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Volume xxxvni
Three Brevard Personnel Are
Named To Duke Dean Committee
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., DECEMBER 11, 1970
Number 12
President Terry L. Sanford
of Duke University has named
three persons related to Bre-
Tard College to a special com
mittee charged with the re
sponsibility of seeking a new
Pean for the Divinity School
of Duke University. The pres
ent Dean, Dr. Robert E. Cush
man, has resigned effective
with the end of this academic
year. Named to the 14-member
committee are Acting Chap
lain Orion N. Hutchinson, Jr.,
who is Pastor of Brevard’s
First United Methodist Church;
and Brevard College Trustee
Clifford W. Perry and Wr. W.
Arthur Kale. Mr. Perry is
Treasurer of The Hanes Cor
poration, Winston-Salem and
Dr. Kale is Professor of Chris
tian Education in the Duke Di
vinity School.
The special Committee named
the Search Committee has been
directed to seek as widely as
possible for nominees for the
Deanship. It will include in its
membership seven faculty
members from the Divinity
School and the University at
large, three Dignity School
students, two Trustees, and two
alumni. Mr. Perry, who is also
a Duke Trustee, will be a Trus
tee representative. Dr. Kale a
faculty representative, and Mr.
Hutchinson an alumni repre
sentative. Mr. Hutchinson, who
is currently President of the
Divinity School Alumni, re
ceived his seminary degree
from Duke and took postgradu
ate study in the Divinity
School’ Alumni, received his
seminary degree from Duke
and took postgraduate study in
the Divinity School’s Clinic
on Preaching.
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THE 1970 CHRISTMAS SEA
SON at Brevard College officially be
gan last Friday with the lighting of
the campus Christmas tree. Music
was furnished by the group pictur
ed above, (Photo By Bill Boggs)
Dean Robert Ferree Shows Great Exams And Christmas
Jrom ^lie President I Involvement In Everyday Affairs
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There is a special feeling about our campus
as Christmas draws near. The Christmas treec
with their bright lights, the program of special
music, and a general atmosphere of joy and
goodwill prevails at such a time. I would like
to extend Christmas greetings and words of good
wishes to each member of our student body and
the entire Brevard College community. I would
also like to express appreciation for each one
who has helped to make this a very good se
mester from almost every standpoint. As we
work together, we can make Brevard an even
finer college in the future.
This greeting comes as you enter upon the
serious business of taking final exams. Beyond
the formal exams, it is also appropriate that you
examine yourself to see if you are doing your
part to receive the very most from_ your educa- |
tional experience at Brevard. It is quite easy a
to waste a great opportunity. It is easy to waste |
life itself. As we near the end of a semester and |
a calendar year, it is my hope that each student g
will set for himself the goal of excellence ex- «
cellence in acad’emic achievement and exce>llenc© ^
in personal growth. A life worth living and g
a worthwhile life should be our &oal. |
Merry Christmas and a Hap'py New Year %
to each one!! g
President Robert A. Davis
Named NCAICU Secretary
By Mark Todd
Mr. Robert Ferree, Brevard
College’s Dean of Student Af
fairs, was appointed to his job
only last summer, but over the
course of one semester he has
shown a great capacity for be
coming involved in the every
day affairs at Brevard College.
Originally from North Caro
lina, he left the state after re
ceiving his B.S. at Wake Forest
University to earn his M. Ed.
at Memphis State. After serv
ing as Principal for an East
Arkansas elementary school, a
desire to return to North Caro
lina brought him to Brevard.
He also plans to work on his
doctorate at UNC - Greensboro
in the field of Guidance Coun
seling and Student Personnel
work.
can be established through it.
He feels that it will soon be
possible for Brevard to offer
such groups as Kenny Rodgers
and the First Edition, for ex
ample, during the year in var
ious programs. Some other
goals he emphasized were an
expansion of the Academic
Curriculum, while continuing
Brevard’s academic excellence,
and expanding the availability
of Financial Aid. He also stat
ed that he personally feels
Brevard has a “great future,”
and that the good reputation of
the school will continue to grow.
An avid Wake Forest sports
fan, he also expresses great
enthusiasm in watching Bre
vard’s various sports teams
throughout the year.
Today, December 11, marks
the official beginning of the
examination period for the
Fall 1970 semester. Yesterday
a Reading Day, allowing time
for exam preparation, was ob
served, with religion exams
held last night. The exams
run through Friday, December
18, which has been set aside
for conflicts.
Although most students will
end their exams earlier, thus
beginning their Christmas hoi*
idays, next Friday will signify
the official start of the Holidays
on the College campus. The re
cess from studies will last un
til January 11, when students
return for registration held the
next day, Tuesday, January 12.
Classes for the spring semester
will begin January 13.
Charles Hampton
Dean Ferree is vitaUy inter- BrCVard Studeilt WorkS As
ested in providmg better guid- ^ * ^ ■ .
ance for sophomores planning TiT-r. i A . •
S £ Tutor With Action Group
Tawney to make available
At a recent meeting of
the North Carolina Associa
tion of Independent Colleges
and Universities Dr. Robert A.
I^avis, president of Brevard
College, was elected secretary.
Dr. Norman Wiggins of Camp
bell College was elected to the
office of president of the as
sociation.
The association represents
8ll the non - tax supported col
leges and universities in North
Carolina.
One of the main projects of
present concern to the asso-
the proposed tuition differen
tial program which will be be
fore North Carolina State Leg
islature in 1971. There are
about 26 thousand North Caro
lina students in private colleges
and universities of about 47
thousand. The bUl would pro
vide money for some tuition
ciation offices and members, is
fees to these students.
President Davis stated, when
asked about his appointment,
“It certainly is ap honor and
I hope to represent Brevard
College well.”
a
type of sophomore testing pro
gram to enable the student to
better decide his interest in
preparation for transfer. On
the subject of student involve
ment at Brevard, he feels that
Brevard is a typical school in
that there is a nucleus of very
active and interested students,
but with a larger number of
students who are apathetic.
Dean Ferree stated that he
would like to see more stud
ent interest in the activities of
fered now, as well as a future
expansion of these. He ^ feels
this may come about particular
ly through the availability of
the new Sims Student Union,
which will open next semester.
He stated that he has ‘great
hopes’ for the new building, and
feels that a better social life
By Reid Tunstall
Charles Hampton, a sopho
more from Greenville, South
Carolina, is one of forty-eight
students who serve Brevard as
a tutor. “Hamp,” as he is known
to other students on campusi,
serves one of these communi
ties as a worker, a tutor, and
as a friend. He likes the idea
of “giving something of himself
to people who have nearly
nothing.” Hamp works with
families who have only one
parent and with children who
desperately need companion
ship. The retention rate con
cerning academic work is very
high in these neighborhoods.
Many students remain in the
same grade level for two to
three years. “The tragedy that
is involved in this type of
situation,” states Hamp, "is
that most of the children which
we try to help, are only waiting
until they reach the age when
they can withdraw. That is
what they are all shotting for.”
Despite this factor, Hamp
truly feels that “good things’*
are happening in this program,
“Not only are we providing per
sonal academic aid to these
children, but we are perhaps
trying to set a sound pattern
which we hope the kids can
find some purpose in.”
The idea behind this type
of program at Brevard College
began three years ago with on
ly three active members. This
year there are forty-eight stud
ents working in the capacity of
tutoring.
Hamp and the other students
involved in this program choose
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