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Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
Volume
41
Brevard College, Brevard, N. C., October 4, 1973
Number 2
Brevard College Trustees Hold Annual Fall Meeting
The Brevard College Trus
tees will convene on the college
campus on Thursday and Fri
day, October 4th and 5th, for
their regular fall meeting.
Coming from virtually ev
ery section of the Piedmont
and Western areas of the state,
the Trustees represent the
policy making body for Bre
vard College.
Chairman of the Board is Al
len H. Sims of Gastonia, who
will preside over the sessions.
Brevard College President, Dr.
Robert A. Davis, will present
the president’s report on col
lege activities and plans.
way on Thursday with dinner
at 6:30 p.m. in the A. G. Myers
Dining Hall for Trustees and
wives, to be followed by a
meeting of the Executive Com
mittee. On Friday morning the
various committees of the Board
will meet, to be followed by
the general Board meeting.
Entertainment for the par
ticipants will include the per
formance of William Windom’s
“Thurber” in Dunham Audi
torium at 8:15 p. m. on Thurs
day, at which time the Trus
tees and their wives will be
guests of the College Lyceum
program.
ALLEN H. SIMS
The sessions will get under- On Friday morning Mr^
Robert A. Davis will be hostess
for the wives of Trustees at the
President’s home at 10:00 a.m.
“The Brevard College Trus
tees bring distinguished leader
ship and direction to our
college,” stated President Da
vis.
“Under their guidance, the
College has made much pro
gress over recent years. Es
pecially significant is the com
pletion of the physical plant
which so adequately serves our
needs. It is because of their
dedication and leadership that
Brevard College occupies a
strong position in church-re
lated higher education today.”
5
PRESIDENT DAVIS
Self-Study Program Is Conducted
Student Union Hostess Appointed
Brevard College is accredit
ed by the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and Schools,
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Education, the Uni
versity Senate of the United
Methodist Church and the Na
tional Association of Music
Schools.
The Southern Association be
lieves that a university or col
lege must grow and improve
in quality or it declines. The
Southern Association encourag
es growth and improvement in
quality through their Institu
tional Self-Study Program.
Once in every 10-years period
each member college or uni
versity conducts a comprehen
sive study of its purpose in re
lation to its organization and
adurinistration, educational pro
gram, financial resources, fac
ulty, library, student person
nel, physical plant, and special
activities.
Dr. Charles Branch, Assis
tant Executive Secretary for
the Southern Association, de
scribed the Institutional Self-
Study Program to the facul
ty at their workshop at the
beginning of the 1973-74
school year. At that time com
mittees composed of faculty
members, staff, administra
tors, students, alumni and
trustees were appointed by
the Steering Committee to
make the study.
The steering Committee mein-
bers are Bobbie Jean Nichol
son, Chairman, Mrs. E. K. Mc-
Larty, Jr., and Eugene Lovely,
Acting Dean.
The committees will con
tinue to study Brev^d Col
lege program durmg the
1973-74 school year and pre
pare reports of their firidmg
for the Steering Committee.
The Steering Committee wiU
compile a written report for
the Executive Secretary of
the Southern Association. Af
ter the report has been sent
to the Southern Association,
they will select a committee
composed of some six or sev
en comeptent educators from
two-year colleges similar to
Brevard but from outside the
state of North Carolina.
The Visiting Committee will
study the Brevard College Self-
Study Report and make a three-
day visit to the campus to
evaluate the report. The Visit
ing Committee will then send
a report of their findings to
the Executive Secretary of the
Southern Association. The final
step in the process will be for
the Southern Association to
notify Brevard College of
status for re-accreditation.
Mrs. Josephine Burkhart, a
former hostess of the freshman
girls dormitory at Western Car
olina University, recently was
named hostess of Sims Student
Union.
In filling this newly formed
position, Mrs. Burkhart says
she wishes to be a true friend
to the students of Brevard Col
lege. Her main duties in the
Student Union, she continued,
will be to see that things are
kept tidy and orderly.
In a recent interview, Mrs.
Burkhart expressed her delight
in the new position. Mrs. Burk
hart commended the facilities
and the layouts of Sims Stud
ent Union. She expressed en
joyment in being around young
people and pleasure with the
control the students have been
exhibiting in the union. Al
though Mrs. Burkhart must en
force the restrictions which
govern activity in the union,
she does sympathize with the
students concerning food and
drink.
Mrs. Burkhart will over-see
the pool and ping pong rooms
and study area, working along
with Mr. Alderman and Coach
Campbell to keep the Student
Union operating smoothly.
Mrs. Burkhart wishes to wel
come the students at Brevard
to come by and converse with
her at any time.
1973 Homecoming Activities To Be October 13th
^ .t. SherriU Field, phones, french horns sopi
Plans for the Homecom
ing at Brevard College on
Saturday, October 13th, have
just been announced by Pres
ident Robert A. Davis. The
39th Annual Homecoming is
scheduled to begin with the
registration and a coffee hour
at 10:00 a.m. in the Faculty
Lounge of the Beam Admin
istration Building.
Of special interest-reunions
are planned for the classes
of 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and
1950. Members of these, class
es are urged to make a spec
ial effort to attend the fes
tivities, meet with formjer
classmates and enjoy a day
of fellowship on the campus
of Brevard College.
style for alumni and friends. possesses the
will continue with the cross __ +
country meet beginning at ous sec i
phones, french horns sopranos
and baritones, and the latest
model tenor drums and per
cussion.
Xhe girls wear tailored
uniforms of off^hUe ^d
purple. This is the first
group of its kind to perform
coast-to-coast, color-cast of
half-time football games.
This crops has led two gov
ernor’s inaugural parades.
Dinner will be served at 5:00
p m. following the soccer game
fn fhp A G Myers Dmmg Hall
for alumni and friends. There
will be an informal supper at
5:30 for music students music
alumni and music
eirls grades prvations can be made throug
■ “h'at male up the S “uslc bmlding oHice m
cSps° mimbership^ The Dunham Audlt.rmm. ^
^ • - -'"H. 2ive concluding event wiU
be the Homecoming dance
which will be semiformal
and will begin at 8:®® P-
and wiU last ’til nudmght m
Dunham Auditonum.
1:30 p. m. at „
and the Brevard CoUege
Stage Band will present a
L?ert at Sherrill Field prior
to the soccer game which be-
gtas at i-M p. m. mere
be the presentation of the
Homecoming Queen an
performance by the Momo
international Champion Girls
Corps from Monroe, Georgia,
SSg half-time. W
roe Girls Corps was
in 1949 through the efforts
of the VFW, Monroe, Georgia
l“«o,t'ed b, the
community there which pro
vided instruments, uniforms,
travel expenses, etc.
r, corps , .
Lunch will be served in A. G. , practice year roun , s
Myers Dining Hall from noon diversified Performance
until 1:15 ' - ■ - miitines.
P- tUg high- precision
modern corps
The Homecoming activities most The vari-
ill continue with the cross- ments on include mello-
COACH CAMPBELL is talking over stadegy
with reserve Gene Smith during a recent game. Re
lated soccer stories on page four.