WelcoiDe
The Clarion
Freshmen!
VOLUME XVI
BREVARD COLLEGE, OCTOBER 3, 1958
NUMBER i
HoiTiBComing Events Scheduled For Eleventh
Ten New Members
Added To College
Faculty And Staff
Ten new members who were add
cd to the faculty and staff during
the summer have now assumed
their duties here at Brevard Col
lege.
Miss Ruble Plant, the new Dean
of Women, was graduated from
Florida State University with an
A. B. degree in languages. She
then received her master’s degree
in religious education from North-
v/estern University.
The new instructor in theory and
voice is Mr. M. Thomas Cousins,
who studied at the Juilliard School
of Music. For several years, he was
an arranger and instrumentalist
with the National Symphony in
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. M. Thomas Cousins, a grad
uate of Appalachian State Teach
ers’ College, will teach health for
women and assist in the physical
educatin department.
The physical education instruc
tor for women is Mrs. Julius Sader.
A graduate of Peabody College,
Mrs. Sader also attended the Uni
versity of South Carolina, Duke
University, and Johns-Hopkins
University, where she obtained her
E. S. degree in pre-medical stud-
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m
District Rally On
Christian Higher
Education Held
The Asheville District rally on
Christian Higher Education was
held at Central Methodist Church
in Asheville on September 29.
Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, resi
dent bishop of the Charlotte area,
was one of the featured speakers.
Also included on the program W'as
President Emmett K. McLarty,
Jr.
Similar rallies are being held
throughout the Western North Car
olina Conference of the Methodist
church. They are designed to ac
quaint Methodists and other in
terested persons with the drive,
within the church, for financial
support for Methodist colleges in
^Vestern North Carolina. Brevard
College is slated to get $850,000
ffom the drive. This money would
help Brevard College to expand its
services to a wider area and would
enable it to reach more of the
youth of the church with its facili
ties.
MRS. JANE GILBERT, pictured above, is the popu
lar freshman who was recently chosen the 1958 Home
coming Queen. Jane’s husband is Tommy Gilbert, also
a student at Brevard College.
Class Officers Are Elected
Gilbert, Bradley,
Allman To Reign
Over Festivities
Homecoming weekend has been
set for Oct. 11-12, and this two day
event will see many class reun
ions. There are activities wMdi
are being planned especially for
the returning alumni.
Registration will be held in the
Campus Center Building on Satm-
day morning and afternoon.
Dr. Gordon Graham, president of
the Alumni Association, will pre
side over a general business met
ing Saturday at 2:00 p. m. Other'
new officers for the year will be
presented and plans for the year
will be discussd.
Class meetings for the vears of
’58, ’54, ’50, ’48, ’46, ’42, and ’31
have been planned, and newly ap-
pointad class representatives wiH
preside at these meetings.
Open house will be held in the
dormitories, and alumni will haw
an opportunity to visit the build
ings on campus. Exhibits to wel
come the alumni are being plan
ned by the art department.
A dinner meeting wdll be held
at 6:00 p. m. in the cafeteria, and
special entertainment is being ar
ranged. Alumni who plan to at
tend this meeting are urged to send
their reservations to the AlumaL
Office. Homecoming events will
end with the annual Homecoming
Dance which will begin at 8:30 jt
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Sophomore and Freshman class
officers were elected on Wednes
day and Thursday of this week,
but the results of the voting were
not available at the time the
Clarion went to press. Stories and
pictures of the newly elected of
ficers will be carried in the next
issue.
The sophomore candidates for
the various offices were as follows:
President: Don Summey, Robert
Parrott, and Charles Lipsey; Vice-
president: Harold McDarris, Webb
Curry,” and Ruth Souther; secre-
tary-treasurer: David Brezeale,
Maxine George, and Louise Waters.
John Dellinger was elected Student
Council Representative by acclam
ation.
From the freshman class were
the following candidates: Presi
dent: Tommy Gilbert, Max Walser,
Keith Morris, Edwin Scot, Jr., and
Tom Carpenter; vice-president:
Betty Neal, George Mitz, Jack Mar
lowe, and Joe Young; Secretary:
Jeanette Shiver, Kay Fink, and
Sankie Cavendish; treasurer: Jane
Gilbert, Barbara Harris, Nancy
Flukf, Christy Rogers, Nancy Pol
ly, Betty Lou Parker, and Nancy
Barnette; Student Council Repre
sentative: Christine Olsen, Thom-
a.t! Butler, and Rosemary Thomp
son.
The sophomores voted from
11:30 to 1:30 on Wednesday, while
the freshman election was held on
Thursday from 8:00 till 12:00.
Come One, Come All!
Tonight, October 3, there will
ne fun for all in the Campus Cen
ter Auditorium.
It s big Friday date night, so,
oys, grab your gals and gals,
grab your boys! The dance will
®gm at 7:30 and end at 9:45.
here will be everything from
he best in rock ’n roll music to
he best slow, dreamy music.
Refreshments will be served,
and entertainment will be pro-
^'ided by the sophomore Euter-
Peans and Clios. We’ll have ev-
^ything from our own Marilyn
onroe to Dick Starnes, Horace
burner, and Marvin Clarke.
Everyone will be welcome, so
see you there!
Student Government
Presents Program^
During the chapel period on Oc
tober 1, the Student Government
Association presented a unique
program centering around conduct
in the Student Lounge.
The time was after the evening
meal, and the place was, of course,
the Lounge. Scene one was a typi
cal, but slightly exaggerated, imi
tation of the conduct as it now
stands; scene two was an example
of how students should conduct
themselves while enjoying the
Lounge. The pulling of the curtain
ended, in the narrator’s words,
“one of the greatest masterpieces
of all times.”
Professor Roy then turned the
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McKee, Davis
Named Clarion
Business Managers
Eight Students
Invited To Join
Phi Theta Kappa
The returning members of PM
Theta Kdppa met on Tuesday, Sep
tember 16, to select new members
from the sophomore class. They
voted to accept as members the
following eight students: Alice
Marie Beckham, Sharon Cline, Ray
mond Hege, Thomas Laidlaw, Char
les Lipsey, Mary Allyn Reynolds,
John Vanhorn, and Harold Wilson.
These students were sent written
invitations to join the fraternity.
Sharon Cline was chosen to replace
the resigning president.
Phi Theta Kappa is a national
honor fraternity. To become a
member, a student must maintaia
a scholastic average of “B” or
above, carry at least fifteen hours,
twelve of which must be in arts
and sciences; be of high moral
character, and be in the top tea
per cent of the student body scho
lastically.
At a meeting on Tuesday, Sep
tember 30, the “Clarion'” staff
agreed unanimously to accept Shel-
ba Jean McKee and Bobby Davis as
coibusiness managers during the
coming year.
Shelby Jean is a freshman stu
dent from Mill Spring, North Car
olina. She was editor of her high
school paper and thus has had some
valuable experience in newspaper
work. She plans to continue her
studies after graduation from Bre
vard College and major in Home
Economics.
Bobby Davis is a sophomore stu-
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Lyceum Schedule
The lyeeum programs this year
will be a big treat for all who at
tend them. The schedule is as
follows:
October 22, 1958: National
Grass Roots Opera Company will
present “The Elixir of Love”,
performed in English.
January 9, 1959: “The Chanti
cleers”, a male quartet.
March 9, 1959: Players, Inc., i>
their performance of “Oedii«B
Rex.”
All programs will be held in
the Campus Center Auditorium,
and performance time will be
8:15 P. M.