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Vol. ,39 Brevard College, Brevard, N. C. September 17, 1971 No. 2
Bi'evard College is in the
process of erecting a new build
ing on campus. Cochran Con
struction Company, a local con
tracting company, is building a
new maintenance shed for the
college. The new shed is to re
place an old one which was de
stroyed in a fire last April.
The contract was signed in
June and construction began in
July. The structure, when com
pleted, will be ninety - nine
feet long, forty feet widie, and
fourteen feet high. It will have
a concrete floor and block
walls and partitions. There will
be eighteen skylights, a load-
be eighteen skylights, a loading
showers for the maintenance
department workers. Mr. Quen
tin Cantrell, head of tha depart
ment, will have a small office
inside. There will alio be a
woodworking shop and an in
side mechanic’s pit. The shed
will be almost as large as the
old building, and much more
NEW MAINTENANCE BUILDING takes form at the site where the
old barn burned last year.
functional. The old shed was,'
buijt as a gymnasium aAd not
used for maintenance until
Boshamer Gymnasium was put
into use in 1962.
Mr. Cantrell worked with the
contractors on a recommenda
tion for size and adequacy. All
of the building will be paid fori'
by insurance on the old shed.'
Many power and hand tools
were lost in the fire, as were
spare parts for tools (saw
blades, drill bits, etc.). In
surance may also cover part of
the expenses for replacing
these, and one of the trustees
has indicated that he will assist
in the replacement.
All supplies necessary for
school maintenance will be kept
in the new building. It wag
hoped that the shed would be
ready for use by the first of
September, but now, it looks as
though it will be October be-
feroe the building will be com'
plete. f
Tube race
New name is given
to student government is held on
Co-ed beauty queen
is student here
Brevard College student gov
ernment has a new name and
a new system to be tested this
year. The Brevard College Stud
ent Union is the represienta-
tive of the student body.
Student Union president Fred
Dean, Social Board director
Dennis Brown, and the speak
er of the Legislature compose
the Executive Branch of the
new S. U. They are equal in
povj'er and will be working to
gether to get the new system
off to a good start.
The S. U. Legislature is the
representative branch and is
composed of all the freshman
and sophomore class officers^
four representatives from each
of the classes, and a dorm rep
resentative from each of the
men’s and women’s residence
halls.
The Judicial Board of the
S. U. is a very important part
of Brevard College. It is com
posed of three faculty members
and three students, two sopho
mores and one freshman.
Any student placed on Judici
al or Disciplinary Probation
has the right to appeal that
judgment to the Judicial Board
and to have either an ^open or
closed hearing, subject to the
college president’s veto.
Legislature meetings are open
to the student body and are
held weekly in the McLarty-
Goodson classroom building.
Students interested are en
couraged to attend these meet
ings at any time.
It is agreed that a certain
amount of student apathy, or
the “I don’t care” attitwde, ex
ists on every college campus,
but the S.U. wants to get as
many people involved this year
as they can. Student involve
ment makes the S.U. work.
Masquers begin
new year
French Broad
Defying the elements of na
ture such as cold weather and
almost steady rain, a group of
Brevard students, staff, faculty,
and faculty children participat
ed in a tube race down the
French Broad River Saturday.
Twenty - five students, Mr.
Holcombe, Mr. Moran, and a
few faculty children, such as
Mr. Davis’ son and Mr. Hol
combe’s children, made the
.trip.
Supposed to last five miles
down river, the race actually
turned out to be six or eight
miles long. Each person was
to have an innertube and either
paddle or ride down to the fin
ish. At the end of the race
only five students had made it
across the finish - line. The
winning time was two hours
and fifteen minutes; that time
was by Tony Thomason. Two
hours later, Mr. Holcombe and
Mr. Moran came floating down
on their stick - powered air
craft innertube.
Business Club meets
The first Business Club meet
ing of the school year was held
Tuesday, September 7, in the
Brevard College faculty lounge.
The gathering gave an oppor
tunity to meet the new mem
bers.
The meeting was brought to
order at 6:30 p. m. by Presi
dent Linda Funderburk. The
sophomore officers were pre
sented as follows: Vice - Presi
dent, Janet Capps; Secretary,
Cathey Rhodamer. Freshman
Debbi Harrison was elected
treasurer.
All the members of the club
introduced themselves and told
of their recent work experi
ences. Hope was expressed for
many valuable speakers to ad
dress them during the remaind
er of the year.
The club then adjourned to
the refreshment table where
cake and punch weae served.
On Tuesday, September 7,
the Masquers held their first
meeting of the year with dinner
in the reserved dining hall.
Approximately thirty people
attended the meeting conduct
ed by President Jane Hodge.
The other members selected
for offices this year are John
Finn, Vice - President, and
Jayne Sariis, Secretary - Treas
urer. At the meeting, Jane an
nounced that at graduation ex
ercises Clay Underwood and
Susan Huggins were recipients
of the drama award.
Members were urged to pay
their $1.00 dues before the
next meeting, which will be
held at 5:30 p. m. on Septem
ber 28 in the reserved dining
hall. It was announced that
Mrs, Rhuemma Miller, faculty
advisor, will reveal plans for
the fall play and try - out dates
at this meeting. Everyone is
urged to try out, and anyone
who missed the first meeting
and is interested in the Mas
quers should contact Jane
Hodge.
On its campus, Brevard Col
lege has a contestant for the
future Miss North Carolina
Pageant, Teresa Parker, who
would rather be known as
“Tess”, wiU enter the Miss
North Carolina Pageant at Char
lotte in June of next year.
Of the fourteen girls repre
sented, Tess was crovraed “Miss
McDowell County” last August.
Anyone interested could enter
the contest. Tess received a
special letter from J. C.’s, who
sponsor the contest, asking
her to participate in the county
pageant.
Gown, swimsuit, and talent
were the three areas in which
the girls were judged. For her
talent, Tess sang “As Long As
He Needs Me” from “Oliver.”
As one of her duties as Queen
Tess represented McDowell
County when she recently visit
ed the Western Carolina Cen
ter at Morganton. There she
sang and fed ice - cream to the
chiidren. Tess also represents
her county when she visits oth
er county pageants, where she
eithec walks the ramp or does
her talent.
Tess is a freshman at Bre
vard and is a voice major. She
plans to transfer to East Caro*
lina University and finish her
schooling, after which she hopes
to be a professional singer.
While in high school, Tess
was crowned “Miss Marion
High” her senior year. She also
traveled and sang for various
colleges and talent shows.
While a singer for the “Gad-
flys”, a folk group, she sang at
Mars Hill College.
When asked what was her
most exciting experience dur
ing the pageant, Tess replied,
“It most definitely was being
sown into my evening gown be“
fore going out on stage.”
Community Concerts scheduled;
season tickets now available
Orchestra, with Andre Previn
conducting, will perform on
Sunday, February 13^ 1972.
The Division of Fine Arts
wiauld like to announce that it
now has available tickets to the
AsheviHe Community Concert
Series, a series of five perfor
mances throughout the coming
year. First on the list of ar
tists is Beverly Sills, soprano.,
who generally acknowledged
to be the greatest singing ac
tress of the day. She has es
tablished her fame with the
New York City Opera, Vienna
Staatsoper, Teatro Colon, La
Scala and at Convent Garden.
Her performance will be on
Tuesday, November 2.
On Friday, January 21, 1972,
Andre Watts, a phenomenal
young pianist, will make his
Asheville debut. He has been
proclaimed world - wide for
his technical mastery and vir
tuosity. Following his perfor
mance, the London Symphony
A sensational company of 30
dancers, singers and musicians
direct from Mexico City will
present a •oncert on Saturday,
March 4, 1.972. T3iese are the
famed Fiesta Mexicana. Com
pleting the series will be the
Rinat Choir of Israel, a superb
choral group of 40 mixed
voices. They will appear on
Thursday, May 4, 1972.
No tiokets wiU be available
for individual concerts, but tick
ets for the series are available
to anyone in the college com
munity at $10.00 while they
last. The Fine Arts Division
will furnish transportation. Any
interested persons should go
by the Fine Arts office in the
Dunham Music Building.
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TESS PARKER
NOTICES
TUTORS
Mr. Harrison Tawney would
like to remind any students in
terested in tutoring to see him
in his office, McL-G, 205.
HORSESHOES
The student center would lika
to invite anyone interested ta
come down and pitch horseshoea
at any time, free of charge. »