the
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume
XXXVI
BREVARD CQLLEQE, BREVARD, N. C., APRIL 18, 1969
Number 24
Committee Proposals:
Iliree Pass, One Fails
Students and faculty alike
pjssed the Report on the So-
oial Behavior and the Cultural
Prt)gram Policy in a vote April
j The Academic Attendance
policy failed by a small margin.
Mr. Richard Wilson, memH>er
of the Social Behavior Commit
tee, coinnieiited that it was still
too'«arly to tell anything albout
ae new policies presented by
the Social Behavior Committee.
Most of this policy will take
place next year.
Mr, Setzer, chairman of the
attendance and Penalties board,
stated that he iwas boith disap
pointed and elated. The section
of the report which dealt with
class attendance was defeated by
one vote. Class attetidance pol
icy for next year will now be
decided toy the administration.
The reports were voted on
before the studenJts left for
^ring break. The dress rules
and the smoking rules went into
effect when the students re
tamed.
Former Student
Is Honor Grad,
Marigay Lesh, 1967 graduate
of Brevard College, recently
graduated with honors from
Pace College in New York City.
She is a native of Hempstead,
INew York, and was a member
of the College Choir while at
Brevard.
Miss Lesh graduated
In her class.
fouriih
Perezes Receive U. S. Citizenship
Rv n/inniA IT ^ JL
By Ronnie H. Smith
Associate Editor
It takes a lot of deep, red-
blooded courage for a man to
take his wife and his daugh
ter and, with only a few suit
cases earring clothes for a
two to four weeks’ vacation, to
walk away from a new home in
his native country and seek to
sitart a new life. It was hard
for Mr. Mario Perez to do just
that on tiiat hot day in August,
I960.
Mr. Perez, his wife, Viola,
both Brevard College Faculty
memibers, and theu- daughter,
Violita, were fleeing the
strengthening hand of Fidel
Castro, the Communist dicta
tor, who had seized control of
the Cuban government a short
time before. Since' that time in
1960, the Perezes have beei^
without a country as the Cuiban
government stripped them^ of
thedr citizenship as soon as
they failed to return.
This will all come to an end
on May 16 of this year when the
three Cuban refugees will take
the oath as citizens of the Unit
ed Staites of America.
Long, Twisting Trail
It has been a long, twisting
trail for the Perezes from their
Cuban doorstep of their new
home to the examination room
in Asheville for their American
citizenship. It has been a trail
that wound its way through the
trials of obtaining citizenship,
from the little town of BrevaM
to Toronto, Canaaa, and back
to Brevard. The trail has been
scented with the fragrance of
nostalgia, and with th^ memory
of the Cuban life before thee
Castro regime. It has been con-
fronted with the ^barriers of
having to learn American His
tory, American Government,
and the traditions and ideals of
American life well enough to
pass a written examination. It
was a long, hard trail, but the
Perezes feel that it was worth
the trip.
Left As Tourists
The Perezes left Cuba on a
tourist visa. This was not un
usual since the Perezes, who
also taughft in thedr home land,
customarily spent their sum
mers vacations in the United
States. They packed their bags
just as if they were going for
'the usual trip to the States
that summer, but they never
returned. They walked out on
a new home that had only been
built a few years before, a
house full of furniture, two
new cars and their bank ac
counts. They had to leave most
of their money in the bank so
as not to arouse suspicion that
they were going to leave the
country and not come back.
After being in the United
States a year, the Perezes ac
cepted a position on the Bre
vard College faculty in August,
li^l. It was like going home,
Mr. Perez reports, since he
attended Brevard institute in
1930.
The initial step in obtaining
their citizenship was for them
to leave the country again and
apply for permanent residence
in the United States. This had to
be done at an American Embas
sy, so they took off on a haz
ardous trip to Canada. On the
trip, the trio experienced all
kinds of weather except good.
They encountered rain, snow
and terrific wind storm on the
way, but they did receive their
permanent residence permit.
Five - Year Residence
To apply for their citizenship,
the Perezes had to be in resi
dence for five years. So, five
years later to the day, Feib. 20,
1963, they applied for the Unit
ed States citizenship. They
took their exam April 10, and
in the words of tSie examiner,
they were successful.
“We are proud that America
and Americans have accepted
us especially since we accept
ed America to come and live
with. We ado'pted the United
States and are proud to have
been accepted,” says Mr. Perez.
“On one of our trips to the
United States and while we
were staying in Henderson
ville,” continued Mr. Perez,
“My wife stepped out on the
porch and said that this a part
of the world that she could
live and die in. I believe that
she is going to have her say,
now.”
Masquers Will Present
H-Y-M-A-N K-A-P-L-A-N
The Drama Department of
Brevard College will present
flieir Spring Musical, “The
Education otfH*Y*M*A*N
K ♦ A * P * ,L * A * N * by
Benjamin Bernard Zavin this
Wday and Saturday nights in
Dunham Auditorium at 8:00 p.
m.
Members from the drama, mu-
and art departments will be
taking part in the production,
ine play js directed by Rhuem-
Ma Miller and situdent director,
Hall Parish. Musical direction is
Herring who is as-
Wed by Alice Kissiah. The
an direction is done by Tim
technical director
Stan Tesh and dance ar
rangements are by Lee Good-
vin.
J*’® is a story of immi-
^ nts who are attending night
col m order to receive their
^encan citizenship. The
around a young
immigrants, Hyman
in meets difficulties
rnn,, i- *'^®^®mic studies and
romantic life.
stars as Hyman
Hose Taylor as
stare The play also
Alan Lathan as Sam Pins-
hiil V Weaver as Mr. Park-
Nieholaides as Miss
’ Charlotte Lee as Miss
Higby, General Wade as Mrs.
Mitnick, and Ben Ramseur as
Yissel Fishibein.
Supporting roles are Sheri
Nelson as Sadie Moskowitz,
Ward Eicher as Reulben Plonsky,
Terry Sherrill as Kathy McKen
na, Cedric Guthrie as Giovanni
Pastore, Winford Way as Gus
Matsoks, Eddie Rousseau as
Jimmy, John Hursit as Callahan,
and Stan Tesh as Judge Mahon.
Other characters are Vicki
Jones as Sarah Moscowitz, Cin
dy Sherrill as Lillian Trabish,
Dot OBiangs as Bessie Shimmel-
farb, Liz Swazey as Fanny Cid-
witz, Rick Hoffman as Stanis
laus Wilkomirski and Linda
Houseman as Molly Yanoff.
Spectators are Susan Cross, Lin
da Halls and Kathy Wilson.
Immigrants are played by Pat
Moritz, Rick Wilson, David
Holcombe, Beverly Positell, and
Genia Sunderlin. The guard will
be played by Carl Townson; the
attendant by Hall Parish; and
the woman speaker by Chris
Bowles. The dancing will be
done by Lee Goodwin, Virginia
Wages and Beth Rowe.
Tickets are available through
any member of the Masquers
of Brevard College and will
be on sale at the door. Prices
are $11.00 for adults and ?.50
for studenjts.
Methodist Ministers
Visit Campus April 14
Ministers representing the
fifteen districts of the Western
North Carolina Conference of
ithe United Methodist Church
visited Brevard College, April
14. The ministers have spent
two weeks visiting the four
Methodist colleges, (High Point,
Greensboro, Pfeiffer, and Bre
vard) in Western North Caro
lina and finished their tour at
the Brevard campus.
In keeping a similar agenda
as was utilized at the other
three colleges, the ministers
met with adminisitrative offic
ers, faculty, and students. To
facilitate the meeting with large
groups, persons were selected
from the three categories.
Dean Grady Whicker,E. Wan-
namaker Hardin, Jr., Business
Manaiger; Charles P. Court, Dir
ector of Admissions; Luther H.
Lawing, Financial Aid Officer;
Eston E. Roberts, Dean of Stud
ents; and Joseph P. Bowles, Dir
ector of Public Relations rep
resented the administration.
Louis Miles, Chairman of the
Division of Social Studies and
Religion; Leighton W. Martin,
Chairman of the Division of
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation; and C. Edward Roy,
College Chaplain represented
the faculty.
Jackie Collins, director of
the Save-A-Child Program; Bon
nie Brewbaker, President of
West Beam Hall and Member of
the Student Government Asso
ciation; John Lum, Vice- Presi
dent of the Student Government
Association; and Wayne Mor
ton, Editor of The Clarion and
member of the Student Govern
ment Association repres'ented
the students.
Due to inclement weather, on
ly twelve of the expected thir
ty ministers were aible to at
tend. Several of the ministers
spent the night on campus and
discussed problems of the
campus and other topics with
other students.
AAUW Requests
Student Books
The American Association of
University Women has adopt
ed a project in which students
of Brevard College may share.
The Association is conducting
a book sale to provide fellow
ships for deserving candidates
to complete their Ph. D de
grees.
This is a project of the lo
cal Branch of the Association
which endeavors to provide
funds for graduate students
who would otherwise not be
able to complete their studies.
Students who have books
(text books, paperbacks, etc.)
which they intend to discard
are requested to deposit them
in boxes provided in each dor
mitory, the library, and Mrs.
Sigmon’s office. The books will
be sent to a committee in
charge of the book sale.
Mr. Mario Perez
Mrs. Mario Perez
Smoking
Promoted
A smart Madison Avenue out
fit, engaged in the promotion
of the pleasures of a new long
cigarette, has come up with the
idea of having the product en
dorsed by celebrated figures
out of history.
We are indebted to The New
York Times for the following
example:
‘IHi. I’m Genghis Khan. In
the 900’s we extended the Mon
golian Empire and changed the
face of the world. (Actually it
was the 1200’s, but Madison
Avenue is not THAT concerned
with accuracy.) It was fun! But
let me tell you of a more spec
tacular century. This century.”
Then he holds up the butt.
Among other famous endor
sers are Ivan the Terrible and
Catlierine the Great of Russia
and Henry VIII of England, and
don’t think we’re going to ob
ject to these endorsements be
cause we’re not.
Genghis Khan slaughtered
his millions. Ivan and Catherine
tortured and murdered their
enemies. Henry lopped off his
wives’ heads.
What better associations
could there be for a product
the health hazards of which are
so eminently notorious?