Contemplate The
Gifts of Heaven
This Easter . . .
The Clarion
As You Ride
The Bus Back
To SchooK?)
XXXIII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., MARCH 25, 1966
NUMBER 19
Chemists See
Oak Ridge
Buy And Sell
Aloha Beta Gamma members
and chemistry students accom-
n^ied by Miss Nicholson and
E Crafg, visited the United
Ses Atomic Energy Plant at
Oak Ridge. Tennessee.
The hardy group left Brevard
at 2 a.m. Saturday and arrived
at the Museum of the Atom
about 8;30, sleepy yet excited.
An hour was spent at the muse
um and, after a short “briefing
session,” the group left for a
tour of the atomic energy labs
located several miles away. Lin
ing up to receive a pass at the
»ate, the students learned that
the tag was a combination pass,
identification number, and a
safety check of body radiation.
All cameras, transistor radios,
and packages of any sort had to
be left behind at this point.
The group was divided into
two equal parts, and each tour
ed 4 biuldings, the first and sec
ond containing atomic reactors.
The guides explained in “lay
man’s terms” the functions of
the reactors, one of which w'fls
the second oldest research reac
tor ever built. In the third
building the students saw the
hut cells, where the radioactive
materials are handled by me
chanical arms. At the fourth
building the guides demonstrated
the way these materials are
packaged, stored, and shipped.
After two hours at the labs the
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Phi Theta Kappa will buy and
sell used books in the Book Nook
starting the week of March 28
and continuing through the re
mainder of the year.
The hours for buying used
books will be Monday and Fri
day nights from 8-9. There has
been a committee set up espe
cially for buying used books.
The used books, in addition to
the new books, will be exchang
ed or sold during regular Book
Nook hours.
One project from the proceeds
will be a $25 Scholastic Achieve
ment Award to be given to a
graduating sophomore.
Glenn Tucker
To Speak At
Friday At Four
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BC Morale
Discussed
Mr. Richard Wilson, history
teacher, led a discussion with
the Westminster Fellowship
group on the morale of students
at Brevard College and how to
!.mprove it. The group had a
spaghetti supper, which they
prepared, before the discussion.
Discussing the morale and at
titudes of the entire campus, the
students suggested various ways
of strengthening the pride in
their school. Several said they
had not realized the possibility
of individual action helping
boost “school spirit” and were
determined to try it themselves.
Glenn Tucker, noted historian-
biographer, will be the speaker
for the FRIDAY AT FOUR ser
ies this week at Brevard College,
(Four o’clock. Recital Hall, Mus
ic Center Building.) The public
is invited to hear Mr. Tucker.
No admission.
Mr. Tucker’s latest book, ZEB
VANCE, Champion of Personal
Freedom, just published, has
been acclaimed by critics as one
of his best. It is the story of
North Carolina’s rugged, earthy,
headstrong and controversial
Confederate Governor.
Since his retirement from N.
W. Ayer, Advertising, fifteen
years ago, Glenn Tucker has
been writing books about histor
ical characters and events. He
has won several literary awards.
Both DAWN LIKE THUNDER,
(The Barbary Wars and the
Birth of the U.S. Navy,) and
CHICKAMAUGA, (Bloody Bat
tle of the West,) won the May
flower Award. Also, CHICKA
MAUGA won the Fletcher Platt
Award.
Critics note in aU of Tucker’s
works “the obvious relish the
author has for his subject,” “the
knack of making history reada
ble,” and that his “excellent
scholarship never blunts his de
light and enthusiasm for his
subject.”
In addition to those mention
ed, Tucker’s books include:
HIGH TIDE AT GETTYSBURG;
TECUMSEH, (Vision of Glory);
POLTROONS AND PATRIOTS,
(History of the War of 1812);
HANCOCK THE SUPBERB;
FRONT RANK.
Glenn Tucker is a native .of
Indiana. He graduated from De-
Pauw University. His alma ma
ter conferred upon him a Lit. D.
degree last year and named him
to the list of distinguished alum
ni. He is a graduate of Colum
bia University’s School of Jour
nalism, and at the school s fif
tieth anniversary his name was
placed on the school s Honor
Roll. For ten years he was on
the staff of the New York World-
Telegram.
NCEA Attended
Spring has arrived in Brevard
and most students are anxiously
awaiting the days to pass until
Spring Vacation. “Most” was
said because about 50 lucky peo
ple left for Florida this morn
ing. The lucky 50 are those mel
odic members of the Glee Club
which are now on their annual
Spring tour.
Boarding the large Trailways
bus this morning there was ex
hibited excited chatter, joyous
anticipation, and some sleepy
eyes of those who had been
burning the midnight oil trying
to get just a little bit ahead on
school work, as the tour will
take a week to complete.
The Glee Club makes its first
stop in Waycross, Georgia, and
will wind up the tour in Char
lotte, N. C. There will be per
formances in St. Petersburg,
Dean Returns
From Meeting
THE STUDENT DIVISION of the NCEA at
Brevard College recently elected officere. They
are as follows: seated, from left to nght, ou
^ewis, secretary; Angela Cash, historian; and rat
Storrs, treasurer; and standing, Charlie Bruce, vice-
President; and Bobby Board, president.
Sue Lewis, Susan Tabor, Bob
by Board, and Perry Cartwight,
all members of the Brevard Col
lege branch of the Student
NCEA, left for Raleigh, March
M with Mr. Tawney, to attend
the annual North Carolina State
Teacher’s Convention.
The student division meetings
begin Friday with a luncheon
and a major speaker. The over-
all theme of the we^end is
“How to Become A Teacher
The statewide officers of the
student division wffl be elected
at one of the meetings which
continue for two days.
As one of the students sad
•TVe are looking forward to the
trip and expect to lewr. a grea
deal while in Raleigh.
The Dean recently attended
the second in a series of articu
lation conferences in Raleigh
sponsored by the Joint Commit
tee on College Transfer Stu
dents, of which he is a member.
According to Dean Braxton Har
ris, the second conference was
a work session for the committee
which is trying to find ways to
help students who transfer from
one college or university to an
other.
At the last meeting held in
February, it was decided that
twelve members from nomina
tions mad» by the dean of each
college and university in the
state would be selected to form
a committee in each of several
subject areas. Three nominees
from Brevard College were se
lected to serve on subject area
committees. They include Mr.
Hardesty, who will serve on the
Admissions Committee; Dr. Jef
fers, who will serve on the com
mittee for biological sciences;
and Mrs. Sigmon, who will serve
on the committee for English
and will serve as recorder for
that group. Other committees in
clude foreign languages, human
ities, mathematics, the physical
sciences, and the social sciences.
According to Dr. Harris, the
work that is being done by the
committees is very important.
Two-year colleges liike Brevard
have brought the problem of
transferring to the forefront, and
North Carolina is one of the
first states to treat the prob
lems of transfer students on a
state level.
The next meeting will be in
Raleigh on March 31 and April
1. At that time the subject area
committees will be able to work
individually and as a group un
der the i^nsorship of the Joint
Committee. Dr. Harris, Mrs. Sig
mon, Dr. Jeffers, and Mr. Har
desty will attend the meetings
to be held at that time.
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Winter Park, Ft. Pierce, and
Jacksonville, Florida. The mem
bers of the singing group will
stay for the most part in the
homes of the families who at
tend the churches where the
Glee Club will perform most of
their programs. Other perform
ances are slated for the Dan Mc
Carty High School in Ft. Pierce,
Florida, and the Methodist Home
for the Aged in Charlotte, N. C.
Some sightseeing trips are
planned, but all will not be fun
and games. The Glee Club will
present eight programs in seven
days. Each program usually
takes about an hour of rehear
sal, and as most Glee Club
members agree, these rehearsals
are trying after a long bus ride,
but they are essential to a good
performance. Most performances
are to be good ones. Most per
formances are to be composed
of sacred songs, but secular
music vidll be performed during
the dinner at the fellowship
halls in the various churches and
the other performances.
Mr. Harvey Miller, has spent
many hours teaching and direct
ing the music to the Glee Club
and the product of this work will
be shown in the performances.
Mr. Miller has asked the Glee
Club to make the first perfoorm-
ance as good as the last. The
accompanists are Mrs. Miller
and Tony Argo. The Glee Club
has within its midst a select
group of twelve singers called
the Madrigal Singers. They will
be performing a cappella works
in both the secular and sacred
performances.
A random sampling of some
students in the Glee Club
brought these statements: “I am
looking forward to the Glee Club
tour to Florida because it will
give us all an opportunity to
see new places and people and
this is . . . an essential part
of one’s education.” — Laura
Evans. “I believe that the trip,
in all respects, will be quite an
experience for all of us. I’m
looking forward to it very much
—hum.”—John Woodson. Vicki
Kennedy looked at the trip in a
lighter point of view: “I am
looking forward to seeing some
friends in Jacksonville (two
good looking boys) and to rais
ing a little cain!”
Sophomores who went on the
tour last year had these com
ments to make: “I think it will
be a good experience for every
one, but it will be a lot of hard
work. We’re also going to have
lots of fun, fun, fun.”—Mary
Jane Stephens. Jeanne Adamee
stated, “Would you believe that
Glee Club tour is here and we’re
there and should return — but
. . . from Florida?” Sue Con-
■ reas expressed an attitude of
many students these days: “It’ll
be great to get away for a week.”
Jerry Jones very curiously
-tated, “I’ll give you an opinion
(of the tour) when I get Iback.”
Wayne Gaver, with an amazing
philosophical insight, stated,
“I’m glad they got the big bus
with the little comer room.”