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Page 2 Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, Friday, March 6, 1936- The Clarion The Brevard College Weekly Published from September to June while the Collf-ge is in session, except on holidays and during examinations. CI.OO per year by cairier. If by mail $1.25 for the school year. Advertising Rates given on Request. Editor-in-Chief: William Davis Associate Editors: Odell Salmon and Evelyn Swaringen. REPORTORIAL STAFF Earl Pearson Summers Maugans Cecil Evans Annie Donnell Patterson Helen Avett Sara King Edith Beard Katherine Coffey Ida Whisenant Bill Patton Fratices Goforth Mary Lou Latham Typist: John Odom Bu8ines^« Manager Assistant Advertising Manager Assistant Circulation Manager Assistant Wilson Forbes Clem Thomas R. D. McNeer, Jr. Bob Sumner Mazoii Murphy Joe Allen Faculty Advisers: Miss Craig. Mr. McNeer and Mr. Cathey. Do We Know How To Behave? I wonder what kind of an opinion some of our visitors have of our be havior at chapel and other public per formances. Do they think that we are college students or grammar school students? If we have a speak er who doesn’t prove interesting’ some of us open our books aind pre pare lessons for the next period, write notes to some one at the other end of the row, turn and talk to the person behind us, squirm in our seats, or as was the case the other night at the debate get up and walk out right in the middle of tlie talk or performance. Now is this giving our speakers and performers the courtesy that is rightly due them? I sincerely hope that in the future we shall bear these little faults in ■mind and not as grammar school students but as true college students who know how to treat en tertainers. ■■ It is said that nature is a great con servator, that it never wastes or de - stroyes anything. The thing we want to know is what nature does with a dog’s old pants. Why not have more intra-mural ath letics and less inter-collegiate. This would allow more to take part. Procrastination “Procrastination is the thief of time. ” One of the most prevalent vices a- mong college students is putting things off until tomorrow. Although college students are always full o f pep and ready to tackle almost any task, they invariably wait until , the last, minute to begin something that should have'been started weeks be fore. This may be a childish habit retained from younger days, but it is a habit from which one should free himself if he exjpects to accomplish anything worth while in the present- day world. Some students have tried budgeting their time, with something definitly planned for each hour of the day. For others such a ngidly mapped out schedule would take the joy out of living. Others force themselves to complete today’s work today until they derive real pleasure from know ing each day’s work is well done. For those students who are inclined to procrastinate this quotation from Maria Edgeworth would make an ex cellent motto: “There is no moment like the pres ent. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and skur- ry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.' Note 1 aking Since our curriculum includes a good many lecture courses,the need for tak ing notes in class is very apparent. Note taking is truly an art, but one which few of us have learned to mas ter. Taking notes is principally a se lective process, in that it is necessary to take down only the most important facts in an instructors lecture. ; Thoughtful listening is essential to taking accurate and’ really helpful notes. Notes that are. well taken prove to be an invaluable means of re view and an accurate survey of lecture matter. Oood notes should not be des troyed, but preserved for future ref erence. ' '■ • Is a kiss that is missed a slur or a blur? Loading the Ark, or Cramming for Examinations It was only a day before the sailing into the sea of examinations. What a hurry and bustle there Was around the dock of laziness! This seemed un usual, considering the type of people, and the name of the town; but there was a reason. The.great day of sail ing was at hand. The people of Lazy ville had waited until the last minute and were now trying to load the ark of the cranium with historical dates, English rules, Bible notes, theories, scientific facts, and chemistry formu las at such a.rate of speed that many were slipping overboard, and being knocked out as fast as they were put in. Meanwhile the city of habitual dili gence, which had been quietly putting on board cases of information, was complacently looking over the stock, taking notice of significant items. The great day arrived. The ship of the busy folks calmly sailed out, be cause the sea of examinations, the storms of hard questions had no ter ror, and landed safely on the isle of graduation. In the ship of idleness, however, there was the lack of much necessary equipment, and the poor ship sank gradually into the sea of failure. , Afternoon Classes During this quarter the faculty in stituted the holding of afternoon classes, which apparently have helped in no way except to relieve a congest ed morning schedule I said congested, but was the schedule last quarter too crowded to meet adequately the needs of the stu dents as well as reducing a strain on the faculty ? I think not. Truly, the mind is more active and freer in the afternoon. Physical energy naturally is more abundant, and our dispositions and nerves are more settled. Many students have duty work to do which keeps them until three or five minutes before time to meet classes. While working they have become temporarily tired, and in some cases physical exertion has caused perspiration. Is it fair to a student in that condition to ask him to rush to Continued on pagt 3
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