The Brevard College Weekly
Vol. I
.. ; ’ -,1V
. :6revard College, .Brevard, North Carolina, December 13, 1935.
Taylor. HalKs
of the Ghristmas
What could,be-greater in the mind
of, a Brevard Cojiege student than the
thought o.f the 19th of December? , It
is the end of exams for the first quar*
ter of the school' year and the begiii-^
ning of the Christmas holidays. It is
triiie that this “great - dismal swamp’
known as final exams is still before us,
-but with thft jiappy realization of our
homes And Ipved ones on the other side.1
we should ,do our best, to cms trium
phantly this swamp and bring joy to
our families as a Christmas gift.
Those pf us ^ho have been awake I previously done.
an,dhave carefully^trained for the past Our hope^is that ill the young men
three paonths will have no trpuble in I in Taylor Hall will choose to make
overconiing §and pi^s., Those of usj every hour of their vacation count for
who have been a little negligent,, and something worth while, but our hop^
who will probably sink in this, are not ^vill not be realized unless «very boy
total failures. V There will:be , another in,oUr group guards his actions;with
caupe, and, with a grim deter^ the greatest of care,
to be victorious we can redeem our-
The “Bull-Session”
other by fanciful exaggeraljcin. They ,
are willing to , accept , the other’s ^
story merely for a chance to tell. ,r
Jigger one. Bvery^topic from cur-! ;
r^pt events to predestination is ^
jrpught up. A disqussion of girls ’
is excluded since the true buU s|ii- .
sion was originally : designed for
stags. ,
Two irooms have been set aside, for
theise Session^, Kibler’s and Fox’s. ..
Very little studying is done in these
rooms. The occupants when study
ing is necessary, go to the library or
oclt the. door,.,-;, When tlje^e
the query is, “study or bull”? The
answer jnust be!‘‘study” c(r,elSe no
admittance '
Take the “bull session’’ away from
the boys of T^ylpr Hall, and you
take their pleasure, recreation,
means of enlighteninent, and know
ledge of liuman natiire; llere’s to
more I'bull sessions”, the spice of
late momient ,we|
serious and make
We should do our
selye's. ,At this
^uld at least be
this week^ count,
best.
After exams are over and we ,are in
our homes again, we' should do our I Dear Shafer, what brought Fate to
, best to show to the people of our end your call?
, communitjr that we have reaped bene-1 What caused the
To Shafer
By Arney'Fox
to
fits in ‘ Brevard College.' We should
not in any respect place ourselves too
high in our own'esteem. We are not
in school to gain for ourselves high
social distinction among our friends,
but wie are ih'fechool to prepare our'
selyes for service in our own commu
nities ; and the Christmas holidays is
the tiine to begin. Oiir vacation can j
be spent profitably if w6 choose to
spend it thus.
hammer hard
fait and crush ^
All hearts that in your sphere did
come? We brush
Away a burning tear; our spirits fall
To deep dejection like a silken shawl
That puts away the day. The sing
ing thrush
Stops listlessly his song; then sad
notes rush
Him on his way. Much grief C(>mes
to apall
After 'a period of three ' months ' ini very souls, and.. never shall we
flchool, we need a change in our work. find
The holidays are just the thing that IA way to overcome this night that
we need; we cap. get our minds away dulls
from hard arid fast rules of studying. I The somber span upon earth s plane.
If we choose to do so, we can get a I Your kind,
littl6 rest, arid therefote we will be I Soft way, we all have missed; each
able to resume, .qur work in January I heart-throb mulls
with a much greater interest. Wei you. Sad
should return to Brevard with a re
freshed look on our faces, and with a
smile that will cheer qjur enemies. We
should return ^th ^ feeling that our
Christmas holidays have been spent
profitably. We should return with a
determination to - do a tvoe of work
hearts
though brave, unwind
The scroll that proves Fate void -
time only gulls.
1 that is just a little higher than that Year.
The Clarion'wi.shes each of you
Merry Christmas arid A Happj' New
Much has been said this year anc
abPut the . inforipal “bull ses
sion.” Some of the boys of Taylor
Hall favor it; some disapprove of it
some do not knovy^ what it is. It is
hard thing to define. Hit. Wil
lams, Dean of Men, came closest to
d#ning it when he said it was
man’s way of getting by. It is
that and piore. It is one of the few
pleasures in, which the boys of Tay
or Hall indulge, and these bull ses
sions are not. only entertaining aric
uplifting but offer opportunity for
freshness of ideas and quickening
of the wits.
Now^a little personal touch might
add vivacity to the subject. Exalt
ed and mighty on his throne sits
verett Kibler, undeniably the fore
most leader of more and better, bet
ter buir sessions. He is ever at hand
for one, and nothing delights him'
more'than to have a good bed, four
or five boys in his room, and a drift
in conversation toward his liking.
Next in importance comes Arney
Fox, who delights in these meetings
but insists on some study. Other
masters of the art are J. R. Burton,
John Reynolds, -D. R. Styles, Gilr
bert Smith, Willis Turner, and Bill
Ferguson. These boys are all soph-,
omores; arid, having given much of
their time last year to bull sessions,
they are now experts in this line.
The bull session serves a two-fold
purpose: it is a means of recreation,
and it offers opportunity for passing
a test. Some one mentions a sub
ject; and then all members join in
a college boy’s llfej for after all, ^ in
later yeairs,will herremeniber' what
he learned in some course or his ex
periences and. friendship in the well
known “bull session,,” ,
President J Hunter
Speaks at Assembly
Tuesday morning,' December 10^ the
student body enjoyed a very interest
ing talk when Dr. Hunter, president
of Western Carolina Teachers’ College
at Cullo'Whee, spoke at the assembly
period. ’ • • ■■
In his talk. President Hunter dis
cussed rest pei'iods and stated that
they Were changes by God in the life
of man to do: away with iriOnotony.
Aihong these aire vacations, changes
in the season, day arid, night, and in
the different stages in the growth of
human beings. He also said that we
must think land tackle things with our
minds or life becoiries dull, and com
plete rest is death: In closing Dr.
Hunter suggested that bur Christmas
vacatiori be a relief froni the life that
we have been living for the last three
months. We should not think of our
selves alorie, however, but liye  so • as
to give others pleasure also.
Mr, Buckner is sufferiug slight in
juries from a fall he had late Thurs
day afternoon. Mr. Buckner was in
the attic when his foot, slipped and
went through the plaster, badly dam-
to argue, jest, to strive to excel the'aging the appearance of room 221.