IT’S NOT
AS LONG
The Clarion
AS IT
HAS BEEN!
VOLUME XXVI
BREVARD COLLEGE, APRIL 18, 1959
mJMBER 11
College Glee Club Is Now On Tour In Carolinas
Thirty-Seven Named
To Semester Dean’s
List, Honor Roll
The Honor roll and the Dean’s
list for the first half of the spring
semester has been announced by
jlrs. Brona N. Roy of the Record
er’s office.
Those meeting the 2.5 require
ment for the Dean’s list are: Shar
on Cline, Belmont; Kay Fink, Con
cord; James Lovetts, Asheville; Mil
dred’ Miller, Brevard; Mary Allyn
Reynolds, Brevard; Marion Swann,
Spruce Pine; and Carol Walser,
Thomasville.
Those meeting the 2.0 — or “B”
requirement for the Honor Roll
are: Martha Adams, Gastonia; Pa
tricia Baker, Hendersonville; Fran
ces Barton, Hendersonville; Marie
Benge, Black Mountain; Gail Bon-
nell, Brevard; David Brezeale, Pick
ens, South Carolina; Sankie Gavin-
ess,’ Asheiboro; Dinah Carden, Con
cord;
Joy Cook, Asheville; Ken Daw
kins, Newdale; John Denson, Lem
on Spring; John Duvall, West Jef
ferson; Lynn Elzey, Creston; Linda
Ferguson, Thomasville; Mary A.
Fisher, Hazelwood; Patricia Gray,
Haimipden, Massachusetts; C'barles
Garner, Marion; Celia Hooper, Can
ton; Yulan Hutchens, Marion; Peg
gy Lewis, Marion, South Carolina;
Judith McManus, Charlotte;
Jorge Ros Mir, Ceinfuegos, Cuba;
June Nelson, Flat Rock; Nancy
Poley, Charlotte; Patricia Pruitt,
Brevard; Linda Sluder, Asheville;
Betty Sutherland, Asheville; Don
Walser, Lexington; Max Walser,
Lexington; and Jane Yoder, Fall-
ston.
Science Exhibits
Displayed Recently
The third annual science show,
sponsored by the Math, Chemistry
and Physics departments of Bre
vard College was held in the
science building on Friday, April
17th.
The laboratories with the exhib
its opened to the public from 3:00
to 5:30, and 7:00-9:00 p. m.
Exhibits by students in the
science department included sket-
cliies and mock-ups of various in
dustrial and cho.Tiiical techniques.
Exhibits by the physics depart
ment included electrolysis of wa
ter, uses of the vacuum pumip, elec
tronic eye, oscilliascope and Carte
sian diver.
Thie mathematics department dis-
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Pre Registration
Set April 17th
April 17 was set as Pre-registra
tion day for the fall semester of
the 1959-60 session. It is important
that students register on schedule
for the fall siemester for the fol
lowing reasons:
1. Student enrollments continue
to be unpredictable, and, current
ly, new aipplications for enrollment
are running somewhat above those
of last year.
2. Students who register now
will be more nearly assured of bav-
I'lg courses offered which are nec-
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GAIL BONNELL, as Florence in the BLT’s production
of “The Curious Savage,” is shown here as she re-enacts
a scene from the play.
Group To Present
Programs In High
Schools And Churches
The college Glee club left on its
jTi.nual spring tour Thursday, Ap-
lil 16, at 8:30 a. m. The fifth mem
ber group under the direction
Professor Nelson F. Adaims, will
snig in schools and churches
throughout the CaroliniaB, makinig
their primary stops around Cliar-
lotte, and Columibda, South Caro
lina.
The group will sing at Charles D.
Owen High School, Black Mtauii-
tain; Old Fort High School, Old
Fort; the Methodist Home for the
Aged, Charlotte; Belmont High
School, Belmont; Wineooff Hiigji
School, Concord; Belmont Park
Methodist Church, Charlotte; First
Methodist Church, Gastonia; Brooik-
land Methodist Chiux^h, Columbda,
S. C.; Orangeburg, S. C. Hi^
School; and, concluding the tour,
at BrooMand-Oay'ce High in Colum
bia. The Glee Club will arrive back
in Brevard, Monday night.
The students will stay in a mo
tel the first night of the tour and
in private homes the remainder oi£
the time.
"The Curious Savage” Acclaimed Success
Class Hears Talk,
Has Fashion Show
“The Curious Savage,” an enter
taining comedy by John Patrick,
was presented in the Brevard Col
lege Campus Center Auditorium on
April 10-11, 1959.
The stor\' was centered around
Mrs. Savage, a widow and heiress
to ten million dollars. The widow’s
step children, plotting to get the
money, had Mrs. Savage coimmit-
tcd to a sanatorium. During her
stay in the sanatcdum, Mrs. Savage
discovered how valuable her money
could be in helping the patients at
the institution. With her new
friends’ help, Mrs. Savage rid her
self of her step children and es
tablished a fund for the sanatorium.
Included in the cast was Gail
Bonn ell, who acted the part of
I'lorence, one of the patients. In
(he make-uip department were
Jackie Richards and Mr, Alex Mc-
I'adden. Tommy Gilbert was in
charge of the lighting effects.
The secretarial practice class had
as their guest speaker on Tuesday,
Aipril 14, Mrs. Lite Steppe, a sec
retary at Olin Mathieson Chelmical
Corporation.
She spoke on general office
work and the traits exipected in a
good secretary. Included in her
talk were tips on proper grooming.
To illustrate the correct attire of
a siecretary, Alice Piokelsimer and
Ruth Souther modeled tailored en-
semibles suitable for office wear.
Nicholson Awarded
Scholarship For
Vanderbilt Study
Miss Bobbie Jean Nicholson, of
the Science department, has been
granted a fellowship for a years
study at Vanderbilt University. In
J-une, Miss Nicholson wll b^n
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CAPSULE COMMENTS
Brock Speaks
Rev. Jarvis Brock, pastor of the
Little River Baptist Church, was
the speaker at the regular meeting
of Kappa Chi Fraternity on Thurs
day, April 9. Mr. Brock spoke on
methods of evangelisim, gave brief
ly its history, and closed the pro
gram with a period of discussion.
McLarty Leads In
President McLarty led in the
morning worship service at the
First Baptist church on Sunday
ixorning, April 12. Many of the
students from the college attend
ed.
Class Pins
The Sophomore class has com
pleted plans for ordering class pins
for all members who want them.
Robert Parrott is the president;
Professor Stevenson is the class’s
advisor.
Gash Speaks
Attorniey Robert Gash was the
chapel speaker on Wednesday
morning, April 1. Mr. Gash sipoke
on the practice of law as a profes
sion.
Warren Speaks
Profess-or A. L. Warren, od the
Transylvania Public Schools, was
the chapel speaker on Wedniesday
morning, April 8. Mr. Warren
spoke on teaching as a profession.
These proigrams are a part of a ser
ies planned by the chaipel commit
tee to lead students in making their
choices of their life’s work.
Yountz Visits
Rev. J. E. Yountz, district super
intendent of the Marion District,
visited the campus and spoke in
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Phi Theta Kappa
Holds Coke Party
Approximately thirty-two per
sons attended the Coke party which
Phi Theta Kappa gave for the Hon
or Roll students on Friday evening,
April 10.
The Phi Theta Kappa memibers
discussed the trip which the group
is planning to take to the Biltmore
Estate near Asheville. This excur
sion will be an event of ^turday,
April 25. Also, a committee to nom
inate next year’s officers was ap
pointed.