WELCOME HOME!
In 1913, the Board of Directors
of the Mountain Retreat Association
authorized the President, Dr. R. G.
Anderson, to offer the use of Mon
treat grounds and buildings to the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States for
school purposes.
In 1914, the General Assembly
appointed an ad interim committee
to consider this proposal. The fol
lowing year, the General Assembly
adopted the report of the commit
tee : “That the property of the Moun
tain Retreat Association be used for
a normal school and that the estab
lishment of the school be referred to
the Synods.”
The Synods of Appalachia, Geor
gia, Alabama, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, and Virginia elected trustees
who met in Montreat on May 2,
1916, and elected Dr. Robert F.
Campbell of Asheville, North Car
olina, Chairman, Mr. W. T. Thomp
son, Jr., of Knoxville, Tennessee,
Secretary, and Ruling Elder L. S.
Morrison of Asheville, North Car
olina, Treasurer. The Montreat Nor
mal School opened its first session
in October, 1916, with eight students.
Montreat Normal School was
made a Junior College in 1933 and
re-named Montreat College. From
1946 to 1969 it was a four year
college for women. In 1959 it was
made a co-educational Junior Col
lege and the name was changed to
Montreat - Anderson College in grate
ful recognition of Dr. R. G. Ander
son, who was President from 1916
to 1946, and Mrs. R. G. Anderson,
its principal benefactor throughout
its history.
The President of Montreat - An
derson College have been Dr. Robert
Campbell, D. D., 1916 to 1947; Dr.
J. Rupert McGregor, Th. D., 1947
to 1967 and Dr. Calvin Grier Davis,
Th. D., 1959.
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Welcome home! Today you are
greeted by a new and changing Mon
treat. This is not the Montreat that
you knew even if you were a student
last year. The 1967 class will notice
that the women’s dormitory that was
once only a tall structure of steel is
now nearing completion. The new con
vocation hall adjoining Assembly
Inn will soon add a definite touch of
dignity to college services and fun
ctions. Even returning students found
it hard to get used to the fact that
Fellowship is once again a girls’
dorm.
Also, there is a larger number of
men’s dormitories created from pri
vate homes: McMillian, Crosby-
Adams, Lookout Lodge, and Sylvan
Heights. Along with all the physical
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THE DIALETTE
A MONTREAT-ANDERSON COLLEGE STUDENT PUBLICATION
VOLUME 5, NO. 3
THE DIALETTE, NOVEMBER, 1967
PAGE 1
1967 MERRIMACS CHOSEN
Introducing the new 1967 Merri-
macs! Members of the highly select
ive group include: Eddie Allen,
Roanoke, Virginia; Tom Behrens,
Morris Plains, New Jersey; Linda
Drye, Charlotte, North Carolina;
Becky Edwards, Haysi, Virginia; Meg
Grote, Walla Walla, Washington;
Gene Miller, Miami, Florida; Bev.
Keith, Agircula, Virginia; Jim Sand-
ridge, Roanoke, Virginia; Pat Shee
han, Arlington, Virginia; Bob Smith,
Montclair, New Jersey; Jack Willi
amson, Knoxville, Tennessee; and Jill
Wolff, Miami, Florida.
Officers this year were elected
at the first Merrimacs’ meeting.
They are Eddie Allen, President;
Meg Grote, Secretary - Treasurer;
and Jim Sandridge, Business Man
ager.
Last year the Merrimacs perform-
, ed after the M-A choir during the
April Tour. They also appeared on
a local television station and sang
at a number of civic gatherings in
the Asheville area.
This year the Merrimacs have al
ready received invitations to enter
tain in this vicinity. This year’s
group, however, will make its debut
right here on campus during convoc
ation shortly before the Christmas
holidays.
NEW WOMEN'S RESIDENCE HALL
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
Montreat - Anderson College is
involved in its first Capital Improve
ment Program. The Capital Improve
ment Program is the first step in an
over-all expansion program to pro
vide for a student body enrollment
of 600 by the 1969-70 school year.
Already Montreat is beginning to
feel the need for housing, office and
classroom space. In 1965 a study of
the needs of our school was begun
by a committee of experts to find the
needs and make suggestions for cor
recting them. The committee’s find
ing was reviewed and approved by
the Board of Trustees.
At the beginning of 1966 a funds
campaign was launched to raise ap
proximately $2,082,600.
Today we can see the beginning
of this program as the new five story
women’s residence hall, being built
behind College Hall, is nearing com
pletion. The dormitory was begun in
November of 1966 and will be com
pleted in June of 1968.
Other near future projects are,
a science and mathematics buliding,
the L. Nelson Bell Library and an
athletics field and amphitheatre
which will seat over 3,000.
The proposed science complex
will house natural science labs, lec
ture rooms, four faculty offices and
a mathematics instruction lab. This
facility will be built at a cost of
$450,000.
The most urgently needed build
ing at the present time is the new
library, which will be named after
Dr. L. Nelson Bell. Without this new
facility to house our cramped lib
rary, Montreat could be in danger
of losing accreditation. The new
library will be built at approximate
cost of $710,000.
Another building included in the
capital funds campaign is a new
athletic field and amphitheatre which
will consist of a quarter mile running
track, a soccer field and a baseball
diamond. With this facility an in
tercollegiate sports program will most
definitely grow. The estimated cost
of this complex will be $200,000
of which $100,000 has already been
raised.
Out of a goal of $2,081,500
only $655,000 remains to be raised.
It seems that we will have a bright
educational future at Montreat - An
derson College if these developmental
plans become no longer a dream but
a reality.
Four Students Infured In Accident
Four Montreat - Anderson stu
dents were injured in a single car
collision November 14. The acci
dent occurred at eleven o’clock p.m.
in front of Assembly Inn.
Terry Grice, from Charlotte, N.
C. and driver of the 1962 Fairlaine
said that “after crossing a hill the
car left the ground.” It landed both
on the shoulder and the road. Trying
to straighten the path of the auto,
he was unable to avoid hitting a
telephone pole. The car was then,
knocked to the left of the road
where it came to rest against a brick
wall.
Other occupants of the car were
Van Dotson of Fairview, N. C.; Larry
Mullins of Charleston, S. C., and
David Reel of Alexandria, Va.
Grice received cuts on his fore
head, nose, and left arm. Both
Mullins and Dotson incurred lacer
ations of the head and face.
David Reel, most seriously in
jured, was admitted to Memorial
Mission hospital with three broken
ribs; a left punctured lung, and la
cerations. Grice, Mullins, and Dot-
son were released in fair condition.