Monday, March 26, 1984
The Clarion
Pagi
e 3
Dr. Ed Roy Ends Successful Career
Dr. Ed Roy
By Jill Avett
Over the past 40 years, Dr. Ed
ward Roy has been involved in
many school-related and civic ac
tivities in addition to serving as a
member of the faculty. He has
won several honors, has done a
great deal of traveling, and was
even on an archaeological dig.
Dr. Roy earned his B.A. at
Piedmont College, his Masters at
Emory University, his M.A, at
Peabody College, and his doc
torate at Greensboro College. In
1944, Dr. Eugene Coltrane, the
first president of Brevard Col
lege, offered Dr. Roy the position
of instructor in religious educa
tion and director of religious ac
tivities. Dr, Roy officially ac
cepted the position on September
15, 1944.
Not only is Dr. Roy the
Chaplain, he is also Chairman of
the Humanities Division, College
Marshal, Chairman of the
Cultural Life Committee, and a
member of the Academic Stan
dards, Religious Life and Tenure
Committees. As chaplain, Dr.
Roy considers himself a minister
to a special community. His
duties include being responsible
for programs such as the Staley
Lectures and Victoria Purgason
Lectureship and providing
counseling for faculty and
students.
Dr. Roy is the Chairman of both
the Transylvania County Human
Relations Council and the Tran
sylvania County United Way. He
is a past president of the Brevard
Lions Club, Transylvania Youth
Association, and is presently a
member of the Mayor’s Advisory
Council. Dr. Roy is also Chair
man of the Steering Committee of
Transylvania Hospice Care, Inc.
which is a service group that
ministers to the terminally ill.
In 1971, Dr. Roy was listed in
Outstanding Educators of
America, and he has also been
named to Who’s Who in the South
and Who’s Who in Methodism.
He has served as president of the
North Carolina Teachers of
Religion and as president of the
Transylvania Ministerial
Association. He is a member of
the National Association of Col
lege and University Chaplains,
National Campus Ministers
Association, Society of Biblical
Literature, the American Schools
of Oriental Research, and Phi
Delta Kappa.
In 1967, Dr. Roy went on an Ar
chaeological Expedition to Arad,
Israel along with a group of
students and teachers from
America. This group was met by
another group of students and
teachers from Hebrew Universi
ty in Jerusalem. Dr. Roy un
covered two oil lamps dating
from the year 800 B.C. and an in
cense burner used in the first
Israelite temple to be uncovered.
Dr. Roy said that in addition to
the finds, this particular trip was
interesting because it was right
after the Six-Day war.
In 1970, Dr. Roy and his family
traveled about the Middle-East
retracing St. Paul’s journeys.
In 1971 Dr. Roy along with a
group of teachers from Phi Delta
Kappa (a teachers’ fraternity)
spent three weeks in Russia stu
dying the school systenas. In
1979, he made a similar trip to
China.
During the past 40 years, Dr.
Roy has accomplished and
achieved much. He has been a
vital part of the college communi
ty and has served in his many of
fices with distinction. De. Roy is
a valuable adminstralor and
leader as his record has proven.
A Few Weeks Turn Into Thirty Years
By Jill Avett
In the fall of 1952, Brevard Col
lege found itself without a
registrar. Mrs. Brona Roy decid
ed to help out for “just a few
weeks.” Those few weeks turned
into a career of 30 years. When
she first became registrar, there
were 123 students. At the end of
her 30 years, there were over 700.
In addition to serving as
registrar, Mrs. Roy was advisor
to the PERTELOTE for 23 years.
During this time the
PERTELOTE won numerous
first place awards from both the
University of Minnesota Col
legiate Press Association and the
Columbia Collegiate Press
Association.
Mrs. Roy has been very active
in the Association of College
Registrars and Admission Of
ficers on a district, regional, and
national level. She served as
secretary for three years for the
North Carolina Association of
Collegiate Registrars and Admis
sions Officers. She was Constitu
tion Chairman for NCACRAO
when North and South Carolina
merged into the Carolines
Association of Collegiate
Registrars and Admissions Of
ficers.
Mrs. Roy is an honorary life
member of SACRAO (Southern
Association of Collegiate
Registrars and Admissions Of
ficers) and has served as com
mittee chairman. For the past
six years, Mrs. Roy has served on
a committee appointment made
by the American Association of
Collegiate Registrars and Admis
sions Officers.
Mrs. Roy is also a member of
the North Carolina Federation
and General Federation
Women’s Club on a local and
district level in which she has
served in as president and in
various other offices.
Mrs. Roy is presently the Music
Librarian. In the words of Presi
dent Martinson, “When the Col
lege called upon her to set up a
music library, she assumed this
task with her characteristic en
thusiasm and efficiency and has
developed one of the finest
music libraries for any junior col
lege. In her faithful devotion,
Brona Roy has become as much a
Mrs. Brona Rov
tioii as anyone could possibly
part of the fabric of this institu- b e
Lynda F errell Named
To Up With People
By Susan Rogers
Lynda Ferrell, a 20-year old
sophomore, has been named a
member of Up With People, an in-
ternational song and dance
troupe.
F’errell auditioned for the
organization during a concert in
Brevard last year, making her
way through three interviews as
well as voice and piano auditions.
She will leave in July for five
Lynda Ferrell
weeks of training in Arizona and
then begin a year-long tour of the
U.S. and Europe.
Up With People began during
the 1960’s under the name of
Young Americans. When the
show began traveling abroad, the
name was changed to Up With
People. The idea behind the pro
grams is to promote peace and
brotherhood among the nations.
The cast members stay in the
homes of sponsor families in the
cities they visit and often per
form service projects while they
are there.
Some 500 young men and
women, between the ages of 17
and 25 participate in Up With
People’s five casts each year.
They represent over 20 countries
and almost all 50 states and are
selected from 7,000 applicants an
nually.
Miss Ferrell is the daughter of
Mary Jean Ferrell of Clearwater,
Florida, and Dean Ferrell of
Mansfield, Ohio.
Film Class Improves Students
Basic Viewing Skills
By Susan Rogers
Somebody in Administration
must have really messed up this
time. Imagine offering a class in
which all one has to do is watch a
movie to receive credit! Believe
it or not, English teacher Sarah
Barnhill teaches this very type
class.
Actually, it is not as easy as it
sounds. Students must write
papers, critiques, and reviews of
the movies they watch in class.
In addition, they must be able to
back up their opinions of the
movies with proof from the films.
According to Barnhill, the film
class is an important one. “We
live in a visual age so we must
become more sophisticated
viewers.” She also thinks that by
experiencing many different
types of movies, her students are
better able to distinguish between
good and bad films in terms of
those presently being released.
Films shown in class yary from
Casablance to Rollerball
Barnhill chooses the films accor
ding to her personal preferences
and the cost of showing the film.
She also considers films that are
of interest due to their controver
sial nature and reviews of par
ticular films by established
critics.
Barnhill adds, “There’s been a
lot of community effort given to
the film course, and I’m very
grateful for it. For example, the
Social Board and the Student
Union have supplied us with
Some Like It Hot and Rollerball.
And Phi Theta Kappa sponsored
I
Nashville, a very thought-
provoking film that creat>d some
interesting discussion artd fit in
with PTK’s current topic of
American values. My - thanks
also need to go to Dea» Wray,
who has helped me out in
emergencies when filmji didn’t
arrive and who has a pei^nal in
terest in the film i
. !
The class is currentljf offered
each spring semester. It meets
from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday
nights. The screenings S(fe open
to anyone interested.
Editor Susan Rogers
Assistant Editor/Business Manger Jill Avett
Advisor Ken Chanilee
Photographs supplied by the Pertelote
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