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BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., NOVEMBER 20, 1970
Number 10
Thanksgiving Day Carries
Deep Tradition And History
By Bobbie McDaniel
Thanksgiving Day, an annual
national holiday in the U. S.,
Canada, and a few other coun
tries, celebrates the harvest
and other blessings of the past
year. Although days of thanks
for special occasions were cele
brated in the first years of Vir
ginia’s settlement, and harvest
celebrations are as old as civili
zation itself, it is generally
acknowledged that the first
Thanksgiving Day celebration
in America occurred when the
Pilgrims, by order of Gov. Wil
liam Bradford, held a three-day
festival to commemorate their
harvest in the autumn of 1621.
Thanksgiving Day was not
celebrated in America as a
regular national holiday for
more than two centuries after
1621. Massachusetts Bay Col
ony’s first civil Thanksgiving
was observed July 8, 1930. It
was 1660 before the celebra
tion for harvest festivals be
came an annual event in that
colony. By the end of the 18th
century, however, celebrating
Thanksgiving Day was an in
stitution in all New England.
During the Revolution, days of
thanks were set aside for spec
ial occasions and Nov. 26, 1789,
was proclaimed by George
Washington as the First Na
tional Day of Thanksgiving.
The meaning of Thanksgiv
ing and the manner of its cele
bration have changed little
since the day of the Pilgrims.
Thanksgiving was, and still is,
basically a home festival with
religious overtones. The main
emphasis is on the gathering
of family and friends for a gay
and plentiful feast.
The Brevard setting for
Thanksgiving will be a delicious
dinner with all the trimmings
the night before vacation be
gins, and a holiday that extends
from the end of classes on the
25th to the 30th of November
when classes resume. President
Davis and his family will be
there to help make it a mean
ingful and festive occasion.
John Chappell Will Appear In
Holbrook s "Mark Twain Tonight
The Dunham Music Center
on Brevard College" campus
will be the scene of a world-
famous re-creation of one of
America’s most appealing
writer-philosopher - humorist,
Mark Twain, as the Mutual
Concert Association presents
John Chappell in the Lyceum
program, Mark Twain To
night, at 8:15 p.m. on Mon
day, November 23.
For two hours, John Chap
pell, scholar and actor, prom
ises to regale the audience with
the biting wit and thought-pro-
voking observations of Samuel
Clements.
Mark Twain Tonight, which
won for Hal Holbrook the
Tony Award, the Drama
Critics Award, and an Emmy
nomination, is 99 per cent
Twain material. Some selec-
tions are whole pieces of ma
terial lifted from one, source,
with additional lines from
other sources, sewn into the
fabrics of the piece to sharp
en its dramatic or humorous
possibilities. Other selections
begin with an idea of some
topical value, with comments
and anecdotes about it
wrought together to form a
satire on the subject.
It was Twain who observed
“Man is the only animal that
blushes. Or needs to.” “If you
pick up a starving dog and
®ake him prosperous, he will
not bite you. This is the princi
pal difference between a dog
and a man.” It could probably
be shown by facts and figures
that there is no distinctly na
tive criminal class except Con
fess.” “To my knowledge I
nave no race, color or creed
prejudices ... all I care to
^now is that a man is a human
“eing. That’s good enough for
He can’t be any worse.”
John Chappell is originally
President Of Wofford College
Will Speak Here November 22
from North Carolina. He
made his professional acting
debut in 1957 at a summer
stock playhouse in Vermont,
and has appeared in various
l>rofessional stock and road
companies since that time,
while continuing his educa
tion. He is the author of one
published play, “The Mur
der of James Crow” ’ and is
currently at work on another.
He is completing work on his
PhD in comparative Drama
and Theology at Emory Uni
versity’s Graduate Institute
of the Liberal Arts and has
a Master’s degree in this
field from New York’s Union
Theological Seminary; he also
holds Bachelor of Divinity
and Bachelor of Science de
grees.
This spring, Mr. Chappell
created the role of Harold P.
Brown in the world premier of
Melmouth’s The Great Ameri
can Light War. Last season he
was seen as De Bade in Peter
Weiss’ Marat/Sade. He has
toured in two productions of
Waiting For Godot, one of which
he directed. Broadway director
Joe Layton chose him for the
principal role of Gov. John
White in his production of
America’s longest running out
door dramas. The Lost Colony,
a part Mr. Chappell was asked
to recreate for educational tele
vision.
The program is by season
membership only.
DR. PAUL HARDIN III
SGA Planning Trip As
St. Louis Blues Are Here
NOTICE
Because ef lack of student
interest in the chess and
bridge tournaments, the on
ly ACU-I tournament will be
table tennis. Parings will be
announced at a later date and
winners will travel to UNC-C
for the regionals.
By Frank Owen
V. President SGA
We’ve got that fever, we’re
hot, we can’t be stopped. That
seems to be the general atti
tude of our students on camp
us this semester. And now ev
eryone has the St. Louis
Blues.
So far this year we have
been working together and as a
result the student’s activities
have, been many more and
much better. But the most
significant factor this year is
that the student has been will
ing to contribute the time as
well as the money to make ev
ery minute a success. Thus far
this year the Social Board has
done a fantastic job in organiz
ing some student activities.
Their selectiveness in the mo
vies this year has been a pleas
ing quality, and their first
dance was a great success.
George Gunza’s venture at Hal
loween illustrated the willing
ness of the students to help.
And most recently, the SGA
and Social Board contributed
the time and money in spon
soring two trips to Belmont
Abbey and Gainesville, Florida.
It is imperative that the
students keep certain elements
of truth in mind when they re
gard these two ventures. Be
cause of the limited funds of
the student organizations, we
can only sponsor such trips. If
we put all the financial back
ing into them, we would be
bankrupt by the end of this
semester. However, the. money
in the SGA and Social Board
is there for the students; and
if at a minimum loss we can
provide activities for the stud
ents, we should do so. So far
we have done this and with
measured success.
One chartered bus was taken
to Belmont Abbey and only 27
students out of 45 that signed
up went. The charge was $1
per student and the cost of the
trip was $150. That constitutes
a loss of $123 or $61.50 from
both SGA and Social Board.
However, the important factor
to remember is that the trip
was reasonably successful.
Our next venture was a
chartered bus to Gainesville,
Florida, at $10 per student.
For this price the student re
ceived adequate food, lodging,
and transportation. The bus ac
commodated 44 students and
was a great success. Just the
same the total cost of the trip
was around $800. So the SGA
and Social Board lost about
$340. In these two organiza
tions we feel as though it was
a tremendous success and that
everyone involved shares this
feeling.
Now a trip to St. Louis is in
the planning and by the time
this article goes to press, all
the plans will be definite. What
we want to do is arrange a
package plan from which, for
a certain fee, the student ac
quires food, lodging, and trans
portation. The estimated price
will be in the neighborhood of
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Dr. Paul Hardin, III, Presi
dent of Wofford College in
Spartanburg, S. C., will speak
at the 11:00 o’clock morning
worship service at the Firat
United Methodist church on
Sunday, November 22nd.
He will be speaking In an ob
servance of Laymen’s Day on
the subject of Christian Higher
Education.
Assistant Professor E. Wan-
namaker Hardin, Jr., Acting
Chairman of Brevard College’s
Division of Social Studies and
Religion, will preside.
The two Hardins are related
to each other as cousins. Also
providing leadership in the
service will be Luke Harrison,
the Church Lay Leader, and Gil
F. Coan, Administrative Board
Chairman and Brevard College
trustee.
Formerly Professor of* Law
at Duke University, Dr. Hardin
also taught as Visiting Pro
fessor at the University of
Texas and the University of
Pennsylvania. He received his
AB and JD degrees from Duke
University, graduating first In
his class from law school. He
.served with the US Counter In
telligence for two years and
practiced law for two years In
Birmingham, Alabama, before
beginning his teaching career
at Duke in 1958. He became
President of Wofford in 1968;
and a Trustee of Duke Univer
sity.
An active and articulate
Methodist layman, Dr. Hardin
was a delegate to the last Sen-
eral Conference of the United
Methodist church. He is Direc
tor of Stewardship Education
for the South Carolina Annual
Conference and is a Trustee of
the Lake Junaluska Assembly.
He is the son of Bishop and
Mrs. Paul Hardin, Jr., of Co
lumbia, S. C.
Any youth interested in
meeting Dr. Hardin personaUy
or discussing Wofford College
and its program with him will
be invited to do immediately
following the service on No
vember 22nd in the church’s
College Lounge.
Thanksgiving Holidays
Begin November 25
Brevard College students will
begin Thanksgiving holidays on
Wednesday, November 25, at 5
p.m., and will last through Sun
day, November 29, with classes
resuming on Monday morning,
November 30.
Dr. Robert A. Davis announc
ed the fevision of the Thanks
giving holiday schedule and
stated that the administrative
offices will close at the end of
business on Wednesday, Novem
ber 25, and will reopen on Mon
day morning, November 30.