PAGE TWO
THE CLARION
EDITORIAL
COMMENTS
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The Week Ahead
RONNIE H. SMITH
Here it comes ag^ain. It is that time of year
when the faculty and students of Brevard College
take a few hours off from classes in order that they
may have a one-hour session in religion. This, in its
more dress«d-up tone for visitors and bleary-eyed
freshmen, is called Religious Emphasis Week.
What is Religious Emphasis Week? Well, for
the most part it is a waster of time. It is a time for
the majority of the Brevard College students to spend
an extra hour each day reading something for class,
sleeping, or in a few cases, watching a little more
television. It is the time in which some students
g*ather in their little groups and chuckle at the stu
pidity of the college in wasting a total of six good
hours on the same old “God is great, God is good”
type of religion.
For these people. Religious Emphasis Week is
mdeed a waste of time.
But then thqre are the other students — the
ones that attend the meetings, sit and listen and
think about what is being said. They see that all
around them, some external force is at work. They
see it in the blue, 'peaceful sky; they hear it in the
chirping of the birds; they feel it in the gentle, lov
ing caressing of th^ breeze; they feel it within them
selves when they see someone or something in need
and they rush forward to help; and they are the ones
that feel a little more secure in the struggle for exis
tence in life. They are Christians.
How does one become a Christian? It is not
ea«y, matter of fact, it is the hardest organization
that you will ever join. Its initiation lasts for life,
and the burdens that the members carry are ones
that weigh heavy upon their shoulders.
Religious Emphasis Week is not a “Christian
production School.” Becoming a Christian takes a
lot of time, but Religious Emphasis Week is indeed
ft good catalogue about the Christian school.
Upon realization that one has graduated to be
ing a Christian, one realizes that even though he has
been saying it for years, God is great, and God is
good.
Amwira Mb 2C«pp0
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN:
We pray that you save us from ourselves.
The world that you have made us, to live in peace,
we have made- into an armed camp. We live
in fear of war to come.
We are afraid of the terror that flies by night, the
arrow that flies by day, the pestilence that
walks in darkness, the destruction that wastes
at noonday.”
We have turned from you to go our selfish way. We
have broken your commandments and denied
your truth. We have left your altars to serve
the false gods of money and pleasure and power.
Forgive us and help us.
Now, darkness gathers around us and we are con
fused in all our counsels. Losing faith in you,
we lose faith in ourselves.
Inspire us with wisdom, all of us of every color,
race, and creed, to use our wealth, our stren^h,
to help our brother, instead of destroying him.
Help us to do your will as it is done in heaven, and
to be worthy of your promise of peace on earth.
Fill us with new faith, new strength, and new cour
age, that we may win the Battle for Peace.
^7aUs before the darkness
March 6,
Amen.
THINK ABOUT IT
Remember January 25 when we beat Gardner
Webb 89 - 72? The gym was packed to the rafters.
Everybody and his roommate was at that game to
witness a BC victory.
Then where was our spirit for the tournaments?
Brevard’s section in the stands wasn’t nearly filled
ftny night. There were only eight students and five
“campus wives” (not even a cheering squad) there
Saturday night for the Tornadoes final game of the
season. We could have been number 1 instead of
Gardner Weibb!! Our boys have what it takes a
win — they just need some support.
Soccer season was more evidence of the sad
truth — we have a lack of school spirit! So . . .
let’s do something about it! Spring sports are rap
idly approaching. The boys have already begun
practice with a victorious season as their goal.
Have you ever watched a track meet? Why
don’t you try it this spring. A tennis match can
really be exciting. Have you ever seen one? And
g^If, too! Those guys love to have onlookers dur-
in'g their matches. Everyone likes a baseball game.
Why don’t you go to them?
Our athletes need your support . They’re play
ing not for their own glory, but for Brevard College.
Don’t you feel an obligation to hel'p them out? Em
erson once said, “A true friend is somebody who can
make us do what we can.” Let’s get wise and be
true friends and loyal supporters. Think about it
won’t you. Our athletes doll
Bonnie Brewbaker
—From “The Battle for Peace,”
an address by Comrad N. Hilton.
From SUNSHINE MAGAZINE
O'* . . .
Dead Editor,
You can now say that th*
Clarion has been around Z
world. I am sitting here in
Sinop, Turkey, reading th^
three editions I just received
in the mail. These are the Tim
31, Feb. 7, and the Feb 14
sues. I am anxiously awaitine
the Feb. 21 issue.
Although the paper has
brought me much pleasure and
very fond memories of Bre
vard College, it has also
brought me great displeasure
By this I mean the students’
attitude toward Brevard Coj
lege.
In regards to Mr. Bill Ran-
kin’s idea of what Brevard is
or is not; I would like to ask
one question. Has he or anyone
else taken advantage of what
Brevard has to offer?
Br. Rankin says that per
sonal expression is non-exist
ent. What type of personal ex
pression doM he mean? If there
is something that he wishes to
say, there is nothing in the
Brevard OoIIeige policy or in
the S.G.A. rules that keeps him
from saying it. If he really
wanted to, I am sure that Mr.
Roy would let him or give him
a chance to say it in ch^el. As
far as the dress goes, he can
dress any way that he wishes
provided it is in reason. There
is such a thing as personal
pride which should go along
with personal exipression. WMt
until he gets into the Armed
Forces, then he has the right
to say personal exipression is
non - existent.
I am a long way from, being
an intelleictual person, but what
—Turn to Page Poui
‘‘The Economics Of
Social Disorder
This is the second in a series
of articles to appear in weeks
^o follow outlining topics and
speech excerpts presented and
lealt with at the —United
States Student Press Associa
ion conference held in Wash-
’ngton, D. C., February 13 - 16.
The theme of the conference
was “The Economics of Social
3isorder” and featured such
'peakers as Muhammad Ali,
Walter Reuther, Ralph Nader,
’loy Innis, and others. The
conference was attended by
Wayne Morton and Ronnie H.
Smith of the CLARION and Bill
Payton and John Lum of the
Student Government Associa
tion.
A news conference was con
ducted by NiBiC, CBS. ABC, the
Washington Bureau of Associ
ated Press and United Press In
ternational on February 15 at
the Shoreham Hotel Washing
ton before the packed Empire
Room of the hotel. The sub
ject of interest at the news
conference was one Muham
mad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay
and heavy - weight boxing
champion of the world.
The designated hour for the
conference was nigh, the tele
vision cameras were trained on
the rostrum, but Ali had not
yet entered the room. With
iibout 150 anxious students and
newsimen, the excitement
mounted. Suddenly, Ali wtih
three body guards emerged
from the crowds and made
his way to the rostriun. But
obviously there were questions
that could not wait and Ali
was instantly surrounded by a
cluster of aibout fifty report
ers. Students joined in. Order
was called and the conference
subject stationed himself be
fore a mesh of aibout eight
microphones anchored to the
lectern.
After a brief introduction by
Ali in which he stated that he
was honored to be appearing
before the group, he bitterly
attacked the news media pres
ent in saying, “Please, no mis
takes this time, huh?” Ali, in
his later remarks, stated that
he had constantly been the ob
ject of mis . interpretation and
‘un - intelligent remarks by
the distinguished press.”
The first questioner was a
student from NYU who asked
the present status of Muham
mad Ali.
“I am still the champion,”
Ali quickly noted, ‘mo has
beaten me? As far as I am con
cerned, I am still the physical
champion of the world.”
A hush quickly spread over
the audience, and was then
broken by slight whispers.
Words like “big mouth” and
‘%hat’s he trying to do?” were
heard. Ali, too, obviously heard
the same.
Ali was then confronted
with several questionis relating
to his affiliation with the Black
Muslims.
"We don’t believe in being
the aggressors,” Ali remarked.
“Black Panthers and other mil
itant groups are trying to
solve the problems in their
own way, which incidentally is
the wrong way.”
“Elijah Muhammad teaches
us that violence is the fool’s
way and ignorance the devil’s
tool,” Ali continued. ‘Martin
Luther King was the best
friend the White people had
for he saw the problem rtf the
Negro and attempted to solve
it in a God fearing, non - vio
lent manner. Unfortunately, he
was cut down, not by the Neg
ro but by the White.’'
Ali, in answer to a question
posed by Leighton Page of the
Associated Press, elaborated on
his view of the world today
through the conflicts (between
White and Negro.
“We are taught in the Black
Muslims that we should work,
make an attempt, toward build
ing a future for ourselves, "nie
sole purpose of bringing the
Negro to America was to em
ploy him, for no pay, to aid the
White labor. We don’t feel that
the White people owe us any
thing, we owe ourselves some
thing — a future. And we
can’t get it 'by fitting, we
can’t get it by feeding
the White people. We
—Tnni To Pigo IbTW