Welcome Home, President Ehlhardt Cl anon Sec. 34.66—P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Brevard, N. C. Permit No. 35 Volume XVIII BREVARD COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 17. 1951 Number 3 Thanksgiving Holiday Clianged From Tliursday Phi Theta Kappa Has Tapping For Three Three sophomores were induct ed into Phi Theta Kappa, na tional scholastic fraternity, at the regular chapel meeting on Tuesday, November 13. Members Carol Carter, Wilburn Harrison and Charles Yarbrough tapped Worth Wilkerson, Carl Outen and Tom Neal in ceremonies termed simple, but impressive. Mary Dean, president of the hon or fraternity, presided. Brevard College Joins New Conference According To Tornado’s Coach Eppley The Brevard college basketball and baseball Tornados will be op erating in a new conference this year. Brevard has joined with five other junior colleges of the same rank in western North and South Carolina to establish the Western Carolina Junior Athletic confer ence. The new conference officially began operation October 17, when the six schools — Brevard, Ashe- ville-Biltmore, Mars Hill, Lees Mc Rae, North Greenville, and Spar tanburg—resigned from the Caro- linas’ Junior College conference. Thi-ee big reasons factored the move which created the new league: (1) The Carolinas conference was so large and spread out that teams —Turn to Page Five [ These scenes are familiar ones to the alumni and students who were on campus for the an nual Homecoming activities here October 27. Crowned as king and queen of Homecoming were Ted Wilkinson and Carol Carter. A group of students and alumni at one of the tables are shown above. Left to right they are Art Thompson (’51), Betty Lineberry. Dot Dellinger (’51). Doug Curtis, Evon David son (’50). Wayne UmDhlett. Tom Neal and Carolyn Hamilton. The long and short of things are evi dent in this shot of Stan Hardin (6’ 4”) and little “Brownie” Kennedy, who were caught dancing by the roving cameraman. Above are Mrs. Joseph Pickelsimer and the Reverend Mr. Ehlhardt, president of Brevard college, who surprised students, faculty and alumni when he returned to the campus during Homecoming weekend. Holiday Announced For Saturday Here Thanksgiving holiday offi cially has been confirmed as Saturday, November 24, in stead of Thursday, the na tionally - observed day, ac cording to an announcement made today by Dean J. J. Stevenson, Jr. This an nouncement is made after ac tion was taken by the facul ty to change the holiday be cause of special request made by the Student Gov ernment association. The association met in chapel and requested a student body vote on the matter of having the date switched. A majority vote of nearly two thirds confirmed the request made by students. Then the resolu tion was taken to the Dean of the school, who in turn brought up the matter for faculty considera tion. Cafeteria Will Remain Open Remaining open for Thanksgiv ing weekend, the college cafeteria v'ill offer traditional delicacies of the season. The dining hall will serve all meals throughout the day to accommodate those students who will remain on campus. Activities On Thanksgiving Although classes will continue throughout Thanksgiving Thursday, there will be special observances for the occasion. A special chapel program will be given at 10:00 in the auditorium. Thursday evening in the cafete ria at 8:00, the faculty is sponsor ing an entertainment program for all students. There will be dancing and several kinds of games. The entire student body and faculty are invited to this celebration. Ministers Sponsor Bible Reading Here Brevard college will join thou sands of churches and other schools wiiich will cooperate with the worldwide Bible reading program from Thanksgiving to Christmas, according to an announcement by Frank S. McFarland, president of ‘ho college Ministerial club. Bible readers in many languages join in using the same selected list of Scripture passages for this period of approximately one month. The movement is headed by President of the United States Harry S. Truman—and members of the central committee for choosing citations are laymen of inter faiths. McFarland states that the club expects to distribute reading lists to college students and faculty members alike. Officers of the Min- —Tarn to Pafe Foor

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