IN THE CORNER
Volume 1, Number 7
Montreat-Anderson College Student Newspaper
“Patronize Our Advertisers’
February 20, 1976
‘‘Here come da
mouth of da
Mississippi!”
THE TALKATHON is still in full swing thanks to the con
tinuing effort of students such as paula DeVries.
More talk on the telethon
by DAVID FIELD
Wednesday, the 18th, at five
p. m. at MAC the halfway
point for the longest telephone
conversation in the world was
reached . The record is held
by Morehead University of
Kentucky,, whose sorority-
fraternity conversation lasted
724 hours.
So far, the leading jawbones
for the 800 hour attempt are
Becky Burch, Janet Butts,
Paul Williams, and Steve
Branhan, although many
others have showed their
spirit in numerous hours.
Becky, and her brother,
William, have signed up for a
24 hour stretch starting on the
twentieth, and others have
signed up for several hours in
a row. Others try half hour
conversations or other ideas
such as studying over the
phone.
Marty Monroe volunteered
her own money to have
Southern Bell install the
phones and both Marty and R.
'B. Wilkins are still hard at
work recruiting and trying to
keep the Hot Line smoking.
So show your colors and
mark the sign up sheet with
your ball point sosomeday you
can tell your grandchildren
that you participated in a
world record event.
by DAVID FIELD
This Wednesday night, a lot
of Montreat Students will be
going to bed laughing and will
nrobably wake up Thursday
doing the same. TTie reason is
JERRY GLOWER, who will
start unleashing his humor at
8 P. M. in Gaither Chapel
willing to bear aching ribs.
Jerry has been voted Comic of
the Year by BILLBOARD,
CASH BOX, AND RECORD
WORLD and has many other
credits under his huge belt,
including appearances on
THE GRAND OLE OPRY,
DAVID FROST SHOW, MIKE
DOUGLAS SHOW, PORTER
WAGONER SHOW, and HEE
HAW. He has also cut several
albumsfor MCA Records,
been featured in several
magazines, and appeared at
many State Fairs.
The “Mouth of the
Mississippi” is a famed
'storyteller from Yazoo City,
Mississippi, and tells hilarious
tales about his youth and
adventures there in the south,
including such things as coon
hunts, and rat killings. The
stories are good enough by
themselves but seeing
Jerrylive puts the icing on the
cake because of his wild antics
and expressions. He imitates
men and machines with
reckless abandonand keeps
the audience watching and
waiting for more while he
raises a sweat.
Jerry comes from a simple
country background and holds
to it. This basic attitude ac
cording to friends and fane ic
what makes Jerry appealing
to his. listeners.
Although h p is funny, he can
' speak seriously abobt serious
topics such as Christ. Jerry is
a church man and regularly
tithes the ten percent of his
annual 400,000dollar earnings.
He is now reading through the
New Testament,"A chapter
a day to keep evil away." and
also says,“nothing on stage
that he can't ditto back home
at the First Baptist Church .
Four short years ago, Jerry
was selling fertilizer when
someone encouraged him to
tape a performance to see if it
had any commercial value.
He now claims over 800,000in
album sales, is working on a
book, and thinking of
Hollywood. Wnile starring
regularly on the Grand Ole
Opry.
It is a privilege to have
Jerry Glower coming to
Montreat Anderson, so
remember the date: Wed
nesday, February 25, at 8
p.m., in Gaither Chapel.
Only students and faculty of
MAC are invited.
Students visit Holy Land
Cavaliers beat WW 63-57
by JUDITH MILLINER
The Cavaliers topped
Warren Wilson in Basketball
Valentine’s day with a score of
63-57. This annual benefit
game for the Rotary Club
Scholarship Fund, proved to
be just the lift the team needed
as they approach the season’s
end.
“It was a good game and we
did a fantastic job of attacking
the zone which helped our
chances,”coach Roger Haun
said.
The leading scorers of the
game were Frank Maennle
with 13 points, David Wright,
12 points, Tom Harris, 11
points and Keith Burleson
with 10 points.
It was a close game with
MAC pressing Warren Wilson
until they passed the op
position’s six-point lead in the
first half. The half-time score
was 37-33, Montreat over
Warren Wilson.
“I’m really happy we won,”
Haun said. He was disap
pointed in the fact that the
team hasn’t gotten much
support from the stuaent bodv
as a whole.
“Most games have been
really good this season but
some people only support
winning teams to see them
trounce on the other team,” he
observed. “There is more to
the game than winning and
our games have really been
interesting games."
“I think most people
thought I could come in and
make us a winning team in one
year but it takes time to build
a good program.”
Coach Haun went on to
remark, “We have won five
games this year, one more
than last year and we aren’t
finished yet. I am really
pleased with the season and I
don’t think it is as bad as most
people feel.”
The Benefit Game played at
Warren Wilson raised money
for a. fund which
supplies two students at
Montreat and two students at
Warren Wilson with
$300 each in scholarships.
They must be students who
have attended Owen High
School.
There will be two more
home games to wrap up the
season. MAC will meet Surry
Community College Feb. 21
and AB Tech Feb-23. These
will be in the gym here on
campus ,so let’s support our
team-
by LINDA FIELD
“We didn’t want to leave,”
was the common reaction of
the Montreaters who spent a
recent 10-day tour in the Holy
Lands. Charles Massey
organized the tour, and in a
rented Fiat minibus Barbara
Massey, Jill Barnes, Mary
Jane Motley, Rena Robinson,
Mary Vilas, Martha Sue
Carroll- and Dan Mon
tgomery saw many Biblical
points of interest.
After arriving in Tel
Aviv, one of the first trip
highlights was a visit to the
huge plain of Armageddon.
Raids slow security
by DAVID FIELD
“The security here at
Montreat has a thousand and
one things to do around
campus at night and having to
chase students on a dorm raid
only slows down our
schedule.”
These were the words of B.
H. , who was taking a short
rest from his duties in the
Howerton Lobby Monday
night.
B. H. seemed to have his
feathers ruffled by the
problem. “When we have
dozens of buildings to check
through and lock up and
dozens of other places around
Montreat to patrol, having
students keep us busy for an
hour will keep us working
overtime that long before we
can end our shift andgo to bed.
The students don’t realize
how busy we are most of the
time and then they wonder
why we get mad at them on
dorm raids.”
B. H. thinks a lot of
problems that have come up
at Davis Dorm might not have
happened if the security had
been patroling instead of
chasing the guys away from
the girls’ dorm.
He added in conclusion,“It
looks to me like they only hurt
themselves.”
Other early places visited
were Caesarea, Megiddo, and
Mt. Carmel.
The group spent two nights
at a Scottish hospice in
Tiberias, near Galilee. St.
Peter’s fish from the Sea of
Galilee provided an in
teresting meal, and in the
morning everyone was
awakened with bagpipes.
The Mount of the
Beatitudes, Capernaum
and Tiberias surroundthe Sea
of Galilee. Thr River Jordan
feeds the Sea, and Charles
Massey says,“It is no longer
the mighty Jordan and as
small in places as the creek in
Montreat.”
A visit to the Golan
Heights was a sobering
reminder to the group that
Israel is still a land of war.
Clashes with Syria are
frequent on this border. The
Israelis have a crack army
and both young men and
women must serve military
time.
Mary Vilas noted the
intense nationality and
dedication of the young
people. “ They want to win
the war by themselves,” she
said, “because they feel it is
their war.”
Other tour stops were at
Phiiipi, Banias Falls,
and Tel Dan. The group got
a good view of kibbutz life at
Diryat Shamona.
Israeli homes have modem
appliances, and automobiles
are in common usage. “The
streets are full of Israeli
soldiers* and American
tourists,” says Mr. Massey.
He also noted that tourism is a
major industry in the Holy
La nd, as well as exporting cut
diamonds and Jaffa oranges.
Passing through Nazareth,
Shiloh, and Bethel, the group
headed for Jerusalem. In
Jerusalem, Barbara
Massey ventured out to do
some shopping. She asked the
price of a dress and within a
half-hour, the persistent
shopkeeper had dropped the
amount from $50 to $15. Mrs.
Massey finally convinced the
shopkeeper that since it was
the first shop she had entered
she wanted to look around
more.
While in Jerusalem, Mr. and
Mrs. Massey, and Martha Sue
were asked to be extras in a
movie portraying the passion
plot. They declined and
were able to share their views
on the resurrection of the
Messiah.
A memorable Sunday
service was held in the garden
of Gethsemane, and the group
proceeded to walk the walls of
Jerusalem and saw the
Golden Gate. Other
places they visited were the
Wailing Wall, church of
the Holy Sepulchre, and the
spot commemorating where
Abraham was to have
sacrificed his son Isaac.
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