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THE CLARION
Brevard College Weekly
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Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina, February 5, 1937.
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By Odell Salmon
Forum
Dear Editor,
Though I am not a working
student, my parents are sacrific
ing that I may come to school.
My pledge toward the building
fund will have to come from the
money which I can save out of
the amount which is for things I
need. In every case there will
be mere or less a sacrifice on
someone’s part, but we are glad
to do anything that we can do to
help in the advancement of our
beloved college.
Sincerely yours,
Ellen Waddell
Dear Editor,
I was asked by one of the staff
members to contribute an article
to the Clarion on “How I Am Go
ing to Pay My Pledge.”
We as individual students made
our pledge, large or small, fpr the
construction of a gyr'nasium
here. Since I am responsible for
the beginning of these pledges, I
shall try to tell you how I am
raising my money. During the
holidays I purchased a dime bank
for this purpose. I find that by
depositing one dime per day I
will have my pledge raised before
commencement. It takes sacri
ficing on my part, but I will
make it a success. Come on, let
us pay our pledges so that Bre
vard College will have a gym
nasium!
Success and expansion to Bre
vard College.
Sincerely yours,
Eugene Matthews
A COLLEGE FOR WHAT?
A famous northern universitj
president contends that the onlj
purpose of the university or col
lege is the de.
velopment of tht
intellect. Bui
there are numer
ous other coileg
presidents wh
implicitly dis
sent, maintain
ingthat the col
lege is not pri
marily acultura
institution. Hrevard Co 11 egt
tends to perfect a system of i re-
paring its students for action,
whether it be action with the
continuance of educaticnal pur
suits in another school or action
in the gruelling endeavor to gain
a livelihood by daily toil.
Dr. Robert Hutchins, who con
tends that the university is strict
ly an institution for the devtitp-
ment of culture and intellect, is
a giaduate of Davidson Coll.;pe.
He is young and probably ha?
not lived a continuous six months
outside the “walls of dream and
ideal” sinca he entered c liege
as a freshman.
But with this conception he
has opinions contrary to those ot
his father, who is president of
Berea College. For this southern
branch of higher learning is oper
ated practically, as is Brevard,
only on a perfected scale.
There always has been, and
always will be, different opinions
as to the puroose of the “school
of higher learning;” but Disraeli
gives us a practical view: “De
velop yourself, not for enjoyment
but for action.”
SO THEY SAY
Virginia Henderson: “What
time is it under this next street
light?”
Clementine Chrisco: “A man
date is a date with a man.”
Edgar Poovey ( Before going
on a date with P. Cornelius)
“Well, i’ll have to begin my
usual marathon.”
George Lee: “There are some
pretty girls here on Sunday.”
Sarah Cashion: “We hardly
know the boys on Sunday.”
Miss Smith: “I like to hear Nel
son Eddy; he is good-looking.”
Mary Gardner (an opera sing
er): “Three signs of greatness
are- imagination, glamor, and
brains.”
Frank Craven: “Are you going
OUR CONTEMPORARIES
^ The students of Lenoir Rhyne
College recently voted to discov
er what show the greatest num
ber of students enjoyed most
during 1936. ‘ ‘Magnificent Obses
sion” was the preference.
Nelson Eddy will give a con
cert at the Woman’s College in
Greensboro April 6. Tickets are
already on sale.
Erskine College conducted a
d'clamation contest w th four
r msry (.r final entries. A gen-
il man by the name of Calhoun
’’Toved to be the silver-tongued
rator. Pjssibly the south is dev
eloping another famous orator.
Do you recall your Amercian
history?
FOOT NOTES
A notice on the blackboard just
bi-forp -1 mid-quarter extim in tht-
Psychology Room: “We who are
about to fail salute thee.”
We who are connected with a
newspaper do not doubt that ten
years were added to Disraeli’s
life when he b.?gan to publish a
newspaper.
A man’s business file is his in
side coat pocket. There a man
stores anything frr)m cigars, pen
cils, and rult^rs to letters, impor
tant legal par ers, and his wallet.
The Ron'ans named their Kirgs
Nero; now we name our digs
Nero. We once named our pres
ident Washington: now many
of our colon d people an?W( r or
turn their head when the \nam'’
is mentioned.
If a preacher never aids an
other in finding the full life, he
has helped himself a great deal.
Name a preacher who did not
changs after entering the min
istry.
More people should desire a
new day, rather than crave the
end of the present.
to the St. Vitus dance tonight?”
FOUR BOYS AND A TUNE
On returning from the print-
shop the other night I heard a
melody familiar to all. To my
right on Taylor Hall lawn nearest
the “Bid'iie Coop” four boys
stood almost huddled, and gazing
at a full moon, harmonizing the
delectable and melodious “Sweet
Adeline.”
RE-TOLD
A favorite of the Dietetian
One day a millionare visited Be
rea College (her Alma Mater) and
wanted to see, most of all, the
kitchen. After carefully scrutu-
nizing the kitchen h e found
some potato peelings. He took
up a handful, which he noticed
to be only waste, since just the
skin had been removed from the
potato and none of the potato
was wasted. Immediately he
corrmended the dietetian for the
students’ economy. Then he
W! nt to the business manager
and presented the college a check
for an amount which ran into
Several figures.
I
I" It was early morning and the
I f nal beam was to be laid on the
famous High Bridge (then under
constructiu i) at Cincinatti. But
r>s the large beam was drawn to
its placeit was one foot tooshort.
Pu:-^',!ed, the engineers telephon
ed the factory, explaining that
thf btam was tooshort.
“Wait until noon; then lay it,”
was the reply.
At noon the beam fitted per
fectly. You see, heat causes ex
pansion and cold weather causes
contraction.
PROBABLY FOR YOU
It is the duty of a college news
paper to review books which are
likely to be the most popular and
certainly t hose which the largest
number of students should read.
And only a person who reads un-
derstandinglv and extensively
even partially knows the field
of modern “literature” (better
add “printed matter”). Then
only the people who love books
will read the reviews. Certain
ly what this school (and the en
tire country) needs is some who
can inculcate the reading desire
in those who have not learned the
advantages and pleasures of this
great educational process.
Last week I read “Main
Street,” which is a typical Sin
clair Lewis novel, and the bio
graphy “Disraeli” by Andre
Maurois. The Lewis novel has a
profound interest for the college
girl, but is not recommended to
college men. The book by
Maurois is a prodigious triumph
in biography, and is recommend
ed to all who desire biography or
an insight into the Victorian Age.
Professor: “Have I told th,..,.
Student: “No sir.”