,Tis better to be slapped
down reaching for
the stars
The Clarion
Tlian to be praised
for small achievements
Voluffie XXXIV
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., DECEMBER 2, 1966
Number 10
BC Backs 'Build-A-Schoor Program
Aid Finances
Brevard Students
Grants, scholarships, and loan?
make up one - fifth of the tui
tion of each year’s class at B.C.,
according to Luther Lawing,
Dean of Financial Affairs at the
college. At present approximate
ly 150 students are recipients
of 260 grants on campus, most
of which are administered by
lie college.
Outright grants and scholar
ships totaling 28 thousand dol
lars make up the biggest part
of the college’s financial pro
gram. This money, with the ex
ception of the honor scholar
ships awarded those who finish
ed first or second academically
at their high schools, is award
ed on a need basis. Each stud
ent must show a real need for
the money, and must supply a
confidential statenient of his
parents’ finances with his ap^
plication.
In addition, the college makes
available about 3,500 dollars a
year in loans, and pays work
grants of nearly 22,500 dollaK
each year.
As well as college money,
the dean’s office administers
23 thousand dollars in Nation
al Defense loans and 3,500 in
Educational Opportunity grants.
All totaled, this brings the
Emount handled by Mr. Lawing
each year to around 100 thous
and dollars. In addition he es
timates an additional 30 thous
and in loans to students that
are not handled by the college.
These figures change from
year to year, and are sensitive
to stock market fluctuations.
Much of the money is ear
marked for certain fields, such
as art, music, or sports. There
is quite a lot of money set aside
for students in the field of
church service.
“But,” Mr, Lawing emphasiz
ed, “Almost any student with
drive can find help in financ
ing his education.
Science Dept. Receives Equipment
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Wmrn
SGA Aids In
School Project
With DKG And PC
‘ALL THE PRETTY play-toys.”
Students examine the new science
equipment recently purchased by the
science department. Brevard rates
first in the acquisition of new lab
oratory equipment. ^
The addition of equipment
in the science laboratories is
designed to give the student
more and better facilities with
which to work. The Chemistry
Department, headed by Miss
Bobbie Jean Nicholson, has ad
ded much new equipment in
the past year.
An automatic weight balance
which can measure to the sixth
decimal point has been acquir
ed, and also four student geiger
counters. A PH Meter is now
in use which tests the acidity
or alkalinity of a solution.
Chromatography equipment has
also been purchased for the
anslyzation of metals. In addi-
lion to the lab equipment, dem
onstration facilities are being
, used to aid in lecture compre-
i hension, and a number of books
i and journals have been bought
ior the library.
In the Physics Department,
headed by Dr. 0. L. Railsback,
much has been added to Im
prove the efficiency of the lab.
The most important new appara
tus is an air track which is
used in the experimentation
concerning the interaction of
bodies. Metal cars are allowed
to slide across the track on a
cushion of air which minimizes
the friction and enables a
more accurate conclusion.
.4 stroboscope is now in use
which gives the apparent effect
of stopped motion, and allows
the study of an object in slow
motion. Also, a number of
smaller pieces of equipment
have been added to the labora-
tory.
The Biology Department has
also improved its facilities in
laboratory instruction. Micro
scopes, and a number of small
er pieces of equipment has
been acquired for use by the
students. The Biology Depart
ment now has two fully - equip
ped labs for its Botany and
Zoology courses.
During the past two years,
the science department of Bre
vard College has added and
improved the laboratory facil
ities of the three general sci
ence courses, Biology, Chemis
try, and Physics. These addi
tions have been instrumental
in the updating and improve
ment of the quality and depth
of the science courses taught.
With the addition of new equip
ment, both the instructor and
the student are better equipped
[or instruction and eomprehen-
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0
IS ^SY to give away mon-
y. according to Aristotle, “But to
scide who to give it to, and how
and for what purpose ....
is no easy task.” Dean Lawing con
curs, as he considers two applicants
for student aid.
Lyceum Features
Jazz Ensemble
Brevard College students will
be in store for a priceless eve
ning on the 7th and 8th of
December, as the Pa(ul Winter
Ensemble performs here for
lyceum.
This group of young musi
cians plays music which might
be called “contemporary cham
ber music.” Their music has
the rhythmic excitement and
the improvision of the best
jazz. This ensemble represents
a unique combination of a small
orchestra, and yet keeps the
cool of a free - spirited combo.
“Comprised of a saxaphone.
classical quitar, flute, bass and
drums, the Winter group has
been acclaimed by critics as
perhaps the most important
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With a unanimous vote, the
Student Government Associa
tion backed the School-to-
School program, sponsored by
Henderson . Transylvania Del
ta Kappa Gamma and the Peace
Corps.
This program is a self - help
project to aid the inhabitant*
of poverty - stricken areas in
the construction of education
facilities. The $1,000 raised by
the participating organization
plus $400 and all the labor
which is donated by the area
will build one school.
Nearly 100 such schools have
been completed in Africa, Asia,
Latin America, and the Near
East. Mr. Gene Bradley began
the project in 1963 when he
was president of the Niskayuna
PTA. Asking a friend what he
would do with $1,000, Mr. Brad
ley was told that he should
build a school in a foreign
country. For this work, he re
ceived the Special Freedom
Leadership Award of the Free
dom Foundation at Valley Forge.
Many U.S. schools have par
ticipated in this program along
with the Peace Corps. The peo
ple in the area ask their Peace
Corps volunteer to request a
school; they then raise the nec
essary $400 themselves. The
areas to receive the $1,000 do
nated by the participating U.S.
organization only if they ask
for this aid and agree to build
the building themselves.
Delta Kappa Gamma, the na
tional honorary society for
teachers, is backing the program
in order to aid the educational
development of underprivileged
communities in foreign coun
tries. The pesident of the goup
said, “Bevard students were
a.sked to participate in this
program because they are at
the age to realize the impor
tance of an education and to
want to help those less able to
receive one. I’m sure we can
be instrumental in raising the
$1,000.”
PAUI. WINTERS