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THE CLARION Volume XV BREVARD COLLEGE, MAY 27, 1949 Number 12 91 STUDENTS CANDIDATES FOR~GRADUATION Student Body Officers For 1949-50 Pictured above are the new student body officers chosen in the recent campus elections to serve during the 1949-50 school term. They are, from lef t to right: ROBERT MOORE, Statesville, president; DAN P. STOWE, Belmont, vice president; MISS JOT^^CE WILHELM, StatesvOle, secretary-treasurer; and MISS GLADYS BREWER, Ansonville, president of the Christian Student movement. Bob Moore Elected President Of Student Body; Stowe, Wilhelm Win Cook, Swaringen, Miller, And Sherrill Named On Publications Bob Moore, of Statesville, polled a majority of votes on the first bal lot over four opponents in the recent campus elections to become next year’s president of the col lege student body. Dan Stowe, of Belmont, and Joyce Wilhelm, of Statesville, also won on the first ballot, being elected vice president and secretary-treasurer, respec tively. Complete returns gave Moore 141, Haddock 55, Robertson 37, Bowman 28, and Price 6 votes in the presidential race. In the con test for vice president, Dan Stowe received a total of 173 votes, the highest number polled by any sin gle candidate, J. C. Grose 65, and Bob Hunt 28. Joyce Wilhelm received 162 votes to 100 for Maxine Mann, the loser in the balloting for secre tary-treasurer. In the publications elections, run-offs were needed for editor and business manager of the Per- telote and business manager of the Clarion. The first ballot gave Bette Cook 101 votes for editor of the yearbook, with Gladys Brewer getting 96 and Sara Freeman 69. Robert Henderson and Bill Miller were high men for business man ager of the Pertelote, receiving 74 and 85 votes, respectively. The other candidates were Margaret George with 64 and Betsy Ross with 43 votes. Returns from the run-off elec tion: Bette Cook was chosen as editor of the Pertelote, receiving 120 votes to 111 for Gladys Brew er. William Miller won the posi tion of business manager with 119 votes to 111 for Henderson. For business manager of the Clarion, Bob Sherrill and Joe Walker advanced to the run-offs, receiving 76 and 70 votes, respec tively to 63 for Jim White and 56 for A1 Hicks. On the second bal lot, Sherrill won, polling 121 votes to 111 for Walker. Frances Swaringen was unop posed for editor of the Clarion and won that office by acclamation. Installation ceremonies were —Turn to P«(e Six To Speak Here BISHOP COSTEN J. HAR- RELj above, presiding Bishop of the Charlotte area of the Methodist church, will be bacca laureate speaker at the Brevard college graduation ceremonies. The sermon will be delivered at the Brevard Methodist church Sunday at the 11 o’clock serv ice. Art Exhibit Held Here Last Sunday An exhibit of paintings and handicrafts by students of Mrs. A. L. Bracmlett’s art classes was held here last Saturday and Sunday af ternoons, May 21 and 22. The exhibit was held in the art studio on the second floor of Dun ham Hall and college students and faculty were invited on Saturday. Sunday afternoon was reserved for townspeople. The instructor pointed out that the exhibit this year is the largest ever planned at the college and included pastel, water. color and oil paintings. Handicraft work on display included hooked rugs, wov en rugs, textile paintings, liquid plastic flowers aji^l some work in elaj'. Pertelotes Come Out Tuesday; New Features Added The 1949 Pertelote was made available to the students here last Tuesday and included many new features along with a novel musi cal theme. Color scheme for the current ed ition is blue and white, the tradi tional college colors and a padded cover adds to the beauty of the yearbook. Music titles were used as captions of pictures and the en tire theme was music. Dedication of the 1949 annual was to Mr. Malvin N. Artley, for mer director of the college depart ment of music. Gerald Martin, editor, and Char ley Freemarn, business manager of the Pertelote, announced that 350 copies of the yearbook were re ceived from the printers and that all of them are expected to be sold. Included in the senior picture section were 151 photographs, while 18 seniors failed to have a picture taken in time for publica tion. There are 178 freshmen pic tures with 60 freshmen listed as having no picture. Three special students are ^so listed. A total of 104 pages make up the body of the annual with 15 pages given over to advertisement. CALENDAR OF EVENTS ■. • Saturday, May 28 8:00 p. m.—Music Program, Col lege Auditorium. Sunday, May 29 11:00 a. m.—Baccalaureate Ser mon. Bishop Costen J. Harrell, speaker. Brevard Methodist Church. 3:00-5:00 p. m.—Public Recep tion, James Addison Jones Libra ry. 5:15 p. im.—Open Forum. The Place of the Library in the Chris tian Junior College. Leader: Dr. Mack Boyd Stokes, Emory Univer sity. Monday, May 30 11:00 a. m.—Graduation Exer cises. Address: Dr. Mack Boyd Stokes, Professor of Christian Doc trine, Candler School of Theology, Emory Vniversity, Atlanta Ga. EXERCISES TO BE HELD IN DUNHAM HALL ON MONDAY Dr. Mack Boyd Stokes, Of Emory, Will Speak To Senior Class RECITAL IS PLANNED The fifteenth annual commence ment exercises at Brevard college will be held Monday morning. May 30, in Dunham Hall, when Dr. E. J. Coltrane will award diplomas to 91 graduates. The graduation pro gram will climax a full week end of activities which begin on Sat urday. Dr. Mack Boyd Stokes, profes sor of Christian doctrine, Candler School of Theology, Emory Univer sity, will speak to the ^aduating class, the largest to finish at the institution. The commencement program be gins with a recital in Dunham hall Saturday evening at 8 p. m. It is under the supervision of Bruce A. Livengood, Miss Caroline Gates and Mrs. Louise P. Miller, of the music faculty. The baccalaureate sermon at the Brevard Methodist church on Sunday morning will be delivered by Bishop Costen J. Harrell, of Charlotte, bishop of North Caro lina Methodist‘churches. On Sunday afternoon a public reception for graduates, parents, alumni, faculty and townspeople will be held in the James Addison Jones library from 3 to 5 p. m. This will be followed by ah open forum, “The Place of the Library in the Junior College,” led by Dr. Stokes. Transylvania students who will receive their diplomas Monday are Ray Cheek, Pisgah Forest; Wil- —^Tum to Page Mve 1949 Commencement Program Will Begin Here Tomorrow At 8 Brevard college’s fifteenth an nual commencement program will begin here tomorrow at 8 p. m. in the college auditorium with the presentation of a music program by students of the music depart ment. On Sunday, at 11 a. m., the bac calaureate sermon will be deliv ered at the Brevard Methodist church by Bishop Costen J. Har rell, of the Charlotte area ^of the Methodist church. At 3 in the af ternoon, a public reception for graduates and then: friends will be held in the James Addison Jones library, and at 5:15 an open forum will also be held in the li brary. Dr. Mack Boyd Stokes will lead the forum which will be on “The Place of the Library in the Christian Junior College.” The graduation exercises for the 91 prospective graduates will take place Monday morning at 11 o’clock in the college auditorium with Dr. Stokes, professor of Chris- tion Doctrine, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, At* lantif @a., as the princlpil speilsef.
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