THE
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Volume XXXVm
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., JANUARY 29, 1971
Number 14
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SGA Open Dorm Proposal Is
Rejected By President Davis
ENJOYING THE FACILITIES
of the new Sims Student Center is
Beth Anderson. The Center opened
early this semester with rousing ap
proval. The College particularly is
grateful to Mr. Allen H. Sims of
Gastonia who was instrumental in
its financing.
Sims Student Union Is Now
President Davis recently re
sponded on a proposal, con
cerning Open Houses which was
submitted by the SGA. The pro
posal asked for the right to re
ceive guests of either sex in the
dorms on Saturdays, between
the hours of 12 noon and 6 p.
m. There were certain stipula
tions involved such as doors to
the rooms be left ajar, no loiter
ing in halls, and the right not
to participate in Open House.
The President assessed the ser
iousness of this proposal and
sent the SGA a negative re
sponse.
As President of the College,
he felt that it was his duty to
consider the long range effect
of this proposal. In other words,
if the students wanted Open
House now, would their view
points change over the course
of a year or two. This was his
major reason for the negative
answer. First, dorms at Bre
vard College are provided to
serve as bedrooms and study
areas, not as “living rooms” or
visiting areas. Second, the dorm
itories are designed to provide
a degree of privacy for the in
dividual student which could be
impaired by the passage of this
proposal. The bedroom is not
an appropriate place for enter
taining guests.
The fact that the new Student
Union Building was built to
me«t the needs of a socializing
center was the President’s third
reason for vetoing the Open
House policy. He feels that this
building is the living room o^
our college. His final reason
was that additional responsibil
ities would be added to the
job of dorm mother, hall coun
selors, and others who super
vise.
Therefore, the proposal for
Open House failed and Presi
dent Davis urged the students
and the SGA to help realize the
full potential of our new Stud
ent Union.
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By Dennis Avery
The Student Union is now
beginning to run on a regular
basis and information about
the various activities taking
place in the Union will be
printed in the Clarion for the
student’s benefit.
The definite times for the
opening and the closing of the
various departments of Student
Union are now set.
The Tornado Room is open
from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday
through Friday, 11 a.m. to 11
p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. to 11
p.m. on Sunday.
The pool and ping-pong rooms
are open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.
m., Monday through Saturday,
and from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. on
Sunday.
The general lounge area of
the Union is open from 8 a.m.
to 11 p.m., Monday through Sat
urday, and from 3 p.m. to 11 p.
m. Sunday.
The bookstore and the post
ofice are open from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday,
and are closed Sunday.
The post office boxes are
open from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. ev
ery day.
Students are urged to ob
serve the bulletin board direct
ly outside of the mail room. By
glancing at this every day, stud
ents will keep informed on
campus activities. On this board
is the Student Union reserva
tion calendar. Reservations are
made with Mr. T. D. IveS', stud
ent activities coordinator.
Mr. Ives’ office hours are 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and
Wednefday, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, 12 noon to 3 p.m. Fri
day, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
The office is closed on Saturday.
Students who have sugges-
tions for improving the student
center are urged to take their
suggestions to Mr. Ives.
Strange Dialogue
Some of the strangest dia
logue an actor ever had to learn
fell to Alan Arkin while he was
‘ti rring in “The Heart Is a
Lonely Hunter,” the Warner
Bros. Seven Arts film which will
be shown tonight in Dunham
Auditorium at 8 p. m.
Arkin is, of course, a master
of articulate dialogue, but he
portrays a deaf - mute in the
Technicolor adaptation of Car-
Admissions Department Is
Widening Search For Students
The myth that it is hard to
get into college must be explod
ed. It is not, despite what the
public may think. There are
over 2,600 American colleges
and universities. However,
smaller institutions face extinc
tion because of this myth.
Because of this situation,
Brevard College’s Admission
Office is moving to new tech
niques to recruit and select its
Septermber, 1971, entering class.
Mr. C. William Ludwigsen,
Brevard College’s Director of
Admissions, will begin conduct
ing interviews in major cities
across the state . . . “to listen
more than talk . . states Lud
wigsen.
In-town interviewing is par
ticularly significant since it
reaches students and parents
away from the business-like
environment of the Admissions
office. Students are put at ease
in a more casual atmosphere.
They ask more questions and
More clearly than during col
lege interviews. Frequently the
conversation, which is distinct
ly two-way in nature, drifts to
issues afield of Admissions cre
dentials to Educational Phil
osophy, crises, curriculum
change, student unrest.
“We feel this is the only
way to reach our students,” says
Mr. Ludwigsen. “I’m not there
to sell them on Brevard College
so much as to understand their
needs so we can continue to
provide for them.” Ludwig^'cn
feels that college admissions
people must keep in mind the
fact that colleges exist to serve
their students and provide them
with skUls and philosophies
which will enable them to deal
more effectively with them-
felves, others, and their envir
onment. “Colleges, somehow,
have occasionally become in-
bred in their thinking so that
the purpose is reduced to pro
viding continued jobs for their
faculty and just holding the
line.”
Mr. Ludwigsen feels that these
informal exchanges betvreen
ctudents are so successful mat
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son McCullers’ celebrated noveL
So he had to learn the sign
language of the deaf, becoming,
in fact, letter perfecct at his
newly acquired skill.
To get the hang of the hand
.signals, Arkin read books and
studied films on the subject. He
also took lessons in sign lang
uage and lip . reading from a
resident of Selma, Alabama,
where “The Heart Is a Lonely
Hunter” was filmed entirely on
location.
“I was not dismayed by the
fact that I have no speaking
lines or I wouldn’t have done
it,” says Arkin. “I was interest
ed not only in the character,
but in the whole story. A good
character without a good story
isn’t enough,” he adds.
In his role of the deaf - mufe
Arkin brings warmth and
friendship into the lives of sev
eral people. Among them, Mick
Kelly, a 14-year-old girl played
by Sandra Locke, Miss Locke,
a 21-year-old Tennessean, is mak.
ing her professional acting de
but after winning the role of
Mick in a national talent search.
“The Heart Is a Lonely Hunt
er” was diroctod bv Rofrrt El
lis Miller, produced bv Thomas
C. Ryan and Marc Merson, from
a screen . play by Ryan. The
Poignai'L dr?,"'"^' co-''tars Laurin-
da ^Barrett, ‘^tar” Keach, Jr.,
Chuck ricCam, '’iff McGuire,
Percy Rodriquez and Cicely Ty-
f on. Acnder I'. .M-ard v. inner
JameT Won? A wa-^ director
of photography. The showing is
‘pcr. ortd b; oci; l board.
Due to a new policy in the con
tract with ■'.V-r-.er Brothers,
there will be a nominal charge
of 70
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ings this semester. However,
V i]l '' and better
movies to choose from.