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TOP, Friday, Aprf >FF NGAR Ml L ^5^ Nelvii, Number 14 Serving the Mars Hill College Community Since 1926 Friday, May 4,1984 'H POCK) .ow pbK Receives Gift From Grayson litiMl TEE SHI*[ corfl^ en's sizes '^CAMPBELL Grayson, the retired Cali- ^^icial consultant who gave J^ollege $1,123,206 in 1978 .5 in 1982, has given the col- niajor gift which includes cash and $341,596.87 in Xhe gift was announced by college president Dr. illey. PUIT OF THE I-TJ several smaller cash gifts oft 100% , f'hajor contributions. Gray- s'®* the eollege a total of ^ ^ j| °''cr the last 5 'A years, mak- ^ S ^be most generous bene- 3 to pM- «o| ^ ’^^-ycar history of the Bap- »RIEFS_„^>on, a Mars Hill alumna, b^rtent 1(J2 ^ % additional $477,515.50 in brt. “Superb^^d,^ Jeh If'College nearly $3 million. ^ 1 ^ 'honey has gone to the sup- B (J'^bolarship program named 3 to pM" lies ^^hr-old former university ^ 'lyst ^"^^^^ssor and government "'ho lives in Laguna Hills, Scholarships are the most aistband ,M,L,XL ^"'ards offered by the col- hat 5in.LeeB«>h^RONE alue you de"5 'fWACHTER It leg stylidSatVj, ^,^arone VlBvv on heavyi^®*n j'''I)^^^^°'^'hl>on elections were held he famous ,r, and Men 36 why that fits. Compa^ At hy, April 24, Student Gov- g Center ars Hill V, % Ihe student body regard- lege, paying full tuition, which will be $3,635 for the 1984-85 school year. Over a four-year undergraduate career one of the scholarships is worth almost $15,000. Currently there are 41 Grayson Schol ars, and they are among the most out standing students, academically and socially, in the 1100-member student body. “The Grayson Scholarships,” ex plains Bentley, “are making a signifi cant impact on the college. They help us attract outstanding young people who set a challenging pace in the classroom and provide effective leadership in dorm life, student government, student organ izations, athletics, and other aspects of campus living. Furthermore, the Gray son Scholars have great potential for the future. They will become effective leaders in business, pdustry, govern ment and professional life and in their communities, churches and families after they are graduated.” Grayson is a Mid-Westerner and the son of a Methodist minister. He worked his way through undergraduate and graduate studies at Depaul University in Greencastle, IN, and became an eco nomics professor at the University of Kansas. He later taught at Ohio State and operated a brokerage firm in Ohio before going into government as a tax economist. For 20 years prior to his retirement he was an economist with the Internal Revenue Service in Washing ton. A skillful manager of investments, he made his millions in the stock market, accumulating and losing two small for tunes in the 1920s and 1930s before achieving financial success in the late 1940s. Grayson has been acquainted with Mars Hill College since 1946, when he married the former Pauline Wall, a native of Mars Hill whose uncle. Dr. Robert Lee Moore, was president of the college from 1897 until 1938. His in terest in the college has been especially keen since 1978, when he established the scholarship program with a gift of stock valued at $1,123,206.70. As an expres sion of appreciation the college awarded him the honorary Doctor of Laws degree SGA Election Results Chris Harrison won the Of j ''ace with an unofficial Votes, against his oppo- H^'hith’s 116 votes, a margin “tlly ,• V office in which there . '"ace was for the position V with Matt Miller edging i'*ilak| '^bnson. Ballot figures were for this office. 1 was unopposed for the Nu,- Vice-President. Also 'If No official release was ’ the SGA office on the no opposition were Deb- ’ '^oasurer, and Alyse Rhine- officer elections. Addi- I'f this date (April 30) SGA official release or an- ^0 the ‘tL'/«snlts. been raised regarding ^od balloting procedures, approached by the Hill top indicated that they were unable to vote in last week’s elections. They linked this to things such as no prior publicity regarding the election date, no knowl edge of ballot box location, or times the balloting was conducted. Voter turnout this year was poor, with only 241 students voting. By compari son, this is less than half of last year’s turnout of 531 voters. Some of the blame for this low turnout can be credit ed to student apathy, but most must go to SGA and the manner in which they conducted the elections this year. Newly elected SGA President, Chris Harrison commented that he was sorry about the low voter turnout, and in dicated that students have approached him saying they wanted to vote but were unable to find the place to vote on elec tion day. Harrison also stated, “Since they (SGA) had already violated the constitu tion, the election seemed to be hastily done.” Harrison’s opponent. Gray Smith stated that he felt “cheated by the in 1979. He maintains close interest in the Grayson Scholars, keeping lists of them with class affiliations. He frequently re ceives letters and cards from them and always answers promptly with a hand written reply. For the last five years he has been on the campus for the spring commencement in May, offering per sonal congratulations to each of the graduating scholarship holders. “But Dr. Grayson’s interest is not limited to those students who hold one of his scholarships,” Bentley explains. “He has a natural affinity for young people. For example, last fall when I in formed him that there were more quali fied applicants among prospective fresh men than there were funds for awarding Grayson Scholarships, he pledged $25,000 extra to enable the college to award $1,000 scholarships to the students who were not selected as Gray son Scholars.” Bentley has invited the Graysons to at tend commencement activities again this year and Dr. Grayson will address the graduating class on May 13. system.” Smith also commented that al though Derwin Williams stated there was nothing he could do about the viola tions of the constitution, Williams could have “waited a little longer and done them right.” (See Hilltop issue #13 for complete story on SGA violations of the constitution). Regarding claims about the location of the ballot box. Smith stated, “The ballot box was not available between, 4:00 p.m. and 5:15 p.m....(and) the box was not placed in a convenient loca tion.” Smith’s claims about ballot box loca tion refer to the placement of the box in side the cafeteria itself, and not out in the lobby, where it has been placed the past several years. When asked to comment, current SGA President, Derwin Williams re plied, “No comment.” This year’s election has been one of controversy, with SGA violating the constitution on both the date of the elec tions, and a training period required after the elections. It appears now that SGA will again violate the constitution by failing to install the new officers on the required date of April 30th. This new violation comes under Arti cle III, Section 5, clauses A and D. Clause A states, “The term of office of the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Chief Justice shall be for one (1) year beginning with their instal lation on or before April 30 of each year.” Clause D states, “The outgoing officers shall provide the newly elected officers with an internship of not less than two (2) weeks before the installa tion date of April 30.” In addition to constitution violations, problems have surrounded this year’s elections in the area of publicity and stu dent notification of the availability of petition forms. EDITOR'S NOTE: The numerical election results in this article are hoped to be correct. The numbers were obtained from unofficial sources, when current SGA President, Derwin Williams refused to release these numbers to the Hilltop. Williams explained his deci sion stating that it is unfair to the candidates to release the numbers. Williams also stated that he would give the numbers to any student who came by the SC/1 office, yet he refused to give them to Hilltop reporter. Gena Barone, who in addition to being a Hilltop reporter is also a Mars Hill student.
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