Two Ends—one to think with,
one to sit on—Success is deter
Commencement
mined by which one is used the
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Is the Beginning!
most.
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Good Luck.
VOLUME XXX
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., MAY 24, 1963
NUMBER 15
Commencement, Baccalaureate Speakers Listed
College Plans
"Self-Study"
Brevard College has already
begun a program which formally
is scheduled to begin next Sep
tember — a detailed study of
every aspect of its life and pro
gram. While the analysis is
termed a “self-study” and is con
ducted primarily by commit
tees of the faculty, administra
tion, and board of trustees, an
inspection team designated by
the Southern Association of Col
leges and Secondary School vi^ill
visit the campus and review the
—Turn To Page Four
Building Fund
Shows Increase
The Brevard College Develop
ment Fund Campaign which be
gan last March when President
Emmett K. McLarty announced
that an anonymous donor had
made a pledge of $100,000 on
condition that the college raise
$125,000 has received $71,581.83
in cash and pledges toward
matching the amount that must
be raised.
Citizens in the town of Bre
vard contributed $60,968.50. Of
—Turn to Page Three
Martin To Serve
As Chief Marshal
Brevard CoUege has announc
ed that Jane Martin from Lew
isville, N. C., will serve as chief
marshal for the 1963 Commen
cement exercises on June 1-2.
Other Marshals chosen are
Margaret Davidson from Marion,
South Carolina; Edgar Tanner,
Rutherfordton; Robin May, Rock
ville, Maryland; Melba Blanton,
Concord; and Marion Staley,
Garner.
Persons chosen as marshals
rank highest academically in
their class. It is one of the high
est honors given to students who
excel in scholarship and citizen
ship.
Their duties are to meet and
register the guests at com
mencement, to usher at the ex
ercises, and to lead the acade
mic procession.
Mrs. Roy, recorder, has an
nounced that of the 246 fresh
men who enrolled in Brevard
College in September, 1962,
177 have pre-registered for
the fall semester next year.
This is 72 per cent of the
beginning number. However,
of the students who returned
for this year’s second semes
ter, 86 per cent have pre-reg
istered.
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DR. FRANK JORDAN
E. K. McLARTY
Jones Wins Award
Mrs. Alma L. Dellinger and
Mr. Richard D. Howe, directors
of Annabel Jones Hall and Tay
lor Hall, respectively, have ac
cepted checks of $50 and $25 in
recognition of their superior
standards in the housekeeping
project sponsored by the Busi
ness Office.
Jones Hall received 8 points
during the spring semester, Tay
lor Hall 4, and Green Hall 3.
Independent monthly inspections
by the Janitors Supply & Chem
ical Company of Greenville,
S. C., determined point alloca
tion.
Tanner Becomes
Honor President
Bud Tanner, a freshman from
Rutherfordton, N. C., was re
cently elected by the Phi Theta
Kappa, the honorary scholastic
fraternity on campus, to serve
as president for the 1963-’64
year.
Bud, an honor graduate from
Rutherfordton - Spindale High
School, has maintained a 2.8
average while at Brevard and
—Turn To Page Four
McLarty, Jordan
To Address Sophs
President Emmett K. McLarty,
Jr. will be the principal speak
er at the Commencement exer
cises which will be held in the
new gymnasium on Sunday,
June 2, at 3 p. m.
The Graduation Day sermon
will be given by Dr. Frank Jor
dan at 11 a. m. in the Brevard
Methodist Church on June 2.
Dr. Jordan is a native of
Walkertown, N. C. He received
his A. B. and B. D. degrees from
Duke University and was award
ed a D. D. degree by Pfeiffer
CoUege.
Before his appointment as Dis
trict Superintendent of the Win
ston - Salem District of the
Western North Carolina Con
ference of the Methodist Church,
Dr. Jordan served as minister in
Greensboro, Charlotte, Spencer,
Concord, Mt. Airy, Shelby, and
Thomasville. He has been a mem
ber of several boards of the
Conference.
Mrs. Brona N. Roy. recorder,
reports that the graduating
class will be the largest in col
lege history. Ninety - eight stud
ents are eligible for an Associ
ate in Arts degree and twenty-
five members are eligible for
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ELIZABETH HOLDER
MINNIE HUSSEY
KENNETH DUBOIS
THOMAS COUSINS
MARY JANE COUSINS
Five Facility Members Leave Posts
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Cousins Go to W.C.
Holder Goes to WC
Mrs. Elizabeth Jerome Holder,
Librarian at Brevard College for
the past five years, has resigned
to become Head Reference Li
brarian of the Woman’s College
of the University of Nwlh Caro
lina.
Hussey to Retire
Mrs. Minnie M. Hussey, Assis
tant Librarian, has also resigned,
and will move to Raleigh this
summer to make her home.
Both Mrs. Hussey and Mrs.
Holder came to Brevard in Au
gust, 1958, from Woman’s Col
lege in Greensboro. Mrs. Hussey
retired from the Woman’s Col
lege library - staff in 1957 after
serving in various capacities, in
cluding Head of the General
Readiog Room and Reader’s Ad
viser since 1930. Mrs. Holder
had teen Assistant Reference
Libraiian and As^tant to the
librarian before conning to Bre
vard.
One of the major tasks under
taken by Mre. Holder and Mrs.
Hussey, together with Mrs. Stev
enson, the third staff uaember,
has been th« recataloging of a
large part of the library’* hold
ings. Over 8,000 books have t)fien
assigned new numbers and the
entire card catalogue revised, so
that an accurate record of the
boo-k collection can now be mam-
tained.
PuBois Leaves
President McLarty has also an
nounced the resignation of Mr,
C. Kenneth DuBois, Head of the
Art Department. Since Mr. Du
Bois came to Brevard in 1956,
the cGfiege art program has pro
vided Ml unusually good founda
tion to students who have trans
ferred to either art schools or
liberal arts colleges.
Mr. DtiBois’ contributions to
the cultural interests of the
town of Brevard as well as the
college are highly regarded. He
has conducted art classes for
both adults and children in the
Brevard community. During each
school year he has arranged for
a monthly art exhibit at the col
lege which was open to the pub
lic.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate
from Union College, Schenecta
dy, New York, Mr. DuBois
taught English at Syracuse Uni
versity for five years. During
that time he completed the uni
versity’s art course. He did fur-
their study at the University of
Pittsburgh. For a number of
years, he worked in New York
City with William Suhr, famous
restorer of paintings.
Cousins Takes New Job
M. Thomas Cousins, acting
head of the Music Department,
has resigned to become Musical
Director of the Greensboro Sym
phony Orchestra and Resident
Composer at Woman’s College.
During his tenure here, Mr.
Cousins was Resident Composer,
Director of the College Choir,
and Instrumentation. For the
past two years, he has been Con
ductor of the Asheville Sympho
ny Orchestra and the Chorale.
Compositions that have won
national acclaim for Mr. Cousins
include Moses and Barbara Allen.
His compositions for symphonic
band and chorus are performed
by professional, university, and
community organizations
throughout the country.
Mrs. Cousins Moves Family
Mrs. Cousins, who teaches the
girls’ freshman health classes
and girls’ sophomore physical
education, has also resigned.
She will join her husband at
Woman’s College where she will
spend the first year getting her
family settled. Her plans after
that have not been decided.