Roadrunners Win "Outstanding WNC College" For BC
Brevard ■ Sixth In. Nation
Western North Carolina
Awards Banquet was
S in Asheville Sunday night
Z t 1967. At this banquet
LvaKl College was selected
the most outstanding col-
“ in western North Carolina
Z its outstanding record in
- country. The Pepsi-Cola
fward was presented to Bre
vard’s coach, Mr. Thad Talley,
Trecognition for his team’s
^perb performance throughout
the year.
The Brevard College cross
country team went undefeated
in junior college action and eas
ily won the Western Carolina
Junior College Conference
championship for the first time
in the history of Brevard Col
lege.
Coach Talley took his team to
Pensacola, Fla,, to participate in
the National Junior College
Cross Country Championship
race on the three - mile Pen
sacola Junior College course.
Lang White, Brevard’s number
two man, was robbed of a first
place victory as he was passed
in the last 10 yards of the race
by Scott Giddings of Arizona.
White finished second with a
time of 15 minutes even, break
ing the old record of 15:35.
The remarkable part of
White’s success is the fact that
he ran almost the entire race
on a broken leg. White did not
realize his injury until the race
was over when it was examined
by a doctor and put in a cast
for six weeks. Coach Talley had
inspired his boys, better known
as “Talley’s Terrors”, through
out the year to “pay the price”
no matter what that price may
be. Lang did indeed, as Coach
Talley so aptly stated.
The biggest disappointment
of the race came when Bre
vard’s celebrated number one
man. Tommy Hodge, was injur
ed early in the race. Hodge was
leading the race when a leg in
jury forced him out. There is
no doubt that Hodge would have
won the race if he had remained
in. Hodge runs the three mile
course in 14:29 which is 23 sec
onds faster than Scott Giddings,
who won the race in 14:52.
Other Brevard runners were
Dave Fussell, who finished 21
with a time of 15:48; Charles Al
len (30). 15:58; Ned Jones (41),
16:02; Charlie Bruce (56), 16:34;
and Dave Williams (69), 17:09.
Coach Talley stated that he
believed the teams success goes
back to the fall of 1966 when
the team first started practic
ing. Coach Talley stated: “The
boys reported two days early
for practice because they knew
they had a job to do, and they
were willing to pay the price to
do it. The boys ran about 55
miles each in these first two
days of practice.” Coach Talley
said he believed it was these
first days of practice that mold
ed the team and enabled them
to carry out Brevard’s most suc
cessful season in cross-country.
To Coach Thad Talley and
his outstanding 1966 cross-coun-
try team we can only say a
very grateful and sincere con
gratulations for “paying the
price” to bring victory and rec
ognition to the Brevard College
Community.
It is better to be
thought a fool.
The Clarion
than to speak up and
remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., FEBRUARY 10, 1967
Number 14
Summer Courses I ABG laps
Offered At BC
Tvvo six-weeta terms of sum
mer scliool will be held at B. C.
from June 1 - ? and July
10 • August 15.
Courses in English, social
studies, math, and several elec-
♦ifes will be offered in th« 1967
term with a work load of six
kours each session. ’Hie class
period will be IVfe hour slong.
The summer session is -pri
marily for regularly enrolled
itudents who wish to aecele-
r»t etheir schedules or improve
tlieir scholastic standing.
The summer session At Bre
vard was initiated just this
past summer. A Brevard attend-
er says “there are several ad-
vaatages, and the for«most OM
is that the meals are consider-
Jbly better!-”
Chemistry
Scholars
In an assembly February 2,
Dean Harris introduced the tx-
ecutiva coroJiutt®e of AlpJia Be
ta Gamma. Headed by Tom
Grandy, the committee related
the purpose, history, and organ
ization of the nationally r^g-
nized society of honor chemistry
students.
The essential purpose of the
assembly was, however, to pub
licly honor and induct those
chemistry students with an aca
demic standing in that course of
B plus or above. President Dav
id Tibbs tapped the following
new members:
Richard Armstrong, Marilyn
Bearse, Ronald Beutel, Eliza
beth Buck, Malcom Carsten, Car
ol Clayton. , .
Walter Clayton, Linda D^s,
—Tftrn to Page Two
Students Meet At High Point
Harris To Visit Abroad
Friday afternoon on Febru
ary 3, twenty Brevard College
students left Brevard to at
tend a Methodist sponsored
conference at the Wesley Me
morial Methodist Church in
High Point.
The theme of the conference
was "The Church in a Revolu
tionary World . . . Powerful
Enough to Make a Difference?”
The theme was adapted from
one of Sister Mary Corsica’s
silk screen prints, which were
on exhibit at the church.
Attending the conference
were several associate profe«-
sors from Duke and UNC at
GThapel Hill. There were also
students from numerous North
Carolina colleges.
The conference was well or
ganized with a dinner, opening
presentation and informal cof
fee house, planned for the open
ing night.
Saturday, the students met at
the church at 9 a. m. for a cri
tique and discussion on Viet
Nam, Poverty, and Cyberna
tion. Following the mOTning ses
sions the students were divid
ed into small groups for in-
Dr. J. Braxton Harris has
keen invited to ioin « gro»p of
American and foreign educa
tors in a Seminar and Field
Study abroad sponsored by The
Comparative Education Society.
The group will visit schools in
BRAXTON HAKKIS
England, France, Italy, Russia,
and East Germany from March
2 - 23. The GES encourages
“comparative and international
studies in education” and has
provided comparisons of the
“open" and “closed” societies of
Europe. "Oie high schools
London, England and the U. of
London will host the S^P-
Meetings will be held with ad
ministration and students.
Seminars will be held at L^
cee Marseilleveyre and U. of
Aix in France. Again students
and faculty will contribute to
the discussions and secondary
schools vnll be on the agenda.
Next will come Florence, Italy,
with stops at the Institute of
Education and the U. of Flor
ence. Dean Harris will then
attend seminars in Moscow at
several of the universities in
that city. East Berlin will be
visited last with the U. of Jence
and Humboldt U., as well as
high schools, on the agenda.
Spare time has been arrang
ed. so Dean Harris said for
shopping, sightseeing, and oth
er “tourist-y” activities.
dividual discussion and ex
perience. At 5 p. m. the com
mon meal began, followed by
the movie “Zobra, the Greek.”
An informal coffee house was
held afterward.
Sunday, the conference mem
bers met at the church for
worship and afterward which
the conference was adjourned
Plans are already being made
for next year’s conference by
the newly elected Conference
President, William Douglas
Tanner. Doug is a graduate of
Brevard College and is pres
ently attending Duke Universi
ty.
Representing Brevard Col
lege in this enlightening ex
perience were Laura Lee Shaw-
han, Jessica Newman, Jan Roz-
zelle, Irene Johnson, Miriam
Stout, Minunie Lloyd.
Mopsy Cloninger, Mary Gor
don, Anne Plott, Dianne Tilley,
Lynne Hurley, Sandra Atkins.
Dottie Pruitt, Marke Price,
John Woodson, Jimmy Chil
ders, Fay Bryson, Kim Auman,
Lynn Horry.
Diane Thompson, and Mr.
and Mrs. Williams, the chap
erons.
Family Duo To Present
^ " I.
Unique Lyceum Program
By STEVE HUGGINS
Ust week two very unique
people, Nelson and Neal, visit
ed Brevard College. They came
rambling over the mountain
roads in their beige bungalow
on wheels, pianos stored neatly
aft, to perform in concert for
Brevard students.
The talented musicians arriv
ed on campus Sunday afternoon.
Workmen immediately began un
loading the two cumbersome
concert pianos which Allison
Nelson and Harry Neal always
use in their performances.
By Monday evening Dunham
Auditorium, a scene of pande
monium a few hours earlier dur
ing registration, had been trans
formed into a sanctum of quiet.
The seats were filled by towns
people and college
Some sat excitedly on the e^e
of their seats, anxiously antici
pating the start of the perfor
mance. Others slumped indif
ferently in their chairs. At ap
proximately 8:15, Nelson and
Neal walked on stage. Tliere
was applause. Each took his
place at one of the now finely-
tuned pianos and began playing.
Perhaps we cannot fully ap-
peciate what we witnessed that
Monday night, and again on
Tuesday night. Those of us, in
cluding this reporter who have
not been regular students of the
niano. found it difficult to sit
and listen with genuine interest
and delight to the works of
such noted artists as Beethoven,
Mendelsohn, and Rachmaninoff
However, we can appreciato
the superb talent, skill, and
sheer hard work which Nelson
and Neal so generously contrib
uted to their performances at
—Tarn to Page Two
Registration
Is Over Again
Brevard College students as
sumed their twice-a-year look
of bewilderment and confusion
on Monday, January 30, when
registration for the spring se
mester took place.
For many of the sophomores,
especially those with work
grants, the day began early with
grades to be picked up before
an 8 a. m. registration.
The lines seemed endless’ to
both teachers and students, the
latter roaming confusedly from
one line to another. When reg
istration was finally complet
ed, sighs of relief could be
heard from the students, but
not for long.
Many students felt as the
freshman did who said, “I’m
more confused now than I was
first semester. And the second
time should be so much easier.
Well, I finally got Phys Ed in,
so I can rest easy. I guess I’ll
survive.”
Sighs turned to moans when
it was remembered that books
for the new semester remained
to be purchased. Students limp
ed back to the dorm after their
day of days only to be faced
with the prospect of 8 a. m.
classes on Tuesday morning.
Surely it was a day to re
member with dread until the
next one.
NIELSON - NEAL DUO