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CLARION
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Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Yolume XXXVII
BREVARD OOLLEGIE, BREVARD, N. C., SEPTEMBER 5, 1969
Number 1
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Proposed Constitution Vote
Is Scheduled For Wednesday
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ONE OF THE MANY BAC,S CARRIED LAST WEEK
College Starts 33rd
Year Of Instruction
Brevard College opened its
doors for the 1969 fall semester
to 625 students this past week
end to begin its thirty - third
year of instruction as a two-
year college institution.
Faculty members and stud
ent leaders were the first to
arrive on the Brevard College
campus last week. The instruc
tors reported for work on Mon
day and the students came Tues
day. They spent the next few
days in an effort to ready the
dorms and the buildings for the
college’s 344 freshmen, who ar
rived Thursday.
On Wednesday of last week,
the newly appointed hall coun
selors were in meetings
lasting the majority of the day.
In these meetings the new sys
tem was explained and various
examples of duties were dis
cussed.
The bewildered, but excited
freshmen started arriving early
Thursday morning.
The first official meeting of
the freshmen was held Thurs
day evening in the Dunham
Auditorium. The students were
welcomed by Ken Eaton, presi
dent of the Student Govern
ment Association. President
Davis spoke a few words to the
freshmen and then Eaton intro
duced the speaker for the eve
ning, Rev. Louis Miles, a his
tory and religion professor here
at the College. Mr. Miles spoke
on the history of the College
since its organization and com
mencement in 1934.
Friday was a tiresome day for
the freshmen as they got their
first taste of life as a BC fresh
men — that of standing in
lines. These new additions to
the student body also took
tests in physical fitness and
placement tests in academic
courses.
: Freshmen assembled in Dun-
™ Auditorium again Friday
''Ight and were informed of the
student leaders already on cam-
P'is and were later dismissed
During the past summer and
early fall, certain members of
the student body have been re
vamping the Student Govern
ment Association Constitution.
They literally threw out the old
constitution, which had not been
used or served a meaningful
purpose for several years, and
have written a more modern
up-to-date constitution.
The new constitution will be
voted upon by the student body
next Wednesday morning.
On Monday, copies of the new
constitution will be given out
to all students. Wednesday
morning before the voting be
gins, an assembly will be held
for students to ask ques
tions concerning the constitu
tion.
The revision includes a sys
tem of “checks and balances”
and “division of powers,” like
our national constitution. It
consists of five articles; Article
L the legislative branch; Article
II, the executive department;
Article III, the judicial powers
of the SGA; Article IV, the so
cial branch; and Article V, the
general provisions.
The committee also under
took the responsibility to write
a preamble to the new constitu
tion, It reads as follows; “We
the student body of Brevard
College do establish the Stud
ent Government Association in
order to promote the general
welfare of the students; to pro
vide a link between faculty, ad
ministration, and students; to
insure representation of stud
ent voice in the direction of the
college and to perpetuate the
concept of responsible student
freedom.”
Some of the big changes
the revision calls for is the al
most complete separation of
the social department, called
the Social Board, and the stud
ent legislature, the name given
to legisative department.
In the student legislature
there are to be 29 members, of
which the Vice - President of
the SGA is the speaker. This
is a big change from the other
year’s parliamentary form, in
which the president presided ov
er the legislative branch. The
president, under the new con
stitution shall have powers like
that of the President of the
United States, which includes
appointments, presentation of a
comprehensive budget, suggest
ing legislation to the student
legislature and making sure all
bills passed be enforced. He al
so has veto power. The office of
Secretary - Treasurer is to be
split up into two distinct of
fices. These are only a few of
the changes called for.
The Committee has worked
many long and hard hours, be
ginning with the first session of
summer school and working
this first part of the fall se
mester.
The members are D. J. Pad
gett, Kerry Kille, Maureen
Scott, Gaines Bowers, Mack
King, Keith Holland, Ken Ea
ton, Ron Smith, Dean Lawing
and former history professor,
Mr. Richard Wilson.
to their respective faculty ad
visors. .
The freshmen preregistered
Saturday morning with their
faculty advisors.
The returning sophomores
hit the campus on a rainy Sun
day and registration for classes
was held Monday.
The 1969 fall semester got
underway Tuesday morning at
eight o’clock.
Davis Speaks
At Convocation
The 1969 - 70 academic year
at Brevard College officially
got underway Sunday night m
the Boshamer Gymnasium with
the Convocation address given
bv the newly installed Presi
dent of the College, Rev. Robert
A. Davis.
President Davis assumed the
duties of college president
June 1, 1969, fulfilling the va
cancy created by the death of
former president, Dr. Emmett
K. McLarty, Jr.
President Davis’ speech chal
lenged not only the freshmen
to step out and take advantages
of the offers of Brevard Col
lege but he also stressed ms
chalienge upon the sophomores.
Using the symbolic example
man’s first step upon the moon,
the president compared the
building process needed m
achieving a worthwhile goal to
that of achieving a worthwhile
education.
Brevard College Receives
$38,000 Grant From HEW
i
“ One small step for man; one
giant leap for mankind,’ quot
ed President Davis from Astro
naut Neil Armstrongs fmt
words upon stepping on tne
moon’s surface. It is one small
step to come to Brevard Col
lege as a freshman, said the
President, but it is
leap in the educational process
of each student here.
Brevard College will receive
a $38,000 grant from the De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare under Title III of
the Higher Education Act of
1965, according to an announce
ment from the office of presi
dent Robert A. Davis.
The grant, announced recent
ly in Washington by TEW’s Of
fice of Education, is being
awarded for the 1969-70 fiscal
year under the governments
program of financial aid to de
veloping institutions.
According to Dean Grady H.
Whicker, project coordinator
for Brevard College, the funds
will be used in the areas of
administrative and faculty de
velopment, cultural improve
ment programs, an audio-visual
workshop, tutorial and reading
programs and to provide s^-
aries for three National Teach
ing Fellows.
Dean Whicker indicated that
part of the grant would be used
to enable administrative offic
ers and members of the faculty
to travel to national confer
ences and to other institu
tions in order to broaden
their experiences in their re
spective disciplines. In addi-
tion, several consultants will be
brought to tke campus to study
the college’s administrative
structure and curriculum and
to confer with college officials
and faculty members.
The grant will also provide
funds for an increase in the lev
el of cultural improvement pro
grams offered to the student
body each year as well as help
ing to support a new tutorial
and reading skills
entering freshmen. In addition,
a portion of the grant will pro
vide the necessary funds for an
audio - visual workshop to be
presented to the faculty prior
to the beginning of the 1969
fall term.
Finally, the grant will supply
the salaries of three National
Teaching Fellows in the areas
of mathematics, history and
reading skills. The National
Teaching Fellows replace Bre
vard faculty members who are
on leave of absence while study
ing for advanced degrees
their academic disciplines.
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The President: A Rookie
But Determined Leader
President Davis has been Bre
vard College’s president for
three months now. The new
ness of his office has probably
worn off for him. The faces he
meets as he crosses the camp
us have a ring of recognition.
Even the faces of students can
PRESIDENT DAVIS
be occasionally associated with
a name that he has learned be-
fore.
And yet, there is more than
the usual challenge facing a
freshman president. For this
year at Brevard College, there
marks the beginning of a nevr
era.
Brevard College has moved
into not only a new facility, the
McLarty - Goodson Classroom
Building, but has also instigat
ed a new form of government
for the college students and
family. ^
One of the new programs that
are underway with the entirely
: new program is the organization
and commencement of the
“Learning Lab.” The new pro
gram was set up to help those
students admitted on Academic
Probation to “reach their full
learning potential.” President
Davis said that he very much
appreciates the work done by
Mrs. Wike and Miss Burgess
for the success of the new pro
gram.
President Davis also was
pleased to announce that the
new international image l^t
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