Mars Hill Has Special Day To Orient Its CEP Students
Man Hill College'! second
Annual Continuing Education
m*y will be held Sept. is ac
rttwrding to Dr John M Hough,
dean for continuing education.
tt> "Even though many conti
?imiing education students are
n taking their courses off cam
!ipus, we want them to know
that the college considers the
continuing education program
(CEP) an integral and impor
t part of the overall pro
jpocumentary
Photography
onference Set
Hill College will coo
duct a one-day conference on
me history, ethics, and use of
umentary photography
. 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
veral Madison County
phers will speak.
The conference, entitled
"Subjective Fact: A Con
ference on Documentary
Fh?tography," is sponsored
?>y a National Endowment for
f* Arts photographic survey
?rant and will be an important
Opportunity for regional
educators and other involved
?n documentary photography
?o Join in an exchange of infor
mation and an examination of
?he experiences of several
Poecial speakers.
I Special speakers for the con
ference will include Don
?Anderson, chairman of the
fine Arts Department of the
University of Louisville in
?ftntucky; Earl Dotter, a
Photographer who gained na
lional recognition for his
Photographs of coal miners;
?lob Am berg, a former direc
tor of the Southern Ap
palachian Archives at Mars
1U11; and Jon Rountree, in
structor of photography and
Praetor of the Southern Ap
palachian Archives at Mars
? Anderson earned a master
Mfine arts degree from Ohio
Vaiversity and has taught
?holography for io years. He
I" director of the
??olographic archives at the
University of Louisville from
1987 to 1970 when he took a
.leave of absence to produce
?Our Appalachia," an oral
history book written in col
laboration with his wife which
was published in 1977 by Hill
and Wang. While working on
hook he started the Ap
chian photographic ar
ves at Alice Lloyd College
Passes, Ky.
is a photographer
ose most recent
phs. were published
Doubleday in Mimi Con
r's book, "Rise, Gonna
A Portrait of Southern
tile Workers," which
from textile worker's
ts ^ith the J.P. Stevens
Dotter gained recognition
his photographs of working
tions deep in the coal
of Appalachia which he
de for his United Mine
Kerg holds a bachelor s
from the University of
i and became involved
i photography in 1970. He
loved to Western North
Carolina in 1973 where he
aught photography and
irected the Southern Ap
ilachian Photographic Ar
il ves at Mars Hill until 1978.
irrently he is fanning and
totographing rural life in
adiaon County. His year long
cumentary survey wilU*
i exhibition and will be the
ibject of an afternoon discus
on session. He was awarded
national Endowment for the
rts photographic survey
grant to continue his
photography in Madison Coun
ty.
HflHUtree freelanced for "
the daily newspapers of the ,
Chicago ansa -from 1*71-1974
wfwn he cam* to Western
North Carolina. He has had
one man shows at UNC
in 1979. He currently
teaches photography at Mara
Hill and ia director at the
Southern Appalachian
PhotogrtphfcT Archives there.
Participation in the con
ference will ha limited to 75.
in 197* and USC
gram," stated Dr. Hough.
A full day of programs and
activities are scheduled for
the CEP students, beginning
with registration and
refreshments at 10 a.m. in the
Wren College Union main
lounge. Children's activities
will be provided by on -cam pus
resident students throughout
the day.
Following the welcome by
college president Dr. Fred S.
BentJey, and short addresses
by Dr. Richard L. Hoffman
and Dr. Hough, a historical
lecture and tours of the cam
pus pointing out the historical
buildings and other points of
interest on the campuji will te
conducted. Lunch will be held
in the college cafeteria from
noon to 1 p.m. CEP students
are admitted free while
spouses or other adults and
children over 6 will be charged
$1.90 and children under 6 will
be charged <0 cents
Prom 1 to 1:30 p.m.,
meeting* with the faculty and
administration of the college
are scheduled and at 2:30 p.m.
a special event featuring Dr.
Ted Ledford, professor of
English at Lees-McRae Col
lege, who has prepared a
multi-media show entitled
"N.C. Mountains: Traditions
in Transition." This highly ac
claimed presentation features
both slide and movie projec
tors showing images on three
screens. The program will be
held in Belk Auditorium and a
panel discussion on the
changes taking place in
Western North Carolina and
the broader Southern Ap
palachian Region will follow.
The CEP students are in
vited to round out their day
with an evening meal in the
college cafeteria and atten
dance at the Mars Hill versus
Gardner-Webb football game
which begins at 7:30 p.m. Ad
ditional information on the
day's activities is available
from Or. Hough, Continuing
Education Office, Mars Hill
College, Mars Hill 28754,
telephone 68^1166, or Ray
mond C. Rapp, coordinator of
programs for CEP at the same
address.