the
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume XXXVI
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., FEBRUARY 7 1969
Number 16
OFFICERS RESIGN
four Students
fill Attend
f^ational Caucus
Four Brevard College stud
ents will attend the United
States Student Press Associa
tion National Convention in
Washington, D. C. February
13 - 16. Thie students will be a
part of a national convention
in which the main subject un
der consideration will be the
“Bconomics of Social Disord-
The four students that will
be attending the convention are
Wayne Morton and Ronnie H.
Smith of the Qarion staH and
John Lum and Bill Payton of
the Student Government As
sociation. The group wiM stay
at the Shoreham Hotel.
The students will leave on
Wednesday night after chapel
and wlil drive to the nation’s
capital. The convention will
start Thursday with registra
tion and several small seminar
type discussions with various
national leaders.
The range of to£ics to be
studied indude the university
as big business, urban develop
ment and the cities crises, the
economics of the war in Viet
iNam, ghetto economics, Amer
ican foreign policy, the eco
nomic considerations of the
draft and many others areas of
interest.
Prospective speakers are
joumaiist, Walter Lippman.
economic advisor for the Ken
neth Galbraith, Chet Huntley,
newsman, Walter Finch, incom
ing head of HEIW, I>r. Billy
Graham, and other leading men
of the nation.
The order of the convention
will be small discussion groups,
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Attendance Questionnaire
Results Are Released
After two days of nerve-rack
ing counting, Mr. Duggins, Mr.
Setzer, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr.
Adams, Jean Whicker, Donys
Kay Holtzclaw, and John Lum
of the Attendance and Penal
ties Committee have the re
sults of their questionnaire is
sued to students and faculty
last week.
The faculty can be comgratu-
lated for an almost perfect re
sponse, while the student re
sponse was only 52%. To those
who did take the time and fill
ed out the questionnaire, the
committee thanks you. Listed
below are a few the stud-
ent-tfacuity responses:
1. A majority of both stud
ents and faiculity feel that
Brevard’s present system
of attendance and penal
ties at classes is not sat
isfactory.
2. (Both majority of students
and faculty feel that de
ducting quality points for
over-cutting classes is not
satisfactory.
3. Concerning the question
of enforcing class atten
dance, a majority of the
students wanted the facul
ty to assume the responsi
bility, while the faculty
generally aigreed that the
administration should
handle it.
4. A majority of both facul
ty and students said that
they would approve of a
system that allowed stud
ents to miss up to 20% of
their classes (including
sickness) and that gave
the student a failing grade
in classes where the 20%
mark was exceeded.
5. On the question of how
many cuts per course the
average student should be
allowed, the students said
4 and the faculty said 2.
6. Most of the students feel
that Brevard’s present reg
ulations coniceming studl-
ent attendance at lyceum
programs and other cul
tural programs is not sat
isfactory while some of
the faculty disagreed.
7. A majority of students
feel ithat the percentage
of lyiceium programs that
should be required is 0%
or 50% while the faculty
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Religious Emphasis
Week Will Feature
Rev. Robert Young
The Rev. Robert Young will
be the speaker for the tenth
annual Plyer Religious Em
phasis Week to ibe held on Bre
vard College campus. This
event is set for the week of
March 9-13.
Rev. Young is minister of
the Boone United Methodist
Church. He is well known to
the students at Appalachian
State University. He has been
on the Brevard Campus and
was well accepted by the stud
ents.
Chaplain Roy stated that one
reason for his being invited
was his ability to reach col
lege students. He also stated
that this was part of his rea
son for being in Boone.
There will be a required
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receives grant — E. W.
nardin, Jr., left, business manag'er
Brevard College is shown receiv-
8' a check from Robert McBride,
manager of the Brevard Sears
Store. It represents BC’s part of
$22 500 in educational grante made
recently by the Sears - Roebuck
Foundation to North Carolma col
leges and universities.
Wendelin, Tyler
Call It Quits
David Wendelin, Social Co-chairman of the
Student Government Association, resigned from the
office Wednesday at the open meeting of the student
governing body. The resignation was read by Wen
delin before the SGA, was accepted, and is effec
tive immediately.
In his statement, the former co-chairman pre
sented two reasons for his resignation.
“In the first place, I have been very lax in ac
cepting the responsibility that accompanies the of
fice,” stated Wendelin. “Secondly, there are too
many policies of Brevard College with which I vehe
mently disagree.”
Wendelin further stated that
he considered himself some
what of a hypocrite for having
held the office and not ac
cepting what he considered the
responsibilities involved. He
further stated that he was not
ready to accept such responsi
bility.
“I feel like I am doing the
right thing,” he concluded.
“I understand your feeling
of the second reason,” com
mented ^lA Vice - President
John Lum, “but personally, 1
do not accept the first.”
Bill Rankin, president of
Green Dormitory, added that
he had considered resignation
on three occasions but was
persuaded to keep Ids office by
friends and SGA members.
Rankin was in disagreement
with Wendelin’s resignation.
Miss Burgess, Dean of Wo
men, director of Student Activ
ities, and ex • officio member
of SGA, asked in discussion of
the resignation submission that
Wendelin remain in an un-of
ficial capacity to said student
activities on campus. No com
ment was made by Wendelin
regarding Dean Burgess’ re
quest.
Wendelin’s resignation fol
lows the un-official resignation
of Miss Jackie Tyler, as the
other Social Co^hairman of the
SGA.
The CLARION would like
to express its apology to Miss
Tyler and the readers for the
announcement in last week’s
edition of her resignation. The
announcement was premature
and misleading as Miss Tyler
was not contacted.
However, Miss Tyler was in
terviewed earlier this week and
ejcpressed that she will defin
itely resign if she is re-instated
as the Social co-chairman. She
is currently involved with a
case of ambiguity of the con
stitution of the SGA. Three
other officers were involved
with a similar case presented
at the January 22 meeting of
the governing body. Miss Ty
ler’s case is still under consid
eration by the college admin
istration.
Miss Tyler stated to the
CLARION;
have concluded that I
have spent too much time with
the SGA and have become so
involved that my academic
work is suffering. I plan to
transfer, and I feel that I will
not be able to do this if I con
tinue in my position as Social
Co-Chairman.”
Bill Payton, President of
SGA, was reached earlier this
week and was aSked his opin
ion on the issue of his, and
three other SGA members, in
cluding Miss Tyler, near - loss
of their positions two weeks
aigo.
“il think that the Administra
tion of Brevard College was
not very diplomatic in handling
this crulcial matter,” stated Pay
ton. “I strongly believe that It
^ould have looked more into
the matter.”
Commenting further, Payton
expressed his belief concern
ing the cormection of academic
standing and student leader
ship offices, such as the SGA
officers and memlbers.
“Many times, grades are not
an indication of good leader
ship,” he commented. “Grades
must be established, but po
tentially good leaders are some
times shoved into a dark cor
ner and never exposed.”
“For example, as it is now
■stated in the constitution,”
Payton continued, “a student
leader can flunk P.E., make a
D in another course, and lose
his position. I do not feel that
this is right at all.”
For the other three mem
bers of SGA who nearly lost
their respective positions, Pay
ton stated that they did a
“tremendous job and gave of
themselves for the betterment
of Brevard College.”
“They simply could not find
a cut-off point,” Payton con
cluded.
If Miss Tyler’s resignation
does become effective this
creates two vaccancies on the
SGA. The matter is currently
being weighed by the SGA and
recommendations on procedural
methods will be discussed In
the meeting next week.
The CLARION would like to
state that the SGA meeting*
are open meetings to faculty,
and students.