ALETHEIA
Volume XXVI, Number 17
Montreat-Anderson College
February 23,1993
Opportunities Wcs King to Play in Gaither
Open at
Oxford
Christian acoustic guitarist, is
scheduled to play in Montreat-
Anderson College's Gaither Chapel
on Friday, February 26, at 8:00 pm.
King has released two albums.
One in 1990, The Ultimate Under
lying No Denying Motivation, and
Sticks and Stones, released in 1991.
Following the release of his first
album. King was nominated for a
Dove Award for "New Artist of the
Year." This album acquainted au
diences with his percussive style of
picking, slaps and harmonics which
King calls "acoustic music groove."
Sticks and Stones shows the
25 year old artist maturing in his
faith - as an artist and song writer -
and developing into one of the most
thoughtful and reflective song writ
ers in the Christian music scene.
The title of the album comes
from the childhood rhyme because
King believes, "As Christians, the
most important thing we can do is
encourage one another. There are
sity. Students should obtain per
mission for credits from their Aca
demic Advisor, Academic Dean or
Registrar before submitting an ap
plication. CMRS gives three credit
hours for each seminar/tutorial ses
sion and lecture session.
For information, students may
contact Dr. Don King, Academic
Dean, who says, "We have never
had anyone attend this program. I
would really like to have someone
from Montreat go."
M-AC Graduate Heads to Military
By Dottle Berry
S^ial to the Aletheia
On January 7, 1993, Yvonne receive herorders and pursue her goal of
Gagnon, a December graduate of becoming a combal/ flight medic.
Montreat, traded in her textbooks for During a recent visit to Fort Jack-
By Jennifer Gunsch
Some fortunate student(s) will
be given the opportunity to study
in the Oxford Summer School from
June 26 to August 7. This special
summer school is a six week
program which entails 48 hours of
lectures, a minimum of 18 hours of
seminar/tutorial sessions, and six
full days of guided field trips. These
trips will include places like St.
Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
Cathedral, Windsor Castle, Hamp
ton Court Palace, Stratford-upon-
Avon, The Tower of London, and
many other locations of historical
importance.
This program is being offered
in association with Keble College
and Wycliff Hall, Oxford and the
Christian College Coalition of
Washington, D.C.
While in Oxford, all students
will be expected to attend the lecture
courses and win be able to select one
or two options from a range of semi
nar/tutorial classes. Students can
choose from these optional classes;
Art History, English, History, His
tory of Science, Music, Philosophy,
Political Science, Theology
andChristian Spirituality.
The training at the Centre for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
(CMRS) is designed to add to a
student's graduate or undergradu
ate degree studies. However, the
final decision for academic credit
is left to the home college/univer-
Nationally Known Artist At Montreat
By Jamie King
Wes King, an accomplished so many negative influences in our Audiences are quickly drawn
society, the last thing we need is to King's all-American good looks,
Christianbrotherstearingeachother easy-going charisma, and real-life
down. That's definitely something I've songs,
seen as important
a pair of combat boots
and joined the U.S.
Army.
Upon complet
ing a degree in Out
door Recreation,
Gagnondecided to pur
sue a lifelong desire to
beasoldier. She is pres
ently in her sixth week
ofBasicTrainingatFbrt
Jackson, South Caro
lina with two weeks left
until graduation.
After graduation, she will be sent
to Fort San Houston, Texas to Ad
vanced Individual Training (AIT)
School for three months. She will then
son, Paige Averett
and Dottie Berry
had the chance to
spend several
hours with
Gagnon. She
spent that time
sharing her posi
tive experiences
in a new environ
ment with them.
However, she
did say that it
is, in fact, an entirely different
environment from what most
people are used to and one that
requires a lot of patience and
self - discipline.
Yvonne Gagnon
1992 M-AC graduate
Photo by Dottie Berry
in my growth."
King first
began writingdur-
inghis high school
years, in his home
state of Georgia,
where he became
interested in Con
temporary Chris
tian Music. He
performed regu
larly at local
Youth for Christ
and Fellowship
of Christian
Athletes meet
ings. He con
tinued these
performances
while attend
ing Covenant College in Chatta
nooga, Tennessee.
Wes King - Christian Artist
Photo by Mark Tucker
King doesn't ran
domly pick topics to
sing about. He writes
about matters that
press on his own
heart, and subjects
for which he has
strong feelings.
These reflect his own
struggles; the emo
tions reflect his emo
tions.
Students can
pick up their tickets
in the Students Ac
tivities Office. Non
students can buy their
tickets in advance at
the Student Activi
ties Office or at The
Carpenter's Shop in
Asheville for four dollars or at the
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Flag Collects Dust on Front Office Shelf
By Shalimar Kinsey
The American flag, the sym
bol of United States as a nation, a
people, and an idea, can be found
lying on a shelf in the Main office,
instead of flying high on the flag
pole.
Last semester, Irene "Tooty"
Sullins, Development Secretary,
took charge of the raising and low
ering of the College's American
Flag. She took the responsibility
upon herself for the simple reason
that she wished to see it flying. As
of October, with Ms. Sullins no
longer a part of the college's com
munity, our American Flag has been
raised only once. That "occasion"
was the death of Thurgood
Marshall, and the students of M-
AC were able to see he flag flying at
half-mast all week thanks to the
efforts of Matthew Haney, Ted
Huneycutt, and Mark Neil.
Pharon Anderson, a new stu
dent her at Montreat, feels that "It
should be a mandate of the school
as an American institution to fly the
American Flag. States and agen
cies fly the flag as a part of their
daily operations. Like a part of
each day should be to start with
prayer, a part should also be to raise
the flag. Although it should be the
concern of the students, I don't be
lieve that it should be their sole
responsibility."
Dn Ronald Scales will Speak This Week
By Kenneth Graham, Jr.
Montreat-Anderson College will host a week of spiritual emphasis
beginning February 23,1993. Dr. Ronald Scares theme for the week will
be "Enthusiasm: Living within the Boundaries"
Dr. Scares graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1979
and became Associate Pastor for Youth Ministry at First Presbyterian
Church, San Antonio. In his work experience, he coached baseball and
did medical research for Baylor University in Houston, Texas. In 1989,
he took his present position as Senior Pastor of Central Presbyterian
Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He is mairied to Anne Scates and has
two girls and two boys.
Dr. Scares' five-part series will deal with what has happened to our
enthusiasm in worship, prayer, and witnessing to others. The lectures
series will begin on Tuesday morning in Gaither Chapel at 10 am and will
conclude on Thursday morning.