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Volume XX
BREVARD COLLEGE, DECEMBER 13, 1952
Number 3
CAMPUS ENTERING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
Theatre Group Is
Guest Of College
The Barter Theatre of Virginia
was the entertaining guests of the
college last Tuesday night, Dec. 9.
This theatre which is on national
tour is celeibrating its twentieth an
niversary of bringing plays to vari
ous parts of the country.
They presented a three-act play
by Sidney Howard, The Late Chris
topher Bean, which is set entirely
in the dining room of the Haggetts’
house not far from Boston. This
play was first presented in New
York, and has been adapted from
a French play. The cast is made up
of nine professional players.
The male star is Owen Phillips
who served also as director, and
who has been seen in many Warner
Brothers pictures. He was head of
the department of drama at the
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,
the school from which Mr. B. A.
Livengood graduated.
The female star, Dorothy La-
Vern, is known as Miss Show Busi
ness and is a veteran trouper. From
her own stock company emerged
Melvyn Douglas and Ralph Bellamy.
She has also worked with such all-
time greats as Mary Pickford and
Lionel Barrymore. Because of the
requirements of her profession, she
lists the U. S. A. as her home town.
The play was given in the Bre
vard college gym and refreshments
were sold by the Monogram club.
Preparations Made
For Annual Edition
The Pertelote staff, headed by
Caroline Davis, has succeeded in
surmounting many of the obstacles
that often confront an annual staff
and are well on their way to getting
this year’s annual started.
Caroline has announced her com
plete staff. They are: Nancy Car
son, associate editor; Annie Lou Al
lison, senior editor; Imogene Dick
son, junior editor; Jennie Lou Al
lison, women’s “sports editor; David
Phipps, men’s sports editor; Fran
ces Davidson, photography editor;
June Craft, snapshots editor; Hilda
Norwood, circulation; Jane Bishop,
business manager; Elaine Walker,
assistant business manager; Bill
Whitesides, advertising manager;,
assistant editor, Stowe Hull; typing
editor, Ann Cowan; and tj^ists,
Carolyn Thrower, Betty George,
Matilda Bell, Betty Starnes, and
Frances Weaver.
Austin’s Studio will be -doing the
pictures and make-up. Miss Louise
Moseley will agaiij;‘^ct as faculty
adviser.
The Beat) boom is on and Dr. and Mrs. Haggett suddenly discov
er that they have used the paintings of “The Late Christopher Bean’’
to stop leaks in the attic and to make a roof for the chicken coop.
The laughs start early in this delightful comedy by the Barter The
atre of Virginia, which was presented Tuesday night to a large au
dience here in the Brevard college gym.
Burglars Find That
Them That Has Keeps
Brevard always manages to pro
vide the unexpected when even the
unexpected is least expected. As
Mr. Owen made his customarj'
rounds on the night of Decembei'
4th, or rather the morning of De
cember 5th, he little suspected that
he would, in less than a moment’s
time, be the canter of some rather
fast action.
It was 1:30 in the mornmg when
three men approached the quiet,
dark campus and outlined for the
last time their plans to break open
the safe in the business office.
They stationed one man behind the
steps on the side'of West Hall that
faces Taylor Hall-so that he could
be on watch for Mr. Owen. Mr.
Owen, seeing a moving light in the
business office, started toward the
building to investigate when the
man on the outside,ifired four shots
at him, all mis¥iM‘ '
The Brevard, police identified
the gun as an automatic from shoot
ing .copper jackets, and were alsO
sure that one of the men in the
office was a heavy-set fellow. Ac
cording to Policeman Dickson, the
burglary was attempted by profes
sional safe crackers.
Fingerprint experts from Hen
dersonville dusted the office for
—Turn to Fage Five
To Hold Dance On
December ,19, Gym
Students Assist In
Halting Forest Fire
Twenty boys responded to the
early morning call of Coach Fitz
patrick to assist in fighting a very
serious forest fire in the Tennessee
Gap area of Pisgah National For
est on the seventh day of Novem
ber. Coach Fitzpatrick called for
volunteers after receiving an urg
ent call for help from the forestry
service. This call came at 1:15 a.
m. and by 1:30 those able to go were
dressed and waiting for the.,bus
that was to take them to .the
scene of the fire.
The fire was located some 35
miles from Brevard in the Tennes
see Gap. The trip was made in a
little over an hour, and. J>y three
that morning, the boys were ready
to begin their task. The work to
be done consisted mainly of scrap
ing fire trenches around the fire
and then to patrol the line in or
der to prevent further breakovers.
The grueling work seemed to never
end as fire after fire seemed to
spring up out of now-here behind
the original blaze. One of the most
tiresome jobs was carrying water
from nearby springs.
When morning came, everyone
was dog tired and ready for relief,
but the situation was still far from
—Turn To Page Five
With a theme of Blue Christmas,
the Mnemosyneans and Delphians
are co-sponsoring the annual Christ
mas dance. On the night before
the campus is vacated by homeward
bound students, the sound of sweet
music will pervade the cold, frost-
nipped air and the soft rhythm of
light feet will mean that the dancers
are taking advantage of the music.
It will be the last get-together be
fore everyone separates for the holi
days and most of the students are
planning to attend.
On December 19, the dance will
be held in the college gym from
8:00 to 12:00. The decorations, in
keeping with the meaning of the
holiday, will be very simple. The
color scheme will be blue and sil
ver. There will be a Christmas tree
decorated with snow and blue
lights. The lights were donated for
the dance by the chamber of com
merce. The junior chamber of com
merce and the juniors and seniors
from the high school have been in
vited.
Frances Davidson is in charge of
the refreshments, which will be
served free of charge. Green and
orange sherbet punch and cookies
will be served.
A band has been hired from
Waynesville, the Charles Alley
group. This is a ten-piece band and
is widely known in this section.
Eljune Walker and Mr. Francis
Price are going to sing the “Sweet
hearts” duet. Daphne Bowers wUl
sing White Christmas. Carolyn B.
Freeman will do a dance numiber.
A final number will be a quartet
composed of Rachel Headers, Stan-
Hardin, Elaine Walker and Mr.
Price, will sing Silent Night accom
panied by everyone at the dance.
Faculty To Honor
Students At Party
Brevard college students will be
the guests of the faculty at a party
on Tuesday night, December 16,
at 8:30, in the school cafeteria. A
committee of faculty members
headed by Miss Moseley and con
sisting of Mr. Fitzpatrick, Miss Len-
sing, Mr. McClintock, and Miss
Wheless, are in charge of making
plans for the party. Tentative plans
show that there will be a back
ground of Christmas decorations
with everyone enjoying the fun
and fellowship of the Christmas
season.
This get-together is planned to
better acquaint the faculty with the
students and to get veeryone into
the swing of the Christmas season.
This will be the first of several
Christmas events.