“Doing nothing is the most
tiresome job in the world, be
cause you can’t quit and rest”.
The Clarion
The reason some people
get lost in thought is that it
is unfamiliar to them.
Volume XXrV
BREVARD COLLEGE, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1957
Number 12
PRESIDENT WILL BE ELECTED ON TUESDAY
Voting On Handbook
Changes Set Monday
The Student Council is present
ly revising the Student Handbook,
-which appears to need many chan
ges. The handbook committee, ap
pointed by President Pete Beatty
three weeks ago, has done a splen
did job; they submitted their re
port to the Student Council Mon
day, April 22nd.
There have been some good sug
gestions made, and a revision of the
form of the constitution is planned
as well as many minor changes.
The Student Council will work
out all suggestions and present
them to the entire student body for
their approval at a required meet
ing in the gym Monday, April 29th,
at 10:00 a. m.
Many loopholes in the handbook
have been encountered in the re
cent campaign and election; tke
Student Council could (Jnly give
their interpretation of what ap-
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LINDA BOLIEK
CLAUDIA RAMSEY
Dr. Salem To Lecture
On the “Arab World”
Dr. H. M. Salem, a resident-in-
structor at Duke School of Medi
cine, Department of Surgery, Dur
ham, North Carolina, will lecture
on the subject, “The Arab World
find the West”, Friday, April 26th
in a chapel program.
Dr. Salem is a member of the Or
ganization of Arab Students in the
United States, and will speak^con-
cerning the acquaintance of the
A.merican citizenry with Arab cul
ture, history, aspirations, and
problems.
This program will be carried out
throughout the United States, and
it is hoped that the lectures will
promote good relations and estab
lish strong and friendly ties be
tween Americans and the Arabs.
Linda Boliek And Claudia Ramsey
Will Edit The Chief Publications
All Offices Filled
Except President
The election will be held Tues
day, April 29th, to fill the office
of president of the Student Gov
ernment Asociation of Brevard
College. This delay was unavoid
able and the Student Council sin
cerely hopes that interest and en
thusiasm will run high; from the
number of campaign posters and
politicking going on this is antici
pated.
The candidates for this office
were approved by the Student
Council on Monday, April 22nd;
and plans were made for the cam
paign speeches on Monday at a
called meeting in the gymnasium,
followed by an election Tuesday.
Those filing petitions for this
very important office were Bobby
Little, of Charlotte; R. B. “Bozo”
McLennan, of Greensboro; and,
Paul Lewis, of Durham.
From Hickory, North Carolina,
comes a cute, black-haired girl by
the name of Linda Boliek. The
students of Brevard have recog
nized Linda’s many outstanding
qualities by electing her editor of
the Clarion.
President of the Freshman class.
President of the FHA, and report
er on the school newspaper are
jurt a few of the activities Linda
participated in while in high
school. Linda was not only active
in high school but she was also
very active in her church. She was
president of the MYF, Sunday
school teacher for intermediates,
superintendent of the youth di
vision, president of the Hickory
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Miss Claudia Ramsay has been
elected editor of the 1957-58 Per-
telote. Claudia came to Brevard
from Mount Airy, North Carolina
where she was very active in her
high school. While in high school
she was vice president of the Tri
Hi-Y club, a member of the FHA
for three years, an office page, and
a member of the Beta club. Clau
dia was also very active in the Cen
tral Methodist church where she
was the secretary of the MYF and
a member of the choir.
Claudia is a very busy student
here on campus. She is a member
of the Kappa Chi, Euterpeans, Al
pha Beta Gamma, Phi Theta Kap
pa, MSM, Christian Fellowship, the
—Turn to Page Four
District Scholarship
Tests Given Saturday
On Friday, April 26, applicants
for the largest scholarship given
hy Brevard College, except the Na
tional Methodist Scholarship, will
be on campus for a weekend of
tests, interviews, and a taste of
college life. Two people from each
of the eleven districts of the Wes
tern North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist church will receive
these scholarships.
District Scholarships are made
ivailable througpi g5*ants from
foundations and individuals and
may be awadred to any person who
is a graduate of an accredited high
school and is a member of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship. These
scholarships are for $300 a year
and may be continued for the sojrfi-
omore year if the student main
tains a “B” average.
May Day Celebration Has
"Seven Wonders" Theme
Phi Theta Kappa To
Meet Here In ’58
A delegation from Brevard Col
lege attended the National Phi
Theta Kappa Convention last week
in Lawton, Oklahoma, the highlight
of the meeting came when the
convention voted unanimously to
accept Barbara Davis’ invitation to
hold this convention at Brevard
College in ’58.
A tentative outline of next year’s
program was given by Miss Davis,
which was also heartily approved
by the convention.
The members attending the con
vention from Brevard College in
cluded; Barbara Davis, president
of the Brevard College chapter;
Christine Fisher, secretary; Linda
Boliek, president elect; Claudia
Ramsey; Charles Hilbers: and, La-
ney Funderburk.
Dr. Burt Loomis, sponsor of the
Brevard College chapter, was un
able to attend because of sickness
in his family. In his stead, Mr. Guy
Burchfiel, director of public rela-1
lions, accompanied the group. '
VETERANS TO SPONSOR
DANCE
May will soon be here; and, very
appropriately, I think. May Day
win be there to greet us. Satur
day afternoon at 4:00, April 4th,
will find the campus of Brevard
college decked out in her finest
attire.
Pickelsimer Gardens, known to
us affectionately as “the lily pond”,
will be the scene of the crowning
of the Queen of May, Miss Martha
Carpenter. Assisting in the coro
nation will be approximately sev-
enty-five Brevard College students.
The queen, Martha Carpenter,
will be escorted by Emory Craw
ford; her court and their escorts
I'lre: Kay Johnson, Maid of Honor,
'by Gene Ladd; Jackie Williams by
Don Payne; Barbara Connolly by
R. B. McLennan; Sylvia Gardner
by Laney Funderburk; Libby
Moore by John Whitener; Linda
Stokes by Warner Foster; Janice
Brown by Don Gentry; Sara Mid
dleton by Le Van McCollum; and,
Frances Owens by Jimmy Warren.
The crown bearer is Master Mi
chael Stuart Martin, son of Coach
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These lovely ladies will be the center of activity on May Day. Oe
the left is Kay Johnson, Maid of Honor; on the right is Martha Car
penter, May Queen.