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EDITORIAL PAGE PAGE TWO THE CLARION November 25, 1967 Appreciation Is Expressed The Clarion, on behalf of the students, would like to give Mrs. Cox and her cafeteria staff a stand ing ovation for that excellent We have heard nothing but complments on the mea since Thursday. Thank you, Mrs. Cox, for helping us feel “right at home” on Thanksgiving Day! Turning toward the other end of the campus, we’d like to thank the Drama Club for bringing a bit of “culture” to BC. Their offerings m The Barn Thursday night were well-received by those attena- jng. We hoipe the Club will present more skits soon. Beware The Xerox! One of the most helpful innovations in the new library is the Xerox copy machine. For only a dime a page, students may copy research material direct ly from the source books, thus eliminating hours of reading and writing. However, one tends to get carried away by the magic of such a great technological achievement. After the librarian had left, I pulled out loose change, Selective Service card, driver license, a dollar bill, and five movie theater ticket stubs, and with a fur tive glance toward the checkout desk, placed the paraphenalia on the machine. Then I flipped the switch. The contraption began to whir with alarming loudness, and I immediately sought cover in a stack of Encyclopaedia Brittanica’s. However, no one ap proached, so I creeped from the hiding 'place and slinked back to the machine. By now copies of my wallet’s innerts were slid ing out of the Xerox at frightening frequency. The electronic enemy was copying and printing with cal culating ruthlessness. I somehow managed to find the switch beneath the sheaves of paper, and flipped it over to “OFF.” Then, gathering together 122 copies of my Selective Service card, I tried to walk nonchalantly to the exit. But I was apprehended in front of the New Books, and wound up paying $12.20 for my encount er with the zany Xerox. Chapel During Exams? With exams scheduled to begin in two weeks, we wonder whether Chapel will be extended into the the week of exams, or will be cancelled that week ^0 students can get in an extra hour of studying. If Cha'pel is held ,students will have to dress for supper, thus usurping even more potential study time. The Clarion hopes that the Chapel Committee will be good enough to allow Chapel to be omitted on December 13, so that grades may be improved be fore second semester rolls around. WHAT A MAN! The Clarion EDITOR Steve Huggins NEWS EDITOR Wayne Morton FEATURE EDITORS Jackie Griffith, Peggy Mizzell SPORTS EDITORS Mike Bumgardner, Bill Payton PHOTOGRAPHER Don Kirkendall ILLUSTRATOR Norris Wheldon BUSINESS MANAGERS Rod Binkley, Jo Ann Pace REPORTERS Bruce Armes, Linda Benson, Susan Zehrung SPONSOR Ena Kate Sigmon (Editor’s note: Armeda V. Davis of Wardensviile, W. Va., sent in the following clipping with the notation it “would make good reading for our boys in Viet Nam.”) “The average age of a combat soldier in many units in Viet nam is I8V2 ... A pink-cheek ed tousle - haired, tight-mus cled fellow who, under normal circumstances, would be consid ered by society as halfman, haH- boy . . . But here and now he is the beardless hope of free men. “He is for the most part un married and without material possessions except for possibly an old car at home and a tran sistor radio here. He listens to rock and roll — and 105mm, howitzers. "He just got out of high school within the last year, re ceived so so grades, played a little football, and had a girl who broke up with him when he went overseas or who swears she is still faithful ... He has learned to like beer by now be cause it is cold and because it is “the thing to do.” He smokes because he gets free cigarettes in hi.s C rations package and it IS also the thing to do . . . He still has trouble spelling, and writing letters home is a pain ful process. But he can break down a rifle in 30 seconds and put it back together in 29 . . . He can also dig foxholes, ap ply professional first aid to a wounded companion, march un til he is told to stop, or stop un til he is told to march ... “He has seen more suffering than he should have in his short life. He has stood among hills of bodies and he has helped construct those hills. He has wept in private and in public because his pals have fal len in battle and he has come close to joining them .... “He will share his water with you if you thirst, break his rat ions in half if you hunger, split his ammunition if you are fight ing for your life. He can do the work of two civilians, draw half the pay of one and find ironic humor in it all . . . He can save a life, or most as suredly take one. “Eighteen and a half years old. What a maai be is-” Wind Ensemble Performs, Plans More For The Future CContinued from Page One> in the brass quintet are two students playing trumpets— Peggy Killian and Steve Sel- man, one playing horn—Rick Chappell, and two playing trombones — Charles Vernon and David Peden. Within the Woodwind Octet are two clar inets, two oboes, two bas soons, and two French horns. Those playing the instru ments are respectively Vir ginia Tillotson and Scarlett Estridge, Debbie van Sciver and Bob Fisher, David Tinch- er and Joan Moser, Rick Chap pell and Irene Moser. The Madrigal Singers include two instrumentalists — Rick Chappell and Bob Fisher and fourteen others which are as follows: Nancy Brockwell, Susie Jeanette, Bonnie Merrill, Teena Windham, Candy Conoolvo, Dawn Nolen, Ann Sessions, Di ane Thompson, Ben Ramseur, Jimmy Thames, Phil Harris, Joe Hudgins, George Patterson, and Fred Sharkey. "Messiah To Be Presented On December 3 Thought For Thanksgiving Barbara Parsons Hildreth A scarlet tulip nodding in the breeze. The dewey freshness of an April mom. A calf just born. The endless vastness of the pounding sea. The quiet peace of snow that falls at night. The geese in flight. The smell of earth fresh-turn ed beneath the plow. A misty rainbow arching through the sky. A butterfly. The gentle whisper of cascad ing leaves. A gang of puppies romping in the sun. The day’s work done. We take Thy blessings, Lord, all through the years Without a word of thanks un til, today, We pause to pray. Christmias is “just around the corner” and with it comes the ringing of bells, the glittering of snow, and the singing of carols and Yuletide songs. For generations, a vital part of any musical Christmas has been that of Handel’s “Mes siah,” which will be present ed on Sunday, Decemher 3, at 3:30, in the Brevard Methodist Church by the Brevard Civic Chorus. The Civic Chorus is a com munity project and has been made passible through the ef forts of the local Brevard Mu sic Club and participating col leges. The Music Department of Brevard College is assuming a vital role in the project of the Civic Chorus. Teena Windham, Ann Ses sions, Joe Hudgins, and Mrs. Marian Whatley are among those from Brevard College par ticipating in the program. JCs To Hold Battle Of Bands The Brevard Jaycees wiU hold their first annual Battle of the Bands contest on Decem. ber 9, 1967. The contest ^vill be held in the American Legioj Building beginning at 8 00 V M. The contest -is opened to bands with age groups between 13-19 years of age. The bands will be competing for prize m.oney. The winners will pro. ceed to the state finals for a contest there. The State win ners will compete m national Tinals i,n Boston in 1968. Admission for the contest is is $2.00 per couple and $1.50 stag. Thiere will be continuous music and dancing throughout the evening. Numerous bands from the area will be participating in the contest, including the Restovus and the “Mandarian Caste” from Brevard College. Tickets for the contest can be purchased from any Jaycee or band members. Door prizes will be awarded. Don’t forget! The contest is sure to provide an evening of fun and entertainment. Charlie Chaplin Film Scheduled “Four Essanay Comedies,” starring Charlie Chaplain, will be featured in the second of the American Classic Film Series in the Dunham fine Arts Center Auditorium on Satur day, November 25, 1967, at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. The comedies, all produiced in 1915. include “The Tramp,” “A Woman,” “The Bank” and “Police.” The pro- graim will run eighty-five min utes. Prior to making these films, Charlie Chaplain had already become famous for his key stone comedies, in which he utilized many changes of cos tume and m'ake-up, together with unexpected twists to repe titions of old themes. By the time Chaplain moved to the Es sanay studio in 1915, he was recognized as the funny man In the baggy pants. The series will continue on February 3 with Douglas Fair banks in “The Three Muskfr teers,” produced in 1921, ana on April 6 with the Gish sis ters in “The Birlih of a Na tion.” BC Staff (Continued from Page One) nual meeting in Greensboro November 1-2. She was also nanted to a committee which met November 9 with the Selective Service officials to help clarify the draft for North Carolina college stud ents. Mr. Joseph M. Dixon, libra rian of Brevard College, was appointed a Director of the Co- lege and University The appointment came at m meeting of the North ttro^a Library Assaoi'ation in Chanwe October 26 - 28. We of the “Clarion” «« indeed proud of these two administrators and of jobs they are performing Brevard College. NEVER TRUST A SMILING DOG.
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