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lEbttorial PAGE TWO THE CLARION January 22, 1971 cjCetterd ^he Sims Student Union Is A Source Of Pride For All The anxiously awaited opening of the beautiful new Sims Student Union became a reality last week, iinuch to the delight of stud^ints, faculty, and staff. The new building truly symbolizes the great progress made by Breivard 'College in the past ten years in the improvement of Physical facilities. The College has come a long' way since the days when the old Classroom Building was the center of most all camp us life. The closeness of the two buildings offers one an excellent chance to compare the new with the ■old. Without hesitation one can easily see that the new Union will prove a great asset to all in provid ing recreation and various modern conveniences. I As a center for many and various activities, the beau tiful confines of the building are of the caliber that the entire college community can be proud of. It would seem that the new building can not lielp but relieve boredom, academic pressure, and weekend defpression on many of those rainy, other wise depressing weekends. In the past, theire was often very little to do for many students in this sit uation. , j , Indeed, life at Brevard has been improved and strengthened in all areas due to the completion of the new building. A hearty congratulations should go out to all involved in its planning, construction, and completion. A New Chance * The arrival of another new semester meaiis, among other things, the chance for students to start with a clean slate once more academically. It is a new chance to do more of those things, hopefully constructive things, that Somehow, one was unabl© ' to do last semester or in the past. Des'pite academics, there are of course many areas, of college life which offer great possibilities. _ _ , ^ . Human nature and ability being what it is, it is inconceivable that this semester could be the one in which partically all of one’s present goals are met; but at this point, there is no reason why we cannot attempt to make it the best and most productive iod of our lives. For it is in such an attempt, which although it often falls short, that we can reach for higher goals than we would with ju^t a routine effort. Last semester several programs at the College were carried farther than ever before. Particutoly outstanding was the tutoring program, which has ffrown immeasurably since its start only a few years ago. Last semester, with all its successes, however, was only an indication of what can and isnould bo strived for in the future at Brevard College in all areas of college life. , 4. For ’Sophomore'S, this is th© final semester at Brevard College, and in only four months, wfe will be leaving, many of us to places quite distant. For these people, 'particularly, this semester could be a mem orable and hopefully productive one. Dear Editor, Because of some confusion • which occurred during the first semester of this year, I think we need to set some specific ground rules for picture taking iof public events, particularly for the Dunham Music Center 'Auditorium, and specifically for any programs sponsored by the Fine Arts Division and the Lyceum Committee. Many other programs take place in the aud itorium which are not under my direct responsibility; thus, these ideas may or may not coincide with those programs under oth er persons. For any function sponsored by the Fine Arts Division or under the Lyceum Series, no flashbulb pictures may be taken at any time during a perfor- mance. Pictures taken with so called “fast” film, either at slow speed or time exposurev may be taken during perfor mances if approved before hand. Any type of picture, flash or otherwise, may be taken af ter any performance, or before persons arrive for the program, and if approved by the persons involved. As some of you know, flash pictures have been taken dur ing some programs in the fall semester. Each time this has occurred, comments have been made to me by numerous per sons requesting that they ncrt be allowed. I have stated each time that 'I have assumed all along that these are not al lowed and I have stopped it whenever possible in the past. During John Chappell’s Lyceum Program, we had a ,very em barrassing situation take place. The performer could have walk ed off the stage and could have refused to honor his commit ment to us because of this sit uation. There would have been nothing we could have done about it if he had chosen to do so. Mr. Chappell had already changed his engagement date with us at our request. We had changed his date because of a conflict with Christmas dance, although the Lyceum date had been scheduled on the calendar at an earlier date; thus, we were to some extent already in his debt. For him to be con cerned about flash pictures dis- or rupting his performance was regrettable. Please be aware that this re striction placed upon indis criminate picture taking is not simply a “meany” rule. When performers base their program on timing, memorization, spet ial lighting effects, etc., and wish, therefore, to keep the at tention of the audience, they simply cannot afford to have this “spell” broken by flash bulbs, persons standing up in front of other people, persons walking up and down aisles, etc, I understand why wq would like to have pictures made remind ing us of programs that take place on our campus. It will do no good for us to remember these programs, however, if in the process of picture taking, we are destroying part of the purpose for having the pro gram on campus. Thank you for your coopera tions in correcting this situation for the remainder of this year and for times to come. Nelson F. Adams, Chairman Fine Arts Division Professor And Mrs. Roy Return From Memorable Trip To Near East The CLARION The VOICE of Brevard College Mark Todd - —- Editor-in-Chief Mike Jones - Associate Editor Susan Moss, Jim Carroll Advertising Frank Owen, Laurie Pearton, David Arledge, Susan Har- 'rell Betsy Goebel, Mitchell Blevins, Lynn Ryder, Den nis Avery . - - - —- News Reporters Mike E. Thorpe, Rowe Haden, John I\epper, Rod Jones Sports Reporters Diane Smith. Adele Dickieson -- Typists Kent Deardorf Photographer Mrs. Ena K. Sigmon Advisor Published weekly during the college session, with the exception of holidays and examination periods, by stud ents of Brevard College. The opinions expressed in this periodical are those of the editorial board and not neces sarily those of the College. Printed by The Transylvania Times North Broad Street. Brevard, North Carolina. C. Edward Roy, Professor of Psychology and Religion, with his wife Mrs. Brona Roy, the Associate Registrar of the col lege, recently returned from their sabbatical tour in the Near East. Their purpose in this trip was to retrace the Apostle Paul’s journeys in this vicinity. The Roys’ trip^ consisted of three parts. They spent a week in London and a week in Rome, the city of love. They then ar rived in Greece where they rented an apartment for five weeks and toured the ancient ruins of the area. The Agora, the downtown section of the first century city of Athens, consumed a day of awe. Mr. Roy stated that everything is laid Foreign Doll Collection On Display In Library The James Addison Jones Li brary at Brevard College has a doll collection on display during the month of January. These dolls are a part of the collec tion of Mrs. Cary Boshamer of Gastonia, who h-i^. collf ' 1 them as she and Mr. Boshamer have traveled in many parts of ihe world. Thei-e are forty-six dolls, rep- rc enting twenty - four coun tries, each in the auth^’ntic cos tume of the country. They vary from the colorful Siame-e Thea ter dancers of Thailand to the fishing folk of Portugal; from Indians of Guatemala to the Japanese geisha girls; from the formpr Sultaii of Turkey' to the Pco^ch ' Highlanders, or the Spanish senorita, the Lady of Paris, or the little Dutch girl. Everyone interested in the doll collection is invited to come by the library from Jan. 4 through the month of Janu ary. Mrs. Boshamer’s husband is a trustee of Brevard College. out as it wks in that time, and they found it quite interesting. The ruins of the Acropolis, which are located on a rise which overlooks the city of Athens, were also an interest ing sight. While in Athens the Roys visited the neighboring is lands of Rhodes and Crete, which Paul, the Apostle, also visited. Their last leg consisted of a car trip through Turkey, Egypt, and Israel. Also they visited Sparta, Thebes, and the Mara thon. They visited the Oracle at Delphi, which all students who have mastered freshman English at Brevard are familiar with, and also went to Mount Olympia, the site of the Olym pics. Mr. Roy obtained a rock there from the track and brought it back to Brevard for one of our students, Lennox Stewart. Now the Roys are back and ready to resume their duties here. However, this trip will al ways occupy their minds and Mr. Roy in his enthusiastic na ture plans to share his trip with students not only in his religion classes, but through a lecture and discussion sometime in the near future. UTLOOK B, mu vjj EDITOR It’s been a long time since the end of last sem^- ter and a long time since this paper was published. 01 course, after the end of a long holiday break rhany 01 us have numerous memories which suddenly come i.ito our min -i vvhen it’s tin> ; to start a new semester once again, hio it i.s w'th r. ther mixed emotions tnai- we begin anotl:«;i' semestf.r. With an these emotions of sentimentality, as well as anticipation, all of us here, particularly those that knew him wel', were deeply hurt and ppddened to hear of the death of student Bruce Smith over the holidays. The hectic first feV days of the semester were a great deal more difficult than anyone coul have forseen. ' ■ , Bi'uce Smith wasTny suitemate. Those of us who had been accustomed to his friendly manner and pres ence found it hard to believe that he was no longe in the room next door. But most of all, Bi'uce’s par ents must be greatly saddened at the reali/atio that what should have been a long and happy t^tu for Bruce is no more. _ , _ At times of tragedy like these, particularly wh fate falls upon one so young in years, the questio arises. Why? So, it is only with faith that carry on, trying to become better persons ourse v in the reawakening to the fact that life is the m precious gift of all.
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