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d I Page Two THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C. March 7. ch 7. 19 Tar Heel Bemoans Last week The Daily Tar Heel. UNC at Chapel Hill student newspaper, received a let ter which expresses the plight of almost all col lege students. Signed by student Donald Wil liam Curtis, it said: . . for coming to Carolina I was accused of being a communist, a nigger lover, and an al coholic. “At Carolina I’ve been bawled out by the girls, held up by merchants, held down by pro fessors, hung over from booze, chewed out by my parents, bulldozed into blind dates, mooched from by friends, and all walked on by the administration. “I’ve had to pay library fees, lab fees, infirm ary fees, a few parking and speeding fines, and now, God help me, I must pay a graduation fee. “At Carolina I’ve been asked to either join, support, attend, read, listen to, work for, or watch the SP, UP, the YAF, the YDC, the YRC, the YMCA, the CAA, GM, the DTH, the NAACP, CORE, the PLC, the IDC, the IFC, the AFROTC, the NROTC, the CUSC, the NSA, WUNC-FM and/or WUNC-TV. “When I was active in student government, I was accused of doing it for personal recogni tion; now that I’m no longer active, I’m said to be apathetic. “When I made good grades, they said I was lucky; when I made poor grades, they said I was a bad student. “When I attend church, I’m said to be a hypo crite; when I don’t go, I’m said to be a hard ened heathen. “If I date a girl only once, it is said that she dropped me. If I date a girl more than once, it is rumored all over the campus that there is some hanky-panky going on. “If I had joined a fraternity, I would have been a Frat Rat; since I didn’t. I’m now called a dorm rat. “When I have plenty of money to spend I’m accused of being a playboy, and my father is said to be dishonest; when I’m broke, I’m said to be a bad manager, and my father is accused of being a bad provider. . . .” Help Stop Polio ! Tomorrow is “Stop Polio Sunday” in this county and Mars Hill College students are not only eligible but urged to participate. Doses of Sabin Oral Vaccine will be admin istered at the local high school between noon and 6 p.m. (A second dose will be offered on May 10.) A contribution of 50c will be appreci ated but is not essential. Dr. Otis Duck, college physician and presi dent of the Madison County Medical Society, which is sponsoring the program, has urged all college students — even those who have had Salk vaccine — to take this vaccine. “The Sabin Vaccine gives lasting protection against all three types of polio and prevents those who take it from being virus carriers,” he said. “It is odorless, tasteless and causes no side reactions or after-effects. It will be admin istered, two drops on a cube of sugar. I urge all Mars Hill College students, as well as the faculty and staff members, to help protect their future by taking this vaccine.” Published by the Students of Mars Hill College CThe Hilltop Box 48B-T. Mars Hill, N. C. Second-class postage paid at Mars Hill, N. C. Published 15 times dur ing the college year. Volume XXXVIII March 7. 1964 Number 11 STAFF Editor-in-Chief Sally Osborne Business Manager Jim Daughtry Sports Editor Bill Deans Assistant Joe Dunn Circulation Manager Ken Huneycutt Religion Reporter Martha Penley Reporters Faye Shaw, Barkley Hendrix, Dolly Lavery, Bessie Cline, Tom Hall, Ralph McGee Typist Rebecca Gurley Faculty Advisor Walter Smith LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Student’s Plight *TfLL ME WHAT KlNP OF AN ASSldN/WENT WOULP JT HAVE TO filVE THAT WOUUP ENCOURAGE YPUTO PROP THIS COUKS?" Candidates Give Aims strength, co-ordination and de velopment are three key lines of endeavor which must be stressed in Student Government. To ob tain these the governing body must be of the students, by the students and for the students. This provides strength, and strength united is the greater. The government discussed will be able to command longer li brary hours, a student center open six evenings a week and an as sociation that informs every col lege member of what it is striv ing to achieve for them. These, plus a greater amount of social activity, are needed. The SGA should provide an atmosphere in which all students will have the opportunity to conduct them selves as young adults. This at mosphere can provide the oppor tunity for every student to put forth efforts which he feels will be for the betterment of the col lege. These are but a few of the many things which need to be ac complished on our campus. To strive toward these and other goals is my pledge to you — a pledge which is an attempt to achieve for the college and the students, if I am elected Presi dent of the Student Government Association, the highest social, moral and academic values. A Student Government, however, must be more than an attempt to create the highest social oppor tunities and standards: it must be a government. —Tom Remcho We know our Student Govern ment Association is in its infancy. We must all realize that it will take time for it to develop into a strong independent body. Wordsworth seemed to show this growth through time when he wrote, “A simple child That light ly draws its breath Feels its life in every limb.” Each student on our college campus serves as a “limb” through which the Student Gov ernment Association must make its movements. Without the co operation and enthusiasm of these important factions, our govern ment will find it most difficult to adjust itself to the role which it must play. Through serving you as treas urer of the Student Government this year, as a member of the president’s cabinet and as a sen ator, I have been aware of the changes which have taken form so far this year. If elected presi dent of Mars Hill College Student Government Association for 1964- 65, it is my hope and desire that we will continue to make changes, both great and small, which will be of most benefit to those inter ested in making our college one of the finest and most recognized four-year colleges in our area. I would like to see every mem ber of our college family working in unison. I would particularly like to see the individual student have a stronger voice in the Stu dent Government. If this is ac complished, the Student Govern ment can more readily act on the majority of student opinion rather than acting on the minority of student demand- —Gary Brookshire STUDENT TEACHERS Anyone who will be away from the campus during the last half of the semester on student teaching assignment may con tinue to receive the Hilltop. The staff will mail a copy of each of the next four issues — one more in March, one in April and two in May — to those who leave their forwarding address with Mr. Smith in the Montague Building or send their address to the Hilltop, PO Box 486-T, after they leave. Double Standards atnp Hurt Our ColU,iew Mars Hill College is one of the most cob cated but sometimes uncomplicated place this country if not in the whole world. Shfegg a set of standards all her own and she hold,jQ7 these standards and traditions despite all. ',jjy 0,3^, can be both wonderful and ridiculous. Our college does not allow drinking men students can go a few miles to Flat and get high as a kite in October, come t to their rooms, and most often not a woi*"“^ said to them. Many times college officially ^ sponsible for supervision of student conr^”®' never know. With the young ladies of the student 1 it is a different story entirely. They hide^ resides beer they use in shampooing their hair for**^ Eller: of being expelled. Here is a completely Sti set of standards. Our college does not allow her young la'^eals to to smoke, but the rule is a farce because^® Cc senior dorm sometimes resembles a ruP^^ °t>ey factory at high noon — smoke pours everywhere. Here is another case of Ev« deceit. Our college doesn’t allow dancing, walk up girls’ hill any night would com®'* Quinn anyone that dancing would be a more ^ * feel th getic occupation than boys and girls just st°PPortun ing there, completely occupied in being Ces for m pied. wit Mars Hill instills in her students a Here ethics, but what kind of ethics? Maybe ti®** by ov sneaky the rest of your life. If there’s a f get around it; if there’s a restriction, go ovA® McCal We as students are just as much at fau- ®Peh roi the college, but somewhere there must eating happy medium. ^® ha —Sally Osborne ppJ 1 lartha Pe Student Governmen^m^^ Needs Supp^\;^N^^ The Mars Hill College Student Govern^ make t: is now nearing the end of its first year. A*® respons year will begin soon after the election of-'- new student body officers. Now is the for us to analyze the past and to plan fol future. FLO’ When our Student Government was fir® ANY ganized there were many who felt the. organization would set the world on fire. ‘( this because I feel it was only natural these too were my first impressions. But as I look back I am by no means disappoiB At the first of the year we were disorgai^ and inexperienced, but through the hard * of many we began to smooth things out realize our objectives. The first and mos' Telegr, A MA] FL portant one was to set a strong frameworl^.4.j..^..| ^ ^ foundations upon which to base our — of student government. What an unkf ■*”*” author said sums up these actions, “The t* of success is nothing more than doing wha' can do well and doing well whatever yoJ This I feel we have done. There must starting point, and in relation to our go| setting a strong foundation, it is my 0^ our student government has succeeded. T important for the future for as CarlyF said, “The goal of yesterday will be the - ing point of tomorrow.” The new Student Government leaders not be known until Mar. 18, but I feel tb^ didates are well qualified and are able to the student body another step towards out mate goal; but they cannot do it alone! have stated many times, our student go' ment is only as strong as the student bod! hind it. This is where we must all reali^* own responsibilities, varied as they may Each of us must work harder to accoiJ* goals and have the patience to new 'plugging" away, outruling any chance letdown, no matter how discouraging ^ may look at times. There is a tremendous gap betweeO thinking of our student body and the tbif of our college administration. I feel this largest weakness here at Mars Hill. I ab| ing that this is neither the sole responS>' of the students nor of the administratioi’ of BOTH. Do we not have the same make Mars Hill the best and most well-i*^ ed college possible? —Ken Pearce w
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