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CLARION
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VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume XXXVI
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., JANUARY 31, 1969
Number 15
SGA POSITIONS JEOPARDIZED!
Committee Is Acting;
Needs Student Help
The Committee on Social Be
havior plraged bade into its
work on Janiuiary 20. From the
20th on, the committee is ho-ld-
ing three meetings each week
for approximately a month.
The chairman of the commit
tee is Mr. David Holcomibe.
“ALLEN SIMS”
Board Chairman
Receives Degree
Allen H. Sims, Oiairinen of
the Board of Trustees of Bre
vard College, will be awarded
an honorary Doctor of Humane
[Letters degree at the 1969 com-
meacemenit exercises at Pfeif
fer College in May.
Annouinoement of the honor
to be bestowed uipon the Gas
tonia banker was made by Dr.
John 0. Gross, acting president
of Pfeiffer, who described Mr.
Sims as an outsitandinig, con
cerned citizen wihose profes
sional and community contribu
tions have enriched ithe lives
oif hundreds of individuals.
Mr. Sims has been a member
of the Board of Truistees at
Brevard College for the past 25
years, serving as chairman of
that bo.dy for ithe last eight
yeans. During that time, the
Methodist layman has been
most active in securing scho
larship funds and in raising
money for the capital expansion
drive at the two-year insititu-
tion.
“The leadership of Mr. Sims
has been an insipiraition to all
meraibers of the college com
munity,” commented E. W. Har
din, Jr., Chairmian of the Pres
idential Council and Business
Manager at Brevard College. “I
know of no one who has given
®ore unseKishly of his time
and resources to the program of
Brevard CWlege.”
RECITAL
Donys Kaye Holtzclaw will
•>e the featured recitalist for
the first formal student re
cital of this semester. Donys
^ye, pianist, will be assist-
by Deborah van Sciver at
tke 2nd piano for the finale
election. Kathy Yokley, dar-
*®*tist, will also appear on
th« program accompanied by
««rtha Poole.
program will be on
"May, January 81, 1969 at
” M. in DunluuB Anditor-
nin.
48 Students
Make Honor
Roll, Deans List
Fourteen Brevard College
students made the Dean’s List
last semester, and thirty - four
made the Honor Roll.
Recognition on the Dean’s
Lis;t is accorded students who
have attained a 2.5 average
(sotphomores) or a 3.5 (fresh
men) for a given grading per
iod. Recognition on the Honor
RoU is given students for e 2.0
average (soipihomore) or a 3.0
(freshmen.)
The students are as follows:
Dean’s List —Pat Arrowood,
BiU Blanton, Bill Broom, Mich
ael Brown, Janice CJrane, Nelda
Greene, Donys Kaye Holtz
claw, Dannette Jacks, Larry
Ledford, Robert Misenheimer,
Sylvia Moniteith, Cindy Slate,
Trey Tingle, and Jean Wicker.
Honor Roll — Kay Asbury,
Sherry Baldwin, Betty Bennett,
Malinda Blythe, Phil Clonin-
ger, Jacquie Collins, Susan
Cross, Betty Dennis, Jenny
Fortune, June Garren, George
GuriiZa, Linda Halls, Keith Hol
land, Connie Johnson, Linda
Johnson, Linda Johnsiton, Rita
King, Bobbie Kipps, Harry
Lockey, Gloria Locklear,
Wayne Morton, Jim Myers,
Madelyn Rizk, Terry Sherrill,
Elytse Sloan, Nancy Sloan, Lin
da Smith, Charles Sykes, Che-
rl Taylor. Diana Ting, Gretchen
Tomlin, Gary Trotter, Debbie
Westrick, Bob Williamson, and
Sheri Woody.
Nons
Modern medicine is really
great. We’re now knee - deep
in left-over Presidents!
Two weeks aigo was Pres.
Nixon’s odficial inauguratioin..
His un-official inauguration oc
curred on November 5, when
millions of D’emoicrats swore
him in - under their breath!
Let’s really get tough with
the Viet Cong - by sending over
10,000 college students to start
riots! .
The ultimate comment on tne
right to dissent whs made by a
cannibal chief; “Any man dis
agrees with me hasn t been
properly cooked.”
It’s sort of frigihtening to
think, anytime we all get sick
of this piusb - button world,
tihere’s anotJier buitton we can
push.
Members of the committee in
clude Sally English, Mrs. Dor
is Potts. Miss Gayle Anderson,
Bill Rankin, Mr. Richard Wil
son, Bonnie Brewbaker, and
Ken Baton.
The purpose of these meet
ings has to do with interview
ing people who are interested,
concerned, and involved with
the social behavior of the stud
ents at the college. This in
cludes students, faculty mem
bers, administration officials,
etc. Persons having already
been interviewed include Dean
Whicker, Misis Tillotson, Bill
Payton, Dave Wendelin, Mr.
Tauscher. Mr. nd Mrs. Bowles,
Wayne iMorton, Mr. Tawney,
Mike Carver, Miss Nicholson,
and Sharon Rhodes. If any stud
ent, teaches, or official is in
terested in speaking to the
committee, please get in touch
with one of the committee
members as soon as possible.
These interviews are con
ducted openly and the com
mittee invites a^nyone, espwial-
ly students, to come and listen
and perhaps present some
ideas.
There will be a session to
night at 5:15 with all the dorm
itory directors in the Library
Seminar Room. And on Thurs
day, February 6, at 5:15 in the
Library Seminar Room there
will be interviews with Dean
Burgess and Dean Roberts.
Please remember: these
meetings involve the student
and his life at Brevard Col
lege. They are important to
every student. The adminis
tration has no veto power ov
er the recommendations thpt
the eomm'ttee dec’des upon.
—Turn To Page Three
★ ★ ★
SGA Constitution
Is Misinterpreted
The positions of four Student Government Asso
ciation officers, several dormitory officers, and num
erous hall proctors came to almost an abrupt end Jan"
uary 22, following the first meeting of the new se
mester of the SGA, the student governing body.
After President Bill Payton welcomed the group
back after the Christmas vacation business proceed
ed as usual until near the - conclusion of the regular
ly - held weekly meeting. A list of computed aver
ages of all student leaders was presented by Mi^
Beatrice Burgess, Dean of Women and ex-officio
member of the SGA, in support of her understand
ing that President Payton, Secretary - Treasurer Te
resa Lax, Social Co-Chairman Jackie Tyler, and
Jones Hall President and SGA member Carol Charles
did not meet the academic requirements of member
ship in the SGA. Immediately, there were faces
simultaneously characterized with a smile of jest and
a frown of disbelief.
The list of student leaders,
was supported by Eston Rob
erts, Dean of Students and Men,
and ex-officio members, also
contained th names of dorm
officers and many hall proctors
who failed to attain the re-
quiremejit. Students of the
body journeyed back to their
dormitories with expressions of
incredulity.
The following day, clarifica
tion was asked of Grady Whick
er, Dean of the College, as to
why the student leaders were
dismissed. After much delibera
tion of the matter, which was
by this time bringing comments
from students and faculty alike.
Dean Whicker re-instated Pay
ton, Miss Lax, end Miss Char
les. The matter involving Miss
Tyler is, at press time, sitill un
der consideration by Dean
Whicker and other administra
tors. Several dorm officers and as the
hall nroctors were also re-in
stated.
The entire matter evolved
from what has been termed
by the SGA memibers “ambi
guity.” Article I., section 1,
paragraph a states: “All of
ficers must have a cumulative
‘C’ averaige with no more than
one ‘F’ or two ‘D’s. Article I,
section 2, paragraph a states:
(Members of the Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial De
partments) “Must have at least
a 2.0 cumulative average at tiie
time of election and at the end
of each semester and for the
duration of the office.” The lat
ter was interpreted by Dean
Burgess and Dean Roberts as
stating that one must have a
‘O’ average for the preceding
semester, that requirement
which was not met by Payton,
Miss Lax, or Miss Charles. The
same would also hold true for
dorm officers and hall proctors
same latter clause also
—Turn To Page Three
THE NEW ADDITION to Bosh-
amer Gymnasium is soon to be a
reality as architect Henry C. Mc
Donald and E. W. Hardin, Jr., busi
ness manager of Brevard College,
examine plans for the $231,700 con
struction. The structure will consist
of a women’s gymnasium, classroom,
four offices, conference room, and
varsity dressing room. The contract
also calls for the paving of the lot
in front of Boshamer Gymnasium.