THE
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume XXXVni
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N
JANUARY 22, 1971
Number 13
Beautiful New Sims Student Union Opens
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THE LOOK OF WINTER is
gripping Brevard as bitter cold
moved into the area this week. Bre
vard students missed several snow
falls while away for the holidays,
but more is expected in the near fu
ture.
(Photo by Kent Deardorf)
Everyman Players To Present
Two Programs This Weekend
By Susan Harrell
The student body has watch
ed w’ith anticipation the com
pletion of our campus Student
Union. The attractive $500,000
buiding offers possibilities for
excitement this semester. “The
Student Union is a beautiful
building,” as one of us put it,”
but we have to look into its fa
cilities and make creative use
of it.”
Of course, small adjustments
must be made, like the mail
trek made a bit longer, and
more places to spread the mon
ey you may not have. The dis
tance especially from Beam
Dormitory is justified due to
the future plans to expand the
college, eventually making the
Student Union the center of
campus. But aside from a few
gripes that we tend to over em
phasize, Brevard campus now
has a social center for the stud
ents.
The building is equipped with
a P.A. system that can check
on the smooth operation of each
room, make announcements ov
er the entire building and page
someone for important reasons.
A tuner is being bought that
will allow radio stations to be
piped throughout the building
to add to its" enjoyment.
The large color television in
the T.V. room on the second
floor is from the old Tornado
Room and its care is being left
up to individual responsibility.
Manager Mr. James Alderman
says that he has reached the
building’s financial limit, being
without any extra money at the
on the part of the amiable staff
gives us the benefit of two mail
calls.
The laundry and Dry Clean
ing pick - up room in the book
store will be open from 3:30-
4:30 every weekday.
Longer tentative hours have
been set up to see if they are
needed. Mr. Alderman realizes
that Brevard tends to be semi-
suitca.se on the weekends, and
the extended weekend hours
may therefore not benefit the
students. But if interest is
shown, he is willing to keep the
union open as much as possible.
The hours now are as follows:
Post Office, 7 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Billard Room, 11 a.m.-
10:30 p.m.
Table Tennis Room,
11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
General Lounging Areas
8 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Book Store, 9 a.m. 5 p.m.
Sat. and Sun. % Day
Tornado Room (grill),
8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sat and Sun. 11 - 11 & 3 - 11
The 10:30 p. m. closing hour
is set during the week to allow
the staff 30 minutes to secure
the building.
The pool room, table tennis
area and grill are definitely an
asset to social activities. With
out involving any money a stud
ent can also use the building
for activities the library and
dorm parlors are unable to of
fer. Just a comfortable place
to meet, relax, and converse
during free moments has a
good sound to most of us. Day
students feel they now have an
On January 22 and 23 the Mu- British Religious Drama So- his incredible photo-finish amid ^on^^nt. He has suggested that jdeal place to spend time be
tual Concert Association will ciety. Since that first perfor- the insolent antics of Hare, an student pitch in 50c, giving tween classes, housing books in
present The Everyman Play- mance nearly twelve years ago, irresistible animal community buy a small^ port- the convenient lockers on the
second floor, in addition to more
small
ers in two productions, “The the play has marched in cease- cheers the race to the echo, and
Tortoise and the Hare” and less pilgrimage to audiences of the twentieth contury is hilar- Tornado (the grill).
“The Book of Job.” “The Tor
toise and the Hare” vsdll be pre
sented on Friday, Jan. 22, at
the Dunham Music Center at
8:15 p. m. “The Book of Job”
will be presented Saturday, Jan.
23, at the Methodist Church
Sanctuary at 8:15 p. m.
The presentation of Job
“turns actors into shining mos
aics, multi - colored visions of
saints that move and speak re- The second
minding audiences of stained this “ritual
glass windows and lofty cathe
drals.” “The Book of Job” was
permiered in 1957 at George
town College, Kentucky, as a
production commissioned by the
the world. It was first trouped iously spoofed. “The Tortoise
to churches in Kentucky, then and the Hare” was presented at
to Canada enroute to the Brus-' the International Association
sels’ World’s Fair in 1958 where of Theater for Children and
it was a feature for United Youth in Venice, Oct. 17 - 24,
States Week. The endless pil- 1970.
grimage of “The Book of Job” The Everyman Players have
continues. In its first decade made an international reputa-
Two pay - telephones are to
be installed on the ground floor
in each stairwell, in the fu
ture.
opportunity to socialize with
resident students.
Pressure to open on time for
the student body return caused
a hectic atmosphere for the
Also, Mr. Alderman is trying staff and some disappointment
to stretch the 15 students and
five staff members employed in
the building to allow for an af-
this production traveled over tion. The company has pioneer- ternoon mail pick up evei^jf
66,000 miles to three continents ed several notable children’s ’ ’ ' ' “
m
hundreds of performances.
decade continues
celebration in the
wilderness ”of man’s eternal
faith.
“The Tortoise and the Hare”
is an Aesop fable in jet-age
farce. While Tortoise plods to
plays including John Bunyan’s
Pilgrim’s Progress. With a
unity and force unusual on
the stage, the members of the
Everyman Players speak, move,
think together, seeking to de
fine magnitude in theatrical
terms.
he has to use his own car. The
city is only required to bring
on the part of students expect
ing smooth operation the first
day. Mr. Alderman expresses
that he is sorry he has been
too busy to talk to individual
students. He asks that we bear
mail to the campus every morn- with the staff as service smooths
ing at 8:30 a.m., so extra effort out.
Former Clarion Editor Is
Named City Editor For
Brevard Student Is Killed Rocky Mount Newspaper
During Christmas Holidays
Richard Bruce Smith, a Bre-
College Freshman^ was
“’“fid in an automobile acci-
ent, Dec. 18, or shortly af-
«r the beginning of the Christ
mas Holidays. Due to the holi-
news of the accident was
to the majority of the
community until last
tnt, students returned
®§in the spring semester.
Smith
was a passenger in a
car driven by friend, Lincoln
Smith, and the accident, the
cause of which is still uncertain,
occurred when the car crossed
the median of the interstate
highway they were traveling on,
just outside Charlotte on the
way to Greensboro. The vehicle
struck a car driven by a service
man on his way home for the
holidays, and all three of the
persons in the two cars were
killed instantly. The resulting
fire made identification of the
bodies extremely difficult.
The Brevard student was a
1970 graduate of Grimsley High
School in Greensboro and was
spending a few days in North
Carolina before joming his par
ents at their new home in Kan
sas for the holidays.
A memorial observance for
Smith was held at the Winter
Convocation Jan. 14.
The Clarion has learned that
Ronnie H. Smith, former editor
of the Clarion for the fall 1969
semester, has been named City
Editor for the Evening Tele
gram in Rocky Mount, North
Carolina.
Smith left Brevard College a
year ago at the end of the fall
semester, and began working
for the Telegram shortly after
ward. In a letter to Mr. Will
C. Allred, Director of Public
Relations, Smith spoke of his
promotion, and also of his up
coming maiTiage to another
former Brevard College stud
ent, Donna Cleary, in Winston-
Salem sometime this summer.
Of his new job. Smith said,
“It is a more demanding job
than that of just reporting, but
I enjoy doing the layouts and
making the assignments.” He ad
ded, “1 really enjoy my work.”
Smith expressed his fond
memories of his days at Brevard
and his interest in the College,
as well as the fortunes of the
Clarion, adviser Ena K. Sig
mon, and many others at the
school.
We at Brevard would like to
congratulate Ronnie on his new
position and upcoming mar
riage and wish him continued
success.