THE
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume XXXVIII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., MARCH 5, 1971
Number 19
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Religious Emphasis Week
Is Slated For March 8-11
The twelfth Plyler Religious
Emphasis Week is scheduled
for the Brevard College campus
March 8-11 with The Rever
end Reginald Smith, Jr., pastor
of Plains United Methodist
Church in Canton, N. C. as
guest speaker.
Mr. Smith will use the theme,
“We Care,” and will speak at
the convocation program to the
assembled student body on Mon
day, March 8, at 6:30 p. m. in
the auditorium of the Dunham
Music Center. His subject will
be “What is being said in this
places what is being heard, and
who really cares?”
The following outline consti
tutes a tentative program for
LEADING THE ACTIVITIES of the upcom
ing Religious Emphasis Week will be The Rev
erend Reginald Smith, Jr.
In Dunham Auditorium
I ‘WUdfire,’ ‘Cowboy’ Give
I Concert Tomorrow Night
^ The rock groups, “Cowboy” which are on the “heavy” side.
: and “Wildfire” will appear at “Wildfire” is the back-up band
■ Brevard College tomorrow night for “Chicago” in many of their
! for a four-hour concert. concerts.
Both bands are fairly un
known but are gaining a repu
tation for playing good music.
“Cowboy” was signed for the
program when “Goose Creek
Symphony” canceled at the last
minute.
“Wildfire” is a six - man
band out of Columbia., South
Carolina. This b^d £lays the
“Chicago” brand of music and
some of their own creations
The concert begins at 8:30
p. m. and ends at 12:30 p. m.
The dress is informal (very in
formal) for the seats in Dun
ham Auditorium will probably
be removed and those attend
ing the concert will lounge
around on the floor.
Tickets for the concert are
$2.00 per person which isn’t bad
when you consider that a two
hour flick costs around $2.00,
without popcorn of course.
Unusual Duo-Recital To Be
Presented Tonight In Dunham
Support For Tuition Grant Plan
Is Petitioned By Alumni Leaders
to see the dual system of high
er education in North Carolina
preserved with both private
and public institutions sharing
in meeting educational needs.
“Number of our private sen-
io^i colleges can accommodate
two year graduates of our out
standing community colleges.
Our private schools are eager
to operate at capacity. The
problem is the cost differential
between tax - supported insti
tutions and the higher fees pri
vate colleges must charge.”
The Pfeiffer leader declared,
“We believe the State of North
Carolina can develop a plan
to remove this difficulty and
save taxpayers’ money. Over
20 other states have done this,
some on a plan most compar
able to the 'G.I. Bill’ approach.”
The petition to Governor
Scott declared in part:
“ . . . We believe that the
State of North Carolina should
endeavor to undertake to pro
vide a tuition equalization sub
sidy or grant program along
with other appropriate finan
cial aid for North Carolina
students who attend private
colleges and universities in
North Carolina.
“And, that such a program
will result in a significant
number of North Carolina stud
ents choosing to fill existing
dormitories, classrooms and
facilities at private colleges
and universities in North Caro
lina and that thereby the range
of opportunities for our stud
ents will be expanded while
the public tax revenues are more
wisely and economically util
ized.”'
An anusual duo-recital will
be presented at Brevard College
on March 5, 1971, at 8:15 p. m.
in Dunham Music Center Aud
itorium. The young artists per
forming are Miss Martha Ger-
schefski, cellist, and Miss Bet
ty McCall, who plays the cor-
dovox, a new instrument that
combines the accordion and the
electric organ.
Miss Gerschefski began cel
lo lessons at seven; and when
she was 13, she went to the
Juilliard School of Music to
study with the late Luigi Silva.
Miss Gerschefski was the first
Woman selected by Leopold
^ Stokowski for his American
i Symphony Orchestra, and she
played associate principal cel
list in that orchestra for two
years. For the past several
vears Miss Gerschefski has
concertized extensively in Eu
rope and in the United States.
Miss McCall started on the
accordion when she was five,
and at 12 she won the National
Accordion Championship. In
her native Minneapolis, Miss
McCall operated her own ac
cordion school w'hile
her degree at the ^cPhaU
School of Music. Miss M^all
is nationally known as JYed
Waring’s featured soloist. »ne
has performed on radio, tele,
vision, and the concert stage
both in this country and abroad.
North Carolina Governor
Bob Scott on Tuesday was pre
sented a petition urging the
1971 North Carolina General
Assembly to enact legislation
which would enable the state’s
41 private colleges and univer
sities to carry a large share of
the higher educational needs
of the state.
The petition was signed by
35 alumni presidents of private
college and universities includ
ing the Secretary of the Bre
vard College Alumni Associa
tion Office, Mrs. Imogene Bak
er.
The alumni officers pointed
to the current availability of
many classroom spaces, dormi
tory beds and other related
academic facilities among the
state’s private institutions.
The petition urged that mem.
bers of the 1971 legislature con
sider the availability of these
facilities and then adopt a
program which would enable
these facilities to be used by
the increasing numbers of the
state’s college bound students.
The petition was originated
by the Pfeiffer College Alumni
Association Executive Council
under the leadership of its
president, Bobby Griffin, Mon
roe attorney.
The alumni leaders in the
petition noted the financial dif
ficulty of many of the state’s
41 private colleges and uni
versities, the vacancies in their
dormitories, and the availabil
ity of classroom and other aca
demic facilities at these insti
tutions.
The private college leaders
urged that the State of North
Carolina first utilize existing
dormitories and other academic
facilities at private institu
tions before expanding addi
tional funds at public institu
tions.
Griffin, president of Pfeiffer
Alumni, commenting on the
presentation of the petition to
Gov Scott noted that many of
the state’s institutions were
already turning many appli
cants for the fall of 1971.
“These tax-supported insti
tutions report their dormitories
are filled or they lack sufficient
classroom and/or laboratory
space.
“I believe that tax papers want
Euterps To Have
Car Wash And
Bake Sale
The Euterpean Society will
be sponsoring a car wash this
Saturday from 1:00 - 4:00 be
hind the administration build
ing. The club will also be spon
soring a bake sale, March 9,
from 6:30 - 9:30 in front of the
Student Union. The funds from
these projects will be used to
help balance out the treasury.
the remainder of the week. i
Tuesday, March 9: 6:30 p. m.
—Lecture, '‘Responsibility in
the Face of Freedom" — Sims
Student Center Building
7:30 p. m. — “E-71”
Wednesday, M.arch 10:—10:00
—Lecture, “Relation.ships in the
face of fragmentation” — Dun
ham Auditorium
6:30 p. m. — Movie — "Pull
the House Down” with Harry
Reasoner
7:30 p. m.—Informal sessions
in dormitory lobbies
7:30 p. m. — Session with
faculty, staff and wives in the
Faculty Lounge — Beam Ad
ministration Bldg.
Thursday, March 11 — 6:30
p. m. — A panel of students
and faculty discussing live is
sues on campus. “This Campus’
Pulse Beats”
9:30 p. m. — Holy Commun
ion
The annual services are
named in memory of Dr. A. W.
Plyler, a Methodist minister
and charter member of the
board of trustees at the Metho
dist - related college. For many
years he was co-editor of “The
North Carolina Christian Ad
vocate.” In 1956, Mrs. Plyler
established a fund, the interest
from which an outstanding
preacher is brought, each year,
to the campus for religious
emphasis week.
Mr. Smith is a native of CTiar-
lotte, N. C., an alumnus of Bre
vard College, Southern Metho
dist University, and Emory
University. Before coming to
his present position, Mr. Smith
served as Campus Minister ^ at
Appalachian State University.
In addition to his duties as pas
tor of a church, Mr. Smith will
serve as Director of Youth Min
istry at Lake Junaluska As
sembly during the 1971 sea
son. He has written two books,
the current one being a Camp
us Pnlse Beats.
Mr. Smith and his. wife, Ann,
reside in Canton. They both
teach at Haywood Technical
Institute.
Art Exhibits
On Display
The art exhibit presently on
display in the'art building by
our students will be taken to
Mars Hill College. In return,
an exhibit from Mars Hill will
be shown here.
The art objects will be on
display when students return
from spring vacation. Faculty
and students are invited to
visit the art building at any
time. Brevard grammar school
children may also have paint
ings on display at this time.
In March also, Brevard art
students will be entering their
work in a College Art Show at
the Asheville Art Mnseum. To
stimulate interest of college
students, awards will be made.
Students hope to sell some of
their work there.