VOL. X NO. 8
BREVARD COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1, 1943
Published Semi-Mon'ttily
Eighteen Seniors Receive Their Diplomas
Honor Roll Announced/Four Girls
Make All A’s, Many Are On Lists
^
Ten Students Make Nearly
All A’s. Thirty-Three
Make B Average
Four students with straight A
grades were placed at the top
of the semester honor roll by the
registrar’s office. They are Modine
Kitchens, Jessie Potts, Felicia Ed
wards, and Elyna Eller.
Two of the four girls (they
would have to be girls, men) are
doing repeat performances as
they rank at the top of the schol
arly ladder. Miss Modine Kit
chens and Miss Jessie Potts (a
Clarion staff member, thank you)
are hold-overs from the mid-sem
ester A honor roll.'Misses Felicia
Edwards and Elyna Eller must be
novices in the business; this is
the first time they have made the
select group in this college.
Dropping a notch down into the
B average there were 10 who came
within a few points of all A’s:
Louise Burnette, Virginia Dalton,
Marjorie Ezzelle, Frank Hayes,
Frankie Moore, i/ulia Owen, Fran
ces Pace, Opal Ruppe, Myrtle Mae
Spain, and Ruby Suther, were in
that class.
Down in the “nm-of-the-mill”
group with a straight B average
were 33 students. They are as
follows: Gilreath Adams, Bertha
Baldwin, Louise Beatty, Gladys
Burnette, Hilda Carter, Chivous
Cole, Mary Ruth Davenport, Grace
Dooley, Luther Earwood, Cathrine
Edgeworth, Betty Finck, Madge
Finger, Virginia Fleming, David
Franklin, Louise Huntley, Annette
Huskamp, Gwendolyn Jackson,
Jean Knighten, Eleanor Ledford,
Pauline Meredith, Sara Jane Mos-
1 e y, Rupert Norfleet, Hubert
Owen, Blaine Parker, W. 0. Park
er, Constance Roberts, Carl Scrug
gs, Louise Shook, Betty Smith,
Don Steagall, Ralph Steagall, Sam
Underwood, and Elizabeth Wilson.
Miss Garner New
Business Teacher
Miss Maud V. Gamer, of Nash
ville, Tennessee, has arrived on
the campus to fill the position of
instructor in the Business De
partment, which was left open
by the appointment of Dean Ol
sen as librarian.
Miss Gamer, a native of Geor
gia, has lived and taught school
in Nashville since 1933. She has
an A. B. degree from Mercer Uni
versity and her Master’s degree
from Peabody College. She has
also done graduate and under
graduate work at Georgia State
College for Women; Georgia-Ala-
bama Business College; and Stra-
yers Business College, Washing
ton, D. C.
She has taught in the public
school systems of Ft. Myers, Fla.,
and Atlanta, Georgia; and was
for four years director of religi
ous education for a group- of
churches in Griffin, Georgia. She
comes to Brevard from Watkins’
Institute, in Nashvule.
She will begin work vnth her
classes today.
Sophomore Class
Picks Superlatives
The twelve superlatives of the
senior class were elected at» a
meeting of the class last Wednes
day.
The superlatives were chosen in
six classes: best looking, most
popular, most original, most intel
ligent, best personality, and best
all-round.
The winners were as follows:
best looking,, Louise Huntley and
Rupert Norfleet; most popular,
A1 Swan and Elsie Barnhill; most
original. Myrtle Mae Spain and
James Sanford; most intelligent,
Frances Pace and Gil Adams;
best personality, Pat Brinkley and
David Franklin; and best all
round, Jo Jones and Monk Vaugh-
A. G. Bazley, Petty Officer
Writer, of the Royal Naval Re
serves, was a guest on the Brevard
College campus over the week-end.
His ship, designated' as the S-182,
is laid up in the shipyards at Char
leston for repairs.
He explained his duties as “a
sort of pay-master and bookkeep
er” on the light cruiser.
This fighting ally of ours has
been torpedoed once, and has had
many other narrow escapes during
his service in the British Royal
Navy. He left a note to the stu
dents at Brevard College thanking
them for the good time he had
here, and told us to keep “chins
11T\ **
TWO REPORTS SENT IN
BY WARNING SERVICE
Since the organization of this
warning service, there have been
three alert periods—one for thir
ty-six hours and two of ten hours
each. Two warnings have been
sent in. Mr. Hughes, head of the
warning service, states that he
expects to get a more specific or
ganization soon with definite
hours assigned. The names of the
students connected with the Air
craft Warning Service'will appear
in the next issue of The Clarion.
2nd Semester Work
Is Now In Progress
More than two hundred students
have registered for the spring se
mester at Brevard College, Dean
Burt W. Loomis announced last
Wednesday. Of this number, ten
are new students.
Several, new courses are being
offered by the college this semes
ter. A course in laboratory tech
nic and one in dietetics will be
opened to women students who
plan to study nursing. Courses
in electricity and aviation will be
offered mem
Hew Officers Of
Societies Elected
Three of the four societies on
tfle campus have recently elected
new officers.
The Mnemosyneans have an
nounced the re-election of Miss
Jo Jones as president ; Miss Vir
ginia Blanton was elected vice-,
president; Miss Betty Smith, sec
retary; and Miss Margaret Whit
tington as treasurer.
At a special meet^g of th^
-Gliosophic Literary'Society Wed
nesday evening the following of
ficers were elected for the next
semester: George Setser, vice
president; Hugh Harris, sec
retary; Raymus Hilliard, chaplain;
Odell Buckner, critic; Johnny
Houston, sergeant-at-arms; and
David Franklin, publicity manager.
Luther Earwood, who was elect
ed president to take Philip Fra
zier’s place, presided over the
rieeting.
' The third set of elections was
in the Euterpean Literary Society,
when Cathrine Edgeworth was re
elected president; Marjorie Ez
zelle, vice-president; and Louise
At a recent meeting of the
Brevard College student body,
new members of the Clarion and
Pertelote staffs were elected.
James Sanford, spiorts editor,
was elected to succeed Miss Mary
Alice Hardin as editor-in-chief.
His election ended the reign of
women as head of the Clarion for
the past year and a half.
Miss Jessie Potts, former re
porter for the Clarion, was elected
to fill the shoes of Miss Betty Bas
on, as associate editor. Miss Potts
is the first freshman ever to hold
the position of associate editor.
Miss Ethel Tankersley also
broke precedent when she became
the first freshman business man
ager of the college paper.
Robert Hauss succeeded Philip
Frazier as business manager of
the annual. With the exception of
Sanford, the new jobs mark the
first time any freshmen have been
elected to the editorial staffs or
business departments of either of
the two college publications.
DR. AND MRS. COLTRANE
ENTERTAIN GRADUATES
The members of the graduating
class were guests at a tea on Mon
day afternoon, January 25, from
five to six o’clock, given in their
honor by President and Mrs.
Coltrane. In the receiving line
were Mrs. B. W. Loomis, Rev. and
Mrs. W. A. Jenkins, and Presi
dent and Mrs. Coltrane.
Spring blossoms in yellow and
pink were arranged in halV li
brary, and sitting room. The din
ing room was softly lit vnth tall
pink tapers, and the color motif
was further accented in the table
centerpiece of pink carnations.
Mesdames Jenkins and Loomis,
at the teatable, were assisted by
the following girls who live at
Hemlocks: Virginia Dalton, Julia
Cutchin, Kittie Lee Smith, and
Frances Pace. Delicious ice cream
and cake were served.
Ralph Ramsey Makes
Commencement Talk
Eighteen Brevard seniors re
ceived their diplomas at the
graduation exercises held last
Tuesday at H o’clock in the col
lege auditorium.
The processional, “Lead on, 0
King ..Eternal,” was followed by
the hymn “God of Our Fathers.”
The Rev. W. A. Jenkins, pastor
of the Brevard Methodist church,
gave ‘the invocation. Mr. R. H.
Ramsey, prominent Brevard law
yer, was the speaker and was in
troduced by President E. J. Col
trane. Following Mr. Ramsey’s
address the choir rendered “Beau
tiful Savior,” under the direction
of Miss Lillie Brown, Director of
music.
Dr. Burt W. Loomis, acting dean
of the college, introduced the
class to President Coltrane, who
thfti awarded the diplomas to the
graduating students. Honor stud
ents mentioned by Dr. Loomis
were Frank Hayes, . top honor
student, Pauline Meredith, Chiv
ous Cole, and Louise Huntley.
The Bcv. Perry, Rector of
St. Philip’s Episcopal church,
Brevard, pronounced the benedic
tion and the program closed with
the recessional, “Priests’ March.”
In his address Mr. Ramsey com
mented on the troubles and hard
ships that face yoimg' people to
day. “I am sorry that the world
is not awaiting you with out
stretched arms,” Mr. Ramsey said,
“and I would not hazard a guess
as to what is awaiting you. But
the present world conflict should
not mean the end of your dreams
and hopes for the future. Millions
of people who are living today un
der the Axis yoke are still fight
ing and hanging on to their ideas
and philosophy of government and
life. They have not given up the
struggle, and I do not think they
will do so.
“Happiness,” Mr. Ramsey con
tinued, “is the ultimate goal of
every human being. All of you
wiU seek happiness, and I hope
all of you will find it. It does
not depend upon any material
thing, and while there are no
rules that especially guarantee
—Turn To Page Four
I. R. C. Gives Party
In Honor Of Grads
The International Relations
club sponsored a gym party in
honoi: of the members who were
graduating. The party consisted
of several games and other types
of amusement. Everyone seemed
to enjoy the occasion. Mr. Han
cock, who" served as chaperone, di
rected the party with the aid of
Betty Bason. After the games, re
freshments were served in the
C.P.T. limch room. Robert Meek
rendered piano music.
Those present were Beth Buck
ner, James Sanford, Rupert Nor
fleet, Jean Lindsay, Phil Brown,
Elsie Barnhill, BO Rush, Clar
ence Engdahl, Virginia Hedrick,
Robert Meek,* Ronald Kallam,
Mary Francis Bladk, Joe Dean, Joe
Lasley, Robert Jenkins, Wynnette
McFaddin, Bob Gash, Betty Bason
and Mr. Hancock.
an.
British Naval Man
l{!urnette, was re-elected Jecretary
treasurer.
■i
Is Guesf On CajRpus.i.^anford Is Elected
Editor Of Clarion