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VOLUME XXXI
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., MAY 22, 1964
NUMBER 14
McLARTYS GIVE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES
Trustees Meet On Campus Today
The Brevard College Board of
Trustees are holding the semi-an-
Eual meeting here today. The
executive committee, along with
President McLarty and Mr. But-
tenvorth, met last night for din
ner. and afterwards for a short
business meeting at the Presi
dent’s house.
This morning at ten o’clock
the various committees of the
Board of Tnistees held meetings
to discuss the business of each
individual group. At eleven
o’clock the entire Board of Trus
tees met to bring forth the deci
sion and findings of the com
mittee meetings.
The current phase of the
building program now underway
was the major item for consid
eration at the meeting today.
The trustees will discuss, also,
the adaption of a tentative oper
ating fimd budget for 1964-65.
The budget will be discussed
only; the final decisioin will not
fee made until the next meeting
in October.
Also the possibilities of the
future library and renovation of
the present library for a student
tinion building were discussed.
There are two bronze plaques,
presently located in the Campus
Center Building, which will bear
the names of the changed build
ings. The Dunham plaque will
remain in the present Campus
Center Building which will be
Dunham Music Building. The
Sim’s plaque will be moved to
the new Student Union Building,
which at present is the library.
These plans are for the near
future but are being discussed
now. Definite plans will be an
nounced later.
Progress Evident
On New Building
The contract for the new Ad
ministration building for Bre
vard College has been executed
with the Burke Lumber Com
pany of Morganton, North Caro
lina. The structure alone will
cost $174,317, excluding the
architectural services, the inter
communications system, and the
contents.
Work began soon after the
bid was accepted, and novv prog
ress is evident. An estimat^
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President Emmett K. McLarty
will give the President’s Ad
dress to graduates of Brevard
College at the Commencement
exercises which will be held in
the Physical Education Building
at 3:00 p.m. Sunday ,May 31.
At the Service of Worship at
11:00 a.m. Sunday in the Bre
vard Methodist Church, the Rev
erend James Brown McLarty will
deliver the Commencement Ser
mon. Reverend Mr. McLarty, pas
tor of the Black Mountain Meth
odist Church, is the brother of
r*resident McLarty, and one of
two charter members of the
Brevard College Board of Trus
tees.
Reverend Mr. McLarty receiv
ed his A.B. and B.D. degrees
from Duke University. He has
held pastorates in the Western
North Carolina Methodist Con
ference since 1930. Reverend
Mr. McLarty has had churches
in Asheville, Marion, Kings
Mountain and Concord. He serv
ed as a chaplin iin the U.S. Navy
Reserve Training Center in Ashe
ville. Reverend Mr. McLarty is
a mem'ber of the Western North
Carolina Conference of the Meth
odist Church and chairman of
the Comference Worship Com
mission.
Recorder, Mrs. Brona N. Roy,
reports that sixty-eight students
are eligible for an associate in
Arts degree and twenty-four
sophomores are to receive Jun-
DR. EMMETT K. McLARTY
ior College Diplomas. |
The beginning of Commence
ment activities will be at 1:00
p.m. Saturday, May 30, \vith an
Alunmi Luncheon and business
meeting in the cafeteria. Mr.
Norman Curtis, a graduate of
Brevard Coliege in 1938 will be
the speaker.
Mr. Curtis is chairman of the
Board of the Curtis Packing
Company of Greensboro, N. C.
and President of the Curtis live
Stock Service, Inc. of Columbus,
Ohio. He attended North Caro
lina State College, Purdue Uni-
REV. JAMES B. McLARTY
versity, and Michigan State Uni
versity. Mr. Curtis also attended
New York University for a
course in Psychology and Phil
osophy.
At 8:00 p.m. Saturday, the
Glee Club and Wind Ensemble
will present a concert in the
Campus‘ Center Building. Guests
of the college and the general
putolic are invited.
At 9:00 p.m. the annual recep
tion for the graduating class
vnll be held by President and
Mrs. McLarty in the President’s
home.
TREVA MITCHELL
David Drum Leads S.G.A. In 1964-65
"Confetti lit
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Mitchell Will Edit Clarion
Miss Treva Ann Mitchell of
Spring Hope, North Carolina,
has been named editor of the
CLARION for 1964-65.
Treva was previously a staff
yriter. She is also the Vice Pres
ident of the Freshman Class and
is a member of the Women’s
House Council. She enjoys sit
ing, reading, dancing,
ing her Chevy.
Confetti IH, the publication
of the English 16 (Creative Writ
ing) course, taught by Mr. Miles,
was published on Monday, May
18. The sixty-six page book of
short stories and poems was dis
tributed to all students, faculty,
staff, and administration of the
College community.
Mr Fisher, instructor in the
Business Department, printed
the book. Members of the class
assembled and stapled the pages
and folded and glued the covers
of the book.
All members of the class have
representative writmg both
prose and poetry, in Confetti III.
Those completing the course are
Lowell Curry, David Drum, Arm
EzzeU, Cheryl Greene, Rory Mc
Manus, Joy Maugans, Robm
]VIay, Jimmy Warren, and Tom
White.
rhervl Greene designed the
cover, and Joy
ed a sonnet composed by Lwell
Curry, “The Lady of the Flow-
j)
er.
David Drum from Conover,
North Carolina wUl lead the Stu
dent Government Association for
1964-65. David was elected over
Pete Peters in the election on
May 12, after the previous presi
dential election and run-off had
been declared null and void due
to the ineligibility of S.G.A. can
didate, Geary Crist.
Da\id, a staunch individual
ist, is an Honor Roll student,
vice-president of the Clios, and
a participant in football intra
murals. He published a story,
“IThe Statue”, land a poem,
“Clay,” in the recent College
publication. Confetti III.
David’s campaign was one of
the most original ever conduct
ed at Brevard. Supporters stag
ed a “funeral” in the cafeteria
before the election. With ela
borate ceremony and rever
ence, in accord with the occa
sion, the funeral cortege passed
through the portals of She cafe
teria and ended with the climax
ing resurrection of Drum who
proclaimed that he “wasn’t dead
yet,”
David supplemented the “fu
neral” with campaign announce
ments on the local radio station,
WPNF. In addition, he made an
impressing impromptu speech to
the student body, just before the
voting, in which he stated his
platform. He promised if elect
ed to bring to the office of presi
m
DAVID DRUM
dency, interest, imagination, and
initiative,
David has traveled over most
of the United States, living in
Kansas, Missouri, California, and
North Carolina. Moving about
with his family, he attended ten
different schools before coming
to live with his grandparents in
Conover. His family includes his
mother; his step-father, who is an
engineer, real estate agent, and
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