Page 10 November 13, 1989 The Clarion
Grandmother cameto BC on butter and eggmoney
by Libby Enloe Another organ student named ‘Radar’
ciarUm Reporter playcd at the Episcopal Church uptown.
My mother doesn’t have to sell butter Radar used to ‘requisition’ wine from the
and eggs to pay for my tuition here at church and hold communion in the men’s
Brevard College but her mother’s mother dorm.”
did. Mother wasn’t exactly a perfect scholar
For $285 my grandmother, Mary Quince either. “My suite-mate, Pat Grey, and I
Poteat, got a college education. Grand- to dress up like nuns and go door-to-
mother loved BC. She often told my door in Jones with a flashlight and wake
mother stories about “...the good old days people up to say rosaries over them with
at Brevard,” as a member of the class of oiir pearls... We could be a sacreligious
1939. bunch, sometimes,” she admits, “but
One of mom’s favorite stories is the one there were no drugs and particularly no
about the Sunday suit grandmother alcohol.”
brought with her to BC. The Poteats We think our visitation rules are strict;
weren’t rich people. Instead of great- when mother was here “we had a 7 p.m.
grandmother having to buy grandmother’s curfew during the week unless there was a
suit, she made her one. What’s so special basketball game, and we had to sign out
about that? Grandmother’s suit was piec- every time we left campus, event to walk
ed together from her brother’s old tuxedo, up to Gaither’s for a hamburger.”
The story goes that this suit, “...made Campus life was very structured. “Even
quite a fashion statement with its satin the ‘panty raids’ were orchestrated, she
lapels and all the other girls on campus said. “We knew the boys were going to do
wanted one just like it.” it, and we’d make it easier for them by
Not only did my grandmother attend BC throwing our underwear out the window.”
but my mother did also. Now that I’m Conduct in the dorms was strictly
here, I get the “Well, you know when I was observed. There were quiet hours. From
here in 1M9... ” 7:30 to 9:30 each evening, Monday through
I don’t mind. I love to hear the stories of Thursday, there was to be no “...loud talk-
what BC was like 30 years ago. ing, laughing, radios or record players...”
I found mom’s 1959 Pertelote. What a And get this, girls; NO SHOWERS. “No
culture shock! The student’s then looked moving from room to room without per-
so mature. Will our children say the same mission from your hall proctor (or RA)
of us 30 years from now? You may at the beginning of quiet hour go
Tuition in 1958-1959 was $720 a year. BC to another room provided no more than
had a dress code back then. Girls weren’t three are in a room and provided hall proc-
allowed to wear jeans or shorts to class, tors on each hall are notified.” This next
the cafeteria or off campus before 1 p.m. rule is a killer’ “...no telephone calls ex-
They weren’t allowed to wear shorts or cept for emergencies.” That’s not all
jeans at all on Sundays. “You are to be in your room by 10:30 each
Mother said, “some of my favorite evening, Monday through Friday; li:30 on
memories of Brevard College are of study- Saturday, and 11:45 on Sunday night...no
ing pipe organ with handsome Dr. Adams, showers may be taken after these
hours...lights must be out at 11:30.”
“Each girl is responsible for the care of
her room...” Demerits were given to
students who didn’t keep their rooms
clean. My mother should know. This past
Homecoming, a woman she went to school
with came up to her and said, “You’re
‘Fish’, (Mom’s nickname at BC) aren’t
you? I remember now. You were the one
who always got the demerits for having
such a messy room!”
Strange, after 30 years that’s how mom’s
classmates remember her. The next time
she fusses at me for “living in a disaster
area,” I’ll remind her of those demerits.
Times have changed here at BC. Some
things have gotten better over the years.
Some things have gotten worse. I’ve only
been here a few months but I’ve already
some lasting memories. Mother is so hap
py I’m here. She says that grandmother
would be happy too. I hope so.
Libby Enloe with her mom, Mary Ann Enloe of Hazelwood. Libby
represents the third generation in her family to attend Brevard
College. A lot has changed here since her grandmother attended years
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