Brevard College - Pertelote Yearbook (Brevard, NC)

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=Jjedt ica tio Yl Do Wiss Cn [Hi K raicj, our Lady of the Hour, who is the culmination of the best in instruction, friendship, and understanding. We dedicate this 1951 Pertelote. She has given the means as well as the inspira- tion to many, and to each of us a word of praise from her is a goal to be won.

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Brevard College. These buildings remained unused un- til the opening of Brevard College in the fall of 1934. Mrs. Myrtle Baber Young, at present a house coun- selor at Brevard College, was a student at Brevard In- stitute and later returned as nurse and teacher of home economics. Mr. Herman White, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds at Brevard College, was also a student at Brevard Institute. Before going to Weavet College, Miss Lucile Smith taught at Brevard Institute for three years. In 1933 the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church decided to merge Rutherford College and Weaver College and form a new institu- tion at Brevard. On March 5, 1934, the Board of Trus- tees appointed by the Western North Carolina Confer- ence, elected Dr. E. J. Coltrane, then on the National Committee of Education, to be the president of Brevard College; and Brevard was opened in September, 1934. In founding this new junior college, the Western North Carolina Conference had two definite ideals in mind. The first is the Christian ideal. At Weaver and Rutherford Colleges much emphasis was placed on Christian education; and as their successor, Brevard College is pledged to the continuance of that tradition. The self-help plan is the second ideal. Taking into ac- count the large number of boys and girls desiring a college education but financially unable to attend the existing institutions, the special Conference Educational Commission in 1933 recommended that Brevard College be conducted as a self-help junior college and that pro- vision be made for participation of the students in var- ious phases of farming and industry. For a number of years the college owned and operated a farm and a dairy, and every student was required to do a certain task each day. Then so many students began applying who did not need financial assistance that provision had to be made for only a rather limited number of self-help students, and the farm and dairy were discontinued. During the administration of Dr. Coltrane, from the opening of the institution in 1934 until June 1950, Brevard College greatly expanded its physical plant, its program of instruction, and its faculty. West Hall, Taylor Hall, Ross Hall, and Spencer Hall — later re- named Dunham Hall in honor of Mr. H. A. Dunham of Ashcville — all Brevard Institute buildings, were given to Brevard College by the Methodist Conference. The farm buildings were given by friends of the college who were interested in agricultute. The rock wall, around the athletic field was constructed by the WPA, and a frame building to be used as a gymnasium was given by Mr. H. A. Dunham. A temporary science building, cafeteria, and several housing units for men have been erected to help meet the needs of the college. The James Addison Jones Library, dedicated on April 10, 1948, is a fireproof building which contains approx- imately 42,000 volumes. The Mary Frances Stamey Memorial Infirmary, dedicated on Julv 10, 1948, is also a fireproof structure, of the same architectural de- sign as the library. It was given by the Stamey family in memory of their daughter, who was a student at Brevard College. During the years new courses of instruction have been added, and the faculty has been increased to meet the growing needs of the students. In December of 1949 Brevard College was fully accredited by the South- ern Association and the University Senate. This makes it possible for Brevard graduates to transfer to senior colleges and universities without difficulty. In June, 1950, President Coltrane was succeeded by Reverend George Brinkmann Ehlhardt, who came to Brevard from the faculty of Duke University. The present administrator has entered upon his duties with a new outlook, a fresh enthusiasm, and a constructive vigor which augur well for the future of the College. — Betsy Bowman Robinson. ■H

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