THE WORLD IS
A TRAGEDY TO
A COMEDY TO
THOSE WHO FEEL.
THOSE THAT THINK,
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VOLUME XXVIII
BREVARD COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 10, 1961
NUMBER't
Alpha Beta Gamma Taps Nineteen Members
Sally Miles To
Reign Over Ball
As Sweetheart
On February 11, the Mnemosy
nean and Delphian Societies will
sponsor the Sweethearts’ Ball j
111 the Campus Center Building,:
from 8:00 until 12:00. The theme
will be “Love Is A Many Splen- j
dored Thing.” Music will be i
furnished by the Clemson Jun
galeers from Clemson College.
Miss Sally Miles of Evington,
Virginia, will reign at this event
and will be crowned the 1961
Delphian Sweetheart. She will be
escorted by Danny Bost of Kan
napolis, North Carolina. Her
court will consist of four attend
ants: Barbara Beverly of Kings
port, Tennessee, escorted by Dale
Norwood of Kannapolis, North
Carolina; Frances Kwok of Hong
Kong, China, escorted by Cal
Hunt of Hendersonville, North
Carolina: Mitsy Crownover of
Asheville, North Carolina, escort
ed by Craig Little of Pittsdown,
New Jersey; and Jane Royster,
cscorted by Dewey McManus
Hi;ywood of Waxhaw, North Car
olina.
The Mnemosynean and Delph
ian Societies extend a welcome
to the entire student body to at
tend this dance.
Sandra Smith
Is Elected
May Queen
Miss Sandra Smith of Marion,
South Carolina, was recently
chosen to reign as Queen over
tliis year’s May Day festivities.
Her court will consist of nine
girls. Miss Barbara Ballew of
Marion, North CarolinajWill be
Maid of Honor. Sophomore at
tendants will be Miss Alice Barn
hill, Miss Dot Almy, Miss Evelyn
Lewis, and Miss Carol Matthews.
Freshmen attendants will be
Miss Sally Maynard, Miss Betty
Ervin, Miss Harriett Nelson, and
Miss Mary Jo Eady.
The freshman class and the
Veteran’s Club will work as co
sponsors of the dance. A com-
rnittee has been selected to de
cide how funds can be raised
for defraying expenses.
A. N. Miller, Junior Super
visor of Instruction for the
Transylvania schools, and
Taft Benjamin Botner, Pro
fessor of Education at West
ern Carolina College and di
rector of student teaching
and placement, have complet
ed arrangements with college
officials for providing hous
ing and meals for 9 women
and 5 men during a 10-week
practice teaching period.
The men students will re
side during this period in
Taylor Hall, and the women
wil stay at Annabel Jones
Hall.
Fraternity
Holds Service
In Assembly
The Alpha Beta Gamma hehl-'
their induction service on EeT>-
ruary 8. The program was opea-
ed by the President, Bob Glad
den, who spoke on “What Jb
Alpha Beta Gamma.” FoIIdw-
ing the president’s talk, .Km
V.'ilson presented tke plans for-
the year.
The roll was then called for
Ihe 19 new members by the sec
retary Martha Ann Fair. Thgy
v?ere as follows: Phil Berrier,
Vandalyn Brown, Joe CockwF-
han, Larry Garmon, Hariy Gol3-
erer, and Patsy Green.
Gene Holland, Pat Morrisey,
Gene McGaha, Mahmood Mola-
men, Clyde Nagle, Bartara
Pless, and James SawhilL
Steve Shephard, Becky Sig
mon, Charles Smith, San6rs
Smith, H. M. Summey, and Law-
erence Suggs.
After the new members si_gn-
ed their names to the register,
the Vice President, Jack Waxnp-
ler gave the pledge. The mem
bers were then welcomed urte
the fraternity.
Each year Alpha Beta Gamma
presents a chemistry handbook-
to the person with the hi^e^
average in the chemistry de
partment. Tom Barbee, wbo
received the handbook last year,
presented the book to Gene Hol
land.
Miss Sally Miles, center, is shown
above surrounded by the Valentine
Court. Miss Miles will reign oyer the
Sweetheart Ball tomorrow night in
the Campus Center Building. Her
court consists of (bottom, left to
rig^ht) Miss Jane Royster and Miss
Mitsy Crownover, freshmen attend
ants; and (top, left to right) Miss
Barbara Beverly and Miss Frances
Kwok, sophomore attendants.
Beth Peterson, Du Pont Home Etonomist, Will Speak
To Girls Wednesday Night, In Dormitory Meeting
A talk on “The New Ameri
can Look in Living,” will be
given at Brevard College on
Wednesday, February 15th, at
0:00 o’clock by Miss Beth Pet
erson, home economist of the
Du Pont company’s extension di
vision.
Miss Peterson, of Wilmington,
Delaware, is an authority on
chemical developments as they
affect the home.
The program will be present
ed to Brevard College women
and Du Pont women in the aud
itorium of the Campus Center
building.
She will discuss and show
some of the latest develop
ments in clothing and home
furnishings, including tips on
care. i- • «
“There’s a new look in living
today which can best be de
scribed as a marriage of mdi-
vidual needs and modern tec
nology,” Miss
“Because women wanted better
things for modern living, they
spurred industry to produce
tliem. Women can take much of
tlie credit for our high standard
MISS BETH PETERSON
Oi living today.”
This observation grew out of
her years of association with Du
Pont and with home economics
and extension work. She is a
graduate of Iowa State Univer
sity where she specialized in tex
tiles and clothing and home eco
nomics education. She also did
postgraduate work in textiles
and consumer economics there
and at the University of Chicago.
She taught home economics
and was a county home demon
stration agent in Iowa. Follow
ing this work, she joined the
staff of the Iowa State Unive-
sity Extension Service as spec
ialist in textiles and clothing.
Miss Peterson joined the Du
Pont Company in 1946 as home
economist and since that time
she has closely observed the de
velopment of new chemical pro
ducts and has studied their
place in the home.
Miss Peterson is a member of
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College Day Will Be
Held February 16
Representatives from twentj"
North and South Carolina sen
ior colleges and universities wfll '
attend the College Day program
in the Student Lounge at
vard College on Thursdayj J’fib-
ruary 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 2;D0
p.m.
Arranged by Director of Ad
missions, W. Glenn Hardesty^ ihe
program is held each year ,,fuT
Ihe benefit of Brevard College
sophomores who plan to continse
their formal education.
According to Mr. Hardesty,,
eighty five per cent of the stu
dents who graduate from Bre
vard transfer to four year e&l-
leges throughout the country.
“Our curricula,” said Mr. Hardes
ty, “are designed to meet traTK-
fer requirements. All required'
and recommended courses are
accepted for credit by senior
institutions. The visits of rep
resentatives to our campus rn5-
cate the welcome senior collegEB
extend our students,”
1
The CLARION staff, on l>e-
half of the entire stadent
body, wishes to express sym
pathy to Whit I.oftlin upon
the passing of his sister, to
Mr. Ilarvin in the loss of his
m‘'ther, and to Clyde Nagle
in the death of his grand
mother.