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October 12. hober 12. 1963 THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C. Page Three V^^^/o:)ramatic Story of Farkas Family Meaning to Word ‘Freedom’ s. tian nation, \t this time of year many of as my first become so wrapped up in our ers don’t alw°°^ work and other activities a covpnfppn sometimes lose sight of , 1, j - precious elements in our 00 e o 3CCj^ggg become so bogged should be,” vn in our own problems and e news of “prests that we begin to take m-and-YankP® things for granted and fail leaked out'^® thankful for such things as T , ree country, freedom of speech disapproved. J freedom of worship. ,wlmn we 4.t times such as this it is good , „ T I^owevelstop and look around. We'at 5f Latin Arnelps jjill are especially fortunate rhaps we snChave some living reminders of er some of . true meaning of such words “freedom.” The dramatic story two members of the college condemned ff, and Mrs. Valentine ®i^“airs. .tkas, and their four children is the revoluiTm and inspiring, ting "a dicta power). If ^ iiative of Hungary, Mr. Fark as we did to the University of Ber- but the revi graduate study at the be- 'Colossus to‘nin® World War II. There )wn self intern®^ attractive German girl they have c^° been a member of the nale contingent of Germany’s i'mpic track team. They fell in .atin Americ® were married. ned up ^ with in 1945 when the Russians oc- to us. the pied Hungary, where the to point out rkases were living, the young r such prograple fled to Germany, never ) epithet. Lakin to be able to return be- xcuses. As ise of the Communist domina- aid. If you After several months in - a price-tag rmany Mr. Farkas approached le. It wouldicials of the military govern- !cratch-my-bsnt at Frankfurt in hope of ob is necessary, ning a visa on which to take be obvious, ; family to the United States, r been politt the authorities were not en- rraging. Los ninos he^°°n the family was sent to s Mexican Vm®’ where they lived in a large apultepec displaced persons for y. At that ti'®^ years. Then, in 1948 a new liiitary acadeP°^j'^’^i^y came. Mr. Farkas re- irteen years permission to take his ss. these yos , r ^ r\ 9 ndows and ‘ J[JeaC :apture. Tall Kico is like tSandy Merriman, Mars Hill’s *’ ^y Queen of 1962, was chosen '6 that no Deac of the Week” at Wake guages and recently. A senior history issing situatWor from Fieldale, Va., Sandy n who can spa member of Phi Alpha Theta, history fraternity. family to Argentina, where they subsequently lived for eight years. Finally, in 1956 the golden op portunity came. Mr. Farkas was called to the American Embassy in Buenos Aires and informed that his request to take his fam ily to the United States had been granted. Mr. and Mrs. Farkas and their four children — Kathy, Steve, Suzie and Alex — arrived in the U. S. on Aug. 14, 1956. They went to Bridgeport, Conn., where they lived for a yecir. In 1957 the family came to Montreat, near Ridgecrest, to vis it some friends. They liked the mountains and this part of the country so well that they bought a house next door to their friends. One of their other neighbors was the famous evangelist Billy Gra ham. Mr. Farkas began working at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville and began improving his ability in speaking English. Mrs. Farkas began teaching Span ish at Montreat College. During the 1958-59 school year he taught at Warren Wilson College at Swannanoa; then, he was invited to join the Mars Hill faculty. For a year he commuted to his home in Montreat on weekends, but then a suitable house became available and the Farkases be came local residents. Soon Mrs. Farkas began work ing in the library and, when there was need for an additional Spanish teacher, she filled the position. This fall she returned to the library staff while Mr. Farkas continued to teach Ger man. In November 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Farkas became naturalized Amer ican citizens, and since then the children have also become cit izens. Anyone who has difficulty with the study of a foreign language would certainly be impressed with a visit in the Farkas home. In addition to his native Hungar ian Mr. Farkas speaks three lang uages. Mrs. Farkas speaks three languages besides German fluent ly and two others “more or less.” The children speak Hungarian, Spanish and English. Kathy is taking advantage of her rich heri tage by planning to become a language major. She is a fresh man at Mars Hill. Two Laps Around The Campus By Dolly Lavery & Faye Shaw The Hilltop staff would like to offer its commendation to Truett West, who in the line of duty at the cafeteria recently broke 121 consecutive double - yolk eggs. We are proud of you, Truett. You have added a new tradition to the logs of Mars.Hill College. Now it will be Joe, Doctor Moore and Truett West. Fox Dormitory has various im provements over the older dormi tories of the campus. One is a supernatural elevator that enjoys running up and down by itself. Sometimes it even locks young ladies in with it and lets them enjoy riding up and down. One young lady even got to ride up and down for fifty-five minutes before she was finally allowed to exit. telf me wL , «■» ed as if he ■ Diamond Head t w^alking dt Thurs.-Fri. "Hud" iirted out, “ Sru- tl ^ i.r ! Are you C Jhe Californian i^ere Americ. Reptilicus ad in woni ATTRACTIONS WEEK Oct. 21-26 Mon.-Tues. Gypsy Wed. My Six Loves [exico City v_ arican bo.y sed a monurt the monuiii COMING cholarly lool x ^ for a street WEEK Oct. 12-18 and the man ^Qt. Three Stooges In Orbit ary sorry, hi Gidget Goes To Rome Thurs.-Fri. To Kill o Mockingbird Sat. The Terror Sad Sock In recent years, discussion of an age - old problem has de creased in importance. A few days ago the question of whether or not women had more ribs than men was brought up in Dr. Jen kins sociology class. After sug gesting that the student conduct an experiment to solve this prob lem, he calmly added: “But just try to explain to the Dean that that is what you are doing!” Still in the line of medicine. Dr. Jen kins claims to have trouble watch ing medical programs on televi sion. He always wakes up in the middle of the night with symp toms of dire illness. When a pro gram is situated in the maternity ward, he can sit back and enjoy it without any fear. Numerous comments, ranging from mild to strong, were heard recently from men’s campus con cerning the ruling that all stu dents must sign out when leaving campus; but one of the most pa thetic moans came from Mrs. Fulcher, housemother in Myers, when she noted the implication in the following notice on the bulletin board: “All students must sign out when leaving with the hostess of the dormitory in which they live.” lave about > well founti elcome” to the New Mars Hill College || most are pal ^ ” ade of ideas Jnless we Is what they th we will see ^ hood of mef inder one { I for the un to achieve ^ larkinsky Come in and see some of the changes MARS HILL COLLEGE CAFETERIA and STUDENT CENTER A .—•MM"'** Moe Richardson, business major from Williamsburg, Va„ lolls in the sunshine and enjoys the privilege of an upper classman during Freshman Rat Week. Pam Howell of Gastonia and Macky McFee of AsheviUe carry his books (plus their own which are in laundry bags) and McFee makes like a Boy Scout with the umbrella in case it should suddenly rain or Moe should want some shade. ‘Rat Week’ Big Success; May Become Traditional by Sally Lee Osborne Poor Freshmen. Sweet Fresh men. Nice Freshmen. Kind Fresh men. Now bark. A new enthus iasm on the campus of Mars Hill College was shown this past week when the students adopted a week affectionately known as Freshman Week or Rat Week. Starting last Monday night with dorm meetings, Rat Week ended last night with one of the biggest pep rallies Mars Hill has ever seen. Rat cards were worn by all Freshmen during the past week and on different days various tasks were performed. Wednes day all Freshmen went around with umbrellas open and pray ing for rain. Thursday all sup plies were carried in pillow cases or laundry bags and a pep rally took place in the auditorium. Freshmen had to carry their bet- .ters’ books to and from classes, aid their elders in the cafeteria and, all in all, show their upper classmen how much they loved them. Friday night the Freshmen had their comeback. After throwing their cards into the bon fire, they joined the Seniors against the Juniors and Sophomores in a pep rally. Spirit soared high and the meaning of the entire week was not lost. The atmosphere was happy and full of fun instead of the malice many expected. Sponsored by the Student Gov ernment, W.R.A., and Cheerlead ers, the past week brought an air of the senior college to Mars Hill. Freshmen knew they are Fresh men and now they have some thing to look forward to: the poor Freshmen next year. Upper classmen finally gained a privil ege of their rank. Not only did the week bring the Freshmen closer together (for protection), but it brought the entire college closer. Students, when they are supposedly working agsdnst each other, seem to come closer togeth er. Rat Week fulfilled its pur pose: To promote school spirit. Mars Hill is full of traditions. May Rat Week become one of them. 1 Welcome Back Former Students \ COME IN AND SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF CANDY, STATIONERY AND TOILETRIES BUS STATION Tickets anywhere and information MARS HILL PHARMACY THE MARS HILL SODA SHOPPE AND RESTAURANT "Where it's fun to eat" EXTENDS A WELCOME TO HOMECOMING VISITORS (Come again, and often!)
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