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Don’t Look Now, But That’s Snow Lying On The Ground The Clarion So Much For Spring — Haul Out The Boots, Ma VOLUME XXXIII BREVARD college, BREVARD, N. C., FEB. 25, 1966 NUMBER 16 Problems Clarified On Monday and Tuesday of last week Dean Harris attended a conference at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh, North Caro lina. The meeting was the first in a series of articulation confer ences to be held for deans of colleges throughout the state and was sponsored by the Joint Committee on College Transfer Students, of which Dr. Harris is a member. ' The North Carolina College Conference began a study of general problems of transfer students five years ago. Now known as the N. C. Association of Colleges and Universities (ACU), the association has been joined by three other agencies. The Joint Committee on College Transfer Students has been cre ated for the continuation of the study. The conference series has a great deal of potentid. To date, problems that exist in transfer ring from one school to another, particularly from a junior col lege, have been identified and the goal of the Joint Committee is to find effective solutions to the problems. To create interest was the main objective for the first confer ence. Twelve members from nominations to be made by each dean will be selected to form a committee in each of several sub ject matters. This wiU enable a deeper study to be made into the needs of each department. The results of the Joint Commit tee and of the series of articula tion conferences should be ben eficial to all students who plan to transfer to N. C. colleges in the future. The next meeting will be held in March. Program Planned Students of American history at Brevard will present the pro gram for the March meeting of the Western North Carolina His torical Association. Miss Will oughby Jarrell is in charge of the presentation. Projects already assigned to students are to be read by their respective authors at the meet ing. The following papers are slated: “George Vanderbilt’s Law Cases,” by Toby Ives and Bobby Board; “Early Farming Practices in Transylvania Coun ty,” by Glenn Sheratt; “The Case History of a Mountain Family,” by Jean Harrison; “Folk Tales and Superstition,” by Doug Tan ner; and “Early Western North Carolina Transportation,” by Wayne Reynolds. Mrs. Nell Harris and Miss Jar rell attended the February 12 meeting in Asheville. The pro gram presented was “Meet the Mountaineer” by Mrs. Harry Love and a report on the prog ress of the Association’s history of Western North Carolina, by Dr. and Mrs. Ida van Noppen. Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary of Bre- \ard was elected President of the Association. PTK Inducts Movies To Be Held “Sigmund Freud, the View from Within” and “Charles Dar win, A Mind, a Gift and a Con cept,” two short movies, will be shown by the History Depart ment on Tuesday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. in Dunham Music Audi torium. Both films are productions of the University of Southern Cali fornia. Students and' faculty members are invited to attend. Attendance is required of all History 12 students. Students Asked To Speak Out Dr, David Lea, Head of the nesMrch Department at Olin ^atmeson Chemical Coipora- '^>1, will hold a program on improving College Life” on ,™ay, February 27, from 5:00 ■iU:30 p. m. Students are invited to come the meeting and discuss prob- school policy, possible solutions. No ^ administration “spies” f present, so students can discuss the issues. Dr. —Turn to Page Foui Phi Theta Kappa met at 5:30 p.m., February 21, in the Fac ulty Dining Room in a buffet iupper meeting to welcome the eight new Sc^homore members. The students taken into the club were as follows: Bruce Bry ant, Buford Burke, Gail Drake, Cynthia Hunter, Donn Key, Di ane Meyer, Lawton Roberts, and Bill Smith. A cumulative “B” average and a “B” at the end of first semes ter this year plus qualities of citizenship and leadership are necessary for membership in the club. John Brookshire on behalf of the old members, welcomed the new members. He urged them to participate in the Phi Theta Kappa activities which are plan ned for the remainder of the year. ^Missions Needed^ Says Play Speaker Tells Of Inside Panama' Doctor Robert Jeffers spoke to the first meeting of the Span ish ■ American Club Monday night. Dr. Jeters showed slides of Central and Latin America and talked of his experiences in Panama. He spent three years working with the U. S. govern ment agricultural project there. Dr. Jeffers tried a “special experiment” Monday night; he taped several types of Spanish music and played it as a back ground for his lecture. The mu sic was effective especially in the gay carnival or “fiesta” scenes. In concluding the lecture Dr. Jeffers showed slides of a clash between Panamanians and the U.S. residents of the Canal Zone, a U.S. territory. He clarified some of the reasons imderlying the conflicts over the Canal Zone. The Panama hats and side comments helped make a pleas ant and interesting lecture for the Spanish students and guests attending. Roy Taught in Training School Chaplain C. Edward Roy re turned yesterday from Myrtle Beach, S. C., where he partici pated in the Myrtle Beach-Con- way Area Training School, which began Feb. 20 and ran through February 24. Mr. Roy taught a course on the Book of Acts. Any layman from that area who wished to attend the course was welcome. Pro grams such as this are being held throughout the Methodist Church ai'ea. They are sponsor ed by the Boards of Education of the different conferences. REV. RICHARD J. CROWDER Rev. Crowder To Be Speaker For Religious Emphasis Hoedown Yields Fun A drama, “Where the World Begins”, was presented by the Westminster Fellowship on Feb ruary 18 at the Brevard - David son River Presbyterian Church. The play was given in order to demonstrate the need for missions, both at home and abroad. A young African girl who has come to America to study learns of the difference of treatments accorded to Amer ican Negroes and Mricans. The church members also learn the true meaning of the word mis sions. The amateur actors said they had “a blast” and enjoyed pre senting the play. On February 28, at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Dowdney of the Job Corps will speak on the Peace Corps at the Presbyterian Church. Ev eryone is invited. Brevard CoUege had a taste of Dogpatch, USA, last Satiu-day night when the Day Students Club presented its version of the All-American town. Those stu dents attending enjoyed them selves while swinging to every thing from “Sugarfoot Rag” to “Loui-e, Louie.” Main Street, with Mammy Yo- kum near the still, welcomed the visitors to Dogpatch. A realistic “primrose cottage” gave the scene a homely look. Dripping from the bubbling still was “Yo- kumberry Tonic” to be drunk with the “sweet bread.” The evening was highlighted by a display of campus talent. Stan Suirette, Day Students Club’s President, introduced the various entertainers. Mark Price opened the show with his ver sion of “My Gal” and other tunes. He was followed by Tim Mace singing “Chocolate Candy Bar” and two other favorites. The Dogpatch Duet, Davina Norton and Gary Click, were next on the scene with several selectic^ including “Jack Daniels,” an orig inal song written by a friend of Gary’s. Don Parker, Skeets Sturtevant, Jimmy Strong, and Paul Otterness, a newly organ ized instrumental group on cam pus, climaxed the evening’s en tertainment. BSU Plans On February 15, 1966, a Bap tist Student Union meeting was held in the Faculty Lounge of the Beam Administration Build ing at 7:30 pjn. It was announced that the Spring Leadership Conference wil be held on April 15, 16, and 17 at Gardner-Webb CoUege. The —Turn to Page Four The seventh annual Plyler Re ligious Emphasis week will be observed on the Brevard College campus from March 6-10, 1966. The speaker for this year is The Reverend Richard J. Crow der, pastor of the Boone Meth odist Church, Boone, North Car olina. Rev. Crowder is a native of High Point and is a graduate of Duke University where he received his A.B. in 1952 and his B.D. in 1955. While he was in school, he played center on the Duke Varsity basketball team, was secretary of the Men’s Student Government Association, and was, in his senior year, Pres ident of his class. Rev. Crowder, as outstanding graduating sen ior, was the recipient of the Al- geron Sydney Sullivan Award. He served as minister of the Harrison-Marvin Charge and St. Luke Methodist Church in Char lotte imtil his current appoint ment to the Boone Church. Mr. Crowder is president of the Wat auga Ministerial Association and has recently received the D,S.A. (Distinguished Service Award) as the Young Man of the Year in Boone. Acclaimed for his work with young people, Mir. Crowder will have as his theme for the week “God’s Call—Our Response.” Religious Emphasis Week will begin on Sunday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. with the chapel service of the week. The other services will be held on March 7 and 8 at 10:00 a.m., March 9 at 9:00 a.m., and March 10 at 7:00 a.m. A communion service will be the last one in the week long observ ance. Mr. Crowder will have infor mal meetings with both the men and women ( separately) and will be available for personal coun seling. This yearly observance was started by Mrs. A. W. Plyler in 1959 when she established a fund to bring a preacher, outstanding for his youth work, to Brevard College. This is done in honor of Dr. Plyler, who died in 1956 and was, before that, a man devoted to the welfare of the Methodist Church in Western North Caro lina. He was one of the first members of the Board of Trus tees of Brevard College and was greatly interested in its growth, both physically and spiritually. He and his brother, Dr. M. T. Plyler, also co-edited the North Carolina Christian Advocate for many years. Speaks On Law Mr. Cecil Hill, a partner in the Brevard law firm of Ramsey, Hill, and Smart, spoke to the combined Sociology 28 and Busi ness Law classes on February 21. Mr. Hill began his informative discussion with the statement, “So you love her. . . ” From this beginning he covered many phases of the marriage relation ship, including breach of prom ise suits, common law marriages, abortions, divorce, and the mak ing of a will. After he finished his prepared talk:, Mr. Hill answered ques tions which had been submitted by members of the class. Among the topics covered were the legal definition of rape, the sale of contraceptives, the advisability of a will, and the cost of consul tation with a lawyer. Warning Issued! (Excerpted from directive to Local Draft Board). The manpower pool of Selec tive Service System is such that we can no longer justify defer ring certain college students in Class II-S. For this reason, our Slate Director requests that all local boards reopen and consider anew the classification of the foWowiJig: (a) Undergraduate college stu dents in Class II-S who have been in and out of college. (b) Undergraduate college stu- (ients in Class II-S who have been in college the normal length of time required to receive the first undergraduate degree, and who have not yet received such degree. (c) Undergraduate college stu dents in Class II-S who, because —Turn to Page Four
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