THE
Volume 43
CLARION
THE
VOICE
Of BREVARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
BREVARD COLLEGE, Tuesday, December 9, 1975
Number Three
Brevard Youth Wins
Highest FFA Award
Many students at BC take time out from the grind
of studying to relax and play a littl^e ®
then. In fact the pool room m Sims Student U
full every night.
Brevard College Takes
Step Toward Change
Clifton Fisher of Brevard has
received the American Farmer
Degree, the highest degree
presented by the National FFA
Organization. Clifton was
nominated for the degree by the
North Carolina FFA Association,
domination was approved at a
recent meeting of the National
FFA Board of Directors in
Alexandria, Virginia. One of 701
FFA members nominated for the
American Farmer Degree,
Clifton received the degree in
a special ceremony on Thursday,
November 13, pending a final
vote of approval of 119 student
delegates who represent FFA
members in Convention business
sessions.
Clifton is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter S. Fisher of Brevard
and is current a freshmen at
Brevard College and hopes to
continue his education at N. C.
State.
He earned the American
Farmer Degree on the basis of a
supervised farming program of
beef cattle. Clifton is now servmg
as State FFA President for North
CaroUna.
Clifton’s high school vocational
agriculture instructor and FFA
advisor is John K. Bradley of
Rutherfordton, N. C.
The American Farmer Degree
is a highly coveted award
because it is presented to ap
proximately one member in 700
of the 485,793 total FFA mem
bership. It is presented only by
the National FFA Organization to
members who have demon
strated exceptional agricultural
and leadership ability.
Each American Farmer
Degree recipient was
presented a gold key and cer
tificate by the National FFA
Organization. Recipients who
attended the convention were
presented a check from the
National FFA Foundation to help
pay their travel expenses.
To qualify for the American
Farmer Degree, FFA members
must have advanced through a
system of degrees unique to the
FFA organization. FFA mem
bers begin as Greenhands and
after one year of membership
may be advanced by the local
chapter to the degree of “Chapter
Farmer”. The third degree, that
of “State Farmer,” is presented
by the state FFA Association to
two per cent of the state’s FFA
membership in one year. Only
students who have earned the
State Farmer Degree are eligible
for the American Farmer Degree
is an annual event of the Future
Farmers of America and is
carried out in cooperation with
the U. S Office of Education, of
the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare. This
year over 15,000 FFA members,
vocational agriculture teachers,
parents, and guests are expected
to take part in the 48th National
FFA Convention.
The convention is conducted
entirely by student members all
between the ages of 14 and 21. Six
National FFA Officers take
charge of all business sessions
and 119 official delegates
represent the membership in
voting on all issues of business.
The National FFA Convention
In addition to the American
Farmer Degree many other FFA
awards were presented during
the convention. Contests were
held in dairy, livestock, poultry,
meats, milk quality and dairy
foods, agricultural mechanics,
horticulture, and public
speaking. Several guest speakers
of national proninence addressed
the convention audience and
entertainment was interspersed
with the business. The convention
was the largest annual youth
convention in the nation. It closed
on Friday evening with the in
stallation of six new National
FFA Officers.
to return, and then only by the
dorm director or one resident
assistant and one dorm officer.
The extended curfew hour
Recent changes in the sign-out
policy and curfew hours of
women students were made in a
resolution drawn up by a nine
member student committee. The — nn urade
committee consisted of Jinx privileges are vvomen
Heard, Laurie Hendricks, Susan averages. gg and
Stanley, Becky Withers, Ann with a 1.8 or better ^ ^ ^
Eason, Jean Bryant, Margaret freshmen women w
Edwards, and Nancy Eason. The 2.0 average “ hours ex
committee was advised by and semester have ^ifinieht on
received help from Mr. Ralph tended to 12 o c oc , on
Clayton, a trustee and chairman week nig^t® niahts The
of tL Student Affairs Committee, Friday and Saturday
and Deans Houk, Haggard, and Sunday curfew o ^
TV,....,.. midnight will remamunchanpa^
The dorm parlors wil close at
11 • 15 on week nights and 1 o clock
on Friday and Saturday, women
with late hours may ente
through the designated door.
. other changes include cutting
the late minutes from thir y
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Thurston.
The changes made in the
resolution will go into effect at
the first of the year during the
second semester and will be
included in the handbook as an
amendment. The resolution does
away with the sign-out policy
except in the case of overnight to fifteen signing in
visits away from campus. In this late sign-m slip. j^wn how
case the woman will place her late, a woman must pm down^^io^
destination, address, and phone many minutes sne ^
number in a sealed envelope with reason why. When ^
the expected time of her return in another dorm
onthe outside. The envelopes will must check out
be opened only in the case of a director and chec
stated emergency by a family other dorm direc or.
member or the student’s failure
aimitriCAN farmer — Alpha
Trivette (left) national
A!! TTnture Farmers of America
^esJntrthe American Farmer
Degree to Clifton W. Fisher of
Brevard and Freshman at Brevard
College.