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THE CLARION
THE VOICE OF BREVARD COLLEGE STUDEHTS
Volume 46
January 30,1979
Edition 7
Phi Theta Kappa
Promotes
Achievement
SOMETHING TO write home about — snow blanketed the Brevard area last
Tuesday night. Here a scene at downtown Brevard as viewed Wednesday
morning.
College Day Program David Holt
Returns To BC
by Carol Miles
On January 22, 1979, some of Student response was strong,
the nation’s leading colleges and especially among the Sophomore
universities gathered on the class. This program was the final
Brevard College Campus for an opportunity for Sophomores to
annual college day program. The discuss possible senior schools
group, consisting of 65 schools, before the application deadlines
met in the James Addison Jones in early spring.
Library from 2:00 p.m. until 4:30 According to Miss Betty Neale,
p.m. At this time, students were the Associate Dean of Ad-
given the opportunity to pick up missions, the program was a real
brochures on prospective schools success, and all of the colleges
and to discuss transfer were complimentary of the
possibilities with college ad- student body and of the college,
mission personnel. Miss Neale further stated that the
The schools represented in- representatives seemed eager to
eluded colleges from Arkansas, obtain students transfering from
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Brevard College.
Missouri, North Carolina, South The next college day program
Carolina, Tennessee, and is scheduled for early fall. This
Virginia. There was also a program will be open to high
representative from the Air school students as well as college
Force ROTC.
students.
Folksinger David Holt.
To Appear
Thurs day Night
by Donna Mulford
This Thursday night, the Life
and Culture Series presents a
concert by David Holt a folklorist
and musician. He plays a variety
of instruments including banjo,
hammered dulcimer, autoharp,
and squeezebox which are in
struments which are associated
with the folklore of the Western
Carolina Mountains. He has
learned many ballads that have
been passed down hundreds of
years from oldtimers.
Just as he,has learned these
ballads and traditions, he has set
up opportunities for other young
people to learn them by
establishing a music program at
Warren Wilson College in which
mountain musicians teach
students their skills.
Davif'. Holt has appeared on
television and performed at
many Southern folk festivals. He
has traveled to Nepal and India
for the U.S. State Department, to
demonstrate American folk
music. His concerts not only
include music but mountain folk
tales.
This Culture and Life Series
promises to be both entertaining
and worthwhile. Through songs
and instruments, it will give an
insight on the way the first
mountain people lived. The
concert will be held in Dunham
Auditorium at 8:15 p.m. on Feb.
1.
by Scott Singletary
“PTK is on the move this
year,” says Karen McCall,
president of Brevard College’s
Delta Phi chapter of Phi Theta
Kappa, the national honor
organization for American junior
colleges.
The Brevard College chapter is
currently busy preparing for the
upcoming regional convention in
Greenwood, S.C., February 2-4,
where they will be running for the
position of president of the
Southern region. This region
includes eleven states. According
to Karen, if Brevard is successful
in its bid for the presidency then
Brevard College will act as host
for next year’s regional con
vention. The chapter then plans
to attend the national convention
April 8-10 and possibly sponsor a
Brevard College student to run
for a national office.
Besides their planning for the
convention, their most recent
project was the used booksale on
registration day, which Karen
admits, “got a little hectic at
times.”
Among their many plans for
the rest of the year are a trip to
Crossmore, a school for children
from broken homes, and the
initiation of incoming freshman.
The members are very secretive
concerning the upcoming AVP-
SDD. All of the members are
sworn to silence about this and
are withholding comment until a
later date. Karen added that the
Delta Pi chapter plans to take an
active part in the Honors topic for
all PTK chapters, “Man’s
Brilliant future” .
Since 1918 Phi Theta Kappa has
recognized intellectual
achievement in American junior
colleges. The members must be
judged to have good moral
character and must possess
qualities of good citizenship. In
order to be admitted as a first
semester freshman, one must
achieve a 3.5 GPA or above and
maintain at least a 3.2 throughout
the sophomore year.
According to the PTK Hand
book, the purpose of the
organization is “to promote
scholarship, develop leadership
and service and cultivate
fellowship among students in
community and junior colleges. ’ ’
Phi Theta Kappa operates on
three levels — national, regional
and local. The national
organization coordinates the
activities of the fraternity as a
whole. Brevard is a member of
the southern region. Delta Pi,
Brevard’s local chapter, was
founded in 1943.
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SGA Open F or
Suggestions
by Vanessa Davis and Carol Miles
The Student Government
Association represents the
Brevard College student body.
Headed by President Frank
Beatty, the group meets to
discuss any problems, concerns
or questions about school policies
The Association is divided into
two boards, the General Judicial
Board and the Social Board. The
Senators, depending upon the
office they hold, serve on one of
these bodies of government. The
Vice Presidents of the
Association chair the boards.
Margaret Houk, Dean of Student
Affairs, and Don Scarborough,
Director of- the Social Board,
advise and support the group.
The General Judicial Board
handles any student violations
where the punishment may not
exceed adademic probation. Any
problem of a more serious nature
is sent to the Supreme Judicial
Board. This board is a completely
different entity from the General
Judicial Board.
The Social Board is responsible
for the coordination of all social
activities. These activities in
clude movies, parties, dances
and other related activities.
Last semester, the Board
sponsored the Homecoming
Weekend, Parents Weekend, The
Christmas Dance, several
movies, and the weekend discos.
Anyone interested in con
tributing or anyone with
questions is invited to attend the
weekly meetings on Thursdays at
6:30 p.m. in McLarty-Goodson
Classroom Building, Room 118.
NOTICE: All vehicle fees
and fines are now payable
to Security Office, Room
107 McLarty Goodson
Building; between 1-6 p.m.
Monday .thru Friday.
Effective immediately!