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The Brevard College Weekly
Vol. I
Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina,February 14, 1936.
No. 16
Ten Students Will
Graduate in March
Arrangements have been made for
those students who have been in
school six quarters, and fulfill the re
quirements drawn up by the adminis
tration of the college for graduation,
to graduate March 25. Plans have
not been completed at the present for
the program, but the officials are
working on it. Those who will finish
their work at the end of the second
quarter are Jethro Mock, Sara King,
Elma Freeman, James Gantt, Barton
Farthing, Dan Williams, Mary Marcho,
Wilson Forbes, Martha Walker, and
Taylor Bird.
Fraternity Organized
on the Campus
There is a fraternity here on the
campus about which the majority of
the students know very little. This
society is Sigma Pi Alpha, a national
honorary language fraternity. The
Zeta chapter of this fraternity is locat
ed here at Brevard, and other chap
ters are located at Ncrth Carolina
State, Wake Forest, Catawba College,
Mississippi State College for Women,
and Mississippi State College. In
order to become a member of this
fraternity a student must have grades
in foreign languages above the aver
age, and his grades in other classes
must be up to the average. The Bre
vard chapter was organized under the
direction of Miss Hayes, Professor of
French and Spanish. The members
are Paula Briggs, Ruth Creasman,
Bill Davis, Frank Heffner, Vivian
Kreeger, Sibyl Spratt, Ruth Sylvester,
and Miss Hayes.
The impression has gone abroad that
Dan Williams likes to wear a girl’s
dress when he waits tables. Ask Fer
rell Young about this.
1 here’s someone in West Hall who
is missing Funderburk.
Literary Societies
Last Tuesday in assembly there was
a show-down on the literary societies
that was witnessed and felt by every
member of the student body. Some
felt guilty; some felt indifferent; some
implied faults in others; and only] a
FEW displayed an interest in reviving
these societies.
Truly, there are no individuals di
rectly responsible for the slump, but
every member of all societies. Yet
that is a minute fault. Undoubtedly
the main faults of the societies are
the prejudies against other societies,
the grafting (soto speak) of members,
the inconsistency of meeting, the
trite, trival, and unaiding programs,
and general lack of interest in literary
work.
Soon these societies will start anew.
Every student in school has had an
opportunity to affiliate himself or her
self with a society. The test is over,
and the whole show has been perform
ed. Many have been actors, some
with major—some with minor roles.
As a whole, the show was a FLOP.
Now is the crucial time. Those
who believe in literary societies and
are not quitters will work hard and
incessantly to make REAL societies.
But those who are not interested will
not establish themselves in the work.
It is best that they should not; they
are making a wise choice if they do
not like the work.
The advantages of these societies
need not be elaborated. They are
innurnerable, provided that they func
tion as literary societies have in other
schools.
What are YOU going to do with an
other chance?
Slim Young was acting target just
outside the biology laboratory window
for three other vigorous snowballers
stationed near Taylor Hall. An ob
server warned: “Slim, lookout for the
window!”
Slim immediately replied, “Huh,
they don’t need anyone to look out for
them. They have glasses.
On the Hill
Ross Hall proudly boasts two Mich
ael Angelos. Boyce Helms and Blon-
die Whitesides produced a colossal
I^iece of plunder which, although bear
ing a close resemblance in pose to
Buddha, has the unfathomable facial
expression of Abe Lincoln. If the
snow lasts until the twenty-second, by
a few touches of a putty knife these
boys will be able to reproduce the un
shakable confidence of George Wash
ington on the regionally overempha
sized features.
Are you cold? The soldiers at Val
ley Forge walked barefooted on the
snow and ice.
May I have late lights? David wrote
his Psalms by the light of a smoky
torch.
Red, is something wrong with the
steak? The children of India are
starving for want of a crust of bread.
It seems rather a coincidence that
Gordon should wake up in a fog of
steam from the radiator in his room
and blow his fog horn while sleeping
in Sophomore English class, all in the
same day. Are you tired Gordon?
Jacob was tired when he dreamed of
the angels of heaven.
If there anything that sounds worse
than a snoring roommate, it’s two.
We’re certainly glad to see some of
the boys recovering from illness. We
are equally sorry that the flu still has
a few boys confined to bed and to the
building. We wish for all a speedy
recovery.
Blondie is quite sure that at least
two girls have a crush on him now.
Blondie — advice on how to handle
women ranks foremost among the fu
tilities.
We wish to make a correction con
cerning mid-week services for Ross
Hall. Mr. Dendy has very kindly con
sented to begin his discussions imme
diately after basketball season or after
definite arrangements concerning cam
pus mid-week services have been
made by the Campus Committee on
Religious Activities.
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