Basketball Game,
Saturday Night 7:30
The Clarion
Tornadoes vs.
Clinch Valley, Va.
VOLUME XXXIII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., NOV. 27, 1965
NUMBER 11
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After Hoisting,
Grab Aholt
And Bellow
SGA IS SHOWN at one of their regular Wed
nesday night meetings. Facing the camera left to
right are Dave Morrow, Doug Tanner, Ronnie
Barton, Dean Roberts and Dave Ellerbe. SGA is
the school’s legislative body. They are responsi
ble for student policy.
Student Recital Is
A Sadist’s Pain
Once the lights are darkened,
a sadistic person may revel in
the plight of a few students who
perform in a formal music reci
tal. The sadist is aware of the
nervousness of these poor crea
tures and finds inexhaustible
joy in this fact. He is able to
see the nervous smiles, the shak
ing hands, and the obvious de
siring for this torture to be
done with. The sadist’s ego is
abashed when the nervous,
shaky performers quickly recov
er from their plight and per
form quite well. Such was the
case last Friday night in a For
mal Music Recital given by the
students who take applied music.
While one cannot expect these
students to give a flawless per
formance, some of the talent
shown will amaze even the most
enthusiastic optimist. One case
in point is the performance of
Tony Argo, who presented his
Sophomore recital. Tony, a fine
pianist from Charlotte, N. C.,
plays with a self-assurance that
was a pleasure to see. Neither
•>fraid nor timid, he performed
works from Beethoven, Brahms,
«>nd Chopin. He did an excel
lent job on Brahm’s Intermezzo,
Op 118, No. 2. The left-hand
part, which is more important
m Brahm’s piano pieces than in
®ost of other composers works.
Was brought out with strength
find clarity. The performance
Was one which the other piano
Biajors can envy and of which
®sjors should take note. It is
3 shame that there were not
®ore students there to hear this
fine pianist.
Deanne Barnwell played the
Allegro section from Mozart’s
Sonata in C (K. 545). Julie Rut
ledge played Preludes No. 3, and
No. 12 by Debussy. Prelude No.
12, called the “Minstrels,” had
a joyful sound which the pian
ist exemplified, with a slow sec
tion that had a deep, powerful,
hidden mirth.
Vocalists dominated half the
program. Mary Ruth English
sang “Nina” by Pergolesi. Diane
Tilley sang “Come Let’s be Mer
ry”, a traditional English folk
song and “Non Posso Vivere” by
Carissimi. Bose Ehrhardt sang
an appropriate song entitled
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Sing-Sing Held
A hootenanny “Sing-Sing” in
the Classroom Building Audi
torium capped the Thanksgiving
afternoon. Tim Bryson was the
faithful guitarist as he plucked
away for the hour and a half
performance. Mrs. Walker,
Hill house mother, was on hand
to offer hot chocolate, dough
nuts, and encouragement to the
faltering voices.
In response to posters, many
brought guitars and other instra-
ments (?) including e tenor uke^
Tim played the “Talk Dust
Bowl” but declined to play the
much loved “Candy Bar Blues._^
All joined in 0« Michael,
“House of the Rising Sun,’ and
other Brevard standards.
Several guitarists ^d singes
held an impromptu jam sessira
after the formal singing ended.
100^000 Gamma Rays
After Breakfast
Mr. Roger Cloutier of the Oak
Ridge Traveling Lecture Series
spoke to Science Seminar Mon
day, November 22, at 6:15 in the
classroom auditorium. His sub
ject, “The Effect of Radiation
on Man,” was quite interesting
and informative. The lecture
was well attended with the chem
istry and biology students num
bering over fifty, Cloutier
showed slides of radiation
“bums” and explain^ the
causes. He discussed different
radiation levels and especially
the danger levels. He pointed
out with his graphic example of
the LD 50/30 theory that some
people can withstand more radi
ation than others. This is the
level of radiation at which fifty
per cent of the persons exposed
die within thirty days after ex
posure. This level is between
400 and 600 Reontgen.
This amount of radiation can
be compared' to an X-ray, the
difference being that an X-ray
uses only a fractional part of
one Reontgen.
He also brought out what he
termed partial body or whole
body exposure. If a group of
persons was exposed to a deadly
level of radiation, but their
spleens were protected, there
would be a 70% survival. The
lecture was followed by a period
of questions and answers.
Pertelote Wins
First Class Rate
On October 15, the annual staff
received notification that the
1964 Pertelote was awarded a
first-class rating for the third
consecutive year.
The rating was awarded by the
Columbia Press Institute of Co
lumbia University, New York.
Annuals are sent to the Insti
tute around the first of the sum
mer. They are graded on the
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The “folk singer without
style,” Dr. Gratis Williams, pre
sented one of the most enter
taining lyceums of the year on
Tuesday, November 23, 1965, in
Dunham Music Building. Dr.
Williams is Professor of English
and Director of Graduate Stud
ies at Appalachian State Teach
er’s College in Boone, North
Carolina. He specializes in folk
songs and the traditional Eng
lish and Scottish ballads. He is
a member of the American Folk
lore Society and has appeared
in Who’s Who in America.
Dr. Williams launched his pro
gram with an exposition on the
history of folk ballads. He point
ed out that there is a great rela
tion between the rural church
hymns and the ballads of the
mountains. Most of the ballads
have a Gregorian quality con
taining the long, slow meter.
With no accompaniment, he
began with a sample of an old
Baptist hymn. The ballad incor
porates some of the theological
doctrines of the church.
The next was a ballad with
melodic quality, “The Wife of
Usher’s Well,” which goes back
to a primitive Baptist church.
This was one of the most beau
tiful ballads that Dr. Williams
sang. The end lines of the bal
lad showed the change of the
language from the more primi
tive times.
Dr. Williams told the story be
hind the next ballad, “Lord Bal
timore.” He said that it possibly
has a reference to the grand
father of Thomas a Becket who
went on a crusade to the Holy
Land. While there, he was cap
tured by the Turks and escaped
through the good graces of the
jailor’s daughter. He promised
to come back to marry her, but
didn’t. It seems that the one
who wrote the ballad, however,
changed the ending to a happier
The Baptist Student Union
will have a party immediate
ly following the pep rally on
Friday night, Nov. 26, at Mr.
Cantrell’s. Please meet in
front of the Dunham Music
Building as soon as possible
after the pep rally.
MONICA DRISCOLL
one.
“Edward” is an example of
the change of language from
rich imagery to a more coarse
foiTn. It incorporates the use
of the figure “3” in the story
which is a “little drama.”
“The Farmer’s Cursed Wife,”^
which is quite popular in the
southern mountains, is an exam
ple of a “cruel stepmother” bal
lad.
Students were very impressed
with the manner in which Dr.
Williams presented his program,
first telling the story behind the
ballad, then singing parts or all
of the ballad. The ballads chos
en gave a random sample of
many different types, ranging
from the tragic to the hilarious.
All in all the hour proved to
be most enjoyable to those stu
dents interested in folk music
and also to those who will now
have a greater knowledge of the
folk song form.