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Donald R. Mitchell, who will be
MAG’s new Academic Dean, beginning
September, 1969, bas bad a long and
varied involvement with church
related education.
Mr. Mitchell was born and educated
in New Zealand. He gained his
Bachelor degree and a Diploma in
Education from Otago University.
After four years of teaching in
public schools, he became senior
Housemaster and instructor in
English and History at John McGlasfcan
College, a Presbyterian School for
boys in Dunedin.
The next move was made in 1951,
when Mr. Mitchell traveled to Lima
to work as a missionary teacher with
the Free Church of Scotland mission
in Peru. His duties involved
teaching and administration in
Saint Andrews College, a well known
and respected Presbyterian
institution in Latin America.
Eight years later Mr. Mitchell
came to the United States in order
to study at Princeton Theological
Seminary in New Jersey. In 1963,
he graduated from the seminary and
was ordained a minister of the United
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
He continued at Princeton for
another three years as a doctoral
candidate and Teaching Fellow in
Church History. During this period
he also assisted in the ministry of
the First Presbyterian Church in
Cranbury, N.J. and completed a
mastersdegree in history at Rutgers
University where he was also a
teaching assistant in the Department
of History.
Mr. Mitchell came to Montreat with
his family in September, 1966 in
order to utilize the resources of
11A SON
A week ago, SGA president Charlie
Lance, CUAB chairman Grant Cobia,
Honor Court president A1 Wilson,
and Nancy Carlton, SCA president,
met to discuss the value of their
respective organizations to Montreat-
Anderson.
Charlie Lance stated that SGA
serves as a "liason” between the
student body and the administration.
He relates this to student
government’s contribution to
communication. This year’s
organization has had ’’responsibility,
confidence, and competence,"
according to Lance. He believes
that there are capable leaders in
the rising sophomore class.
Grant Cobia, a freshman who will
return next year, stresses the CUAB’s
importance as an "outlet for the
energy and talents" of MAC students.
Activities provided by the College
Union Activities Board are designed
to produce "well-rounded" students,
says Cobia. The CUAB offers
cultural, social, and recreational
programs.
Honor Court deals with the
difficult problem of protecting the
school’s code as well as the
student’s rights. Wilson maintains
that his biggest problem is
"communicating effectively to the
student body the reasoning behind
decisions." He says that much of
the judicial body’s work remains
confidential in order "to protect
the rights of the person that comes
before the Honor Court."
The Student Christian Association
also has a tough task since this
group must be "relevant" and at
the same time, consider what benefits
the student "spiritually." Nancy
Carlton feels that the SCA sponsored
programs have been most effective
in enriching "spiritual life" here.
Presently, 70-80 students are
included to a greater or lesser
degree in SCA service projects.
the Historical Foundation. The
following year he joined the MAC
faculty as a Woodrow Wilson Teaching
Intern, the first such to have been
assigned to a Junior College. He
is now completing his second year
in this capacity, teaching world
history to freshman students.
During his time at MAC Mr.
Mitchell has been a sponsor of the
Student Christian Association, a
faculty representative in the
Honor Court and the Religious
Activities Committee, advisor to
the College newspaper, and a member
of the faculty committee which is
steering the institutional self
study required by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
Mr. Mitchell is married to Grace
Spradling, a Transylvania graduate
who had also worked in Peru as a
missionary teacher and who is at
present teaching English and Spanish
at MAC. Their two children are
Marion and Alison.
CHOI^
The Montreat-Anderson College
Choir on the Annual Spring Tour will
present a concert in Gaither Chapel
on April 14, at 8:00. The public is
cordially invited to attend this
program of choral music.
The Montreat-Anderson College
Choir specializes in religious music
of all periods and styles of church
music and is heard regularly in the
college worship services. The group
includes students from the states of
N.C., S.C., Va., W. Va., Fla,, Ga.,
Wash., N.Y., N.J., and Washington,
D.C,
The 1969 Spring Tour presents
concerts in Valdese, N.C.; Bluefield,
W, Va.; Fairlea, W. Va.; Roanoke,
Va.; Pulaski, Va.; and a home
ooncert at Montreat-Anderson College,
Montreat, N. C.
The program includes beloved
selections of early church music
"Hosanna to the Son of David" ,
Praetorius; "AgnusDei" (Lamb of God),
Morley; and "Sanctue", Haydn. Three
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