THE
Volume 42
CLARION
BREVARD COLLEGE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1975
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
NUMBER 6
Christian Emphasis Week ~
teers are trained, and no ex
perience is required. For more
information contact: Leo Fox,
Office 692-3281 Home 692-8079 or
Charley Gibbons at the Clerk of
Court’s office Transylvania
County Court House.
Reverend Huffman, speaker for Christian Emphasis
Week.
Doing Anything?
Could you get into working with
kids that need your help? The
Volunteers for Youth Program
offers varried opportunities to
help out kids with problems.
Some possibilities are: being a
big brother or sister type friend,
helping someone having trouble
learning to read, or doing things
with kids on a weekend. Volun-
Many people come to Brevard
because of its location and en
vironment; therefore, there are
many nature lovers on the
Brevard College campus. Two of
these “nature lovers” are two of
our professors Mr. Peter Burger
and Mr. Eston Roberts. Mr.
Burger, professor of history,
commonly known as “Turtle
Man”; The other, Mr. Roberts,
professor of English, is a lover of
nature-or at least natural things
who mainly has a great ad
miration for frogs.
Mr. Burger became interested
in turtles when he used to work at
Connestee Falls. “A fellow
brought me a turtle one day, and
I took it home with me to my
daughter, and we sort of fell in
love with the little dear.” He
became known as “turtle man”
when he started taking his
favorite turtle, “Tortugest”, to
events such as soccer and
basketball games. And, of
course, she became well known
when he entered her in the
homecoming court. This year she
wore a brilliant red ribbon
around her neck and of course
was very beautiful. She placed
first in the “turtle division”.
Tortugest is a contraction or
combination of Tortuga, which is
On Monday, March 3, Brevard
College will listen to the
Reverend John A. Huffman
during the required convocation
presented at 7:30 p.m. in the
Dunham Auditorium. Huffman
will speak on the subject “Close
Enough to Lost.” He will also
lecture at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 4, in the Student Union.
His subject this time will be
“How to Handle Hassles at
Home.” In his third lecture at
8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March
5, in the Myers Cafeteria,
Reverend Huffman will present
still another interesting an
nouncement on “The Importance
Of Conditioning Your Thoughts.”
These lectures by Reverend
John A. Huffman are part of the
Christian Encounter Week being
presented at Brevard College
from March 3 to March 5. It is
being brought to us by the
Thomas F. Staley Foundation.
Reverend Huffman is one of the
Staley Distinguished Christian
Scholar Lecturers.
Reverend Huffman is Senior
Minister of The First
Presbyterian Church in Pitt
sburg, Pennsylvania. He is
married to Anne Ridgeway
Mortenson and has two
daughters, Suzanne Marie and
Carla Lynne. Furthermore, he
was a student minister with Dr.
Norman Vincent Peale of the
Marble Collegiate Church in New
York City from 1962 from 1964.
Later, Reverend Huffman
became minister of Key Biscayne
Presbyterian Church in Key
Biscayne, Florida, from 1968
from 1973. There he occasionally
preached to former President
Richard M. Nixon. Reverend
Huffman’s academic career
ranges from Wheaton College,
Illinois, to the Princeton
Theological Seminary, where
Huffman was a candidate for a
Doctor of Ministry Degree.
The Biographical information
on this minister states that “Mr
Huffman has traveled in
ternationally on seventeen trips.
Turtle vs. Pros
• 1 1 — rritrck if Q riorTnQnin
Spanish for turtle, and gest which
my daughter dreamed up for
her.” Mr. Burger’s philosophy on
turtles centers around their
ability to withdraw into their
shells and into themselves. This
is because they are extremely
sensitive beings. They can be
along “without going on a high
mountain top or being in a locked
room”. Turtles, indeed, have
many advantages. They are
never aggressive or rude and
they take their time. Turtles are
slow but sure. Certain turtles,
however, go hiss and boo-hiss and
may tend to withdraw into their
shells when threatened. Thoreau
had something interesting to say
about turtles: “Perhaps the
turtle is the philosopher from
whom man could learn most, for
the turtle most perfectly
exemplifies the slow, confident
persistence of living things.”
There was a rumor on campus
that Mr. Burger wrote a book
entitled, “My Life Among Tur
tles”. This unfortunately was
only used for book review forms
and does not exist, although he is
capable of writing many books
about them. Even though Mr.
Burger has a very strong ad
miration for turtles, he also likes
dogs. He is in the process of
getting a Dashhound. He will
probably give it a Germanic
name, since “Burger” is Ger
manic in origin. He will probably
name it “Adolf, Otto, or
something of the sort.” Although
he majored in history, he started
out as an English major. He
adores politics and history, of
course. He loves Brevard and
North Carolina. He originally is
from Mississippi, although he
does not have an accent. He has
lived in New Jersey, New York,
and Virginia. He enjoys teaching
at Brevard and likes his classes,
but mostly the students. During
this interview, he was grading
papers. “This student missed
fifty-three already.” “Boo-hiss!”
Mr. Burger really has a general
concern for every student here at
Brevard and also for the turtles.
He’s truly a fine fellow.
Mr. Roberts, professon of
English, has a great admiration
for frogs. His interest in them
began when he was Dean of
Students at the college and was
teaching. Lord of the Flies in a
course at the time. “The students
saw themselves as flies and me
as the lord that whipped out a
hairy tongue occasioanlly and
devoured them.” Students began
giving him frogs. He has the
largest frog collection that I’ve
ever seen in my entire life, and I
bet no one else has one like it. He
respects and likes each one of
them. There is another reason
why Mr. Roberts is associated
with frogs; “Maybe it is also
because I look like a frog. Frogs
are very philosophical creatures
to him. “They sit on a lily pad all
alone, minding their own
business, contemplating on life.
Occasionally they stick out a
hairy tongue and lick up a
thought.” They are very deep
thinkers. They are not slow at
all but very fast creatures. Mr.
Roberts likes “sculptured” frogs
but actually does not like real live
frogs. He decided to major in
English because he loves to
write, and his “favotire poet is
Eston Roberts.” But, actually, he
likes Shelly, William Blake, and
Shakespeare. He also likes
James Dickey. He loves to write,
and when he is not writing, he
usually is reading. And of course,
he teaches, which he dearly
loves. He feels he is very lucky in
that he can have his “cake and
eat it too.” In other words, he can
get paid for doing what he would
most like to do if he didn’t have to
be paid. He doesn’t just do it for
the money. He really doesn’t
“love nature,” but appreciates it
deeply. “You can’t really love
visiting over thirty-five foreign
countries. He has traveled
thirteen times through Europe
and the Middle East, two times
around the world, once through
Afghanistan and Russia, and
spent time with his wife in Japan
and Southeast Asia. He has met
with international leaders in
business, journalism, education,
religion, and politics, including
private interviews with Prime
Ministers Nehru and Ghandi in
India, King Husslin of Jordan,
President and Madame Chiang
Kai-Skek of Formosa”.
Reverend Huffman is heard
regularly on radio KDKA and has
written a book entitled. Pot and
Those Other Things, published by
Creation House of Carol Stream,
Illinois.
Lastly, Reverend Huffman is
an all-around sportsman. He
played varsity football,
basketball, and baseball. He also
enjoys snow skiing, jogging and
golf.
Book Review
The Little Prince: Antoine de
Saint Exupery - Bantom
A majestical fable of en
chantment in which an animated
pilot, downed in the Sahara,
encounters an extraordinary wee
being from another world, and
requests a sketch of a sheep.
Thus begins the story of “what is
a matter of consequence.”
something without the potential
for its loving you back.” He likes
turtles very much “especially in
soup,” he said teasingly. “It’s
been my experience,” he
chuckled, that most turtles are
found in the soup or at least in hot
water.” Mr. Roberts takes a
personal interest in students and
wants to help them, and he cares
especially about pretty ones!
W .
mw^
%
h