THE CLARION
^ ^ qjIj^YARD college students
Volume
XXXVII
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., NOVEMBER 21, 1969
Number 12
Construction Bids Opened
For New Student Center
Bids for the construction of
the Sims Student Center were
opened at Brevard College Wed
nesday and a contract will be
signed pending final approval
by the College Board of Trus
tees.
The two low bidders in the
running were Bryant Construc
tion Company and Buncombe
Construction with bids of $489.-
000 and $489,949 respectively.
Bryant Construction has built
the last three buildings to be
constructed on the campus.
The buildings built by the firm
Library Proposal Approved
By Student Legislature
CHURCHES ... all across the nation will bo
filled this Thursday as people attend special
Thanksgiving services at the church of their choice.
Brevard College will close Wednesday afternoon
in observance of Thanksgiving and will reopen on
Monday, Dec. 1.
Thanksgiving Holidays
Will Start Wednesday
By MARK TODD
Next Wednesday is a day
which many Brevard College
students have been w’aiting for
for a long time. Not simply for
a relaxing break from the often
hectic college experience, but it
is for many the first chance to
go home since last summer.
Fond memories of home,
friends, and family are begin
ning to make it difficult for
some students to concentrate on
studying. Indeed, Thanksgiving
is a time to be with friends and
loved ones, a time of tradition
and happiness. Next Thursday
is indeed a very special day. Ev
er since the day long ago when
the pilgrims gave thanks for
their deliverance and new found
ship and closeness.
The long revered customs of
endless dinners, family re
unions, long drives and ball
games will be enacted once
again on this day of Thanks
giving. The customs may have
been altered somewhat since
those early days, but the purpose
and good effects have not. The
“Thanksgiving Spirit” is one
that should be observed much
more often during the year.
For Brevard College students
the holiday is one that is
thoroughly appreciated al
though the real purpose may
not be fully remembered. It’s
a sure bet that next Wednesday
will be a busy day for the ma
jority of the Brevard students,
many of whom will spend a con-
The Student Legislature ap-
pioved a proposal to change the
present library hours so as to
afford the students a more suit
able time for study.
The change in the hours is
concerned primarily with the
weekend hours. The changes are
that there will be no Saturday
morning hours, but the library
will open its doors at 12 o’clock
noon and remain open untU
four o’clock in the afternoon.
This, as was pointed out by
Dave Chestnut who spearhead
ed the proposal, would make the
library hours more suitable for
study.
Chesnut also made a proposal
that the hours from Monday
night through Thursday night
be changed from the present
7-10 to a new 6:30 until 9:30.
This was defeated by the mem
bers of the Legislature.
Lawing Appeals
Dean Lawing, Dean of Stud
ent Affairs, made an appeal to
the Student Legislature for sup
port for the members of the soc
cer team. He appealed to the
members to sponsor fund rais
ing projects for the players who
are bound for the National
Championship Tournament held
in Miami, Fla. during the
Thanksgiving Holidays. He
pointed out that the total cost
for sending the team to the Na
tionals would be around the $2,-
200 mark and that money to
send the team had not been ap
propriated in the school budget.
The Legislature decided that
it would sponsor several fund
raising projects, one of which is
a dance after the basketball
game Saturday night.
Janice Cartner read a report
to the Legislature concerning
the taking of candles from the
cafeteria on Halloween and re
ported that students who had
taken the candles would not be
prosecuted if the candles w'ere
returned.
Tornadoes Accept Invitation
To Attend National Tourney
ueiiverance ana new louna many oi wnom wiu a cun-
fnends, the Indians, who aided siderable amount of money for
their survival in so many ways, the trip, and a happy one as
it has been a time for fellow- well.
Brevard College has ac
cepted an invitation to partici
pate in the National Junior
College Athletic Association’s
national soccer championship
tournament to be held in Mi
ami, Florida, Nov. 25 ■ 29.
The Tornadoes were invited
on the strength of their champ
ionship of NJCAA’s Region Ten
and a 5-2 record against junior
college competition.
According to Chick Martin,
athletic director at Brevard,
particiating teams in the tour
nament wiU include Canton
(N. Y.) Technical Institute;
Florissant Valley Community
Spoon River Anthology" Drama
To Be Presented Twice This Week
The Brevard Masquers will
Present Edgar Lee Masters’
classic “Spoon River Anth-
ology” as the last porgram in
we college’s third Festival of
Contemporary Arts on No
vember 21 and 22.
The drama, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Rhuemma Miller,
feature a cast of five
Jharacters in the adaptation of
Masters’ work by Charles Aid-
Wan.
Via musical interludes, the
audience is introduced in a
cemetery to the ghosts of
those who were inhabitants of
Spoon River and whose
secrets have gone with them
to the grave.
There are sixty-odd charac
terizations and vignettes in this
constantly interesting entertam-
ment, offering a varier array of
roles and impersonizations, from
young lovers, preachers and
teachers, to the funny chronicle
of the poor mixed-up Jew who
ends up in the wrong cemetery.
Both the sordid and the
humerous sides of life are por
trayed with ballads and the
free verse form of Edgar Lee
Masters. The New York Post
termed the production “a dra
matic presentation reduced to
its simplest terms . . . moving
and beautiful ... an evening
of astonishly stirring emo
tional satisfaction.”
College, St. Louis, Mo.; Lo
rain County (Ohio) Communi
ty College; Mitchell College,
New London, Conn.; Miami
Dade Junior College, the host
school; and two teams yet to
be named.
The invitation was issued by
Bob Lake, chairman of the
NJCAA soccer committee. Ac
cording to Lake, the tourna
ment will be a single elimina
tion affair, with losing teams
being placed in a consolation
bracket. A team must win three
straight games to capture the
national title.
“We are pleased to have
been invited to participate in
the national tournament,”
stated soccer coach Larry
Burch, “as this is the first
time that a Brevard team has
finished well enough to merit
such consideration. We will
strive to represent Brevard
College and Region Ten in a
creditable manner in Miami.
Thanksgiving Supper
On Tuesday, November 25,
there will be a buffet-style meal
for Thanksgiving. The Christian
Council will provide the decora
tions in the cafeteria.
At the height of the evening
(approximately 5:15 - 5:30) Pres
ident Davis will deliver a short
talk.
were the A. G. Myer.-! Dining
Hall, the Library, and the Mc-
Larty - Goodson Classroom
Building.
Bids were made by various
local firms and were opened
Wednesday afternoon in the
Beam Administration Building.
According to E. W. Hardin,
Business Manager of the Col
lege, the contract will be award
ed as soon as the chairman of
the Board, Mr. Allen Sims, ap
proves the decision. This de
cision by Mr. Sims may come
as early as today.
Construction on the building,
which is to be located across
the road from Green Dormitory,
is scheduled to start within the
next few weeks with the com
pletion date to be the beginning
of the spring semester, 1971.
The building will contain
more than 20.000 square feet of
spaco and will be composed of
two floors. Included in the fa
cility will be two games rooms,
several offices, the soda shop,
a bookstore, a chapel, and a
TV and dancing room.
Furnishings for the building
and other outside costs should
push the cost up around the
,$540,000 mark.
Business Club
Holds Meeting
The business students met
Thursday, November 6, in the
New C. B. After the new and
old business had been conclud
ed. Mrs. Jane Powell spoke to
the members about employer-
eniployee relationships.
Mrs. Povell has worked for
the Citizens Telephone Com
pany for ten consecutive years.
She takes time off from work
to come to our Business Com
munication class, so she was
able to explain from her owr
experience how valuable busi
ness courses are.
HONORED GUEST — Dr.
Ira Paul Schwarz, a member
of the music faculty £t tiie
University of Southern Mis-
.sissippi, was an honored
guest at the November 15th
vocal ensembles concert dur
ing the current Festival of
Contemporary Arts at Bre
vard College. Dr. Schwarz is
the composer of a work com
missioned by the Brevard
music department entitled
“Abraham and Isaac.”