CHEERS!
The Clarion
MID-TERMS
COMING UP!
VOLUME XXXII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., OCTOBER 30, 1964
NUMBER 3
LBJ DEFEATS GOLDWATER IN CAMPUS VOTE
PICTURED ABOVE, left to right,
are sophomore class officers—Milton
Milner, vice-president; Linda Vogel,
secretary-treasurer; Jim Thomason,
SGA representative; and John
Shreves, president.
President McLarty Writes jPERTELOTE
One of the tru'ly great sayings |
about a college president is,'
'‘Generally speaking, a coUege
president is generally speaking”!
Yours is no exception, only doc
tor’s orders restrict this charac
teristic attitude, so I shall take
advantage of the ClariO'n edi
tor’s gracious invitation, and
write a few words of greetings
to the students.
I was asked to write something
about my convalescence which
has kept me under “house ar
rest” so far during this semes
ter. Wasting good Clarion space
writing about myself is a trifle
awkward, but here goes. Vari
ous queer sensations caused me
to arrange for a medical check
up just before the beginning of
the fall semester, and this re
vealed a slight variance in the
electro cardiagram test that re
quired some small amount of
medication and a large amount
of rest. Two months of
this routine is apparently work
ing, for most of the pointer read
ings that are relied upon in
these circumstances reveal that
most of the trouble has been
eliminated. A part-time sched
ule is now permitted, and I am
eagerly awaiting the time when
full responsibilities may be re
sumed.
Never in the approximately
eight years of serving as Pres
ident of Brevard CoUege have
I been more proud of the Col
lege than now. The student body,
faculty, and staff constitute the
finest college conwrounity the
College has ever boasted. It
seems that almost everyone has
gone the extra mile in making it
so. The Visiting Committee from
the Southern Association, which
inspected every nook and corner
of our total program spoke in
glowing terms of the college
spirit they found. There is no
limit to the good which may be
accomplished where this atmos
phere persists. It is most grati
fying to learn that the students
themselves show a pride in their
college and in their work. We
are all mterested in a better
Brevard College, and I proffer
iny sincere appreciation to each
and all of you for your efforts
along this line.
No one knows better than 1
that there is plenty of room for
improvement. The Visiting Com
mittee has pointed out several
ways we can improve, and cer
tain changes are already being
implemented to assure these
improvements.
All in all, we are off to a good
start in this fall semester. Soon
it will be history, and I believe
it will be a chapter in the con
tinuing story of Brevard College
which we shall be able to look
upon with pride.
AWARDED
HONOR
Hardesty Is In New York
Brevard College Director of
Admissions, Glenn Hardesty, will
aitend a College Entrance Exam
ination Board meeting in New
York City on Tuesday and Wed
nesday, November 3-4. This an-
i^ual meeting of Coileige Board
/epresentatives, held at the Hotel
jommodore, will be the second
attended by Brevard College
which was acc^ed last year as a
jnember of this board.
Various meetings are on Mr
Hardesty’s schedule. Slated are
'H-oup discussions conceraing
scholars'hips and student finan
cial aid.
Thanks to the hard work of
Editor Richard Jones and his
staff, the 1964 Pertelote has
been awarded (as was the 1963
Pertelote) a first-place rating in
the Yearbook Critique and Con
test. Mrs. C. E. Roy, advisor to
the yearbook staff, received the
following citation: “The Perte-
Icte has been awarded this
FIRST PLACE CERTIFICATE
in the thirteenth annual year
book critique and contest con
ducted by the Association at Co
lumbia University in the City
01 New York, October 9, 1964 ”
The award was made by the
Columbia Scholastic Press Asso-
iciation. This is a professional
organization of more than 2,000
teacher-advisors. It was organ
ized in 1927 to further the devel
opment and expansion of the
school press field in accordance
with accepted educational prac-
(ices.
The Pertelote scored 891
points out of a possible 1,000.
A score of 850 is required for
a first-place certificate.
Primarily a critique for the
yearbook or the class book, the
contest provides a periodic rat
ing on a nationwide basis by a
board of experienced judges.
Advisors in the field, printers,
engravers, photographers, paper
and cover manufacturers are
consulted in the study.
The Critique aims to stimulate
student interest and activity and
to contribute to the betterment
of the book. The growth of the
number of entrants in the con
test gives testimony to the value
—Turn to Page Three
Mock Election Gives Demos Victory
The Johnson-Humphrey ticket was the winner in
the Brevard College “mock election” held on Octo
ber 26, 1964, in which 75 per cent of students, faculty,
and staff revealed their choice for the next president
of the United States.
The total count was Johnson-Humiphrey, 189
votes; Goldwater-Miller, 111 votes. Sixety-three per
cent of all those who voted were for LBJ with the
remaining 37 per cent casting their votes for Gold-
water. The female population of the college favored
Goldw'ater with 51 per cent voting Republican and
49 per cent backing the Democratic candidates. The
men, however, were divided 55 per cent for John
son and 45 per cent for Goldwater.
Three times as many male faculty members cast
their votes for Johnson, and the female faculty
was 60 per cent also in favor of the present president.
One-hundred per cent of the male staff voted
Democratic and the female members of the staff fol
lowed with a 75 per cent majority.
The students were more closely divided on the
subject with 56 per cent for LBJ and 44 per cent vot
ing Goldwater. It was interesting to find that,the
students who voted Democratic followed their par
ents’ political affiliation by more than a two to one
majority, while the Republican supporting students
were equally divided as to parents’ voting habits.
The returns of November 3 will tell us whether
Brevard College has a good cross section of the voters
of the nation.
Murray
Exhibits
Peace Corps Prospects
Placements Posted
Mr. Tim Murray, college art
instructor, is currently exhibit
ing some of his work at the
Skyland Hotel in Hendersonville.
The exhibit consists mainly of
paintings dealing with allegory.
One of his works was selected
and purchased to be placed in
tiie new governor’s home in
—Turn to Page Four
In response to requests from
interested students, arrange
ments have been made foor a spe
cial on-campus administration of
the Peace Corps Placement Test.
The non-competitive test, used
only in assisting in the placement
of potential volunteers for the
next fall will be given on Satur-
—Turn to Page Four
RICHARD JONES labors over the ’64 Pertelote.