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Volume 52 Brevard College, Brevard. N.C. Wednesday, April 24, 1985 Number 9_
Wednesday, April 24, 1985
President Martinson Resigns
By Susan Rogers
Dr. Jacob C. Martinson, Jr.,
president of Brevard College
since 1976, has announced his
resignation. He is leaving
Brevard to fill the position of
president at High Point College,
effective August 1.
Martinson will succeed Charles
Lucht, who has been president at
High Point since 1981. A search
for Lucht’s successor was begun
in January after Lucht announc
ed his resignation.
Martinson, who will become
High Point’s sixth president, did
not actively seek the job. He was
recommended to the search com
mittee, which interviewed him
while he was in Greensboro two
weeks ago. He was chosen over a
field of 115 applicants.
Concerning his resignation,
Martinson said, “Why would any
man leave heaven? We’ve been
here for nine years and we’ve ac
complished so many things.
Brevard is in as fine a shape as it
has ever been, and it is by far the
finest institition of its kind in the
country.”
He added that he decided to go
to High Point because “Never
once did they say it was a promo
tion. They said they needed me.
When you are needed, and when
you are at a plateau in your cur
rent position, you sort of feel like
that’s the hand of God.”
In announcing Martinson’s ap
pointment, W. Roger Soles,
Chairman of the High Point Col
lege Board of Trustees, said,
“Dr. Martinson has had a fine
record everywhere he has been,
in Florida, Georgia, and at
Brevard College. We at High
Point College feel very fortunate
to have him agree to come with
us as our.president. High Point is
a strong college and with Dr.
Martinson’s leadership, it can be
even stronger.”
John E. Ward, Jr., a Biology
professor at High Point College,
was quoted in the Greensboro
Record as saying that Martinson
has many of the qualities that
High Point needs in a president.
“He’s known by a lot of people in
this area by reputation. I have
been impressed by his creden
tials and by the interviews we
have had with him through the
search process,” Ward said.
Martinson said that his
resignation was “A matter of
prayer. It sounds pious, but God
has had a hand in every move I
have made of such major conse
quence. God had a hand in my
coming to Brevard College. I
have always believed that the
Lord had a plan for my life and
that the fulfillment of that plan
would mean success. So far, that
has been 100% true.”
Martinson’s successor will be
chosen by a committee of BC
trustees and faculty members,
with input from the Methodist
Conference. According to Mar
tinson, there are a number of ex
cellent candidates who have ex
pressed their desire to come to
Brevard.
Martinson is the president of
the Council of University and Col
lege Presidents, a group compos
ed of the chief administrative of
ficers of the 17 institutions of
higher education in western
North Carolina. During his
tenure, enrollment has increased
40% and the college’s endowment
has grown from $2.1 million to
$5.4 million. Alumni support has
increased 400% and in 1983-84
total charitable contributions to
the college exceeded one million
dollars.
A native of Wisconsin, Martin
son earned his undergraduate
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President Jacob C. Martinson, Jr.
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SGA Officers Elected
^ will naturally be drawn into its student activ
Kim Qrmand Named
1985-86 Clarion Editor
By Susan Rogers
Kim Ormand has been named
the 1984-85 editor of the Clarion,
EC’s student newspaper.
Ormand said that she became
interested in the position of editor
because “The Clarion is an ex
cellent way to get to know the
people and the school.” She said
she has many ideas for the
newspaper, adding that “ my
ideas sound good in theory, but I
won’t know if they are really good
until I actually put them into
practice.”
Ken Chamlee, Clarion advisor,
said,“Kim is an active student
with good grades, just the kind of
person the Clarion needs. She
has shown considerable interest
and enthusiasm for the editor’s
job, and it should be a pleasure
working with her.”
Ormand, who will also serve as
a resident assistant next year,
said, “being editor should be a
challenge because it will mean a
lot of budgeting of my time. I
By Susan Rogers
Representatives have been
chosen by the freshman class of
Brevard College to fill the 1985-86
Student Government Executive
Offices.
In a run-off election, Hennmg
Brandt was chosen to assume the
office of President of SGA. Brian
Cook was elected as Vice-
President, Judicial Board and
Lynelle Lewis was elected as
Vice-President, Social Board.
Brandt said that the most dif
ficult part of his job will be get
ting students motivated. He
thinks that if the SGA presents
itself as a group of people who en
joy their jobs and care about
v.lwtl ihc\ .iicdoinu ttu-n people
will naturally be drawn into its
activities. He said that a lack of
unity on campus has made
students uninterested in being
together. Brandt said, “Brevard
students are given too little
responsibility, in and out of class.
That might be why so few
students take responsibility on
their own.”
He said that he has good ideas
and can do a good job as SGA
President. “The SGA can get bet
ter only if we make a good team,”
he said. He thinks that the suc
cess of the SGA depends on how
well its members communitate
with other students. He plans to
talk more with students to find
out what they want in the area of
student activities.
Although at 25 he is older than
most BC students and is from
another country, Brandt feels
that he will be a good represen
tative of the college. He likes the
town and the people of Brevard
and feels that the size of the col
lege provides the perfect oppor
tunity for fun and a good educa
tion.
Cook thinks that he will make a
good Vice-President, Judicial
Board because he plans to work
toward achieving a happy
medium between the students
and the administration of the col
lege. “The hardest part is going
to be remembering to use good
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Kim Ormand
don’t want one thing to suffer
because of another. She also
commented that “Brevard is a
conservative school. It s the
responsibility of any editor of any
paper to be sure that the material
is acceptable to the readers.
According to current editor
Susan Rogers, “Kim is an ex
cellent choice for the editor’s
position. It’s hard to pass on
something that you have worked
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Lynelle Lewis
Brian Cook
Henning Brandt