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‘‘MAC Baseball
Player Goes Pro
David Wilson (photo by Janice White)
by Janice White
Not many people can say their lifetime dream came true at the
age of nineteen. This happened for one Montreat-Anderson
student on Jan. 8,1979, when David Wilson found out he had been
drafted to the Minnesota Twins.
David, a 6’3” 192 lb. pitcher from Swannanoa, N.C. has always
wanted to play pro baseball. He has been playing since the age of
eight and has a very good record of being undefeated in four state
tournaments.
The aspiring pro pitchers first reaction was “shocked, I just
couldn’t believe it! ” 'Wilson feels that playing ball at Montreat has
been beneficial to him. “ All the coaches have helped me a lot,”he
says, “They have taken a real interest in me and my teammates
have been great.”
The scout said Wilson was one of the most highly drafted pit
chers in the nation. Wilson will be leaving at the end of this season
for Elizabethton, TN where he will begin training. He has high
hopes of playing for Minnesota with two years. He plans to finish
school in the off seasons.
David Wilson is the sixth young man to go pro from MAC.
"Small College
Problems"
Karl E. Peters
Although the violence of the Viet Nam protests is no longer a
problem on the college campuses of today, a new threat has risen
up to take its place. This new threat is the cost of education. The
automatic response is, “College costs are going out of sight.’ ’
Though this may be true, we must also look at the cost of
providing the education we demand. Hardest hit by this problem
are the private colleges who are not as heavily aided by govern
ment funds. They must try to provide a competitive quality
education while at the same time offering competive prices. In
1978 alone, ten colleges shut their doors with a total 129 for the
decade. This is more than double the number of new colleges that
hav opened in the same time. A recent Carnegie study predicted
that as many as 300 colleges would close during the eighties.
Peter Armacost, president of Eckerd College, sums up the basic
problem by saying, “It’s very hard to sell at a fair price what’s
being sold down the street for 25 percent of cost.”
Another factor is the amount of students arround to attend
them. The post-war baby boom will soon loose its effect and there
will be even fewer students to go around. Needless to say, there
are many types of fund raising projects being put into action.
These range from leaving buildings unheated when not actually in
use to leasing out their facilities to the public. Todays private
colleges are financially, “between a rock and a hand place”and
the situation doesn’t show much hope for change in the near
future. One way or another, the money must come from the
public to keep these schools open, either tuition or donation, the
next move is up to us.
Montreat-Anderson College.
"Head Resident
Likes Christian
Environment"
by DebUe West
In past issues, we highlighted each dorm’s head resident. In
this issue we would like to introduce you to Elizabeth McNair who
has taken over the job as head resident in Groseclose dorm.
Elizabeth is from Winston-Salem, N.C. She attended Peace
College and UNC-Greensboro where she recieved a B.S. degree in
Recreation. Her past experience involves mainly working on her
graduate degree and also working wi' ;>any camp situations.
She accepted her job as head resident for various reasons, but
states mostly because, “I like working wifi i jpk, and I like
working in a Christian environment.” She also states that she is
“really enjoying the uniqueness of the Montreat community— its
closeness, traditions, and it’s atmosphere of trust and love are so
important to developing a total person.”
Elizabeth ihas grown very close to the girls in Groseclose and is
gratified to see them grow in their love for each other and their
love for the Lord. She states that the girls “have challenged me in
so many ways and through this have contributed tremendously to
my personal and spiritual growth.”
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^ “Alethia”is no longer a “total
-K news” newspaper. Now, ♦
Elizabeth McNair (photo by D. Swenson)
"Impressive Talent
at MAC
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as a decision of the “Alethia”
staff, along with our usual
staff editorials, features, and
news, we are offering you a
chance to write for us. More
than the standard mode of
“reader writing,”the “Letters
to the Editor,” we will accept
your short stories, poetry,
pictures, or drawing. We feel
that this will allow our paper
to be a more genuine voice of
the students and will provide
an excellent chance for the
student body to speak their
mind.
We are anxious to see all of
your work and,- again, “the
skies’ the limit,’ ’ we will
consider anything submitted
to us for printing in “Alethia”.
Just type the writing (double
spaced) and make all
photographs and drawings in
black and white and drop it off
in the “Alethia’ ’ box in the
front office in Gaither.
—Thank you.
The Alethia Staff
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by Stuart Jones
They were all there crazy'men, dis-spirited war heroes,
students of the martial arts, an ex-US president... They, and
many others, had gathered together for the occasion of a MAC
talent show. The performance, which took place on January 26,
awarded several prizes to the best acts.
The Top Group Act award J10 went to a pseudo-Rictiai^
Nixon speech, presented by George White (Nixon), Gerald Eller,
Mark Snoddy, Jim Hedden, David Swinson, and Morton White.
The Top Single Act award $5 was won by Jeff Weaver for
his fast-paced Nunchak routine. Certificates were awarded to a
Musical Indian Sign I^anguage act (Debbie West, accompanied by
Edie Best and Mary Horner); “Pumping Irons,”a macho ballet by
Mark Richie and Richard Roccanti; and the Crazy Man’s Skit
(Mike Shotwell, Cee Challis, David Wilson, Tripp Thornton, Allan
Morgan).
The show, which, although a bit lengthy, appeared to go over
quite well was under the chairmanship of Melanie Kernekin. She,
Charles Wigington, and John Ferrone were the show’s chief
organizers. Melanie was “...very impressed with the talent and
cooperation of the students. It got kind of hectic backstage when
the act due on stage in ten seconds wasn’t there. But what I
remember most is the creativity of the MCs (Richard Davis and
Jim Montgomery). They were just fantastic.”
Jim also remembers. “It was really great fun! Even though
Richard and I planned a lot into it, I still can’t hide the fact that
God had a lot to do with it. A good part of it was made up 15
seconds before we went onstage It wasn’t like God was telling us
exactly what to say, but He was helping us to be creative. God has
a great sense of humor.”
Men's
Basketball
Margaret Moody
CAVALIERS ON THE BALL!
The Boys Basketball team closed
out the season record with 13-8.
The major problem of the basketball team this season is their
lack of height-but game after game, MAC’S Cavaliers are com
pensating this flaw with their quickness and fine defensive work.
This was evident in the last home game against A.B. Tech,
although the Cavaliers suffered a defeat of 83-96. Ivan Diggs was
terrific offensively and defensively, scoring 28 points from the
floor and 2 from the free throw line. Outstanding on defense was
Kenny Hunter who was accredited with 14 points, and Willie
McCray who got in a total score of 17 points. Willie Hayes, Kurt
Staschke, Reggie Bass and Calvin Smith were also instrumental
in setting up the Cavalier offense with fast accurate passes and
scoring 22 points among themselves. If it had not been for the
accurate scoring of the opponents andthe number of fouls on our
players, the Cavaliers could have chalked off another victory.
However, Coach Wilhemi says, he is pleased with the per
formance of the team members. “We have played up to our
potential and over. We’re averaging 87 points a game and that’s
above average!” After talking with the other team members
there seems to be a general agreement that the inconsistency
among team members experienced during the early part of the
season have been resolved, and now there is togetherness and
unselfishness both in attitudes and team play. Montreat put
things together to defeat Warren Wilson College for the
second year in a row in the “jug tournament’ ’ held at
High School on Saturday, Feb. 17. Montreat finished their
season with a 13-8 record.