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Growth Experience By - Richard Setzer “Everything that limits us must be put aside.” —Richard Bach As th© new students began pouring into_ the Brevard campus, they noticed that they were fright ened. They were in a strange place, with few friends. Furthermore, they were expected to room with a person that they had never seen before. Forms and regulations were thurst in their faces. Many of them were completely overwhelmed and wandered around listelessly - or cryed. The first few days_ of college life might have been compared to being thrown from the womb to the harsh coldness of reality. In the weeks that followed, life became a little more bearable. Boredom was replaced by the routine of study. The tranquilty of the mountain side helped to sooth troubled minds. At the same time, lasting friendships were made and the fresh men started to trust one another. The smallness of the Brevard campus inabled them to see their friends not as a “jocks,” “brains,” or “nobodys,” but as hu man beings confined to mortal bodies. Also, many of the newcomers found that they lived in one of the most crime free areas in the United States. Bre vard is a very fine place to live, indeed. Sooner or later, the new students were con fronted with responsibility. Some of them began to see that such things as cars and clothing were not as important as they had seemed. At college what values are sigificant? Learning is significant. This means that one should try to learn spiritual values as well as academic ones. As a result of this expanded outlook on living, the newcomers discover ed their own limits. A few learned to overcome them. Out of it all, comes a new individual. A re vised spirit in adult body with an idea of his abilities and a faith ond his potentials. This means that he has self-confidence for coping with an expanded life stile in the world of tomorrow. Need Of Tolerance By - S. A. Beard Along with the academic statistics and gen eral understanding college attempts to instill in stud ents, several somewhat over-looked conceipts become necessary for survival. Most obvious among these, is the ability to discipline oneself, but often forgot ten is the need for toleration and acceptance. Thurst into a regulated procedure of classes and living standards, one must learn to accept the rules that at times become somewhat confining and to tolerate the authority than can become conflict ing. The evasion of toleration can lead to the build-up of static and frustration for and between the people one must live, work, and come in contact with. Intolerance and dissension usually only breed con flict and constrictions that further limit a person’s expansion process. Submissiveness is not implied; this can be come an extreme; however, if students wish to suc ceed (according to set standards) a more "passive na ture must be adopted. The CLARION Brevard, N. C. 28712 Member of Assoeiated Collegiate Press and Intercollegiate Pres. Three - time winner of ACP’s First-Class Rating. Published during the college session by students of Bre vard College. The opinions expressed in this periodical are those of the editorial board and not necessarily those of tbe College. Advising Editor Mark McGuire Acting Editor Richard Setzer Advertising Managw Clint Williams Typist Donna Jessen Bhotographer Khn Ed®ns Reporters Rose, White, Gary Johnson, Clinton Williams, Ray Rash, S. A. Beard InstniGtor Preston Woodruff Advisor John Eversman Ihtlonal THE CLARION October 12, 1973 "Tag I! Call To Restraint By - Clint Williams Here at Brevard College there is the rich and goodly tradition of throwing 'people in the pond (between Jones Dorm and Beam Dorm) on their birthdays. As mentioned, this is a goodly tradition which adds color and excitement to college and instills an aura of anticipation in the beings of people whose birthday fast approaches. This is a fine tradition and it should be pro tected, however if people abuse the tolerence of what powers that may be and throw 'people in said pond for no legitimate reason the continuation of this tradition may be jepardized. Throwing people in the pond for “kicks” or “cheap thrills” or any other trivial excuse other trivial excuse other than as birthday celebration is a menace to public safety. Throwing a person in without accepted pur pose usually results in a more chaotic procedure which allows much more o'pportunity for injury to occur. It also promotes a desire for vengenge on the part of the “Throwee”; much more so than if thrown in as part of te birthday ritual. This desire for vengenge could result in a watery melee in which individuals could be injured. If tossing people into the pond continues to be practiced to childish extremes, the cherished tra dition of birthday dunking may be halted to prevent further injuries. _ To_ prevent such drastic, but necessary action, restraint is needed on the part of every individual. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS PlPKT" You ANP TEU-NVS mm A MeeTiNSTowr' Legislature Report Once upon a time in a small college named Brevard, there lived a boy nicknamed Tag. He got his nickname for two rea sons; one was because he al ways tagged along with the crowd and did everything they did and the other was because he always tagged labels on ev- erything. Before Tag went to eat his first meal at Brevard he had already decided that all cafe teria food tasted awful and Brevard wasn’t going to be any exception. After he had been there awhile he began to join in with the crowd making snide remarks like: “Do we have to eat the same old slop everyday?” Or “My dog eats better than this at home.” Or “Darn it, don’t they know how to clean silver around this place.” And his most popular one was “This stuff looks like someone ate it yesterday and decided to return it!” He would then proceed to tell his sickening stories about the times he went hunting and shot his prey right through the head which caused it to bleed all over him. If he wasn’t tell ing about that ,he was telling about the wrecks he had seen at the races and each time they would get gorier and gorier. By this time everyone was so sick to their stomachs they couldn’t have enjoyed the meal if the Galloping Gourmet him self had cooked it. Naturally they too began to dread meal time. One day Tag and his friends sat down with the wrong group of people. They just weren’t going to have that kind of talk around them while they were eating. They took some of the Talk, but finally they had too much of it, and began to tell Tag. They asked him if he knew how much work those cafeteria workers had to put in that one meal he was grip ing about, and did he realize how many students they had t® feed. Also, not only did they have to fix three meals a day, they had to clean up the cafe teria after each meal. They told him he would not find a better meal any cheaper or as cheap as that one was, and they happened to like it. and if hs didn’t, then he could leave. Tag stomped out of the cafe teria and went out and spent a couple of dollars on hambur gers. But by the time evening rolled around he was so hun gry he couldn’t stand it; h® had no more money to spend on a midnight snack, though, because he had spent it all on hamburgers. So he had to go to and the As a result of the effective Student Union Legislature ac ting the hours of the Student Union building have been ex tended on week-ends. Also, as a result of the ef forts of S.U.L. action is being taken to repair the water foun tains in Jones and Green. At the meeting on October 9th the fall budget for S.U.L. was proposed and passed. $2,354.61 - current amount on hand 1,400.61—Social Board 25.00—Travel Expenses 100.00—Public Relations 75.00—Office Supplies 35.00—Telephone Expenses 75.00—Executive Emergen cy Fund 100.00—Savings & Reserve 227.00—S.U.L. Project Fund In a special election, Clint Williams was elected to the legislature as a dorm represen tative. S.U.L. has assumed respon sibility for decorating the cafe teria. Anyone willing to donate some time please contact Jan Augustine. bed that night hungry wishing he had eaten in cafeteria. The next morning Tag w^s the first one down to break fast. He sure was glad those cafeteria people got up early m the morning so he could have breakfast. Weaker Male The male is the weaber sex^ at least where baby pigs concerned. U. S. Department of Agriculture researchers have data which indicate that 51 cent of pigs bom are males, but they have a 5 to 9 percent high" er mortality rate than females*
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