ALETHEIA
Volume 10, No. 1
September 19, 1980
We're Off
That's Entertainment
by Karen Oglesby
by Debt Downle
On the 28th day of August the
65th session of Montreat-Anderson
College opened with the procession
of the Administration and faculty
for the 80-81 school year. President
Vaughn presided over the Con
vocation, while Dean Parks
welcomed the students to MAC.
Williard M. Sessler opened with a
word of prayer for the academic
year, and was followed with a
violin solo by Professor Brousseau.
The Convocation Address was
delivered by Vernal Robert Jan
sen, Jr. Dran Parks recognized
the Phi Theta Kappa members
which was followed by the singing
of the Alma Mater, the Benidiction,
and the Recessional. Mr. Stierwalt
played the organ and accompanied
Professor Brousseau on tiie phuio.
' Classes also started on the 28th.
Freshmen entered into the new
world of Professors, lectures, and
hours of frustrating homework.
The old memory of taking notes
and cramming for tests hit the
“experienced” sophomores as they
began their classes. We all found it
hard to believe that the carefree
days of summer were over, but Fm
sure that many good times with
good friends are awaiting us all.
Welcome Back!
If you nau any reservations
concerning the sophomore ci««s
you probably had more after the
wild and crazy talent show they put
on for the freshman class.
Of course it wasn’t called a talent
show for nothing. Masters of
Ceremonies, Ken Sausedo and
Milinda Hendricks, hosted what
proved to be an evening of varied
and remarkable talents.
Ken began the night with a
serious tune, “There Goes a Cigar’,
He was followed by the beautiful
M-A Hall ladies, who sang our
wonderful Montreat-Anderson
song.
Another highlight of the evening
was the dashing appearance of the
Montreat Imperials, who sang the
popular song, “Old Buddha”. The
Imperials were followed by Ann
Murphy singing a beautiful ren
dition of the song, “The Rose”, for
which she received a standing
ovation.
Hilarious was not even the word
for Jim Saunders perfect im
pression, (nobody could do it
better), of the “nerd”, and his
sidekick who was played by
Melinda Gillis. Better yet, was his
jock counterpart, Mike Kuhn and
his always by his side beauty,
Karen Drost.
But this was far from the end of
the evening. Next Jeanne AUlman
sang the “Prince Song” and later
on in the show, Cindy Moore sang a
standing ovation edition of the song
“Praise the Lord”.
It should be noted here, that a
tradition has been started among
the sophomore talent shows. This
tradition, which began onlv last
year, is the Montreat Movies..
This amusing portrayal of a row in
the movie theatre, reminds some
of us (rf a few times when we’ve
been to the movies.
The show would not have been
complete without the country
sounds of guitar playin’ Jim
Saunders and banjo pickln Richard
Shoe. The pickers livened up the
evening with their verdon of
"Dueling Banjos”.
Another country note, was an
almost original presentation of
“Square Dance Fever”. The
competition between the square
dancers was tough, but the judges
' awarded couple Laura Fisher and
Tim Ward the outstanding prize of
13.89, plus a one way ticket for a
vacation to the Bermuda Triangle.
All in all, which Includes those
acts not mentioned, the show had a
professional quality which showed
the sophomores put forth a lot of
time and effort, which was truly
enjoyed by everyone.
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“Dive For The Oyster”
by Amy Davidson
“Dive for the oyster! Shoot for
the clam! Make a hole in the ole tin
can!” A deep sea fishing ex
pedition? Hardly! These and
other unusual c^ were mere
instructions to square dancers at
the first big M-AC “get acquain
ted” square dance honoring fresh
men on August 22nd in “The
Bam.” The evening began with
numerous games Including
“human knot,” a game in which
groups of eight people held hands
and attempted to become un
tangles, and “the family game”
where participants wer^ divided
into four categories of family
members and “acted out” the&
respective roles. The most in
teresting game played was “the
lap sit” in which every person
sttending made a huge circle
around the room and sat in the lap
of the person directly behind him,
creating an enormous “lap sit” as
big as fte room itself!
Following games, couples were
divided into sqpires of four and the
hoedown began! Dean Wilson
served as caller for the dance as
freshmen got their first real taste
of Montreat-style fun! Assisting
^em with the dance steps and
procedures were theM.-AC Movers
and members of the Student
Christian Associatian,|as well as
Dean Wilson and Mn. Andy An
drews; activities chairman.
In addition to square dancing,
freshmen also .enjoyed learning
such dances as Alley Cat, Amos
Moses, and Steppin Out By the
ending’s ed, freshmen, indeed, felt
much a part of Uk Mmtreat
BAOC-TO-eOLLEGI
_.ie following weekend, on
August 29th, freshmen tried their
bHIIh , ai a square dance
hcmorlng both class members. The
dance was the first big event with
both freshmen and sophomores
partic^ting and was an out
standing success. Music was
provided by the “Stmey Creek
Boys” blue grass band and en
tertainment by a local professional
clogging group. The dance was a
time of fellowship between
students and teachers as the flnt
week of registratlm came to a
close.