The Brevard College Weekly
Brevard College, BrevMrd, North Carolina, December 6, 1936.
FRANCES ROSS HALL PAGE
Pen Sketch of Frances Ross Hall
History of Ross Hall
A Ross Hall Boy’s
Thanksgiving
Dinner
It was impossible for the Ross H&ll
boys to remain at outs with anyone,
even Mars Hill, after bating the ex
ceptionally good Thanksgiving dinner
which Mrs. Buckner prepared last
Thursday. No formal programf'was
carried out at the dinner, but the true
•pirit of Thanksgiving prevailed and
each of the boys carried the spirit a-
way with him. Last year’s Ross Hall
Quartet reunited for the holiday, and
addM much to the occasion by sing
ing sacred numbers. The dinner was
a success in every way, and Vernon
spoke for the boys when he thanked
itlrs. Buckner for the work she had
done, and gave her the credit for the
.^www^t-our-Tbanksgivinfrdinner.
Girls* Dinner
Reorganized
Because of Mrs. Buckner’s absence
week before last, and Thanksgiving
last week, the Wednesday evening
girls’ dinner has not been held f*r the
past two WMks. This week, however,
with Summers Maugans and Russell
Andrews in charge of the arrange
ments, the dinner went through as
scheduled, with Miss Shore as chaper
on^. The girls who attended were Vir
ginia Barnes, Becky Brady, Ruth
Sylvester, Meredith White, Helen
Dillard, Edith Allen, Helen Avett,
^d Mary Ross.
Social Life at
Ross Hall
It has been the custom in past his
tory of Ross Hall to have a few so
cials Mch year to which the “Biddies”
fre invited. So far everyone who has
been over for dinner seems to have
enjoyed the occasion. Along with
tbe«e Wednesday night dinners, the
^rla are given parties and Weiner
toastp. We have had only one weiner
roMt this year, but with everyone co-
ppfrating to the fullest we hope to
iiave many more enjoyable occasions.
Playing is seMoni paying.
The property on which Robs Hall
now .stands was owned .by s Mr..
Earle about thirty years ago and
=was sold to Mr. R. H. Zachary who
farmed all the land around Ross
Hall east of King’s Creek, which
runs through the college campus.
The property was later sold to
Brevard Institute for about twenty-
two thousand dollars. The purchase
was made through the Woman's
Missionary Society of which Mrs.
F. H. E. ^ss was treasurer. Mrs.
Ross wsis also treasurer of Brevard
Institute and bursar of Brevard Col
lege last year. When a name was
decided upon for the Hall, Mrs.
Ross’S name was used.
The building was first erected as
a dwelling house; and later when it
became the property of Brevard
Institute, an additipn was built to
the north end of it, adding thirteen
rooms to the thirteen already there.
This addition was made about 1920.
The boys who roomed in Ross
Hall while the Institute was run
ning came to Old Taylor Hall (West
Hall) for their nieals.
At the beginning of last year a
kitchen and dining room were made
from the sleeping porch on the first
floor, for which the boys of Ross
Hall at present should be thankful.
Dr. Artman said he was surpris
ed that none of the girls had knit
ting in chapel. He did not see
Price.
Annie Ruth Call seems to be ex
perienced in the art of collecting
strings — of boys.
Impression of Dr.
Artman
Dr, J. M. Artman, an eminent
educator, formerly of Chicago Uni
versity, and at present editor of the
“Character” magazine, gave Bre
vard College several interesting ad
dresses and discussions on Novem
ber 28 and 29, which presented to
us a new insight into life itself.
Dr. Artman can be eulogized suf
ficiently in saying that he is a
thinker who is certainly and quite
evidently seaking for the truth. He
believes that our present economic
lapse is caused by exploitation anc
by a lack of attention to character
development. His interpretation
of world affairs is quite logical, an(
his work establishes for him a defi
nite contact by which he can judge
such a situation. By contact with
Dr. Artman one can readily see that
he is ))asing his words as well as
thoughts upon a vast amount of ex
perience, and upon the results of
his association with people of the
“Jane Addams type.” He is fast
trying to reach a conclusion as to
the correct manner in which char
acter may be taught in public in
stitutions.
Dr. Artman proved himself to be
a person whose speech is stimulat
ing, and association with him on
our campus was very gratifying.
Fire! fire! All hopes for Jethro were
gone, for he was in his room reading
pflychology. Suddenly someone rang
the dinner bell^hp was saved.
Goings and Comings
The following boys spent last
Wednesday off the campus: Everett
Wall, Taylor Bird, Russell Andrews,
: 5d Hutchins, Ned Medford, John
iailey, Clay Crisp, Earl Fowler,
Jill Osborne, Cecil Belk, Chirt’les
Cook and Melville Powell. They all
returned in time for the game
Thursday, except Melville Powell,
who was away until Friday.
Among the old students back for
the Mars Hill game were the fol-
owing Ross Hall boys: Howard
Wilkinson of Charlotte; Marshall
Jrown of Lincolnton; Ernest Elliot
jong Island; John Carson of Mills
liver; Herman Washam. of David
son ; and Charles Deal o:^ Conover.
Philip Heatherly of Presbyterian
College visited Russell Andrews
during Thanksgiving. BuretiCr4.Yel)
and Glen Smith spent Thanksgiving
and the following weekend here
with Francis Craven.
Rocking“Chaif
Reminiscence
Ross Hall Boys of
Last Year
By MarahaU Brovin
“Com6 into court,” yelled Rough-
house Frady, “let’s sell the scat out of
Bill Sheppard’s pantsf*
Bill vociferously objected to the
results of this outcry, but the objection
was staunchly overruled bj Solomon,
otherwise known a* S. A. Robert*.
This conglomeration didn’t still the
irregular pluck, pluck of Yates Bar-,
nett’s typewriter; neither did it keep>
Pete Elliott from nonchalontly siogiBg
do, re, mi. Cecil Edwards continuedl
his acrobatic pranks, and aftet all
had been said and done the proceeds
from the sale went for the purpose of
buying six extra desserts for “Blondie”
Whitesides. Bill looked through his.
law books for retribution but to no
avail. He lost valuable time, where
as he could have been collecting laun
dry. By the way, this Bill Sheppard f
was the boy who didn’t like to talk,
but with him it was necessary evil.
Fred Brown received three peeks of
peanuts from home and had as his
guests, immediately thereafter, the
boys of Ross Hall.
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