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THE CLARION
October 1, 1948
Music Building Drive Is Started
BREVARD CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE WILL
RAISE $250,000.00
Committee Of 17 Men From
Brevard Appointed. Var-
' ner Is Chairman
Architect’s Drawing Of Proposed Music Building At College
A Brevard college expansion
committee, composed of 17-promi-
nent Brevard men with Mayor S. E.
Varner as chairman, is now work
ing out detailed plans for the much
needed auditorium and music build
ing which will supply the acute
needs of the growing college and
community as well, acording to
Dr. E. J. Coltrane.
Seating, capacity in the audito
rium at the building will be 1250
and the stage will be sufficiently
large enough to accomodate a 90
piece symphony orchestra, as shown
by the plans submitted by Archi
tect Henry I. Gaines.
Members of this expansion com
mittee, which were recently ap
pointed by aproval of the college
and the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce, plan to launch a drive some
time in the near future to raise
approximately $250,000. Serving on
the committee with Mayor Varner
are Raymond F. Bennett, Willis
Brittain, F. S. Best, Ralph H. Ram
sey, Jr., Ralph R. Fisher, E. H.
McBahan, Dr. Charles L. Newland,
Alex H. Kizer, Charles M. Douglas,
O. H. Orr, Verne P. Clement, Lew
is P. Hamlin, Ed M. Anderson,
John I. Anderson, J. M. Gaines
and Rev. W. G. McFarland.
The new building, which will
be the most imposing structure on
the Brevard college campus, will
be constructed between the James
Addison Jones library, and the
Mary Frances Stamey Memorial
infirmary and will face the back
entrance to the administration
buUding, Dunham Hall. In the cur
rent expansion program, it will
head the lower Quadrangle, and
will be situated on the new road
circling the campus.
According to President Coltrane,
this will enable Brevard college to
be of greater service to this com
munity by bringing here artists
and speakers of note, as well as
serving as a place for religious
conferences and cultural convoca
tions.
Prominent among the plans re
cently worked out for this build
ing area a projection room *for
showing movies, and a suite for
broadcasting and making record
ings. A music library will be in
cluded along with three large
classrooms, five soundproof studios
and 25 soundproof practice rooms.
Pictured above is the architect’s drawing of the proposed new music building and auditorium at
Brevard college. Estimated to cost some $250,000, the imposing structure will fill a great need at the
local institution. In the near future the Brevard Chamber of Commerce will launch a campaign to
raise funds locally for the building. The auditorium will be constructed so as to have perfect acous
tics and to seat 1,250 persons. It will also be designed for community and college use, and a large num
ber of sound-proof studios and a suite for broadcasting and recording are included in the plans.
Hammond Organ
Is Gift To College
We have all no doubt heard and
enjoyed the beautiful music which
has been drifting up from the
auditorium this semester. Well,
these lovely sounds are coming
from a new Hammond electric or
gan, a gift from Mr. H. A. Dun
ham, of Asheville, and another
benefactor who chooses to remain
anonymous. Mr. Dunham has been
very active in aiding the college
in the past, and at present is serv
ing as a member of the board of
trustees.
The organ will be used primari
ly for chapel services and to teach
organ to the eight organ majors
now attending Brevard.
But however beautiful the organ
itseK might be, it would be of lit
tle value if there were not some
one around who had the expert
knowledge of playing it. We are
therefore very fortunate to have
with us this year Miss Caroline
Gates, a new addition to the fac
ulty. Miss Gates is a graduate of
Grensboro college where she maj
ored in organ.
$7,000.00 In Books
Ordered For Library
/
With the ordering of seven
thousand dollars worth of new
books, the J. A. Jones Memorial
Library is following the expansion
program now in evidence at Bre
vard college. The new volumes
will be delivered sometime this fall
and will add much value to the
collection of books now in the
library.
Mrs. Scroggs is now assisting
Mrs. Parker in the library and is
in charge of the circulation and
reference dpeartments. Mrs. Park
er has charge of the acquisition
and cataloging of books. In addi
tion to the two librarians, the
library also has several student
helpers who work durihg the day
and evening.
This year Mrs. Parker has in
stituted a closed stack policy which
will tend to preserve and prevent
the mistreating of books. The cat
alog system, used in all modern
libraries, has also been put into
effect and Mrs. Parker urges that
every student aquaint himself with
it.
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