Brevard College - Pertelote Yearbook (Brevard, NC)

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links about the ways ' of life, its achievements and failures, change somehow evolves itself into the total picture. Life reflects upon the past, present, and future, yet change includes all the ways of life and a little more. To begin to really examine the progress of Brevard College in the last thirty years, one has to dive mentally into the past, ' as it really different in the late ' 40 ' s? The war was o er b then, but were people and their ideas, ideals, and ways of life different from the Brevard 1971 we know today? One great evidence of change has been the massive building program. In the past ten years, a new cafeteria, a Ubrary, a classroom building, a science building, an administrative building, a dormitory, a - ew addition to the gvm and a new Stu- ■ . ' j : ent center have evolved from arcliitec- tural plans to completed structures. This ends the present phase of the expansion and forms a new environment for o cr 600 students at Brevard. Yet, one has to thuik deeper than just the physical aspects of change. Pat Austii k? a 1947 graduate and resident of Bre ard, stated the following. Yes, Brevard has changed. The campus is hardly recogni jB,, able; rules have become more permissive; ' - ' fads and fashions have changed; students are more knowledgeable and worldly; li ' , is more complex and filled with problem ; But wait! There is one thing that hasnoi changed — basic human nature. Beneath ,. ' the surface there is still the need for love, approval, encouragement, warmth and understanding — the need to be accepted as an individual in one ' s own right. - ' . ■ . ' i •- ...

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T fSFSSy W ' ! W! S What is it like to be a graduate of the Class of ' 47 and make a return visit to Brevard College? It seems unbelievable that so many changes could occur within the span of twenty -three years! Undoubtedly the most obvious difference is the visual appearance of the campus. Only a few of the landmarks remain. Where the brick and granite entrance stands now was a suspended round wooden sign with the words BREVARD COLLEGE- 1934-LABOR, LEARN, LIVE encirchng an emblem consisting of symbols of the rising sun, a cross with a crown, a book with the torch of knowledge, the arm of a laborer and an anatomical figure of a man with upraised arms. On past Taylor Hall and down at the end of the tree-arched sidewalk was Dunham Hall. Dunham Hall — now just a silent, empty and niuneless old building that looms up awkwardly in the midst of its surroundings of more modern architecture. Here was the very center of campus activity — admini- strative offices, classrooms, labs, the library, the auditorium, the bookstore and post office — all housed under one roof Music and language classes were held in rooms on the main floor of West Hidl. West Hall was the girls ' dormitory. It stood on the site of the present Dunliam Fine Arts Building. In its living room were carried on various social functions such as afternoon faculty tea, club meetings, and dating — always under the ever-watchful eye of the dean of women. A section of the basement of West Hall served as the dining hall. The wooden tables and ladderback chairs were so crowded to- gether that there was very little elbow room. Meals were served famUy style with the idea of maintaining a home away from home atmosphere. Taylor Hall was a girls ' dormitory, and Ross Hall (faculty apartments over on the hill at the east of the campus) were the boys ' donnitories. Our white wooden gymnasium that had