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MONTREAT COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
November, 1958
Homecoming Draws Alumni
Trustees Accept
Rich's Resignation
On November 6, Dr. Frank Jackson, Act
ing President of Montreat College, an
nounced the resignation of Dr. William B.
Rich, Executive Dean of the college, who
has accepted a position with the Federal
Office of Education in Washington. Mr.
George Stockton, head of the Business De
partment, has been named Acting Dean and
will assume his new duties on November 15.
Spiritual Emphasis
Week Being Observed
So many times we find ourselves taking
tor granted those things that mean the
most to us. So it is with our newly added
Thursday morning chapel service. We of
ten do not even give this half hour of
spiritual enrichment a thought until we
enter the chapel on Thursday, but we long
remember the people who speak and the
things they say, and they mean much to us.
We are especially fortunate this month
of November in having three outstanding
ministers on the calendar for our Thursday
chapel services. The first, who spoke to
us last Thursday, was the Rev. Paul War
ren of Grace Covenant Church in Asheville.
Mr. Warren is a graduate of Davidson
College and of Union Seminary in Rich
mond. Before coming to Asheville, he
served churches in Arden and in Conway,
S. C. He is the father of the church in
Arden and also of Grace Covenant Church,
in which he is now serving.
On November 13, we will have Dr. Neil
Truesdell, our speaker for Spiritual Em
phasis Week. Dr. Truesdell comes to us
from Avaleigh Presbyterian Church in New-
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THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
FESTIVE OCCASION
Thanksgiving, 1958, is just around the
proverbial corner, and so it is time for the
annual Homecoming festivities. The alum
ni and friends of the College will leave
their busy work schedules behind in order
to return to these hallowed hills of Mon
treat for a full week-end of entertainment.
Cancelled last year because of the flu
epidemic. Homecoming this year is ex
pected to draw a good number of alumni.
The week-end begins with the Thanksgiv
ing service held in Gaither Chapel at 10:00
a.m., Thursday. Rev. S. L. Bennett will of
ficiate. On the agenda for the afternoon
is a soccer game between the Varsity
Eleven chosen from the present Blue and
Gold teams and the “M” Club squad, which
is made up of alumni who were lettermen,
as well as present “M” Club members.
The Dining Hall will take on the look
of harvest time for the Thanksgiving ban
quet. Mr. Tiller knows that the dearest
thing to any Montreat student, graduated
or still struggling, is food. Rest assured
that the banquet will be a feast. Dr. Robert
H. Spiro, president of Blue Ridge Assembly
and prominent civic leader in this area,
will be the speaker for the occasion. The
Montreat Singers will present a choral pro
gram.
Friday morning at 10:30 there will be
a symposium in the Home Ec. Lab. Some
of the Montreat graduates who are mission
aries will discuss the “Changing Trends on
the Mission Field”.
After a faculty concert at 8:30 the same
day, there will be an open house at Col
lege Hall. Alumni, students, and friends
are invited.
Seniors Break
With Play Tradition
The Senior class at a business meeting
on October 27, voted in favor of a pro
posal put before them by the class sponsor,
Mr. Clair Hardenstine. The decision was
that there would be no class play this year.
This decision broke a tradition of long
standing; however, the arguments used
were quite convincing.
In the first place, a Senior play is seldom
given in a college, this practice being
most often one for high schools. The ma
jority of colleges leave dramatic produc
tions entirely in the hands of the drama
department. Second, the Seniors need to
spend final months of school in study, and
this study is necessarily interrupted by re
citals, May Day and other activities. En
suing discussion revealed that the majority
of the class members considered this de
cision helpful in raising our college stand
ards. There were some who contended
that Montreat should be different from
other colleges and that the tradition should
be kept. These were in the minority, how
ever, and the class decided that the wisest
thing to do was to abandon the idea of
giving a play. The class is to be commend
ed on its evaluation of the situation and
its foresight.
Evening Typing
Classes inaugurated
The business department of the college
has begun a new venture this year by spon
soring an adult typing class each Tuesday
and Thursday night from 7:30 to 9:00.
Mrs. Burchfiel is the instructor of this 30-
hour course which is a part of the college’s
extension program. The students, seven-
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