The Brevard College Weekly
Vol. I
Brevard College, Brevard, North~Garolina, November 22, 1935.
No. 9
Dr. Smart
Sunday evening, November 17,
Dr. W. A. Smart from Emory Uni
versity was the speaker at vesper
service. His talk centered around
our childhood beliefs and the chang
ing of those beliefs. Most students,
he said, had been more or less “tied
to their mothers’ apron strings.”
Our first and second years away
from home are of much' help, in
that we begin choosing for our
selves between right and wrong.
Does our religion play a part in our
beliefs, he asked, or could we dis
tinguish between right and wrong
if we had no religion?
Again Monday morning at the
assembly period Dr, Smart talked
to the student body, this time about
religion in relation to our social
problems. In his talk he stressed
the fact that our social contacts
need religion and our religious life
needs concern with social better
ment. We are all born with tlis
capacity for living a worthwhile
life, he observed, a capacity for
fastening our hearts to others and
to the world around us. Life is
not a thing to be found in a test
tube, nor religion a thing to be ar
gued about. If we will only re
alize that we are all children of
God, then our lives will become
worthwhile.
While Dr. Smart was in Brevard
the students had two other oppor
tunities of hearing him-Sunday
morning and Sunday night at the
local Methodist Church. Sunday
night immediately after the church
service he had a conference with all
young people who are planning for I
a life of Christian work. At the
conference he emphasized the very
great need of trained religious
leaders. His private conferences
with interested students held on
Monday morning were of great val
ue to those attending.
Thanksgiving Time in the Country
Class Meetings
Freshmen
At the regular chapel period on
Wednesday, the freshman class
held its regular bi-monthly meeting
in the auditorium with James Rog
ers presiding.
The meeting was opened with de-
votionals by Mitchell Faulkner, a
member of the Ministerial Band.
The devotional period preceded the
reading of the minutes by the class
secretary.
Beginning the business, Ed Pow
ell, the class treasurer, gave a re
port concerning the dues that had
been received and disbursements
that had been made. Later in the
meeting the class voted on its mot
to, colors, and flower for the year,
which are as follows:
Motto -
To Live and Help Others To Live
Flowers
Red Rose and White Rose
Colors
Red and White
Sophomores
Wednesday morning, November
20, at tha assembly period the
sophomores met in Room 222 with
Lloyd Parks, the president, in
charge.
The purpose of this meeting was
to select motto, flower, and colors
for the class. The various commit
tees which were appointed a few
weeks ago for this work gave their
suggestions, and the class chose
from them. For the motto, “Wish
not to live long as to live well” was
chosen. Pink rose bud for the
flower and green and white for the
colors were chosen. After this
there was a general discussion of
Homecoming on Thanksgiving Day
and the possibility of a banquet
that night.
Societies Have
Social
Last Saturday night the Cliosophic
and Euterpean literary sof'ieties had
their first social of the year in the form
of the initial opening of a theatre, with
various members of ;,hi3 tw societies
performing.
This entertainment was held in the
library. It opetied with a grand march,
which ended with the group in their
seats for the show. “Slim” Young o
pened the big show with a word of
welcome; he then introduced the per
formers of the evening as they appear
ed on the program.
The ladies wore evening gowns and
the men wore full dress suits. Follow
ing the stage program, which is listed
below, the group had five minute dates
until refreshments were served.
Recitation Geraldine DeVier
Popular Songs
Jack Armstrong and Frank Graver
Piano Solo Margaret Wilson
Popular Songs Ruth Sylvester
Recitation Ellen L„ Gidney
. Raymond Bin-
ford Speaks at
Assembly
Tuesday morning, November 16, the
student body enjoyed hearing Mrs.
Raymond Binford, wife of the former
president of Guilford College and sis-
trc-in-law of Miss Myra Binford,
speak at the assembly period.
Mrs. Binford used as her topic “Ad
venture” and stated that adventures
were things that happened to us when
we were not expecting them. In her
talk she brought out several factors
which contribute to our preparation to
receive adventures and thrills. Among
these she mentioned curiosity, know
ledge of what goes on around us, enthu
siasm, and courage or willingness to
enter into new fields. She also stress
ed the fact that there are many worth
while adventures here in our own state
and vicinity, and that it is not neces
sary to go great distances to find thrills.
Mrs. Binford illustrated her talk by
telling of various adventures that she
has had in h»r travels. She also ex
hibited sevf'ral ti’inkets tliat she had
gathered.
Home-Coming
At a recent meeting of the Student
Council it was decided that they
would sponsor home coming day on
Thanksgiving.
All alumni and parents of present
students have been sent a personal in
vitation to be the guests of the school
and council during the entire day.
There with be a meeting in the chapel
at eleven o’clock, at which time there
will be ashort devotional period and
talks by old students.
The Tornado-Mars Hill game will
be the climax of the day; there will,
however, be a social of some nature
that night, perhaps a banquet. Elab
orate plans have been made for a big
time at the game.
Operetta
Presented by Glee
Clubs
“Lelawala, or the maid of Ni
agara,” an Indian operetta by
Charles Cadman has been cast for
production by the joint glee clubs of
Brevard College. The operetta is
under the direction of Miss Char
lotte Hatcher, the new music in
structor .The Glee Clubs have been
holding regular practises for about
four weeks, and the performance
will take place in the near future.
The operetta is to be given on the
stage of Brevard High School, and
the plans now are to give the per
formance for two successive nights.
The principal characters are as fol-
ows:
Lelawala Ruth Sylvester
Sowanis Russell Andrews
Khalwar Leighton Presson
Napanee Evelyn Cordell
Hintole Mary Evelyn Smith
^[arpeetopah Robert Dixon
Wanyeca Eugenia Coltrane
Sergeant Bilks Frances Craver
Lord Tatler Jack Armstrong
Eager Eye JosephA. Goodin
Shungela James Rogers
Clarenda Annie Ruth Cali
Wokomis Marshall Houtz
Margaret Slagle and Mary Alice
Bristol spent the week-end at their
aome in Andrews.
NO PAPER
Because of the Thanksgiving
Holiday The Clarion will not be
published next week.