THE
Volume 40
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
Brevard College, Brevard, N. C., September 8, 1972
Number 1
Moran Appointed Dean Of Students
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Dr. Robert A. Davis, president
of Brevard College announced
this past summer the appoint
ment of Hugh A. Moran, Jr. as
Dean of Student Affairs at
Brevard College, effective July
15. Mr. Moran succeeds Robert
G. Ferree who leaves the posi
tion to continue graduate stud
ies at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
Mr. Moran, a native of High
Point, North Carolina, is a 1967
graduate of Brevard College
and received his B.A. degree at
High Point College. While at
Brevard College he was vice
president of the freshman class
of ’66, and was a member of
Kappa Chi, a religious organiza
tion on campus, and received a
letter in soccer. He has con
tinued his graduate studies in
the area of Student Personnel
and Guidance at U.N.C., Greens
boro.
For two years he was employ
ed by Western Guilford High
School, Greensboro, where he
taught language arts. More re
cently he has served as Pro
gram Director of the Sims
Student Union at Brevard Col
lege in the area of student ac
tivities. His extensive experi
ence also includes counsellor
for several summers at Camp
Gay Valley in Brevard.
In announcing the appoint
ment, Dr. Davis stated, “We are
pleased to have a man of Mr.
Moran’s background and ex
perience for this important
post. As a recent graduate of
Brevard College, Mr. Moran
brings considerable understand
ing of the programs and polic
ies of the college. His work last
year in the area of student ac
tivities will be helpful in his
new assignment.”
Mr. Moran is married to the
former Kay Welsh of Charlotte,
and she is also a graduate of
Brevard College. They have one
son, Hugh III, and reside at
114 Robinson Street, Brevard.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Moran are
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Dean Hugh Moran
active members of the First
United Methodist Church in
Brevard.
Student Union Offers Many Services
PRESIDENT ROBERT DAVIS
Brevard College Opens
With Formal Convocation
The first convocation for the
fall of 1972 was held in Bosha-
mer Gymnasium on Thursday
24 of August. The invocation
was given by Chaplain C. Ed
ward Roy and the introduction
was given by Dr. Ben F. Wade,
Dean of Brevard College.
President Robert A. Davis
presented the address. The
theme of President Davis’
speech was Responsibility in
the Academic Community. In
his speech he stated, “Too be
responsible is to be true to
ones purpose.” President Da
vis urged the new freshmen
and the returning sophomores
to be responsible in all phases
of their academic life.
Chaplain C. Edward Roy S^ve
the benediction after President
Davis’ address. .
Brevard To Sponsor Art Show
Brevard College will sponsor
an exhibition and sale of origi
nal graphic art by contemporary
and old master artists. Arrang
ed by the Ferdinand Roten Gal
leries of Baltimore, Maryland,
the exhibition will be held on
Monday, Sept. 11, 1972. The
Exhibition will be on display
from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the
Coltrane Art Building. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
Included in the exhibition
^ill be over 1,000 original
etchings, lithographs, and wood
cuts by artists such as Picasso,
Chagall, Miro, Pali, Goya, Re-
I'oir, Kollwitz, and many others
including contemporary Ameri-
European, and Japanese
Prmtmakers. Prices start at
'PJ.OO with the majority priced
under $1Q0.00.
A well - qualified representa-
of the Roten Galleries will
® present at the exhibition to
^wer any questions the pub-
c may have regarding graphic
art and printmaking.
Established in 1932, Roten
Galleries has one of the largest
collections of graphic art in
the country. The operates
its main gallery at 123 West
Mulberry Street in Baltimore
Ferdihand Roten
specializes in arranging exhibi
tion sales of original graphic
art at colleges, museums, ana
art centers throughout the coun
try.
As everyone has seen by now,
Brevard CoUege has a beauti
ful recreational center known
as the Student Union. The man
behind the scenes is running
the building is Mr. Alderman—
Mr. A to many of us.
The Union is usually always
neat and clean, thanks to a
few rules and regulations set up
for our benefit. If these rules
are followed, the Union will con
tinue to be a place where the
students can relax and unwind.
Bulletin Boards — Please
place all news items on the bul
letin boards, not on the glass.
Placing the material on the
bulletin boards centralizes the
news and eliminates the need
for extensive window cleaning
to remove tape marks. All no
tices placed on the windows
will be immediately removed.
Book Store — The book
store is open every day from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. except Saturday
when it is open from 8 a.m. to
12 noon. The book store is clos
ed on Sunday. Besides the com
mon articles found in the book
store, our book store offers a
film service, a soon to be or
ganized laundry and dry clean
ing service, and a small scale
bank for cashing checks. A re
striction placed on cashing
checks is that no checks wiU be
honored after 4 p.m. on Friday.
This is so the book store wQl
not cash itself out.
Tornado Room — The Tor
nado room is open from 8 a.m.
to 11 p.m. Monday through Fri
day; Saturday from 11 a.m. to
11 p.m.; and Sunday from 3 p.
m. to 11 p.m. Shoes must be
worn because of health regula
tions. No food leaves the Tor
nado room unless you leave the
S.U.
Upstairs — The upstairs of
the S.U. is open every day from
9 a.m. to 11 p.m. except Sunday
from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Abso
lutely no food is allowed up
stairs. Please conduct your
selves as you would if you had
paid for the furniture. Furni
ture is expensive - check it out
if you don’t believe me. So
please take care of what we
have.
Mail — Mail is delivered
daily and on occasion, twice a
day. Mail will be in the stud
ent’s box by 10 a.m. During the
time that mail is distributed,
the window for package pick
up will be closed. This is to
provide the post office .with
enough helpers to sort and dis
tribute mail. No mail wiU be
delivered on Sunday. Mail post
ed in the post office room wiU
leave at 8:30 a.m. Mail placed
in the box after 8:30 a.m. will
not leave until the following
morning. Mail posted in the
mailbox outside the S.U. will
be picked up at 4:50 p.m.
Camping Equipment — Camp
ing equipment should be rent
ed during the week and picked
up by 1 p.m. on Friday. Fur
ther details will appear as re
ceived.
With everyones help and co
operation, the Student Union
can very well be a main center
for the fullfillment of student
needs .
Dr. Davis On Private College Panel
Dr, Robert A. Davis of
Brevard College has been
elected to membership on the
new advisory committee of
private college presidents to
the board of governors of the
nf North Carolina.
the boarfl or govci.^
University of North Carolina,
Election News ern *No^th Carolina member of
the committee.
The committee was form
ed bv the Higher Education
\ct of 1971 and is part of
Gov. Robert Scott’s restruc
turing of higher education in
the state. .
The act calls for a liaison re
lationship between the public
and private sector of
education and states that ^ the
UNC board of governors sh^
assess the contributions and
The fall elections for class
oficers, Student Union Legisla
ture representatives,
board, and social board will be
held on Tuesday, September 12,
in the front lobby of the col
lege cafeteria. In order to vote
all students must register in the
cafeteria on Monday, Septem
ber 11. Actual voting will be
during the three meal ^ocks on
Tuesday. All students m“st
sent ID cards in order to vote.
needs of the private colleges
and universities of the state
and shall give advice and rec
ommendations to the General
Assembly to the end that the
resources of these institutions
mav be utilized in the be&t in
terests of the state”
All requests from private
institutions for the state
assistance must now be sub
mitted to the board for re
view and recommendation be
fore being presented to any
other state agency or the Gen
eral Assembly.
Dr. Davis, who hae been pres
ident of Brevard since 1969,
is secretary of the N. C. As
sociation of Independent Col
leges and Universities and
serves on other committees and
commissions in the state related
to higher education.
Prior to coming to Brevard,
he was associate director of the
division of higher education of
the Methodist Church in -Nash
ville, Tenn.
Active in community affairs,
he is president of the Brevard
Rotary Club, is on the board
of the Brevard Chamber of
Commerce and Brevard Music
Center and has served as presi
dent of the United Fund and
other community projects. He
is also active in Boy Scout work.
A graduate of the University
of Georgia, Dr. Davis did his
graduate work at Emory and
Yale universities and was a
Danforth Scholar at Yale.