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Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina. May 7, 1937
THE CLARION
Brevard College Weekly
MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA
COLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION
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Ediior-in-Chief Odell Salmon
Associate Editor Evelyn Swaringen
News Editor Monk Landreth
Sports Editor Sturgis May
Columns
Gladys Weatherman
Susan Bundy Betty Brookshire
Irene Parsons Satenik Nahikian
Helen McConnell Margaret Ryan
Reporters
Gladis Parker
Julius Page Mary Palmer
Turner Feezor W. A. Campbell
Management
Business Manager Clem Thomas
Circulation Manager Gene Matthews
J. C. Williams
Faculty Advisers
Miss Craig Miss Poovey
PRINTING
Faculty Supervisor Mr. Daniel
Manager Wallis Orr
Asst. Manager W. M. Fowler
Typesetters
John Orr George Buchanan
Pressman John Miller
COMMENT By Odell Salmon
Compulsory Church?
By Turner Feezor
Personally I am in favor o f
compulsory church attendance
from a purely selfish view-point,
as it would get me there regular
ly and I would not alibi out of it
when something went wrong. If
I were up half the night before,
it would at least get me u p i n
time for dinner and help m e
physically if in no other way.
This plan would not make a
very good platform f^)rsome one
trying to be popular, but I would
be willing to bet it would get re
sults, and it certainly wouldn’t
hurt anyone. In a Christian in
stitution, however, such apian
should not be found necessary.
The ones who would raise the
biggest howl about this would
be the ones who need it the most.
I agree with you that you cannot
legislate Christianity upon sry
one; however, a little high-power
ed advertising might not hurt.
You cannot sell a man unless you
first get your idea to him. I f
the product is worth while, the
customer won’t kick after he i s
sold. The ones this policy would
keep away we probably don’t
need in school. You will agree
with that going to church i s a
good thing. Do you have a bet
ter way of improving a 11 e n d -
ence?
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A Popular Book
Possibly the best seller of the
season in non-fiction is Dale Car
negie’s famous book How t o Win
Friends and Influ
ence People. 11
is the talk of prac
tically all out-
standing sales-
men; and many
firms require
their salesmen to
read and learn
the fundamentals
of the book to the extent that per
sonal salesmanship will increase.
Only a few copies of this pro
digious manual on building a
capitivating personality have
come to our campus; the library
does not have a copy. And if
there is a book that v/e need in
our library it is this one, primar
ily because it will be of inestim
able value to anyone who reads it.
I have recently read, studied,
and outlined this volume; and I
would list my outline here should
it be of value. But it will not,
other than to stimulate an inter
est in you to read it. The book
itself has a wonderful skeleton,
but you should become saturated
with this profusely-illustrated
book.
We suggest that you find one
of the copies on the campus and
read it. You will enjoy it, and
we think that many parts of it
will be of value to you.
Foot-Note
Any photograph changes to a
cartoon in ten years. Look at
your baby picture. Maybe you
are old enough to have had a
sweetheart ten years ago; they
say that people are living a lot
faster now.
Absteniously, facetiously, and
arsenious contain all the vowels
in their proper order.
Answer That Urge
There is a club in this country
which has as its motto “Answer
that urge.” The club is new,
but the idea is old. We h'ave
suppressed desires all our lives;
some of us have answered these
desires.
This particular club was be
gun by a young man who had
the urge to sing as loud as pos
sible in the public library. One
day while in the library he blurt
ed out with all the force of his
vocal cords. Beside him was an
old man who looked up to ar.d
said, “Son, I’ve been wanting to
do that all my life.” So he join
ed the boy. Soon ev«ry one i n
the library was singing.
This seems rather foolish at
first reading, but think of that
urge you have had. We suggest
that you study yours; and if it
doesn’t get too personal, such
as kissing a pretty girl, cursing
a professor, or throwing a brick
through a plate glass, that you
might “answer that urge.”
A Predicament
A man is really in a predica
ment when he no longer wants
life but yet death does not want
him.
What Won4 A
College Girl Do?
We are rarely surprised a t
anything a woman will do. And
we are never surprised a t any
thing a college girl will do. But
about the most foolish things she
does is to “idolize” certain hand
some, good-dancing, Apollo-built
men.
Now, most of the men whom
these girls rave about are men
they have never seen nor will
ever see. (They would not rave
about them should they know
them.) A picture on some dime
pictorial magazine is captivating
enough; a moving picture is fatal
Not long ago a popular (made
popular by feminine request) sing
er was in North Carolina for a
performance. H e was having
dinner at a hotel, and some col
lege girls had gone to the same
hotel to have dinner (because he
was there). The gentleman pro
ceeded to light a cigarette and
nonchalantly flipped the match in
the tray. When he left the table,
the girls made a plunge for the
cigarette duck, the match with
which he lit the cigarette, and
the folder out of which the
match came.
In a high school annual -not;
many years ago a girl had lis ted
under her picture as her most out
standing ambition the
wish to spend a night with a cer
tain movie actor. Many a .time
a girl will hold out on her best
boy-friend because she wants to
hear a certain crooner. But after
all the boy-friend is the poor sap
who takes her to places, spends
hard earned(or dad’s hard-earn-
ed) money, thinks that she’s the
tops (outside Myrna Loy), and
will do almost anything for her-
but the boy can’t sing or isn’t
good-looking.”
Gentlemen, what won’t a col
lege girl do?
For Boys’ Schools
Boys who attended b o y s’
schools, and especially those who
attend military school, forget
that the next war is going to be
a cc-ed war.
W. 0. Saunders
Those of us who attended the
North Carolina Collegiate Press
Convention last week heard one
of the most colorful men in
journalism give the major ad
dress of the occasion. This man
is W. 0. Saunders, who is editor
and owner of a small newspaper.
Now he is not editor of a small
paper because he can't get
a better position, for he is one of
the most brilliant editors in the
country today. His editorials
are read throughout the nation.
Mr. Saunders addressed the
neophyte journalists (such
journalists as were present) at
their banquet, which was the
principal event of the conven
tion. His remarks were candid;
his delivery was inviting; and
his advice was the result of his
many years of journalism.
Those of us who are still young
and very idealistic appreciate a
man who stands for the best in
journalism, although he can’t
print the biggest paper in the
country or even the state. Some
of us have had contacts with cer
tain small papers in this state,
and we better know the quality
of these papers.
Clever Motto
The worker of Valdese, which
is a French settlement in t h e
mountains of this state, have as
their motto, “Work Like Helen
B. Happy.” They say that this
is one of the most progressive
towns in the state and that
there is only a little friction at
any time in the town. Maybe
the motto is not a bad one after
all.
College Bread
College bread comes in the
form of a loaf. This was a re
mark by one of the speakers at
a recent convention.