Basketball Season
Begins Soon
At Brevard
The Clarion
Feature By
Mr. Wagner
On Page 2
VOLUME XXVI
BREVARD COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 7, 1958
NUMBER 3
HALLOWEEN ROYALTY CROWNED AT CARNIVAL
Cousins Honored By
National Group
Mr. Thomas Cousins, voice and
instrument instructor at Brevard
College, was recently awarded a
■ plaque in recognition of his out
standing accomplishments in mu
sic.
Dean John B. Benneit presented
the award on behalf of the national
organization, the First Chair of
America, which honors outstand
ing musicians and musical organi
zations.
The honor was based upon the
work Mr. Cousins did with musi
cal organizations in Morganton
city schools before joining the fac
ulty of Brevard College.
The First Chair of America is
composed of superior directors
from high schools, colleges, and
universities from every section of
the nation. This board has conduc
ted annual surveys, since 1940, to
determine where, and by whom,
really outstanding work in the field
of music is being done.
Mr. Cousins’ career in music has
included positions as associate
conductor of the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra, as trumpeter
for the National Symphony Orches
tra, as band leader and unit com
mander with the United States
Army, and as industrialist and
arranger for the Columbia Broad
casting System. Mr. Cousins is a
composer and his musical works
have been presented by nationally
known groups, including such or-
ignnizations as the famed Salt Lake
City choir.
Attention Students!
The Student Council has an
nounced that the members of the
Men’s and Women’s House Coun
cils have the power to give de
merits to members of either
sex.
Also, the number of students
leaving dishes on the tables after
eating in the cafeteria has made it
necessary for the Student Council
members to begin giving demerits
for that offense. First time: ten
domerits; second time, fifteen.
Student body president, Charlie
Garner, has requested that, in the
future, eveiyone p^ease refrain
from taking part in or condoning
any disturbances similar to the one
v/hich resulted in the closing of
the Student Lounge following Hal
loween night.
Inaugural Scenes
Are Enumerated
BY JOHN DUVALL
Brevard College recently wit
nessed one of the greatest days in
its history — the inauguration of
Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, Jr., as its
fifth president.
Coming to the Brevard College
campus for this memorable event
were many interesting and prom
inent personalities.
North Carolina’s distinguished
governor, Luther H. Hodges, came
to make the principal address. Gov
ernor Hodges is recognized in state
as well as in national circles as
one of the truly great governors of
our time. He stated that he had a
personal attachment to Brevard
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TOMMYE BRADLEY AND BURL HULL, the 1958
Halloween king and queen, are shown above after they
were crown-ed at the recent Halloween carnival.
Brevard To Host Vocational Guidance Day
The Engineer’s Club of Western
North Carolina is sponsoring its
sixth annual Vocational Guidance
Day on Friday, November 14, at
Brevard College.
Invitations have been sent to
sixty-nine high schools and colleg
es throughout a nine county area.
Some three hundred, fifty students
are expected to attend.
A panel of faculty members
from North Carolina State College
School of Engineering will present
information regarding the require
ments, costs, and rewards of the
'Profession.
It should be noted that on No
vember 14, there will be no chapel
program for college students. In-
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DR McLARTY, GOVERNOR HODGES, and other
dignitaries are pictured above in scenes taken during the
inauguration events October 24, 1958.
Bradley, Hull Reign
Over Festivities
Highlighting the evening of the
Brevard College annual Halloween
Carnival was the crowning of the
new king and queen. At 9:00 p. m.,
everyone gathered around, awaiting
tlie announcement of the winner.
Roland Peacock and Loretta Helms,
last year’s king and queen, crowned
their successors, Burl Hull and
Tommye Bradley, wfho reigned over
the 1958 Halloween Carnival.
The barn rocked for three hours
to the music of a band composed
of “local talent” and sponsored by
the Canterbury club.
Among the many sights, Dean
Bennett was seen throwing darts
at a portrait of himself and trying
for an “A”, “B”, or “F” placed
around the face of the picture. This
booth was sponsored by the day
students, who were assisted by Mr.
DuBois’ art class, which painted
the comic portraits of Dean Ben
nett, Dean Henderson and Presi
dent McLarty.
The Euterpeans and Clios voiced
the opinion that “the South’s gon
na rise again” by throvidng wet
sponges at their Yankee friends,
Pat Gray, Carol Engleiberth, Sis
Stevens, and Christy Rogers.
Another attraction at the carni
val was the BINGO games, ’which
were sponsored by the Nemos and
Delphians.
A fortune teller, Sara Lowder-
milk, was sponsored by the Mas
quers, and the Business club was
responsible for a fishing pond.
The Veterans held a burlesque
show back in a corner of the bam,
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Classes will meet regularly on
Thursday, November 27, but
there will be no classes on the
Saturday after Thanksgiving!
Five Cheerleaders
Added For 1958-59
Basketball Season
The Women’s Intramural Coun
cil was in charge of the program in
assembly on Wednesday, Novem
ber 5, and at that time the student
body elected the new cheerlead-
ers for the 1958-59 basketball sea
son.
Each person voted for five
choices out of eighteen, and those
elected were Janet Shiver, Chris
Olson, Elaine Helms, Sis Steph
ens, and Jerry Ramsaur.
Other contestants were Nancy
Poley, Marty Clark, Lois Hamil
ton, Ellen Almond, Mary Whitaker,
Elizabeth Leonhardt, Barbara Har
ris, Sammy Vermillian, Edna
Grimes, Betty Sutherland, Linda
Sluder, Carole Vanlandingham, and
Tomimy Hamrick.
The returning cheerleaders from
last year opened the program and
introduced the girls in groups.
Those returning are Tommye Brad
ley, chief; Shirley Moses, Loretta
Heims, Kaye Willis, and Edith
Houck.
Chief cheerleader, Tommye
Bradley, urges all students to come
out to the games and support the
team with their yells as well as
theip presence.