THE CLARION
THE BREVARD COLLEGE WEEKLY
Vol. II
Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, October 30, 1936
Conference News
BAPTIST
The Baptist Student Conference
was held in Greensboro, N. C.,
October 23—25. There were ap
proximately 300 delegates repre
senting seventeen different col
leges. The delegates from Bre
vard College were Miss Sizemore,
William Hackney, and Geraldine
DeVier.
The theme of the conference
was “The Will of God.” Under
this heading, addresses were giv
en by well-known speakers from
all over the United States.
On Saturday night an Inter
national Banquet was given in the
Masonic Temple. The program
consisted of music, an address,
and a representation of many
different races. Immediately
after the banquet, apagant, “The
Frustrations of Luther Rice, "was
giv€n by the representatives
frjm Campbell College.
At the final service the presi
dent for next year was formally-
introduced. He is Woodrow Hill
from Boiling Springs College.
Other officers were also announc
ed.
Home-Coming
Throng of Alumni Expected for Occasion
This afternoon the campus will
be astir with returning alumni as
they begin to gather here for the
extensive home-coming program
that is planned for the week-end.
The fun will begin tonight at
eight o’clock, when all the liter
ary societies round up all their
members and returned alumni in
the college auditorium or library
to celebrate the glories of the
societies in the form of a semi-
formal party.
All will “hit the hay” rather
early tonight in order to be in the
proper mood for the full program
that will get under tomorrow
morning with the serving of a
seven o’clock breakfast, and
which ends with a “spooks” cos
tume party tomorrow night.
Tomorrow morning there will
be public assembly in the audi-
Ibfiiim for"" both students and
alumni. Eddie Carlisle, president
of the student body, will preside
Student Conference
Debaters’ Club
The Debaters’ Club had an un
usually interesting program Octo
ber 22. After the usual prelimi
naries, a team was picked to give
an extemporaneous debate on
“Resolved: That it is better to be
married in a church than in a
court house.” Misses Quinn and
McConnell, and Messers. Feezor
and Pope acted on the team.
While they were making prepara
tions for the debate impromptu
speeches were made from the
floor. The very heated debate
was followed by criticism from
the students.
Boys’ Glee Club
The Boys’ Glee Club will spon
sor a progam in chapel soon. They
will sing the choruses of two well-
known songs. The glee club this
year is very small, but it has been
doing excellent work. It practices
every day at fourth period. We
have some voices in the glee club
which offer very good possibilities
for outstanding roles in an oper-
Of interest not only to Metho
dist students but to all students
will be theN.C. State Conference
for Methodist students that will
meet in Trinity Church, Durham,
N. C., November 6-8. Represent
atives from N. C. Colleges are ex
pected in large numbers.
Dr. Waytt Smart of Emory
University, Ga., will be the prin
cipal speaker. “Christian Action
oa thj Ca.Tipus” is the confer
ence theme. The Discussion
Groups will be led mainly by
Duke professors, also other out
standing Methodist leaders. The
topics will include: Drinking on
the Campus, Men and Women
Relations, Campus Prejudices,
and the Counselor on the
Campus.
Registration with the Metho
dist representative on each cam-
us should be made early. James
0. Rogers, Vice-President of the
Conference, will head up the
delegation from Brevard College.
Mr. Bennett and Miss Poovey
will be the faculty members mak-
ing the trip.
etta, which the Music Depart
ment is planning to put on.
over the meeting. Mr. Coltrane
is expected to deliver a short
welcome speech, should his
health permit. This meeting
will be in the form of an open
forum, and all the “grads” will
get another taste of public
speech.
Lunch will be served in all the
college dining halls at twelve
noon. At two o’clock the crack
Brevard Tornado football men
will meet Belmont Abbey, in the
banner home-game of the season,
at the High School athletic field.
Tickets will be on sale about one
hour before the game begins; stu
dents will be admitted on showing
their activities ticket.
At six-thirty tomorrow after
noon there will be a barbecue sup
per on the campus near Ross
Hall. At eight in the evening the
group will meet the sp oks for an
old-fashioned Hallowe’en party.
No. 7
“Clarion” Attains
Honor
At the last meeting of the
North Carolina Collegiate Press
Association which met in Char
lotte October 22-24, the clarion
staff became a member of that
group by unanimous vote of the
assembled seventy-five members.
In becoming a member of the
Association, the clarion staff be
came the first junior college
newspaper publishers to join this
outstanding newspaper organiza
tion.
While in session the president
of that association and a commit
tee examined various issues of
our paper before it could become
eligible for membership. In the
final business meeting, a repre
sentative from Flora Macdonald
College made the motion that we
be accepted as members; the
representation from Appalachian
State Teachers’ College made
the second to the motion, and
the vote was unanimous.
Roosevelt Wins
Bummer’s
Nightmare
By "Monk” Landreth
Take heed, my friends, and
follow an experienced hitch-hik
er’s advice. Never attempt to
“travel by air” on Sunday. Your
'disillusioned reporter has tried
and failed. Listen, my children,
and you shall hear of the mid
night (also all day) ride of a
couple of modern Paul Reveres.
Your rovi ag reporters,Sturgis
May and I, bade goodbye to Char
lotte last Sunday morning at ten
o’clock. After an extended period
of thumb-shaking we persuaded
a hospitable gentleman to give us
a lift to Gastonia,a distance of
twenty miles. We supported a
corner there for an hour and a
half, when another kindhearted
soul succumbed to our persuasive
glances and transported us to
Bessemer City,-a distance of nine
miles. We then parked on the
highway and induced a motorist
(in a Model-T) to take us to
Kings Mountain. We then haunts
ed the bumming corner for an
hour and a half before an old
I gentleman with a dog picked us
Mr. Roosevelt, according to
the mock election sponsored by
the CLARION last Wednesday, is
the favorite of the student body
for the presidency of the United
States to serve from 1936 to 1940.
Of the 319 votes cast, Mr. Roose
velt received 206: Mr. Landon
was second choice of the group
and first choice 100 students.
Mr. Lemke, Labor Party candid
ate, received 2 votes; and Mr.
Thomas, Socialist candidate, plac
ed third with 11 votes.
up. We other dogs jumped in the
car and sped away to a wide spot
in the road, at which, he informed
us, he lived.
After numerous rides we arrived
in Rutherfordton and stood on
a corner from seven o’clock until
nine. We stayed there so long
that the inhabitants of the town
thought we were new statues and
started to place a wreath on us.
Finally we decided it was a
hopeless cause and caught the bus
from there to Hendersonville,
After much persuasion we induc
ed a man to transport us to dear
old Brevard, arriving here at
twelve-thirty Monday morning.
I ask you, “Did the globe-circling
reporters have anything on us?’