THE
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
Volume 41
Brevard College, Brevard, N. C., February 1, 1974
Number 6
Reception Held For Dr. And Mrs. Thurston
Dr. and Mrs. Branson Thurs
ton were guests of honor at a
reception held Wednesday af
ternoon on January 23. The
reception was sponsored by the
faculty, staff and Student Union
Legislature of Brevard College.
Receiving the large crowd of
students and faculty, along
with Dr. and Mrs. Thurston,
was President of Brevard Col
lege, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Davis.
The reception gave everyone
a great opportunty to meet and
talk with the new Dean of Stud
ents over In hors d’ oeuvres.
Like the Brevard students
who enjoy camping the week
ends away, Dr. Thurston and
his family also find camping to
be one of their favorite out
ings.
Dr. Thurston talked of his
camping experiences with his
wife Betty, two children, Blake
8, and Lori, 3, and oldest
Government Progress
daughter” Luci (their twelve
year old poodle).
The Thurstons own a crank-
up camper and over the past
two years they have traveled
and camped at the Grand Can
yon, Disney World, along the
Blue Ridge Parkway, and Crer-
okee.
While camping Dr. Thurston
likes to take the full day’s
cooking upwi_himself for his
family, and when some spare
time rolls around, he and his
family plan to do some camp
ing in the beautiful Pisgah For
est.
Dr. Thiurston and family
seem quite pleased with their
new surroundings here on Bre
vard’s campus, and love the
people, the area and the stud
ents.
Beginning his college teach
ing SVz years ago, he taught
for two years at Syracuse Uni
versity, New York, and for 6%
years at Florida Southern a
four year college of 1350 stud
ents in Lakeland, Florida. He
“likes teaching very much”, and
is enjoying the World Religions
course he is now teaching here
at Brevard.
In the first few weeks of
this semester some areas of
Brevard College have been
topics of discussion between
the Administration and the Ex
ecutive Department of the SUL
and a few other concerned
students and SUL members.
The main area of concern is
centered around the overall at
mosphere at Brevard and what
causes atmospheric conditions
good or bad. Discussions were
held with all the dorm moth
ers and the Deans abont this
atmosphere. It was very pro
ductive in talking over prob
lems and establishing better
lines of communication. Also,
overall attitudes of students
were discussed" in relation to
Dorm life. The point was es
tablished that problems in the
Dorm are sometimes equated
to studies and the Brevard Col
lege community causing ill feel-
ngs. It was felt that if the
whole community could work
together and talk problems ov-'
er more and respect each oth
ers viewpoint, then the ovcrail
atmosphere of Brevard could
be enchanced. Going further,
discussions have been had
with President Davis about a
regular open visitation period
and the delegation of extra
responsibilities. It is felt that
this could also boost the over
all moral and atmosphere of the
college, keeping in mind that
the situation at Brevard con
cerning a condusive environ
ment for maturing is far above
last years and also other years
but still needs improvement.
Other areas which are under
discussion are concerning the
activities involved with the in
firmary. A bulletin is being
worked on so as to set do^ro
general facts concerning the in
firmary. If problems arise stud
ents are urged to tell student
leaders their truobles so it can
be looked into.
Bicycles
For Sale
NOTICE
The bicycles in the Student
Union are now on sale. In or
der to make the sale fair we
are going to handle the trans
action in this manner. The bikes
will be placed in the lobby out
front of the Tornado room in
Simms Student Union. They
will be numbered so there will
be no discrepancies about the
bike in question. After look
ing at the bikes and if you want
to purchase one, the following
procedure shall be followed:
Make a bid (minimum
amount of $30) and write it
down on a piece of paper
including the number of
the bike and sign your
name. Put it in an envelope
and address it to Mark Me
Guire, P O Box 308 Bre
vard College. Offers should
be dated and received no
later than Tuesday, Febru
ary 12, at 10:00 ,a. m. Please
give an indication as to
how you can be reached.
We will open the bids at
11:00 a. m. on February 12
notifying the people with the
highest bid on each indivdual
bike that day. After notification,
ones with the highest bid have
two days to pay for the bike,
if not done persons with the
second highest offer will be
notified with the same two day
stipulation and so on down the
line.
The Bikes will go on dis
play starting Friday, February
1.
DR. BRANSON THURSTON
Weldon, N^w V. P.
“I wasn’t associated with
what was going in the school.
I thought I could do more
than what had been going on,”
was Health Weldons explana
tion for waiting until the recent
special vice-presidental eleo-
ton to run for public office.
Heath Weldon had the oppor'
tunity to run when George
Howe moved up from Vice
President to President to re
place Stuart Krall who re
signed.
Now that he has been nar
rowly elected Weldon plans
to make efforts to unite the
Freshmen Class into a more
cohesive assembly with com
mon goals. He is also making a
plea to the students to let
him know what ideas or sug
gestions they have.
Comments On Crisis
Today many people feel they
cannot trust the government
because too often one official
tells the people something and
another official disputes it. One
such issue is the Energy Cris
is.” President Nixon and most
personnel in the big oil com
panies say there definitely is an
energy crisis and the only thing
that can be done about it is
for people to cut back on the
energy. However, Ralph Nader
and Attorney General William
Saxbe say that this is a big
hoax to get every penny they
can. We at the “Clarion” decid
ed to ask some of the students
what they thought about it.
And here are some of the
answers:
William Johnson, 18, (Shel
by. N. C.) — I believe that it
is a hoax that is why it does
not stop me from going home
every week-end.
Gary Johnson, 18, (Brevard,
N. c.) — I definately think
that it is a hoax. I think the
country is going back to a con
servative bourgeoisie with big
business taking over.
Lynn Simon, 18, (Lake
land, Florida) — I believe there
IS a shortage of fuel, but it is
not as drastic as people make
out to be.
Richard Parks, 20, (Pitts
burg, Pa.) — I believe its a
hoax because there are eigh1
seven full tankers of crude oil i
off the Gulf of Mexico. Canada
did not shut off our gas and
oil reserves completely.
Jane Burton, IB, (Orlando,
Florida) — I believe that it
is a hoax and the oil compan
ies are trying to make up for
all the money they lost off the
oil spills.
Joe Hardee, 20, (Greensboro,
0 ) I think iit could have
been avoided if they would
have done somethmg earlier
when they realized something
was wrong. But I definitely be-
lieve we are running low on
petroleum energy. .
No matter what their views
are at the time, most people
would go along with the gov
ernment, and help out li only
they were told the stra^ht
truth, every once in a while
and not a beat around the busti
answer all the time. People
have got to realize that even if
there is not a fuel shortage now
there could possibly be one
in the future because these re
sources can not last forever.
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NOTICE
The Tornado Room will be
open Friday and SatuMay
night untU 12:00 on trial
basis, this weekend.
BREVARD’S RAJAI KAYAL recently received All-American
Soccer Player. See page four for story.