MONTREAT COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
October, 1958
Students Attend Crusade
Fifty-eight students travelled to Char
lotte, N. C. Saturday, October 4, to par
ticipate with thousands of others in the
Billy Graham Crusade being held in that
city. The Crusade, which began two weeks
ago, will continue for a possible two more
weeks. Miss Anna Price and the Rev.
Stanley L. Bennett were in charge of the
Montreat delegation.
Two chartered buses left the campus at
approximately 1:15 on Saturday afternoon,
and arrived in Charlotte around 5:45. There
was some anxiety among the group con
cerning the time element since all persons
who had reserved seats were supposed to
be in them by 5:45.
The parking lot at the Coliseum was
jammed with all manner of automobiles
and buses. Reading the tags on these
vehicles was like reading a roster of the
Southeastern States. There were cars
from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and some
as far away as New York City. Perhaps
the buses creating the most interest were
those that contained the 300 or so soldiers
from Ft. Jackson, S. C.
People, all kinds of people—the Negro
and the Chinese; the rich and the poor;
the skeptical and the confident; the cur
ious and the seeking; the saved and the
unsaved—were streaming toward the en
trances of the Coliseum. In each face
could be seen some of the excitement, the
festivity, and the expectancy of the oc
casion.
Ushers directed the Montreat delegates
to seats directly to the left of the rostrum
where the service was to be conducted.
To the rear of this platform sat a massive
choir, recruited from those who were at
tending the Crusade. For the evening ser
vice Ann Cox, Jean Falls, Jeanie Johnson,
Charlotte Dodd, Kathleen Johnston, Hope
Justus and Bettye Hampton joined their
voices with approximately 2000 others
which made up the choir.
The service was televised from coast to
coast over a network of 185 stations at a
cost of $85,000. It was the largest num
ber of stations ever to carry a Crusade
service.
Billy Graham spoke to an overflowing
Coliseum crowd of some 13,500, together
with another 2,500 watching over closed
circuit television in the adjacent auditor
ium.
“Some teenagers,” Graham said, “are
committing crimes that would make A1
Capone’s gang look like a Sunday School
class.” He laid the blame, however, on
the parent and not the teenager. He urged
the young people to use their abilities and
creative energies for Christ, warning that
“once you have rejected Christ there can
be no permanent peace, happiness and
joy.”
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PROGRAM OF CHURCH EXTENSION
GROUP ANNOUNCED FOR OCT.
The Week of Prayer and Self-Denial will
be observed October 12-19. For the benefit
of those who are unfamiliar with the pur
pose of such a week, it is to give support
to the Church Extension work of the Pres
byterian Church, U. S.
Church Extension is divided into five
major areas—Home Missions, Christian Re
lations, Evangelism, Radio and Television,
and Negro Work. It is vital that the
church have an effective witness, and this
witness is only effective when it is sus
tained by Christians who pray earnestly and
give lovingly of their material wealth.
The Church Extension group of SCA,
under the direction of Frances Arrington,
will be in charge of vesper programs for
the month of October. These programs are
designed to enlighten the student body as
to the function of the different areas of
church extension. Included in this series
will be a film, MR. TEXAS, concerning the
Billy Graham Crusade, which will be pre
sented October 5; an informal talk by Tom
Arena on mission work in Asheville,
October 12; and another film, PILOT
MOUNTAIN, scheduled for October 26.
Held October 25lh
During the weekend of October 25, Mon
treat will be host to some 40 boys from
Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C. This
announcement was made by Mary Mangrum,
Social Chairman.
Boys’ Weekend, as this event is popular
ly called, is an occasion looked forward
to with much anticipation each year.
Freshmen and transfer students are given
the first opportunity to sign up for dates.
These dates will be selected on the basis
of age and height.
For Saturday night entertainment the
Social Committee has planned a special sup
per, followed by a square dance. Most of
the boys remain until Sunday afternoon,
attending church services with their dates.
After lunch, if time permits and the weath
er allows, hiking up Lookout or along Grey
beard Trail is the traditional Montreat way
of ending the weekend.
But this is only one weekend. Arrange
ments have already been made for Novem
ber 15 when boys from Clemson College,
bulldogs and all, invade the campus for
another such occasion.
Watch the bulletin board for further
announcements.
Student Nurses Active
Montreat student nurses at Memorial
Mission Hospital, Asheville, N. C., are
among the most active of the student body
there. Three Montreat girls, Bea Keys,
Leah Baughcome and Betty Weaver, serve
on the Student Council, which is composed
of the class presidents and two represent
atives from each class. The Council oper
ates in much the same manner as the SGA
Cabinet. This year it instituted the honor
system, which came about largely through
the efforts of the above named persons.
Montreat girls also serve on the Curri
culum Committee, which is made up of
faculty members and one representative
from each of the three classes. Bea Keys
was chosen from the Senior class; Leah
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