MARGARET HARRIS
and
NEIL SHERRILL
are
MISS AND MR. SOPHOMORE
VOLUME XXXI
The Clarion
SANDY ZIBELIN
and
PETE PETERS
are
MISS AND MR. FRESHMAN
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., FEBRUARY 7, 1964
NUMBER 7
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In Model UN Session
Brevard Represents
Panama
TO REPRESENT BREVARD in a
mock United Nations General As-
•sembly — Caroline Lobban, Jaime
Ruiz, Cheryl Greene, Mr. Howe (ad
visor), Jim Holder, and Carroll Good
man (not pictured) will go to Duke,
P’ebruary 12.
Dean Names
Honor Students
Mario Dell Amico Attends
M.S.M. Seminar
Semester grades were released
to Brevard College students on
registration day, January 27.
Thirty-five students have earned
honor grades on their work for
the fall semester. To be eligible
for the Dean’s list, students must
achieve a 2.5 average on all work
attempted. Those who earn a 2.0
average are listed on the Honor
Roll.
Eight students were on the
Dean’s list: Melba Blanton of
Concord; Susan Cannon, Ruther
ford College; Dana Congdon,
Hendersonville; David Cort,
Asheville; Deedra Dickinson,
Winter Park, Florida; Jane Mar
tin, Lewisville; Robin Lynn May.
Rockvflle, Maryland; and Marian
Staley, Gamer.
Twenty-seven students earned
Honor Roll grades; Catherine
Atwell, of Brevard; Judy Barnes,
Easley, South Carolina; Thomas
Blackwell, Brevard; Donna Blank-
inship, Brevard; Maurice Bran
don, Fallston; Judy Conrad, Win
ston-Salem; David Drum, Cono
ver; Linda Edwards, Aberdeen.
Bette Gawthrop, Sparta, New
Jersey; Charles Gilbert, Virginia
Beach, Virginia; Cheryl Greene,
Bryson City; James Hall, Burns-
viUe; Thomas Hinkle, Lans-
downe, Pennsylvania; Jane Hoil-
man, Franklin; Rachel Ingle,
Granite Falls; Louis Jiminez,
New York.
Michael Key, Mount Airy;
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Mario Dell Amico, a Brevard
C^ollege sophomore, spent a week
beginning January 27, attending
a Methodist Student Movement
Citizenship Seminar in New York
City and Washington, D. C. The
seminar, which focused on rev-
oluitionary tendencies in Brawl
and Chili, was sponsored by tlie
General Board of Missions of the
Methodist Church. Latin Amer
ican students were asked to par
ticipate in this seminar as a
mear^is of furthering good rela-
liorijhips between the U.S. and
Latin American countries.
Most of the New York meet
ings were held at the United Na
tions, where the students heard
disciussions on Latin American
affairs. They also met with the
ambassadors from Chili and Bra
zil. One lecture was given at
Columbia University.
In Washington, D. C., the Latin
American students had the op
portunity of talking with sena
tors and congressmen represent
ing the areas where the students
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Brevard College has been in
vited to represent the country of
the Republic of Panama in the
iilxth annual Middle South
UNITED NATIONS MODEL
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, at Duke
University, February 12-15, 1964.
Brevard’s Panamanian delega
tion cO'iisisting of Jaime Ruiz
(Political Committee), Jim Hol
der (Economic Committee),
Cheryl Greene (Social, Humani
tarian and Cultural Co^mmittee),
Carroll Goodman (Trusteeship
Committee), and Caroline Lob
ban (Liaison) has completed its
initial research and recommend
ed to the General Assembly that
the Panama Canal be nationalized
so that the people of the Repub
lic of Panama might regain their
rightful sovereignty over land
which has been the property of
the United States for almost six
ty years.
Students from leading colleges
and universities from more than
ten Southern states will gather
on the Duke University campus
in a mock United Nations in an
attempt to learn more about, and
in turn, to teach about the pur
poses and successes of this great
peace enterprize.
Through the General Assembly
plenaires, the Security Council,
and the permanent committee
meetings the UNMGA trys to
present a realistic picture of the
United Nations in an effort to
spread throughout the coUegiate
world word of its fiuictions and
the role that it has played in the
peace such as it is in our time.
Father of Madame Nhu to Speak
The main speaxer of the as
sembly will be Dr. Arthur Lar
son, Director of the World Rule
of Law Center at Duke Univer
sity, who will speak ait the open
ing session. The major address
will be given by The Honorable
Tran Van Chuong, the former
Vietnamese Ambassador to the
United States. The Honorable
Ti'an Van Chuong is a native of
North Viet Naan and is the fath
er of Madame Nhu.
Of the sixty-nine colleges, the
United States will be represented
by the U.S. Air Force Academy
and Duke University will repre
sent the Soviet Union.
Sweethearts
Chosen For Dane:
Preparations for Brevard’s
Valentine dance began on Feb
ruary 4, with the election of a
Valentine Queen and her court.
A number of pretty girls from
both the freshman and sopho
more classes participated in the
contest. Two girls from the
freshman class were elected as
attendants to the Queen. Three
sophomore girls were chosen,
two attendants and the Queen.
The name of the Queen cannot be
announced, becaiuse even she will
not know until the night of the
dance.
Freshman attendants are Lin
da C!)arruthers and Louise
Frampton. Other freshman girls
who participated are Linda Hall,
Linda Alhborg, Myra Gantt, and
Pat Livingston. The three chosen
sophomore girls are Sarah Bar
ber, Carol Sorton, and Gayle
Lance. Linda Edwards, Donna
Hooker, and Meg Seely partici
pated, also.
Lyceum Features English Opera
SENIOR COLLEGES
TO BE ON CAMPUS
Senior College Day for the
sophomores will be held Thurs^
day, Februarj’ 13, in the Student
Lounge. Representatives wiL be
available to talk with soph^orcs
from 10:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M
Among the colleges invited to
attend are these;
Appalachian State Teach . ■
College, Atlantic Christian, Ca
barrus Memorial Hospital School
of Nursing, Campbell, Catawba,
Clemson, Columbia, Conve^^.
Duke, East Carolina, El®, ^
A comic operetta. The Merry
Widow, will be presented by the
National Opera Company in a
Lyceum program on Thursday,
February 11, in the Campus Cen
ter Building.
Franz Lehar’s popular operet
ta will bring a sophisticated com
edy with lilting music to the Bre-
vaid College campus. In a bit
of nineteenth century frivolity, a
secret romance, a fortune hunter,
and a dash of court intrigue
conibine to make the show a de
lightful evening of entertain-
menit. _
The Merry Widow, f2r \vh..Cxi
Franz Leihar wrote the music, is
1 modem version of the Vien
nese musical play by Leon and
Stein The book and lyrics were
written by Rowland Leigh and
Raldolph Carter.
About the Company: The Na
THE MERRY WIDOW
man, the Foundation’s aims are
to give experience and employ-
furthered their ambitions to per
fect their performing art. The
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tional Opera Compa y opportunity with the Metropolitan Opera, the
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