Man Has Done
Than War Has
More For War
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Done For Man
VOLUME XXXIII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., OCT. 8, 1965
NUMBER 5
Phi Theta
To Sponsor
Book Store
Untfer the sponsorship of Phi
Theta Kappa, the Brevard Col
lege “Book Nook” came into ex
istence this past Thursday, Oct.
8.
Phi Theta Kappa members
felt that there needed to be some
books available to the students,
and because of its busied pace,
the College Store was inade
quate. Unless the Store is prac
tically empty, one can just not
go in and-browse through books
comfortably. The Phi Theta
Kappas believe that the student
should have a quiet place to be
able to look without continually
being bothered by the noise and
movement of the students in the
Store.
Books will be obtained from
the Asheville Book Store, own
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert. The
book selections range from edu
cational works to pleasure read
ing material. There will be
chiefly paperbacks in the store,
but a few hardbacks will also
be available. Dictionaries of for
eign languages will be available
to language students, not to
mention that there will probably
be some Agent 007 books for
sale, also. A slip of paper will
be provided for the students, so
that they may order books that
are not on the shelves.
The store will be located in
the hallway between the School
Store and the Student Lounge,
in the room formerly occupied
by the House Maintenance de
partments. The hours for the
Book Nook are as follows:
Monday - Saturday, 10;00-1LOO
a.'m.
Monday - Friday, 8:00 -10:00
p.m.
The club is running the store
at no profit, as clubs can have
no money - making projects.
There will, however, be a Used
Book Exchange, department,
where students may sell used
paperbacks which will then be
re-sold by the Book Nook.
The faculty voted on
October 4, to allow stu
dents with a “B” aver
age to have two (2)
class cuts per semester.
This applies to three-
hour classes, with the
cut for a two (2) hour
class remaining only
one, as it was previous-
Jy- This action was re
quested by the Student
Gov ernment Associa
tion, and will go into ef
fect at the beginning of
Spring Semester.
Artus Moser To Lecture
On Mountain - Folk Life
ARTUS MOSER
Burson Works
For Centro
Mr. Ray Burson, former pro
fessor of English al Brevard
College, left October 5, for Bo
gota, Columbia, in order to be
come assistant director of cours
es for Centro Colombo-Ameri-
cano.
Sent by the United States In
formation Agency, Mr. Burson
will remain in South America
for two years. His work will
consist mainly of English pro
gramming and coordinating the
various cultural activities spon
sored by the Centro Colombo-
Americano. Fourteen weeks
were spent in Washington, D. C.
this summer while he was tak
ing an intensive training course
for his new work.
The Centro is a bi^national
cultural center, of which there
are over 100 aroiuid the world,
sponsored by the host country
and the United States. Mr. Bur
son is quite used to work in
foreign countries as he taught
English for two years i» Colom
bia and Turkey.
He earned his AB degree at
Rutgers College and his master’s
at the University of Missouri.
While at Brevard he coached the
track team which went to the
Nationals in Kansas and placed
third. He was also sponsor of
the Clios, as well as a teacher
in the English department.
Mr. Buxson’s wife, Ruth, and
his children, Matthew and
Joyce, will go to Columbia with
him and remain for the entire
two years.
The staff and the sponsor
of The Clarion extend their
sympathy to Mrs. Ruth Mar
tin on the death of her father.
This Friday our cultural ser
ies, Friday at Four, continues
its program on the ways and
language of the Western Caro
lina mountain-folk. Our speak
er is Mr. Artus Monroe Moser, a
native of Western North Caro
lina, who was reared in the
Swannanoa Valley. Mr. Moser is
an expert on the history of the
Western North Carolina moun
tain people. He is also an accom
plished artist, many of his works
banging in private collections.
He also has two folk music al
bums: “North Carolina Ballads”
(Folkways Records) and “South
ern Appalachian Folk Music”
(Riverside Records). Both of
the albums have dulcimer and
guitar accompaniment.
Mr. Moser graduated from
Biltmore High School in 1917;
and upon his graduation, he en
tered the Army and served over
seas with the 81 Division during
World War I. After returning
home he entered the University
of North Carolina and graduated
with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in 1923. He returned to U.N.C.,
after serving as principal of the
Swannanoa High School for two
years, to work for his Master
of Arts degree. He received his
Masters after one year and after
ward studied at the University
of Wisconsin toward his Doctor
of Philosophy degree. Because
of his interest in art, he also
studied at three of the leading
art schools in the nation: the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, Philadelphia; the Chicago
Art Institute; and the Grand
Central Art School, New York.
After leaving U.N.C. where
he held the position of Research
Assistant in the Institute for
Social Research, he became an
instructor at the University of
Tennessee, at Knoxville. Three
years later he became a pro
fessor at Lincoln Memorial Uni
versity, Harrogate, Tennessee,
where he was to stay for four
teen years. In 1943 he became
professor of Social Sciences at
Asheville - Biltmore College,
Christian Council
The Christian Council, com
posed of the presidents of the
campus religious groups, met on
October 4, to plan the events
for the 1965-66 year.
The first event to be spon
sored by the Christian Council
will be a hootnanny presented
by Miss Joan Moser and Miss
Willoughby JarreM on October
22. The time of the singing will
be from 7:00-8:30 p.m., and stu
dent participation is welcome.
Other future events will in
clude a Thanksgiviing Banquet,
Christmas Communion, and an
Easter program.
where he served as a special
teacher in Buncombe County
until retirement in 1964.
Mr. Moser became interested
in local history when he was an
undergraduate at U.N.C. He
studied North Carolina under
Professor R.D.W. Conner, a not
ed North Carolina historian and
author. He did much research
as a result of this interest in
the sources of Western North
Carolina History, especially the
history of Buncombe County,
since his home was near Ashe
ville in the Swannanoa Valley.
He wrote and edited “Buncombe
County: Economic and Social,”
a booklet of about 160 pages,
which was published in Ashe
ville in 1923. During his differ
ent professorships, he continued
to collect and complete material
on the mountains and mountain
people. This led him into collect
ing folklore and folk ballads
and music for the Library of
Congress.
Artus Monroe Moser takes
great pride in being a “moun
tain mam” and researching the
rich folklore of this region. He
attends many of the family re
unions, singing conventions, and
the huge dinner-on-the-ground
affairs held in Western North
Carolina during the summer and
fall. He likes especially to hear
the old people talk about the old
days and the strange events that
happened. He takes particular
pleasure in the old-time singing
of the “White Spirituals” that
are still sung in a few commu
nities in Western North Caro
lina, such as Etowah, near Hen
dersonville, and in several com
munities over in the Great Smo
kies.
Mr. Moser lives at home in a
two-jhundred acre mountain farm
in the Swannanoa Valley. He is
married to the former Mabel Eu-
la Young and has three children,
one of whom is Miss Joan Moser
of Brevard’s music faculty.
Mr. Moser is a member of the
North Carolina Historical Soci
ety; North Carolina Folklore
Society; the Asheville Artists
Guild; was one of the editors of
the “Carolina Magazine;” a mem
ber of Sigma Upsilon, a national
writers fraternity; and was an
active member of the North
Carolina Club, an organization
for the study of North Carolina,
historically, econortucally, and
socially.
A dance will be sponsored
by the freshman class this
Saturday night, October 9,
1965. It will be held in the
student lounge. All freshman
and their dates are invited.
Whether you come stag or
drag it will be free, so let’s
have a big turn out.