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VOLUME XXVII
BREVARD COLLEGE, MARCH 18, 1960
NUMBER S
May Day To
Be Musical
Presentation
Mrs. Barbara Sader, who is the
faculty supervisor of May Day, and
Judy McManus, who is the student
director and author of the script,
have decided the theme for the tra
ditional May Day program on
May 7. ,
The program “Only in America,’'
will be the first time that the May
Day presentation will be a musical.
There will be several solos featured
by Susan Hunt, Anna Williamson,
and Bev Holloway. Polly Hamrick
and Sam Cannon will do a duet, j
The presentation of the May
Court and the dance will follow that!
night. i
May Day is to be a closed week-1
end.
Brevard Civic
Groups Present
Popular Mikado
J
Weird noises and strange sights
are being brought together into the
Brevard Little Theatre’s production
01 the Mikado. Running Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday nights, March
17, 18, and 19, the play features not
only regular mem'bers of the Little
Theatre but also the Brevard Civic
Orchestra, under direction of Mr.
Ralph V. Reed, and the Civic
Chorus, directed by Prof. Nelson
Adams. College students in the
orchestra include Karen Schneider
Jerry Chappel and Jim Crenshaw, j
Students in the Chorus are Marie'
Teele, Sara Lowdermdlk, Sam Can
non and Bob Smithe.
Beautiful costumes have been as
sembled in Japan for the produc
tion, and Mrs. Gus Masters of the
Little Theatre is the director. A
great deal of work has gone into
the production and full support of
the college and community should
be given to it.
If you can measure the snow by the height of the
person, then we have had exactly 5’2” of snow in the
past weeks. Just ask Bev Holloway if this isn’t so! Mike
Sweeney and Andy Howard insisted that they didn’t
really need a ruler, so they used Bevo who counted the
inches as she rolled in the snow. From the looks of
things, the sipring that follows winter must be inches
and inches behind.
College Offers Many Awards
To Deserving Student Body
Fall Semester
Pre-Registration
Set For April 8
Pre-Registration date for the fall
semester, 1960-61 session has bee*
set for Friday, April 8. The date
has been moved forward to avoid
having extra activities on Good Fii-
day, the date originally set. Pre-
registration is neicessai^ in ordefr
that the administration may ar-
range faculty schedules and loads
for the next year to assure soph®-
mores of the availalbility of the
proper courses for graduatioru
A letter is being sent to parents
explaining the reasons for pr»-
registration and the necessity for
payment of the $15.00 pre-registra
tion fee on or before April 8. Stu
dents are urged to talk with thera’
parents during the spring recess
about their future educational woifc
First, it makes a good psycholo^cal
for graduation here is obvious.
The advisability of completing work
impression on senior colleges or
possible employers for one to have
completed a course of study. Sec
ond, Brevard College graduates in
general have more assurance of suc
cess at the senior college if they
have done well here for two years
than do the few students who elect
to transfer after one year. The
sophomore year of work, for many
students the hardest in college, is
best done in a familiar setting with
continuing guidance in a personal
atmosphere.
Spring may come one of these
days. And it may help students to
avoid a spring slump if they will
keep in mind honors and awards
which are open to them. Each year
at graduation there are a few stu
dents whose diplomas are accom
panied with a citation reading
"Cum Laude,” or “Magna Cum
Laude,” or even “Summa Ciim
Laude.” “Cum Laude” means a stu
dent has earned a 2.499 average
College Trustee Makes
Challenge Gift Of $50,000
MR. GRIER BEAM
A member of the Brevard College
Board of Trustees and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Grier Beam of Cherry-
ville, have presented the college
v. ith $50,000 to be used as part of
ttie challenge grant recently made
to the college.
A $100,000 grant was made to
the college by the Mary Reynolds
Babcock Foundation of Wmston-
Salem with the Pr^ision that
the college raise $200,MO. The
money is to be used to build a ne
science building on the campus.
The Clarion would like to take
this opportunity to congratulate
Miss Vandalyn Brown on her ai^
fiointment as associate editor of
the paper. The announcement
?as ^m^e by Judy McManus,
editor, and Mrs. Ena K. Sigmon,
advisor, on March 16.
during his or her college work;
"Magna,” 2.5; and “Summa,” a 3.0
average—with, of course, no D’s
of F’s marring the record.
Each year a prize is awarded the
graduate who exemplifies both
academic attainment and personal
qualities. For this prize faculty
members submit nominations which
dve processed to the general faculty
for vote after records have been
examined by the Honors and
Awards Committee of the faculty.
A history prize is another award
which brings recognition to some
student in history. An art purchase
prize is awarded for first place in
exhibition of original art work.
There are honor societies mem
bership in which should be coveted:
Phi Thsta Kappa, Si^a Pi Alpha,
Alpha Beta Gamina'. Then, too,
students should remember that
there are academic requirements
necessary for election to office of
to certain social honors and keep
their records firm so they will not
close doors to these opportunities.
One of the most outstanding
awards offered each year is an
$800.00 award granted 'by Olin-
Mathieson Corporation to an out
standing member of the graduating
class for continued study else
where. This award is renewable for
a second year.
McLartys Attend Event
President and Mrs. Emmett K.
McLarty of Brevard College at
tended the inauguration of Charles
Shepard Davis, president of Win-
throp College on Friday, March 18
BDS To Give
Program At
Rosman High
The Brevard College day students
will discuss the advantages of being
a day student to the students at
Rosman High School on Thursday
morning, March 24. The purpose of
this program is to encourage Mgli
school graduates to come to Bre
vard College.
Bob Cauble, president of the Day
Students club, will preside. Tommy
Walker, Roberta Siniard, JoAnne
Newsome, and Ilena King wiU speak
on different situations that a day
student may find in college. Judy
McManus will sipeak on extracurri
cular activities at Brevard.
The Junior Collegians will sing
and the Hi-Five will play to enter
tain the high school graduates.
A similar program was presented
at Brevard High several weeks ago.
The Clarion is trying some
thing new this semester in the
form of the Inquiring Pho
tographer. Staff photographer
“Scoop” Scott is the originator
of the idea for one paper and
handles both the interviews aM
the photographic angle. The pur
pose of the I. P. is to bring into
the open questions that are of
concern and interest to both
students and faculty members of
BJC. Turn to page 4, and read
the first of the possible series.
In reading the article, criticize
it; and in criticizing it, be sure
to let us know what your opinioa
of it is.