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THE CLARION
THE VOICE or BREVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS
Tuesday, April 8,1980
Come One, Come All
BC’s “Rites Of Spring
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by Judy Early
Spring has sprung but ac
cording to the Social Board on
Brevard campus the official
ritual will begin the weekend of
April 10-12. “The Rites of Spring”
will officiate the coming of spring
to Brevard College and end the
1979-80 social calendar,
simultaneously welcoming the
1980-81 members and officers,”
as John Little, chairman of the
Social Board disclosed.
The welcoming of spring is by
no means alien to college cam
puses as several other schools
have spring festivals. However,
this is the first spring ritual at
Brevard CoUege. Everything
from the spring drama and
concerts to Frisbee contests and
a car wrecking is on the agenda,
making a potpourri of fun.
The ceremony will get un
derway with the Fine Arts
presentation of Black Comedy,
written by Peter Shaffer and
directed by Professor Sam Cope.
This farce involves several
catastrophes after a simple
power failure occurs in a London
apartment. During the power
failure the characters on stage
are totally “in the dark” about
things while the audience knows
all and delights in their mistakes.
The cast of characters includes:
Robert Shepherd, a nervous
sculptor; Karen Quick, a young
debutante; Judy Early, a middle-
aged spinster; Frank Lattimore,
a retired colonel; Neel Lat
timore, an avid antique-china
collector; Patrick Michael, a
German refugee with the London
Electricity; Cheryl Pierce, a
mischievous ex-girlfriend; and
Rodney Currin, a millionaire art
collector. Reservations for these
performances which begin at 8:15
each night, can be made in the
Administration Building at the
receptionist desk.
In addition to the play, a
concert is scheduled for two of
the three evenings — Thursday
and Friday beginning at 9 o’clock
and lasting til around midnight.
Greg Greenway, who appeared
last semester, is welcomed back
due to his style which is
characteristic of Dan Fogelburg
and James Taylor, and his unique
stage presence while performing
his original pieces.
On your mark, get set on
Friday afternoon in order to be
readv for the road race so you
can go the 10 kilometer run (6.2
miles). At 4 p.m. it will be time to
go beyond the second mile to win
one of the two trophies given in
both men and women divisions.
Also T-shirts will be presented to
the top ten competitors. Prior to
the road race a Frisbee contest
and a car wrecking will complete
the afternoon’s “spring thrills.”
Frisbee teams are limited to two
persons, and prizes will be
awarded to a first place winner
$20 and a second place winner —
$10.
Smash, bang, crash’em up is
the purpose of the car wrecking
event on Friday afternoon. For a
fee of 10c per smash, students
may demolish a replica of a
security’s vehicle.
Saturday, artists from the
Western North Carolina area will
exhibit their talent during the
arts and crafts fair. Traditional
mountain crafts along with
conventional art will be on
display. Apple cider, corn husk
dolls, pottery and paintings will
be placed in booths for browsinp
Yippee! A bluegrass festival
will start spring clogging
Saturday. The bands are more
than dueling banjos since they
are threefold including
“Chicasaw Plum,” the
“Asheville Bluegrass Band” and
the “Midnight Plowboys.”
Brevard’s Mark Walter leads the
“Chicasaw Plum” in a hoedown.
Dosido to the “Asheville
Bluegrass Band” who have
performed for square dances in
the Piedmont. Stomp til sundown
with the “Midnight Plowboys”
headed by Brian Hunt«r who is
the master of ceremonies for the
occasion.
Vittles include a picnic lunch
and for the evening a steak
dinner at Brevard’s cabin on
campus. For $2 for boarding
students and $3.75 for day
students, persons can Usten to
live niusic and be waited on by
Brevard’s social board. Then find
the stairway to Dunham
Auditorium between 10 p.m. and
2 a.m. to engage in the climax of
the weekend. This includes
performing some dance steps to
the rock n roll, disco, bluegrass
and beach music of “Staircase.’’
All of these activites are offered
to persons wishing to take ad
vantage of one’s “‘Rights’ of
Spring.”
Karen Quick, Frank Lattimore, Neel Lattimore, and Judy Early rehearse for
spring play.
MosemanWins Southern V.P.
at PTK Convention
“I was so excited that I never
heard her name called. All ttot I
heard was that the candidate
from Carolina had won Southern
V.P.” Those remarks by a
member of Brevard s PTK
chapter. Delta Pi, described the
moment when they learned that
their candidate for Southern
V.P., Debbie Moseman, had won
the race. In fact, when outgoing
Southern V.P., Kathy Barker,
announced that the candidate
from North Carolina had won, the
rest of her announcement was
drowned out by cheers from the
excited Breyardians.
The announcement of the new
national PTK officers came at
the end of the National PTK
convention held in Washington,
D.C. March 21 through 23.
The road to victory began early
in the morning on Wednesday,
March 20, when the con
ventioneers left Brevard for the
capital. According to Donna
Harriger, Moseman’s campaign
manager, “When I realized that
there were only twelve members
Delta Piers attending the
convention included: Sally
Beard, Claude Stulting, Gene
McDowell, Tamie Kondo, Kurt
Holland, Joyce Keenan, Clara
Allen, Amy Garrou, “Boo”
Blalock, Tim Watson, Scott
Singletary, Mark Armstrong,
Debi Crane, Harriger, and
Moseman.
It was a busy three days. The
actual convention did not begin
until Thursday afternoon with the
official roll call and the Keynote
address which was delivered by
Bob Exler, PTK president for
1979-80. That evening Nancy
Kessenbaum, senator from
Kansas, addressed the con
vention. FoUowing that were
various committee and district
meetings. A disco dance which
included a spotlight on the
candidates was also on the
agenda for Thursday. Many of
the conventioneers joined in to
celebrate Debbie Moseman 19th
birthday by singing “Happy
Birthday” at the dance.
day came as one
there were only twelve members said “early but not joumed to the
of Delta Pi going to Washmgton,! jjgj.ggggj.Uy bright” with an eight of district £
was worried. It takes a lot of breakfast address by ferences. The
people to run
campaign.
Washington. Hatfield made what
many to consider to be one of the
best speeches of the convention.
He spoke of bravery. He told the
convention of the time back in the
sixties when he was the only
governor in America to disagree
with Lyndon B. Johnson’s brand
of warfare.
Following Hatfield’s speech,
the- campaigning began in ear
nest with the creation of official
campaign booths. The rest of the
afternoon was left open for the
conventioneers to tour the city.
While many of the Delta Piers
were doing so, one of their
sponsors. Gene McDowell, was
taking the first place Male
Sponsor’s award in the Scholar
Jogger for the second con
secutive year.
That evening, the convention
was officially introduced to
Moseman and her opponent, Beth
Bachaum from Clearwater,
Florida, along with the other
candidates for national office.
After the candidates made their
speeches the convention ad-
Thp npxt aav came •»» “ .
Tne nex y ^ smoke filled rooms
and regional con-
f 1 o’clock breakfast address by ferences. The cami»ipers from
successful j^jark , Hatfield of Brevard spent that evemng
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GRADUATION...only a moment away
Brevard’s PTK Chapter,
Delta Pi, will participate in an
Easter Seal Rockathon April
11 and 12 from 6 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Member of Delta Pi will be
rocking round the clock at the
flagpole. During this time,
other Delta Pians will be
collecting donations. Also,
before that weekend members
will be collecting pledges.
Entertainment will be
provided by various campus
talents.
by Alison Cooperman
The Commencement program
for the graduating class of 1980
will begin Sunday May 11, 1980
with a Baccalaureate service at
11:00 a.m. at the First United
Methodist Church, followed by
the Graduation exercises at 2:00
p.m. in the Boshamer Gym
nasium.
The speakers for the services
have not yet been selected;
however, at the graduation
ceremony, President Martinson
will confer the degrees and Dean
Wray will present them. There
are two awards that will be given
at graduation: The Highest
Academic Award and The Good
Citizenship Award.
The day before graduation.
May 10, will start off with a
brunch in the cafeteria from 10 to
11 a.m. Then, the graduating
candidates will be expected to
participate in rehearsal at the
United Methodist Church at 11:30
a ,m. They will also be expected to
participate in the other activities
planned: a semi-formal dance
held in the cafeteria from 6 to 8
p.m. with a live band and a fine
arts extravaganza at 8:30 to 9:30
p.m. The fine arts program is in
two parts. First, Mr. Cope and
the drama department wUl put on
a one act play, and secondly, Mr.
Miller and a group of music
students and faculty will present
an opera, “The Medium,” by
Menotti.