September 19, 1969
THE CLARION
PAGE THREE
Intramural Program Starts
\^ith 3-Way Tie In Football
I - M Program has gotten and Taylor I and III. These
t a very interesting start four teams each have a total of
ar with several flag foot- 25 points .In a tie for second
being played since place with ten points are Green
lu„rcdav I II. Green Basement, and
. . Taylor Basement and IL Last
Even though several of the
finors had to be combined, the
Merest i* in high gear. There
£ any one floor that seems
to be a powerhouse with the
competition distributed about
equal.
The third floor of Green
(which landed on the bottom
last year) is in a tie for
Student Comments On The
^^Land Of The Hummingbird^^
year’s champion Day Students
are surprisingly at this point,
in last place.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is
the second story in a series
from students outside the
United States and who attend
Brevard College.
first
place with ten points are Green jg g students for-
Green Basement, Beam I and II, to Green Basement.
WRA Cookout
Held Monday
“Luthica Tenunial Anderson Larry Burch.
n ') get your nose out of that
chiii ’this minute!” “Ouch! Quit
it, Brat!” “That’s a nice sweet
little puppy. Stop chewing on
my fingers, okay?” These were
about the most common sounds
heard on the Women’s Recrea
tion Association cookout Mon
day evening.
By: LENNOX STEWART
I, too, found out out about
Brevard College through my
track coach, Mr. Hubert Fran
cis. He incidentally discovered
Brevard from Coach Connie
Smith of Eastern Kentucky
University who is a close friend
of Coach Norman Witek.
With this chain of corres
pondence between the three
Also starting this week was parties, I was offered an athe-
the ping - pong tournaments, scholarship to Brevar^
Approximately twenty to twen- College. When I found out the
ty-five ping-pongers have signed conditions under which the
up to compete. Heading the list scholarship would be based, I
is defending champion, Coach happily accepted it.
In last week’s games Green
III scored a dramatic last min
ute touchdown to defeat Taylor
Basement I and II. Taylor I and
11 ran over Green I and II, 32-
12 and in a low scoring game.
Beam I and II beat Beam III
gives me a reminder of my na
tive country Trinidad. The stud
ents and faculty are so friend
ly and encouraging that I hard
ly think one can find a better
group of people throughout
America.
Trinidad is known as the
“Land of the Humming Bird.”
It is from this country that
calypsoes which are native songs
based on the everyday life of
the people and of current events
that occur throughout the world.
We also have the steel band
which is a form of a combo, and
the bimbo type of dance has
been originated.
Trinidad’s weather is much
different from that of Brevard.
It is of a tropical type whereas
Brevard’s is of a sub - contin
ental type. The coldest weath-
The Brevard College campus er we have is about 50 degrees
Sociology Students To Build
Model Community Projects
The recipient of all this at
tention is, of course, sponsor
Miss Gail Anderson’s new Irish
Setter puppy.
Luthica Tenunial hauled his
mistress and seven other girls
out to Sliding Rock, looking for
a good time. And it got found.
One brave girl (and one on
ly) ventured the icy waters of
the Davidson River, while the
rest stood on the Bank and
laughed at her ignorance.
A meal of hot dogs, tater
chips, pork & beans straight out
of the can, and smores was
served (well, actually, it was
mostly grabbed by grubby lit
tle paws), and tummies were
satisfied.
And then, on the way back,
Miss Anderson did her good
deed for the whole year. She
absolutely 'murdered a copper
head snake with the aid of her
trusty Pontiac and a big stick.
Business Club
Meeting Planned
The 1969 - 70 Business Club
will hold its first meeting Sep
tember 23, 1969, at 6:30 in the
Faculty Lounge of the Adminis
tration Building. Serving to in
troduce the club to freshman
students, the meeting will be
in the form of a reception. A
film, which views a typical day
in the life of a secretary will
be shown.
All interested business stud
ents are invited
Business Club.
The Sociology Department, ent submit an individual plan
under the direction of Mr. for a model community. The
William C. Allred, has launch- reason for this is that in the
ed a project to build model society today, people must work
communities during this se- with one another to accomplish
mpster the goals that have been set. „ , j
Mr. Allred pointed out that in would another student who pre-
+ A eettine the students into sents no ideas but whose group
The project was presented
to six groups that were derived
Therefore, if a student works
real hard and presents a lot
of ideas to the group, even if
his ideas are not accepted, he
will stand to make a better
grade in the assignment than
Farenheit. The hottest weather
ranges from 80-95 degrees.
The events I ran in Trinidad
were the 400, 800, and 1500 me
ters. My best times for these
events are as follows; 400 me
ters - 48 seconds. 800 meters-
1:.4, and the 1500 meters-3:58
seconds.
I have a lot of hope for the
track team, but they are a bit
dim for the cross - country. But,
I am going to try my best to
bring honor to Brevard College
on the cross - country team.
My graduation plans are to
attend the University of Ten
nessee to obtain a degree in
Health and Physical Education.
Then I want to go back to my
country and serve the athletes
in specialized training.
My greatest ambition as a
young athlete is to represent
my country in one of the future.
Olympics. Since sports became
a part of my life, I also like to
play soccer, but would rather
watch football. Football is
known as “rugby” in Trinidad
and England. Swimming and
table tennis are favorite past-
times of mine. . ,
My greatest hobby is that ot
music. I play either the bass or
the head guitar.
As of now, my plans for
Christmas vacation is to go to
New York to visit my brother.
from the two classes of soci
ology that is being taught by
Mr. Allred. The instructions
for building the model com
munity appeared quite simple.
Each group was to take a clear
area and erect a thriving, well-
planned and successful com
munity.
The carrying out of these
simple plans are not quite as
easy as it may sound. The com
munity does not necessary in
herit all of the bad traits of
the modern community, nor
does it necessarily inherit all of
the good traits. Thus, the group
is to decide what it considers
good for the development of
the community and what forces
are prevalent in today’s society
that should be eliminated.
Purpose: Thought
groups, it gives the man oppor
tunity to prepare themselves
for later work in society.
plan is deemed a better
munity.
com-
Major Problems
Mr. Allread said that the
finished project is not as im
portant as is the learning
process involved in carrying
out the assignment.
The students have until the
end of the semester to decide
One of the major problems
that will be facing the groups
will be the decision as to what
mores and folkways the com
munity will have. Questions
such as the stand on religion their com-
and on race, the governmental
policy that will be followed, the muniiy.
family structure, and the eco- -
nomic distribution which will
affect the community are some
of the many questions that must
be answered by the group.
all we are saying.
IS GIVE
MIKE BLONDIN
A CHANCE FOR
FRESHMAN
REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE JUDICIAL BOARD
Also the community will have
to build streets, housing de
velopments and decide what
type of geographical location
the new born community will
have.
“The purpose of the project The students will be graded
is to structure a laboratory sit- not on the ’^^jJat
nation in sociology in which the that is i^^^tefto the
participants will have to give each student
thought to basic problems in- development of the soc y.
volved in running any society, —
commented Mr. Allred.
1 CARE DO YOU?
JOHN HURST
SOPHOMORE representative
JUDICIAL BOARD
— VOTE —
JOE CARR
FOR
Freshman Judicial Board
The first year sociology in
structor, who also doubles as
the Financial Aid advisor, points
out that there is a reason in
— —- forming groups for the pro
to join the jg^t and not having each stua-
BRUCE MITCHEM
FOR FRESHMAN REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE JUDICIAL BOARD
VOTE FOR
ALAN
"Alice"
LOTHAN
GREEN DORM
REPRESENTATIVE
TO LEGISLATURE
For A Better
BREVARD COLLEGE
- VOTE -
ROBERT TUTTEROW
Vice-President Freshman Class
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