The Clarion
EDITOR Bcnji Sullivsn
ASST. EDITOR Lynn Gold
BUS. MANAGER Reeves
NEWS EDITOR Jenny Munro
FEATURE EDITOR Diane Warman
SPORTS EDITOR Don Vaughn
ADVISOR Kate Sigmon
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THE CLARION
Sept. 17, 1965 §
The Cost Of Freedom
Jones Hall has moved ahead since last year.
However, as in all g'ood governmental systems, its
ultimate success or failure will depend upon the
people. We are fortunate to have been given more
privileges, which are quite lenient in contrast to the
rules of last year. But by abusing these freedoms,
there is a great possibility of our losing them.
Within the few weeks that we have been here, the
girls have seemed to disregard “quiet hours” at the
designated times by being much too noisy. If this
continues, there is a good chance that we will go back
to the former system.
Dean Jarrell has worked hard to give us the
privileges of mature college women. In showing her
our appriciation, we should be able to live up to her
faith and expectations. In order to keep moving ahead,
we must support our new governmental system by
adhering to its concepts and co-o'perating with its
leaders.
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Mrs. Adelaide Miller opened
her recital Sunday afternoon
with a “Prelude, Fugue and Cha-
conne” by Buxtehude. The piece
was very appropriate and made
an impressive beginning. The
second selection was a “Chorale
Prelude” by Bach followed by
“Prelude and Fuge in D Major”.
“Herzlich Tut Mich Verlandger”
by Brahms served as a piece
of contrast, it being a serene
and peaceful chorale-like piece.
For her next selection Mrs.
Miller played “The Musical
Clocks” by Joseph Haydn. It
is a grouping of seven short
(pieces. When first written it
was performed on a flute or
gan which was operated by a
clock mechanism. Through the
use of contrast this piece was
made very impressive. By using
imiagination one could
almost imagine a full orchestra
yet in other places only a small
organ grinder.
The final selection was “Suite
Medieval” by Langlais. Langlais
is a blind French composer
and this piece is vmtten in
the style of a low mass. It was
exciting and soothing in spots.
As the piece opened one almost
expected to see a procession of
robe-olad priests bearing cand
les chanting their rituals of
Mass. The piece was climaxed
by a clashing of chords at full
crescendo.
On a whole the choice of mu
sic was superb and very picture-
esque.
A reception followed in the
church parlor.
Perchance you have noticed
(he strange sounds emanating
from the biology lab. Although
everyone on campus may not
know, there is an experiment be
ing carried on under the direc
tion of Mrs. William Alexander.
The experiment concerns a
group of boys who are raising
rats for the purpose of experi
mentation and study.
When the rats reach maturity,
they will imdergo a series of
tests to determine what effect
shots of adrenaline will have up
on their bodily functions. 'Oie
experiments will be concerned
with both the pituitary and the
thyroid glands. The boys will be
advised by Dr. William Martin
as how to administer the shots.
Later next semester some ex
periments will be performed up
on the heart of the rat which
will allow the heartbeat to be
slowed down considerably.
As this reporter was observ
ing the progress of the experi
ment in the lab Thursday, it is
certain that the group of boys
were enjoying themselves. The
only question is who will survive
longest, the boys or the rats?
The Freedoms Lost
May Be Your Own!
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democratic, as the hall proctors
were elected by the girls rather
than appointed by the proctors
of last year.
Miles' Epistle To Brevard
the professor can choose which
to answer.”
_-Amsterdam, The Netherlands
!In the interviewing time
since the first letter I’ve been
to Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Germany (again!), Belgium, and
Holland,” writes Mr. Miles of
the second leg of his strip.
“The Scandanavian trip was
rather pleasant, I stayed with
Danes, ate Danish food (very
heavy on dairy products, mayon
naise, raw bacon, etc.) and en
joyed the whole country. In
Norway the mountains were the
most spectacular I’ve seen( and
I’ve crossed the U. S. western
mountains 6 times.) Oslo h#is
the ‘ship museums’ — three of
them. They’ve uncovered and
exhibited three ships used by
the Vikings a thousand years
ago. There were other things
in Olso, too, worth mentioning
—things like the ski jump (I
got dizzy climbing up to where
the skiers LAND — could not
bring myself to climh to where
they START FROM!)
“Sweden is most memorable
for left - hand driving. Every
person needs that experience
just once to undermine any feel
ings of over - confidence he
may have. There is a strong com
pulsion to pull hard to the right
every time you meet another
car — which could really shat-
ler one’s self as well as one’s
confidence.” But even teachers
can have problems in Europe,
says Mr. Miles.
“Having been in Europe 2
months and more, I have im
pressions. I’m finding weight
control easy. The last time I
weighed the scales went to 67V&.
Although that was kilograms, it
is a comforting feeling to read
one’s weight at 671/2 instead of
148 lbs. Having to buy some
shoes, I was horrified to find
I now wear a size 42V2! But
the shock was worse when the
price was 59.95. The foot is the
same sixe (8V2) and the price
was in Danish Kroner (14c
each,) So I lived through that!
According to Mr. Miles, “Ev
ery European must be a math
ematical genius” to carry on the
business of daily living.
“It has now been a month
since I arrived in Europe, and
two since I left Brevard. Land
ing in Lexemibourg on June
28, after a perfect flight which
stopped only in Iceland, I went
the next day to Paris where I
remained two weeks.”
These words began the first
report of Mr. Louis Miles, re
ligion and history teacher at
Brevard College. Mr. Miles is on
a year’s leave-of-absence from
the cdlege, during which time
he will tour Europe.
Of the majestic city of Paris,
he says, “I saw many of the
places of interest from Les Hai
les (giant markets) to the
Arch of Triumph of the Eifle
Tower. One Sunday I spent a
v/hole day at Versailles among
thousands of visitors. It is typi
cal of Versailles that the mir
rors were so filthy they hard
ly gave a reflection in the fa
mous ‘Hall of Mirrors’ (a room
completely devoid of a single
stick of furniture). The palace is
a fine example of Baroque, es
pecially the ceilings. They are
the triumph of Versailles. Ev
ery one apparently goes to Fol-
ies Bergere, but from all re
ports it has been so tamed to
meet the tastes of spinsters
i'rom Sioux Falls and Stratford-
upon-Avon that it’s hardly
worth the ticket price—about
$1.80.
After the delights and dis
appointments of Paris, the peo
ple and sights of Germany were
wonderful, so Mr. Miles says.
The most unusual sight was the
system of lectures in the school
he visited.
“The second two weeks of
this month have been spent in
the Cologne-Bon-Bad Bodes-
berg area on the Rhine River,
in the midst of German friend
liness. I’ve been to the Univer
sity of Bonn twice where I
listened to part of a lecture.
The professor read for an hour
from his lecture book, no ques
tions were allowed; and when
it was over, the students stood
until he had left the room. If
there are questions, students
put them into a box, and then
Mention Draft,
They'll Panic
Student deferment is a magic
term, at least for the male mem
bers of Brevard’s student body,
In crude terms, it means that
one can avoid the rigors of boot
camp, the notorious mess hall
chow, being beaten at highante
poker games, and getting shot
at, by simply (?) pretending to
be a student.
In the language of draft-sta-
tus cards, l-S(C) means the
holder is exempt from the draft
for mental reasons (he’s going
to college) and can look smugly
at one and all who bear the fat
ed 1-A on their cards.
This l-S(C) is known as one
of the Advantages of a (College
Education, and is a male stud
ents most prized possession, val
ued even more than the past
12 issues of PLAYBOY.
However, a poll of shower
rooms in men’s dorms find that
patriotism is not on the decline,
As one student puts it, “I don’t
mind fighting for my country,
It’s those cats that fight back.”
Taylor Hall erupted in near
panic when the rumor went out
that President Johnson had
ended the student deferment in
view of the India-Pakistan con
flict. Quiet period ended in a
swarm of students rushing
around from room to room,
some crying. One student pro
posed a Transylvania Bat Squad
ron, and assigned commands to
fellow dorm^mates, while anoth
er group went from room to
room, knocking on doors and
shaking the hands of the oc
cupants solemnly: “It’s been
nice knowing you. Maybe we’ll
meet again—in the heareafter.'
Radios went on and students
gathered around the speaker
waiting for the news, which
squelched the frenzy with the
facts. Johnson had put his pen
to only one bill that day, a for
eign aid appropriation.
One boy was heard to mut
ter, “From Captain of the Bat
Squadron back to freshmen at
Brevard, what a let-down.”
Alpha Beta Gamma
Plans For '65-66
Alpha Beta Gamma is the
national hoaiiorary chemistry
fraternity for junior college
students. Its purpose, as stated
by President John Brookshire,
is “To establish further inter
est and activfty concerning the
field of chemistry.”
This year the members plan
to tour a hospital in AsheyiUe.
the Tracking Station, and the
Chemical Research Department
at Olin Mathieson. They also
hope to go to Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Alpha Beta Gamma will also
play a part in establishing the
Science Seminar. In the Seminar,
the biology, chemistry, and math
departments will meet and have
talks. This will bring light
the relationship between the
three.
Projected plans for 1965 - 66
also include showing of science
films.