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Volume 40
CLARION
THE
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Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
Brcvartl College, Brevard, N. C., September 29, 1972
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Homecoming Dance
Theme> Harvest Bail
The theme for this year’s'
homecoming activities is Har
vest Ball.
An assembly will be held in
Dunham Auditorium, October
4, to announce the candidates
for homecoming court. Home
coming court will consist of
three sophomore and two fresh
man representatives. The sopho
more queen wiU be announced
at the dance.
The weekend begins Friday
night with open dorms from 8
p. m. to 11 p. m.
Saturday is the judging of the
dorms which will be decorated
by the students. The judging
will take place from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. by three faculty mem
bers and two members of the
student body. The dorms will
be judged on originality, neat
ness, and relativity to the theme.
The homecoming dance is
Saturday night from 8 p.m. to
midnight. Tickets are $4 a
couple or $3 stag and may be
obtained from any member of
the Socal Board or at the door
the evening of the dance. The
band playing will be the Micro
polls from Atlanta, Georgia.
The curfew hour for the girls
will be extended until 2 a. m.
Saturday night.
DELPHIAN PLEDGES are
shown above during “Rush Week”.
Dressing up lik-e girls was a major
pastime during the initiation period.
Life during the week was a real pain
for the pledges; but during the mud
fight they could get out all of their
frustrations.
Betty Neale Appointed
Admissions Counselor
Miss Whicker To Preside At Fraternity Meet
Miss Lou Whicker of Bre
vard College, President of the
North and South Carolina Phi
Theta Kappa, will preside over
a meeting this week here to
plan the two - state convention
in November.
Schools are elected officers
of the state organization rather
than individuals and Miss
Whicker is state president by
virtue of being president of the
Brevard chapter.
The college was selected as
president this year, according
to society officials, because the
organization’s theme is aesthe
tics and, Brevard has “the fin
est art and music programs of
any of the North and South
Carolina member junior col
leges.”
The organization’s theme last
year was government, according
to faculty adviser, Mrs. William
Bed ru.
Miss Whicker. 19, a native of
High Point, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Whicker.
Her father is a former dean of
Brevard who is now dean of
Oxford Masonic Orphanage.
A sopnomore with majors in
math and chemistry, she hopes
to go to Duke University and
pursue a career in forestry or
ecological research.
The Brevard chapter’s pro
jects include a tutoring pro
gram and providing information
on voter registration.
Attending the planning ses
sion here is Fred Baker of
Rhinehart College, Georgia, re
gional sponsor. The convention
program will feature art and
music. Miss Whicker said.
Phi Theta Kappa has more
than 500 national chapters with
18 in North Carolina arid three
in South Carolina
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Music Faculty Active During Leaves
TWo , , „ . . _ -1 ir, ritv Wis degree will be earned
There are several members of college students also playing in City. His "^^Sree vvill be earned
the muse faculty who have been the symphony. in Musicology,
on sabbatical leave who have , , Our Music Department should
eturned to Brevard College to Joan Moser has been on iMve mnsratulated for their
for 1 year working on her doc- ^^eas and for the
torate at the University of Mich ^ academic standards they
igan in Ethnomusicology. Here department
she teaches Music Literature, is . _ ,
the director of the Instrumen-
Miss Betty Neale of Charlotte
is providing a new look to Bre
vard College’s Office of Admis
sions this year.
A 31-year-old attractive bru
nette who has discovered she
likes working with young peo
ple better than working in poli
tics, Miss Neale will begin a
10-week tour this week hand
ling College Day Programs in
schools in North and South Car
olina and Virginia.
A 1960 Brevard College grad
uate, she recently said, “In my
12 years since graduating from
here, I have realized what a
good education I received at
Brevard, academically and in
my personal development, and
I want to tell other young peo
ple about the school.”
Miss Neale, who was home
coming queen of 1959 at Bre
vard, also held a number of of
fices in student organizations
and sororities. She graduated
from High Point College in 1963
with a B.A. in French and a
Class A North Carolina Teach
er Certificate in French and
Basic Business.
A legislative secretary for
U. S. Rep. William Alexander
(D.-Ark.) for the past three
years, she also has worked as
legal secretary for a Washing
ton, D. C. law firm, taught
French at West Henderson High
School in Henderson County
and was that county’s traveling
librarian for grammar schools.
She was recreation director at
the Methodist Retirement Home
in Durham from 1963-1965.
In Washington, she attended
John Robert Powers Fashion
and Finishing School and was
organist at St. Elizabeth’s Hos
pital.
As admissions counselor for
Brevard College, she will be
visiting Marshville, Pfeiffer
College, Albermarle, Rocking
ham, Southern Pines, Sanford
and Robbins this week. Next
week, she begins a tour of Vir
ginia.
ijucai leave who have
to Brevard College to
resume their teaching duties
this year.
Mr. Whateley has been on
ave for 3 years working on his - -
octorate at Indiana Universi- ^al program and teaches private
in'Mn,t woodwinds and guitar.
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ory. iTpr»
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here fit Brevard College.
Coffeehouse Now Open
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Btevard he is teach- ivn.
g Music Theory and private on sabbatical leave working on
piano His wife, during the'3- ^
M leave earned her Masters tronic music studios, we
UiUvers^f Voice also at Indiana teaching half-time all year.
Mr. Harvey Miller is presently
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NOTICE
Many students have been us
ing the open area between the
infirmary and the Coltrane art
building as a play field for such
o„tn Cone is at the Universi- activities as footbaU, soccer,
Miss Virginia TUlotson has ty of Tennessee at Knoxville do- frisbee, etc. tj^at
leave for 2 years work- ing graduate study in speech now S^’ed for
on her doctorate at UNC-G. and theatre arts. such activities be reservea
degree will be earned in , , the athletic field,
sip tI? teaching Mu- Mr. Adams, the head of t ^ jjjnit.
anil Private woodwinds, Fine Arts Department, is co - athletic field due to
n] . Chamber singers. She is pleting his dissertation thro g ^ personal in-
Asheville sym- the Union Theologic^ Semm^ he high
phony and is in charge of the School of Music at New York jury.
“The Thing”, a coffeehouse
entertainment aspect, which is
sponsored by Christian Coun
cil, made its debut Wednesday
night, Sept. 27. It was held at
the lily pond in front of Beam
Dorm. The music was presented
by the students of Brevard Col
lege. It was emceed by Rick
Auten and Melvin Scales.
In the.future, “The Thing”
will be held on the second floor
of the old barn behind the col
lege. Renovations are present
ly underway, and the first of
the weekly presentation will be
P.M. Musicians from many col
leges and universities, and var
ious speakers from across the
country will highlight the for
mat of “The Thing”.
“The Thing” was developed
in hopes of giving the students
at Brevard entertainment, while
relaxing from their assign
ments. In order for “The Thing”
to be a successful venture, it
must be supported in entirity by
the student body. Anyone who
has any suggestions concerning
“The Thing” or who wishes to
perform is urged to contact Mr.
October 11, beginning at 9:30 Roy or Connie Laws.