I ♦ Our Love Goes With You, You’re Part Of Us, President Ehlhardt! V^lailOn Now, Freshmen! Volume XVIII BREVARD COLLEGE, OCTOBER 6, 1951 Number 1 Pres. Ehlhardt Takes Leave; Admitted To Duke Mrs. Joseph Pickelshner and WUburn Harrison are shown above viewing the new lily pond, located adjacent to the library and infirm ary. The pond and informal garden are part of a gift of Mrs. Pickel- simer. In the background are seen the Ross Hall faculty apartments. Top Honor Students Honored Here As Freshmen From Brevard School To have the valdictorian and salutatorian of the same high school enrolled at Brevard college is a happening worthy of broadcast. This year, from local Brevard high school, both high-honor students are freshmen here at Harrison Welcomes All New Students By WILBURN HARRISON As president of the student body, I wish to extend to each freshman a most hearty welcome to the campus of Brevard college. To be able to attend college is truly one of the greatest opportunities a person can have. Because of finan cial and other handicaps few peo ple have the privilege of attending college. Please do not waste the great opportunity which you are so privileged to have. By entering college you have taken the first important step to ward building yourself into a use ful American citizen. The chaotic conditions of the world today de mand alert and comprehending citizens and leaders who have been sufficiently educated both mentally and spiritually. The Christian fellowship and ed ucation that you will receive here at Brevard will enable you to cope adequately with the hardships and burdens that may fall upon your shoulders in later life. There is always a place for strong and coura geous people in the world. The faculty of Brevard have de voted their lives to the enlighten ing of young men and women in order that they may be more able to meet the future needs of human ity. Remember that each one of your teachers is really a humani tarian. Very few teachers are teach ing for the sole purpose of making money, because no one ever be came well-to-do on a school teach er’s salary. Be considerate of your teachers in the future, and always enter a classroom with an open mind ready and willing to grasp every bit of knowledge offered to you. The second-year students feel a great responsibility for helping to make your stay at Brevard a most rewarding one. The student coun cil also feels responsible for your happiness and welfare for the —^Tum to Page Seven Students To Receive Motive For One Year A nine month’s subscription to MOTIVE, monthly organ of the Methodist Student Movement, has been entered for each Brevard col lege student, according to the Rev. George Brinkmann Ehlhardt, presi dent of the institution. The first issue of this current events magazine, the October num ber, has already been placed in student boxes. MOTIVE presents in editorial form current events with interpre tation of Christian principles. This 50-page periodical, though Metho dist in support, is not limited to Methodist contributors. the college. Council Offers Dance Reception, Given For All New Students The student council of Brevard college gave an informal reception in honor of the new students and new faculty members Friday, Sep tember 28, 1951, in the James Ad dison Jones library at 8:00 p. m. The library was attractively dec orated with tasteful arrangements of gladiolas for the occasion. Members of the student council formed the receiving line. They were as follows: Wilburn Harrison, president; Joe Hipp, vice-presi- dent; Betty Lineberry, secretary- treasurer; Charles Yarbrough, Norma June Merritt, sophomore representatives; Mickey Monteith, Bill Eller, freshman representa tives; Ellen Faulkner, Taylor house president; Kenneth Furr, West —Tarn to Page Four Mary Ann Holden, valedictorian from the uptown high school, has selected as her major, business, with a secretarial course here. Dur ing her high school days, Mary Ann was a member of the Beta club and was active in school organiza tions. A reading fan of Charles Dickens and Emily Bronte, Mary also finds time to -enjoy sewing as a hobby. Sewing pays off, too, she says, because Mary makes most of her own clothes. Additionally, she enjoys crocheting, knitting; em broidery, and from these pastimes she musters the skills necessary to a favorite feature of her hobby — the making of dolls for gifts. This summer, Mary Ann worked at Camp Deerwood in the office, under the supervision of Mr. Gordon Sprott, owner and director of the camp. Salutatorian from Brevard high school is Jane Elizabeth Bishop, who lives at Cedar Mountain, off the Greenville highway. Also ac- —Turn To Page Seven College President Is On Six Weeks’ Leave Alluding publicly for the first time to his seriously impaired health. President of Brevard col lege, George Brinkmann Ehlhardt, addressing the students at the col lege on the morning of October 2, announced that he had requested rnd had received from the Brevard college board of trustees a leave of absence not to exceed six weeks. During this interval the presi dent told the college students that he will enter the Duke University Hospital for observation and treat ment. (It is remembered that the Reverend Mr. Ehlhardt was long associated with Duke University in administrative capacity before his election to the presidency of Brevard college.) President Ehlhardt, in robust health when he assumed his duties at the college slightly over a year ago, has suffered since December an illness characterized by progres sive loss of weight. The Reverend Mr. Ehlhardt ex plained this the first extended ab sence of his administration, so that the students might have such assur ance as may be in first-hand infor mation. He requested the students’ prayers for him and the institution which he was leaving in their care. “I am convinced,” he said, “that Brevard college has a high destiny. This destiny,” he told the students, “rests in your hands.” In a brief sermon at the begin ning of the service, Mr. Ehlhardt developed as a text, Mark 4:38, “Master, carest thou not that w# perish?” “The Master did care,” the col lege president said. Particularly among the students at the institution of which Mr. Ehl hardt has raised academic stand ards and living conditions, have there come expressions of grief. —^Turn to Page Three Methodists Meet For Conference The Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist church, meeting at West Market Street Methodist church in Greensboro during the week of September 25- 30, re-named the Reverend Mr. George Brinkmann EhUiardt as president of Brevard college. In addition, the Reverend Mr. Edward Roy was re-appointed as in structor in religious education for the college. College students affected by con ference action include these other appointees and their charges: Don ald Hawkins, Rosman Methodist church; Walter Cooper, Etowah and Horseshoe Methodist church es; and Frank McFarland, Oak Grove and English Chapel.

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