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Could there be any organization without interested people? Think! Could there be a United Nations if people were not interested in a peaceful world? Would there be a democratic United States if our forefathers were not interested in all men being created equal? Would there be a Montreat-Anderson College if there were not people interested in teaching and people interested in learning? This prin ciple of interest holds true for all organ izations. How then can the school paper continue without interest and support? The Dialette should voice the opinion of the student body; this is difficult when members of this body will not express their opinions. The Dialette should pro mote a sense of pride and interest in the school, but this editor is afraid that it does not. It is hard to believe that people are interested, when only fifty-eight students out of approximately one hundred and twenty have paid one dollar for a year’s subscription to THEIR paper. It is ® to believe that people are interested w only five or six students are willing sacrifice two hours a month to help pn lish a newspaper to represent an en i school. f It takes time and money, but all it takes interest to keep an organiza i alive. This editor wonders how long school newspaper of Mohtreat-Anderso College will survive with very lit n any of the three. A STUDENT Freedom is a gift from God. Men, in the generations before us, have believed so strongly in the right for individual free dom, that they have fought and died for it. It is now our responsibility to try to better this gift in our own individual lives, as well as in the government. We should give much thought as to what freedom means to us, personally. We should be proud of the fact that this is a free na tion, but we should realize the fight has just begun. Our forefathers fought for it so that we could have it, and we must fight for freedom to give to our children. We, the students of Montreat, become so enwrapped in our own little college world, that we seldom give thought to what freedom means to us and exactly what is our responsibility. No other na tion on earth has ever had the freedom that we enjoy. We often criticise our government for not taking over Russia and preventing them from gaining control of other countries. The government represents us. If the government is hesitant about stopping Russia, it means that we do not hold free dom in its true perspective. We should each be willing to die for freedom, so that not only America but the whole world may have freedom. Since freedom is a gift from God and exercising it correctly is the hardest form of government and continually being fought against, it is our duty as Christian citizens to do some ser ious thinking about it. What does free dom mean to me? Do I exercise it in my personal life? Is the price too high? How strong is my belief in freedom? Would I, personally, be willing to give it every thing I have: my life? B. H. Dear Editor: First of all I would like to say that it would be very easy to persuade the stu dent body to accept this proposition, but I am just as certain that the administration will not be so easy. It is my proposal that we eliminate Saturday classes. I would like to present a few reasons why we should not have them. First: we students do not have one single, solitary day of the week that we can actually call our own. No, we don’t have the weekend. For the Montreat stu dents the weekend consists of a morning of classes; cleaning rooms, ironing, shop ping, and doing other necessary chores in the afternoon; Saturday night is the only night we can date, read, or go to the movies. We don’t even have Sunday, the day of rest, in which to rest. Sunday morning a group goes to the San, another to Sunday school, and to church, and another goes with the chorus. I’m not saying we should not go to church, Sun day school, and the San. We should, and that would be fine if we could rest in the afternoon. BUT when are we sup posed to read “Paradise Lost”, learn French verbs, and study history for Mon day morning? Then also many times students could go home for two days with out taking “F’s”, if we did not have Saturday classes. Now is there any wonder that all the girls around here are anemic, have low blood pressure, and need more rest? I do believe that most of the readers will agree with me that if we had Saturdays free, we, the students, would be glad to make up classes so we could sleep, go to town, visit, and—well, study too, on Sat urdays. —One who is anemic and very tired. —Turn to Page 4 NEWS RELEASE (JAN. 10, 1961) The Furniture City Cl^P' ter of the American Business Clu hold its annual beauty pageant in Point, April 7 and 8, 1961 to select Miss Sun Fun of North Carolina, 1961. » will represent North Carolina in t ® tional pageant at Myrtle Beach m 8-10 where Miss Sun Fun USA wiu selected. - Any single girl between the ages o and 25 interested in participating is , to contact Mr. Stewart Stone, Box 1, H s Point, North Carolina*. Attendance a North Carolina college or university fills the residence requirement even your home is not in North Carolina. * For information and entry blanks. JANUARY, 1961 VOTJTME 3 NUMBER Published monthly except June, July. August by Student Government Association of Montreat-Anderson Co SECOND - CLASS PRIVILEGES ORIZED AT MONTREAT, N. C-— tion rate: Students, $1.00; Parents, Erie Alumni, $2.00 yearly. Editor Toni Baxter Associate Editor Anne Art Editor Haskel Davis Business Manager Advertising Manager Margo Eo^ Advisor Mr. Allen Guy Reporters and Contributors: Betty Ayres, Toni Baxter, Ann Jolley, Gipsy Pete Galey, Dorothy Darr, Barbara bree, Jean Hadley. Typists: Ann Jolley, Margaret Wa Dorothy Darr. (The Editorial policies of this paper are not necessarily the views of the studen at large. All unsigned editorials are wri ten by the editor.) The Dialette
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