WELCOME
OUR
The Clarion
MAY DAY 1;
VISITORS
VOLUME XXVIII
BREVARD COLLEGE, MAY 5, 1961
NUMBER 15
Sandra Smith Will Reign Over Ma^
^ Weekend
Commencement
Speakers Are
Announced
Dr. Lester F. Zerfoss, director
of Industrial Relations and Man
agement services for American
Enka corporation, will be the
commencement speaker at Bre
vard College, May 28, according
to an announcement by Presi
dent Emmett K. McLarty, Jr.
Dr. Zerfoss, who holds the
doctorate degree in counseling
from the Pennsylvania State Uni
versity. is a Trustee of Brevard
College, and a member of the
Methodist Conference Board of
Education. Also, he is chairman
of the Commission on Education
in the First Methodist Church of
Hendersonville.
Dr. Zerfoss is active in civic
affairs as a member of the Bun
combe County Citizens for Bet
ter Schools and the Education
Committee of the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce. In ad
dition, he serves as chairman of
the Advisory Committee for the
Asheville-Buncombe County In
dustrial Education Center.
The Baccalaureate speaker, Dr.
Tuttle, is a native of Lenoir. He
received his A.B. degree at Duke
University where he was a mem-
mer of the varsity football team
for three years. From the Yale
Divinity school he received his
B.D. degree in 1934. Elon Col-
awarded his D.D. degree in 1955.
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The Brevard Colleg^e May Queen
and her court who will reign over the
annual festivities at Brevard College
on Saturday are pictured above. From
left to right are Harriet Nelson, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mary Jo Eady, of
Winter Park, Fla.; Carol Matthews,
of Hendersonville; Alice Barnhill, of
Charlotte; Sandra Smith, of Marion,
S. C., queen; Dorothy Almy, of Vero
Beach, Fla.; Sally Maynard, of Win
ter Park, Fla.; Barbara Ballew, of
Marion, maid of honor; Evelyn Lewis,
of Charlotte, and Betty Erwin, of
Brunswick.
DR. LESTER F. ZERFOSS
DR. LEE F. TUTTLE
Smith And Henley Will Lead Student Government
Association In 1961-62; Goins To Edit Clarion
Brevard Grad
Named Editor
Of Newspaper
Several former students
After a series of campaign
speeches at the regular Friday
chapel service, April 28, the polls
for the election of next year’s
SGA officers were opened.
Those elected to serve next
year on SGA are; President,
Charles Smith, Greenville, South
Carolina; Vice-President, Mary
of j Ellen Henley, Lincolnton; and
impossible), and various other
attention-getters. It is wonder
ful to note that a majority of
the students did vote, thus re
vealing their interest in the SGA.
Program And
Dance Will Be
Highlighted
What greater pleasure could
one have than a tour through the
South and a brief stay on the
beautiful Brevard College Cani-
pus! Would you like to join us
for our annual May Day weekend
beginning May 6?
The queen. Miss Sandra Smith
of Marion, South Carolina, will
reign over the festivities. She
will be escorted by Mr. Donald!
Neal Mayhew of Mooresville,
North Carolina.
Miss Barbara Ballew of Mai?-
(ion, North Carolina, is Miss
Smith’s maid of honor. Mr.
Joseph Taylor, also of Marion,
will be her escort.
The Sophomore attendants are
Miss Dorothy Almy of Daytona,
Beach, Florida, escorted by Mr.
James NeiU; Miss Evelyn Lewis
of Charlotte, North Carolina,
escorted by Jenkins Harrill; Mias,
Carl Mathews of Hendersonville..
North Carolina, escorted by Mr.
Jack Lee; and Miss Alice Barn
hill of Charlotte, North Car
olina, escorted by Dale Norwood.
Freshman atendants are Miss
Salley Maynard of Winter Par¥.
Florida, escorted by Roger
Brookshire; Miss Betty Erwin
of Brunswick, Georgia^ escorted-
by Roger Aldrich; Miss Harriet
Nelson of Jacksonville, Florida,
escorted by Jim Pyatt; and Miss
Mary Jo Eady of Winter Park,
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Brevard college received honors | Secretary-Treasurer, Jane Roy-
from Pheiffer College, Meisen-N^®^: Cherryville.
Those who had no opposition
are :John Goins, Editor of CLAR
ION, Kings Mountain; Barbara
Oliver, Editor of PERELOTE,
Winston Salem; Doris Lawson;
Social Chairman, Winston Salem,
and Juanita McKee, Business
Manager of the CLARION, Mill
Springs.
The campaign began several
days ago with banners, posters j
(although the translation was
Curriculum To
Be Expanded
hammer, N. C. this past week.
Miss Judith McManus of Char
lotte, N. C. has been elected
editor of the Pheiffer College
NEWS. She is an English major
who transferred to Pheiffer from
Brevard College where she
served as Editor of the CLARION.
She is a 1958 graduate of Myers
Park High School in Charlotte,
N. C.
Don Walser has been named
Business Manager of the Pheiffer
NEWS at Pheiffer College. Don
is an acounting major and is
President of the Accounting
Club at Pheiffer and a member
of the Young Republican’s Club
on campus. He is a 1958 graduate
of Reeds High School in Lexing
ton.
Max Walser, biology major,
has been named vice-president
of the Pheiffer College Student
Government Association for toe
1961-62 year in annual spring
election at Pheiffer. Walser has
been active in the Pheiffer
Science Club and the Student
Government Association.
Bill Bumgardner, who attend
ed Brevard College last year
participating in many extra cur
ricular activities, is an active
member of the dramatics depart
ment at Pheiffer.
A course in Russian will be
offered in the Language Depart
ment next year. Also, a complete
curriculum for Church Secre
tarial Work will be added in
the Business Department.
To meet the increasing need
for the study of the Russian lang
uage, colleges throughout the
country are including the sub
ject in their curricula. “We are
fortunate in having a man in
our midst who will conduct the
course at Brevard,” said Presi
dent Emmett K. McLarty, Jr.,
in announcing the appointment
of Dewey Whitaker, a Chemical
Development Engineer at Olin
Mathieson. Mr. Whitaker, who
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The Brevard College Student Government offi
cers for the 1961-62 school term pictured above are,
seated: from left, Barbara Oliver, of WinstoiK
Salem; Jane Royster, of CKerryville; and Juanita
McKee of Mill Springs. Standing are Charles
Smith, of Greenville, and John Goins, of Kin^
Mountain. Not pictured are Mary Ellen Henley,
of Lincolnton, and Doris Lawson from Winston-
Salem.