THE
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
Volume 39
Brevard College, Brevard, N. C., October 15, 1971
Number 6
Masquers
play
announced
By David Arledge
Foggy nights, high mountains,
and colorful “hillbillies” srt
the stage for this year’s Mas
quers play.
Vafk of the Moon, a two^ct
drama by Howard Richardson
and William Berney, will be
presented November 12 and 13
by the Brevard College Mas
quers.
The play centers around a
witch boy named John who has
been made liuman so that he
can marry a "beautiful giri nam
ed Barbara Allen. The super
stitious townspeople begin med
dling in their lives and the
play ends in violence and trag
edy.
Eddie Gash will play John,
and Janet Capps will play Bar
bara Allen. Other members of
the cast include Pete Harrison,
Linda Summers, John Finn,
Charlie Jackson, Susan Huggins,
Stephanie Oxley, Kathy Gul-
back, Ann Reed, Judy Houser,
Scott Burton, George Taylor,
and David Arledge.
Also included in the cast are
Amy Hinson, Carolyn Hiler,
Mary Gavlik, Kathy Steely, Tom
Cox, Brown Bobbitt, Bob
Young, Lee Hendrickson, Becky
Price, Karen Guyton, Buddy
Garrett, Neil Austin, and Dean
Hamrick.
Assisting Mrs. Miller in di
recting this year is student di
rector Bernita Kinney.
Weaver College
painting donated
to Brevard
In the spring of 1971, Ruby
and Pressley Bitel of Austin,
Texas, donated to Brevard Col
lege a massiTe painting of a
new campus praposed for Wea
ver College in the late 1920’s.
This painting is now on exhibit
in the campus library
The Archives Committee,
chaired by Mr. David Holcombe,
and consisting in addition of
Mrs. Mary Stevenson, Mrs. Mar
garet McLarty, and Miss Irene
Brychcin, took on the project
and placed the painting on dis
play this fall.
The painting reveals a tie
to the dreams of Weaver Col
lege and President Trowbridge
of Weaver College for an ideal
small Methodist campus. It is
interesting to note that the
plans of Weaver College re
semble the campus of Brevard
College today.
This is a good indication of
the work the Archives Commit
tee has been doing. Their job is
to gather historical material of
Brevard College’s past and to
date, to interpret and to store
these facts for use as aids in
research into the past.
Dr. Alec Wyton^ renowned organist
will give lecture and recital here
Dr. Alec Wyton, world re
nowned organist, will spend
Priday, October 15, at Brevard
College in order to hold a mas
ter class and a lecture-recital
for the students here. Dr. Wy
ton is in the area in connection
with the dedication of the organ
at All Soul’s Parish in Bilt-
morei, where Marilyn Keiser, a
member of Brevard’s faculty,
is organist.
The day will begin with lunch
for anyone who wants to chat
with Dr. WytoH. This will be
at 1:00 in the reserved dining
hall. The master class will be
given by Dr. Wyton in the af
ternoon from 2:30 - 4:30. Sev
eral organ students will play
for criticism, and Dr. Wyton
will play some of his own com
positions and talk about tech
nique. At 8:00 p. m. Dr. Wyton
will perform a lecture - recital
entitled “The Organ as a Pul
pit.” The public is cordially
invited to attend both the mas
ter class and the lecture-recital.
Both events will be held in
the sanctuary of the First
United Methodist Church.
Dr. Wyton was born in Eng
land, and educated at the Royal
Academy of Music, London and
Oxford University; since 1954
he has been Organist and Mas
ter of the Choristers of New
York’s Cathedral of St. John
the Divine. He serves as Ad
junct Professor of Music at
Union Theological Seminary
and Visiting Professor of
Church Music at Westminster
Choir College, Princeton. A past
president of the American Guild
of Organists, he is now on the
National Council of the A.G.O.
Dr. Wyton has always felt a
compelling interest in signifi
cant new music and has played
or conducted first performances
of works by Benjamin Britten,
Leo Sowerby, Roger Sessions,
Malcolm Williamson, Richard
Felciano, and others.
His tours have taken him
throughout Great Britain, the
United States, and Canada to
play recitals, to conduct work
shops, choral festivals, and
seminars, and to lecture on ev
ery aspect of the music of the
church. Believing that great art
is forever contemporary, he has
juxtaposed the music of Bach
with electronic and other avant-
garde essays and suggested a
significant new dimension to
the world, of church music.
Murray and Poe
display paintings
in Winston-Salem
The Gallery of Contemporary
Art in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, has recently announc
ed that paintings by Tim Mur
ray and Robert Poe of Brevard
College have been accepted
for the three - month Winston-
Salem Annual Exhibit. Of Mr.
Muri'ay’s works, the polymer
“African Corner #2” was ac
cepted to be displayed. Mr.
Poe’s “Azonal”, an acrylic, will
be shown also.
Although art is something
that can only be experienced
visually, artists are being forced
to talk more about it. Recent
ly Mr. Murray and Mr. Poe gave
some guidelines for a better
appreciation of contemporary
art. They would first remind
the viewer that the history of
twentieth century art is based
on the ! premise that it is not
so important what you see but
how you see it.
Too often the public tries to
create much more mystery in
a work of art than is really
there. They need to understand
that the artist is trying to
eliminate complexities in order
to reach a simple way of ex
pressing himself.
In some cases this may mean
that the only aesthetic response
can be from the arHst himself,
but gradually the public is be
ginning to grasp the concepts
of the artist and appreciate his
dealings v/ith perceptive values
as well as with social values.
NOTICE
Taylor Lobby open to visi
tors on weekends, beginning
Friday, October 8.
Women may visit in the lob
by of Taylor during these
hours:
Friday 3 p. m.-12:30 a. m.
Saturday 1 p. m.-12:30 a. m.
Sunday 1 p. m.-ll:00 p. m.
Four-letter language
used in journalism
De Kalb, 111. - (I.P.) — Four
of the people most intimately
concerned with the role of the
student newspaper at Northern
Illinois University have gone
on the record with some candid
answers to tough questions
about “The Northern Star.”
The names behind these
views are Dr. Donald Grubb,
head of the department of jour
nalism since its creation in
1959; Roy Campbell, advisor to
the newspaper for more than
a decade; Raymond Gibson,
1970-71 first semester editor,
and Barbara Moise, last spring’s
editor.
One of the hottest issues in
volving campus journalism is
the use of obscene language or
other forms of four-letter lang
uage in the pages of the stud
ent press. Single words of this
nature in a student newspaper
have created legislative thunder
bolts 'aimed at the publication.
Reacting to the statement
that obscene words have ne
place in a student or any other
newspaper, Grubb responded,
“I agree. If the writer can’t
exprees what he wants to ex
press in ordinary language, his
vocabulary probably is suffer
ing. I don’t think that vulgar
ity or obscenity, in itself, real
ly naakes a point.”
Campbell also agreed. “They
degrade the tone of a newspa
per. They serve no really use
ful function. Most obscenities
have settings that reflect the
oral or verbal value of the
word, rather than the printed.”
Both student editors reflect
mixed feelings. Gibson believes
he would use an obscene word,
if it would help the content of
a story. He referred to the
Chicago 7 trial where a defend
ant was given a contempt cita
tion and six-month jail sentence
for using an obscene word in
court. Gibson asked' how you
could explain the story without
using the word.
Although she used a vulgari
ty in her opening editorial,
Miss Moise maintained, “I
personally ' don’t believe m
putting in swear words for
shock value.” She agreed that
these words can end communi
cation with readers. “Just from
my editorial, when I put in
that one little swear word,
ninety per cent of the feed
back I got revolved around that
one word and the rest of the
editorial went unnoticed.”
Grubb believes that student
newspapers should not take
stands on political candidates
or issues, other than in stud
ent elections. The other three
disagreed. The journalism de
partment head noted that most
campuses have no competing
newspapers to present diverse
opinions on candidates and is
sues.
He added, “I would hold a
completely opposite view for
the professional press, beeause
this is an important mission of
theirs.” He called for the camp
us press to give as balanced a
news treatment as possible of
national and state political de
velopments.
Campbell believed that, with
the voting age lowered to 18,
students are becoming more in
volved politically. He noted that
the paper has a responsibility
to present how candidates Jeel
on issues related to student
concerns, such as'Viet Nam.
Gibson said', “It’s the student
newspaper’s right and respon
sibility to try to persuade stud
ents as to th« kind of candi
dates who are espousing what
line.”
DR. ALEC WYTON
B.C. has new
transfer program
The New York University’s
College of Business and Pub
lic Administration and Bre
vard College are linked by a
special transfer admission
agreement by which qualified
graduates of Brevard College
are guaranteed admission to the
New York University schcool;
The new program —- first
in public administration lead-
ing to a bachelor’s degree at the
University — will be offered
next fall in association with the
KYU Graduate School of Pub
lic Administration.
The school was known as
New York University’s School
of Commerce until the name
was changed^ effective Septem
ber 1, 1971, in a move aimed to
broaden its association with
business and the private sector.
In making the announcement.
Dean Abraham L. Gitlow an
nounced: ,
“Management in the public
and non-profit sectors represents
a vital and growing part of our
society. Increasingly our fac
ulty and students have devoted
significant portions of their
programs of study to examine
the functions and interactions
of each as well as the complex
impact they have on the private
business sector.
“Thus, we view the creation
of a program in public adminis
tration as a fundamental step,
indicative of our educational
mission in teaching students the
role of organizations in society
and the importance of efficient
administration of those organi
zations. We have chosen our
new name to symbolize and more -
accurately reflect this educa
tional philosophy and content.”
The dean also noted that the
announcement of the new pro
gram in' public administration
follows closely on the heels of
other major innovations in the
Colls,f:e’s programs of study. In
recent years the College has
instituted joint - degree pro
grams, for, example, which
shorten by a year the amount of
time required to receive a bach
elor’s and master’s degree in
operations research, public ad
ministration and business ad
ministration at the University.
The college offers twelve
programs of study leading to
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