THE CLARION THE VOICE Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS Volume XXXVn BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1970 Volume 19 Students May Be Asked To Boycott After having some difficulty in establishing the two-thirds quarum required for a meet ing, the Student Government Association began its meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 25. The first of four proposals presented to the legislature concerned the reducing of rooming fees in Green, Jones, and Taylor Dormitories to pay ments substantially lower than those for rooming in Beam Dormitory. This proposal was defeated by a vote of 8 against, 7 for the proposal, and 4 ab stained. The SGA’s vote in this ease will serve only as student opinion for the Administration which will make the final de cision. Next, the SGA voted, posi tively, to sponsor the nation wide referendum on Viet Nam during the week of March 3rd. The SGA’s part in sponsoring this referendum will primari ly concern the encouragement of the student body to vote. Allen Clement, a representa tive of Taylor Dormitory then proposed that the administra tion look into the possibility of Green and Taylor Dormitor ies being furnished with addi tional drinking fountains and telephones. This proposal was passed unanimously for con sideration by the administra tion. Then, with the help of two Green Dormitory students and a petition signed by all of Green’s men, the SGA passed —Turn to Page Three Second Of Three Music Showcase Weekend Begins Today 1 I MANY OF BREVARD’S STUD- ENTS take to the hills on the week end for the purpose of enjoying the sport of mountain climbing. Here John Naves travels precariously up a steep cliff with a long drop behind him if he faltei’S. ( Photo by John Wayant) Prospective Music Students Attend For the second year the mu sic department has planned three special weekends design ed for prospective music stud ents. The second of these will be held February 27th - March 1. Each weekend includes in formal picnics, audition - in terviews for prosp«ctive music majors, trips into the moun tains, surrounding Brevard, and other activities. The weekend will begin at 3 p. m. on Friday with regis tration. followed by an assemb ly at 5:00, both in Dunham Mu- r.ic Center. At 5:30 the regis trants, their families, music students, and faculty will hold a picnic at Burl Mountain. A formal student recital at 8 p. m. in Dunham will close the day’s activities. Saturday morning will con sist of auditions and inter views, with an assembly for p11 registrants, scheduled for 11:30 a. m. in the auditorium. The afternoon schedule in cludes a tour of the campus starting from the Music Center nnd a faculty recital at 3:30 p. m. in the auditorium. Saturday night the prospective students will be guests at the Music Re vue presented by the Theatre Arts Department at 8:00 p.m. in the Drama Barn. The week end will close with a tour of Biltmore House and Gardens leaving at 1:30 from Dunham Music Center and returning at 5:30 p. m. Applications Due Fo r A ustria Program Moser The deadline for accepting applications for the Eastern European Study Center in Graz, Austria, for 1970 is March 1, 1970. Dr. Donald Stanton, Regis trar for the seven - week study program sponsored by the 30 member colleges of the Asso ciation for Colleges and Uni versities in International - In- tercultural Studies, reports that many applications have been received and processed. Enroll ment must be limited to 200 be cause of jet reservations, size of accommodations, and need for advance planning on group travel arrangements. A number of places, however, are still available. The campus faculty represen tative of ACUIIS has complete infomation on the program and application blanks for those interested. Briefly, the program is as follows: Leave July 6 for seven weeks of study programs centered on Eastern Europe,, with the study center in Graz, Austria’s second largest city. Classes four days per week, six hours of credit total. Instructors from Europe and America with outstanding backgrounds in their fields, all related to Central and Eastern European studies. One week - long field trip into an area of interest to your course- work, i.e., Salzburg for the Music Festival, Yugoslavia or Hungary for the study of Com munist cultures or peasant so cieties, Vienna to meet with Freudian psychoanalysts, etc. Living in Graz for six of the seven weeks gives you a unique opportunity to see how the Austrians reaUy live, what they think of Americans and their way of life, and how they view the international situation from a neutralist position. Graz is a city of 250,000 peo ple, and an historic city with the world’s largest collection of medieval armor and a beau tiful mountain right in the heart of the city. The cost of the program is $850 for jet fare from Wash ington and back, tuition, room with breakfast, and the week- long study trip. Additional costs wil linclude two meals per day on your own in the de lightful and inexpensive res taurants in the city, books, and whatever sightseeing and shop ping you would like to do. A payment schedule stretching out payments between no>v and early in May has been establish ed. The students who took part in the first summer study pro gram enthusiastically endorsed it for its approach to study the Eureopeans as they are, and for its opportunities to get into the far reaches of the Euro pean continent. For further information, see your faculty representative or write directly to ACUIIS, P.O. Box 871, Nashville, Tennessee 37202. I 3 Rejoins Faculty Miss Joan Moser rejoined the college music faculty with the beginning of the spring se mester. Miss Moser was in res idence at the University of Michigan during the fall semes ter completing all course re quirements for the doctorate in Music. Miss Moser is currently teaching the freshman music literature course, sight - sing ing, and dictation theory, and offers private instruction in woodwinds and classical guitar. She is co-director of the Wind Ensemble. Main Building At Graz Asheville Concert Set For March 3 The Reverend Nelson F. Adams, Brevard College Chair man of the Division of Fine Arts, has announced a remaind er to reason ticket holders for the 1969 - 70 Asheville Com munity Concert Series that the appearance of Soprano Eliza beth ‘^chwrazkopf, originally Fcheduled for March 23, is set for Tuesday, March 3.

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