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WELCOME
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Volume XXXIV
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., SEPTEMBER 25, 1966
NUMBER 1
B.
Tornadoes
Welcome
Freshmen
By - Dan Hall
I welcome you, the new Fresh
man Class, to Brevard College.
Here at Brevard you will ex
perience and become a part of
the atmosphere of friendliness
on our campus. I am sure that
this closeness combined with
your hopes and ideas can make
this an enriching and success
ful year for all.
When you enter Brevard Col
lege you will automatically be
come a member of the Student
Government Association. This
privilege places on you,
student, a responsibility to car
ry out the high standards of
this college.
I am looking forward to work
ing with you, and with your
help I am sure we can make
this year Brevard’s best.
Diversity
is Keynote
The freshman class as a whole
is responsible for various ac
tivities on the Brevard College
campus.
The first matter of importance
is that of electing class officers.
These students will lead the
class throughout the year; the
president and freshman repre
sentative, appointed by the of
ficers, will represent the under
classmen in the SGA. The fresh
man president will also be re
sponsible for the suggestion box,
3D idea begun by the freshmen
last year.
The largest project of the
y^ar for the freshmen is the
annual presentation of the
spring dance. The class will
pan the theme, the decorations,
“and, entertainment, and any
Mher factor connected with it.
une addition sometime during
! ® ^^®shman talent show
Ml be presented by the class
‘“the entire school.
Other than these, the duties
the class are more general
f They include par-
‘"g in the events spon-
Eonrt college, getting
wpII ill all ways a
»eIl-rounded B. C. student.
There will be no Clarion
of September 30
ue to the fact that the staff
then registered by
New Home
Now Completed
The newly completed Lena
Sun Beam Dormitory will be
headed this fall by Carol Clay
ton as dorm president.
One hundred and eighty girls
will call this building home
for the next nine months. The
dorm combines private and
double rooms and is built on
the suite system. Dr. McLarty
said that the other dorms, while
not as up to date as the new
one, will be made more con
venient in the near future.
A new library with three
times the book capacity of the
present one is in the process
of being built also. The current
library will then be converted
to the new student center
building.
dy!
Yes Is Fight
The Youth Educational Serv
ices on the Brevard College
campus, known as YES, is one
of the 'best programs of its type
in North Carolina.
Starttti last year with a rous
ing success, the program is ac
tually one of tutoring. The jun
ior high students who are help
ed may have one of two types
of college tutors, the cultural or
the academic. The cultural tu
tor exposes his young student to
many of the advantages availa
ble to him, most of wtiich he
has r*ct been aware. The acade
mic tutor helps him, however,
in one or several subject fields.
Of course, the two often overlap.
The college students in the
program last year gave varied
comments. “It’s been a ball!”
“I know I learned more than he
did.” “You really get to know
a person this way.” “It’s a chal
lenge and something, to fight
for.”
Mr. Tawney. faculty co-crc’ina-
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DEAN BEAXTON HARRIS
PRESIDENT EMMETT K. McLARTY
McLarty Stated That
Year is Test For All
By - President McLarty
I appreciate The Clarion af
fording me the opportunity of
welcoming both new and re
turning students to the 1966-67
academi.c year in Brevard Col
lege. At the time of this writing
I have just returned from a
Directors’ meeting at the Bre-
vaid Chamber of Commerce.
There, plans were made for
welcoming students and faculty
members to Brevard and to the
College. The Town of Brevard
and the College have a fine
relationship, and I hope^ that
the various members of the
College community will express
their appreciation for the re
ception being planned for them
by citizens and merchants.
This year will be a testing
year for all persons in the Col
lege community. We have no
less than nine new faculty
members, most of whom were
iteruited to care for the en-
.srged student body. We have
been most fortunate in our se
lection of these persons, for
each of them possess academic
attainments in his own discip
line that will add to the over
all quality of instructiDn which
the College offers.
The new dormitory offers the
last word in student housing,
and through the older dornii-
tories are not comparable in
accommodations, the College
wishes to steadily improve them
for the comfort and welfare of
the students.
Due to the enlarged scope of
Gur undertakings, new circum
stances will be encountered.
The cafeteria facilities will be
taxed in order to serve in ex
cess of eighteen hundred meals
per day. Classes haye been sche
duled so that the cafeteria line
will be as short as possible. At
best, the situation will often be
crowded, and your patience and
understanding are greatly de
sired. Plans for the new Myers
Food Center Building are com
plete, and it is hoped that the
cns .ruction of this facility will
be started in the very near fu
ture.
Kct'.uniing students will be
impressed with the progress
h._.t has been made on the new
.r:ary building. The building
will afford space for almost
three times the number of
books presently housed in the
T.^mes Adaison Jones Library.
Tbeie wJU be spacious readi-ng
and reference rooms, together
with many new features that
will add immeasurably to the
usefulness of this facility which
is the heart of any academic
cc immunity.
It is my earnest hope that
this year will see a new growth
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All Students
Leave Imprint
The history of Brevard Col
lege began in 1853 as Robert
Abernathy, his young wife, and
three children rode slowly to
ward Excelsior where he found
ed the Owl Hollow School.
The eight - pupil school grew,
and in 1870 it reopened, after
closing during the Civil War
and the Reconstruction, as Ruth
erford College, one of the par
ents of Brevard College. The
other parent was Weaver Col
lege, built in 1859.
These two colleges merged in
1933 and became Brevard Col
lege, with Dr. E. J. Coltrane as
president. The new school was
located orn the site of the old
Brevard Institute which had
been closed earlier, being re
placed by the public school
system.
The scholastic standards of
B. C. have always been high,
and her students are welcomed
to the senior colleges to which
they transfer. In fact, the mot
to - “Cognosce Ut Procis” means
“Become acquainted with
knowledge in order to do good”
and contains the principles of
this Christian institution.
Brevard, however, has many
facets of college life other than
the purely scholastic. Her ac
tive religious life is shown in
the several denominational
clubs found or the campus and
the values they have infused in-
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SGA Introduced
The purpose of the Student
Government Association is to
develop in each student a code
of honor and justice, to pro
mote loyalty to the college in
all its aspects, and to form a
legislative bocly to voice the
student opinion on matters af
fecting Brevard College life.
Dan Hall will serve as presi
dent of the SGA this year. Last
year he was freshman class rep
resentative to SGA and secre
tary - treasurer of the Green
Hall House Council. After Bre
vard he plans to attend the
University of Florida and mag or
in architecture.
Assisting Dan is John King as
vice - president. During fils
freshman year, John served as
vice - president of his class.
His interests lie in engineer
ing, and he plans to be an air
line pilot upon graduation from
Brevard College.
Marsha Chandler is the sec-
'■etary of the SGA. She is a sec
retarial science major and is
secretary of the Nemos. While
working as an assistant in the
business department, she was
also secretary of the business
club last year. A career in
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