president lights
CHRISTMAS TREE
THIS AFTERNOON
The Clarion
MOVIE IN
C. C. B. TONIGHT
VOLUME XXIX
BREVARD COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1, 1961
NUMBEIR 5
Annual Christmas Ball Scheduled December 9
Twenty-Six Members
Donate, Bloodmobile
Tops Quota
Twenty-six members of the
student body and administra
tion of Brevard College donated
blood in the bloodmobile pro
gram sponsored by the Ameri
can National Red Cross on No
vember 14, 1961. A total of 102
donors participated, as the quota
of approximately seventy pints
of blood was surpassed.
Donors from Brevard College
are as follows; Gerald Pettit,
Donald Pruden, Larry Ellis, Olir
Edwards, Mrs. Hazel Hancock
Robert Robinson, Charles A. But
terworth, Jr., John Faulkner,
Quentin Cantrell, Bill Starmer
Mrs. Ena Kate Sigmon, and Char
les Ray Fisher.
Also Mrs. Elizabeth Holder,
John B. Bennett, Henry Siegling,
John Wickliffe, Eston Roberts,
Aubrey Hall, Mrs. Alma Dellin
ger, Miss Mary Bryson, Raymond
Tate, Louis Miles, Raymond
Peek, James Ferguson, Dewey
Whitaker, and Gil Coan, Jr.
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Music Provided
By Clemson's
Bluenotes
CHEESE! Pictured above are the
new cheerleaders who will be cheer
ing the Brevard Tornadoes on to vic
tory this year. From left to right,
they are Charles Peek, Sandy Hill,
Tony McCall, Kitty Whitworth, Perry
Harper, Shirley Hammill, Phil Ber-
and Jeanne Cleary.
rier.
B.C. Catalogue
Is Now Ready
The 1961-62 Brevard College
Catalogue, edited by Mr. Alan
Wallace, is now available to stu
dents and faculty. A copy of the
new catalogue can be found in
the library.
The new catalogue is arranged
in such a manner as to eliminate
any inconvenience which might
confront a prospective student
seeking to attain facts or points
of interest concerning Brevard.
The printing type has been en
larged, and the spacing has been
made more profound and decora
tive for easier reading.
On the back-side of the front
cover appears a Correspondence
Directory to aid prospective situ-
dents in their quesitions concern
ing Admissions and Scholarships,
Academic Program, Student In-
teref'ts, Business Matters, Alumni
Affairs, and Administrative Af
fairs. On the firsit page is given
an accreditation of Brevard Col
lege. On the second page I'
found the Table of Contents
which gives aids of locations
concerning such items as an in
vitation to prospective students,
the college calendar, the Pro
mise, Program, and Advantages
of Brevard College and the Col
lege Community, Admissions pro
cedure, Academic requirements.
Curricula, Courses of instruction.
Officers 1961-62, and the Student
Directory.
Freshmen Lead
Sophs In Battle
For Top Honors
Cleary, Hill, Chosen As New
iMembers Of Cheering Squad
The 1961-1962 Christmas Ball,
sponsored jointly by the Clios
and Euterps, will be presented
next Saturday night, December
9, in the C.C.B. Auditorium,
The BLUE NOTES, a l^piece
orchestra from Clemson Collegev
will furnish the music for the
occasion.
The high-light of the evening
will be the crowning of the
1961-1962 Christmas Queen,
will be chosen by the student
body on December 6.
Oscar Smith and Donnie Pr«-
den, who are in charge of de
corations for the dance, add that
students may purchase souvenir
pictures that will be made aft
the dance.
Men who do not possess as
identification card from eiticr
of the two societies on eampm
must pay an admission fee of
two dollars. However, this does
not include out-of-town mem ■wfi»
are guests of Brevard CoUcge
women.
The Freshman class rolled to
an impressive victory over the
Sophomore class in the battle of
quality points. There were four
freshmen on the Dean’s list com
pared to three sophomores. Of
the twenty-eight persons on the
■honor roll, sixteen were fresh
men and twelve were sopho
mores. Those on the Dean’s List
are: Linda Jane Adams, Mrs.
Patricia Holden, Carole Livings
ton, Sara Moores, Doris Phillips,
Charles Smith, and Nancy Ting.
The girls outnumbered boys on
the Honor Roll sixteen to twelve.
Those on the Honor Roll
are: Jane Beam, Diana Brackett,
John Bradburn, Frank Caldwell,
Charles Cort, Carolyn Dotson,
Jack Duvall, Martha Gibbs, Ann
Greene, Phyllis Greene, Betty
Henline, Thomas Henson, Lee
Ray Hoxit, and Elizabeth Jones.
Also Betsy McLean, Joyce
Mabry, Alan Marion, Louis Mar
tin, Gilbert Massey, Susan Max
well, Nancy Milner, Priscilla
Pearson, Leroy Peek, Charles
Ray, Carlene Watson, Douglas
Wauchope, Lynda Webster, and
Joyce West.
!
Jeanne Cleary of the freshman
class is the newly elected B. C.
cheerleader. She will be helping
to cheer the basketball team on>
to victory during the 1961-62 sea-1
son. I
Another freshman, Sandy Hill,
was chosen during the same elec
tion to be the alternate yell-
leader.
Jeanne was born in North
Wilksboro, N. C., but caims Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, as her
hometown. An honor graduate
of Fort Lauderdale High, she
was active in many school or
ganizations. She was a member;
of her year book staff. Senior i
Honor Society, Pep Club, Science |
Ciub, and Spanish Club. At Bre-!
vard, she is secretary of the
Euterps and a member of the
Pertelote Staff, Masquers, and
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Christmas At Home
Plans Underway
The House Council has begun
tentative plans on the annual
Christmas at Home, which will
be Sunday, December 10, from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Jones Hall.
Christmas at home is a major
function given each year by the
House Council for the student
body, faculty and administra
tion. Girls decorate their doors
with a Christmas motif and
gue-ts are invited to see them
Sally Maynard and Mrs. Del
linger have placed the following
girls in charge of committees:
Decorations, Kitty Whitworth,
Sandy McNab, Judy Robinson,
and Mary Ellen Henley; Food,
Mary Bryson; and Invitations,
Ruth Blalock and Linda Shef
field.
McLarty To Light
Christmas Tree
In December of the school
term of 1958-59, the first light
ing of the Brevard College
Christmas tree was initiated.
December 1, 1961, has bee»
chosen to commemorate the tra
ditional event this year. The
tree will be placed at the front
entrance of the Campus Center
Building., The ceremonies win
begin at 4:30 p. ]cn. and will be
presided over by President Mc
Larty.
This tradition started a year
after the President came to Bre
vard College, this being the
fourth year of, the ceiemony.
Its purpose iis to give the stud
ent body a little of the family
life away from home.
lost & FOUND:
The recentionist in the C.C.B.
has a formidable list of articles
of clothing, books, umbrellas,
raijnrnats, jackets, sweaters,
jewelry, etc., that have been
found on campus. She requests
that st''dents having lost any of
the above articles check by
her desk.
Library Gets New
Set Of Encyclopedias
Mrs. Holder, Librarian, reports
that the library now has a new
set of Collier’s Encylopedia.
The library also announces
the arrival of a new book, given
in memory of Mr. Harvin s
mother, Mrs. W. H. Burney. T^s
expensive book is enitiitled Wiia
Flow^^'S of Western Pennsy -
vania and Upper Ohio Basin _
Mrs. Holder also reports tnax
aU Christmas material has ^
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Busy at the various tasks of, eat
ing, talking, and just listening are
members of Brevard College at the
annual Thanksgiving Banquet. In the
background is a drawing prepared by
President McLarty during his now-
famous “Chalk Talk.”