THE CLARION
Volume XV BREVARD COLLEGE, OCTOBER 1, 1948' Number 1
COLLEGE OPENS WITH LARGE ENROLLMENT
f Attend WNC Conference At High Point |
DR. E. J. COLTRANE
DEAN J. J. STEVENSON, JR.
Coltrane, Stevenson And Swink
Attending High Point Meeting
Faculty, Veterans
Meet, Room And
Board Compromise
In a recent meeting of Dr. Col
trane, Dean Stevenson, Mr. Smith,
and a representative group of vet
erans, it was decided that veterans
may have three choices as to where
they will room and board. This
new policy was begun in an effort
on the part of the college to elim
inate the dissatisfaction which
some of the veterans showed when
they were given no choice except
to eat in the school cafeteria.
The original plan was for all
men to live on the campus and
eat in the school cafeteria at a
cost of $157.50 per semester. This
figure covered the semester’s rent
and an $8.25 meal ticket each
week, and is the same amount non
veterans pay for room and board.
The modified plan provides that
any veteran who wishes to eat off
campus but to have a room in one
of the. dormitories may do so by
paying $35.00 per semester room
rent The veterans who met with
the college officials agreed that the
higher rental was equitable, and
it will serve as compensation to
the college for the extra overhead
incurred by withdrawals.
There is also a new system where
by veterans who wish to Jive off
campus may have that privilege
and be treated as regular day stu
dents.
A new system was devised this
year for paying for meals. All stu
dents who eat in the school cafe
teria, both veterans and non-veter
ans, pay for what they get rather
than a set price for every meal.
This makes it possible for the av
erage person to spend only $140
a semester for food, and only those
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Four New Courses
Now Offered Here
Four new subjects have been
added to the college curriculum
th|s semester, according to Mrs.
Coltrane, acting registrar.
Those subjects now being of
fered to Brevard students include:
Office Machfnes, which teaches
the use of the dictaphone, calcu
lating, adding, and tabulating ma
chines; Vocal Methods; Study
Methods, a course on how to
study; Hymnology; and U. S. Gov
ernment, which includes the old
course of state government.
Students have shovra consider
able interest in the new subjects,
as evidenced by the large enroll
ment in each class.
COMPLAINTS
.... have been made by stu
dents and faculty regarding the
fact that some students sit and
even rest their feet on the dining
tables in the cafeteria while wait
ing in line for meals.
Those guilty may be interested
to know that it reflects not only on
their character, but also on their
family and their parents. Certain
ly, no one thinks more of them
for it.
This condition should be improv
ed immediately in respect of other
students and for the sake of the
few students who have been guilty
of the act.
MR. RAY F. SWINK
Men’s Dorms Elect
Temporary Councils
For Coming Term
During the second week of
school, temporary house councils
were selected for each of the six
men’s dormitories. The councils
are to consist of two men from
each floor of the different build
ings, and one person in each group
will serve as chairman. The chair
man may be designated as such
when he is elected to the council
or it may be left for members to
decide among themselves.
Either the entire council or the
chairman of each group will meet
with Dean Stevenson once each
week to take care of any sugges
tions or problems presented to the
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College Officials At WNC
I Conference Of The
Methodist Church
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
the college, and Mr. Ray F Swink,
director of religion, left Monday
for High Point to attend the an
nual meeting of the Western North
Carolina Conference of the Metho
dist church. Dean Stevenson left
the college later in the week to
make the principal address at the
Emory University dinner held dur
ing the conference. He returned
here Wednesday night while Dr.
Coltrane and Mr. Swink remained
until the end of the meeting.
The Western North Carolina
Conference meets once each year
to discuss church work in the
area and to appoint ministers. Mr.
Swink is a regular meimber of the
Conference as is Mr. C. Edward
Roy, who is on a leave of absence
from the college.
Veterans* Checks
Due In November
Most veterans attending school
under the G-. I. Bill in Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia and North
Carolina will receive their first
subsistence checks for the fall
term early in November, the Vet
erans Administration has announc
ed.
These checks will represent
subsistence allowances for the
period from the daV the veteran
entered school through October 31,
VA explained. The next checks
will be delivered on or about De
cember 1 to cover November al
lowances, and payments wili be
made monthly thereafter during
the remainder of the school year.
In some instances, veterans will
receive checks during October to
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Fourteen States
Are Represented
In Registration
More than 400 students are now
registered at Brevard college for
the fall semester as reported by
Mrs. E. J. Coltrane, acting regis
trar, and several late students are
expected to matriculate this week.
The majority of the students en
rolled come from North and South
Carolina, 12 other states and Cuba.
Many students from Brevard and
Transylvania county are attending
the college and they are as follows:
Rev. James Allred, Bessie Ann
Allison (special), BUI Barton, Mrs.
Karl Bosse, (special), James Oli
ver Brooks, Judith Ann Burgin
(special), Franklin Theodore Car-
land, Ray Cheek, Joe D. Cooper,
Bobby Cox (special), Caroline Da
vis (special), Margaret Anne De-
Bord, William Duckworth, Jr., Ed
win Eugene Edwards, Everett G.
Freeman, Margaret Jean George,
Alice Carolyn Hawkins, Charles
Francis Heath, James Holden, Har
ris Cuthrie Johnson, Eugene Swain
King, Norma LaNelle King, Betty
Ruth Kuykendall, Eugene Edward
JftcAuley, Martha Elizabeth Mo-
Kelvey, Edward McMahan, Jr.,
Claude Hubert Murphy, Bob Nor
wood, Doris Elaine Orr, Betty Jo-
Parrish, Paul Franklin Patterson,
Bobby Ratchford, Howard Leon
Rudisail, Bee Pratt Scroggs, Thom
as B. Scruggs, Jewell Euva Sentelle,
Emily Ann Smith, Ernest Richard
Smith, William Hall Smith, III,
Earl Sorrells, Joe Lee Whitmire,
Betty Jean Whitmire and Betty Jo
Wilson.
Other students attending Bre-
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Bookstore Painted,
New Merchandise
Under the management of Bill
Huntley, the College Bookstore
had its face. lifted this summer
with a new coat of green paint and
an attractive show case. With the
help of David Duncan, Lou Ham
rick and Jane Setser, Bill hopes to
make other improvements in the
near future, starting with the re
placement of broken mail box
glasses and locks.
A number of new items have
been added to the stock, including
food items and notions selected
for their value as aids to school
spirit. Most of us have met “Var
sity Vic” on the campus by this
time.
A new system was used in is
suing books to veterans this semes
ter which made it possible for them
to get their books without having
to stand in line and'-which short
ened the line for non-vets. The
completed requisition sheets for
books and supplies were turned
in to the Bookstore by veterans
who returned later to pick up the
assembled and recorded order.
Registration for several courses
was greater than expected by the
faculty, therefore many students
still lack some texts. However,
books in stock were distributed
with much less confusion than has
been noted in the past; and the
new system has been given the
stamp of “Approval” by many stu
dents who are familiar with the
shortcomings of the old method.