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108 Graduates W ill Receive Diplomas At Brevard CollegeJrm-J'?B *%'-.% I I - - ■■ H ' K Ht’ H B ■The largest graduating clttiw to thehistory of Brevard College wtli complete the two-year course at the junior college during the June commencement exercises, which begin Sunday morning with the baccalaureate sermon atthe Brevard Methodist church at 11o'clock. There are 108 members ofthe class.Dr. C. C. Weaver, pastor of the First Methodist church. Charlotte, will deliver the sermon on this occasion. Dr Weaver was at one time president of Emory and Henry college in Virginia, and formerly held pastorates at Centenary Methodist church, Winston-Salem. and Central Methodist church. Asheville. TTe Is one of North Carolina's outstanding ministers.On Sunday evening at 7 o’clock at the college a concert wilt be given by the college choir.Further exercises of the week will be the oratorical contests for young women and young men, which will be held in the college auditorium Monday evening at 8 o’clock. The Josephine Doub memorial medal for young women, given annually by Mrs. E. J. Col-trane in memory of her mother. Mrs. Josephine Bryan Doub. will be awarded to the young woman for the best original oration. The Moser medal given annually by the Rev. Claude H Moser and Dr. Everett Ft. Moser, ofGastonia, in memory of their father, the Rev. J. F. Moser, will be awardedto the young man winner for the best -original oration.The annual alumni banquet for the alumni of Rutherford College. Weaver College, Brevard Institute and Brevard College, will be held Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock In the West hall dining room. This event Is for all lt;graduates of the above mentioned Institutions. The banquet toastmaster will be the Rev, C M. Pickens, of j Thomasvllle, president of ihe alumni j association and chairman of Che college board of trustees.The graduating exercises will be held Wednesday morning, June 1, at 11 o’clock in the college auditorium. The commencement address will be delivered by Dr; W. K. Greene, dean of the undergraduate school of Duke University. At the conclusion of the address, diplomas will be presented to the 108 graduates by President E. J. Coltrane, Other awards and medals will be presented at this time.Members of the graduating class living In Brevard and Transylvania county Include: Dorothy Dean, Inez Ly-day, Betty McLeod, Anna Elizabeth MeixeU, Doris Thorne. Elizabeth Price, Emma Rue Gray, Nell Faye ScruggsHenry Miller. Russell Ramsey. Lucian Denver, Dorothy Taltev, Kenneth Rented, Boyd MeixweU.All of the exercises are open to the public with the exception of the alumnibanquet
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Brevard Transylvania Times
Brevard, North Carolina, US
Thu, May 26, 1938
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