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THE CLARION
Se'ptember 13
1968
The Shorts Question
There seems to be a growing dissension on cam
pus concerning the new rules on dress, especially the
rule limiting the wearing of shorts. This conflict is
due partly to a lack of communication between the
students and administration of the College — an
old problem at Brevard.
The students have several objections to the pol
icy changes. First they object because they feel
that the new rules infringe upon their basic rights
and freedom. They also feel that they are being
made a part of some hypocrisy by having to put up
a front for the public. This generation’s aversion
to such dishonesty is famous. Related to this latter
objection is the belief that these rule changes are a
part of the archaic, prudish ideas attributed to the
Methodist Church.
On the other side of this question — the side
which is so often vague or concealed from the stud
ent body — the administration has its reasons for
instigating this change in policy. They did so, in
a sincere effort to improve the intellectual climate of
this college. The new rules are a product of the
theory that a neat environment promulgates “neat
thinking.” On the surface, this is probably a sound
concept. But here, due to student prejudice and
other corrupting factors, this theory is not very like
ly to succeed. Even if it did succeed would its re
sults be necessarily good? Shouldn’t individuals be
able to decide when they are going to have a certain
frame of mind? Must we all think like mathema
ticians on the main campus except on Saturday after
noon and think like poets only on the north side of
King’s Creek? If the students are going to think,
it is my opinion that the administration should not
govern how they do it. Therefore, they should not
govern how they dress, either, if thinking is actually
related to one’s apparel.
CLASS OF 1970
A message to the Brevard College Freshmen,
the Class of 70:
Concentration; It is one thing to attend college,
but will all of you concentrate on the import
ant tasks set before you? Will you reach the
obtainable goals you have set for yourself?
one criteria for obtaining these goals is the
amount of concentration each of you puts
forth every day.
Letters...
Dear .Mr. Editor:
It has come to my attention
that Brevard College can do a
tremendous service to local
high school seniors that many
colleges throughout the na
tion, large and small, are al
ready doing. I think that it
would be a great help to pros
pective college students and to
the future student body of BC
if high school seniors were al
lowed to take courses here for
college credit. However, for the
student to gain the hours, he or
she must first graduate from
high school.
I know as a day student that
there is a great misunderstand
ing of Breivard College and its
quality as a college possessed
by many students of Brev^,
Rosman, and Hendersonville
High School. When the oame of
Brevard College is mentioned to
them, the comments they make
are “'highly unfavoraible,” If
they think the insititution is
“sorry place to get an educa
tion,” let them enroll in
course or two and give them
the chance to find out that
Brevard College is one of the
finest in the nation.
This will eliminate the ignor
ance of the area students as to
BC and at the same time at
tract more area students to en
roll fullntime when they grad
uate from high school.
I would like for the adminis
tration bo consider this possi
bility. I think that it would be
a great day indeed if the college
would initiate such a program
A Day Student.
SGA Holds Meeting;
Discuss Homecoming
The regular meeting of SGA
was held on Wednesday, Sept.
11 at eight o’clock. Homecom
ing was again discussed and for
the dance, the Georgia Prophets
have been suggested as a band.
The final decision on the band
has not been reached.
The committee on Commit
tees met Monday for the pur
pose of selecrting members,
which are listed below:
Christmas Committee: Jay
Ingles, Pat Sweetman, Pat
Downing
Student Activities Commit
tee: Phil Baugess, Jackie Tyler,
Dave Wendelin
Religious Committee: John
Vimont, Monte Sharpe, Jan
Gast, Linda Smith
Athletics Committee: Bill
Broome, Tom Cahill
Cafeteria Committee: Andy
Smith, Patsy Knox, Judy Cox.
Election speeches will be held
Tuesday evening, at 6:30 and
voting will take place Friday.
Informal speeches in the dorms
and on campus will be the
time after speeches and before
elections.
A $50 award will be given to
the best exhibit of the dorm
at Homecoming.
The shorts rule was discuss
ed but still no decision has been
reached. For those interested
in talking to Dean Burgess about
this, there will be am iiiformal
gathering in front of the audi
torium on Friday, Sept. 15, at
5:45.
A required assembly to elect
Ask. And It Shall.
L
earning: What you learn is in large measure
up to your professors. How you use this know
ledge is primarily up to you. You assimilate
and react to the material that is presented and
in so doing, the learning process takes place
for you.
Acitivity; There are two kinds of activity. The
college designs co-curricular activities for
you. Clubs and organizations make up this
form of activity. There is also the activity of
the mind. Those of you who will seek know
ledge, who question and extend yourselves
within the academic mileu are bound to suc
ceed.
S
cholarship: Purposeful scholarship is the name
of the game. Put it to work for you.
Social: The ability to interact with people in a
meaningful way will determine your view of
Brevard College and the way in which you en
vision the world. Those of you who are aware
of the needs of others and who attempt to get
along with your associates will receive much
more than the Associate in Arts degree in
1970.
0
bjectives; Formulate your objectives and keep
them in mind as you continue your college
program.
Future: Realize your capabilities and plan your
future accordingly.
if the previous analysis is correct, you will
be ready for 1970. No one can predict the
future with precise accuracy, but you can be
ready for the future if you do your best ev
ery day.
(Matt. 7:7) Ask, and it will
be given you; seek, and you
iwill find; knock, and' it will be
opened to you.
As school begins, there are
many questions being asked.
Even the sophomores with their
great wisdom are at times more
confused than the freshmen.
There is so much happening
that many of us feel complete
ly lost. So we run to ask the
house counselors, faculty ad
visors, teachers, deans, and
others what to do and when
to do it. We depend upon their
answers to lead our lives on
campus. Yet even with these
answers we feel losit.
Whio do we ask finally to know
that we are leading in the right
direction? What is the right di
rection? We depend upon many
people, asking question after
question, but do we ever once
ask God which direction to go?
Many freshmen last year had
to go home before Christmas be
cause they couldn’t adjust: also
many didn’t return after Christ
mas because of their grades.
This happens every year and
will happen again this year.
The people who had to go home
didn’t because of a lack of
mental ability. They went home
because they had no purpose
for being here. you as a
student at Brevard have a real
purpose for being here or are
you here because this is an age
when most young people are
going to college?
This is your school and you
can make of it what you want.
You can leave it or can stay
and get involved. You have
to a'sk to get involved and the
first one to ask how is Christ.
If you accept God’s love, you
can’t help but promote a bet
ter atmosphere on campus. This
includes joining clubs and
pitching in to help wherever
it is needed — helping dorm
mothers, helping fellow stud
ents and helping yourself.
God gave this great beauty
around us. He also gave life to
each one. If we fail to ask him
for direction, if we just sit
back and don’t care, we are rob
bing ourselves of all this boun
ty of love which we can have
for the asking.
What questions do you
have? This column is open
for you, the students. Any
questions or contribution you
have will be appreciated.
Get involved and let us
know your feelings; and we,
together with God’s help, will
seek the answer.
Cheerleaders for this year win
be today at 7 o’clock.
“Beanies” for all freshmea
have come in. The cost of a
beanie is $1.25, and each fresh-
man is asked to buy one. (The
profit will go towards the Home
coming Dance). The rules for
the wearing of the beanies will
be set up and presented to the
SGA by the next meeting.
Price Of
Lawlessness
(The McDowell News &
Transylvania Times)
Tolerance of violence and
property destruction may dimln-
ish when the price of our “per
missive anarchy” hits home. An
inkling of that price has been
given by a spokesman for the
iniS'urance indusitry. He says,
“No business . . . can conitimie
to operate in a society where
order, reason and confidence
do not prevail. The insurance
business alone cannot continue
ito offer security to property
owners when these spasms of
lawlessness wihich at times
seem to approach insurreotion
become so widespread and fre-
quenit ...”
No business or industry can
turn a wheel without insurance.
Legislation is now pending in
Congress for the federal gov
ernment — the taxipayers — to
provide reinsiurance. However
much one may deplore further
involvement of government in
the finanicial and econoimic life
of the nation, the alternatives
in ithis instance are even more
grim. Excessive riot losses
could bring about a total col
lapse of insurance coverage in
metropolitan centers vmhether
the taxpayers couM then be ex
pected to assume the awesome
cost of rebuilding and insuring
our ciities is doubtful.
Restablishment of law and
order in the land is the ^ only
permanent solution. On this de
pends our survival as s
nation. We should not lose
Sight of the fact that a subsidy
ifor anarchy in the form of tax
payer guaranteed insurance
coverage for the uninsurable
risk of urban warfare is a stop
gap measure. It will ease for
the time being the pain of the
disease, but it most surely wu
not cure the malady that 3
flicts this nation.
The CLARION
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