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VOLUME XXX
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., NOVEMBER 2, 1962
Number 3
College Makes Preparations
for National Emergency
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On United Nations Day, Oc
tober 24, 1962, Mr. Louis Miles,
nrofessor of religion and history
at Brevard College spoke to the
general assembly on Brevard’s
role in tiie national scene of pos-
sible disaster.
Mr. Miles said tiiat Brevard
is no longer cut off from the
world but is involved in national
affairs. History tells us that the
divine power who brought light
out of darkness and order out of
chaos, speaks to individuals. He
holds the universe in his hand
and has not forsaken us. God
still lives; God still reigns. His
tory is not the final period
Betsy McLean Awarded
Methodist Scholarship
There is more apt to come. | ^^udent body to
Show courage m the face of I them of the administra-
adversity because disasters are j tion’s interest in their welfare,
merely stepping stones to better | Dr. McLarty suggested that
things. Young people who havei “when life runs into one of these
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grown up in turbulent times
Withers To Perform
At Lyceum Program
must show courage and transfer
that courage to those who have
seen tragedy. There is dignity
in human life and value in. hu
man freedom. Mr. Miles conclud
ed his address by quoting Frank
lin D, Roosevelt’s famous lines;
“The only thing we have to fear
is fear itself.’’
allow the time to pass without
getting something from it.” So
crates said “Every city should
bring it’s house into order.” Dr.
McLarty paraphrased this to say
“Every man should bring his
life into order.”
Bennett Gives Instructions
‘Arrangements have been
ICdl . T-t
McLarty Says To Face Adversity j made with Donaldson Air Force
President Emmett K. McLar- - Turn to Page Three
Miss Betsy McLean, daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. Miles A. Mc
Lean of Canton, has been named
recipient of Brevard Colleges
1962-63 National Methodist Schol
arship.
Betsy, a 1961 graduate of Can
ton High School, is an outstand
ing student in academic and ex
tra-curricular activities at Bre
vard College. Last year she was
on the Dean’s List and was elect
ed secretary of Phi Theta Kappa,
a national scholastic fraternity.
She is a member of the Method
ist Student Fellowship, Kappa
Chi, and the Mnemosynean So
ciety. She serves on the Wom
en’s House Council and is Social
Chairman of the Student Gov
ernment Association. She plans
to major in elementary educa
tion.
The National Methodist Schol
arship, which covers the cost of
tuition and fees for the school
year, is awarded on the basis
of character, scholarship, and
church loyalty. Only one schol
arship of this type was made
available to a Brevard College
student this year.
Miss Pat Rathnock, a Congo
lese missionary will be on camp
us, November 8 and 9, for sev
eral speaking engagements and
personal consultations with in
terested students.
Miss Rathnock has just return
ed from the Congo, one of the
troubled spots of the world. She
will be willing to answer ques
tions and give her personal in
terpretations of the tense situa
tion there.
Sadie Hawkins
Hayride Planned
The Woman’s Athletic As-
Hawkins’ hayride on Saturday,
November 10. The group will
leave the CCB at 4:30 and travel
to Pisgah Forest. They will stop
at the Pink Beds for a cookout
and will return to the campus
by 10:30.
Girls have the privilege and
the responsibility of inviting
their dates on this occasion. In
order to “ride” you must sign
the list posted in Dunham Hall
lobby.
Many of the fifty - six mem
bers of the Mountaineers’ Club
will participate in an overnight
camping trip on Saturday, No
vember 3, at Camp High Rock.
Transportation will be provided
for the college campers and they
will leave at 2:00 Saturday after
noon. The Mountaineers are ex
pected to sleep in heated cabins
at the camp and will return to
college Sunday morning.
Mrs. Burhans, the faculty sec
retary, and Mr. Fisher who are
advisers to the group, plus three
or four other faculty members
will put on their hiking shoes
and participate in the various
activities that are planned for
the weekend.
President of the club, Whit
Loflin; and vice-president, Ken
neth Nash (Corky), relate some
of the recent activities of the
club. On one hike, the group
journeyed six miles up a rough
trail to Looking Glass Rock and
returned to White Pines for a
picnic supper. Another hike orig
inated at Pisgah Inn and took
the group along Buck Creek
Trail terminating at the Pink
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The first Lyceum Program of
the season will be presented Fri
day, November 2, at 8:15 p.m.,
in the Campus Center Building.
The artist will be Loren Withers,
who is recognized as one of the
finest pianists in the South.
His program will feature “Pic
tures at an Exhibition” by Mus
sorgsky and will include works
by Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, and
Bartok.
Born in Missouri, Mr. Withers
took a degree in music at the
University of Kansas. He did
further academic work at New
York University and earned both
B.S. and M.S. degrees at the Juil-
liard School of Music. He took
advanced piano training under
such artists as Ernest Hutche
son, Fred Klo&ternan, Carl Fried-
berg, and James Friskin. Mr.
Withers has performed frequent
ly in solo recitals and with or
chestral groups. He has also ap
peared at the National and Phil
lips Galleries in Washington, D.
C., and at Carnegie Recital Hall
in New York City.
In 1949 he came to Duke Uni
versity as head of piano instruc
tion and direction of undergrad
uate studies. His regular class
teaching includes Pedagogy and
Literature, and each year he ac-
LOREN WITHERS
cepts a limited number of col
lege teachers and private studio
teachers for advanced coaching.
James Friskin presents Mr.
Withers as “an artist with fine
technical and interpretive power
at the service of a progressive
musical mind.”
Washington Critic, Irving ,Low-
eiis, headlined his review “With
ers proves pianist in the grand
manner,” and continued “he is
very good indeed.”
During the current season Mr
Withers wUl appear with sym
phony orchestras in North Car
olina. New York, and California
PTK Gives Certificates
Missionary To Speak
Each member of the Delta Pi
Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa
was presented a certificate of
membership by Theresa Foster,
President of the organization on
October 19.
At the first meeting of the
year, the club decided to hold
its monthly meetings on the sec
ond Monday of each month at
6:00 in the faculty dining room.
Ideas for programs and the or
dering of pins were discussed.
Mr. Frank Lance is the ad
viser to the honor society. Of
ficers are Johnny Bradbum,
Vice-President; Betsy McLean,
Secretary - Treasurer, Phyllis
Green, Historian; and Jane
Adams, Program Chairman.
Trustees Attend
Charlotte Meet
"Captain's Table
Will Be Nov. 10
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“ALL IS NOT WORK” at college
xo the philosohy applied by many
scholars as they break the monotony
of books by taking an afternoon stro
or stop for a chat under the mig y
tree The campus has taken an au
tumn “dress” as the leaves change
colors and the chilling wmds mvade
the scene.
“The Captain’s Table,” a hila
rious movie about the life of a
bachelor on his first cruise ^
Captain of a luxury liner, will
be shown in the CCB Saturday,
November 10 at 8:00. This prom
ises to be the first of an mter-
esting series in color schedulea
by the SGA.
“Come September,” starring
Rock Hudson, Sandra Dee, and
Bobby Darwin has been placed
on the calendar. Others lined up
are “The Great Imposter,” “Mag
nificent Obsession,” “A Time to
Love and a Tune to Die, and
“To Hell and Back.” All of these,
with the exception of the sec
ond, will be in colour and they
have all been smashes at tlhe
box office.
Brevard College Trustees took
time off from their business and
professional activities last week
to attend a Conference for Trus
tees of Church Related and Pri
vate Institutions held in Char
lotte, North Carolina, October
25-26.
The purpose of the conference,
which coUege presidents and
deans were also invited to attend,
was to give Trustees an oppor
tunity to hear outstanding edu
cators describe needs of colleges
and Trustees’ responsibilities in
helping develop their respective
colleges.
Brevard CoUege had the. sec
ond largest number of Trustees
in attendance of any college rep
resented: Alan Sims, chairman
of the Board; Edwin L. Jones,
who was one of the leading per
sons in planning the conference;
The Reverend Philip Shore; The
Reverend E. H. Blackard, and
Dwight L. Phillips.
Dr. Gross Speaks at Luncheon
The representatives of Meth
odist institutions had a luncheon
meeting on October 27 and heard
an address by Dr. John 0. Gross
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NOTICE
Please do not wear shoes
with taps whUe dancing or
playing ping-pong in the Stu
dent Lounge. The SGA in co
operation with the adminis
tration, asks this favor be
cause tie taps are ruining the
tile.