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Vol. I
Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, June 5, 1936.
No. 29
COMMENCEMENT EDITION
Dr. Highsmith
To Speak
The commencement address to the
graduating class vi^ill be delivered
by Dr. J. Henry Highsmith of Ra
leigh, Wednesday morning, June 10,
at eleven o’clock. About a hundred
graduates will receive their diplo
mas at this time from this two-year
old institution.
This day has also been set aside
as home-coming for alumni of Bre
vard Institute, Weaver College, and
Brevard College. Approximately
two thousand people are expected
to come and bring baskets for the
lunch which will be served in picnic
style at one o’clock. In order to
accommodate the large number of
people so that they may hear the
addresses, loud speakers will be
put up at strategic points on the
campus. The Alumni groups will
meet at two o’clock to formulate
-plans for next year’s work. Bre
vard College alumni will meet in
the parlor of West Hall; Weaver
College in the auditorium; and Bre
vard Institute in the College Libra
ry. The concert by the North Caro
lina Symphony Orchestra which was
scheduled had to be called off be
cause of a conflict, but the remain
der of the afternoon will be taken
up with activities of various kinds.
Student Plays
Presented
The Dramatic Club, under the
direction of Miss Smith, presented
the four plays written by creative
English students and judged to be
the winners of the recent contest.
These plays were given before an
audience in the college auditorium
last Saturday evening. The four
plays presented were, “The Lost
Sheep,” ))y Margaret Ryan, “Wait
ing,” by Frances Goforth; “To the
Rescue,” by Lorena Rogers; and
“White Beans and Fat-Back,” by
Leighton Presson.
Margaret Ryan’s play told the
story of how two young children
were lost in a blizzard while coming
from school and portrayed the ef
forts that were made to find them
At the end the family was gathered
together, reading the Bible. The
scripture selected for reading was
that promise made that if even one
of a hundred sheep was to stray a
way, the Master would leave the
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Sunday, June 7
11:00 A.M.—Commencement Sermon—The Reverend Claude H.
Moser, Presiding Elder of the Gastonia District, Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South, Gastonia, North Carolina.
5:00 P.M.—Vesper Service—Brevard Methodist. Church, The Rever
end J. H. Brendall, Jr.
Tuesday, June 9
8:00 P.M.—Young Men’s and Young Women’s Oratorical Contests,
College Auditorium.
Wednesday, June 10
10:30 A. M.—Graduating Exercises—College Campus—Address, Dr.
J. Henry Highsmith, Raleigh, North Carolina.
1:00 P. M.—Luncheon—College Campus
2:00 P. M.—Meeting of Alumni Groups
Brevard College, West Hall Parlor
Weaver College, College Auditorium
Brevard Institute, College Library
Candidates for
Graduation
Those expecting to receive their
diplomas are as follows: Robert
Dixon, Elaine Call, Ernest Pruett,
tev^rett Wall, Etheleen Goodnight,
William Davis, Everett Kibler, J.
U. Gibbs, Elizabeth Wood, Lenora
Randall, Elizabeth Ponder, Winnie
Mathews, Jane Rhea Lackey, Lloyd
Parks, Mildred Bundy, Joe Horn-i
buckle, Octavia Latham, Otho
Fowler, Vivian Moore, Frank Pen-
land, Ethel Kerr, Gertrude Yar
borough, Bessie Mae McFadden,
Ida Whisenant, Norman Plott,
Merrimon Shuford, Alvin Penland,
Jr., Walter Ashworth, Frank Heff
ner, John Reynolds, Gilbert Smith,
James Deavor, A. G. Southerland,
Jr., Frank Israel.
Edith Beard, Emma Martin, Tay
lor Bird, Ira Baldwin, Boyce Helms,
Ralph Sheppard, Richard Queen,
Edna Mae Hines, Rena Morgan,
Burton Jessup, Russell Bostic, Ruth
Sylvester, Sibyl Spratt, Marlin
Schreyer, Otis Shipman, C. W.
Harmon, Vivian Kreeger, Catherine
McLeod, Paula Briggs, Houston
Kitchin, Millard Whitesides, Caro
line Gray, Ferrell Young, Ellison
Funderburk, Dixon Willis, Wylma
Ferguson, Sara Lou Kiger, Louise
Ward, Mazon Murphy, Ruth Creas-
man, Robert Andrews, Jr., Kather
ine CofFy, Ella Shackford, Arney
Fox, Robert Stevenson, Robert
Reinhardt Jr., Frances Goforth,
Frances Rose, Harry Hawkins,
Madeline Farthing, Queen Justice,
Helen Avett, Charles Harrison,
and J. R. Burton, Jr.
Freshman Honor
Students
The high honor for freshman stu
dents this year, that of being mar
shals for the commencement exer
cises; has been won-by Marshall
Houts, Evelyn Swaringen, Emma
Leape, Lottie Frazier, Margaret
Wilson, Ned Medford, and Ethel
Blythe.
The seven freshmen who make
the highest scholastic rating for the
fall and winter quarters are the
ones chosen. This year there will
be two chief marshals as Evelyn
Swaringen and Marshall Houts tied
for first place and will act together.
Emma Leape was only half a point
behind the leaders, and the others
came close in the order in which
their names are given.
Dr. Moser to
Preach
The Reverend Claude H. Moser*
Presiding Elder of the Gastonia
District, Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, will preach the ser
mon to the graduating class Sunday
morning, June 7, at eleven o’clock,
in the local Methodist church.
Mr. Moser is a member of the
Board of Trustees of Brevard Col
lege and is well known by the stu
dents and friends of the College.
He has visited the College several
times, and at various times has de
livered inspiring messages from the
college auditorium platform. It is
expected that a great number of
friends and relatives of the gradu
ates will come and spend the day
Sunday. The College choir will ren
der two selections at the morning
service.
Determination means stick right
when you are right, and turn a-
round and get a new hold when
you are wrong.
Two New Faculty
Members
Two additions have been made to
faculty for next year. Dr. Burt W
Loomis from Limestone College anc
Mr. Grady Campbell of Berea will
take up their duties here soon.
Dr. Loomis is coming here as
professor of psychology and will
take charge of the Department of
Student Guidance. He received
his masters degree from Columbia
University and his Ph. D. from
Peabody. For the past two years
he has been teaching at Limestone
College. He will arrive here in time
to begin work in September at the
beginning of the fall quarter. A-
long the line of student guidance
he will hold conferences with the
students at any time in regard to
choosing vocations, and it will be
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Clarion Stiff for
Next Year
Next year’s Clarion staff was e-
lected at a student assembly Tues
day morning, June 2. Those elect
ed were Robert Sumner, business
manager; Odell Salmon, editor;
Evelyn Swaringen, associate editor;
and Clem Thomas, circulation man
ager. These people were nominated
by the retiring staff and were ac
cepted unamimously by the student
body. Eddie Carlisle, new student
body president, presided over the
election.
Bob Sumner comes to Brevard
College from Rock Hill, South Caro
lina, and has had experience in
journalism, serving as assistant ad
vertising manager this year. Next
year the offices of business manager
and advertising manager will be
combined into one, so that his work
this year will be of much value to
him. Sumner is also a member of
the Student Council for next year.
Odell Salmon is from the Child
ren’s Home in Winston-Salem and
is a graduate of the J. R. Reynolds
High School of that city. In high
school he was active in journalism
work and served on the news paper
staff there. Here he has acted as
associate editor of the Clarion and
vice-president of the Freshman
Class for the past year. Recently
he has been elected president of the
Cliosophic Literary Society for the
first quarter of next year.
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