ilMr*
PRESIDENT ROBiiRT A. DAVIS pauses with
students prior to his open conference.
IN Student Center
Davis holds
open conference
On Monday, October 4, ap
proximately twenty-five stud
ents, faculty members, and staff
met to confer with President
Davis about the situations on
campus which pleased or dis
pleased them. Among those
present in addition to Dr. Da
vis and students were Dean
Wade, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Has-
selman, Mrs. Brown, and Fred
Dean. President Davis began
the discussion by stating that
the meeting of the Trustees
proved to be beneficial. The
Trustees are interested in and
dedicated to the students of
Brevard College, he said. Fred
Dean, who attended this con
ference of the Trustees, said
that it was a great experience
for him to be able to attend
this meeting.
Subjects which were discus
sed were convocations, dormi
tory conditions, food, water,
and telephones. One student
stated that she had not had
enough time to read and do in
dependent study since she be
gan her studies at Brevard.
President Davis replied that
some colleges have Wednesday
free for this purpose — it is
termed “Wonderful Wednes
day” — but that the schedule
at Brevard College will not per
mit this right now. Dean Wade
added that it would be difficult
to arrange something like this
at a two-year school. Many col
leges have a 4-1-4 calendar
which permits a mini-semester
in which the students give spec
ial attention to one area of
study. Something should be
worked out by next fall concern-
Brevard receives gift
from Partin family
President Robert A. Davis re
cently announced that the K.
W. Partin family of Asheville,
North Carolina, has made a gen
erous contribution to the Bre
vard College Endowment Fund
for scholarship purposes. While
he did not give the exact
amount, he did state that the
income from this gift would be
adequate to pay the basic ex
penses for a student at Bre
vard College for a year, and
that this will be a continuing
program offered each year to
assist a deserving student in se
curing an education.
Mr. Partin is married to the
former Miss Wilma Ek, and re
sides at 42 Lakeview Road,
Asheville, North Carolina. They
have two children, Kenneth A.
Partin of Asheville, N. C. and
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Partin Sloan
of Dallas, Texas. Mr. Partin
has been a Special Agent with
the Lincoln National Life In
surance Company since 1929 and
is now semi-retired. He has
been a member of the Board of
Trustees at Brevard College
since 1960. He presently is
President of Asheville Asso
ciation of Life Underwriters^, a
member of the State and Nation
al Association; he is on the
Board of Trustees at Asheville
Orthopedic Hospital, and serves
as treasurer. He is on the Board
and is Secretary of the Ameri
can Red Cross of the Ashe
ville chapter and he is Chair
man of the Board of Imperial
Life Insurance Company.
For two years Mr. Partin
served as Chairman of the Of
ficial Board at the Central Meth
odist Church of Asheville, and
is presently Chairman of the
Board of Christian Education.
Dr, Davis stated, “Mr. Partin
is a most valued member of our
Board of Trustees and has
contributed much to Brevard
College through the years. We
are most grateful to him and to
Mrs. Partin for this most recent
generous gift. It will do much
to help deserving students re
ceive a sound education and
assume a constructive position
in life.”
THE
CLARION
Vol. 39 - Brevard College, Brevard, N. C. October 8, 1971 No. 5
!
N. D. State
has teacher
evaluation
Homecoming starts
tomorrow morning
ing free time for independent
study at Brevard.
The discussion on convoca
tion began when it was mention
ed that many people have a
heavy course load on the day
after a convocation. Some stud
ents felt that teachers should
lighten the load of studying on
the night of convocation. Presi
dent Davis replied that convo
cations were being scheduled for
different nights during the
week instead of one fixed night
so that it would not hit only cer
tain people so hard every time.
One girl asked why convoca
tions were required, and Dr.
Davis gave two reasons. The
first was that to be well-round
ed, students should be subject
ed to speakers to whom they
can respond. The second reason
is that Brevard College is a re
ligious community, and these
convocations should inspire us
spiritually as well as academ
ically.
President Davis also com
mented that Furman Universi
ty, a four-year institution, holds
required chapel services twice
a week. Dean Wade said that
there would have been a serious
gap in the education of every
student had Lord Caradon not
spoken at our last convocation.
It would not be practical,
said President Davis, to allow
committees to obtain speakers
for convocations. However, any
students may make sugestions
about whom they would like to
hear speak at future convoca
tions.
A freshman boy, concerned
—Turn »o Page Four
Fargo, N. D. - (I.P.) - The
North Dakota State University
Senate has approved a new
teacher evaluation form. The
Students’ Attitudes Toward In
struction (SATI), according to
Dr. William Shelver, chairman
of a student e\wluation of teach
ing subcommittee, replaced a
Purdue University question
naire with one from the Uni
versity of Washington. ,
“Apparently, faculty and
students w'ere somewhat disap
pointed, to put it mildly, in
the Purdue questionnaire,” said
Dr. Shelver.
The subcommittee is an arm
of the Educational Develop
ment Committee and an off-
.'^hoot of the IDEA conference
for students and faculty.
Students will be asked to
»ake «omparisons to other
teachers based on several as
pects of teaching. The evalua
tions wiH be made on each of
several statements about pro
fessors.
Tlie professor; 1) explains
concepts clearly (all statements
rated from a high of 5 to a low
of 1); 2) increase* my skills
in thinking; 3) makes the ob
jectives of the course apparent
to me; 4) makes effective use
of examples and illustrations;
5) has helped broade* my in
terests; 6) inspires my confi
dence in his knowledge of sub
ject; 7) has given me new
viewpoints or appreciations; 8)
arouses my interest in the sub
ject matter; 9) organizes sub
ject matter for continuity and
clarity; and 10) assigns useful
instructional materials and/or
text.
Two questions ask in general
how you w0»ld rate this instruc
tor, and in general how you
Plans for Homecoming here
on October 9 have been an
nounced by President Robert A.
Davis.
The 37th annual Homecom
ing is scheduled to begin with
registration and a coffee hour
at 10:00 a.m. in the Faculty
Lounge of Beam Administration
Building. Class meetings to be
held in the McLarty - Goodson
Classroom Building will offer
alumni the opportunity to meet
together and make plans for the
day to fit their own specific
situations.
Reunions are planned for the
classes of ’41, ’48 ’51, and ’61.
All members of these classes
are urged to make a special ef
fort to attend the festivities,
meet with former classmates,
and enjoy a day of fellowship
on the campus of Brevard Col
lege.
Alumni are invited to tour
the campus during the Open
House from 11:00 a. m. to 1:00
p. m. Refreshments will J>e
served in the Residence Halls,
and all buildings on campus will
be open for visiting alumni to
observe the changes which have
been made since their days at
Brevard.
Lunch and dinner will be
served in the A. G. Myers Hall.
Visitors will be charged a nomi
nal fee.
Homecoming activities will
continue with a cross - country
meet at 1:30, with Brevard host
ing Wingate.
The Brevard College Concert
Band will present a concert
preceding the soccer game be-
tvreen Brevard College and the
team from UNC-Asheville at
2:00 p.m. At halftime the Home
coming Court will be presented
and announcements will be
made of winners of the Home
coming decorations contest
A picnic for music students
and music alumni is planned
for 5:00 p. m.
The Homecoming dance at
S:00 p. m., featuring the music
of “Georgia Prophets”, will con
clude the festivities of the day.
The Archives Committee wiH
be present with a recorder to
take the recollections of alumni.
The material will be used in
the compilation of past social
customs and campus changes at
Erevard College.
President Davis invites all
foYmer students and their fam
ilies to plan to spend the day
on the campus of Brevard Col
lege on Octdber 9 and join in
the festivities of Homecoming.
would rate the subject matter
or content of thi# course.
Not all the questions are
for evaluating the professor. A
few may provide some insights
into the students. They ask the
student te: 1) anticipate his
grade; 2) provide his overall
GPA; 3) designate the course
as required or non-required; 4)
indicate if it is in his major
or-rainor; and 5) list college en
rolled in and class standing.
It was isdicated that the
purpose of the opinion gather
ing is to: 1) provide feedback
to instructors regarding stud
ent opinion of their teaching
tehaviors and practices; 2) to
increase student involvement
in the teaching - learning pro
cess; 3) to aid students in the
selection of courses by making
available the attitmdes of their
peers regarding instructors;
and 4) to provide one input to
administrators to use in as
sessing instructional quality.