THE CLARION
Volume XVI
BREVARD COLLEGE, MARCH 31, 1950
Number 7
Religious Empiiasis Week Observed On Campus
Glee Club To Give
Easter Concert On
Sunday, April 2nd
The Brevard college glee club,
under the direction of Mr. Bruce
A. Livengood, head of the music
department at the college, will
present its Easter concert at the
Methodist church in Brevard on
Sunday evening, April 2, at 7:30
o’clock.
The concert will be “The Cruci
fixion” by Sir John Stainer. The
composer of this Easter passion,
“The Crucifixion,” is best known
for this one piece of work. The
oratorio was written in 1887, and
since that time has become one
of the most popular Easter pre
sentations of choirs and glee clubs
everywhere. Stainer lived from
1840 until 1901. He was an Eng
lish organist and composer. He
wrote many services and anthems
and the well-known “Seven Fold
Amen.”
The numbers in the oratorio are
as follows: “And They Came To
a Place Named Gethsemane,”
“Could Ye not Watch,” “Fling
Wide the Gates,” “And When
They Were Come,” “Cross of
Jesus,” “He Made Himself of No
Reputation,” “King Ever Glor
ious!” “And As Moses Lifted Up
the Serpent,” “God 'So Loved the
World,” “Holy Jesu, by Thy Pas
sion,” “Jesus Said: Father, For
give Them,” “So Thou Liftest Thy
Divine Petition,” “Jesus, The Cru
cified,” “And One of the Malefac
tors,” “I Adore Thee,” “When
Jesus Therefore Saw,” “Is It
Nothing to You,” “From the
Throne,” “After Tliis, Jesus Know
ing” and “All For Jesus.”
Soloists for the presentation are
Michael Haddock, Charlotte; Jer
ry Crawford, Greensboro; Ann
Holton, Charlotte: Bob Hauss, of
Snelby; Mack Lassiter, Charlotte;
Bettylou Boykin, Fairview; Betsy
Ross, Pleasant Garden; Loise
Stratton, Reidsville; and Max Rob
inson, Gastonia.
Phi Theta Kappa
Banquet Held At
Busy Bee Monday
New members of the Delta Pi
chapter of Phi Theta Kappa of
Brevard College, together with the
old members, held the annual ban
quet on Monday evening, March
20th, in the banquet hall of the
Busy Bee cafeteria. Fun, fellow
ship, and food were the import
ant factors binding the group
together for an evening of recrea
tion.
Dr. Burt Loomis, advisor of the
Delta Pi chapter, was the speaker
for the occasion. His topic and
address was on the growth and
development of the honor fra
ternity. A contest was waged be
tween old members and new in
itiates to see who could tell the
tallest tales.
The annual convention of Phi
Theta Kappa will be held this
year at Tyler Junior college,
Tyler, Texas, on April 20, 21, and
22. It is the hope of the Brevard
chapter that some delegates from
the campus will be able to at
tend the annual meeting.
Rev. George Ehlhardt Elected
To Succeed Dr. E. J. Coltrane As
President Of Brevard College
New President
Rev. George Brinkmanu Ehl
hardt, above, registrar and libra
rian of the Duke University Div
inity School, will succeed Dr.
Eugene J. Coltrane as president
of Brevard college on June 1.
He will become one of the
youngest college presidents in
the United States.
Taylor Spoke On
Fire Prevention
TO ASSUME NEW
DUTIES APRIL 1,
HISTORY CITED
Was Librarian of Duke University
Divinity School; Is One Of
Nation’s Youngest Heads
The election of Rev. George
Brinkmann Ehlhardt, registrar and
librarian of Duke University Div
inity School, as president of Bre
vard college to succeed Dr. Eugene
J. Coltrane has been announced by
Edwin L. Jones, chairman of the
board of trustees. He will assume
his new duties on June 1st and
will retain his position at Duke
until that time.
A member of the Duke Univer
sity staff since"* October, 1942, Mr.
Ehlhardt, at 35, becomes one of
the youngest college presidents in
the United States.
Prominent in religious activi
ties throughout the state, he is a
member of the Western N. C.
Conference of the Methodist
church, and recently was elected
secretary of the Southeastern
Jurisdictional Historical Society
of the Methodist Church. He rep
resents his conference on the
North Carolina Council of
Churches and is a member of the
Friends of the World of Churches.
A native of St. Louis, Mo., the
new president received his under
graduate degrees from John B.
Stetson University at DeLand,
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Retires June 1
On Wednesday, March 22, J.
Fred Taylor, volunteer fireman of
the Brevard company, spoke to the
student body in a regular chapel
meeting. His address was in con
nection with fire prevention, and
he gave the students a most essen-
til list of do’s and don’ts concern
ing fire.
The first point which Mr. Tay
lor emphasized was the import
ance of reporting the fire as soon
33 it is discovered, no matter how
small it may be. He said that the
first few minutes of a fire are the
most important to firemen be
cause if the blaze is reached in
time, much djamage to property
and life may be prevented.
He warned the students to be
careful of over-loading the power
lines with such appliances as hot
plates, irons, electric percolators,
and electric razors. When there
is too much current in the line,
the danger point is reached.
Means of escaping from a burn
ing building was also a point
stressed by Mr. Taylor. Fire es
capes should always be used if
they are convenient. It was sug
gested that some sort of fire es
cape be provided or erected for
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Dr. Eugene J. Coltrane, who
has served as president of Bre
vard college since its establish
ment in 1934, has announced his
retirement effective June 1st.
Under the guidance of Dr. Col
trane, the Ioc;al institution has
grown from its small beginning
to one of the foremost junior
colleges in the state. The resig
nation of Mrs. Coltrane, college
registrar and instructor in Eng
lish, is also announced.
REV. D. D. HOLT
SPEAKER HERE
DURING WEEK
Durham Pastor Here For Observ
ance of Religious Emphasis
Week; Annual Event
The week from March 27 until
March 31 was set aside at Bre
vard college for the annual obser
vance of Religious Emphasis week.
This week is observed once a year,
during the spring semester, and an
outstanding speaker is always
scheduled to conduct all the serv
ices. This year the college admin
istration was able to seciure Rev.
D. D. Holt, pastor of the Trinity
Methodist church in Durham.
Mr. Holt’s addresses were cen
tered mainly around youth and
the phases of life which every
young person today must adjust
himself to. He began in the chapel
hour on Monday morning with a
talk on the universe and what a
wonderful place it is for young
people to grow up in. They grow
up in many different kinds of sit
uations, but underlying the whole
universe is the one basic fact that
we are all created of the same ma
terials.
Monday night Mr. Holt spoke to
the students on how to find the
right and how to do the right after
one has found it. Young people
have to do some real thinking be
fore they can come to the heart
of life, he said. He outlined the
criteria which young people ought
to consider in determining right
from wrong.
The remainder of the morning
sessions were lectures on such
topics as follows: where are we
going, how can we fiace tomorrow,
and the nature and needs of hu
man life. Each chapel service
was strictly a lecture period.
During the evening programs,
Mr. Holt’s talks centered around
boy-girl relationships and prayer.
Fach evening service was of an in
formal nature, each address being
followed by discussions of various
questions that had arisen during
the talk.
The outline for the programs
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National Congress
Of Sigma Pi Alpha
To Be Held
The National Congress of Sig
ma Pi Alpha, honor society for
students who excel in foreign lan
guages, will be held this year at
Mitchell college, Statesville, N. 0.
The annual meeting has been
scheduled for April 15.
The program for the day will
include registration, a business
meeting, initiation for all mem
bers who were invited this year
but who have not yet been formal
ly initiated, a tea, a banquet, and
a dance.
All chapters have been request
ed to send delegates to the Con
gress. Any members from the
Brevard chapter who would like to
attend may get details from Fran
ces Swaringen, president of the
local club. Watch the bulletin
board for a call meeting of the
club at a very early date.