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VOLUME XXVII
BREVARD COLLEGE, APRIL 15, 1960
NUMBER 10
DUO-PIANISTS HIGHLIGHT LYCEUM
Phi Theta Kappa
To Visit Estate
The Phi Theta Kappa will take
its annual trip to the world famous
Biltmore estate Saturday, April 30.
This magnificent mansion was
completed in 1895 by George Van
derbilt. The estate once included
145,000 acres, but much of the for
est area was given to the govern
ment and became the nucleus of Pis-
gah National Forest. The present
estate includes 12,000 acres. Since
it was opened to the public, the
estate has had visitors from every
state in the United States and al
most all foreign countries.
After the tour of the estate, the
group will return for a picnic sup
per. The members of the club can
invite their friends to go along, but
,‘hey will have to pay their own ex
penses.
EXECUTIVE HEADS
SLATE REGULATIONS
In view of the approaching stu
dent body elections, the Executive
Committee has recently announced
the new requirements for a candi
date for office at Brevard College.
Anyone wishing to run for office
must have an overall C-average with
no failing grades and not more than
one D. After achieving the desired
position, |the nominee-elect must
maintain a C in every course and
must be progressing toward gradu
ation.
The new rulings were made
kno^wn at the April 7 meeting of the
Student Government Association by
Dean Ruby Plant, Dean Malcolm R.
Henderson, and Mr.s Charles A.
Butterworth, Jr., advisors to the
group.
The decisions were made by the
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BREVARD AMBASSADORS
TO MAKE GOOD WILL TOUR
Brevard’s musical ambassadors,
the members of the glee club and
sponsor Prof. Nelson Adams, will
leave on Saturday, April 23 on their
annual spring good will tour.
Washington, D. C., will be the
destination of the glee club as they
leave Brevard at 8 a.m. on Satur
day. Richmond, Virginia, and Char
lotte, North Carolina, are also on
the list of scheduled stops.
Sunday morning, April 24, the
glee club will sing at Francis As-
bury Methodist Church; that night,
they will be at the Mount Vernon
Methodist Church. Monday and
Tuesday, they will sing at four dif
ferent high schools in the capital
city.
As an extra added attraction, the
merr.'bers of the glee club will go as
a group to see Ben Hur, the movie
which recently won 12 Academy
Awards.
Anonymous Donor
Gives $5,000, BJC
Tuesday evening, there will be a
night concert at Providence Metho
dist Church in Richmond.
Wednesday, April 27, the “am
bassadors” will sing at one of the
Charlotte high schools, while Wed
nesday evening, there will be a
night concert at the Memorial
Methodist Church.
After a concert and supper at
the Methodist Home in Charlotte,
the glee club will return to Brevard
about 11:00 Thursday evening.
Mr. Adams has exipressed his
hopes for a successful and enjoy
able tour as the ambassadors go
forth to proclaim and de-code in
.song the merits of Brevard Junior
College.
Nelson And Neale To Play
Piano Concert At College
NELSON & NEAL
BJC Sophomores
Prepare For
Graduation
As the warm spring days fly by,
graduation fast approaches. And
the graduate must keep in mind the
things that must be done to pre
pare for this auspicious occasion.
Invitations have been ordered.
Now they must be paid for as soon
as they arrive.
Measurements for caps and gowns
must be made so that the orders
may be placed. Sophomores who
are candidates for graduation are
asked to report to Mrs. Elsie Bur-
hans in the faculty offices as soon
as possible so that the records may
be kept in order.
In the coming weeks, the
CLARION will be asking for in
formation for the special 8^page
graduation edition to come out at
(he end of May. Pictures will also
be taken for this edition on an an
nounced date.
Brevard College has received an
anonymous gift of $5,000 toward
the fund to be used for the erection
of the new science building to be
built on the campus. To date, the
fund has reached $58,250 toward
the $200,000 needed to answer the
$100,000 challenge grant made in
January by the Mary Reynolds Bab
cock Foundation of WinstOn Salem.
Plans for the building are pro
gressing, and although a definite
beginning date has not been set, it
is hoped that the building will be
ready for use by the second semes
ter of next year.
The CLARION, on behalf of
the student body, wishes to ex
press deepest sympathy to the
Prof. and Mrs. C. Edward Roy in
the loss of Mr. Roy’s father, Mr.
M. E. Roy of Helena, Alabama.
nAISIES WON’T TELL, but Gayle Johnson and
Trish Young are exiploring to see if daffodils will. Yes,
it is spring at last and who can resist the call of the out
doors and the beauty of this mountain area where we
make our temporary homes. And for us, like Gayle and
Trish the music of spring is getting to be too much; and
th^ strength of our once loud protests, a desertion of
book larnin’ for the pleasures of spring.
The final concert in the current
Lyceum series at Brevard College
on Monday evening, April 18, at
8:15 will be presented by the Aus-
tralian-American twonpiano team.
Nelson and Neale. Single admissioa
tickets will be available at the
Campus Center Building.
Consider one of the most popular
concert attractions ever to tour the
United States, the famous pair are
familiar to local audiences, having
made several appearances at Bre
vard College and the Transylvania
Music Camp..
Married to music and each other
are Harry Neal, who describes him
self as a Tennessee country boy,
and Allison Nelson, erstwhile child
prodigy from Australia. They met
while fellow-students at Philadel-
pLia’s famed Curtis Institute of
Music, and have since become one
of the most successful and popular
two-piano teams on the interna
tional concert circuit. Traveling
more than 400,000 miles in a cus
tom-designed bus that is a complete
ly equipped home for them and
their three youngsters, they have
given nearly 1,000 concerts during
the past ten years in 47 of the 50
United States.
They are unanimously acclaimed
by the critics for their keen musi
cianship, accoimplished pianism,
and refreshingly novel program-
making; and by audiences in cities
large and small for their winning
personalities, exuberant vitality,
and rare charm.
The story of their musical court
ship and subsequent adventures in
barnstorming by bus with Brahms
and Beethoven is told by Harry Neal
in his best-seller book bearing the
title “Wave As You Pass.”
Poley, Newsome
Join SGA Council
Nancy Poley of Charlotte, will as
sume the duties of Student Govern
ment Association social chairman
on Thursday night at the April 14
meeting of the Student CounciL
Nancy was appointed by the coun
cil when Sara Cox resigned her po
sition as social chairman.
Besides her newly attained posi
tion, Nancy is also vice president of
the Euterpean Society and a mar
shal.
Joanne Newsome of Brevard, also
recently .joined the council. She re
places Carolyn Owen as the repre
sentative from the Day Students^
Club.
144 PRE-REGISTER
To date, 143 regularly enrolled
students and one special student
have pre-registered for the fall
semester at Brevard College.
This is an increase of three over
the number that had pre-regis
tered at thte same time last year.