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CONGRATULATIONS The Clarion GRADUATES! Volume XXXIV BREVARD COLDEGE, BREVARD, N. C., MAY 26, 1967 Number 28 Hunt, McLarty Speak At Brevard Graduation Annuals Expected Any Pay Patti Keith, editor of the pertelote, has announced that a, Key. Publish»g »p»y. ears Pertelote will be late. There is a possibility that the annuals may arrive before grad uation, although It IS doubtful. If they do arrive ,they will be given out on Saturday. Patti stresses the fact that everyone will receive a Perte lote. They will be mailed out and everyone should have one within a few weeks after grad uation. The annual staff wishes to ex press its regrets that they could not be ready on time for the students to receive them before graduation. Four Awards To Be Given Save-A-Child Surpasses Goal Of $250 The Save-A-Child campaign, now officially over, raised the grand total of $450, announced co-chairmen, Pam Thomas and Barry Wheeler. This money will be used for two purposes. The first, which is mandatory, is $190 to be used for Yung Hwan Yoon’s expen ses during the coming year. The additi-onal $260 will be put in his scholarship fund which is steadily growing. This will enable him to attend col lege when he completes school and his military obligations in Korea. Pam and Barry would like to thank everyone who helped, both clubs and individuals, and especially the Save-A-Child com mittee who helped them so much. Graduation is a time of re wards. In addition to diplomas and intangible rewards, four others are given at this time— the Art Purchase Award, the Morton Award, the Olin Scholar ship. and the WOW (Woodmen ot the World) history award. The art reward is one pur chase award of $35 and five honorable mentions. This art work is bought and used by the College. Up to this time, this has been a sophomore painting award, but it is now open to freshmen and sophomores in sculpture and painting. Profes sor A1 Sarvis of Western Caro lina, who had an exhibit at B.C., will judge the art work of Mr. Tim Murray’s students. The Morton Award, given to tiie best citizen in the sopho- ®ore class, is a cash prize of S25. The student is chosen sole ly by the faculty on such merits as they daem important. This award was begun by Dr. L, Thomas Morton of Charlotte in memory of his infant daughter and later enlarged to include liis son. Started in 1958, tke Olin Scholarship is an $800 award, ®''en in two $400 installments, to the person who shows the ®ost chance of future success ® the various fields of study, fne money, donated by the Olin Mathieson Corporation of Pis- Sah Forest, is assigned by a faculty committee on Honors Awards. This money, which IS sent directly to the Admis sions Office of the recipient’s ^luor college, is designed to the fiiancial burden of a little smaller. Only wson with a 2.0 average, good aracter, leadership, indica- wn of future success in college, sn evidence of some need —Turn to Page Two Alumni Honored An alumni luncheon sponsor ed by the Alumni Association will be given in honor of the graduates on May 27 at 1 p.m in the college cafeteria. It will officially begin the graduation exercises. Mr. Henry Riden- hour, who graduated from Bre vard’in 1940, will be the guest speaker. Members of the grad uating class will be officially welcomed into the Association. At 8;00 on Saturday night the Music Dept, will present the Wind Ensemble is a con cert in honor of the graduates and their guests. This program will be held in Dunham Audi torium. At 9 p. m. Saturday evening the graduates and their fami lies are invited to attend the President’s Reception to be held in the Faculty Ix)un.ge. President, Bishop Lead Exercises Pres. E. K. McLarty Eii'h.op E. J'l Hunt, Jr. Five Teachers Leave Five members*of the faculty and staff have resigned, ef fective in June. Mrs. Faith Wagenfeld Alex ander of the Biology Depart ment will be teaching in Greens- oro next year. The Alexander family will be moving to Greens boro because of Mr. Alexander’s new assignment with the Dan iel Construction Company there. Mrs, Marie Benge Craig of the Mathematics Department will also be moving. Her hus band is with the United States Forestry Service and has been assigned to a new area in the southeast. Mrs. Harriette Talley of the Mathematics Department will be busy being wife and mother in the Talley house-hold. Coach Talley will remain with the fac ulty to help lead the Brevard College athletic teams on. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Williams will be moving to Chapel Hill. Mr. Williams will begin his study toward a Ph. D. degree in English. Mrs. Williams will be a member of the University li brary staff. This summer be- Build A School Reaches Goal; $1,000 Is Raised fore settling down in Chapel Hill, they will tour Europe for iO \Veeks. The countries on their itinerary will include f ranee, England, Scotland, Den mark, Germany, and Italy. Mrs. Alexander says that their move will be permanent as far as they know; but if her husband hadn’t been transfer red in his business, she’d be at Brevard next year. She has “mixed emotions” about her move — she’s glad about going but not glad about leaving Bre vard behind. Having loved the students here at Brevard, she knows that she will love the students elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Williams leave Brevard’s life and memories be. hin:!. Mr, Williams is anxious to extend his teaching range, and for Mrs. Williams it will be like going ho'me, since she has worked m the UNC library be fore. All of the resignations were submitted in order for each to pursue their own personal en deavors. We wish them success and happiness. Sophomore Dance Planned Brevard College did 000 was raised for Build-A- School. . This progra»i was begun ]ust before Christmas and was go ing “full speed ahead” by sec ond semester. Through the Peace Corps, the money is used to buy building materiate for a school in wWch the native people supply $400 and a 1 the labor. This school k built ov erseas in a remote area ^hicM doesn’t have one at presen*. Funds were raised in yantus imaginative ways. For instance, Mrs. Bna Kate Sigmon con tributed her share by baking and selling 20 of her “deli cious” cocoanut cakes. Mrs. Marie Cr«ig also sold several loaves of homemade bread. A faculty auction was held—typ ing home^ooked meals, trips to the airport, cookies, and bridge lessons ware all ■Hie teachers displayed their varied talents md A dance for the graduating class of Brevard College will be held prior to graduation, Fri day, May 26, at 8:30 in Dunham Auditorium. Entertaining at the dance will be “Ace and the Unknowns,” a combo from Greenville, S. C. All students who are on campus ars infited to a.ttajid, including Freshm*i and Sopho mores. A charge of 25 cents will bo charged to all Sopho mores who attend. The pro- dfeeds will heip pey for the dence. Commencement exercises will be held Sunday, May 28, in Boshamer Gymnasium. The Bac calaureate Sermon will be giv en at 11:30 a. m. by the Rev erend Earl Gladstone Hunt, Jr., presiding Bishop of the West ern North Carolina Methodist Conference. Bishop Hunt is a native of Johnson City, Tennessee. He received his B.S. from East Tennessee State University and his B.D, from Candler School of Theology at Emory Univers ity, He has been a Methodist min ister since 1942, serving con gregations in Atlanta, Ga.; Kingsport, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Morristown, Tenn. In 1956 he was elected presi dent of Emory and Henry Col lege, a position he held until 1964 when he was ordained Bishop. He is currently a trustee of Emory U., High Point College, Brevard College, Greensboro College, and Pfeiffer College. Bishop Hunt is especially con cerned with the Christian’s awareness of the social issues of the day. President Emmett Kennedy McLarty, Jr. will be the speak er at the graduation ceremon ies at 3:00 p. m. A native of Asheville, he received his Bachelor’s degree and his B.D. from Duke University where his major field was the psychology of religion. He received his Doc tor of Divinity from Pfeiffer College in 1958. In 1934 Dr. McLarty joined the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church serving in, among oth er pastorates, Greensboro, Char lotte, Morganton, and Salisbury. In addition to teaching at train ing schools, he has frequently served as guest minister at Re ligious Emphasis Weeks at colleges in the state and church es in N. C. and Va. In 1957 Dr. McLarty became President of Brevard College. Active in civic affairs, he is the Director of the Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as president of the N. C. C^n- cil of Church - Related Col leges, Vice - President of the N. C. Foundation of Church-Re lated Colleges, and as a mem ber of the Board of Directors nf the Children’s Home Society of N. C. Presently he is a mem ber of the Conference Board of Ministerial Training and Qual ification. The OLAKION Itaff woHld like to dedicate the last is sue of the paper to Mrs. Sig mon.
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