
emot:tt k. mclarty
Dr. D. Dillon Holt, President
of Scarritt College, will give the
Baccalaureate sermon for the
1965 graduates, on Sunday morn
ing, May 30. The Commence
ment Address, a part of the 3:00
p.m. exercises that same after
noon, will be delivered by Bre
vard College’s own Dr. Emmett
K. McLarty.
Dr. Holt, a native North Caro
linian. has been a preacher in
Virginia and North Carolina for
twenty years. He is currently
President of Scarritt College for
Christian Workers in Nashville,
Tennesee, where he has been
since May, 1960. Dr. Holt is the
Executive Director of the Meth-
c4ist College Foundation of
North Carolina.
After having received his A.B.
degree from Duke University in
1927, he followed this with his
B.D. degree in 1933. It was at
Wesley College of the Univer-
fity of North Dakota that he
received his D.D. degree in 1960.
Dr. Holt has previously taught
at Rutherford College and at
Duke Divinity School, He is a
leader in ecumenical movements
of the church and community,
and holds offices in city and
state organizations of the Coun
cil of Churches. He is a fre
quent speaker at youth asem-
Wies, student conferences, and
commencements.
Dr. Emmett Kennedy McLar-
ty, who will deliver the Com
mencement Address, is current
ly serving his eighth year as
President of Brevard College.
He presently is serving as Pres
ident of the North Carolina Coun
cil of Church - Related Colleges,
and as Vice-President of the
North Carolina Foundation of
Church-Related Colleges. Ur.
McLarty took up his duties as
Brevard’s President in July of
1957.
Mr. McLarty was born in
Asheville in 1908, the youngest
child of Dr, and Mrs. Emmett
K. McLarty, Sr. He attended
public schools in a number of
North Carolina cities where his
father held pastorates, and grad
uated from High Point High
School in 1926.
After receiving his Bachelor’s
degree from Duke University in
1931, he was awarded his Bach
elor of Divinity degree in 1934.
In addi'i'.r. to his academic
work, he represented Duke on
the freshman tennis team, var
sity swimming and varsity track
teams. He was a member of
Delta Sigma Phi social frater
nity, and Omicrcn Delta Kappa
national honorary leadership
fraternity. He received his Doc
tor of Divinity degree at Pfeif-
ler College in 1958.
Dr. McLarty’s affinity for
progress in building is exempli
fied by the fact that, in nearly
every pastorate he held in the
W^esteiLi N. C. Conference, he
was responsible for the construc
tion of new church buildings.
Dr. McLarty was one of the
ministers on the evangelistic mis
sion to Cuba in 1954, and was
invited to make the mission
tour to the Caribbean area in
1956. On occasion, he has been
guest preacher at Lake Junalus-
ka Assembly and in Duke Chap
el.
Dr. McLarty was married to
^Uss Margaret Harrell of Ashe
ville, also a Duke graduate, in
1935. They have three daugh
ters: Peggy, Sallie, and Jean
Ellen.
The Baccalaureate sermon
will be delivered at 11:00 on
Sunday, May 30. The Com-
mencemtnt address will be at
3:00 P.M. during the graduating
exercises in Boshamer Gym. A
complete schedule of the week
end’s events is printed else
where in the CLARION.
C. GRIER BEAM, of Cherryville,
who gave the funds for th« new ad
ministration building at Brevard col
lege, is pictured above at the left
following the trustees meeting. He
Trustees Meet
also offered the college an addition
al $200,000 challenge grant. Others
in the photo, left to right, are: his
daughter, Linda, Mrs. Cary Bosha-
mer and Mrs. Beam.
Building Program Approved
D. DILLON HOLT
★ ★ ★ .
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
Saturday, May 29
1:00 P.M. — Alumni Luncheon
and Business Meeting, ^fe-
teria. Speaker, Ralph R.
Clayton, class of ’40.
8:00 PjVi.—Glee Club and Mad
rigal Singers, Campus Center
Auditorium.
Q-00 P \L — President s Recep-
'tion,'* Faculty Lounge, Beam
Administration Building.
Sunday, May 30
11:00 A.M.-Servi« of
Brevard Methodist Church.
Commencement Sermon: Dr.
D. D. Holt, President of Scar
ritt College.
2-30 PM.—CariUon
^40 P.M. - Wind Ensemble
Graduation Exer
cises Boshamer Gynmasium^
S President's Adi«» »
alimla. Dr, K.
McLarty, Jr.
At the trustees meeting, Al
len Sims of Gastonia, chairman
of the board, annoimced that
C. Grier Beam, of CherryvUle,
president of Carolina Freight
Carriers Corporation who sup
plied funds for the construction
of the new administration build-
ing named Friday in his honor,
later offered the College an ad
ditional challenge grant of $200,^
000 provided the College would
raise 3300,000 to apply on the
next phase of development.
The new development pro
gram, to be completed by the
opening of the fall semester
in 1966, includes a new dorm
itory for 150 students, a new
library, a new cafeteria and
classroom building.
Federal funds are expected to
be avaUable, according to Dr.
McLarty.
The trustees voted to pr^^ed
as rapidly as possible with the
Dians for these buildings. Hen
ry C McDonald, local architect,
named the supervising arch-
At ceremonies on ^y
7th, attended by^^rs. Dm
K. Moore, a member of the
board of trustees, the new t.
S AlMetk F1.MS »«'«
formally dedicated.
A ssmmsm. to
of 423, according to Dr. McLar-
ty, who said there will be need
for another dormitory as soon
as the next one is finished.
Principal speaker at the
dedication ceremonies was
Bishop Earl G. Hunt, Jr., of
the Charlotte area of the West
ern North Carolina Confer
ence of The Methodist church.
His topic was “The Church
and the Church CoDege: Reci
procal Responsibility.”
Other speakers were the Rev
erend Lee P. Barnett, pastor of
Burkhead Methodist church,
Winston-Salem, who delivered a
tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Beam;
Bishop Kenneth Goodson, Bir
mingham area, who paid tribute
to Col. W. Bryan Moore of
Wadesboro, and Allen Sims, of
GasKmca, who paid tribute to
Cary Boshamer, a resident ot
Gastonia.
Dr. Charles P. Bowles, pas
tor of Centenary Methodist
Church, Winston-Salem, offer
ed a memorial tribute to Flake
Sherrill, in whose honor the
athletic fields were named.
]VIr. Sherrill served for sev
eral years as a member of the
board of trustees.
The trustees named a Di
rector of Promotion and De
velopment to be added to the
College staff.
The Reverend Lee P. Bar
nett, presently serring as min
ister in the Burkhead Meth
odist Church, Winston-Salem,
an alumnus of one of the par
ent institutions of Brevard
College, was the selection.
Rev. Mr. Barnett wiU be in
charge of special solicitation
of funds for the College.
PERTELOTE DEDICATED
TO CANTRELL
two p Q Bos-hamer.
to bursting” with an enroUment
‘The covers are grey, and the
lettering is ^^y
rS it’s pretty.” With this,
the yearbook editor, Monica
Driscoll, introduce the student
iKKjy to the 1965 Pertelote The
fo^^ introduction followed
the Officer InstaUation program
held Wednesday, May 12.
’65 amuai is dedicated
to Quentin Eugene ^fntrelL su-
nei^isOT of the College Main-
fenance Department. Mr. Can
trell W£.s cited fox his patience.
friendliness, humor, and hard
work. He has been with Brevard
for ten years, and is well-known
to all the students on campus.
Mr. Cantrell was given stand
ing ovation by the hundreds of
students who have known him
since their arrival at Brevard.
Before distributing the an
nuals, Miss Driscoll thanked
the staff members and Mrs.
Roy, the adviser, for their in
valuable help in producing the
PERTELOTE.