Carola Bell Williams Presents Drama Monday
CAKOLA BELL WILLIAMS
Brevard Students
To View “Heiress”
By Barter Theatre
“The Heiress,” a drama of rich
intrigue, will be presented to Bre
vard college students on Saturday
night April 7 as one of the culture-
lecture presentations. The well-
known drama will be presented by
one of America’s outstanding com
panies, The Barter Theatre, the
state theatre of Virginia.
Bob Porterfield founded this
unique theatrical group during the
national depression in 1933. He,
with a group of 22 actors from
Broadway established a company
in the highlands of Virginia, a ven
ture which was solely begun in or
der that these actors might eat.
Indeed, the theatre swapped tick
ets for food in those days. And
the theatre stuck.
The idea has grown and now
companies have become interna
tional in scope.
Harry Straus Dies
At Asheville Home
Brevard college joined the Tran
sylvania region on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 27, in honoring Harry
Straus, friend of the college and
president of Ecusta Paper corpor
ation.
Mr. Straus died of a heart attack
at his home in Biltmore Forest,
Asheville, on the morning of Feb
ruary 27.
The college flag flew at half
mast from Tuesday through Satur
day following Mr. Straus’ death.
On Wednesday President George
B. Ehlhardt led the assembled col
lege in a memorial service.
President Ehlhardt spoke of the
many ways in which Mr. Straus
had bettered the lot of the individ
uals who live in Western North
Carolina, and he reviewed Mr.
Straus’ assistance in the work of
churches and schools throughout
the state.
Cl
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BREVARD COLLEGE, MARCH 10, 1951
Vol. XVIII Number 7
Dunham Hall Wing Restoration Is
Nearing Completion; The Auditorium
And Bookstore Will Be Ready Soon
A complete renovation of the interior of the adminis
tration building is underway. Dunham Hall, which en
closes the business offices, class rooms and the auditorium,
has been closed since October, 1950, when it was damaged
by fire.
H. M. PuUin, contractor in
charge of the reconstruction, hopes
to complete the north side of the
building within a few weeks. This
will permit use of the auditorium,
as well as the new book store,
post office, and recreation rooms.
A complete rewiring of the
building is underway. Other fea
tures of improvement in the audi-
Gibbs Announces
Shamrock Dance
A semi-formal Shamrock Ball is
to be given on March 17, by the
Euterpean society. According to
Marty Gibbs, president, all girls
interested in inviting a boy should
torium are new paint, tile flooring, turn in to Jody Schaffer in Taylor
r^ew all-metal chairs, an increased
seating capacity, Venetian blinds
and an enlarged stage. The floor
of the balcony has been elevated
to permit better vision.
Plans for the basement will in
clude a new bookstore, post office,
and recreation rooms for lounging,
ping-pong and dancing. The rec
reation rooms floors, and ceilings
of the halls, and some of the of
fices will be furnished with acous
tical tile to minimize noise in the
building.
The rest of the building will be
completed as rapidly as conditions
permit.
Clarion To Enter
Press Associations
or to Jean Williams in West Hall
the names of the boys they wish
to have invited. These boys will
receive a bid.
Heads of the committees for the
dance are: Billie Cline, posters;
Mary Alice Hollifield, decorations;
Janet Wray, entertainment; Mary
Grace Nance, refreshments.
Marty Gibbs said, “Admission to
the dance will be 50 cents, stag or
drag.”
Goodson Is Speaker
For Religious Week
The Brevard college Clarion has
recently moved to join Columbia
Scholastic Press association and
and the National Scholastic Press
association.
On February 15, the Clarion
staff voted to join both of these
nationally accredited press asso
ciations. The entrance fees and
copies of this year’s Clarion are
being sent to both of the national
headquarters.
The objective in joining these
press associations is to get con
structive criticism and a national
rating for the Clarion.
This year’s Clarion staff will not
receive full benefit from these or
ganizations but joining them
should be very helpful to later
Clarion staffs.
The Rev. Kenneth Goodson, pas
tor of the First Methodist church
of High Point, has been announced
as the guest speaker for the an
nual religious emphasis week at
Brevard coUege week of April 8-13.
Bom in Salisbury, Mr. Good
son attended Catawba college and
did graduate work at the Divinity
School of Duke university. Before
coming to High Point, he was pas
tor of the First Methodist church
of Wadesboro, and he appeared as
an inspirational speaker at Lake
Junaluska and the Methodist stu
dent conference at High Point.
Mr. Goodson will speak each
evening of this week at 7:30 p. m.
in the Brevard Methodist church.
He will talk with college students
in chapel on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday mornings. He will
speak on Tuesday and Thursday at
this period to religious organiza
tions on the campus; during the
day, he will be available for indi
vidual conference with any stu
dent.
Drama, *‘Remember
The Ladies” At 8:30
P. M. In Library
REMEMBER THE LADIES, the
collection of American portraits
to be shown in the James Addison
Jones Library at 8:30 p. m. on Mon
day night are not done in oils, but
in the medium of the theatre, us
ing color, motion, and sound. TTiey
are living portraits by Carola Bell
Williams, the actress-playwright.
Of these characterizations, IN
DEPENDENT WOMAN says,
“They are better than a dozen
speeches to make real to us the
great heritage of idealism and
achievement handed down to us
and to illuminate the landmarks
we have passed.”
REMEMBER THE LADIES
shows us eight women, often using
their own words from letters and
diaries. Each pictures a different
phase of American life. Abigail
Adams starts the vivid series. Ab-
by struggled with food shortages,
refugees, and epidemics of small
pox and dysentery, while doing
much of the work of the house, su
pervising the farm and educating
her four small children.
Abby found time, also, to write
her husband, John, away at the
Continental Congress in Philadel
phia, to “remember the ladies and
be more generous and favorable
to them than his ancestors.” And
the courage she had, letting nine-
year-old Johnny ride the post be
tween Braintree and Boston!
Twenty miles on horseback every
day, in all kinds of weather!
The second portrait is a rollick
ing one of a woman blacksmith
during the Revolution, when there
were priorities and labor short
ages, too. There is a quaint por
trait of Lucy Larcom, genteel fac
tory worker, later a New England
—Turn to Page Seven
Summer Session To
Open Here June 11
Announcements of the summer
school plans for Brevard college
have been issued by President
George B. Ehlhardt, who said yes
terday that the summer session
wil! be June 11-August 25.
Credit will be offered in the fol
lowing subjects for summer work:
art, music, mathematics, religion,
English, chemistry, history, gov
ernment and physical education.
The summer session will be list
ed as the first quarter of the 1951-
52 academic year. According to
th-3 college president, freshmen
may enter in June or September.
Beginning with this session the
college will operate on the quar
ter system. The main purpose of
this change is to enable men who
are approaching the age for mili
tary service to have as much
schooling as possible before they
are required to suspend their aca
demic training.