ONE L-O-N-G VACATION
COMING UP!
The Clarion
DRIVE HAPPILY AND
PARTY SAFELY!
VOLUME XXX
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD. N. C., DECEMBER 14, 1962
Number 6
Holidays To Begin Today For Brevardians
Kappa Chi Sends
Needed Medicine
The Kappa Chi, in response
to the urgent request from
Rev. Dr. Jorge Leon of Cuba,
sent $9.00 worth of medicine.
Dr. Leon, who refused to re
nounce his church and join
the Communist party, has been
refused the right to buy sup
plies in Cuba. The medicine
v/ill reach Cuba in approximate
ly three months.
At a business meeting on De
cember 7, Kappa Chi voted to
contribute $15 to the Casa Ma-
terna Orphans’ home in Italy.
David Cort was elected report
er to the Clarion.
Members of Kappa Chi went
Christmas caroling on Sunday,
December 9. Afterwards, they
visited Mrs. Roy’s home and
were served Pizzas and Russian
tea for refreshments.
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History-Maker At B.C.
President Emmett McLarty
officially opened the Christmas
season at Brevard College by
the annual lighting of the
Christmas tree on December 7.
President MoLarty read the
Christmas story, Freddie Mc
Mahan led the group in prayer,
and the Madrigals sang Christ
mas carols.
Some 150 students turned out
despite the cold weather to at
tend the traditional ceremony.
Whitley Reigns At Dance
Saturday, December 8, was
the date of the campus - wide
Christmas Dance presented by
the Euterpean and Cliosophic
Societies. The setting for the
dance was the Campus Center
Building, which was gaily dec
orated by the combined efforts
of the two societies, and which
displayed an atmosphere of blue
to coincide with the theme
“glue Christmas.”
Music was provided by the
Clemson Bluenotes with Vincent
Dennen acting as Master of
Ceremonies for the evening’s
entertainment.
The crowning of the Christ
mas Queen, Miss Lynn Whitley,
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Mr. Kenerly, manager of
the college bookstore re
minds the students that the
college is now served for mail
pick-up twice a day. Students
are asked to use the outside
mail box at all times. Letters
are not to be mailed from
within the store. Mail pick
up is made twice a day on
weekdays, at 9:00 A.M. and
at 4:55 P.M.; on Sundays it is
picked up at 9:00.
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Classes To Start
Again On Jan. 3
Brevard College will be va
cated today by 2:00 P. M. as
students, faculty, and adminis
tration leave for their homes
for the annual Christmas vaca
tion.
The holidays will be observed
from Decem)ber 14, until Janu
ary 3, Transportation will be pro
vided from the Asheville bus
station, railroad station, and air
port on January 2. A charge of
$1.50 will be made for the avail
ability of these facilities.
Classes are due to resume
Thursday morning, January 3,
1963, at 8:00 A. M,
CREATIVE WRITING
WILL BE OFFERED
During the Spring semester
English 16 (Creative Writing)
v/ill be offered for 1 semester
hour credit. Last year eleven
students completed the course,
and their work was represented
in a small paperbound book en
titled CONFETTI I.
Membership in the class will
be limited to twelve students.
Prerequisites for the course will
be (1) a grade of at least B in
English 11 and (2) consent of
the instructor. Students wish
ing to enroll for the course
should contact Mr. Miles (108
Dunham) as soon as possible,
and consent to enroll for the
class will be given shortly after
the Christmas recess.
SANTA AND HIS COURT! Pic
tur'd above is the 1962 Christmas
Queen, Lynn V^hitley (center) and
her court. Miss V^^hitley,
Dhv N. C., was crowned w the an
Lai Christoas Dance »n December
8 Harriet Carey (top left) ±rom
Greenville, S. C., and Susan Maxwell
(top right) from Charlotte, N. C-,
V ere sophomore attendants to the
nueen. Representing the freshman
class on the court were Martha Ward
(bottom left) and Priscilla Dalway
(bottom right). What Santa Claus
wouldn’t like to have a court like
this?
‘‘Crime And
Punishment
To Be Topic
A group of students interest
ed in discussing vital life issues
with the influence of an initia
tor, Dean Roberts, have met on
two occasions to expound their
views. On the first evening, the
eternal question of religion was
exploited. Mr. Miles, who is the
holder of a S.T.B. degree and
is doing graduate study at B^-
ton University, expounded his
views and tenets in answer to
the prodding of the group.
At the second meeting, rec
ords of Robert Frost’s famed
“Death of the Hired Man,” “Bir
ches,” and “The Tuft of Flow
ers,” were presented, and fol
lowed by a lively discussion on
the life, significance, and beau
ty of Frost and his works.
Mrs. Holder, the librarian, and
Mr. Lance, psychology profes
sor have attended the sessions.
Tosh Hamerschlag, Betty Cairn-
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