THE BREVARD COLLEGE WEEKLY
Vol. II Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, October 16, 1936 No. 5
News-in-Brief
Glee Club Officers
On Wednesday, October 7 the
Girls’ Glee Club, under the direc
tion of Miss Hatcher, elected their
officers for the quarter. Those
members elected to offices are
Margaret Wilson, president;
Brownie Lipe, vice-pre«ident:
Jane Mitchell, secretary-treasuer.
This group of officers will serve
for one year; they will assist
Miss Hatcher in any possible
manner.
Home-Coming
The student council decided
at their regular meeting last
Tuesday night, to set October 31
as the definite date for home
coming. Several committees were
appointed by the council presid
ent. The football team will meet
Belmont here that afternoon, in
the second home game of the sea
son. All student organizations are
open to assist the council in mak-
i ng this home-coming the best in
the history of the College. Stu
dent officials hope that it will be
possible to disband classes that
day.
Reid in News
Recently there appeared in the
“Asheville Citizen” and the
“Charlotte News” a picture of
Jack Reid with the under-caption
stating his new honor as president
of the Freshman Class at Bre
vard.
New Books
Recently the library received a
shipment of new books. All college
departments assisted in preparing
the list of books that would be in
this; therefore it included books
on many subjects to satisfy the
reading desires of practically al
students. In this shipment was
a book of Kipling’s complete
vrorks. Also there was a book
containing many of John Mase
field’s poetical works.
Physical Education
Coach and Mrs. Ranson have
arranged several large classes in
physical education for both men
and women. Mrs. Ranson con
ducts classes for the women dur
ing practically all periods of the
day; Mr. Ranson conducts the
men’s classes in the morning
as he has football practice in the
afternoon.
Student Council
Trip to Game Saturday
Permission has been granted to
the Student Council to secure a
truck in order that a number of
students may attend the Brevard-
Biltmore College football game at
Asheville this Saturday.
The approximate cost of the
trip will be seventy-five or eighty
cents. This will include transpor
tation to and from the game, ad
mission to the game, and insur
ance.
Last year one of our students,
Wilma Ferguson, had the misfort
une to fall from the truck which
had been chartered and was injur
ed. The faculty is making provis
ions to prevent a recurrence of
such an accident as this.
Price Cornelius
Miss Price Cornelius, well-
known sophomore from Winston-
Salem, was operated upon for
appendicitis by Dr. Newland,
ocal surgeon, at The Lyday
Memorial Hospital last Wednes
day night at ten o’clock.
Miss Cornelius had the first at
tack of appendicitis last Monday,
and another Wednesday. She
went to the hospital early Wednes
day night and was operated upon
shortly afterward.
It will interest her many
friends to know that she came
from under the influence of the
anaesthetic very satisfactorily
and may receive visitors Sunday.
Freshman ‘Talent
Program’’
The Delphian Literary Society
will present a “freshman talent”
program at its regular meeting in
the auditorium tonight. Paul
Benton will be in charge of the
program.
Paul Benton has arranged a very
interesting program consisting of
a quartet which will render “The
Martins and the Coy s. ”The quar
tet will be made up of four fresh
man boys. Jack Taggart, Charles
Scott, Sam Little, and Bill Land-
reth. A solo will be sung by
Charles Scott, and a blackface
skit will be given by Bill Rusher
and Bill Landreth.
President Coltrane
Speaks on Finances
President E. J. Coltrane spoke
to the students of Brevard College
last Monday about the payment
of bills owed the College. In his
talk Mr. Coltrane discussed clear
ly and franUy the ways in which
many of the students are paying
their bills to this institution.
Some students pay seventy
dollars to begin the quarter,
others pay fifty dollars and the
rest later, and some of our stu
dents pay their bills monthly.
The day students pay twenty-
seven dollars a quarter. Mr. Col
trane expressed his thoughts on
how to save dimes. This, he said,
applied to everyone, and to no
one in particular. He showed us
where each penny of the seventy
dollars we pay each quarter goes,
and he said that all bills should
be paid the College a month in
advance.
The government, according to
Mr. Coltrane, has allotted Bre
vard College seven thousand
dollars for N. Y. A. work. He
also said that the college author
ities were hoping for ten thou
sand instead of seven. The point
in Mr. Coltrane’s talk that applies
to each and every individual is
that we should keep our bills paid
in advance, so that Brevard Col
lege can keep up its good record
of paying its bills promptly.
Winners of Cheer
Writing Contest
Winners of the cheer-writing
contest sponsored by the Student
Council were annouced and prizes
were presented by James Rogers
in chapel Wednesday morning,
October 14.
The first prize of one dollar was
won by Bill Landreth; second prize
of two tickets to the Clemson
Theatre was awarded to Elizabeth
Quinn; and third prize of twenty-
five cents in trade at Macfie’s
Drug Store was won by Mary
Grffith.
The judges of the contest were
Miss Smith, Miss Craig, Coach
Ranson, Mrs. Ranson, and Mr.
Bennett. The winning yells were
selected by them from the forty
six yells which were submitted by
students.
Class Schedule
Shortened
A welcome announcement was
made in chapel yesterday morn
ing by President Coltrane when
he said that classes would dismiss
at twelve o’clock Friday and one
o’clock Saturday afternoon.
Hikes will be arranged on Fri
day if the weather permits. There
will be no assembly on either of
these days. Classes will begin at
8 o'clock and will consist of six
periods of equal length.
Sleep, Sleep, Sleep
By “Monk” Landreth
“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Come
see the greatest hypnotist of the
age perform the mystic ceremony
of hypnotism on his helpless sub
ject.” So spoke the make-believe
side show barker in front of room
218 of Tayor Hall one night last
week.
Quiet hour had just ended when
I was informed by “grapevine
telegraph” that Creston Taylor,
the Houdini of Taylor Hall, was
going to exert the power of hyp
notism upon his subject, Alvin
Porter. I immediately took off on a
flight up the stairs, and arrived
as the show was about to begin.
The hypnotist commanded
his subject to concentrate upon
sleep, sleep, sleep. Slowly he
dozed off. He was commanded
to undress and take an ice-cold
shower, which he did without
flinching. He then went back
to his room, found his pajamas,
and put them on. The subject
then danced, cried, barked like
a dog, and spoke German. (At
least it sounded like German.)
Mr. Taylor finally decided that
we h»j,d had enough fun at the
expense of Mr. Porter, so he
awakened him, and the subject
emphatically denied remembering
any of the past events of the
night.
Many persons do not believe
in the mystic art of hypnotism, but
I must confess that I now am a
firm believer and many of the
other boys who witnessed this e-
vent have also been converted to
the faith. Nevertheless, I do
not propose to become a hypno
tists’ subject in order to become
I a staunch believer of the art.