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Volume XVIII
BREVARD COLLEGE, MAY 31, 1952
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Commencement Ceremony Here Is On June 9tti
T rowbridge P ortrait
Unveiled At Special
Service Here June 8
Unveiling of a portrait of Profes
sor C. H. Trowbridge, vice presi
dent emeritus of Brevard college,
v/ill be solemnized in the college
James Addison Jones library here
Sunday, June 8, at 4:00 p. m.
The Rev. Cecil G. Hefner, pas
tor of the First Methodist church
in Lincolnton and a member of
the Brevard college board of trus
tees, will present the portrait to
the college. The Rev. Mr. Hefner
is a graduate of Brevatd Institute.
Dean J. J. Stevenson, Jr., acting
president of the college, will ac
cept the portrait and deliver appro
priate remarks.
■ Representatives from Brevard In
stitute, Weaver college and Bre
vard college, all institutions which
Prof. Trowbridge has served, will
speak at the ceremony. Represent
ing Brevard Institute is Joseph
Whisnant, of Shelby; Weaver col
lege, Carlyle Rutledge, of Kannap
olis; Brevard^ college, LoisJFrazier,
of Brevard. - — •
Included in the ceremony will be
special music by Francis B. Price,
baritone soloist and voice instructor
at the colege.
Elizabeth Bridges, young grand
daughter of Mrs. J. M. Allison, Sr.,
of Brevard, will unveil the portrait.
Mrs. Allison attended the institute
on the first day of its opening.
Following the unveiling service,
an informal reception will be given
in honor of Prof. and Mrs. Trow
bridge in the college formal gar
dens. A large number of the Trow
bridge family is expected for the
occasion.
Kenneth Harris Is Painter
The Trowbridge portrait, given
to the school by the alumni of the
parent institutions of Brevard col
lege—Brevard Institute and Weav
er college—was painted by Kenneth
Harris, an alumnus of Brevard In
stitute.
Harris has had exhibitions of his
work shown throughout the south.
His numerous awards of merit in
clude the coveted award by the
American Society of Graphic Arts.
He has been commissioned to do
paintings for industry and for the
U. S. army. He has also been ap
pointed official painter for “Colo
nial Williamsburg” by the Wil
liamsburg Restoration.
He is the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Harris and the brother
of Mrs. Walter Duckworth, of Bre
vard.
Work Of Trowbridge
Prof. Trowbridge is known in the
South as an authority on mountain
education. He was president of Bre
vard Institute, and later president
of Weaver college; and is now vice
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Commencement Speakers Here
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REV. CECIL W. ROBBINS REV. WILLIAM ARTHUR KALE
Last Dance Of Year Held Tonight;
Four Societies^/tct lAs^1Spo1tsors
The traditional Farewell Dance will be held tonight in
the college cafeteria at 8:30 p. m. This will be the last
dance of the school year and every effort has been made
to make it a success.
CLARION Places At
Annual Press Meet
The Brevard college CLARION
was awarded a “2nd Place” rating
at the 28th annual contest of the
Columbia Scholastic Press associa
tion at Columbia University. The
scoring of 832 compares with the
First Place rating of last year,
when the bi-monthly college news
paper scored 850 points.
Especially criticized were
“preachy” editorials, along with
poor screening of cuts (pictures).
“Make-up,” and “writing and edit
ing,” received highest scoring,
while “general considerations” re
ceived lowest percentage, followed
by “content” rating.
In final comment the judges
wrote of the CLARION:
“The staff does a very serious
job in its college publication. There
is evidence of practice and experi
mentation to improve the CLARI
ON. It is a publication of substan
tial achievement. There is good
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TRUSTEES MEET AT COLLEGE
The Brevard college board of
trustees met at the college Thurs
day in the Dunham Hall conference
room.
For the first time this year the
dance will be sponsored by all four
of the societies. The presidents of
the Euterpeans, Mnemosynean,
Clisophic and Delphian societies
and the advisors, who are in the or
der of the societies mentioned, Miss
Susan Graham, Miss Louise Mosely,
Mr. Ray Fry, and Mr. Bruce Liven-
good are in charge.
The theme of the dance will be
Memories and the main events of
the year will be reviewed. Moun
tain laurel will probably figure
prominently in the decoration
scheme. Records will supply the
music for dancing and refresh
ments will be served.
One member from each of the
societies is on the three commit
tees and they will be aided by all
the members of the societies. Ra
chel Franklin, Patsy Starnes, Bob
Martin and Bill Eller are on the
decorations committee. Bill Whit
low, Rachel Headers, Bobbie Bridg
es and Howard Melntosh are in
charge of the entertainment and
Charles Yarbrough, Carolyn Throw
er and Carolyn Hamilton, and Tom
Neal, the refreshments.
The old society presidents who
are Martha Washam, president of
the Euterpeans, Peggy Laughlin,
president of the Mnemosyneans,
Larry Poteat, president of tiie Del-
phians and Jack Holder, president
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Kale And Robbins
Are Speakers; Glee
Club Sings Sunday
Activities for Commencement
week at Brevard college were an
nounced here today by Dean J. J.
Stevenson, Jr., acting president of
the college.
The Reverend William Arthur
Kale, pastor of the Brevard college
Board of Trustees, will deliver the
address to the graduates at the
commencement service. The ser
vice wQl be held in the Dunham
Hall auditorium of Brevard college
on Monday morning, June 9.
The sermon to the graduates will
be delivered by the Reverend Ce
cil Robbins, editor and manager of
the North Carolina Christian Ad
vocate. The sermon will be present
ed at the regular Sunday morning
service, June 8, at 11:00 a. m., in
tlie First Methodist church here.
According to Prof. Bruce Atkins
Livengood, head of the college mu
sic department, a special group
from the college choir will sing at
the morning service.
Glee Club Concert ~
The 50-voice college Glee club
will offer a concert of sacred and
secular numbers in the Dunham
HaU auditorium, Sunday evening at
8:00 p. m. Prof. Livengood will di
rect the group, and Miss Susan
Graham, instructor in piano at the
college, will accompany the Glee
club.
Included in the week end activi
ties will be the unveiling of a por
trait of Vice President Emeritus
Carl H. Trowbridge. The ceremony
will be in the James Addison Jones
library on June 8.
Additional plans will be released
to students later. President Steven
son stated.
Candidates for graduation in
clude the following students:
Joseph Lawson Bingham, Flor
ence Marie Bishop, Archie Doye
Cannon, Sarah Carol Carter, Wil
liam James Carter, Mary Louise
Dean, Melba Dean Eller, Betty
Jean Evans, Lola Ellen Faulltner,
Lowery Odell Ferguson, Jr., Rachel
Mae Franklin, Kenneth Cicero
Furr, Jr., Nancy Luella Hager,
Carolyn Lucille Hamilton, Perry
Wilburn Harrison, Bonnie Fay
Hawldns, Joe Robert Hipp, Jack
LeRoy Holder, David Wellington
Johnson, Jr., Alice Blanche Leg
gett;
Also, Ansel Bobo McMakin, Jr.,
Fletcher Willis Martin, Norma
June Merritt, William Thomas
Neal, Jr., Carl Clifford Outen, Rob
ert Vernon Peele, Lawrence Ed
ward Poteat, Jr., Mattie Gloria
Starnes, Benjamin Taylor Steele,
Mary Dale Waller, Martha Frances
Washam, John Worth Wilkerson,
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