The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-24
Brevard Colleges
Formal Opening
Is Well Attended
Distinguished Gathering Is
Present For Historic Day
,~,.'&" With Institution

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BREVARD, Sept. "a. Especial
Seated on the spacious campus
surrounding the buildings of Bre'
ward college Friday morning were
500, or more people, including stu
dents, teachers, townspeople ane
out-of-town visitors, assembled te
attend the formal opening exer'
cises of Brevard. college. The
large piazza of the girls dormi
tory formed the platform OF
which the speakers and distln
guished guests sat.
Among the visitors present
were eight of the Is members OF
the board of trustees of the col
lege, including: Rev. H. c. Sprin
kle, chairman, Lexington; Rev
James B. McLarty, Asheville
Rev. A. w. Plyler, Greensboro
Rev. Paul Hardin, Jr., Waynes
Vile; Rev. C. H. Moser, Hender
sonville; Mrs. E. L. Mckee, Sylvia
Rev.. D. D. Holt, Charlotte, ant
Rev. ]. H. West, Brevard. Othe,
guests seated on the platform
were: Rev. Walter B. West, pre-
siding elder of the Asheville dis
trict; Rev. G: T. Bond, pastor OF
Dillworth Methodist church, Char
lotte; DR.. w. w. Peele, pastor OF
First Methodist church, Charlotte
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Mckee, Sylvia
Rev. L. B. Hayes, presiding elder
of the Waynesville district; Rev
E. E. Snow. pastor Of Brevard
Street Methodist church, Char.
lotte; Rev. j. w. Williams, paste,
of the Forest City Methodist
church; Rev. B.. M. Crosby, pas.
tor of the Weaverville Methodist
church, and a number of others
prominent in the Western North
Carolina conference.
President E. J. Coltrane, pre-
siding over the suspicious occa'
sion, welcomed the student BODY,
faculty and visiting friends. In
his opening remarks, he comment
ed on the fact that this was his
toric day and an important event
in the life of the town of Bre'
ward, the county of Pennsylvania,
Western North Carolina, and an
extremely important day in the
history of the Western North
Carolina conference of the Meth
odist church, South, under whose
ownership Brevard college is
starting it's first year of operation.
DR.. w. w. Peele, pastor of the
First Methodist church, Charlotte,
and chairman of the board of
Christian education of the Wes-
tern North Carolina Methodist
conference, was the main speaker
of the exercises, and delivered a
timely and forceful message, with
appeal to the large group
of young people comprising the
student body.
Because Brevard college is a
new institution, with no historical
background, no cherished tradi-
tons and no established customs,
DR.. Peele, striking the keynote OF
his address, pointed out that the
students now forming the nucleus
of the college are facing a chal-
|enge to future achievement and
determining the future history OF
Brevard college. He wanted to
the student body, he
said, not on what they had al
ready achieved but rather on what
the Western North Carolina Meth
odist conference and interested
of the college expected of
them and had faith in them to
achieve, in the many opportuni-
ties before them to blaze the
trail for others to follow. In his
closing remarks, DIR. Peele men,
toned four things that should
characterize an institution Of this
kind: Thoroughness in work, SIM
plicity in life, honest labor and
love for the cultural.
Other speakers on the Program
we're DR.. H. C. Sprinkle, chair
man of the board of trustees,
who expressed appreciation to the
Women's Missionary Council for
their generous gift of the college
property, and to the college fac
ulty for their loyal spirit in a
time of uncertainty; Rev. j. II.
West, pastor of the Brevard M. E.
church, tireless and loyal sup
porter of Brevard college; Mrs.
E. L. Mckee, of Sylvia, who
the Importance of ac-
quiring the ability of getting
along with other people, as one of
the greatest attributes to success;
and DR.. A. w. Plyler, editor of
the North Carolina Christian Adj
vocate, who emphasized the ath-
|etic phase of education.