THE
Volume 40
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
Brevard College, Brevard, N. C., December 1, 1972
Number. 7
Distinguished Scientist To Visit
Brevard College Campus In Feb.
Dr. James G. Traynham, Pro
fessor and Chairman of the De
partment of Chemistry at Louisi
ana State University in Baton
Rouge, will visit Brevard Col
lege February 6-8, 1973. His visit
is made possible by the Visiting
Scientist Program of the Ameri
can Chemical Society.
A native of Georgia, Dr.
Traynham is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and received the
B.S. degree in Chemistry from
the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel HUl and the
Ph.D degree\from Northwestern
University. Prior to joining the
LSU faculty, Dr. Traynham
taught at Denison University in
Granville, Ohio and did research
at Ohio State University. In
1953 he became a faculty mem
ber at LSU and was appointed
Chairman of the Department in
1968. Dr. Traynham regularly
teaches undergraduate organic
chemistry courses and publishes
research papers in distinguished
chemical journals:^ Seventeen
students have received the Ph.D.
degrees; ten, the M.S. degree,
under his direction.
In addition to teaching and re
search, Dr. Tranyham has writ
ten a supplemental, programed
text on organic chemical nomen
clature for undergraduate stu
dents. He is a Councilor of the
Baton Rouge Section of the
American Chemical Society, and
a member of the American
Chemical Society Council Com
mittee on Chemical Education.
He has spent two sabbatical
leaves of study and research in
Europe; the most recent one as
a NATO Senior Fellow in Sci
ence at Universitat des Saar-
brucken, Germany.
Dr. Traynham is married and
has two sons who are students
at LSU-BR. He is an active
member of University United
Methodist Church in Baton
Rcuge.
JAMES FOSTER, center Man
ager of the. Sears Roebuck Store in
Brevard, is shown presenting the
check to Dr. Robert A. Davis, Presi
dent of Brevard College, left, and
Brunner Hunt, Business Manager.
The funds will be used to strengthen
Brevard College’s educational 'pro
gram and service to The Western
North Carolina region.
Religious Groups Sponsor Lighting
Of Christmas Tree, December 4
College Receives Donation,
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Grants totaling more than
$47,000.00 will be distributed to
41 privately supported colleges
and universities in North Caro
lina this month by The Sears-
Roebuck Foundation.
In the Brevard area, Brevard
College shares annually in the
Grant which is attenately used
for library enrichment and gen
eral college programs.
The North Carolina colleges
and universities are among
more than 930 private, accred-
ikcl two-and four-year institu
tions across the country which
are sharing in $1,500.00 in
Sears Foundation funds.
Nationally, private colleges
and universities will receive $1,-
000,000 in unrestricted grants
and an additional $5000,000
through a Sears Foundation
program to assist college and
university libraries.
The unrestricted funds may
be used as the colleges and uni
versities deem necessary. The
library grant program is design
ed to supplement the normal
book acquisition budgets of the
participating institutions.
In addition to its unrestrict
ed and college library grant pro-
^am. The Sears-Roebuck Foun
dation, during the current year,
Will invest more than $750,000
a variety of other educa
tional activities, the spokesman
said. This will bring the budget
ed education expenditures of
^ne Sears - Roebuck Founda
tion to more than $2,225,000 in
1972.
Brevard College Becomes Full
Member Of NASM
Brevard College was pro
moted to Full Membership in
the National Association of
Schools of Music on Monday,
November 20, at the 48th An
nual Meeting of the Associ
ation.
Nelson Adams represented
the college at the meeting which
t\as held at the Radisson Hotel,
vvliniicapolis.
Brevard became an Associ
ate Member of NASM in 1967
and was voted approval of
Full Membership at the open
ing session in Minneapolis.
Membership of the Associ
ation includes 400 universities,
colleges, and conservatories in
,the United States. Sixteen new
schools were admitted to meni-
bership at this meeting, and
seventeen schools were pro
moted from Associate to Uuu
Membership.
For the first time the Na
tional Association
sessions were held jointly
with the CoUege Music So
ciety. The combined member
ship was welcomed by Don^d
L. Engle, President of the
Minnesota Orchestral Associ
ation. The general sessions
also included addresses by
such nationally known musi
cians and educators as Gun
ther f^cMiller, eminent com-
pc£:r; Harold Arberg, U. S.
Of-'cs of Education; William
Ivfy, Executive Director of
tha Country Music Founda
tion; Eric Salzman, writer
and composer; and Amyas
Ames, Chairman, Partnership
fir the Alts. Musical pro
grams included concerts by
the Deller Consort: the Dale
Warland Singers; and the
Minnesota Orchestra.
The NASM is designated by
the National Commission on Ac-
credition as the responsible
agency for the accreditation of
all music degree curricula with
specialization in the fields of
applied music, music theory,
composition, music therapy,
musicology, and music as a ma
jor in liberal arts programs. Its
deliberations play an important
part in music education trends
in this country.
Brevard CoUege is owned
and operated by the Western
North Carolina Conference of
The Methodist Church. Com
mitted to Christian concepts,
Brevard College is dedicated
to a way of life that instiUs
within the student a greater
desire to become a more re
sponsible and creative mem
her ol society.
The various Christian de
nominational groups on campus
will be very busy during the
week of December 4 through
December 11. On Monday night
December 4 at 5:15 p. m., the
annual Christmas Tree lighting
will be hdd. It will be a joint
effort of all the Christian de
nominational groups on camp
us. On Wednesday, December 6
ct 10:00 p. m. there will be a
nativity scene, performed and
?pcnscrcd by the Christian
Council.
In the past, the Christmas
tree has been lighted by the
maintenance department. This
year the old scheme of the stud
ent lighting will once again re
turn. Following the lighting,
students will go Christmas
caroling throughout Brevard. A
bonfire v.'ith refreshments con
sisting of hot chocolate will
await the carolers and all who
attend after the caroling. Ev
eryone on campus is asked to
attend.
NOTICE
The Christmas Dance will be
held Saturday, December 2, in
Dunham Auditorium from 8 p.
m. till 12 midnight. The band
playing will be the Young’uns.
Price of admission is $3.00 per
couple and $2.00 single.
I
BREVARD STUDENTS, pictured above, re
lax and converse on' the lawn of the college campus.