The M 0 n t r e a t. C o 11 e g e Student Voice
WHETSTONE
Volume II, Number XII Montreal College, A/ort/j Carolina 28757 Apnl 19, 2002
At a
Glance...
Page One
• Vice President Resigns
• Hands and Peet Service Day
Page Two
• Local Boy Makes it Big
• Spiritual Munchies
• Montreatian Smashed by
Drunk Driver
Page Three
• Movie Review
• Yes, WeDidActu.aI Work
• Aramark Makes Improvements
Page Four
• Activity Schedules
• Sports
• Comic
• The lYice is Right
Page Five
• Dear Counselor
• Earth Day
i Page Six
I • Anderson Kitchen Revamped
I • Karen Neal’s Senior Show
Page Seven
• Enrollment Statistics forthe
Fall
• Memories From a 1%9
Alumni
Page Eight
• Bowling Night
• Biology Has a New Major
Verse of the Week
I But the Counselor, the Holy
I Spirit, whrtm the Father will send
I in my name, he will teach you all
i things, and bring to your rauem-
; brance all that I have said to you.
\ (John 14:26)
College Visionary Resigns
By Bob Graham
April 9, Executive Vice President
Dr. Jac Whatley iinuounced his res-
igiwtion from Montreat C'ollege,
effective April 22.
Dr. Whatley graduated cum laude
from Wake Foro.sl University in
1978 witli honors in English, speech
communication.s and theatre arts,
lie went on to ciu-n his law degree
at the University of North Carolina
at Cliapel Hill in 1981. Wide at
UNC he received an award in legal
ethics. He brielly practiced law in
.Asheville before joining Montroat-
Anderson College in 1984.
Dui'ing his tenure he has held
numerous positions and occupied
24 different offices. Dean Lance
attributes this mobility to the fact
that, “whatever the President
needed, .lac became.” Whatley
served as the .Assistant to former
President, Dr. Silas Vaughn. When
asked about his lime working widi
Jac Wliatley, Dr. Vaughn said, “Jac
wasn’t IJust] ;m
assistant, I respected him as an
associate.”
Jac leaves the college to pursue a
career at the First Baptist Church of
.Asheville as the church’s Admin
istrator. Jac’s wife, Katherine,
expressai, “I’m excited about the
opporiimities he’s going to have at
the church. Jac has expcrienccil a
real sense of calling to First Bap
tist.”
Of the many positions that Jac has
held in Ins 18 years at the school,
a few ol' them were: /Assistant to
the President, Legal .Atfairs, Insti
tutional Research, Interim Director
of Alumni .Affairs, Interim Regis
trar, Assistant Professor of Busi
ness, Administrative Computer
System Manager, Vice lAesidcnl for
Advancement and Strategic Phui-
ning and Executive Vice President.
Jac’s positions at die school have
consistently kept him involved with
Continued on page 8
Hands and Feet Service Day
By Tim Tyson
Saturday .April 6, over 100 Mon-
treatians went into Black Mountaiu
cUid Montreat with the mission to
serve.
In a project dubbed Hands and
Feet, Chaplain Bill C'ain orches
trated the matching of students will
ing to work with people needing
jobs done. Students were sent out in
groups of two or more to perform
odd jobs tiiat included yard work,
cleanup, and some light construc
tion, such as peacock cage devel
opment.
Hands and Feet started last semes
ter as a component of a class
project. In the Cruiip Achninistra-
tion and Management class, Adiuu
Schultz, Cindy Hayes, Jason Hoss,
Nathan fiefenbach, and Tory ,Vlb-
ertson developed the Koinonia Proj
ect. When the group reported the
Koinonia Project, the student-inten
sive service project stood out as a
doable c\ ent in the spring.
After the presentation. Chaplain
Bill Cain ran with it, and pre
sented it to the SGA and the faculty.
Every deprirtinenl helpal purchase
the t-shirts. Dirk Wilmoth supplied
brcaklast, and President Hurt pro
vided for dinner.
Chaplain Cain expressed “Hands
md Feet is here to stay with us for
.some time.” The Black Mountain
City Coimcil discussed the volun
teer day, and appreciates the col
lege’s involvement willi the com-
' nmnity.
Students gather at the Hands and Feet picnic on the “Dust liov. I” at the end of the day .