Dr. Hiram Hunter Delivers College Commencement Address Here Monday
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Diplomas Presented To 48
Graduates. Coltrane So*
licits Full Support
War is seriously interrupting the
• pursuit of higher education, but
young men and women will have
the opportunity of starting where
they left off when this great global
struggle ends, Dr. Hiram T. Hun
ter, president of Western Carolina
Teachers college told Brevard col
lege graduates here this morning.
“There will be no one in this
nation of ours who can say that
America has knocked me out of
a college education,” he declared.
“Because of the war, the education
may be delayed, but for those
who return, opportunities will be
theirs.”
Gave Three Ceilings
Delivering the annual commen
cement address, Dr. Hunter said
there are three “psychological
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ceilings on a college education”
and described them as being the
“IQ ceiling,” “I need ceiling” and
the “I want ceiling.”
An individual’s capacity sets his
first ceiling on learning, but the
I. Q. grade doesn’t mean every
thing, he said. “As a matter of
fact, I am against any theory or
pattern that makes a segment of
our people feel inferior.”
Discussing the “I need ceiling,”
the W C T C president said that
more emphasis must be placed
upon teaching vocational courses in
high schools and colleges. “Econo
mic conditions must be given
greater consideration in the class
rooms,” he stated.
For learning to be most effec
tive and helpful, there must be
a keen interest and a love, he
asserted. “Like religion, love has
a definite place in education. If
you do not like subjects, you are
merely fooling yourself if you
think you are getting anything
out of those subjects.”
The survival of democracy, Dr.
Hunter said, as well as the sur
vival of the individual, is depen
dent upon education.
Following the address, Dr. E. J.
Coltrane, president of Brevard col
lege, presented diplomas to the 48
members of the graduating class.
A $25.00 award, given annually
by Allen Sims, of Gastonia, was
presented to Gilreath Adams, of
Charlotte, for having been selected
as the best all-round student in
the graduating class. In addition
to his college work, Adams has
been discharging the full pastoral
responsibilities of two Methodist
churches in Transylvania county
for the past eight months.
Asks For Support
Dr. Coltrane said the outlook
for all small colleges for the dura
tion is not bright and asked for
the full support and co-operation
of every Methodist of the Western
North Carolina conference and of
every other individual in this sec
tion to help keep the college in
operation. Despite present diffi
culties. he said the enrollment
prospects for the summer and fall
sessions are bright.
Dr. Burt Loomis, acting dean of
the college, announced the follow
ing list of honor graduates: high
honors, Julia Owen. Asheville:
Gilreath Adams. Charlotte; Fran
ces Pace, Hendersonville; Louise
Burnette, Scaly: Ruby Suther, Con
cord: Gladys Burnette, Scaly;
Felicia Edwards. Highlands; and
Myrtle Mae Spain, Norlina; honors
—Corinne Puett. Dallas; Hubert
Owen, Asheville; Eleanor Ledford,
Rural Hall; Sam Underwood, Dra
per; Mamie Addington, Franklin
and Virginia Dalton, Lewisville.
The invocation was given by
Rev. James McLarty, pastor of the
First Methodist church of Bel
mont. and Rev. W. A. Jenkins,
pastor of the First Methodist
church of Brevard, gave the bene
diction.
Miss Julia Owen, of Asheville,
sang “The Lord's Prayer.”
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Ecusta Officials Ride In Army Jeep
There are many machines in modern warfare, but none are
quite so well known as the U. S. Army Jeep. Shown above are
Harry Straus, president of the Ecusta paper corporation, F. S.
Best, assistant to Mr. Straus, and Pete Eberle, of the same com
pany, sitting in the Jeep that recently visited Brevard in connection
with the promotion of War Bond sales. (Ecusta Echo Photo)
Peter Comforts Persecuted Christians
HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
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By NEWMAN CAMPBELL
(The International Uniform
Lesson on the above topic for June
6 is I Peter 3:13-17; 4:12-16;
5:6-10, the Golden Text being
I Peter 3:17, “For it is better, if
the will of God should so will, that
ye suffer for well-doing than for
evil-doing.”)
“WHO IS he that will harm
you, if ye be followers of that
which is good?” Peter asks the
question of the Christians in Asia
Minor who were suffering perse
cutions for their faith. Peter must
have been worried about these
people, worried because of what
he knew they must be suffering,
worried for fear, perhaps, they
might be tempted to give up their
faith in fear of death.
So he took up his pen and wrote
them letters of comfort, letters of
hope, words intended to make
them not only strong enough to
stand firm in their faith, but to
glorify that faith and render
them happy even in their many
trials or martrydom.
“If ye suffer for righteousness
sake, happy are ye: and be not
afraid of their terror, neither be
troubled.”
Next he tells them to have a
good answer ready for “every
man that asketh you a reason of
the hope that is in you, with
meekness and fear.” Men were ex
pected by the Greeks to be able to
give ready answers to questions
about their opinions, and to dis
cuss intelligently and temperately
their reasons for such opinions or
faiths. They were told to answer
questions, not in fear or in a bel
ligerent manner, but with becom
ing meekness, having good con
sciences.
To Shame Slanderers
By this attitude those who spoke
of them as evil doers should be
ashamed of so doing because of
their good conversation in Christ.
“For it is better, if the will of
God be so, that ye suffer for well
doing, than for evil doing.”
“Beloved,” Peter writes, “think
it not strange concerning the fiery
trial which is to try you, as
though some strange thing hap
pened unto you. But rejoice, inas
much as ye are partakers' of
Christ’s sufferings.” Fiery trials,
indeed, were in store for many of
these Christians. They were
classed on a level with thieves and
murderers and the Roman state
was bound to crush them—stamp
them out.
It was natural that they should
wonder why they were persecuted
so fiercely as if they were crim
inals. when they taught and prac
ticed a religion of love. But their
leader and master, Christ, had
suffered death, so they should not
be surprised, and if they, too, were
crucified, they could ‘‘share
Christ’s sufferings” in their own
way. They should therefore be
happy, and rejoice in this.
“Let none of you suffer as a
murderer, or as a thief or as an
evildoer, or as a busybody in other
men’s matters.”
Meddling in other people’s af
fairs was a serious offense in the
Roman world, just as in the days
of the Puritans, when gossips
were ducked in the pond.
“Yet if any man suffer as a
Christian, let him not be ashamed;
but let him glorify God on this be
half.” They were to hold their
heads up proudly. They were not
criminals, but good men suffering
for their faith.
Finally, they were admonished
to “humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you in due
time:
“Casting all your care upon
Him; for He careth for you.”
They were in God’s care, so why
should they be burdened? Satan
might walk about as a roaring
lion, “seeking whom he may de
vour.” They should cast their
burdens on Him and remain stead
fast in their faith, accepting their
afflictions, and “the God of all
grace, who hath called us unto His
eternal glory by Christ Jesus, aft
er that ye have suffered a while,
make you perfect, stabilize,
strengthen, settle you.” ^ '
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stationed in Australia and New
Zealand received through reverse
Lend-Lease 80 million pounds of
fruits and vegetables and 30 mil
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and mutton.
In simplifying manufacture of
hand tools for Victory Gardens,
324 types of forks have been cut
to 76, styles of rakes have been
reduced from 55 to 8, hoes from
362 to 39, and hand cultivators
from 14 to 8.
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Question: How much protein
must I provide for my dairy cows?
Answer: The dairy committee of
the Feed Conservation and Pro
duction Conference, headed by Dr.
A. O. Shaw of N. C. State College,
advises 20 percent protein in the
grain mixture, when hay of aver
age medium quality is fed. With
good legume hay and silage in
ample quantities, a grain mixture
containing 16 percent is ample.
The quality of hay can be greatlv
improved by cutting it at the pro
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green color.
Question: How late should I
start chicks for growing laying
hens?
Answer: Under the conditions
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partment of Poultry Science at
N. C. State College, advises that
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CONNESTffi NEWS
By Jeanettie Cison
Sgt. Marvin Whitmire has re
turned to Macon, Ga., after spend
for a few days here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Whit
mire.
Teddy Jennings has returned to
his camp in Texas, after visiting
relatives and friends here. Mrs.
Jennings plans to spend the sum
mer here.
Miss Margie Whitmire, of New
York, is spending some time here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Whitmire.
Mrs. Houston Glazener was a
Sunday visitor in Brevard, and
Mr. Glazener and Johnnie Hefner
visited in Selica.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Gravely
and children and Johnnie Gravely,
of Greer, S. C., were week end
visitors of Mrs. J. L. Gravely.
Mrs. Garland Chapman, of Bre
vard, visited Mrs. Ben West in
this community last week.
Lloyd Compton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Coy Compton, left Thursday
for induction in the armed forces.
Mr. Charles Davis has returned
to his home here after spending
a week with his mother in Florida.
Condon Raxter and Hannah and
LeRoy Lance visited Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Lance in Rosman last
Sunday.
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