Science Hall Ground-Breaking Ceremony Is Held
A .milestone in the pragreiss
of the Brevard College building
prograim was reached with the
long - awaited groundbreiakinig
ceremony for the nlew science
building held on October 14.
After an inspiring chapel ad
dress by Dr. Lee Tuttle, the en
tire student body, faculty, and
tte visiting trustees and wives,
during the ringiing of the col
lege chimes, assemmbled at the
building site.
The progi'am began with ev-
er>'one pre£i:mt siniging the dox-
oJogy. The invocation was given
by Ohaiplaan C. Edward Roy. A
responsive reading was then
conducted by Dr. Emmett K.
JfcLarty, Jr., President of Bre
vard Collegci.
Following a ibeiautiful rendi
tion of “From Thee AM Skill
and Science Flow” by the Col
lege choir, Chaplain Hoy, Presi
dent McLarty, and Bishoip Nolan
B. Harmon assisted Oolonel W.
Bryan Moorla', Ohairmain of the
Board of Trustees, in the effec-
Itive ground - breaking cere
mony.
Bishop Harmion then led a
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Pictured at the Science building
ground-breaking ceremony are, left
to right, Chaplain C. Edward Roy;
President Emmett K. McLarty, Jr.;
Board chairman Colonel Bryan
Moore; and Bishop Nolan Harmon.
pWayer lor the fuiture of Bre
vard Oolltelge. The hyfmln of
praise, “For the Beiauty of ll*e
Earth,” was followed by the
benediction, led by OhapfaiB
Rioy.
Work on the science building
is scheduled to sitart Momd^,
October 24. Thiel contract for the
work was awarded to the Jeixy
Liner Gons'truction Company oi
Lake Junalusfca.
It has been estimated that the
time required for the lereotiaii
of the building will be nine
mionths, allowing two months
to equdip the building. It sih'ould
bs' ready for use by the begin- ■
r.iing of the aoadlsmic year
J 960-62.
Henry C. McDonald, Jr., 'Ictal
architect, drew up the pJaUs
and specificaltions for the new
buildinlg. It will conitlain six la#)-
oratories, five sitorage and prep
aration rooms, three class
rooms, sievtetn loffices', la igireett-
house, and an animal rowana,
plus facdilitieis for expaiDsilaB
when additional sipaoe is need
ed.
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VOLUME XXVIII
BREVARD OOLJjEGE, OCTOBER 21, 1960
NUMBERS
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, Former Brevard President Passes
Dr. McLarty
Will Be UN
Day Speaker
MR. SWAN
Organist Fredrick Swan
Will Appear October 31
Th'6 second in a series of or-
San rieicitals at the Brevard
Mcithodisit Church, sponsored by
the church and Breivlard Col
lege, will ibe pres'ented Monday,
October 31, at 8 P. M., by Fred-
Swan, osngaindisit of the
Kivensidle Ohurdh, New York
City.
Mr. Swan, Who embarked on
conioeirlt career alt t!he age
of 13, is nationailly kniown and
played ibefore thonsamds in
church, oiviic, amid eduoational
sudiltonums in the United
States, Hawaii, and thie islands
the Solutlh Pacific.
On Sunday, Odtober 30, Mr.
Swan will play for the mlaming
®«rvi)ce ait Ithe Metthoddlst Ohiiroh.
He win teach & twoihiaur Mlas^
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College Gets
I960 U
At the meeting of the Board
of Trustees lof Brevard OolMge
Friday, October 14, the trustees
agreed to purohate a oar for
the cofflefge 'for tihe President’s
use. In tihe ipaslt, tlbe President
has been using his own ear
which madle it quite inconven
ient for Mills. McLarty due to
the flact th'at the Pii:isidenlt is
away from Ihiome quilte often on
college Ibuisimess.
The President iis quilte topipy
to hlave a neiw I960 Blectra
Buick for Wls us'sl and is veiy
giraiteful t)o the tiuistees for this
much needed car. .
Dr. Eugene Jarvis Coltrane,
77, former president of Brevard
Oollege, died in a convalescent
home in Raleigh Tuesday. He
had been ill several weeks.
Dr. Ooiltrane was president ol
Brevard College for 16 years,
retiring some 10 years ago. Later
he served for five years as as
sistant to the president of High
I’oint College before retiring.
He also served as a school su
perintendent at Roanoke Rapids,
Jlamestown and in Randolph
county. He was a 1907 graduate
of Guilford and did ^aduate
study at Cornell, Hairvard, Oo-
lumibia and the University of
North Carolina.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Isiaibel Bryan Douto Ool-
trane, two daughters, Mary Al-
mia Coflibrane, of High Point and
Mrs. W. A. Good, of Jamtestown;
a brother David C o 11 r a n e,
director of tihe State De
partment of Adiministraition; and
a sister, Mrs. Allen B. CbKtrane
of Archdale.
Funeral servicets are schedul
ed for 11 a.m., Thursday at the
High Point Friends Meeting
House. Burial will ibe in Guil
ford Memori'al Park Cemetery.
The Brevard College Alum
ni met on October 8, Home
coming, and agreed to pub
lish a calendar. The calendar
will sell for $1.00 and the
proceeds will be used for the
Alumni Association. Dr. Mc
Larty is working on it, and
he plans to have a eolorful
scene of Brevard College on
the cover and the inside will
include notes about the hap
penings at the college. In
addition to the new one,
there wUl also be the regu
lar yearly calendar.
DR. E. J. COLTRANE
Council Selects
Frosh Proctors
The Women’s Hoiise Ooaincil,
mee!f]ilng‘ irfiicenltllly, seilelcted six
fretslhmien fto seirve' -as assilsitant
hall prodborts flhis year. Those
selected were Ann MteConnell,
Caroil Laltimisr Katihy Cox, Ken-
lon OaiTlson, Lilbby Jord'an and
Dilane Bracikett.
In an earlier meettinig, tflie
Ooaincil meanibers volted to have
regularly scheduled dbrm mJeet-
ings once a monlth wilth planned
prognamB, rather ttoiain jusit call
ing one wttiien mecessary.
Sophomore Oouindl memfbers
are Sandra SmSltlh, presidlelnit;
Linda Phillips, vice-ixr£sident
Baibairla Beverfly, sietaieltairy-
trelasurer; Vanidlailyn Blrown,
Earlhaina Parks, Maxie Oalliiiher,
Haiieil WiiUianils, HeJleln Johmson,
Marie Tede, Joyce CSiairk, Mary
Jo Warr, MiartlWa Anw Pair, and
Bairbaira Pless.
The week of October 23-29 is
Urjited Nations Weelk by prot
lamiatdlon of the^ PresiderDt of the
United States. Monday, October
24 is United NalfliionB Day. Mrs.
Willis Brittain has been asbed
by tihe Mayor of 'Brevard to be
in chainge of Unilted Nattiions ob
servances in Brevard.
Mrs. Brittain has planned ft
prograim scheduled to be beU
in the Brevard Oolletgte' Oaimpis
Center Building Auditoirium
Monday eveniinlg, October 24, at
7:30 p.
Rev. Fredemiick Valenltine, Jr.
of Brevard will delivler the i»-
voccition. Dr. 'Emmett K. Mc
Larty, Presiident of BreVaaid
College will be tlhie spelakcr.
Music will be lurnisihed by the
Bueward High School Bandl un-
der tihe directiton of Mr. Jota
E.ve!nsman and a chloral @roa|i
ftiom the Brevard BigSh SclifloJ
under tihe direcffion of Mis.
Veime Hill.
In the article on Dunham
Hall printed in the last issue
of the CLARION, an eirw
was made in the date of the
erection of the building, thea
known as Spenser Hall. The
date given was 1895. The
exact date in unknown. 1%e
erection of Dunham Hall was
during the administration of
Mr. €. H. Trowbridge, whose
term of office was from 19t7
to 1923,