, 1974
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1974
MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP
PAGE THREE
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New Bachelor
of Social Work
Degree Offered
by Connie Montague
(Reprinted in part by
Permission of Ken
Gregory from "Con
tact," October, 1973)
The Mars Hill fac
ulty has approved an
additional degree
that will be offered
this year. From the
Behavioral Science,
Department comes the
BSW or the Bachelor
of Social Work.
The curriculum for
the BSW is designed
to prepare students
to be professionally
competent in the
field of social wel
fare . Any student
enrolled in this pro
gram will fulfill the
basic core require-
nient of seven to nine
courses(foreign lang
uage is not required
for completion of
this degree). In the
®ujor area the stu
dent will follow a
course outline in
cluding five basic
social science cour
ses . Each student
'^ill also choose
nine to eleven elect
ives in one of four
concentrations: 1)
Child Welfare; 2) In
dividual; 3) Commun
ity; 4) Juvenile Cor
rections. Also^ each
student will take 3
January short term
courses. Included
in this degree is a
junior year intern
ship experience in
either of the concen
trated areas. Dr.
Don Anderson (Chair
man, Department of
Behavioral Sciences),
states that "there is
a national and reg
ional need for social
welfare workers, par
ticularly those with
undergraduate train
ing." Also, "a sig*
nificant number of
students expect to
work in the field of
human services immed
iately after gradua
tion" for which a
professional under
graduate degree would
better prepare them.
This degree is
quite demanding in
departmental expecta
tions; but through
the intensive train
ing and opportunities
for experiential
learning, a student
will work toward com
petency in a select
ive professional
field.
TO THE
EDITOR
In the last issue
°f the Hilltop, I was
Surprised at the low
caliber of one parti-
sular article. Lions
Sgceive Bowl Bid. It
Appeared to be a poor
substitute for anoth-
pollution ad.' Had
^is article been
''^^itten with better
taste and at least
Some sufficient re
search , there would
have been as much
^ger and hostility
Circulating since the
the Hilltop was
Released.
Our football play-
may not be the
New York Jets, but
they represent our
college and we,
fellow students,
should give the re
spect and dedication
t^cy deserve for
^cir effort, time,
hard work.
The argument pre-
®snted in this arti-
means not to
'^liticize the writer
responsible for Lions
Receive Bowl Bid on
the mock level it was
written, because that
would place my letter
on the same low cali
ber level as that
article. I hope only
to point out a few
facts in rebuttal.
To support a football
team does utilize
certain funds but is
unfair to say that it
is a "drain on the
Golden 'M' Club, and
parents of students
have not received
recognition they de
serve for all their
donations to not only
the athletic depart
ment but to every
other department on
campus.
In summation, I
can only hope that
relations between
athletes and all oth
er students will im
prove as the next
football season rolls
around. The Lions
are on that field for
everyone affiliated
with Mars Hill Col
lege as well as for
themselves.
Marcia Cope
GREASE
BALL
Set
With
T.A.V.I.C.
by Jonathan Riddle
The "Golden Age of
Rock-n-Roll" returns
to Mars Hill College
January 30 at
8:00 p.m. as the Col
lege Union sponsors
a "Grease Ball."
However, old McCon
nell will replace the
corner malt shop as
the local hangout for
all those keen chicks
and groovy guys at
Mars Hill.
This dance and
concert will feature
T.A.V.I.C. (The Abso
lute Value in Con
cert) , a group consi
dered "the rebirth of
'Sha-na-na'." The
seven-member group
from the Asheville
area has been togeth
er eight months,
playing popular music
from the fifties and
early sixties at such
sites as Western Car
olina University,
UNC-A, the Mars Hill
Greek Ball, and num
erous night cliobs.
The group is headed
by Ron Hipps and Tuc
ker Smith (a student
at Mars Hill) who are
also the lead singer
and percussionist.
T.A.V.I.C. also in
cludes lead guitarist
Paul Gayheart, dmm-
mer Eddy Miller, both
of which also sing,
bass guitarist Buddy
Hines, organist Eddie
Jones, and Gary Pres-
nell, player of the
saxophone and percus
sion.
The band will be
dressed in costumes
of the period and
they encourage all
others to dress for
the occasion. In
fact, $5.00 prizes
will be offered for
the most authentical
ly dressed couple and
individual. Also, a
$5.00 prize will be
offered in a dance
contest. So, girls,
don your pleated
skirts, bobby socks,
and saddle oxfords
and, guys, be sure to
wear your best leath
er jackets, T-shirts,
and penny-loafers,
rev up your motorcy
cles, and swing by
McConnell January 30.
There is a $1.00
charge for couples,
75? for individuals
with their I.D.
TUBING
RACE
at WCU
by Cole Harris
How does a tubing
race down a two-mile
stretch of the Tucka-
seigee River in the
dead cold of January
sound for excitement?
It won't be another
"Deliverance" but it
should prove to be
exciting. The place
is Western Carolina
University in Cullo-
whee; date and time
is January 26, 1974
at 1:00 p.m. The e-
vent is the first
annual Inter-colleg
iate Tubing race, and
gals, this is not
just open for the
men.
A $10.00 registra
tion fee will be re
quired and this fee
will cover cost of a
wet suit and a board
for paddling. If a
team of 3 wishes to
enter, a $30.00 entry
fee will be charged.
A copy of the rules
has been^ given to
Mickey McLaughlin and
he will be the man to
see to organize your
team from MHC (see
Mickey in the College
Union Director's Of
fice or P.O. Box 791-
C). Get your team
together today. All
team and individual
entries must be reg
istered with Mickey
by Wednesday, January
16.
Is Student
Evaluation of
Teachers Effective?
Buffalo, N.Y.-(I.P.)-
Student evaluation of
instructors is a val-
i| means of measuring
teaching effective
ness. This is one of
the findings of a
study conducted by
Dr. Peter K. Gessner,
associate professor
of pharmacology at
the State University
of New York at Buffa
lo.
The study found
that the higher the
student ratings of
the instruction they
received in a parti
cular area, the high
er the class score
relative to a nation
wide norm in that ar
ea. According to Dr.
Gessner, "This sug
gests that both stu
dent ratings and
class performance on
national normative
examinations are val
id measures of teach
ing effectiveness."
"We don't really
know what good teach
ing is," Dr. Gessner
said, "but if the
students say it is
good, it means they
like it, and if class
performances on exam
inations is high it
means they learned
something. If both
of these results are
in some way related
to how well the
teaching is done,
then they should par
allel each other,
which was the case
with this study."
Student ratings of
teaching effective
ness were obtained by
means of a question
naire completed anon
ymously by the stu
dents at the last
lecture session of
the course. Students
were asked to use a
three-point scale of
"good," "satisfact -
ory," or "unsatis
factory" to rate each
of the subject areas
covered during the
course with regard to
content, organiza
tion , and presenta
tion. The results of
this rating were then
converted to a numer
ical scale.
Dr. Gessner under
took this study, in
part, in response to
another study pub
lished last year
which was based on
the ratings of teach
ing assistants and
concluded that stu
dents rate most high
ly those instructors
from whom they learn
the least.
Dr. Gessner criti
cized the methodology
of that study, and he
felt, moreover, that
acceptance of its
conclusions would
have "rather momen
tous effects on edu
cation, since they
logically lead to the
suggestion that pro
motions should be re
served for those re
ceiving the lowest
ratings."