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Aletheia
Volume 2, Number 1
Montreat-Anderson College, Sept. 29, 1978
Bloodmobile Scheduled For
Oct. 10,Requesting 100 Units
Discovery' Filmed For TV
by David Teague
The Discovery program at
Montreat-Anderson has been a
strong drawing card to the
college for the last few years,
and recently it received some
extra publicity in South
Carolina.
The South Carolina
Educational Television
Network (SCETV) has a news
program called SevenSO.
SevenSO, headquartered in
Columbia, SC at WRLK, the
ETV flagship station, sent two
film crews to Montreat-
Anderson to shoot a 30-min.
film documentary on
“Discovery.”
Discovery leaders put
together a group of
Discovery veterans and a
couple of new people and spent
two days illustrating for the
film crews what occurs in 16
days on Discovery.
The group was filmed taking
initiative tests, canoeing down
the Broad River, hiking to the
crest of Table Rock Mountain
where they rappelled and
rock-climbed.
The program aired the first
week in September on all ETV
television stations in South
Carolina.
The network is sending the
college a videotape of the
program. If the necessary
equipment can be borrowed, it
will be shown to the student
body later on in the year.
Why Is Tuition High?
by Kan E. Peters
We’ve all noticed the cost of
a Montreat-Anderson College
education and returning
students may have noticed an
increase, but, do any of us
realize the reasons behind it?
The following is a basic break
down of where your money
will be going and why.
Food, of course, is a major
problem. Not only is the price
of food skyrocketing, but the
minimum wage that must be
payed the employees is going
up. The minimum wage has
gone up to $2.65 an hour, a 12.8
per cent rise.
Another major expense of
the school is the heating of the
buildings during the long, cold
winters. In the dorms alone,
$23-26,000 dollars was spent on
fuel. Also under maintanance
is the actual upkeep on the
buildings themselves and a
pay increase for their
workers. It takes a good
summer program to make the
dorms pay for themselves.
Tuition itself, however, only
rose $90, an increase of 6.9 per
cent, to cover a slight increase
in instructor salaries and
instructional aids and
materials.
The school depends on a
large amount of donations to
maintain the cost that it does.
The student only pays a little
over half of the actual cost of
the education.
by David Teague
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile is scheduled to
visit the Montreat-Anderson
College campus on Tuesday,
Oct. 10. The blood received
will go to 38 hospitals in 27
counties in western North
Carolina, northeast Georgia,
and east Tennessee.
Last March, Montreat-
Anderson gave 131 units of
blood, 31 units over what they
were asked to give. Montreat-
Anderson is again being asked
to give 100 units of blood.
“The entire donation
procedure only takes about 45
minutes from start to finish,
with the actual donation time
taking only about seven
minutes,”says Larry Pate of
the Asheville Blood Center.
“The remainder of the time is
occupied by taking the donors
medical history, temperature,
blood pressure, performing a
hemoglobin test, a short rest
period and serving light
refreshments,’ ’ he explained.
According to another
spokesman for the Asheville
Blood Center, the blood that
the Bloodmobile brings in is
Vitaliy important. “It takes
175 units of blood a day for
each of the 38 hospitals we
supply to keep them going.’ ’
she says. “So we really count
on the Bloodmobile to bring it
in.
While one unit of whole
blood is still sometimes used
for only one patient, more
frequently it will be used for a
variety of purposes. Ac
cording to Pate, blood is more
frequently seperated into red
blood cells, platelets, fresh
frozen plasma and
cryoprecipitates and used to
treat as many as four dif
ferent patients.
“The plasma from a unit of
blood may also be fractioned
into gamma gloubulin, serum
albumin, and antihemophilic
factor- derivatives that may
be used in the treatment of a
number of disorders.”he says.
“This is something that
people can do that may save a
life,” says sophomore Roger
Smith, who is chairman of the
committee planning the Blood
Drive at the college. “If s
something you can do while
you’re weU that might come
back to you .when you need
blood.”
For more information about
giving blood, please contact
Roger. More information will
be posted around campus as
the date for the Blood Drive
approaches.
“Today, thanks to modem
technology and medical ad
vances, a variety of uses exist
for each individual unit of
blood donated,’ ’ says Pate.
“Thaf s why we say giving
blood saves lives.’ ’
New GA Members — front row — Jon Brown, Jane Andrews,
Phillip Benton, Middle Row — Missy Porter, Julie Krause,
Becky Rose, Bea Burton, Kate Rourk. Back Row —Wayne
Hayes, Beth litzman, Phil Anderton. (photo by Ken Lakin)
Another Year,
Another GA
by Joy Ogle
Hebrews 12:23 refers to the
“general assembly of the first
born of Christ, or believers”.
From this verse the General
Assembly of Montreat-
Anderson College was bora.
Now the General Assembly
has become a tradition at the
college with the choosing of
new and returning members
each year. TTie tradition
continues with this year’s
group already formed.
Returning members include
sophomores Jon Brown, Jane
Andrews, Phil Benton, and
Becky Rose. New voices
added are sophomores Phil
Anderton, Bea Burton, and
Beth Zitzman. Freshmen are
Wayne Hayes, Kate Rourk,
and Julie &ause.
The assembly’ s new
director, Mary Homer, is very
optimistic about the group’s
future which will include
numerous concerts and a
benefit concert at the
Swannanoa First
Presbyterian Church for the
Black Mountain ChUdren’s
Home. Miss Homer stated
that she knew God had
brought these people together
to sing for a purpose and she
really felt excited.
Being chosen for the
General Assembly is not only
based on singing ability, but
also a personal commitinent
to each other, to their work,
and to God. Only then will
true music be sung and heard
which will most certainly
happen from this year’ s
General Assembly. Everyone
can look forward to an ex
citing year with this group.
8 New Teachers, Administrators Fill Vacant Positions
by Ruth Caldwell
Montreat-Anderson College
has a number of new faces on
the faculty and administration
this year. These people are
filling positions vacated by
Ms. Polly Harris, Mr. Donald
Munson, Ms. Jan Dearman,
Mr. Jim Goffin, Mr. Chuck
Hood, Ms. Betsy Oliver, Mr.
Robert Young, and Mr. Ed
Isley.
Judy Keels is the new nurse
here at Montreat. Originally,
she is from Spiro, (Ndahoma.
She attended Sparks School of
Nursing at Fortsmith,
Arkansas. She has worked in
pediatrics and in adolescent
nursing in Fortsniith and
Denver, Colorado. She was in
the United States Air Force in
Columbia, South Carolina.
During the last three years.
she has worked at Western
North Carolina Hospital.
She is married, and has
three children. Their names
are Scott, Mark, and John.
She lives in Black Mountain.
She likes Montreat very
much. She feels there is
friendliness, and a genuine
concern for everyone here.
Roger B. Coleman is the
new Director of Development.
He was born in Macon,
Georgia. He graduated from
Kite High School in Kite,
Georgia. Upon graduation, he
served four years in the
United States Naval Reserve
from 1950-1954. Then, he at
tended Macon Junior College,
and the University of Georgia.
For twelve years, he worked
in insurance, and attended a
number of company spon
sored schools. During the last
seven and a half years, he was
the assistant to the president
at Rabun-Gab Nacochee
School: He is married, and
has a 17 year old son who is a
senior in Owen High School.
They live on Lookout Road.
He said, “I like what I see
here at Montreat. I feel the
opportunities are great, and
the challenges are equally
great. I’m excited about the
potential, and possibility for
Montreat as a college. I view
my work for the college as
promoting the school. I hope I
can make a good school even
better. We have a grea*
student body, fantastic
faculty, and understanding
administration. I’m ex«..:°d
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