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VOLUME XXVI
BREVARD COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 27, 1959
NUMBER 8
BLT TO GIVE “THERE’S ALWAYS A MURDER”
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THE BLT CAST OF “There’s Always
A Murder” is shown above as they pre
pare for presenting the play this week
end. Included in the picture is Brevard
college’s own Mr. Alex McFadden, of the
English department.
Banquet, Initiation
Held By Members Of
Phi Theta Kappa
The Delta Pi chapter of Phi
Tlieta Kappa attended its aniilual
'bcuquet, held in the Faculty Din
ing Room, on the evening of Fcb-
roary 21 and afterward held a
candlelight initiation cerem'ony in
the faculty lounge.
President Emmet K. McLarty
was guest speaker for the ban
quet, and other special guests, be
sides President McLarty and his
■ftdfe, were Dean and Mrs. John
Bennett, Dean Ruble Plant, and
Dr. Burt Loomis, faculty advisor of
Phi Theta Kappa. Sharon Cline,
fraternity president, welcomed the
guests, and the old members of
Phi Theta Kappa carried out a por
tion of the initiation process by
quizzing the initiates on essential
iTiformation they had learned
aboiut the organization.
Following the banquet, all the
members of Phi Theta Kaippa • ad-
journel to the faculty lounge,
where, in a candlelight ceremony,
initiates were formally pledged
and made full-fledged members.
Alpha Beta Gamma
Makes Award
To Elsie Hege
The Alpha Beta Gamma chemis
try fraternity of Brevard college
was in charge of the chapel pro
gram on Wednesday, February 25.
Ken Dawkins, Harold Wilson, and
Tommy Laidlaw gave the history of
the organization and recognized
their fellow members in the audi
ence.
Miss Bobbie Jean Nicholson,
chemistry professor and advisor of
Alpha Beta Galmma, then present
ed Elsie Hege with the fraternity’s
anmiual award of a select science
^w>k, which is given to the chemis-
^ student with the highest aver
age.
A scientific film entitled “This
Is Color” was then shown to the
student body.
Valentine Ball Acclaimed Success
Cool Cupid played havoc on Feb
ruary 14, when the Delmonicos
from Shelby rocked and rolled
brevard College students, faculty,
and alumni, through the annual
Sweetheart Ball.
Kaye Willis, Queen of Hearts,
and her escort, Jim Siebert, reign
ed over the Nemo-Delphian spon
sored festivities.
Decorations for the dance car
ried out the traditi'onal sweetheart
theime in colors of red and white.
Cupids, hearts, and red and white
crepe paper streamers effected a
cha>ndeilier in the center of the
room, While hearts and cupids
lined the walls. Red spotlights
flooded the dance floor with color.
Mitch Miller, Betty Etore and
Ruth Muirray and, last but not
least, Harry Skipper, Wally Forten-
bi-ry and Kent Laughter as the
Tom Dooley Trio furnished the en
tertainment for the danoe. Harry
Skipiper also douibled as the emoee.
Refreshments were served in the
faculty lounge duiring the inter
mission.
News Summaries
Are Enumerated
Roys Invite
Professor and Mrs. Ed Roy in
vited the Christian council to their
home for the evening meal - on
Monday, February 16. The Rever
end A. M. Faulkner, religious em
phasis speaker, chatted informal
ly with the group. Other guests in
cluded President and Mrs. McLar
ty, Dean and Mrs. Bennett, Pro
fessor Harvin, Miss Nicholson and
Dean Plant.
Dr. Tuttle
Dr. Robert Tuttle, district sup
erintendent of the Asheville dis
trict, was the chapel speaker on
Friday, February 13. Speaking on
the creation, Dr. Tuttle made him
self highly popular among the
students.
Dessert At Bennett’s
Members of the Dean’s List and
Honor Roll were entertained at a
dessert hour at the home of Dean
and Mrs. Bennett recently.
Dinner At Adams’
Professor and Mrs. Adalms enter
tained several mtusdc ^udents at a
dinner recently at their home. Mr.
Adaims is head of tJie cdleges mu
sic departm'ent.
Rabbi Rypins
Rabbi Frederic L Rj^i^ met
formally with those stutote^o
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Business Club
Activities Given;
Plans Revealed
The Business Club is one of the
many cluibs organiized here on the
college campus. It is made up of
business students who attend the
meetings held at 6:15 p. m. on the
second Thursday of each month in
Dunham 210.
The meetings are called to order
by Alice Pickelsimer, president,
followed by Ruth Souther, secre-
tary-treasurer, reading the *min-
(utes of the last meeting; Pat Ta-
tham, vice president, introduces
the speaker for the evemng; Mrs.
fttunroe, advisor and head of the
Business Departmenit, sees to it
that everything is in order before
the meeting is scheduled and
makes isuggiestions to the mem-
beirs as to whctm they would like to
have S'i>eaik to them.
Programs have been varied and
on subjects that are interesting to
the memibers. Februaay 12, the
club heard Mr. Cecil Hill, who
talked about filling out income tax
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COMING SOON
The next Lyceum number,
“Oedipus Rex,” will be given by
Players Incorporated, on March
9.
McFadden Member
Of Cast; College
Students Usher
Final preparations are uinderwaiy
for staging the Brevard Little
Theatre’s second production of th«
year “There’s Always A Murder.”
This three - act mystery - com
edy will be presented at 8:00 p. m.,
Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb
ruary 27 and 28, in the Campus
Center auditorium. Included in the
cast is Mr. Alex B. McFadden, of
the college English department.
The theatre editor of the “Wall
Street Jaurnal” had this to say
about the play: “A psychological :
murder mystery, . . . the author
succeeds in building up suspense
cndugh to bring you to the edge
of your seat . . . The play is about
newlyweds who rent an aipartmeint
and then get worried about the pre
vious occupant. There’s a sliced
cold corpse hidden in a bag to help
bring on the chills. The younjg
people discover clvies leading to
the murder’s solution, and the plot
winds up in true “whodumt” fasih-
ion.”
Ushers for the play will include
Kathy Osteen, Alice Earwood, Bet
ty Southerland, Gail Bonnell, Peg
gy Lewis, Phyllis McCain, and Kaye
Willis.
Admission will be $.75 f^r stu
dents and $1.25 for adults.
Religious Emphasis
Highlighted By
Faulkner Addresses
Religious emphasis week was o(b-
served on the Brevard colleige
campus during thiei week of Fetoru-
ary 16 throu^gh 20. The Reverend
Mitchell Faiulkner was the featured
speaker and large numbers of the
student body attended each service.
Mr. Faulkner, an alumnus of Bre
vard, delivered what were termed
challenging and inspiring messages
each eveinimg.
During the week, in addition to
speaking each evening 'and also in
chapel on Wednesday and Friday,
Mr. Faulkner met with the Chri^
tian cauincil, Kappa Chi Fraternity,
and did individual counseling.
The speaker, who is also a grad-
u/ate of Woffofxl college and Cand
ler School of Theology, is present
ly serving as minister of the Meth
odist church in Leaksville.
Music Department
Schedules Recital
The college imiusic departmmt
will '.present a student oirgain reci
tal on Friday, Feibruary 27, at 8:16
p. m. in the Brevard Methodist
chiuroh.
Professor Nelson F. Adams’ pup
ils, Mary Ann Fisher, Joy Cook,
Mildred Miller, Johnny Bradbuxtn
and Nancy Fluke will present miu-
sic by J. S. Baoh, Richard Purvis,
Louis Vierne, Buxtetade, arw}
Rheinberger.
An inforroail reception honoring
the recitalists will be held immed
iately following the recital, in the
church parlor. Everyone is cordial
ly invited.
The college choir is sdheduled to
sinig at Central Methodist OlNirdv
in Asheville on March 10.