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"Rml'HlSTORY DAY”
For
‘History Day,” high school
R-D. ®nts are encouraged to make pro-
Rm. ^ * dealing with Appalachia and the
Rm. history. These projects will be
W^yed throughout the campus during
cont. on p. 7
R.D. Al
r.d.a^^C Students
Rm. J^ceive Scholarship
Keller
Rni. LXop Reporter
Mars Hill College students have
-- Uni' Opdyke Scholarships by
’ Education Commisssion of the
■ , ’ . ,„ji,,,^'^ucation Commisssion ot the
^ ’ I Baptist Convention for the
academic year. The recepients
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^ in psychology from Enka,
J*atricia Jo Buckner, a junior
technology major from
pj ^•'sville, N.C.; Martha Ann
ri^.^®td, a junior majoring in
P Jtry from Franklin, N.C.; Donna
*> a senior music education major
Naperville, N.C.; Teresa
dan, from Hendersonville, N.C.,
ro pi.j dtajors in home economics; and
ui j *d Dalene Vickery, a senior major-
English who hails from Spartan-
cont. on p. 7
tlljc stubent nttofipaptr of
Vol. LIV, No. 3, 1980.
tanned by
R D aiJEPARTMENT
Rm. 2lura Lee
^LLTOP Reporter
Rm. 31
^ symposium on local and Ap-
3achian history will be held for high
Rm. 2nool social studies teachers from Bun-
Rm. Ihibe, Madison, Mitchell, and Yancey
Rm. 3!unties at Mars Hill College on
J''ember 18. This day is intended to
P foster interest in the local heritage
Rm. 2d prepare for a “History Day,” a day
Rm. 3' aside in the spring for high school
'dents in the four counties to learn
and begin to appreciate the culture
R.D. Afthe area in which they live.
Rm. 1. tiring the meeting. Dr. Jim Lenberg,
Rm. 2drman of the Department of History
Rm. 3^ MHC will be speaking on
■®lebrating Our Local Cultural
■’’^dage - An Invitation.” Other people
R.D. Afo will be talking are Dr. Maurice R.
’^®"'alt, director of the N.C. History
Rm. 2t>gram; Dr. John Ellington of the
d® Department of Public Instruction;
, Natalie Miller, Tar Heel Junior
Rm. 2^torian Association Coordinator. A
Rm. Pdleiight tour of the Rural Life
Rm. 3*seum jjj Montague is also a planned
Mly for the evening.
MHC LANGUAGE
EXCHANGE
WITH MEXICANS
Kim Myers
HILLTOP Reporter
On October 5, the Mars Hill com
munity saw two new faces for the first
time. Antonio Puebla and Lorenzo
Ortez, two gentlemen from Mexico,
came to do an “internship” with the
local Microswitch Company, a division
of Honeywell, Inc. The men, who are
from Mexico City’s Honeywell plant,
came to the States to learn the produc
tion procedures used in the Mars Hill
firm. The Mexican plant has all the
necessary raw materials, but its
employees lack the training that is need
ed for production because the elements
have previously been manufactured
elsewhere. Now, according to a relative
ly new law, no foreign corporation can
maintain a division in Mexico unless that
particular plant can be almost complete
ly self-sufficient.
When the men arrived, they knew no
English, clearly a severe problem. How
were the men supposed to learn com
plicated technical precepts if they could
not even understand the language in
which the explanation would be
presented; moreover, how could they
make their questions understood by
those who were explaining? Unfor
tunately, no one at Microswitch could
speak Spanish. But the college has a
foreign language department. Spanish is
taught at the college. Maybe the students
could help! Sure enough, Mrs. Fish,
cont. on p. 4
ALPHA CHI INDUCTS NEW
MEMBERS, OFFICERS
TN; Vickie M. Helton, a junior major-
Janine Hoffman
HILLTOP Reporter
Dr. Harley Jolley will spon
sor MHC's first "History Day"
Induction ceremonies and installation
of officers for the Alpha Chi National
Honor Scholarship Society were held
Monday, October 20, admitting sixteen
new members, thereby making a total of
36 in the North Carolina Epsilon
Chapter at Mars Hill College.
The new members include: Gary R.
Bass, a junior religion major from Clin
ton, N.C.; Patricia D. Buckner, a junior
majoring in psychology from Mars Hill,
N.C.; Becky Devine Byrd, a junior
home economics major from Mars Hill,
N.C.; Betsy Marie Dean, a senior major
ing in social work from Salisbury, N.C.;
Angela Diane Flora, a senior elementary
education major from Danville, VA;
Jan Renee Foster, a junior chemistry
major from Green Cove Springs, FL;
Darryl L. Gossett, a junior majoring in
English and history from Chattanooga,
ing in social work from Belmont, N.C.;
Catherine L. McCluskey, a junior
chemistry major from Aberdeen, N.C.;
Laura Ann Miles, a social work and
religion major from Sparta, N.C.;
Kimberly R. Myers, a junior majoring in
English from Asheville, N.C.; Rebecca
L. Niswonger, a junior elementary
education major from Raleigh, N.C.;
Charlene Delores Ray, a senior history
major from Mars Hill, N.C.; Carole
Sanders, a junior political science major
from Ridgeland, S.C.; Brenda G.
Snyder, a junior mathematics major
from Asheville, N.C.; and Lisa M.
Thomas, a junior majoring in Business
Administration from Burnsville, N.C.
The installation of officers resulted
with Donna Enochs being sworn in as
President, Pam Smith as Vice-President,
Charlene Ray as Secretary, Laura Miles
as Treasurer, and Darryl Gossett as
cont. on p. 2
FROST, HARRELL NAMED
1980-81 ALUMNUS, ALUMNA
Pauline Siton Harrell, a native of
Henderson County, and Dr. Lawrence
Y. Frost, a Hampton, Virginia
veterinarian, have been named Mars Hill
College’s Alumna and Alumnus of the
Year for 1980.
Mrs. Harrell was born in Henderson
County but lived and attended schools at
Brevard, in nearby Transylvania Coun
ty. She received her Associate in Arts
degree in 1927 and began teaching in the
Brevard city school system. In 1928 she
married Carey Harrell and the couple
moved to Morganton. Mr. Harrell, also
an alumnus of Mars Hill’s Class of 1927,
died in August of this year.
Mrs. Harrell’s teaching abilities and
love of people have carried over to her
two children - Mrs. Betty Ann Simpson
and Bert Harrell - and her eleven grand
children. Her extended family has in
cluded the deaf and mentally handi
capped children at the state institutions
in Morganton. This interest led to her
being chosen “Queen for a Day” on the
nationally televised show in 1962. Her
appreciation for beauty is evidenced by
the lovely handcrafted items which she
delights in making and sharing with her
family and friends.
She is an active member of the First
cont. on p. 4
Pauline Harrell and Lawrence Frost, Mars Hill's Alumnus,
Alumna of tfie Tear, and their escorts, at homecoming.