THE
CLARION
THZ
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
Volume 40
Brevard College, Brevard, N. C., April 20, 1973
Number 14
Graduation Set
For May Sixth
On Sunday, May 6, Brevard
College will hold its Commence
ment exercises. There are 120
sophomores who are candidates
for graduation. Of these, 95
are scheduled to receive the
A.A. Degree, while 25 will be
awarded the Junior College Di
ploma.
The day’s activities include
an 11:00 a. m. worship service
at the First United Methodist
Church. Dr. Bernard R. Fitz
gerald will deliver the com
mencement sermon.
At 1:30 p. m. in Boshamer
Gymnasium there will be a
band concert by the Brevard
High School Band under the
direction of Dr. Robert G. Pal
mer and James F. Harwell.
Graduation exercises will be
held at 2:00 p. m. in Boshamer
Gymnasium. Mr. G. Andrew
Jones, Commissioner of Reve
nue for North Carolina, will de
liver the commencement ad
dress to the graduates.
Also highlighting , the com
mencement week-end will be
activities on Saturday, May 5,
including an alumni luncheon
at 1:00 p. m., where Mr. John
P. Odom will speak; an 8:00
p. m. commencement concert
in Dunham Auditorium; and a
8:00 p. m. reception for the
graduates at the home of Dr.
Robert A. Davis, Brevard Col
lege President.
Platt To Speak
Mon., April 23
On Monday, April 23, con
temporary poet Eugene Robert
Platt will give a reading of his
works on the Brevard College
campus. The program, will be
upstairs in the Student Union
SPRING IS HERE, and there’s music in the air on the Brevard College campus.
Meyerhoff Named New Head Basketball Coach
Brevard College president.
Dr. Robert A. Davis, announces
today the appointment of John
W. Meyerhoff a.s head basket
ball coach at Brevard College.
Coach Meyerhoff is presently
Director of Athletics and Phys
ical Education and Head Bas
ketball Coach at Chesapeake
College, Chesapeake, Virginia.
At Chesapeake, a two-year
college, Meyerhoff, charged
with building the athletic pro
gram, added cross country and
baseball. He personally raised
money and support for the con
struction of a baseball field.
Coach Meyerhoff rebuilt the
basketball program from a 3-
19 record in 1970-71 to an 11-
16 in 1971-72, with only one
sophomore on the team, Cur-
ently, Meyerhoff is serving as a
member of the NJCAA Region
10 Basketball Committee.
Prior to his collegiate ex
perience, Coach Meyerhoff serv
ed as Force Athletic Officer,
Atlantic Fleet Amphibious
Force from 1968-70. During this
time, he provided a planned
athletic program of intramural
and varsity sports for a force
of 60 ships and 20,000 men. He
also coached varsity basketball
in the Navy, winning the Fifth
Naval District Championship,
1969 and 1970; the South At
lantic Regional Championship,
1969 and 1970; the All-Navy
Championship, 1969 (Runner
Up in 1970).
Meyerhoff was chosen to
coach the Navy Interservice
Team for the Armed Forces
Championships in 1969 and
1970. After serving five years
active duty in the United States
Navy, Lieutenant Meyerhoff
remains active in the Naval
Reserve.
Coach Meyerhoff received
his BA from Colgate Universi
ty in 1964 and will complete
his MS at Old Dominion Uni
versity this August. Coach Mey
erhoff and his wife, Tempie,
have two children. He is active
in community life, belonging to
the Great Bridge Jaycees and
serving on the Board of Direc
tors and as Secretary to the
organization.
President Davis, upon the
announcement of Meyerhoff’s
appo!n'in',ent, said, “We are very
fortunate to secure a man of
Coach Meyerhoff’s qualifica
tions for our Basketball Pro
gram at Brevard College. Un
der his leadership we expect to
build an outstanding basketball
team that will represent us
well.”
EUGENE ROBERT PLATT
at 7:30 p. m. Dress is informal,
and refreshments will be serv
ed.
. Mr. Platt’s appearance is be
ing sponsored jointly by the
Girl’s Basketball Team and
“Chiaroscuro.”
Mr. Platt is currently em
ployed as Assistant to the Dean
of Student Affairs at Clarion
State College in Clarion, Pa.
He is a graduate of the Univer
sity of South Carolina and has
studied in Ireland, earning a
“Diploma in Anglo-Irish Lit
erature.”
He has given readings in col
leges and high schools in eigh.
states. North Carolina schools
where Mr. Platt has read in
clude Davidson, Chowan, A^
lantic Christian, Campbell, and
East Carolina.
In addition to editing three
anthologies and publishing nunr-
erous poems in journals and
magazines, Platt has published
to date three collections of his
work. These include Coffee pd
Solace, Allegheny Reveries,
and Six of One/Half Dozen of
the Other.
Platt lives in Clarion, Fa.,
with his wife Kathleen and two
small children, who, he says,
have inspired much of his work.
Education Class Hears Lathrop
“English teachers are not
teaching language arts or even
English any more; they are
teaching kids,” said Mrs. Gail
Lathrop, head of the English
department at Brevard High
School, when she discussed new
trends in education with the
education class at Brevard Col
lege on April 17.
Centering'her talk around the
nine week mini-courses in Eng
lish being offered at Brevard
High School, she explained
that her department has been
working with a state experi
mental grant.
With their money, the Eng
lish department has attempted
to achieve several objectives.
First, the faculty has sought
to decrease students’ apa.hy
regarding English courses.
Second, the new program was
designed to allow students to
make their own decisions about
curriculum. This should help
them make decisions in life.
By using nine weeks courses,
teachers would have real ob
jectives concerning what they
were to accomplish during
that specific period of time.
Teachers could specialize in
Darticular fields of interest and
ability. For example, a teaqher
with special capabilities in
Shakespeare could teach courses
in that area while one with
extra talents in art and music
could teach courses in humani
ties.
The new program would meet
the needs of the individual
students much better because
remedial as well as advanced
courses could be offered more
effectively.
Last but not least, the new
program would eliminate much
JOHN W. MEYERHOFF
class grouping - sophomore,
juniors, and seniors could be
grouped together in many gen
eral courses.
Evaluating the success of the
course objectives, Mrs, Lathrop
was quite optimistic. She feels
students learn much more now
than from traditional English
programs. She says students’
needs are more fully met and
the teachers can better use
their individual talents and
abilities.
Even though the new mini
course program has its prob
lems, Mrs. Lathrop believes it
has been a success thus far and
hopes it continues to be used.