™ CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume XXXVIII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C„ APRIL 2, 1971
Number 22
New Constitution
Nears Completion
SNOW BLANKETS BREVARD
here as seen from atop the Student
Union in last week’s heavy snowfall.
The storm marked the end of a
snowy March and indicated that
spring had yet to arrive. Hopefully,
warmer days are now here to stay.
Dr. Langford To Speak
At Monday’s Convocation
Dr. Thomas A. Langford, who
was voted “Outstanding Teach
er of Undergraduates” by the
Student Government of Duke
University in 1965 and received
one of six national Danforth
Foundation awards for distin
guished teaching in 1966, will
be guest speaker at the next
College Convocation on Monday,
April 5, at 7;30 p. m. The pro
gram will be held in the college
gymnasium in order to ac
commodate visitors from the
community who may wish to
hear Dr. Langford, who is
Chairman of Duke University’s
Department of Religion. The
program will be a worship ser
vice as a part of the college’s
observance of Holy Week. Dr.
Langford’s topic will be “The
Command of Love.”
Deeply involved in student
life at Duke University, he has
been Chairman of the Student-
Faculty Administrative Council
and a member of the YMCA
Board of Directors. He served
on the Task Force which sought
a resolution of issues after the
student vigil and the student-
police disturbances at Duke and
has recently been Chairman of
a special committee making
recommendations on changes
'in housing patterns for under
graduates at Duke. He served
on the Committee to search
for a new President at Duke
and the Selection Committee
for a Director of a Black stud
ies Program. He is the co-edi
tor of five books on philosophy
of religion which are widely
used as textbooks in college
philosophy courses. Additional
ly, he has authored a book on
British theology entitled
In Search of Foundation. Ar
ticles by him have appeared in
Motive, Christian Century, Re
ligion in Life, The Christian
Scholar, Interpretation, Journal
of Religion, and other periodi
cals.
Campus Open House Held For
County High School Students
Tlie Admission Office with
the assistance of the Day
Student Club is having an
Open House for Transylvania
County High School Juniors and
Seniors on Saturday morning,
April 3. The program, which
will begin at 9:30 a. m. for cof
fee in the new Sims Student
Center, ’ will involve a campus
tour by students from the Tran
sylvania area who are now en
rolled at Brevard College.. Com
plimentary lunch will be served
in the Dining Hall following the
tour of campus and discussions
with academic division chair
men.
Mr. Ludwigsen, Director of
Admissions, hopes to increase
the College’s effectiveness in
the community by presenting
the excellent opportunities for
higher education at Brevard
College to area residents. “Time
has proved that some of our
best students have come from
right here in the county. “We
feel that we have a real commit
ment to our local young people
and we want them to know
more about us and the pro
grams we offer.”
Junior and Senior high stud
ents from Brevard and Rosman
High Schools are cordially in
vited to be the guest of the col
lege on campus with their par
ents on Saturday morning, April
3.
Dr. Langford received the AB
degree from Davidson College,
theBD and PHD degrees from
Duke University. He is a Min
ister of the United Methodist
Church and has served pastor
ates prior to pursuing gradu
ate study. Since 1956 he has
been teaching at Duke and has
also been Visiting Professor of
Religion at UNC Chapel Hill.
He is much in demand as a
lecturer, preacher, and leader-
in Religious Emphasis weeks
on college campuses.
Following the Convocation
program Dr. Langford will be
available for a talk - back ses
sion and a discussion period in
the classroom in the gym.
Second Discussion
Session Is Planned
In an attempt to tighten the
“communication gap” that has
been put before us, student
Milton Rankin would like to ex
tend an invitation to all per-
isons interested in participat
ing in a round-table discussion
on Human Relations on April
20, at 6:30 p. m. in the Student
Union Building. Several facul
ty members and many interest
ed members of the Brevard
community are planning to at
tend.
“The new Constitution for
the students is almost finished
and ready to be submitted for
ratification,” reports the Leg
islature’s Constitution Commit
tee.
Last year, the old Constitu
tion was found to be lacking;
so a committee was organized
this year to revise it. The com
mittee, consisting of Dave Ches-
nut, Lindsay Burbage, Bobby
Kennedy, and David Holcombe,
as advisor, decided to rewrite
the Constitution rather than
revise the old one.
Many things will remain the
same, but there are also many
changes. Among these the whole
system’s name has been
changed from Student Govern
ment Association to the Bre
vard College Student Union
which more accurately explains
its many faceted activities. The
erroneously labeled “SGA”
now officially becomes the Leg
islature. The Judicial Board
and Social Board will retain
their names.
Other proposed changes in
clude a complete revamping and
overhauling of the Social Board
with almost all its members
elected by the students. Also
the intramural program has
been put under a committee of
the Social Board to prevent con
troversies over biases.
Dormitory presidents will
become part of the SU with
their dutiqs and requirements
■ pelled out. This is designed to
make the dorm presidents co
ordinators for the Legislature
and Social Board representa
tives of their dorm and leaders
in life.
The Legislature will see a
cut in the number of dorm rep
resentatives in ordvr to allow
for a more equal representa
tion. The selection of the sec
retary will be different and the
treasurer will be picked from
the Legislative membership.
The office of the Vice Presi
dent of the SGA will be abol
ished. Instead, serving under
the President of the SU is the
Speaker of the Legislature and
Director of the Social Board.
This group of three, plus a cab
inet' composed of student rep
resentatives to faculty commit
tees, comprises the Executive
Department.
Under the General Provi
sions section, the impeachment
process is spelled out. Also
in this is the Amending Pro
cess for the Rules of Social Be
havior which gives the Legis
lature sole power to initiate
changes in these rules and
gives the student body and the
faculty the right to approve any
changes.
No great changes were made
in the Judicial Board ot.her
than spelling out some rights
of the students that existed pre
viously but were not general
ly known.
If the constitution is approv
ed, the elections this spring will
be for officers in the nt>w con
stitution. Many new offices
were created and need dedi
cated students to fill them.
The Con.stitution Committee
hopes to present the new docu
ment to the students on April
7, provided no last minute snags
appear.
If you are interested in run-
—Turn to Page Two
Spring Election Schedule
Is Announced Tuesday
The meeting will be somewhat
of a re - match of a slightly
heated discussion on Black
Awareness in which the AAUW
participated. An outstanding
young Black educator, Miss
Maxine West, served as guest
speaker, and she is expected to
be on hand for the re-match.
Brevard College students are
urged to attend this discussion.
Interested persons should con
tact Milton Rankin before April
15.
•The initial stages of spring
elections have already been an
nounced to the students in last
week’s edition of The Clarion.
However the Elections Commit
tee is submitting a schedule of
the spring elections for your
benefit.
Much has been said about the
elections this spring, but their
importance cannot be overem
phasized. Every student is urg
ed to participate in several
ways. First, consider yourself
as a candidate, or as least sup
port a candidate; and if you do
nothing else, be informed
and vote.
Easter Vacation
Next Weekend
Brevard College will observe
an Easter Vacation next week
end beginning with the close
of classes on Thursday, April 8.
Classes will resume on Monday,
April 12. Students v ‘:hing to
remain on campus over the
weekend should con'j-ct the
Dean of Student Affa;r: today.
April 6 - 7 p. m. — Meeting
of Dorm Presidents and Elec
tions Committee
April 7 - 10 a. m. — Assemb
ly for the discussion of the
Constitution
11 a. m. - 1:30 p. m. — Stud
ent vote in Cafeteria or ratifi
cation of Constitution
2 p. m. - 4:00 p. m. — Stud
ent vote on Constitution in the
Student Union Building
April 8 - 6:30 p. m. — Meet
ing of all interested students
seeking a student government
office
12 midnight - deadline for a
student to declare his candidacy
for a dorm officer
April 14 - Dorm Elections
and deadline for a student to
declare candidacy for school of
fice
April 19 - 4 p. m. — Cam
paign speeches of all candidates
in Student Union Building
April 20 - 10 a. m. - 2 p. m.—
Voting in the Student Union
Building
5 - 8 p. m. — Voting
April 21 — results completed
for all elections