SAVE COPY TO READ TRAVELLING HOME HAPPY HOLIDAYS THE BREVARD COLLEGE WEEKLY Vol. II Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, December 18, 1936. No. 13 Classes End Today With the closing of classes this afternoon at three-thirty the seventeen days’ Christmas holi day season will begin. Classes will not be resumed un til Tuesday, January 5, 1937, at eight twenty-five. This an nouncement was released through the Dean on Saturday of last week. Many students will not leave the campus until tomorrow morning, since it will be inconvenient to make bus connections late this afternoon. Breakfast will be served in the dining halls to morrow morning. Recepti ion Honoring Miss Charlotte Hatch er and Professor Jack Styles Dendy, whose marriage will take place December 30, the faculty of Brevard College entertained at a formal reception at the .home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Coltrane on Monday night at 8:30. The house was attractively decorated with Christmas ever green, holly, and laurel. Brida! decorations were cleverly carried out in the dining room. The guests were met at the door by Miss Shore, who present ed them to the receiving line. Later in the evening an enjoy able musical program was render ed by members of the faculty. The guests were then shown to the dining room, where deli cious refreshments were served. Announcement of Wedding The following announcement taken from Transylvania Times last week will be of interest to the students and other friends of Miss Hatcher and Mr. Dendy: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lemuel Hatcher announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Charlotte Brown, to Mr. Jack Styles Dendy, sonof Mr. and Mrs. J.B.S. Dendy of Walhalla, South Carolina, the wedding to take place in Dunn, December 30, at First Baptist Church, five- thirty P. M. Drama Club Presents Comedy To a representative audience of three hundred, the Brevard Drama Club fascinatingly pre sented Oscar Wilde's famous play ‘The Importance of Being Ear nest” in thecollega auditorium last Saturday night. At seven-thirty students, teach ers, and visitors began to fill the seats to witness the winter pro duction of the Drama Club, which was in preparatiorj for three weeks under the direction of Miss Smith. At eleven minutes psst eight o’clock the curtains parted on the opening scene of the dramatic comedy that began amusingly in Algernon Moncrieff’s moms in Half Moon Street, between Alger non Moncrieff (Russell Andrews) and his butler Lane (Pierce Cole). John Worthing (Jack Armstrong) next entered the stage in the role of Algernon’s friend. Also ap pearing in the initial act were Lady Bracynell (Jean Mangum) and Gwendoline Fpirfax, her daughter (Doris Thorne). In Act Two- -in the garden at the Manor Hius3, Woolton-Miss Prism (Ellen Waddell), Cecily Gardew, John Worthing’s ward (Doris Mayhew"), the Reverend Canon Chasuble (Griffin Camp bell) and Merriman, butler of Mr. Biology Lab Gets ivlodel Santa Claus visited Mr. Dendy early to bring the biology depart ment a “great big doll,” but it will not be extremely fascinating to the girls taking this. It is a large model of the human body. This model stands about three feet high, and it it made of plas ter pans. Certain parts of the body can be removed to study the underlying parts. All the various organs of the body are numbered in order to systematize the study of the functions of the body. Mr. Dendy calls this a very sub stantial addition to the depart ment. It will be used in the gen eral biology courses. Worthing (Creston Taylor) came into the action and complicated the play, which did not escape from this restraint until the closing moment. The leading roles in the play, taken by Jack Armstrong, Doris Thorne, Russell Andrews, Doris Mayhew, and Jean Mangum, were done in all cases with mark ed histrionic ability. Miss Thorne proved a command ing ability on the stage by the calmness and naturalness of her acting. Mr. Armstrong was distinctive in the role that he played with ease. Miss Mayhew proved that it takes ability to play the part of a ward, and she did it well. Mr. Andrews, who has appeared on the Brevard stage in many plays, again made it known that he can play almost any role. Miss Mangum made an appealing debut in her sophis ticated role. The minor parts were played effectively and showed indivi dual ability, regardless of the fact that the players were not on the stage a great deal during the night. It was an eager, keen, thrilled, and joyful audience that wit nessed a play for which they would pay the same price to see again, produced by the same cast. Euterpeans Elect Officers The Euterpean Literary Society officers for the new quarter are Annie Ruth Call, president; Sate- nik Nahikian, vice-president; Irene Parsons, chairman of the programcommittee;Mae Freeman, secretary and treasurer; Frances Watt, chaplain; Marjorie Lyndon sergeant-at-arms; and Marjorie Whisnant, critic. Extras If it is necessary, the bus lines operating through this territory will run extra buses this after noon and tomorrow to Asheville. Last year two or three extra bus es were used at Christmas time. International Relations Club The International Relations Club held a brief business meet ing December 15 to elect new offi cers for the second quarter. Edwin Hyatt was re-elected president. The other officers are as follows: Margaret George - Vice-Presi dent. Lois Andrew ~ Secretary and Treasurer. Mary E. Turner—Librarian. Elizabeth Little—Critic. President Hyatt appointed a committee to draw up a new con stitution. Margaret George is chairman of this committee. She will be assisted by Horace Raper and Dorothy Marr. Several new members were wel comed to the club. Folk-Lore Club Elects Officers At a meeting of the Folk-Lore Club on December 15 officers were elected for the new quarter. They are Bill Hackney, presi dent; Helen McConnell, vice- president; and Katherine Palmer, secretary and treasurer. The program consisted of in. teresting reviews of three books recently added to our library. Aileen Alewine, Mary McLarty, and Annie Lois Furchess respec tively reviewed English and Scott ish Popular Ballads by Sargent and Kittredge, The American Ballads and Songs by Pound, and Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Lomax. Delphians Launch Drive At the regular meeting of the Delphian Literary Society last Friday night, December 11, the society voted to launch a drive in which the society could be of service to the school and commu nity. As their first project the society will furnish a Christmas basket for a needy family located near Brevard. The provisions for the basket will be purchased by do nations of the society members.

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