THE CLA.R10N
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume XXXVI
BRE\ ARD COLLEGE, BREVAED, N. C., FEBRUARY 22, 1969
Number 18
Brevard Cotleqe Gets New President
J^etv President
Gives Views
“I accepted mainly because
I was invited,” chuckled Rev.
Eobert A. Davis in a telephone
interview Wednesday night.
Mr. Davis has been named as
the sixtli president of Brevard
College and will assume his
duties on June 1, 1969. He suc
ceeds the late Dr. Emmet K.
McLarty, Jr., who died May 23,
13®.
‘Seriously though,” continu
ed the new 40-year-old presi
dent, “I am a person that is in
volved in higher education and
I want to try my hand at lead
ing a college in the field of ed
ucation. I’m committed to high
er education and also commit
ted to the (Methodist) Church
and that is why I accepted the
pasltion when it was ofered. I
feel that the Church has a role
in higher education.”
Mr. Davis visited the camp
us recently and reported that
he likes the Brevard College
canipus. “I had a quite positive
first impression and I like the
setting. It is a neat and nice
campus.”
When asked what plans he
had for the improvement of
Brevard, Mr. Davis said that
at the present he could not re
spond. “I will have to work
more with both the faculty and
the administration in this mat
ter,” he said.
“I will place emphasis on
good solid academic work and
solid support for the faculty.”
Commenting on the quality
of education at Brevard, he
said, “I need to do a lot more
study but my first impression
was that the college has a bas
ically sound proigram.” He said
that he is under the impression
that Brevard stands very high
among the junior colleges in
the Southeast.
Student Unrest
“It is a part of the times,
and the college campuses re-
fl«t the unrest in our society,”
said Mr. Davis in commenting
on the student unrest on col-
campuses across the na
tion. ‘It is a part of a larger
culture.
Swondly, it is a part of
Rowing up for the student and
jf, ® for him to express
unself. Thirdly, there are some
jftimate concerns that need
attention. Although we (the
fir generation) may not like
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Rev. Robert A. Davis
Appointed Prexy
Rev. Robert Aldine Davis of Nashville, Teim.
was appointed the sixth president of Brevard Col
lege. The announcement was made Wednesday
morning by Allen H. Sims, chairman of the Bre
vard College Board of Trustees.
Mr. Davis will fill the vacancy created by the
death of the late Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, Jr., who
passed away on May 23, 1968. Dr. McLarty serv
ed as president from 1957 - 1968.
Rev. Robert A. Davis
A native of Broxton, Ga., the
new president wras graduated
from South ieorigia Junior
College and received the B.B.A.
Degree from the University of
Georgia. He was awarded the
B.D. Detgree from Emory Uni
versity and the Th.M. Degree
from Yale University.
“It is a distinct honor to be
chosen by the .Board of Trus
tees to serve as president of
Brevard College,” said Mr. Da
vis. “Brevard’s history is one
of distinguished service to the
cause of church - related high
er education.
“My own dream for Brevard
Sti.^dents Get Insight
Into World Problems
The United States Student
Press Association Conference
in Washington, D. C. concluded
February 16 with the near-1600
delegates returning home. With
them, delegates carried what
was hoped to be, by conference
organizers, a new insight into
the problems of the campus and
of the world today.
The subject of the confer
ence was “The Economics of
Social Disorder,” and featured
many of the nation’s top eco
nomists and other personalities.
The keynote address was
presented the evening of Feljru.
ary 13 by Professor Karl
Deutsch, head of the political
science department at Harvard
University. Following Prof.
Deutch was Michael Sweig, in
structor in economics from the
State University of New York
at Stony Brook and former
Students for a Democratic Soc
iety leader at the University of
Michigan. Other addresses, with
BIT PRESENTS "REBECCA"
, The Brevard Little Theater will present
Rebecca,” a drama - mystery in three acts, to-
*i*gnt at 8:15 p. m. and again tomorrow after-
iioon at 3:00 p. m. in the Brevard High School
auditorium.
. , John Setzer of the Brevard College facul-
^ j mast with BC students Bruce Armes
a** Hall Parrish also cast in roles.
»i ^^dam director is Mrs. Rhuemma Miller,
so of the Be faculty.
news conferences by NBC, CBS,
ABC, and Washington newspa
pers, were presented to the
delegates by William Grier, au-
tor of BLACK RACE; Muham
mad Ali, former heavyweight
champion of the world; Rol In-
nis, executive director of CORE;
Walter Beuther, President of
the United Auto Workers of
America; Ralph Nader lawyer
and modem reformer; and Ken
neth Boulding, President - elect
of the American Economics As
sociation.
Discussion groups were con
ducted by such personalities as
Louis 0. Kelso, author and
economist, Ray Tanter, politi
cal scientist from the Univer
sity of Michigan, and others.
The conference was constant
ly interrupted by radicals from
Newsreel and activist groups
who managed to infiltrate the
conference.
A series of articles with com
ments by John Lum, Bill Pay
ton. Ronnie H. Smith, and
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is for academic excellence In
a Christian context. While
public education is growing at
a great pace, there is even
greater need for church - relat
ed colleges to continue their
service both to church and the
larger society. Questions of the
spirit and the meanings of life
must continually be raised in
the academic setting. The in
stitutional commitment to
Christian values provides the
context in which the search
for truth is directly related to
the deeper needs of men in
our time.”
Mr. Davis served from 1952-
1958 as director of the Wesley
Foundation on the campus of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
During the 1958 - 59 academic
year, he studied at Yale as a
Danforth Scholar, returning to
Georgia as director of the
Wesley Foundation at the Geor
gia Institute of Technology
from 1959-1962.
The 40year-old Mr. Davis is
a member of the South Geor
gia Conference of The United
Meothdist Church, of the Geor
gia Methodist Commission on
Higher Education and Campus
Ministry, of the South Georgia
Conference Board of Education,
and of the National Committee
on Education and Theology.
He is married to the former
Phyllis Clough of Douglas, Gr.
They have two boys, ages eleven
and four, and a six-year-old
girl.
wssm^M
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of
Brevard College met last Friday af
ternoon at the Holiday Inn at Hick
ory to elect a new president. Chair
man Allen Sims is pictured above
presiding over the well-attended
meeting. At his right is E. W. Har
din, Jr., business manager of the
college, and Rev. James McLarty,
secretary to the board.