Play Hard!
The Clarion
Beat Young-Hamslt
Volume XXrV
BREVARD COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 8, 1957
Number S
Archduke Will Speak Monday Night
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TEACHER IS ELECTED MAN OF THE YEAR
Mr. Henry C. McDonald, an alum
nus of Brevard College and pres
ently a teacher of engineering
drawing at Brevard College, was
recently elected “Young Man of the
Year” by the local Junior Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. McDonald
is a graduate of Clemson College
with a B. S. degree in architecture.
Three of his most recent jobs are
tlie new Methodist Church, the
new library, and the Brevard Col
lege Student Center. Mr. McDon
ald is active in the Kiwanis Club,
the Mooses Lodge, and the Bre
vard Liitle Theatre.
MRS. LOWRANCE
JOINS FACULH
The students who are wonder
ing who the pleasant lady is that
always has a nice smile can quit
guessing. She is Mrs. Adele Pitts
Lowrance. Mrs. Lowrance is the
new faculty member in the Com
mercial department and she teach
es shorthand and typing. She is
originally from South Carolina but
she now calls North Carolina her
home since she has spent half of
her life here.
Mrs. Lowrance’s hobbies are
reading and traveling. She has
been to every state in the United
States and has traveled in Mexico,
Canada, Alaska, and fourteen for
eign countries in Europe.
Here is Mrs. Lowrance’s view on
Brevard,
“I have found Brevard people
friendly. It is a nice town, and
I hope to see more when the rain
stops. I am very much impressed
with the student body particular
ly their attitude toward work, their
politeness, their courtesy, and
their friendliness.”
Mrs. Lowrance graduated from
Winthrop College and received
her M. A. from the University of
Pittsburg.
No Summer
Session Held
There will not be a summer
school session offered this year
at Brevard College. Since the
number of students interested in
taking summer courses was so
small, the administration has aban
doned the idea of a summer ses
sion. The college has filled these
summer months with "’arious con
ferences and other summer pro
grams.
European nations, even those al
ready engulfed by the surge of
communism, should not be counted
completely out, according to Arch
duke Otto of Austria-Hungary,
heir to the ancient throne of the
Hapsburgs and long an ordent foe
of all forms of totalitarianism, who
v/ill speak at the Brevard High
School auditorium on Monday,
February 11th, at 8:15. This pro
gram is one if a series of Lyceum
programs sponsored by Brevard
College.
“We’re fighting harder than ever
before,” says this energetic and
personable nobleman, “to stem the
tide of communism, and while it
is a slow battle and progress is
hard to recognize, don’t count us
out of the free world picture.”
The Archduke led the fight
against communism long before it
swept over his country. He has
seen neighboring countries, too,
succumb to the encroachments of
the Kremlin and knows the present
dangers democracy faces in Eu
rope.
Known far and wide in America
as a militant champion and elo
quent spokesman for the forces of
freedom. Archduke Otto of Aus
tria-Hungary was born in 1912, the
eldest son of Archduke Charles of
Austria-Hungary and Princess Zi
ta of Bourbon-Parme.
j The Archduke received his ear-
i ly education in Switzerland, Spain
and Luxembourg. In 1929 he en
tered the University of Louvain in
Belgium as a student of political
and social sciences. He made his
doctorate “summa cum laude” in
1934 after having worked also at
the University of Berlin, at the
Agrarian Institute, and in Paris.
Archduke Otto has traveled ex
tensively and since World War II
has made several trips to North
Africa, especially Morocco, Algiers
and Tunis. He has been in the Far
East, in India, China, Siam, and
the Philippines. He made a trip
around the world to make a com
prehensive study of communist
AKCHDUKE OTTa
techniliues in such areas as Cefi-
tral America and the Caribljeaia.
In 1955, he spent the whole ai*£iaHm
in the Middle East, vi^Hg-
Greece, Turkey, Iran, Paldstaiss
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria,
on, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and life-
ya. Most of these visits were tlm
second or third times in these
as. He is intimately familiar '•raiife
all of the free countries of Entt^
as well as many which now lie S&-
hind the Iron Curtain.
The result of this traveBzsg m-
that Archduke Otto is persou^^r
j acquainted with all the
statesmen of Europe, Asia -aiw? Ute-
Americans.
In 1951 Archduke Otto laaff-
mied to Princess Regina of
sen Meinigen in the Frencft
of Nancy at a wedding attended is
20,000 persons from Centra!
rope.
In America now for anotfiaer «tf
his extended lecture tours, Arclsr
duke Otto, will stress the
dangers Europe and AuMfSC*
face, identify the main
zones and present his thougM-jKi-
voking ideas on how demcKTS^
can be preserved to bring pease
and contentment once again to Ifee
free men and women of fhc
world.
Dean’s List
Mrs. C. E. Roy, recorder, releas
ed the Dean’s List on February.
There were fifty-four people on
the list. These include;
Patsy Allison, Jane Allred, Jerri
Ard, Linda Bolick, Ole Borgen,
Henry Brookshire.
Tommy Bustle, Wayne Byrd,
Jimmy Gallowav, Myra Carpenter,
—Tmrn to Page Four
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gene LADD PLAYS IN LITTLE THEATRE
Gene Ladd, a student of Brevard
College, plays the lead in “Seven
Keys to Baldpate” by George M.
Cohan which will be given two
nights, February 12 and
Brevard Little Theatre at the A^
erican Legion Hall. The plot r^
volves around an author, portrayed
by Gene Ladd, who is trying to
write a book in 24 hours. He is
continually interrupted by the 7
people who have the 7 keys.
This is not Gene’s first exper
ience in the world of dramatics.
Gene played with the Asheville
Community Theatre in its produc
tion, “The Moon is Blue.” He haa^
worked in the drama, “Thuadcr-
land”, near Asheville. Gene
had much professional expeiSfEHSB
in radio and television being &
member of the staff of WPNF in
Brevard. His plans for the suraBOfir
include working at Flat Rock
house with the Vagabond Players.