THE
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Voluiii® XXXVII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., OCTOBER 24, 1969
Number 8
Trustees Approve $5 Million Endowment Plan
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Brevard College’s Board of Trustees have pledg
ed to raise at least five million dollars in endowment
funds during the next five years.
That announcement was made by Allen H. Sims,
Chairman of the Board after the fall meeting of the
Trustees Friday, October 17. Brevard’s governing
body approved the goal which United Methodist Church, the
would significantly increase the College’s parent body
college’s income from endow- contributes over $200,000 in
NEW TRUSTEES WELCOMED
Three new trustees were welcom
ed to th€ Brevard College govem-
ino' body at the annual fall me^mg
held October 17th. President Rob
ert A. Davis, left, welcomes Howard
O. Woltz of Mount Airy, the Rev.
D. Edwin Bailey of Salisbury, and
the Rev. Bernard Fitzgerald of Char
lotte to the Board of Trustees.
Board Chairman Allen H. Sims is
pictured at the right.
ment funds. President Kobert
A. Davis noted that Brevard
' presently carries an endowment
of only one-and-a-half million
dollars, a small amount for a
college of 650 students.
In challenging the trustees
to accept the five million dol
lars goal, he said, “We seek
vision to match our resources
and resources to match our
vision as we plan for the long-
range future of Brevard Col-
lege.”
In other actions, the board
established a long - range plan
ning committee to project
plans for the next five to ten
years at Brevard. Such projec
tions will include financial
needs, building requirements,
curriculum development and
anticipated growth in enroll
ment.
The trustees were advised
that bids for the new Sims Stud
ent Union Building will be
opened November 20, with a
January, 1971, construction
operating revenue each year.
The resolution read “We strong
ly affirm our relationship with
the Western North Carolina
Conference of The United
Methodist Church and express
our desire to be an increasing
ly useful instrument of the
church as it continues to serve
our state and nation.”
Board Approves
Represen ta tive
On October 17, a major
breakthrough in the realm of
student . Trustee relationships
was made for Brevard College,
In the last form of business,
the student body president, Ken
Eaton, was introduced. He pro
posed that a student represent
tative be put permanently on
the Board of Trustees. In his
appeal, Eaton said, “I believe
that this (addition of a student
representative) would provide
a worthwhile relationship and
source of communication be
tween trustees and students,
Financial Aid Programs
Orsanized For Students
New Fountain
Is Dedicated
The College was the
The federal government has ent begins repaying the prin- Wednesday of a formal dedica-
ViPin a rolleee cipal and picks up payment of tion of the fountam locked di
four programs to help a college ^ould re- rectly in front of the Admmis
student fmance his education ^ ^ tration Building.
it was released by the Financial rr,navps.n Basses and suffi- _ _
College officials participated
in the ceremonies with Mr. Da
vid Ginsberg, who is principal
ly responsible for its existence.
Mr. Ginsberg, a prominent Pen
- in Congress passes and suffi
Aid officer here recently. They pjent funds are available after
are sponsored by the Office of authorization.
Education. This borrower’s plan, howev-
The four divisions of financial er, has
aid are (1) The Educational although he adjurtea
Opportunity Grants program, or family mco Clontz.
EOG, which makes money avail- S15,000 . interest . + ■ pon-
able without requiring repay- ment to pay ^jiile a fountain renlac-
menf (2) Work - study which charged on the loan while a ^ year ago replac
provides iobs for students student is still m school^ De- concrete walk leading
fhroS the college for t^^^ in- pending upon year m schoo a Adm-mstra-
Sutfon itllf student may borrow a maximum Buildings. The walk was
deadline.
The board also renamed the
Dunham Fine Arts Center the where the trustees would know
Dunham Music Center, since ^ow the students feel, and the
all art instruction and activities .students understand the trus-
will now center in the newly- tees.”
remodeled Eugent J. Coltrane in response, Mr. Howard
scene Building, the old library build- Wilkinson, Trustee and Chap-
ing at Brevard lain at Duke University, made
The executive committee al- a motion that the Board accept
so recommended that a new ac
tivities bus be purchased as
soon as funds become available.
The present activities bus has
become inoperable.
A final action taken by the
Board was to pass a resolution
reaffirming Brevard’s relation-
Eaton’s proposal. Mr. Cary
Boshamer seconded the mo
tion.
The vote Was unanimous in
favor of the motion. Mr. Allen
H. Sims, the chairman of the
Board, requested that a com
mittee be set up to decide what
Ivania Businessman, donat- Western North role this representative would
ed the funds to the memory of Conference of The have.
English Artist Peter Sayers
To Appear Here Tuesday
Peter Sayers, talented Eng- ate his subtle humor.
working in co-operation with
the school. Salaries enable the
student to pay for his college
expenses and tuition; (3) Na
tional Defense loans, authoriz
ed by the National Defense Ed
ucation Act (NDEA) of 1958,
which makes it possible for
students to borrow up to $1,-
000 a year to a total of $5,000
for undergraduate study and
up to $2,500 for graduate or
to be a
Social Board
Sponsors Party
The social board is sponsor
ing a Twirp Halloween Party
on October 31, begmmng at 8_00
in Dunham Auditorium. This
lish singer, will appear at Bre
vard College, Tuesday, as part
of the general cultural pro
gram series offered to the Col-
repidv;cu —y
fountain, complete with benches
and lighting, was installed.
With the completion of the
new Classroom feg^e’s student body,
fountam area is now official y
complete and is just one of the concert will be present-
many added attractions of 3-00 in the auditorium of
nhifh the College can look upon Dunham Music Center.
Born in southwest England,
French Club
A regular on Nashville’s
WMS - TV Morning Show, his
last national television appear
ance was on the Dick Cavctt
show.
professional study. Payment is the girls take
begins only after nine months special boy on P
3fter a student leaves school, him out for a nig
and at an interest rate of, 3 costume party, and a
per cent, and (4) That guaran- « .
teed loan program enables a pnze ?
student to borrow money direct- Roadrunner
ly from a bank, savmes and tume.
Sayers'has been performing
since the age of nine. From a
background of a music teach-
er father and professional pi
anist mother, he began playing
the violin at the age of six.
From the violin he went to
to
^'ith the best cos-
cartoon
ill TinW From tne vioim ne wc.i I- a
The French Club ^ cornet, and then purchased his
its first meeting next T ■ ’ guitar at nine,
at 7:30 n. m. in room 118 of
idrunner cartoon McLartv - Goodson Class- jjjg renditions on the guitar
■11 K. «hown fiwed by the “om Building. The purpose of five-string banio have cap-
wall be ®lwwn, acquaint students u g. audiences since
movie Gambit. culture and everyday ^ggg gince moving to this
A dance will be held after j.^g the French people. g^y^try, he ^as entert^ed ^^at
"•fet ruuiiuaiionj wun lue guv- ™nvip The price for admis- , ,ggn college concerts, ciuds
prnment insuring payment of ■ =„ cqc a couple and 35c Officers elected cabarets, benefits and resor s.
interest while the student stays Fvervone be sure to come academic Gunza He is especially popular with
in school. stag. Everyone^De^s the pSent college audiences, who appreci-
. a uaiin., savings —
loan association, or other com
mercial lending (in the case of
North Carolina, from the Col
lege Foundation) with the gov
ernment insuring payment of
and have a g^
After graduation, the stud- here at Brevard.
IS
PETER SAYERS