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VOL I, NO. 7
NOVEMBERS, 1968
MOIMTREAT-ANDERSON COLLEGE
A straw vote among MAC students
Tuesday, November 5th, resulted in a
heavy turn-out and victory for Richard
Nixon, He received 206 votes. Wallace
and Humphrey were second and third with
95 and 63 votes, respectively. Thirteen
write-in ballots were cast. Totals read
that 377 of Montreat-Anderson's 466
students took part.
PLAV BACH
REV. RALPH BELL
"Every person ought to have a chance to
make a decision about Christ. He didn't
leave it hanging. We must make a choice."
So spoke Reverend Ralph Bell when asked
why he gave Montreat-Anderson students
a chance to make the choice, a practice of
Dr. Billy Graham's. And Ralph Bell is a
member of the Billy Graham Association.
It's a job that keeps him on the road
9-10 months each year. His last stop before
speaking here November I was Rochester,
New York. While there, he was asked to
speak on "what it's like being a Negro in
America." For this subject, he felt he
needed a receptive audience. He stated,
"I didn't want to unbare my soul and have it
fall on deaf ears."
Ralph Bell also speaks in the ghettos and to
black militants. Do they listen? Yes, he
says he has seen some young men, on the
verge of militancy, accept Christ. He tells
them, "You're wrong, it's not a white man's
gospel. Christ knew the sting of prejudice and
race hatred."
Where, we asked, has the established
church failed in communicating the Gospel to
large segments of our society? "They're
not speaking to the gut issues. The church
needs to relate more to people and their needs."
What can individual Christians do to
further understanding? Ralph Bell replied,
"We have to demonstrate it's not a counterfeit
Gospel." Other than this, what can
Montreat -Anderson students do towards
race relations? Reverend Bell answered,
"There needs to he a genuine, warm acceptance
of each person just because he is an individual."
JA22
The Jacques Loussier Trio will be
playing at Montreat-Anderson College
Saturday, November 9th. As the
follow’ng details Indicate, we will
be highly privileged to have musicians
of such competence, experience, and
reputation, performing in our midst.
The WCU Gymnastic Troupe will be on
the campus Tuesday, November 19 to present
a demonstration for the student body, faculty,
and community. There will b e exhibitions
of skill on the rings, parallel bars, trampoline,
horse, balance beam, and other apparatus.
Dr. Otto Spilker and his group have traveled
to a number of schools in western North
Carolina the past two years and have been
well received. The demonstration is
sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, There will be a basic admission
charge but donations will be accepted on
behdf of the United States Olympic Fund.
DATE; November 19, 1968
PLACE; McAlister Gymnasium
TIME; 7;30 p. m.
For further information contact;
W. T. Hughes
McAlister Gymnasium
669-9191
9weak blues
by John Ulmer
With the nine week grading period
drawing to a close, the Montreat
student sees visions of finally getting
something for his mailbox. Yes, it's
time again for those official little
white pieces of paper. They tell you
that you're completely below average.
In addition, you realize that the all
night "coke" parties definitely must be
reduced to only three times a week.
The Montreat student wades hip deep
through piles of warning slips which
decorate the post office floor. You
either rejoice or heap curses on your
professors.
Yes, this is the climactic moment
when you discover if your professor
really does know your name and whether
that one stupid quiz counts for all of
the nine weeks. If you can hold out
till the heat's off, you can once again
go home weekends. Of course, waiting
is easy compared to the long nights of
study while swearing that this Is the
way it is going to be for the rest of the
semester. This delirium runs about a
week before it wears off. The best
solution to the really very simple
problem is just don't put a foot In
the post office or answer the
telephone. At the other end could
be an irate parent. If this doesn't
work, you can always make the time
honored plea "There must be come
mistake!"