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Campus Briefs
Tenor Voice Of Melvin Brown
Brings First Winter Concert
intelligence, subtlety and
warmth always move you, if you
have not ahready been stirred by
the ■\vonderful quality of his
voice” and “a superb
tenor... display of bright, rich
tone, florid agility and good
diction.”
Followine the concert the SCC
Women’s "Club will give a
reception in honor of Mr. Brown
in the Auditorium lobby.
Full-time students will be
admitted free upon presentation
of his library card at the door.
Dean Of Student loun^
The Inisty Macke Man
Winter quarter registration
began December 2. Fulltime
students enrolled were 546.
Part-time students enrolled were
159. Registration for the winter
quarter totaled 705.
Southeastern’s search for the
most beautiful, talented and
personable girl is now underway.
Any girl who is interested in
acquiring this position may do
so by entering Southeastern’s
beauty pageant. This may be
done by picking up a sheet from
one of the bulletin boards and
listing qualifications. After
filling out the sheet return the
paper to Judy Ivey.
Officers for the drama were
recently selected and are as
follows: President, Mack Smith;
Vice-president, Jerry Jones,
Secretary; Judy Ivey, and
treasurer; Mayo Kissam.
S.C.C. chorus presented on
Sunday, December 15 at 5:00,
it’s Christmas Concert to the
public. The program consisted of
a narrative and choral
combination of the Story of
Christmas. Several traditional
numbers were also rendered by
the chorus and the congregation
If you are interested in
knowing more about the history
of Columbus County, you
should enroll in Miss Alice
Lowe’s class.
“Two things were almost
always in the agenda of the
monthly meeting of the
Columbus County Board of
Commissioners in the year 1867;
One, was to try to determine
who was a lunatic; the other,
was petitioning for a road to be
built.”
Mis., ijowe knows where of she
speaks. She is a native of the
county and is presently teaching
a class in history of the area at
S.C.C.
To be eligible for financial aid
from the county might have
been easier or more difficult in
1867 than at present, depending
on how one feels about being
declared insane. In order to
receive welfare one had to be
adjusted a ‘lunatic’ by the
county commissioners.
Approximately 14 persons are
enrolled in the history course
ranging in age from 18 to 80.
People who are considered to be
an authority on the history of a
particular area of the county or
a special subject are invited to
hold a seminar with the class.
Miss Pauline Toon will lead a
discussion about Crusoe Island,
one of the most historically
colorful areas in the county. At
the end of the course a tour ot
old houses and historic sites is
planned.
LAY THE FOUNDATION
Miss lowe hopes that the
course will lay the foundation
for a regular class in local
history. She points out that
Columbus County has no
Colonial History. It was
joined with the chorus to sing
the carols.
Approximately 25 new
members have come into the
chorus for the winter quarter.
Free Flick
“Sons and Lovers” starring
Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell,
and Wendy Hiller will be shown
January 20, at 7 p.m. in the
Lecture Auditorium.
After his brother is killed in a
British coal mine, Paul Morel
wants to go to London to study
art but his father, a miner,
objects. The father and mother
become estranged and Paul gives
up his art to stay home to take
care of his mother. Her
possessive attitude makes it
impossible for him to form
normal, happy relationships with
a young girl and later to have an
affair with a slightly older
woman. Even after the mother’s
death she continues to have a
strong hold on Paul. Trevor
Howard, superb as the drunken
coal miner father, was
nominated for Academy Award
as best actor.
ctianerea in x«U8 and formed
from the counties of Brunswick,
New Hanover and Bladen.
“Because the trip to the county
in Elizabethtown was too far to
go and return in one day;
Southport, the other county
seat, was also a two day
journey.”
BOUNDARY DISPUTED
Lack of records made it
difficult to fix the exact location
of the county line. Thus the
records that do exist reveal a
great deal of dispute regarding
the boundary-“the line between
Bladen and Columbus County
was always a kind of ‘Moveable
Feast.’ The line at the tother end
of the county tended to stay put
since God had placed the
Lumber River there and it was a
little harder to shift around.”
COURT HOUSE RENOVATED
In the year 1868, bids were
submitted for the repair and
renovation of the court house. A
bid of $75 was considered too
hieh and a final bid of $50 was
accepted. Miss Lowe, upon
hearing the cost of the recent
renovations, inquired of Mr. Leo
Fisher, Register of Deeds, if the
disparity between the two
figures was the result of inflation
or if the taxpayer money was
wasted.” Mr. Fisher’s reply is
not recorded.
DON’T HURRY
“MISS ALICE”
If anyone is interested in the
result of the road petition of
1867 he can check with Miss
Lowe, provided he gives her
ample time to reply. She has
many interests ranging from art
and music to football. She
doesn’t want to be rushed when
she’s discoursing on any of these
subjects. She confesses that she
“never likes to do anything from
the back of a galloping hotse.”
Melvin Brown, one of the great
lyric tenor discoveries of recent
years, will present the third
program in the Southeastern
Community College Fine Arts
Series. The presentation will be
January 8, at 8:15 in the
Lecture Auditorium.
Bom in Escondido, California,
Mr. Brown started his singing
career at the age of six, when he
joined a children’s chorus. Much
later, while studying piano, his
noted teacher, Lyell Barbour,
caught the making of a fine
singer and introduced him to
Mme. Amelita Galli-Curci who
was then in retirement. He
became her full-time pupil, as
well as her favorite pupil. In
addition to five years of
intensive study with Mme.
Galli-Curci, he has coached with
Martial Singher and Gwendolyn
Koldofsky.
Mr. Brown has won a number
of major awards, topped by the
National Federation of Music
Clubs Biennial Award in April,
1965. This honor focused
national attention on his talents
and since then his career has
moved into high gear. In January
of 1966 he spent two weeks in
the Middle East and Europe with
the Roger Wagner Chorale as
featured soloist sponsored by
our Department of State as part
of the Cultural Exchange
Program.
Three days after that tour
ended in Paris, Melvin was
singing a recital in Detroit, thus
making him a member of the
jet-set artists of today. Mr.
Brown has toured the United
States and Europe and has
appeared widely in his native
California in opera, oratorio,
recital and with the major
symphonies of that state.
Critics have praised Melvin
Brown as “a singer whose
SGA Plans
Activities
Since the Fall Election in
September, the Student
Government has been very busy
in planning student activities.
During the Fall Quarter, the
SGA has sponsored two dances;
The Welcome Dance and the
Harvest Dance. The two Social
Hours held in the lobby of the
Auditorium were also projects of
the Student Government.
At its last meeting, the SGA
decided to recommend to the
Administration that the Student
Lounge be closed temporarily
since it Is not in an acceptable
condition. The Senators felt that
the Student body had been given
fair warning.
In preparing for Christmte, the
SGA has sponsored a float in the
Whiteville Christmas Parade and
has coordinated the decorating
of the Main building. Plans are
now being made for the
traditional Christmas Holiday
Dance to be held on December
17 at the Anchorage Club at
Lake Waccamaw.
The SGA Is presently involved
in planning a Miss SCC Pageant
to be held in January and in
looking for an alma mater and a
fight song for Southeastern.
Who does
everyone call for when anything
goes wrong in the Student
Lounge? The “Macke Man!”
Who is this fellow that helps us
through our daily crisis.
Franklin Hursey is one of the
4500 people employed by
Macke Company, whose main
office is in Washington, D.C. Mr.
Hursey, a Lumberton native, has
worked for Macke for two years.
His hobby of fishing and hunting
''Georgia Prophets"
Play Al Christmas
Hohday Dance
Gals unpack those party
dresses and guys press those
suits. The holiday season is here
and It’s time for the annual
Christmas Holiday Dance
featuring music and
entertainment by the “Georgia
Prophets.”
This semi-formal affair will be
held December 17 from 8-12
p.m. at the Anchorage Club,
Lake Waccamaw. All SCC
students and their dates are
invited to attend.
SGA President Pat Clark
firmly states, “No alcoholic
beverages.”
led him to his choice of working
for the Macke Company. Mr.
Frank Pruitt, district manager
for Macke, urged Hursey to join
his staff during a fishing trip.
A typical day for Franklin
Hursey begins at 3:00 a.m. and
ends anywhere from 3:00 until.
Even before he comes to SCC in
the eariy morning he has to
service Cavalier Industries in
Lumberton and Rohn-Hass
Nylon Mill in Fayetteville. Not
until then does he come to SCC
to spend most of the day with
us. “Mr. Macke,” as he is called
by many students, works seven
days a week.
Macke Company provides days
off with pay on holidays and the
employee’s birthdays. December r
24 Is the birthday of Mr. Hursey.
Since money-handling Is one
of the most important
responsibilities of Macke men,
each man is under a bond of
$10,000. Also, once a year each
man is required to take a
polygraph test to be sure none
has lied about the money he has
collected.
Mr. Hursey enjoys working at
SCC and the students also have
favorable opinions of hinx
Several students gave their
opinions: “Quiet and shy, but I
like him.” “Friendly to
everyone,” “Socializes with
students.”
Now perhaps the mystery of
the “Macke Man” is solved.
Lowe Teaches Coanty History