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Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume 45
October 4, 1977
Edition 1
Dr. Wray Accepts Challenge - If
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Morris Garland Wray was
sworn in as the new Dean of
Student Affairs of Brevard
College, Thursday, September 1,
1977, in a ceremony that coin
cided with the annual Fall
Convocatioa
He was previously on the staff
of Andrew College in Cutl±>ert,
Georgia as an educational
consultant.
The 7:30 p.m. assembly was
held in Boshamer Gymnasium on
the College campus. The night’s
proceedings began with a fanfare
by the Brass Ensemble and the
traditional caps-and -gowns
Processional of the Brevard
College Faculty.
Following the Invocation by
College Chaplain C. Edward Roy,
the congregation was invited to
sing a hymn, “God of Grace and
God of Glory.”
Seminary
Universi^.
at Wake Forest existence.’
Other honors include the M. A.
and Ph. D. degrees, the S. L.
Stealey Award for Historical
Research, and a coffeehouse
named “Uncle Morris” on the
campu& of Williaip and Mary.
Educated in a three-room
schoolhouse with a pot-belly
stove. Dean Morris Wray has an
eye for innovations. He views
himself as a catalyst who must
“try to keep us thii^g of things
we might do, places we might go
as an institution, and to help the
faculty and students implement
good ideas.”
After completing his disser
tation, Dr. Wray was employed
at Andrew College from
November of 1974 until July of
this year, when he was offered
the position of Deltn at Brevard.
Dean Wray says he is
“gratified by the number of
students committed” to Brevard,
. , but that the college needs to grow
Special music was provided by gnj become better,
organist Adelaide Miller and
Ralph R. Clayton, a Brevard
College Trustee, spoke the Words
of Welcome.
soprano Marion Whatley, with a
selection from Handel’s The
Messiah.
President Jacob C. Martinson,
Jr. supplied the introductions and
presented Dean Wray, whom he
installed with the oath of rffice.
A native of Greensville County,
Virginia, Dean Wray attended
Mars Hill College where he
received a B. A. in both History
and French. He also holds a
Master of Divinity degree which
he obtained at the South Eastern
“Faculty, students, and staff
must commit themselves to
academic excellence,” he emr
phasized, “and it will take this
year to decide what we want
Brevard to become.”
In his inaugural address, Dean
Wray said that, like the civil
imiversity, “...we shall teach
Shakespeare, and our students
will learn Einstein’s theory of
relativity. But we cannot stop
here. The church-related in
stitution must help students
discover the meaning of human
° DR. MORRIS GARLAND WRAY takes
inauguration vow from President Jacob Martinson
at opening convocation.
(Photo by Wister Jackson)
He believes that an educational
institution, like an organism,
thrives because a proper balance
is maintained between the mind,
body, and spirit. But the
(H'ganism is “handicapped if the
body grows and mind does not,
and handicapped if the mind
grows and the spirit does not.”
Although unmarried, Dean
Wray understands the (H'oblems
of today’s young peq>le. They are
dealing with the question of
where they are coming from, and
where they are going, he says.
But the new Dean of Brevard
College makes a person wonder
when he says, “Youth can be
defined as a synthesis of
hyacinths and biscuits.”
TOM WICKER shares ideas on urban living
with Brevard students at recent Lyceum.
New Arrivals Associate Editor
Create Diversity Opens Lyceum
In Faculty
The opening of the new school
year brings many new faces to
the Brevard College campus.
This year there are five new
faces in the McLarty - Goodson
Building.
The first is Miss Sara Barnhill
who teaches Composition and
American Literature. Miss
Barnhill attended UNC-G, the
University of St. Andrews in
Scotland, Clemson, and Jor-
donhill College of Education in
Glasgow, Scotland. Before
coming to Brevard, she taught at
Clemsoa Miss Barnhill lived in
England for four years and was a
frequent visitor to this area while
growing up. She enjoys traveling,
snow skiing, and collecting
foreign cookbooks.
Dr. Theodore Leithman,
another addition to the English
Department, teaches Develop
mental Studies and Composition.
Dr. Leithman attend^ Van
derbilt University. He enjoys
running, tennis, and swimming.
In addition to his teaching duties,
he is Director of Green Dor
mitory.
Returning to the Religion and
Philosophy Department after a
year’s absence is Mr. Preston
Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff attended
Wofford College for two years,
received his B. A. in English
from Georgia State and his
Masters of Divinity Degree from
Emory University. He enjoys
(Cont. to page 4)
Many states may boast great
men. Virginia has had her
Patrick Henrys, George
Washington and John Adamses.
North Carolina has had her share
of great men also. Many citizens
of our state have risen to fame in
various fields and in various
states. One of these men is Tom
Wicker, Associate Editor fo The
New York Times.
North Carolinian bom and bred,
Tom Wicker attended the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and later attended
Harvard. He returned to North
Carolina to speak at the opening
program of Brevard College’s
Lyceum series September 20. His
lecture theme centered around
Urban Life in America in relation
to street crime. Several points
were made concerning how
Wicker feels the problem of
street crime in all of America,
not just in the cities, should be
handed. Some of these include
the need to make the criminal
process, from arrest to trial to
sentencing and parole, the same
for everyone. No more arbitrary
judgement on the part of the
arresting officer and the judges.
Wicker also placed emphasis on
the need for more effective
punishments for criminals. This
would include jail sentences
without the chance for parole for
all prisoners. Swift and certain
punishments, he believes, will
act as an effective deterent to
crime. Many of the examples he
sited were from the recent
blackout looting in New York
City.
Unemployment, Wicker
considers to be a factor in street
crimes. The poverty stricken and
those from disintegrated homes
are more likely to be involved in
street crimes than those from
middle class families. He
stressed the need to
simultaneously wage battle
against inflation and unem
ployment in order to provide jobs
for the “under^lassed.”
Before coming to The New
York Times, Tom Wicker worked
on several newspapers in North
Carolina, Tennessee and
Washington, DC. He has written
eight novels and three non-fiction
books, the latest of which is A
Time to Die. His articles have
appeared in such magazines as
Harper’s , Esquire, Saturday
Evening Post, Playboy, Life, and
New Yorker. He currently writes
a I colurm for The Times called
“In the Nation,” which appear
thrice weekly. Wicker says that it
is like “writing a magazine peice
once a week.
After concluding his speech.
Wicker answered quesions from
the audience. Most of these in
cluded questions about national
affairs such as the Panama
Canal situation, the possible
minimum wage increase, and
social security . He also spoke to
an informal gathering of student
leaders and faculty in the
cafeteria predeeding the lecture.
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