NELSON BEIL. LIBRARY
Volume 1, No. 9
Montreat-Anderson College
Marchs, 1978
M-AC singers on TV
- Photo by Ken Lakln
Last Friday, the General Assembly performed in the cafeteria for
prospective students
The General Assembly is a
y group of 12 Montreat-
Anderson College students
which performs con
temporary Christian music
throughout western North
Carolina nd much of the
Southeast. Popular at special
church services and on the
campuses of many private
schools, the group also per
forms at hospitals, prisons
and retirement centers.
During March, General
Assembly will make a two-
week tour of Georgia and
Florida, performing at 10
churches and schools. The
tour will take the group to the
Augusta, Georgia area, and to
Orlando, Melbourne, Ft.
Pierce, West Palm Beach, and
Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
In April, the General
Assembly will perform in the
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
area and in Florence, S.C.
During the Florence ap
pearance, the group will tape
its half-hour performance at
WBTW-TV, and the tape will
be aired as a segment of the
station’ s “Involvement’
program.
' The General Assembly
singers of Montreat-Anderson
College have been invited to
make a half-hour appearance
at the CBS affiliate television
station in Florence, S.C. The
station, WBTW-TV, serves the
northeastern quarter of South
Carolina and much of
southeastern North Carolina.
The invitation was issued to
the General Assembly by
WBTW-TV News Director Jim
Griffin, producer of the station’
s “Involvement’’program.
Rev. Evers - MAC Student Of The Past Returns
by Allen Meadows
The Black Mountain Bijou,
Saturday night dances with
Davidson and. Presbyterian
Colleges, a trampoline in
place of Hardees, private
' rooms and baths,Blue vs. Gold
softball matches, and a
relaxation class all have
something in common. They
are all part of a nostalgic look
at the Montreat campus scene
during the late 50’s as related
by alumanae Reverend
Pansie Evers.
Reverend Evers, who spoke
at Montreat-Anderson College
in Chapel on Wednesday
March 1, attended Montreat
College when it was a 4 yeai-
women’s institute back in 1958
and received an English and
Bible degree. Following this
accomplishment, Evers
received various honorary
awards and became the first
woman to graduate from
Union Tlieological Seminary.
Reverend Evers, now pastor
of the Mt. Vernon Springs
Presbyterian Church near
Siler City, N.C., gaveAletheia
during her visit here a trip
down memory lane, passed
the restlessness of &e 60 ’s
back to a simpler time of
Chuck Berry, Frankie Vali,
President Kennedy, and the
inevitable trampoline!
‘ ‘ I can remember racing
back from Asheville many
times, ”comments Mrs. Evers
as the subject|of|curfew came
up. Although she was lucky
enough to own a car during
her Senior year at Montreat,
the Black Mountain Cab
Service was the primary
means of student tran
sportation then; and the place
to go was the movie theatre, a
shaky, tin-roofed remnant of
the past located in the heart of
downtown Black Mountain.
‘ ‘ Jeff Chandler was my
favorite screen star, and of
course there was Elizabeth
Taylor, ’ ’ reminisced Rev.
Evers. She also mentioned ‘ ‘
The Silver Chalice ’’with Paul
Newman in one of his first
roles, and ‘ ‘ The Robe, ’’And if
time permitted during their
town visit, then the trampoline
located where Hardees is
today was the target of in-
tertainment. The terms were
simple according to Evers, ‘ ‘
pay a quarter and ‘ tramp ’all
New Phi Theta Kappa
Members Inducted
by Laura Dendy
Sunday February 19,
thirteen new members were
inducted into the Phi Theta
Kappa honorary society.
These new members are Janet
Carlton, Allen Crawford,
Elizabeth Hilliard, Mark
Jackson, Rick Lawing,
Frances Messer, Leslie
Milling, David Siegrist,
Sherry Taylor, Lynne Titus,
Elizabeth Van Dooten. Cole
Wells, and Cecil Young.
According to Eddie Blan
chard, president of the
PTK,“this was the largest
group of students to be in
duct^ in the past several
years.”
Rev. Dr. John Akers
presented the address at the
PTK induction service. He
chose the topic of Wisdom.
Dr. Akers reminded the
students that the wisdom they
haveis!aIgift|from|God and he
admonished them to use that
wisdom to the glory of God
and not for their own glory.
Phi Theta Kappa is the
national honorary society of
junior colleges! and the
Montreat-Anderson College
Campus maintains the Mu
Lambda Chapter. Eligible
students must be enrolled for
at least 15 academic hours
each semester and have been
in the top 10 percent of the
student body. Other
requirements include
maintaining a 3.5 comulative
average and good citizenship.
Tlie PTK is a service or
ganization as well as an
honorary society. PTK
members have performed
many services for the school
this year including addressing
1800 Christmas cards for the
school. March 27-28 the PTK
will be sponsoring Fine Arts
Week. During that week MAC
students will have the op
portunity to exhibit for
judging their own creative
works. The catagories for
judging will include: painting,
sketching, craft work and
literary works.
Congratulations to the new
members of the PTK and Good
Luck as you continue to
pursue new heights of
academic achievement this
semester.
you want ”
Off-campus wasn ’ t the
only sight of activities
however, just as it is not now.
‘ ‘ We had son^thing going on
all the time. 0 f course we
missed dating, but a trip '
home now and then combined
with several weekend dances
with the men from Davidson
and Prebysterian Colleges
solved that. ”
Interim Week
Cancelled For
Next Year
by David Teague
In a meeting held on
February 15, the faculty of
Montreat-Anderson College
upheld their decision not to
have Interim Week for the
1978-1979 school year. The
faculty had agreed to
reconsider their decision after
a motion in favor of Interim
Week was presented to them
by the SGA.
The announcement was
made during Convocation On
Monday, February 27 by
acting Dean Virginia
Buchanan. Ms. Buchanan
said that the main reason for
the cancellation is the self-
study for reaccredidation
that Montreat-Anderson must
undergo next year. Every 1C
years schools are asked to dc
this by the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools, and a considerable
amount of extra work will b
placed; on the faculty.
Ms. Buchanan went on t(
say, however, that the
possibility is left open for off
campus trips by the facult]
during the first week o
January, during mid-tern
break and in May of next year.
‘ ‘ Myself and many others
were primarily interested in
learning and growing
spiritually. The majority of
students were Christians and
most students were willing to
go along with a 5 day-a-w^k
Chapel policy, plus required
Church and vespers at
tendance. There wasn’t much
TV either, so we got to know
each other and shared a
iovong fellowship. ’ ’ (sound
familiar?)
Rev. Evers, who was the
Editor of the yearbook - Sun
Dial, remembered too of ice
skating on Lake Susan
(whatever that is) and playing
soccer, basketball, and soft-
ball. Although the com
petition was intramural with
Blue vs. Gold teams, the joy of
winning and the agony of
defeat still existed,
In her talk befor the student
body in Chapel Wednesday,
Rev. Evers began by
remarking ‘ ‘ I remember
those compulsory Chapel
meetings and being weary of
the speakers quality. Now as I
stand before you I realize that
you don ’ t know me from
Adam ’s housecat! ”
Rev. Evers closed with the
following remark, ‘ ‘ God
caUed me to Montreat College
through the words of a friend
of mine who had attended the
school: This place made an
impression on me. The
teachers were so Christian
that an unreal world was
created for me. The nonor
code was such a pleasant
alternative to the cheating I
had experienced in high
school. It was a wonderful 4
year experience.
PhcKo Dy CarolyM Marttn'