Tiipsdav. September 29, 1981
The Clarion
Page 5
Three New Members
Added To Music Facuity
By G. Allen Barbee, Jr.
The faculty of the Department
of Music is pleased to announce
the appointment of three new
members. Dr. Joe Barry Mullins
will serve as Visiting Professor
and Conductor-in-Residence for -
the 1981-1982 school year. He will
be the new conductor for the
Brevard College Concert Band,
and he will teach percussion in
struments and conducting.
Dr. Mullins has recently
retired as Professor of Music,
University of Southern Mississip
pi, where he was the Coordinator
of’ Instrumental Music, serving
as administrator of wind and per
cussion activities, including four
concert bands, the marching
band, and various instrumental
ensembles.
A native of Arkansas, Dr.
Mullins received the Bachelor of
Music Degree from Memphis Col
lege of Music, the Master of
Music Degree from Peabody Col
lege, and the Doctor of Education
Degree from the University of Il
linois.
The second addition to the
music faculty is Miss Patricia
Robinson. Miss Robinson will
serve as Staff Accompanist for
the 1981-1982 school year. She will
accompany individual students.
Chamber Choir, and the Oratorio
Chorus. She will also be teaching
private lessons in voice and
piano. Miss Robinson is also the
present Director of Music at the
First United Methodist Church
here in Brevard.
When asked about her educa
tion, Miss Robinson replied, “I
attended several schools
distinguishing myself at none of
them!” She received her
Bachelor of Music Degree from
Greensboro College and did
graduate studies at Julliard,
Syracuse University, and the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. She received her
Master of Music Degree from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Miss Robinson’s in
terests include theater and early
music.
The third new addition to the
faculty of the Division of Fine
Arts is Mrs. Jean Roberts. Mrs.
Roberts was hired for the
1981-1982 school year as instruc
tor in piano.
Originally from Niagara Falls
in upstate New York, she receiv
ed her Bachelor of Music Degree
from Eastman School of Music.
Her master of music Degree was
obtained form Yale School of
Music. Mrs. Roberts is also work
ing on her D.M.A. now at Univer
sity of Texas at Austin. She
spends her summers at
Tidewater Music Festival at St.
Mary’s College in Maryland. She
is also now teaching at Furman
University.
Mrs. Roberts feels that
Brevard College will be a good
experience for her. She enjoys
the campus and the people, and
she feels that the newly
renovated music building is a
great asset to the lives of the
music students and faculty. She
hopes that her students will not
only gain the technical aspects of
the keyboard, but be able to use
the keyboard to become better
musicians.
Brevard College welcomes Dr.
Mullins, Miss Robinson, and Mrs.
Roberts to the Department of
Music.
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Freshman Rep. Stephanie Danson, and R.A. Melanie Mullins, carefully watch over E.
Beam, making it a safer place to live. (Photo by Tia StalHngs).
English Department Welcomes Ames
SGA Plans Events,
Aids Student Life
by DeAnna Johnson
Forehand and the SGA encourage
vour involvement. . .
The Social Board is begmnmg
the planning of next semester s
social calendar. The vice-
president of the Social Board is
Allison Tanner. The Social Bo^rd
consists of the presidents and the
freshman representatives of each
dorm. ^ , .
The Judicial Board has no
received any appeals yet- Jhe
vice-president of the J^^ical
Board is John McMinn. McMinn
feels “the purpose of this com
mittee is to insure that students
have received fair and unbias^
disciplinary action. ine
Judicial Board is compnsed of
the vice-presidents and the res -
. i t — HnT*m.
by Mary Gay Michaels
Brevard College is fortunate to
have Dr. Alfred C. Ames as a
member of its faculty. Dr. Ames
came here this year after leaving
Chicago where he had been a
member of the editoral board of
the Chicago Tribune for the past
twenty-five years. Considering
his ties with the newspaper,
teaching a journalism course is
no surprise. Dr. Ames also
teaches the freshman English
course of Rhetoric and Composi
tion 101-B and a section of
Literacy Genre 102.
Dr. Ames began his college
education at the University of
Kansas where he majored in
English. He graduated from
there in 1936. He then went to the
University of Urbana in Illinois
on a scholarship where he taught
English Composition to freshman
as a graduate student and assis
tant teacher. After seven years
there, he received his Ph.D., and
spent the next seven years as an
instructor and professor at the Il
linois Institute of Technology in
Chicago. “I’ve probably been
teaching freshman composition
longer than anyone else in the
country!” Ames commented.
In 1951, he became associate
editor of the Magazine of Books of
the Chicago Tribune. Five years
later, Ames was recruited as a
member of the Chicago Tribune,
and he began writing editorials
which, he said, was very
prestigious and satisfying. “As I
look back on it, I couldn’t have
been more fortunate,” Ames
stated. While working at the
Tribune, Dr. Ames still found
time to teach part-time at Nor
thwestern University.
Dr. Ames remained at the
Tribune until August 1 of this
year when he became a member
of the Brevard College Faculty.
Some of the accomplishments ac
credited to him include the Sum-
merfield Scholarship which he
received as a senior in high
school, and his noted prestige in
Who’s Who In America for about
fifteen years.
Ames’ key to success is to be
“ethically and morally motivated
and by following one’s own values
and standards, one can achieve
success in life.” He said being
“innerdirected” means to
“always let your conscience be
your guide, as Pinocchio says.”
He suggested that students
should be themselves and should
not be scared or hindered by
others.
Dr. Ames’ opinion of students is
a good one. Even during the tur-
bullant sixties, he found students
to be enjoyable. He used words
like “cooperative” and “unspoil
ed” to describe the students at
Brevard. He commented that
people in the Southeast are more
trusting, helpful, and courteous
than elsewhere. Students impress
him by being “pleasant people to
deal with, but even more so here
(at Brevard).”
Dr. Ames would like to be
known as one who has the best in
terest of the student in mind. He
stated, “I like to think of myself
as the student’s friend rather
than adversary.” He also said
how gratifying it is to know that
“Brevard College is one college
where the institution is focused
on the student. It’s not like that
everywhere.”
The Student Government
Association, from now on refer
red to as the SGA, is constantly
working behind the scenes for
you. Do you know that your social
calendar is planned by the part of
the SGA called the Social Board?
Do you know that if a student ap
peals points, the decision is made
by the Judicial Board, composed
of the rest of the SGA?
The president of the SGA is Bill
Forehand. He is presently con
cerned with matters such as a
carrier radio station for the cam
pus, campus improvements, and
student response in the SGA. All
meetings are open to the student
body. The meetings are every
Monday night at 6:00 p.m.
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Student Government
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Bill Forehand - President
Allison Tanner
Vice President
Social Board
John McMinn
Vice President
Judicial Board
Social Board
Dorm Presidents
Lori Knight
Mimi Burton
DeAnna Johnson
Steve Lauria
Dewey Whitaker
Ural Glanville
Chuck Byrd
Lee Evans
Representatives
Freshmen
Lane Yates
Debbie Atkins
Debbie Farran
Suzie Updike
Stephanie Danson
Leigh Jones
Skeebo Hancock
Jeff Grieves
Ricky Pitts
Thavin Emerson
Bernard Strong
Brad Walter
Nancy Luppino
Linda Stewart
Hob Wilson
Steve Fox
Judicial Board
Dorm Vice-Presidents
Meredith Dobbins
Mary Lineberger
Karen Capps
David Julen
Kyle Genaway
D.C. Taylor
Laurie Midgett
Angela Whittington - Secreta^j
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