THE CLARION
THE VOICE or BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume 46
Wednesday, April 25,1979
Edition 12
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Sophomore Elaine Myers is measured for her cap
and gown as graduation draws nearer.
Graduation Set
For May 13th
Graduation exercises for the
1979 sophomore class will be held
Sunday, May 13, at 2:00 p.m. in
fioshamer Gymnasium. Com
mencement speaker will be Dr.
^len K. Jackson, President of
Huntingdon College in Mont
gomery, Alabama. Dr. Jackson
js a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
e University of Denver and
olds a Ph.D. in Sociology from
Emory. He also attended
ambridge University in
England on a Fulbright
fellowship.
rr—iiiui suay, April
e last Life and Culture Series.
The humanit
e humanities series went out La Guibba” and “Sake, Salce.
''ictorious with the 1812 Mr Wallv Pallas sang an ex-
with the 1812
- commemorating a
Russian victory in battle.
overture
Kansas City Convention
Reveals Delta Pi’s Strengths
The Baccalaureate service will
be Sunday morning at 11:00 in the
Brevard First United Methodist
Church sanctuary. Dr. Jacob B.
Golden, Waynesville District
Supervisor of the United
Methodist Church, will be the
featured speaker.
On Saturday, May 12, an
Alumni Luncheon for all previous
graduates, faculty, and current
graduates will be given. The
luncheon wil begin at 1:00 p.m. in
the A.G. Myers Dining Hall.
Concert Band Closes
Life and Culture Series
by Donna Mulford
The Brevard Concert Band theatre fans. “Rocky” brought
appeared Thursday, Aprill9th, in back memories of the movies.
’ " ■ For the opera lovers was “Vesti
Mr. Wally Pallas sang an ex
cellent tenor part as Canio in
‘Vesti La Guibba”. Ms. Pat
— 111 UdLLie. Vesti LiSi LiUluua .
he band was directed by Ms. Robinson also sang well as
irginia Tillotson. This director’s Desdemona in “Salce, Salce.”
itality coaxed not only the xhis semester’s band concert
usician’s best effort but seemed ^^as more varied than the last
° ell the notes themselves what and there was also considerable
improvement. A better effort was
ne program included many made to please more tastes and
Pes of tnusic.“Broadway Show the concert was indeed en-
“PPers” presented a medley of iovable.
Popular show music for the
After a 23 hour ride on tne
activity bus, the V nembers of
Delta Pi and cneir sponsors
stepped out onto the streets of
Kansas City, Missouri. They had
ridden all night and had gotten
little sleep. Within minutes after
their arrival, they all had
changed clothes and were
downstairs campaigning, it
didn’t matter to them, for they
had waited for months to be here
at the National Phi Theta Kappa
convention.
Delta Pi’s colorful campaign
for Donna Harriger highlighted
the entire convention. Hearing
the theme “Get on the Harriger
Express” and seeing trains
everywhere, no one left the
convention not knowing who
Donna Harriger or Delta Pi was.
Delta Pi was highly honored
when they received a “Top Ten in
the Nation” award. This award
goes to the ten chapters in the
nation which the National office
feels have contributed the most to
the efforts of Phi Theta Kappa.
This award was really not ex
pected and when announced the'
members went into a state of
escatic shock.
The Brevard chapter also
received many individual wards.
The National Music Award
recognizing the best original
SGA Makes
Another Year
Successful
by Vanessa Davis
The Student Government
Association has worked hard to
complete the academic year of
1978-79. Even though the
association was confronted with
various problems such as
non-attendance at meetings, lack
of workers for the Coffee House
and lack of support for various
committees, the year turned out
to be a good one.
The SGA sponsored various
events and activities for the
participation of the students. The
Social Board branch made events
like the Homecoming Weekend,
Parents Weekend, the Christmas
Dance, the Valentines Dance and
the Spring Dance, all possible.
Social Board provided all the
movies you saw on Sunday
nights, and the Coffee Houses on
Thrusday nights. These events
were all worked and set up by the
Social Board members, Dean
HQuk and Don Scarborough s
assistance.
SGA help sponsor many clubs
by Scott Singletary
composition went to John
Meadows, a sophomore at
Brevard College. Joan is a music
major and is the accompanist for
the Collegiate Singers. Brevard
College has received the National
Music award for two consecutive
years.
Cyndi Blalock was presented a
scholarship to Florida Atlantic
University. This scholarship was
given to three outstanding college
students this year. After Cyndi
won the scholarship she phoned
her parents and found out that
her sister had been awarded the
Sims scholarship to Brevard
College that same day.
The convention also sponsored
a two-mile run called the
“Scholar Jogger.” Well, Delta Pi
refused to be left out in this area
as Mr. Gene McDowell won first
place among the male sponsors
at the convention.
The group also performed two
songs at the sponsor’s meeting.
They were later asked to perform
their songs for the entire con
vention. Nervously, the members
of Delta Pi lined across the stage
and sang “Sweet Survivor” only
to end to the sight of a crowd
rising to their feet with applause.
The three days of the con
vention proved to be very busy
ones for the students. When they
veren’t out campaigning they
were going to discos, ballets,
concerts, baseball games, etc. At
night, they went to parties that
lasted until the wee hours of the
morning.
Most of all, the convention
produced unforgettable
memories for them all. They will
always remember such things as
the sense of accomplishment that
they felt when they got to hang
their banner across the stage, the
sense of “freezing to death” that
they felt while waiting to get into
the baseball park, the sense of
pride they felt as they finished
their song to a standing audience,
the sense of closeness that they
felt toward each other and to
their new friends, the sense of
boredom during Hazel’s long
speech, and a sense of sincere
appreciation for their sponsors:
Mrs. Sarah Beard, Mr. Gene
McDowell, and Mr. Claude
Stulting.
The excitement of this year’s
convention made them yearn
even more for nex:t year’s con
vention in Washington, D.C. So,
look for Delta Pi to be “flying
high” all the way to Washington.
Presidential Award
Winners Named Today
The following Brevard College awards were presented this
morning during the Honors Day program. Congratulations
to these outstanding students.
Freshman Scholar
Award
Donna Harriger
Alicia Kinard
Jeff Lof tin
Tom Snyder
Presidential Award
for Achievement
Cross Country Team
Phi Theta Kappa
Men’s Basketball Team
Chico Hofton
Presidential Award
for Leadership
Margaret Gosnell
Presidential Award
for Service
Big Sisters
Karen McCall
Presidential Award
for Scholarship
David Roberts
Sandra Wilson
Tim Gunter
Robin Kilgo
Margaret Gosnell
such as Phi Theta Kappa’s tripto
the National Convention in
Kansas. They made it possible
for the cheerleaders to attend the
basketball Regionals in Rocky
Mount, Virginia and they also
sponsored a bus to take students
to the game.
On behalf of the students and
faculty, the SGA would like to
take this opportunity to thank the
volunteers for their participation
in the SGA projects. They would
like to especially thank Dean
Houk and Don Scarborough.