THE
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume XXXVII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., DECEMBER 5, 1969
Number 13
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Construction Begins On
New Sims Student Center
Construction on the new Al
len Sims Student Center got un
derway last week with the
breaking of the ground and the
foundation being started by the
Bryant Construction Company
of Brevard.
Groundbreaking exercises
were held at the first of last
week and the local construction
company wasted little time in
starting construction on the
$500,000 plus facility. The new
building is scheduled for com
pletion by the beginning of
spring semester, 1971.
Bryant Construction was the
low bidder out of eight bidders
for the job. The Bryant bid was
$489,000 for the construction of
the building. According to E.
W. Hardin, Business manager
of Brevard College, the furnish
ings for the building and the
other necessities for the facili
ty will push to total cost above
the $500,000 mark.
Bryant Construction has been
awarded the contracts for sev
eral of the building that were
recently built on the campus.
These include the new Good-
.',on - McLarty Classroom Build
ing, the library and the dining
hall.
The student center will con
sist of two floors. On the
ground floor there will be a
dancing room, post office, and
a snack bar. The second floor
will include several offices, a
TV room, ping pong tables,
pool tables, and a chapel.
Several of the college’s ad
ministrative staff and college
trustees participated in the
groundbreaking exercises.
New Draft Lottery
Affects BC Students
SIGNING CONTRACT — Rev.
Robert A. Davis, president of Bre
vard College, is pictured signing the
contract of $479,000 for the Sims
Student center here on the local
campus. Standing is Jack Bryant,
president of the Brevard Corpora
tion, the low bidder on the project.
During the past 10 years, nine new
buildings have been completed at
Brevard College, and several of them
built by the Bryant corporation.
Soccer Team Places Sixth
In National Tournament
The futures of the young
men of the United States be
tween the ages of 19 and 26 and
who had not as yet served in
the armed forces was given a
decisive twi.st in the first draw
ing of the new lottery - draft
which was indorsed by Presi
dent Nixon recently. The draw
ing was held Monday night in
Washington, D C.. and the first
date drawn, Sept. 14, was pick
ed at eight o’clock.
Members of a student ad
visory council to the reforma
tion of the draft laws picked the
dates steadily for more than a
hour from the extra large jar
that contained 366 blue colored
capsules. There was a date
written on a piece of paper and
the dates were drawn one at a
time and given a number.
From the numbered dates,
the needed member of men for
the service will be drafted,
with all men eligible and whose
birthdate is listed as number
one being called first and then
moving on down the line to the
men whose birthdate being list
ed as number two.
The advantages of the new
lottery system is that it leaves
only one year of eligibility for
a young man instead of the us
ual seven years that has been
in effect during the past.
By LARRY LANIER
The soccer team placed a
strong sixth in the national
meet held in Miami over the
Thanksgiving holidays.
In the first game Brevard
went down under a mighty
team 6-1. The team, Miamia-
Dade, had nine Cuban refugees
starting that had played all of
their lives. Coach Burch said
that we were clearly outmatch
ed. Mike Michner scored Bre
vard’s only goal.
Brevard turned the tide in
their second game. They de
feated Exxe County (Md.) 4-1.
Exxes beat last year’s national
champs in their regional meet.
The game was played under an
overcast sky and in 65 degrees
temperature. It rained the
night before making the soccer
“eld damp and sandy.
trip to Miami “long but enjoy
able.” He said that they had
reached their money goal.
Although every member had
a distinct part in helping the
team throughout the year to
send the team to the nationals
and everyone played an import
ant part in Brevard’s success
at Miami, Coach Burch cited
several players that he felt de-
served special recognition. Mike
Michner was an invaluable of
fensive weapon. He seared the
net with four goals and had one
assist to Cedric Guthrie. Bob
Haase led the team in defensive
play. Bobby Wood and Richard
Hydrick did a good job in start
ing the third game.
Burch stated that Bracky
Beenizer, Ralph Lundy, and
Jake Brock showed tremendous
, courage when they were injur-
“’’^''srd’s last game they still continued to play.
xaot gallic ciicj
^ere defeated (11-0) by a team
that was picked to win the na-
uonal meet - Canton Jr. College
from New York. Brevard suffer-
ed
1 a great deal of injuries in
game.
Coach Burch described the
“Although we lacked physi
cal skills of other teams, I feel
that our players out hustled ev
ery opposing player in every
game. We have only been play
ing together one or two years;
and they had been raised on
soccer,” Coach Burch said.
“True success of our entire
season is hinged on the fact that
we were determined, dedicat
ed, and wanted to win, he con
tinued. The players sacrificed
to the extent that most of their
time, thoughts and efforts out
side of class went to soccer. I
am extremely proud of the team
not only from the standpoint of
winning but also from the eiv
thusiasm that was generated
throughout the student body. ’
“I would like to thank aU
those people who supported us
during the saeson. This grati
tude is extended not only to the
student body but to the staff
and faculty who made offerings
far above what normally couW
be expected,” Coach Burch said.
The team will have winter
practice three times a week
They will have a physical test
every third week. During the
.spring the team will have sev
eral practice games with other
schools.
Kagel Leads Tornadoes
To 106-99 Win Saturday
Joe Kagel, sophomore co
captain of the Brevard Col
lege basketball squad, return
ed to action last Saturday
with the most impressive
showing of his career, as he
led the Tornadoes to a 106-99
victory over Wingate College
in the consolation finals of
the Louisburg CoUege Invi
tational Tournament.
Kagel scored 42 points and
pulled down 24 rebounds to
lead the charges of Coach
Chick Martin to their third
win of the season against a
single loss. The defeat came
at the hands of Louisburg in
the opening round of the
tournament by an 89-69 count.
The performance by Kagel
was only one point short of
the school’s scoring mark set
by Tom Barbee in 1961. The
South Bend, Indiana, sopho
more played briefly in the
Louisburg contest due to a
leg injury that had kept him
sidelined during the first two
games of the young cam
paign, but he came on strong
in his second game of the
year to capture all-tournament
honors for his stellar perfor
mance.
AU five starters hit in
double figures in the Wingate
contest, with freshman Bob
Wolf hitting for 24 points to
maintain his 21.5 scoring av
erage.
JOE KAGEL