tomorrow is
MAY DAY
The Clarion
MAY THE
FLOODS DEPART!
VOLUME XXVII
BREVARD COLlfEGE, MAY 6, 1960
NUMBER II
Chris Olsen Will Reign As May Queen
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Introducing the 1960-61 May Court!!
Miss Chris Olsen will reign as May
Queen, with Miss Brenda Edison as her
maid of honor. Included in the court are
Miss Carole Mappus, Miss Jeanne Morris,
Miss Anita Smith, Miss Betty Sutherland,
Miss Maxie Callisher, Miss Joyce Free
man, and Miss Sandra Smith. Absent
when the picture was taken was Miss
Dianne Nesbitt. (Photo by Pat Austin)
WORTMAN, MAYHEW WILL LEAD STUDENT
GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION IN 1960-61
Manuel Wortman, a freshman
from Lawndale will lead the Stu
dent Government Association as its
president in 1960-61. Manuel ran
unopposed for the office in the
April 30 election.
Completing the slate for the com
ing year Don Mayhew from Moores-
vllle, vice president; Barbara Parks
from Lexington, secretary-treasurer;
and Maxie Callisher from' Greens
boro, social chairman.
Vandalyn Brown, from Marion,
will edit the CLARION, with Becky
Sigmon from Conover, as business
manager. Editor of the PERTE-
LOTE will be Patsy Green of
Thomasville, with Jim Wilson of
Germanton, as business manager.
Chosen from the student body in
a general election, the officers will
be installed during an assembly
period before the end of the year.
The presidents of the Men’s and
Men s House Council Will
Hold Picnic At Deerwoode
Saturday, May 14, is the date for
the annual Men’s House Council
Picnic to be held at Camp Deer
woode. The entire student body is
invited to the affair which will
begin shortly after noon. Swimming
Kappa
Spring
Chi Holds
Retreat
Kappa Chi, the religious fra
ternity of Brevard College, held its
spring retreat in Pisgah National
Forest the weekend of April 30 and
May 1. Although it rained the en
tire time, good fellowship and fun
was enjoyed by all.
A serious discussion was held
evaluating the year’s work of the
organization. Also, plans for next
year’s activities were made.
^^een people attended. Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Roy are the sponsors for
Kappa Chi.
will be permitted for both men and
women in the afternoon. Supper
will be served for everyone, and
dancing will fill the bill for the
rest of the evening. In the past,
everyone has exipressed extreme en
joyment for this affair, and we hope
that this year will be no exception.
Committee heads are as follows.
Box Gladden, refreshments; Don
Mayhew, lifeguards; Max Walser,
entertainment; Bruce Taylor, clean
ing; and Paul Davenport, transpor-
tation. j. n-L,
Francis Guffey is president at tne
MHC, with Bruce Taylor as vice-
president and Leroy Hill as secre
tary-treasurer.
BLT PRESENTS PLAY
‘‘Death Takes a Holiday,” direct
ed by Robroy Farquhar, ended the
season for the Brevard Little
Theatre last Friday and Saturday.
Alberto Casella’s play is a curious
mixture of love and suspense where
in Death as a person falls in love.
The show was well accepted.
Women’s House Councils, who are
also members of the SGA, will be
elected before the installation ser
vice.
(See picture on page 4)
BIG SISTERS FETE
The Big Sister Organization of
Brevard College met Wednesday
night, May 4, for a steak supper at
Berry’s. Nominations for the new
members of the BSO were made,
and the chosen girls will be tapped
in an impressive ceremony in the
dorm before the end of the year.
Betty Neale of Charlotte, is the
president of the Big Sister Organiza
tion.
Program, Dance
To Highlight
May Weekend
A visit to Brevard in springtime
and a tour through America will
highlight Brevard College’s annoal
May Day weekend beginning Safier-
day, May 7.
Miss Chris Olsen of Charlotta,
will reign over the festivities as
May Queen. Mr. Paul Poley, also of
Charlotte, will be her escort.
Miss Brenda Edison is Miss
Olsen’s maid of honor and will
escorted by Mr. Mike Dunn of Wins
ton-Salem.
Others included in the May Court
are sophomores Carole Mappus of
Charleston, S. C.; Jean Morris 61
Marion; Anita Smith of Pleasaai
Garden; and Betty Sutherland
Asheville.
Freshman attendants are Maxine
Callisher of Greensboro; Joy®
Freeman of Hendersonville; Dianne
Nesbit of Black Mountain; an9
Sandra Smith of Marion, S. C-
Miss Leone Harvin, daughter cf
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Harvin, and
Mr. Ricky Adams, son of Mr. atad'
Mrs. Nelson Adams, will act as
flower girl and crown bearer for the
queen.
“Only in America” will be f&e
theme of the musical presentatiiB
to be given Saturday ^ternoon al
4:00. This program vnll be the sCoiy
of the American heritage in song
and dance and will feature Greek
and Waldensian dance groups front
the mountain area and dance groops
and soloists from Brevard CoUegB,
Judy McManus, a sophomore fran&-
Charlotte, is the author and student
director of “Only in America.” Miss
Barbara Sader is the faculty direc
tor.
Following the afternoon festivi
ties, at 8:00 that evening, a formal
dance will be held. Sponsored
the Wodenian, or Vcieran's cldfe,
the dance is entitled “Younger Th^
Springtime” and features the iniKic
of the Mark-6 of Western Carolina
College. Lee Creede from Concord,
is the president of the Veteran’fe
club.
COLLEGE ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS
Dr. Clarence Raymond Carpenter,
professor of psychology at Pennsyl
vania State University, will be the
speaker at Brevard College’s gradu
ation exercises on May 29 at 4 p.m.
Dr. Carpenter graduated from
Weaver College in 1926, received
his A. B. degree in 1926 and his
Ph. D. in 1932 from Stanford Uni
versity. He did post doctorate study,
as a National Research Council Fel
low, in the Institute of Human Re
lations of Yale University from
1932-1933.
Since 1940, Dr. Carpenter has
been associated with Penn State
where he is the director of Aca
demic Research and Services.
The speaker for the baccalaureate
service to be held on May 29, at
11 a.m. will be Dr. James G. Hug
gins. Dr. Huggins received his A.B.
Degree from Wofford College, his
B. D. from Diike University, and Mb
D. D. from Wofford. He has been
associated with the Western North
Carolina Conference during his en
tire ministry with the exception
a four-year pastorate in the North
Carolina Conference. He is now
minister of the First Methodist
Church of Gastonia.
CAKPENTER HUGGIN