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?’

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