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BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., JANUARY
26, 1968
Number 15
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Registration Record Is Set
BC Activities
Include Movie
This Saturday
Nemos Plan Dance
Plans are in the making for
the annual sweetheart dance to
tK held February 17. The band
will be the Ambassadors. A
(jueen and her court will be
chftsen this week and will be
announced later. Decoration
plans have been decided tiipon
and work on them will begin
soon.
Lavaliers have been order
ed and are scheduled to arrive
tills week.
All Star Team Selects
Captains
Basketball season is in full
swing for members of the
W.A.A. Detobie Cortner was se
lected captain of the team as
Sallie Stephenson backs her up
as cocaptain. The team has
been practicing and getting in
shape as they prepiared to meet
girls from North Greenville in
Greenville Friday night.
Euterps Collect Stamps
Green Stamp collecting has
lieen the habit for years of
housewives and now the Euterps
have taken up this habit. They
to purchase something for
A reco>rd number of students
registered for spring semester
classes at Brevard College on
January 15.
Mrs. Brona Roy, College re
corder, announced that a rec
ord 574 students include some
forty sophomores and freshmen
attending BC for the firsl; time.
States up and down the At
lantic seaboard stUl maintain
representation at BC. Students
are in majority from North
Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia. However, Florida is
well represented, 'nie states of
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland, New York,
and several foreign countries
maintain a strong hold in the
student body of Brevard Col
lege.
Classes for the semester end
on May 2 with graduation to be
held on May 12.
Perteiote Wins
First Place
the student union.
S.G.A.
The members of SGA have
been invited to a.ttend Lees
McRae College to observe their
student government in action
“Our Man Flint” will be shown
in Dunham Saturday, January,
27 at 2:00 and 7:30.
Jones Hall
Monday night elections were
held for new officers. Page
Daughitery was voted vice presi-
^ dent and Margaret Davis was
I selected Fire marshal.
The 1967 edition of ithe year
book of Brevard College, “The
Perteiote,” has received two
top national ratrngs from criti
cal services. Mrs. Brona Roy,
college recorder and advisor to
the yearbook staff, recently an-
nouinced the achievements.
“The Perteiote” received a
First Class Honor Rating in the
forty - seventh National Year
book Critical Service of the
Associated Collegiate Press at
the University of Minnesota,
School of Journalism. The award
is the hll'ghest award offered
by the service.
The -thirty - third annual
Yearbook Critique and Contest
conducted by the Columbia
Scholastic Press Association at
DR. HARRIS
the highest award offered.
Patti Keith was editor of
„ , , , . ‘The Perteiote” last year and
Columbia University awarded now attends Asheville - Bilt-
the book with First Place, also I more College in Asheville.
BC Is Snowballed
By Mountain Weather
Drifts of white greeted stud- conditions, those who did took
emts returning to Brevard for advantage of the opportunities
the spring semester. Although
many were unable to reach the
college because of bad road
everyone’s lips
®thp f,. students frolicked
6d likp Ross Hall look-
Innsbruck with its hordes of
offered to them by the snow.
Ross Hall became the site of
sledding activities, and the
hedge there will never be the
I same. Some were lucky enough
to possess sleds, while most
used lunchroom trays. A few
people rode on signs and others
employed personal facilities.
Camp Straus also offered great
fun with its steep hills, but
the walk there wasn’t as ap
pealing.
The Floridians, some seeing
snow for the first time, were
enthalled with the light, lovely
flakes. And sledding undoubted
ly became one of their favorite
sports despite the scratches and
bruises that resulted from col
lisions and spills.
I To North Carolinians and
I Northerners the snow was noth
ing unusual. It only' meant a
day or two of fun and then a
week of slippery roads, wet,
soggy 'ground, and transporta
tion problems.
Most of the snow is gone
i;ow, but according to a reli
able source, we will be blessed
with three more snows this
winter.
sledders. The fun was tiring though, | jj. j^g yaca-
and one enthusiast (lower right) |io,n to grow a new hide in
took advantage of the lull to lean | place of the one they flogged
back and dream about spring. I off me during school term.
Accepts Post
With State
Department
Dr. Braxton Harris, Dean and
Registrar at Brevard College
since 1964, has been named
Supervisor of Pre - Service
Teacher Education and Assist
ant Director of the Division
of Teacher Education of the
State Department of Public In
struction in Raleigh effecitive
June 1. This announcement was
made January 24 by Joseph C.
Bowles, Director of Public Re
lations at Brevard College.
In his new position. Dr. Har
ris will work with the Director
of the Division of Teacher Ed
ucation in providing state-
level leadership in developing
and maintaining high quality
programs of teacher education
in the college and universities
of North Carolina.
In addition, he will assist the
Director in the administration
of the State Board of Educa
tion’s program for evaluating
and approving colleges and un
iversities and their programs
for the preparation of profes
sional school personnel.
During his four years as
academic head of the college,
Brevard has made rapid strides
in its academic program.
‘The loss of Dr. Harris’ lead
ership at the college and in
I the community is a great one
to sustain,” commented Presi
dent E. K. McLarty, Jr., “for
he has made many lasting con
tributions to the strengthening
and upgrading &f the institu-
i tion.”
Dr. Harris is married to the
former Judy Wallace and they
have five children. He receiv-
“^ed his AB from Lenoir
Rhyne and his MA from Appa
lachian State Teachers college.
Dr. Harris earned his Ed. D
•?t Indiana University and has
done post graduate work at the
University of Michigan.
He is an active member of
^he community as well as of
%e college, serving in many
capacities. He is a member of
*he Official Board of the Bre
vard Methodist Church, Dr. Har-
-i'S was pre.sident of the Bre-
”?rd Elementary School P-TA
- 1PR6. He is currently a
member of the Board of Direc-
tjig Transylvania County
TTnited Fund and serves on the
Executive Committee. He is al-
a Brevard I ions Club mem
ber and holds a position on
•^he Board of Directors. Dr. Har
ris also serves as a member of
the Transylvania County Com
mittee of the Western Carolina
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