THE
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
Volume 39
Brevard College, Brevard, N. C., March 10, 1972
Li l Abner
Number 18
Musical comedy to be
presented in mid-April
On April 13, 14, and 15 our
campus will be invaded—er—
Visited — by all of those lov
able Dogpatch people known to
all through the artistic genius
of A1 Capp.
You win have a chance to
meet in person the handsome
Twelve named
to National
Who's Who
Twelve students from Bre
vard College have been nomi
nated to Who’s Who Among
Sudents in American Junior
Colleges. This is a high honor
awarded on the basis of aca
demic achievement and lead
ership. These students have
made a positive contribution to
the school and demonstrate po
tential and ability above the
, ordinary. They will be includ
ed in a 1972 edition of the di
rectory for Who’s Who Among
Students in American Junior
Colleges.
Besides being an honor, this
nominaion is also quite an as
set. From now on the founda
tion will provide employment
recommendations for those se
lected to Who’s Who. This is
very helpful because it gives
these students top priority in
job considerations. This ap
plies to full-time as well as
summer work.
C’hosen from among the stud
ents at Brevard College for this
honor are Steve Misenheimer,
James (Jabo) Jacobs, Ray Rhine-
hart, Susan Decken, Margaret
Dees, Celia Tolar, Roger Rog
ers, Linda Quinn, Joe Amiot,
Ann Rogers, Marcia Husbands,
and Ellen Holt. They were
notified of this honor and sent
m biographical information for
inclusion in this year’s direc
tory.
Sketches shown in
l^unham Music Bldg.
Currently on exhibit in the
Dunham Music
Building are various sketches
freshmen art students,
works are examples of
lab ^ studies in their art
hero Li’l Abner Yokum* (Eddie
Gash), as well as his parents,
the rather domineering Pansy
Yokum (Kathy Ctelbach) and
the mischievous but totally lov
able Pappy Yokum (Keith Mc
Ginnis). You will also meet the
delightfully scintillating Daisy
Mae Scragg (Jane Hodge).
In fact all of Dogpatch will
be here: Earthquake McGoon
(Brian McGuire), Moonbeam
McSwine (Jayne Sams), Hair
less Joe (Tom Rutledge), Mar
rying’ Sam (Harvey Miller), Sen
ator Jack S. Phogbound (Mike
Henderson), Lonesome Polecat
(Harley Smith), The Scragg
Brothers (Jay Roskam, Dennis
Brown, and John Williams),
Available Jones (Lee Hendrick
son), and all the others, too
numerous to mention.
In addition you wiU meet the
typical Washington, D. C. bil
lionaire General Bullmoose
(Hal Easter) and his “Confi
dential Secretary” Appassionata
(Barbara Allen). And the su
per-secret scientist in charge of
the government’s super-secret,
super-sonic laboratory, Dr. Ras
mussen T. Finsdale (Steven
Graves) will also be here.
The entire group wiU be
brought to our campus through
the efforts of the Fine Arts Di
vision and through the direction
of Sam Cope.
Plan now to meet this de
lightful, lovable and intellect
ually stimulating group of dig
nitaries in the Dunham Audi
torium on April 13, 14, and 15.
Brevard College
music curriculum
one of the best
There’s music in the air
here — everything from mus
ical comedy to opera to class
ical, light and heavy, t,o John
Philip Sousa’s m.arching tunes
to moaern, experimental
pieces that some call “more
sound than music.”
Brevard College is well-
known for its music courses
which have been stressed since
the beginning of the two- year.
United Methodist - sponsored
school.
The broad range and depth
of music education at Brevard
today is mostly attributable
to Dr. Nelson Adams, chair
man of the college’s division
of fine arts, professor of mu
sic, director of the college
choir and chamber singers,
teachers of harmony and pri
vate organ lessons, minister
of music at First United
Methodist Church here which
is involved in the physical
facilities of the music section
of the division, organist and
director of the church’s
three choirs, and dean of the
WNC chapter of American
Guild of Organists, among
other activities.
works on dis-
ninn a variety of t:ech-
^ques and practices. Some are
Wncil sketches while others
shn«, sketches
funHo practice in the basic
ing of shading, catch-
tinum^^• quicklyi, con-
Sdv n/'?" drawings, and the
®wiy of basic forms.
®^tches should be of
throimi!
ough the music buDding.
Working with Adams in the
private instruction area and
with the three vocal ensembles
and band are a number of oth
er talented instructors.
M. Thomas Cousins of Char
lotte, former conductor of
the N. C. Symphony Orches
tra and a well - known com
poser, teaches part time in
brass; and, a part time in
structor in strings and full
time public relations impesa-
rio is John Eversman, who
founded the Brevard High
School Band and was its di
rector until his retirement in
1971.
Other instructors are Irene
Brychcin, in charge of the in
strumental program this year
while Joan Moser is on leave;
Georgia A. Henson, who teaches
es woodwinds, piano and voice
and is also on the faculty of
Warren Wilson College; Jolerd
Gentile, part time instructor in
percussion who is a private in
structor in Asheville and well-
known as a clinician in percus
sion throughout the South.
Carolyn G. Cox teaches
theory, private voice and
piano, and keyboard in the
electronic piano laboraory;
Louise P. Miller, faculty emer
itus, is part time instructor
in piano; Marilyn Reiser, mu
sical consultant for tjie WNC
diocese of the Episcopal
Church and a concert organ
ist, teaches organ part time;
Adelaide Hart Miller teaches
local students in the prepara
tory program and gives pri
vate piano lessons; Martha
Poole Owen teaches piano to
pre-college area students and
is secretary of the Fine Arts
Division,
Samuel L. Cope instructs in
piano, theory and musical thea
ter; and, Harvey H. Miller
teaches voice, piano and directs
the Glee Club. Also on leave
this year are Virginia Tillot-
son and Larry Whaitley.
The music offerings range
from student recitals to con
certs by visiting artists, land
includes tours by the various
ensembles throughout the
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PRACTICE FOR LPL ABNER, which will be
presented in April, has long- been underway.
Graft exhibit now on
dlisplay in library
The James Addison Jones Li
brary now has on display crafts
created by various persons con-
,nected with our college. It is
an exhibit of many kinds of
hand crafted objects.
On display are a few pottery
pieces by Art Professor Tim
Murray with hand puppets by
his wife, Mary Murray. Hannah
Southeastern states. A combi
nation ensemble will sing at
the Quadrennial World Con
ference of the legislaltive
branch of the United Metho
dist Church in Atlanta in
April.
A musical comedy, offered
every year, is also to be pre
sented in April and this year
will be “Li’l Abner,” under the
direction of Cope; ana, March
nth brings a first — a band
clinic for Wesitern North Caro
lina concert bands.
The college is one of few
er than 12 two - year institu
tions in the country accredit
ed by the National Associa
tion of Schools of Music of
which it is an associate mem
ber and is eligible this year
for a fuU membership.
To achieve accreditation, the
college began in the early-six-
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Poe, wife of Art Professor Bob
Poe, has macrame’ and ceramic
sculpture on display.
There are delightful wood
carvings by Emogene Eaker,
Alumni Secretary, and Ruth
Martin, wife of Coach “Chick”
Martin is displaying some of
her decoupage works. Robert
Campbell, the husband of our
librarian, has a beautiful dis
play of cut and polished gems.
Known to all who patronize
the bookstore is Roma ChUders
who is displaying a small por
tion of her collection of West
ern Carolina Stones. A display
of delicate and lovely decorat
ed egg shells was created by
Mabel Alderman.
Dot Pace, bookkeeper in the
Business Office, has contributed
some decoupaged pictures.
Claire Copa, secretary to the
Science Division, has on display
a lovely hooked rug, and Sam
Cope, Professor of Music, has
on display some of his macrame*
wood carvings and cone crafts.
Several works of various
styles were contributed by Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Lee including
candles and macrame’. Priscilla
Miller of the library staff has
an embroidery work shown.
The Campus Ladies Society
has contributed a crazy quilt.
It has been made by the com
bined efforts of various mem
bers of the society.