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KISS ELIZABETH HOYT
HONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
VOLUME 5, NO. 2
MONTREAT-ANDERSON COLLEGE, MONTREAT, N. C.
NOVEMBER, 1961
Tuesday, October 11, thirty-two
students and six faculty members
set out for Mt. Mitchell. It was
the right kind of day for a hike.
Knowing there were 18 miles a-
head of them, the hikers were
eager to get started. By 8:30 ev
eryone was ready and we were
on our way.
Homecoming
Thursday, November 23, there
will be no classes and chapel -will
be held at 11 o’clock. After chapel
many of the Sophomores will be
awaiting the arrival of the alumni
who will spend the day with them.
When lunch is over, everyone is
invited to come to the soccer field
where the alumni will challenge
the chosen Montreat team.—Men,
this is your chance to be cheer
leaders for our women. After re
covering from the soccer game, the
men will play football.
COME TO THE FIELD AT 2
O’CLOCK AND SEE THE AC
TION.
Thursday night there -will be a
Formal Thanksgiving Banquet in
the Inn. A guest speaker will be
present. When the feast is over,
there will be dancing, games and
get-togethers in Howerton and the
gym.
—Turn to Page 3
Our first stop was the water
falls on Greybeard, where we were
to eat our lunch. It was only
six miles to the falls, but most of
it was rough climbing. Statements
like these could be heard: “Why
did I ever do this?’’ “You won’t
catch me doing this next year!’’,
and “I have got to make it.’’
. After lunch and a short rest
period, we started on our way
again. The next six miles over a
dirt road were probably the eas
iest part of the hike. The last six
miles were on the highway and
were the hardest part of the hike,
for our goal seemed so near; yet
it was so far.
By five o’clock all 32 students
who had begun the hike were
there, having hiked all 18 miles.
The first hiker to reach Mt. Mitch
ell was Bob Talsmellage, a sopho
more. He was able to get there
before the 50 students on the bus.
About six o’clock we ate an ex
cellent supper prepared by the
Inn. After supper everyone, es
pecially the hikers, were ready to
start back for Montreat.
_ Some of our faculty members
hiked part of the way. They were
Miss Buchanan, Miss Maxwell,
Miss Williams, and Dr. Snyder.
Mr. Maddox was the only faculty
member who hiked all the way.
Our heartiest congratulations go to
Mrs. Harvey who slowly but sure
ly made it.
Richard Altork
Nov, Personality
Editor’s note: The Dialette and
the Cabinet of the Student Gov
ernment Association have chosen
Richard Altork as the November
Personality. The love and respect
that Rich has gained is described
below by Robert Hann.
“Richard Altork, a freshman
stludent here at Montreat, was re
cently named personality of the
month. Rich, a transplanted “yan-
kee,” comes to us from Miami,
Florida, where he attended high
school and was a member of Key
Biscayne Presbyterian Church.
“Since arriving at Montreat,
Rich ha.s been involved in college
activities. He is an ardent foot
ball player; he has worked hard
as co-chairman of the freshman
talent show; and he was one of
the first freshmen to volunteer to
speak in chapel. His warm smile
and friendly personality have been
seen by all on campus. Even as
he goes about his class day, works
in the library, plays football, does
homework, he is never too busy
for a friendly chat with anyone.
“Rich is a person who takes
his Christian faith seriously, and
exhibits it in his life and in his
speech. Although Rich does not
flaunt his convictions, it is obvious
to all that he has con'victions driv
ing him, and that he is always
ready and willing to share them
with others.”
MONTREAT:
PAST AND PRESENT
The idea of Montreat began back
in 1895 as a plan for a health and
rest resort for religious and educa
tional purposes. In 1905 the Pres
byterian church bought the Mon
treat estate to be used in church
work not to be controlled by the
church. Under the early leaders of
the Mountain Retreat Association,
Montreat developed into a nation
wide and world-wide conference
ground often having as many as
twenty to twenty-five thousand
persons in attendance.
In 1915, the Board of Direc-
tors was authorized to establish a
school upon the grounds of the
Mountain Retreat Association' us-
Sim Dial
Assembly Men's Council Holds
Week-end Meeting Af Montreal
One week-end of October 27-29,
1961, was a crowded one not only
for classes, but also for the 152
delegates to the Assembly Men’s
Council of the Presbyterian church
in the United States. The council
was meeting to learn about, study,
and discuses the 1962 theme for
Men’s work, “Christian Vocation.”
Dr. John Oliver Nelson, Director
of Religious Field Work and Pro
fessor of Christian Vocation, Yale
University Divinity School, was
the keynote speaker for the con
ference. He gave his first address
on “Christian Vocation” and his
second on “Every Day Serving
Christ on the Job.” They provided
much for these leaders to digest in
preparation for their 1962 work
stressing the theme “Christian Vo
cation.”
Perhaps there was something in
Dr. Nelson’s talks for us to grasp.
There "was mentioned in his key
note address that the Christian vo
cation is not a matter of seeing
life as two golden rails going into
the future, rather it is as one
standing on the stern of a ship
looking back at what has passed
and evaluating in preparation for
the future. “God is calling every
one to make a ministry of their
jobs, wherever they are, in banks,
hospitals, stores, offices . . . this
is Christian Vocation.” In this
keynote address Dr. Nelson ended
by saying that Christian Vocation
has never seriously been tried and
that there is no “golden age” for
us to look back on, but one can
begin now twenty centuries after
Christ.
Perhaps his Sunday address-ser
mon could have been for the stu
dents of Montreat-Andersdn Col
lege as well as for Assembly Men’s
Council. It was drawn from the
Sermon on the Mount and continu
ally stressed the phrase, “Seek ye
first the Kingdom of God.”
Loftquist Fills
Music Position
This year Montreat-Anderson
College is privileged to have Mr.
Henry Loftquist as piano instruct
or in its music department.
Mr. Loftquist, the son of a Pres
byterian minister, originally comes
from Brookhaven, Miss. He, his
wife Eleanor, and their two daugh
ters are now living in Asheville.
He attended the University of
North Carolina, where he received
his B.A. Degree, and was a mem
ber of the Phi Mu Alpha, a music
fraternity. In New York he at
tended summer school at Colum
bia University, where he received
his M.A. Degree. During his
schooling in New York, he was
organist and choir director at the
Douglaston Community Church.
Mr. Loftquist’s many positions
include instructor of organ and
piano, and choir director of four
choirs. He fills these positions
Tuesday through Sunday at Mon
treat-Anderson College, Warren
Wilson College, and First Presby
terian Church in Asheville. He is
alsO' a member of the American
Guild of Organists. “Monday”,
Mr. Loftquist declares, “is a ‘Day
of Rest’.” —B. P.
Work on the 1962 Sun Dial is
well underway. Hewitt Publishing
Company of Atlanta, Georgia, is
the company doing work for us this
year. The staff for the Sun Dial
this year is as follows: Editor,
Janee Howard; Associate Editor,
Georgianna Swan; Assistant Edit
or, George Boney; Business Man
ager, Roberta Debnam; Advertis
ing Manager, Daphne Jolly; Assist
ant Advertising Manager, Richie
Weaver; and Literary Editor,'Shir
ley Pound. The theme has been
selected but will be kept until the
annual comes out.
It is time now to subscribe to'
the 1962 Sun Dial. You may sub
scribe by seeing the follo%ving peo
ple in your dormitory: College
Hall: Bob Jarman or George Bon-
ey; Fellowship Hall: Virginia Dur
ham or Melinda Little; and How
erton Hall: Sarah Todd, Millie
Ray, or Carol Holder. If you pay
the full amount before December
15th the price will only be $5.00.
If you wait and pay a little at a
time and it extends past December
15th there will be an extra 50c
charge.
ing the facilities of the Associa
tion. The school’s first classes be
gan in October nf 19! 0 with an
enrollment of eieht -"nils. The
object of the school as stated in
the certificate of incorporation .. .
“shall be to give instruction in
ordinary branches of academic and
collegiate education, in domestic
science and in the Holy Bible . . .
with special reference to the train
ing of Christian teachers . . .”
In 1933 the name of the .school
was changed from Montreat Nor
mal School to Montreat College,
bringing about also the change
from a high school and two year
junior college to a four year col
lege.
Some of the original buildings
of Montreat have long been re
placed due to fire, modernization
and expansion. Gaither Hall was
first used as the administration
building in 1935. Fellowship, built
in 1937 W'as used then as now for
a dormitory. College Hall and
the old infirmary, now used as the
music building, were built in 1942.
Howerton and McAllister Hall have
been added since 1950.
1959 brought about other chang
es in Montreat. Again her name 'was
changed. This time it was to Mon
treat-Anderson College in memory
of Dr. R. C. Anderson and in
honor of his wife who have both
been influential factors in the de
velopment of Montreat. The school
was made a co-educational junior
college and in 1960 became an af
filiated Presbyterian college, a
member of the North Carolina Col
lege Conference, the Southern As
sociation of Colleges and Second
ary Schools and the American
Association of Junior Colleges.
Feeling the pressure of the
gro-wing number of young people
who desire a college education, the
goal of the future is to establish
Montreat as an excellent college
—Turn to Page 3
The Freshman Talent Show
SOPHOMORES ELECT
At the sophomore class meeting
on October 7, 1961, the class pres
ident, Anne Gilliland, presided
oyer elections that completed the
higher echelon of the sophomore
class. The new officers are: Jim
Nance of Fayetteville, N. C., who
was elected the president of the
class of ’62; Fran Black of Mor-
risto'wn, N. ,1., who w-as elected
secretary; “Frosty” Moore, the
now “keeper of the green,” from
—Turn to Page 2
From left to right: Phyllis Shinn, Ann Harper Williams,
Margaret Gentry, Margo Fraser, Judy Jettner, and Jo Bost.
Saturday, October 14, at 8:00
p.m., the freshman class hold their
annual talent show in Anderson
Auditorium. The theme of the
show was the “Roaring Freshmen”
and the setting was Cosmo’s Cof
fee Shop, a “beatnik hangout.”
The master of ceremonies was
Ronnie Williams. The beatniks
on stage were Chris Chow, Pat
Rausch, Paulette Petty, Curtis
Hastings, Judy Gray and John
Philsing.
The acts in the show were
“Charleston”—Shirley Pound, Jim
my Wilbuni; “The Face on the
Barroom Floor”—Sharon Hudler;
—Turn to Pago 3
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