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THE BREVARD COLLEGE WEEKLY
Vol. II Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, January 8, 1937.
Students Pledge
Large Amount
Operetta Tryouts
Are Begun
Tryouts for “The Willow
Plate,” an operetta from an
^.uthentic Chinese legend, by
Dorothy Rose and Frank C. Born-
schein, are now being conducted.
There will be eight or nine
principal charjicters in the oper
etta, who will be chosen this
week. The entire cast of the
operetta will be announced next
week.
The operetta is in two acts and
is unique in the fact that there
are more men characters than
women.
Mrs. Dendy and Miss Irene
Clay are directing the operetta,
which will probably be given in
three weeks.
Debating Club
The Brevard College Debating
team will meet the Cullowhee
tkillege debaters in the auditor
ium Thursday, January 14.
The debate will be of the non-
decision, dual type. Brevard’s
boys’ affirmative and girls’ neg
ative teams will debate at Cullo
whee, while Cullowhee’s boys’
affirmative and girls’ negative
teams will come here.
The query for the debate is
Resolved; That Congress should
be empowered to fix maximum
wages and minimum hours for
industry.
Student Council to
Sponsor Contest
Plans are underway for hold
ing a contest, sponsored by the
Student Council, in which Miss
Brevard College will be selected
from the girls of the college.
The purpose of the contest is to
raise money for the building
fund. It will be started the lat
ter part of January and will run
ten days.
The contest will be concludec
with a minstrel show which wil
be given in the college auditor
ium. Prizes donated by loca
merchants will be awarded the
winner.
At a “loyalty” assembly meet
ing the students of Brevard Col
lege voted by individual amounts
$1,500 toward the construction of
the gymnasium that will be be
gun within several weeks.
This amount was almost par
alleled in 1934, at which time the
student body pledged $1,200 to
ward the same project, although
they did not know when the
gymnasium would be built.
There had not been any effort
to encourage this pledging of
money before the assembly pro
gram at which it was suggested
by Mr. Coltrane. The entire
pledging was spontaneous, be
cause of school loyalty and an in
terest in securing a suitable gym
nasium for Brevard College.
A gymnasium for the College
is only a part of the building
Wedding
Students of Brevard College
were very much interested in the
marriage of Miss Charlotte Brown
Hatcher to Mr. Jack S. Dendy.
The wedding took place on De
cember 30, at five o’ clock in the
First Baptist Church .of Dunn,
North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Dendy are mem
bers of Brevard College faculty.
Miss Irene Clay and Mr. Dean
Colvard, also of the faculty, were
members of the wedding party.
Miss Shore and Miss B inford also
attended the wedding.
After a short trip Mr. and Mrs.
Dendy returned to Brevard,
where they will live in the for
mer Bachelors’ Home.
New Students
The Clarion welcomes the fol
lowing persons who have entered
the college during and since the
Christmas holidays: Christine
Austin, Alfred Buchanan, Joseph
William Hall, John C. Orr, Mary
Sue Jennings, James Regan,
Hillary Trantham, and Margaret
Slagle.
program, a program which has
been given an immense amount
of time by the college administra
tion since the formal opening of
the institution in 1934.
Mr. Coltrane stated to the stu
dent body that it now appears
that the College will have an in
firmary and library also within
the next eighteen months. Both
of these buildings are badly need
ed for the welfare of the stu
dents, especially since there is an
increase every year in student
registration.
Pledges made shortly before
Christmas are expected to be
paid by June, after which time
the gymnasium will have been
jegun. The pledges amount to
$1,500, and they range from one
dollar to fifty dollars.
To the Student
Body
We, the football squad of Brevard
College, would like for you to know
that we have appreciated your sup
port throughout the past season. You
backed us though we won or lost, and
we are grateful to you. And now at
the last you give us a most delightful
banquet. We all enjoyed it to the
utmost, and we offer you a sincere
THANK YOU!
—The Football Squad of ’36.
Banner to Be In
Inauguration
Did you know that Brevard
College is to have part in the
inauguration ceremonies at Wash
ington? Yes, it’s true. Mr. Mc
Intosh,State Director of N. Y. A.,
wrote to the college and asked for
a Brevard College pennant to be
used in the inaugural parade
January 20, when President
Franklin D. Roosevelt begins his
second term as President of our
United States. Dr. Long donated
a thirty-inch pennant with the
Brevard College seal and motto
on it. This has been sent to Mr.
McIntosh, who will send it on to
Washington.
Have a Hike
By Mary Palmer
Announcement by Miss Smith :
‘ ‘All those wishing to go on a hike
please meet in front of West Hall
at four o’clock this afternoon.”
I hadn’t accumulated a good
sreath of fresh air since my last
coon-hunting trip; so feeling
eager to snatch a last view of
autumn before Old Man Winter
came along, I decided to go hiking.
!: skiddooed up stairs at quarter to
four and donned my slacks
laundered 7 Ph. Ed. classes be
fore.) Then I slung on a shoe or
two and propped myself on the
leanpost of West Hall. Seeing no
prospective accompaniers insight,
I took a little snooze for several
minutes. Finally a handful of
girls came promenading up the
walk, and I woke up.
Approximately one hour and
five minutes later, I, plus nine
or six other girls, formed our
usual marching line, followed in
the rear by Miss Hayes and her
umbrella. We picked up a few
boys at Taylor Hall and proceeded
onward. Soon the toe of the
mountain was at our feet; grad
ually we ascended, but later the
slopes became so steep that I
thought I was climbing a brick
wall. I became exhausted and
lost all my breath too, but I still
kept climbing. Somebody’s foot
was in my mouth all the way up
the mountain; but I did not say
anything about it because, on
account of the enormousness of
the foot, I didn’t have enough
room to talk. Personally, I did
not lavish much affection on the
taste.
That was the most awfuj
mountain I ever saw, but we fi
nally reached the top. The at
mosphere was perfect and the
scenery was magnificent. The
very thought of my downward
path filled me with bitter agony.
No doubt I looked like Napoleon
Bonaparte (Boney-Part) after his
defeat or maybe like the Scatter
brain Brothers in a thunderstorm.
When we started to descend, the
process was faster than expected;
for thirty seconds put me through.
(Are You Telling I?) I was as
limp as a dish rag and looked like
something the dogs brought in.
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