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Volume XXXVll
BREVARD COLIiEGE, BREVARD, N. C., MAY 1, 1970
Number 26
Robert A. Davis To Be Inaugurated Tomorrow
REV. ROBERT A- DAVIS
The inauguration of the
Rev. Robert Aldine Davis as
sixth president of Brevard
College will be held Saturday,
May 2nd at 2:30 p.m.
The ceremony, to be held in
the college’s Boshamer Gym
nasium will highlight a week
end of inauguration activities
including the spring meeting of
the Board of Trustees and the
dedication of a new classroom
building.
The trustees will hold com
mittee meetings beginning at
3:00 p.m. Friday, May 1, ad
journing to dedicate the Mc-
Larty - Goodson Classroom
Building at 5:30. The new
classroom facility was erected
in 1969 and is named in mem
ory of the college’s late presi
dent, Dr. Emmett K. Mc-
Larty, Jr., and in honor of
Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson,
resident bishop of the Birm
ingham Area of The United
Methodist Church and a trus
tee of the college.
Members of the faculty, ad
ministrative staff, Board of
Trustees and their wives will
attend an Inaugural Dinner
scheduled for 6:45 p.m. in the
A. G. Myers Dining Hall that
evening. Speaker for the dinner
will be Dr. Myron F. Wicke,
General Secretary of the Divi
sion of Higher Education of
The United Methodist church.
An Inaugural Concert pre
sented by Brevard’s music de
partment will follow at 8:30
p.m. Featured presentation
will be the world premier of
“Abraham and Isaac,” a com
position for chorus, soloists
and concert band. The work
was commissioned by Brevard
College and written by Dr.
Ira Paul Schwarz, a member
of the music faculty at the
University of Southern Mis
sissippi. Dr. Schwarz will con
duct the premiere perform
ance of his work. The public
is invited to attend the con
cert, to be held in the audi
torium of the Dunham Music
Center, without charge.
The spring meeting of the
Board of Trustees will be held
at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning,
May 2, followed by an Inaugu
ral Luncheon for trustees, spe
cial guests of the college, and
delegates from other colleges
and universities to the inaugu
ration of President Davis.
The Inaugural Program will
begin at 2:30 p.m. in Bos
hamer Gymnasium. Presiding
will be Allen H. Sims, chair
man of the Board of Trustees.
Words of greeting will be
brought by Kenneth D. Eaton,
representing the student
body, the Rev. Louis Miles,
representing the faculty, the
Rev. Jerry D. Murray, repre
senting the alumni, the Hon>
nrable Raymond F. Bennett,
Mayor of the Town of Bre
vard, and the Honorable Roy
A. Taylor, U. S. Representa
tive from the Eleventh Con
gressional District.
The invocation will be de
livered by Dr. Philip L. Shore,
chairman of the trustee and
faculty committee which recom
mended President Davis’ eleo
tion. The Rev. Grady H. Whick
er, Dean of the College, will
present Bishop Earl G. Hunt,
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ALLEN H. SIMS
At 5:00 Today
BISHOP EARL G. HUNT
Spring Dance
McLarty-Goodson Building Dedicated An Evening Of
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By Dave Chestnut
The first in a series of events
for this weekend is the dedica
tion of the $520,000 McLarty-
Goodson Building on Friday,
May 1, at 5 p. m. in front of
the new structure.
Financing of the new build
ing came through a $155,000
Office of Education Grant and
from trustees and friends of
the college as part of the col
lege’s multi - million dollar
capital development program.
The building is named in
memory of the late Dr. Emmett
K. McLarty and in honor of
Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson.
Bishop Goodson is the United
Methodist Church Bishop in
the Birmingham area. He has
been a long - time friend and
EMMETT K. McLARTY
BISHOP GOODSON
trustee of the school. He is a
member of the Western North
Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Church. He has serv
ed pastorates in Western North
Carolina, including Charlotte
and Winston - Salem.
Dr. McLarty was president of
the College from 1957 to 1968.
Under his leadership the school
blossomed into a superbly-
equipped, two-year institution.
Here are a few statistics
which will help show the im
pact President McLarty had on
this school.
In 1957, 315 students were
enrolled, and the operating
budget was $458,000. In 1967,
ten years after President Mc
Larty came, 645 students were
enrolled with an operating bud
get of $1,070,000.
Perhaps the most lasting and
obvious monument to Presi
dent McLarty is the change in
the physical plant. In 1957 the
physical plant was worth about
one million dollars. In 1957, it
was valued at over four million
dollars. ^ ,
When President McLarty
took over in 1957, he establish
ed as his first goal the improve
ment of the physical facilities
so that an improved academic
program could have as its foun
dations the best facilities avail
able. From this was born the
capital development program.
And from that came the Bryan
Moore Science Building, the
Boshamer Gymnasium, the
Beam Administration Building,
Beam Dormitory, the James Ad
dison Jones Library, the A. G.
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4:00-5:00
Reception Will Be
Held In Library
A reception will be held in
the James Addison Jones Libr
ary from 4:00 to 5:30 Saturday,
May 2.
The campus Ladies are giv
ing the reception under the
leadership of Mrs. Grady
Whicker, President of Camp
us Ladies, along with the help
of the cafeteria staff.
The reception committee con
sists of Mrs. Mabel Alderman,
Mrs. Ray Choate, Mrs. L. W.
Martin, and Mrs. Thelma Yo«ng.
The receiving line will consist
of President Davis and his fami
ly; Mr. Allen Sims, Chairman
of’ the Board of Trustees, and
Mrs. Sims; and Bishop and
Mrs. Earl G. Hunt.
Cool Dancing
Finally the time for the Spring
Dance has come and it’s going
to be some dance. It looks as
if it should prove to be the
perfect night cap to the two
days honoring President Davis’
inauguration.
Booked for the dance is the
Georgia Power Kompany, an
Atlanta band that has perform
ed with some of the biggest
rock stars. They play hard
rock, soul, and top 40
One of the unique features
of the dance will be that it wUl
(hopefully) be outside in the
quadrangle in front of Dunham.
Campus response indicated
that the students were tired of
hot, crammed buildings and
welcomed the chance to dance
in the cool spring grass.
Also at the dance the new
Miss Spring wUl be chosen from
the court consisting of Donna
Barrack, Missy Carriel, Elyse
Sloan. Rae Gaedke, and Leslie
Musselman.
There is no admission for
this last big dance of the year.
The dress is formal or semi-
formal and the time is 8 to 12
tomorrow night.