PAGE TWO
THE CLARION
April 2, 1971
cjCetterd ^Le Editor
25 March 1971
The Clarion
Brevard College
Brevard, N. C. 28712
Phi
For
Theta
U. S.
Drinking Policy
Needs Attention
A survey was conducted recently by the SGA
to obtain the students’ viewpoint on the present policy
on drinking at Brevard College. The results were
quite informative. Of the students participating,
276 desired a more lenient policy, 15 stricter, and 38
had no opinion. 273 students stated that they con
sumed some form of intoxicant, while 54 stated that
•t-hey had not.
On the question of whether the student had
done so before coming to Brevard College, 258 said
they had, while 70 stated they had not. 246 said
that their 'parents consented to their drinking, while
71 said their parents did not consent to this. 286
students stated that they would approve of regulated
drinking on campus, while 41 were against it.
Despite the fact that over 200 students did not
participate in the survey, the impact is not hard to
grasip. The majority of Brevard College students
students stated that they would approve regulated
drinking on campus.
On recent years the trend on college campuses
has been towards the legalization of drinking on
campus, particularly at the larger statp institutions.
However, Wofford College, in South Carolina and
less than 60 miles away, is an example of a small to who will eat this morsel. The
private, Methodist College that has legalized _ on men are housed in shacks too
campus drinking, and this trend is also spreading, small to accommodate their
So it seems this is an issue that will be facing Brevard numbers, if they fall ill because
College in the coming years. It is one that cannot of the conditions of their en-
be ignored, especially when one notes the above sta- vironment, they lie ill until
tistics. Brevard College should continue the work it dea® releases them_ from the
fa now doing to uphold a policy that is relevant in the r^not buried im-
hght of our changing society. mediately — not until after
Not all of the liberalized codes seen on many they rot and their remains be-
campuses are without their drawbacks, as some seem come a prize for animal scav-
to be ffoinff too far. After a certain point it seems, enprs. . „
human nature being what it is, that 'People take ad- gojj™yJJ"®oJ''^hoTsTos^ - your
vantage of lenient rules. Another problem is
. \7nTir- fnthpr nr voiir
I would be grateful if you
could call to the attention of
your prospective graduates op
portunities at Emory. Our Ad
missions Office will naturally
be pleased to furnish informa-
immediate past to accept as
many junior - college graduates
as we wished.
We have decided to enlarge
our fall enrollment by about
Dear Editor: jqq students. We would wel-
Becausfc of the fact that our come, therefore, applications tion to any student who may be
academic exclusion rate has from students who will be grad- interested in Emory College,
been very low and we enroll uated from Brevard and who Sincerely,
graduates of Oxford College in- would find Emory a suitable John C. Stephens, Jr.
to our junior class, Emory Col- place fo continue their educa-
lege has not been able jn the tion.
JCSies
Kappa Campaigns
Prisoners Of War
the prisoners and their
families including letters
and packages.
Campaigns of this sort have
At the present time thsre are quick to criticize but apathetic
2000 acknowledged prisoners of to any means that could be
war being held in North' Viet- helpful in overcoming the suf-
nam. Only the North Vietna- fering of men, which is the
mese know the exact number real tragedy of war — the suf- been successful in the past in
of Americans they hold. With- fering of men who were per- so far as the North Vietnamese
in the barbed wire cages that haps drafted to serve, men who have released more names of
imprison the POW’s, Ameri- did not on their own accord the POW through their ambas-
cans lie dormant, dying of star- ask for this
vation and dying due to attro- sequences.
cities imposed upon them by Phi Theta Kappa, at this
their captors. time, is attempting to organize
We, students of Brevard, a campaign encouraging all
cannot imagine the pain these students to write letters de
men must endure. The only food manding of the President
they receive is rice, frequent- North Vietnam:
ly including lice and pests that
have invaded the food stuffs.
If a rat should happen by, it
is killed in the hands of a
soldier and a fight ensues as
1,
2.
war and its con- sadors in Paris and more mail
packages are reaching the pris
oners than before.
By supporting this campaign
we will be able to join the mil
lions of other concerned indi-
of viduals in an attempt to change
the policies of the President of
The names of all POW’s. North Vietnam, who is very
The allowance of a Ked conscious of American Public
Cross committee to inspect Opinion,
the prisons and demand Please help us help them,
proper housing and medi- Marilyn Schnelle
cal aid for the prisoners. for
Communications between Phi Theta Kappa
UTLOOK
EDITOR
trouble in regulation of legalized drinking which
would result if the policy is revised. Since most Bre-
brotlier, your father, or
fiance. Try to
The recent planting of shrubbery around the
you’' Sims Student Union and the McLarty - Goodson Class-
imagine your room Building was a step in the right direction. The
- „v,/ipr ■NTn-r+'H „ development of a more beautiful campus is an im-
vard students are under the age ot il, under JNortn the terror of not know- portent asoect in the nroeress nf a rnlleo-p
Carolina state law only beer could be legally con- mg whether he is alive or not; ^ ba college,
sumed, the state law setting 18 as minimum age for xj^ to this time in history,. However, Brevard College, despite P’"0-
beer. However, in many states, 21 is the minimum death has been the only escape- fm I advantage of the po-
ace for both beer and liquor, and this would mean for American POW’s. Througft "tential that is available due to its pleasant mountain
an adiustment for these students in some respects, death they find peace. environment. We still have some way to go before
^ Brevard has many peoplie we can be called a complete campus. A need is evi-
The question is not an easy one, but it is one that ^;^,hw frequently curse the war dent for more plantings, particularly trees. This
Brevard College should continue to ponder to insure damn our politicians. They aite might relieve the “red brick syndrome,” — ■*
that it is maintaining a policy that is relevant to the
world outside—the world that it is preparing stud
ents to enter.
—The Editor
New
(Continued From Page One)
The CLARION
The VOICE of Bremrd College
Mark Todd Editor-in-Chief
Mike Jones Associate E^tor
Susan Moss, Jim Carroll Advertising
Frank Owen, Laurie Pearson, David Arledge, Susan Har
rell, Betsy Goebel, Lynn Ryder, Dennis Avery
News Reporters
Mike E. Thorpe, Rowe Haden, John Pepper, ftod Jones
Spoils Reporters
Diane Smi'th, Adele Dickieson, Barbara Snider Typists
Kent Deardorff Photographer
Mrs. Ena K. Sigmon ^ Advisor
Published weekly during the college session, with the
exception of holidays and examination periods, by stud
ents of Brevard College. The opinions expressed in this
periodical are those of the editorial board and not neces-
sarUy those of the College. Printed by The Transylvania
Times, North Byroad Street, Brevard, North Carolina.
or the ef
fect that on siome parts of the campus there is little
but a maze of red brick buildings and not so much
else.
_ In the future there is much need for new dorm
itories and better maintainance for the ones that al
ready exist. While much of this is a student’s re-
nrng for an office either this sponsibility, the fact that the white brick portions
spring or next fall, it is advis- of Beam on the outside walls and the parlor walls
pble to check with Frank Owen within have been peeling for over a year is something
(’ any member of the Constitu
tion Committee on the require
ments of that office because the
proposed new changes have al-
terTd many offices.
Mini Art Showing
Held In Dunham
Mr. Poe’s drawing class
currently / holding a mini
showing in the lobby of
Dunham Music Building,
students have been working on
is
art
the
The
Dean of Emory College
we need to correct. A need for more sidewalks is
also evident, particularily in rainy weather. To its
credit, the college has made plans to raze the old
Classroom Building, a definite eyesore, and due to
student initiative the parlor of Jones Dorm is to be
redecorated.
As brought out in a recent Clarion article, anoth
er area of concern is the poor condition of several
campus roads. Sim.ply filling potholes with dirt will
not solve the problem permanently, .so definite plans
should be made here also.
Therefore, a number of areas need our attention
in the improvement of our campus for both appear
ance and 'practical use. We are fortunate in being
at an institucion where much progress has been mad©
several different types of draw- past decade. However, there are
ings to display. Students do new problems^ that we must keep in mind,
sketch drawings with pen and ot them are being worked on, others are not.
ink, pencil, and charcoal. They There are limitations in any situation too, money be-
then frame these and other art jng one. But if we remain aware\and continue mov-
wo^-ks with various colored mat ing forward, perhaps someday we will reach the goals
boards. we have set.