Ice Hassles
by Susan H. Teague
M-AC was blessed with the
miracle of snow the first week
of our winter semester.
Aitogether 8-10 inches of the
fluffy white stuff blanketed
Montreat causing some ciass
cancellations and a lot of fun!
The hot spot on those cold
nights was Appiachian Way
in front of McGregor Dorm. It
was in a days time
miraculously transformed
from a moderately busy
passageway for a variety of'
automobiies into a ski siope
and sledding hill for a variety
of miscellaneous parapher
nalia. Students skimmed
across the packed snow on
trays, sieds, signs, cardboard,
piastic, and even clothes
baskets. For those brave
souls who pulled out skies, a
mogul was built to
discourage monotony. There
were very few tasks more dif
ficult than entering the
cafeteria or passing by
McGregor without being
bombed by snowbails.
Building snowmen and play
ing on Lake Susan entertain
ed many. It was a
photographer’s delight ■ a
beautifui snow! The soft, fluf
fy flakes were really a joy and
a wonderful blessing...until...
' That fluffy white stuff
became hard slippery stuff.
There were no ionger
snowball fights, but ice ball
wars. (Howerton and Davis
Dorms battied it out with
snowbaiis dipped in water to
insure injury. Luckily, there
were no fatalities reported!)
After several days of packing
the icy snow, sledding
became hazardous. A few
cuts, bruises, hurt backs, and
sore muscles resulted. There
were- muliple complaints
about the icy steps in front of
Davis Dorm. Crowds gathered
in McGregor’s lobby to watch
church-goers in high heels
and leather soled shoes slip
and siide on the ice. Many
vehicles found travelling near
to impossible. ' (For some
reason it’s funny to see
another person slip on ice.)
After a few warmer sunshiny
days the snow and ice had
finally cleared away. The
ground had dried only to
make preparation for the next
big winter flurry ahead!
A Real Warm Welcome
From Dean Parks
by Bobby Stone
He leaned forward in his
chair with a sense of sincere
interest, with a glint of Christ
twinkling in his eye, as the in
terview began. ■ After the in
itial introduction and state
ment of purpose, he fell silent
as he contemplated just what
was in his heart and mind
concerning the 40 new
students that arrived on cam
pus this semester.
Slowly, he turned his head
and gave a warm smile and
said he wished first of all to
extend a “real warm
welcome” to all the new
students and the returning
ones who have attended col
lege here before. The main
thing he wanted to share with
the new students was that
Montreat-Anderson College is
a family an academic
family and a Christian family.
There are many diversities of
opinion within the specifics
of our faith but we all agree
on the core beliefs of the Bi
ble.
We each must have “mu
tual love and respect for
each other and each
others opinion....We have
aiot of differences concer
ning the specifics of our
Christian faith but the
central views of our faith
is that Jesus Christ is the
Son of God, and that he is
our Savior, and he died for
our sins on the cross, and
that we look to him in
faith for our salvation.
With a shift of his body and
a wrinkling of his concerned
brow, he offered words of en
couragement to students not
to get too overwhelmed at the
first of the semester because
of -the seeming massive
amount of work. “Have a
strong determination...and try
to hit the requirements head
on.”
He voiced his knowledge of
the difficulty of entering
school halfway through the
year - especially in registra
tion. He hoped that the new
students would take the
schedules they had worked
out and give it their very best.
He also expressed a desire
Sledders on the first snow of the new year.
Vol. 11, No. 4
January 29,1982
Montreat welcomes the new students for the spring semester.
to see the new students get
involved in such extracur
ricular activities as SCA and
SGA and other social ac
tivities offered through the of
fice of Dean of Student Af
fairs.
Finally, his tone of voice
took on an added emphasis
as he extended an invitation
to the new students to come
by his office if they need help.
He said it was important to
come early before the situa
tion seems like its “gone
down the drain.” “We can’t
always help in every problem
but we will do what we can.”
He rounded out the inter
view by straighteing his back
and beaming brightly as he
stated: “It is my wish that we
have one of the best
semesters we’ve ever had!”
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