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February 11,
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MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1961
Number 9
—Team consists of (top row 1. to r.) Seabough, Chap-
Bahner, Grant, Bryan, Mason,
__jj) INotfsinger, Smothers, and student chairmen, Howard
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Women's Ne'
Seomlei _
Hove Just ocus Week, which will be held on Mars Hill campus
c- nJ’ “^y Life, His Plan, Our Mis-
Grocery DJactivities of the week will be led by a team of ten
for 'ted by the Student Department of the Baptist Sunday
Mid-nioht S' Nashville, Tennessee. These speakers are out-
’ , frs of student work and are involved with a variety
Soaflynd activities. ’
^^^^^^.^^^^^.^^^bough, who is serving as coordinator for Focus Week,
extension work in the Student Department of the
'' School Board. =====
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jCollege and grad-
lere he majored in
I Dr vers f f^d min-
t yvTS. ology and counsel-
ed Additiol
M. to 11:0«,
Chapman, Jr., is
CLEAfeepI ’s,
. Memorial
Aston Park hos-
.F-SeRVICE Seville. Dr. Chap-
: and church lead-
^^^.^^^.^.^^^^^^^.blished several pa-
thoracic
pitals, both mental and other
wise, in North Carolina and
Kentucky.
Mr. Rausey Mason, a grad
ate of Georgia Tech in indus
trial management, played var
sity football, was active in BSU
work, and served as a summer
missionary to Hawaii in 1958.
He is a foreign volunteer now
studying at Southeastern Semi
nary in Wake Forest.
astor of the Knoll-
Church in Wins-
Jack Noffsinger
citation for meri-
for his work as a
in the Iwo Jima
graduate of the
ester Divinity
the University of
•r. “Jack” was
lonorary doctorate
'y Stetson Univer-
The only woman on the Fo
cus Week team is Mrs. Cathar-
ing Bahner, who teaches seventh
grade English, is a board mem
ber for Carver School, South
western, and New Orleans sem
inaries. She works extensively
in summer camps and with col-
1 e g e students. Mr. Charles
Bryan, a Texan, is the Southern
Baptist field representative for
the Bahamas, Venezuela, Colom
bia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Smothers, employ
er for the Baptist
1 Board, was out-
;s music work and
during his col-
ANDIES
HARl
rofessor of religion
sity of Richmond,
Uiodenhiser, Jr., is
,n the field of pas-
|ng, particularly in
he relationship of
nd religion. Dr.
as worked at hos
One of the team members,
James Y. Greene, is a Mars Hill
and Wake Eorest graduate. He
is presently the associate secre
tary in the N. C. Department
of Student work and has served
as a summer missionary to Ja
maica. He is a volunteer for
foreign mission work. Dr. Dan
iel Grant, who received his Ph.D.
from Northwestern University,
is associate professor of political
science at Vanderbilt University
and has been on leave from Van
derbilt to assume positions with
municipalities and the federal
government.
Events Slated for Focus Week Have Wide Appeal;
Include Worship Services, Seminars, and Interviews
^ing Persons to Speak at MHC,
:3iting Many Fields of Interest
Scheduled events for Focus
Week, February 13-17, include
participation in Morning Watch,
extended chapel services in the
church auditorium, afternoon and
evening seminars, personal confer
ences, evening worship services,
classroom participation, and an
evening of entertainment.
The ten-member team which
will lead the services of the week
includes people well-trained to
work with college students. The
importance of giving a religious
emphasis to one’s life and the
proper way of doing this will be
presented. College students will
preside at each of the scheduled
activities and one or more of the
team members will speak, or lead
the discussion group.
Following the seminar on Mon
day evening, the team members
will present an informal display
of talent and will furnish a gen
eral period of entertainment. The
seminars to be held daily will in
clude a general discussion by one
of the team members and a period
of questions and discussions from
the floor.
A variety of topics will be of
fered, with a daily afternoon semi
nar centered on marriage and the
building of a Christian home.
Generally, the seminars on Mon
day and Tuesday nights and those
on Wednesday and Thursday
nights will be on the same topics.
There will be at least five dif
ferent groups each night so the
student mayi choose the topics
which interest him most.
Topics for Monday and Tuesday
include “Roots of Prejudice,"
“The Meaning of Faith,” “Facing
Honest Doubts,” “What It Takes
To Be a Missionary,” “Christ in
My Social Life,” and “What an
Employer Looks For.”
Wednesday and Thursday the
discussions will include “Current
World Crises,” “What Can One
Man Do?”, “Does Cxod Answer
Prayer?”, “Campus Christian
Witnessing,” “Modern Mission
Miracles,” and “Moral Issues
Confronting Christian Youth.”
The afternoon seminars will
begin at 4:30; the evening pro
gram includes evening worship at
7, seminars at 8, and informal dor
mitory discussions at 9:15. Morn
ing W^atch is at 7:00. Marlene
Howard and Fred Linkenhoker
are the general chairmen for
Focus Week.
Ninety-Seven Students Make Dea n’s List;
Two Sophs, Two Frosh Earn All A’s
Arsonbt Sets Fire
To MH Auditorium;
Spilmau, Oweu Also
Appearing on the Dean’s List for the first semester are the names
of 40 sophomores and 57 freshmen. Making all A’s are two sopho
mores, Marlene Howard and Edwina Tart, and two freshmen
Mary Etchison and Judith Ann Ferguson.
To be eligible for the Dean’s List a student must make 40 or more
quality points with no grade below C. Edwina Tart heads the list
with 66 quality points.
Tweuty-eight Studeuts
Joiu College Family
Fire struck the Mars Hill Col
lege campus on Sunday night,
February 5. At approximately
9:05 it was discovered that the
auditorium was ablaze.
Unsuccessful attempts to ex
tinguish the fire were made by
the college boys before the arrival
of the Mars Hill, W^eaverville,
Marshall, and Jupiter Fire De
partments. Seeing that the audi
torium was beyond control, they
concentrated their efforts in pre
venting the fire from spreading
to adjacent buildings.
The fire totally destroyed the
fifty-five year old building, caus
ing an estimated loss of $65,000.
Included in the estimate were
three pianos and movie projection
equipment.
At approximately 10:15 p.m.,
fire was discovered in the base
ment of Spilman dormitory for
boys, located across the street from
the auditorium. The fire which
originated in a broom closet, was
soon under control, doing an esti
mated $5,000 damage.
Shortly afterward, a blaze was
discovered in the Owen building
adjacent to Spilman. It is be
lieved that this fire was started
by the burning of oily rags.
Evidence was found in Spilman
basement indicating that the fires
had been started deliberately. State
Bureau of Investigation officials
were called in, and suspects were
questioned throughout the night.
Robert Henry, a former Mars
Hill student from Atlanta, Ga.,
currently visiting the campus, was
arrested the following afternoon
on charges of arson and is hein3'
held for trial. ”
Mars Hill received several ad
ditional students at the begin
ning of the spring semester.
Six students have returned to
Mars Hill after periods of ab
sence. Included in this group
are David Bishop, from Ashe
ville, who is returning to MH
from the University of Tennes
see; Lamar York, from Waynes-
ville, who has been in the serv
ice; Ray Dehart from Hickory;
Bill Hawkins from Miami, Fla;
Conrad Keeseker from Erwin,
Tenn., and Pedro Pable More-
jon from Havana, Cuba.
Eour students returned to MH
after leaving during first semes
ter. Included in this list are
Ann Revis, Billy Cutts, Kay Jor
dan, and Cynthia Einch.
Among the freshmen who
have come as transfer students
from other colleges are Bobbie
Ann Hohman from Louisville,
(Cont. on p. 4, col. 3)
Sophomores on the list are
Douglas Aldredge, Frank Atlee,
Libby Auten, Sam Beard, David
Beck, Elizabeth Bullard, Rebecca
Burgin, Elaine Colline, Charles
Cox, Harry DeLoach, Shirley Dev
onshire, Connie Edwards, Faith
Edwards, Duke Everhart, Nancy
Fulton, Jane Haywood, Morris
Hooten, Marlene Howard, and
Jennie Lou Hunter.
Also Verlie Lawing, Janis
Layne, Douglas Lilly, Joyce
Lockhart, Ron McClamrock,
Lynda McNeill, Sue Milburn,
Sandra Nolan, Wanda Norris,
John Pardue, Cynthia Perkins,
Mary Sentelle, Faye Stone, and
Edwina Tart.
Others are William Walker,
Carole Wall, Carroll Williams,
Juanita Williams Jimmy Wil
liamson, and Cheung Kee Wong.
Ereshmen qualifying are Mary
Ammons, Suzanne Beck, Peter
Roisseau, Reginald Bolick, Ann
Brookshire, Helen Brown, Jean-
nie Brown, Mary Brown, Shirley
Brown, Suzanne Brown, Mar
garet Bruce, Grady Bryan, Aud
rey Bunce, Marsha Byassee, Reg-
(Cont. on p. 4, col. 2)
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