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Aletheia
Romance
you've got to be kidding
by Brian D. Fuller
I want to throw up.
I look around and I see
history tragically repeating
itself. Guys and girls are
paring up in dorm lobbies all
over campus, looking loving
ly into each other’s eyes, ex
pecting romance which will
last a lifetime. Yecchh. I sat
by idly last year and let it
happen to some of my best
friends. I let the romance
bug take its toll in the lives
of those dearest to me. Then
I stay up nights with them,
consoling their broken
hearts ten days later. This
year, things will be different.
I will warn all of you before it
happens and get my much
needed sleep in the future.
Understandably, people
leaving home for the first
time (or the hundredth) tend
to feel a little insecure. No
one will admit it in public,
and most folks won’t even
recognize this feeling. Yet,j
nevertheless, we are alj in-'
secure in a new and un
familiar environment. As
soon as we’ve had a chance
to settle into our new sur-i
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by Brett DeBruyn
During the past three
months, while all, or most of
us either sat around watch
ing television or worked at a
summer job, some of the
more adventurous souls of
M.A.C. spent all, or part of
their summer doing some
very interesting things.
For instance, Mrs. Pear
son, the school librarian,
spent two weeks of her sum
mer (the last week of June
and the first week of July)
touring Europe. Mrs. Pear
son toured with a busload of
both Americans and Cana
dians through seven coun
tries. The trip started in
Amsterdam and from there
went to Austria. On they
went to Italy where she saw
Venice, Florence, Rome,
and Malon. Heading back
she stopped in Geneva,
went through France, and
finally London. She says the
most interesting thing was
the majestic Alps of Switzer
land.
Mrs. Maxwell spent two
weeks of her summer tour
ing Russia. “Outside
Moscow was the most in
roundings, we search for
familiar fixtures to settle our
restless spirits. A friend of
mine went abroad this sum
mer and found comfort in
our favorite Golden Arches
(McDonald’s). Foreign
students often decorate
their rooms with reminders
and remnants of their native
countries. This is perfectly
natural, and I don’t see that
it has any adverse effects on
their personalities.
The problem is with those
students who try to replace
the love of a family setting
with what they consider a
“more mature” form of
love... or eras. There is
nothing wrong with eras in
and of itself, when the par
ticipants are prepared for it
and are not shoved into in
volvement by uncomfortable
circumstances. However,
the way I’ve seen it happen
here all to often is awkward,
and more times than not,
disastrous. I cannot im
agine that something as en
joyable and highly rated as
romance could cause such
grief among Montreat in
habitants...but it does.
Once romantic partners
have fulfilled their use as
soothing comforters, fric
tions occur in the relation
ship; frictions that result in
some very nasty, unchris
tian behavior. One of last
year’s security blanket
romances ended silently...
the couple didn’t speak for
the remainder of the school
year.
My final word of advice
(as if I were the voice of ex
perience) is this: As much
as we all desire to grow up
and be secure in our in
dependence, let’s be con
tent with enjoying the com
pany of many, many
members of the opposite
sex. We can find security in
fulfilling our purpose at
Montreat: being the best
students we can possibly
be, avoiding distraction
from outside factors. Be
content in knowing that God
has chosen a time for us to
blossom in romance... don’t
rush Him. Don’t trick
yourself into believing .that
your studies and personality
will benefit from a romance
speedily built on thin air.
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teresting,” she says. Mrs.
Maxwell found touring the
medieval ruins very interest
ing. During her stay in
Russia, Mrs. Maxwell had
the opportunity of spending
four nights out on the desert
with a family of camel
farmers in a yurt; or a tent
made of felt with a stick
frame.
Mr. Wolfe also had an in
teresting summer. Mr.
Wolfe spent, his summer
days taking chemistry class
es at Appalachian State,
while he spent his summer
nights dancing in the profes
sional theatre, where he did
his share of acting as well.
The play he participated in
is called “Horn in the West,”
an outdoor theatre located
in Boone, N.C. The drama
was about the conflict bet
ween the American and the
British. While in the theatre,
Mr. Wolfe says he got to
meet many interesting and
unusual people.
Mr. Wolfe says the theatre
is “realiy a good place to
witness because you have
so many opportunities to
speak with unsaved
people.” Mr. Wolfe also
worked with children at the
Christian and Missionary
Alliance Church this sum
mer.
Mr. Whipple spent his
summer teaching Biology to
three students here at Mon
treat at the beginning of the
summer. Then he taught
Biology at McDowell Tech.
College to a group of adults.
Then he went with his wife
(an army captain-dietician)
to San Antonio where she at
tended summer camp. After
that, they drove to Ohio to
attend his High School re
union. He returned and
taught second semester at
McDowell. During the last
week of summer, Mr. Whip
ple drove to Grand Rapids
Michigan to the annual
meeting of American Scien
tists. By then it was time for
school to start, so Mr. Whip
ple came back to begin a
new school year.
Mr. Whipple has started
running many of the moun
tain trails and challenges
Roger Earp to any race he
chooses. Furthermore,
anyone wishing to call Mr.
Whipple “Dad”, must have
at least a 3.0 average.
A Thought for
the New Year
While contemplating the topic for the editorial of the
first edition, I enlisted the help of a number of people.
Consequently, I received a number of suggestions and
soon became very confused, a state in which I reside
much of the time. Suddenly I realized that this was exact
ly what I should write about. Confusion is what we obtain
by constantly listening to others without listening to
ourselves or to the Lord.
A problem in my iife that I am trying to improve is the
fact that I can be quickiy persuaded. Let’s face it, I’m
easy. It seems as if I am constantly doing things I do not
want to do as a result of someone talking me into doing
them. I usually end up with regrets. For instance, I
always go out, wasting tons of money, when I should be
studying.
So many of us adhere to the selfish motives of others.
We take advice so easily without testing it to see who
really benefits from it. Our friends may think that they are
helping us when they are actually helping themselves.
I do not mean to imply that we should not seek the opin
ions or advice of others. It is essential that we place a
certain amount of trust in friends. It is also essential,
especially now at the beginning of a new year, that we
first seek the will of the Lord: “But seek first His kingdom
and His righteousness, and ait these things wiil be given
to you as we//." (Matt. 6:33). . ....
by Mike Yarbrough
Editorial Editor
Montreat-Anderson
College
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