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MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY, APRIL 18. 1964
Number 13
aldwell, Lewis Named
ommencement Speakers
hburn of
ill team, John T. Caldwell, chancel-
tshot shocof North Carolina State of the
S in the gversity of North Carolina at
“*gh, and Dr. John M. Lewis,
. , [or of the First Baptist Church
tp^in e principle
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't commencement serv
ices the ^ Sunday, May 30.
3n we fr. Lewis will preach the bac-
nost oneliureate sermon at an 11 a.m.
in Moore Auditorium; Dr.
'^well will deliver the com-
'oement address in the same
■0 that afternoon at 3 o’clock,
ther activities of the com-
toement weekend will include
or this alumni banquet at 5
tionally g Saturday with Dr. Spen-
iding us ^ •
utnmer s
iht say, ^
k team program
lad one o\
er
lin the tei
the te^ Altered
Iridi
1 k a change as Mars
dents, as t °®oomes a full-fledged senior
interest. the summer session has
. Each Ok *^ivided into two six-week
st. I wiC^’ loginning June 8 and July
[ am sure!
; you wel'j ^'•'^ation for the first term
lardson at 8:30 a.m. on the
^ morning of June 8, and
commencement pro-
^ scheduled for Aug. 20,
, ’ has announced,
special
ttice,
^ Margaret Bridges, will be of-
1^ Ij, j,^ane 8-26 and June 29-
student may register for two
‘cses,
workshops in library
under the direction of
tn.
i^hn
totaling six hours, each
course will meet daily
out the six-week period
^ Tjlln.-Nation will be under the
•'H’+++ of Dean Mary Logan.
games, hikes and other
>ur storOJ outdoor recreation will
■OR education.
U Kc,
)>^ ® Used for men; Fox, for
/aen.
^ddif
tgjj^^^^onal information may be
'Sored by the department
;r ‘ai
■ ''’u and Melrose dormitories
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in Dean Lee’s office.
^Mnus Writes
^avel set in the foothills of
^0 North Carolina, written
®ste
Ude„fa*^er Mars HiU CoUege
a
^eiit,
6(t ^ ’ ''’ill be published early
hy Random House, Inc.
tsof Foster West, assistant pro-
English and director of
at Old Dominion Col-
'0'^ a^^olk, Va., wrote the 100,-
IVej/? 'vork entitled Time Was.
M j a 1942 graduate of MHC
bq5°’'Pierly was a news and
Itijjj^^^Porter for the Asheville
hivgj.^^. *ues. A graduate of the
ast , 'iy of North Carolina,
'latjg ®lped found the Carolina
*iiu * V, a literary periodical.
He UNC.
|Qa ^aught creative writing at
years and
on the Old Dominion
°i’ the past six years.
cer Thornton of Nashville, Tenn.,
as the speaker. The graduating
class will be inducted into the
MHC Alumni Association.
, George Bernard Shaw’s famous
play, “Pygmalion,” will be pre
sented in Moore Auditorium at
8 o’clock that evening by the dra
ma department under the guid
ance of Mrs. Elizabeth Watson.
Kathy Young will star as Eliza
Doolittle. Others in the cast are
Arlis Suttles, Mayon Weeks, Loy
Baird, Reid Potter, Richard Bras-
sell, Jessica Buchanan, Estelle
Jordan, Dianne Lane, Sam Weath
erly, Frank Calhoun, Joyce Black,
Jim Helderman, Terry Sinclair,
Joyce Duckett and Joan Duncan.
Dorm Vote
Announced
The results of Tuesday’s cam
pus-wide election of dormitory
officers were announced Wednes
day by the Student Government’s
elections committee. The follow
ing persons were chosen;
Fox — Jackie Norman, presi
dent; Jeanne Small, vice presi
dent; Brenda Simmons, secretary-
treasurer.
Stroup — Cathy Broome, presi
dent; Carolyn Broome, vice presi
dent.
Huffman — Dianne Coltrain,
president; Nancy Whitaker, vice
president; Geraldine Beck, secre
tary-treasurer.
Myers — Joseph Oates, presi
dent; Bo Dishman, vice president;
Glenn Thrush, secretary-treasur-
er.
Melrose — Bill Reeves, presi
dent; William Cole, vice presi
dent; Douglas Justice, secretary-
treasurer.
Treat — Wade Davis, president;
Thomas Merrell, vice president;
John Taylor, secretary-treasurer.
The newly elected presidents of
the four cottages in which MHC
men reside are Joe Cole, Cooper;
Robert Campbell, Wall; Jim
Ritchie, Landers; and Chris Sea
ton, Woodrow.
The commuting students picked
Norman Garrison as president;
Janice Plemmons, vice president;
and Boyd Perry, secretary-treas
urer.
Historic Sites
Lecture Slated
An illustrated lecture on his
toric sites will be given at the
April meeting of the History
Majors’ Club in the library audi
torium at 7:30 p.m. next Thurs
day.
Bob Conway, formerly a report
er for the Asheville Citizen-Times,
will show slides and discuss such
historic places as Jamestown, Old
Salem, Tryon Palace and the
Vance Birthplace. He is em
ployed by the North Carolina
State Department of Archives and
History as director of the Vance
Birthplace near Weaverville.
Frank Watkins, president of the
club, said visitors will be wel
comed.
Calendar
Apr. 18, movie “Good Morning,
Miss Dove.”
Apr. 20, movie “Strangers When
We Meet.”
Apr. 25, concert by North Caro
lina Symphony.
Apr. 26, movie “Suspicion.”
Apr. 28, junior piano recital by
Nancy Kendall.
Apr. 30, vocal recital by Doug
las Therrell, baritone.
The one-man art exhibit by
senior Roily Reel will continue
in the art gallery of the Fine Arts
Building through May 11.
Evaluation, Interviews
Bring Back Teachers
ACTOR MAYON WEEKS
Plays Win
At District
Festival
The dramatics division of the
Mars Hill College English depart
ment scored dual successes at a
district drama festival in Cullo-
whee on Apr. 4 and, as a result,
will participate in the state fes
tival at Chapel Hill today.
The performances of two plays
— “The Workhouse Ward” and
“Swan Song”—won distinguished
ratings at the district festival held
on the campus of Western Caro
lina College and will be re-per
formed in Chapel Hill today.
Both plays will be performed in
the Owen Building at 8 p.m. Tues
day.
“The Workhouse Ward” is di
rected by James Thomas and stars
Arlis Suttles, Mayon Weeks and
Loy Baird. The “Swan Song” is
directed by Mrs. Elizabeth Wat
son. Mayon and Arlis also star in
it. Mimi Jones is in charge of cos
tumes and Mac Watson is stage
manager.
Arlis won an individual rating
award for his performance in
“The Workhouse War d,” and
Mayon won a similar award for
his performance in the same play
and a distinguished acting award
for his work in “Swan Song.”
The festival at Chapel Hill is
sponsored by the Carolina Dra
matic Association. Mrs. Watson
and Mayon have both scored suc
cesses at the festival in previous
years.
The first group of student
teachers ever to go out from Mars
Hill College are back on the
campus and will conclude a spe
cial three-day program of eval
uation and interviews here today.
The 83 seniors have been prac
tice teaching in public schools
throughout the western half of
the state since Mar. 16. They re
turned to the campus Thursday
morning for a full schedule of
activities.
Group sessions on Discipline,
Motivation and Planning were
scheduled each morning under the
direction of the three principle
teachers within the department
Mr. Hough, Mr. Crowder and Mr.
Booth.
Test Scores
Are Average
The 76 Mcirs Hill CoUege stu
dents who plan to graduate in
teacher education ranked average
with the nation-wide scores on
the National Teacher Exam,
which they took in January.
The average score nationally
was 600; the average score of the
Mars Hillians was 557.
Laura Nash compiled the high
est score among the MHC stu
dents, 725, which was in the 96
percentile on a national scale.
Allan Clark was second at 696.
Eight local students were in the
upper 25 per cent of those taking
the exam across the nation; 18
others were in the next 25 per
cent; 15 were in the next 25 per
cent; and 35 were in the lowest
one-quarter.
North Carolina requires 450 on
the test for certification of under
graduates, and only six Mars
Hillians were below this. The
lowest score was 415.
John M. Hough, Jr., head of
the education department, was
pleased with the results.
“I think this is real good,” he
said. “I can’t see how we could
complain, considering this is our
first graduating class.”
The Student NEA Chapter had
charge of the chapel service
Thursday at which J. M. Hough
Sr., superintendent of Leaksville
(N. C.) Township Schools, was to
speak.
FoUowing chapel the student
teachers were to hear Dan Davis,
superintendent of Union County
schools and former president of
the NCEA, speak on the “Tech
niques of Interviewing.”
The faculty members who teach
methods courses in the various
departments of the college were
to have sessions with the return
ing students Thursday and Fri
day afternoons. At 1 and 2 p.m.
on Thursday Mrs. Therrell and
Mrs. Bridges, members of the de
partmental staff, were to hold op
tional sessions on the use of bulle
tin boards and audio-visual aids.
Six of the novice teachers —
Gene Hawkins, Sara Sellers, Mar
sha Ezell, Dave Hughes, Elaine
Teague and Elaine Bruce — were
to tell of their experiences at a
meeting of the Student NEA at
7 p.m. Thursday in the auditor
ium. Their presentations and a
question and answer session to
follow were scheduled primarily
for the benefit of juniors who will
be student teaching next year.
As an appropriate conclusion to
the three-day program the dean
of students’ office has scheduled
the movie, “Good Morning, Miss
Dove,” starring Jeniffer Jones, in
the auditorium tonight. It deals
with school teaching.
Throughout the three-day pe
riod school superintendents and
principals from systems through
out the state and in other states
have been here interviewing in
terested Mars Hillians for p>ossible
assignment in their schools this
fall. Several of the soon-to-be-
graduated teachers have already
signed contracts for next year.
Student NEA officers elected
for 1964-65 are as follows: Ken
Murray, president; Jackie Nor
man, first vice president; Angela
Priester, second vice president;
Carolyn Lamb, recording secre
tary; Brenda Cbm, correspond
ence secretary; Nancy Trotter,
treasurer.
Drama Students Seeking
Personnel For Four Plays
Did you ever have a secret
yearning to be in a play but fear
that you weren’t talented enough
to be in one of the big produc
tions sponsored by the college
drama department?
If so, perhaps Mr. Jim Thomas’
class in play directing has just the
thing for you. Four members of
the class—Mimi Jones, Mac Wat
son, Richard Brassell and Mayon
Weeks—are to direct one-act plays
in public performances as a re
cital project of the class. They
have booked the Owen Building
Apr. 22 for tryouts and May 18
for the performances. Now all
they need is actors and actresses.
The plays are Kaufman’s “The
Amicable Parting,” a domestic
comedy; “The Last of the Low
ries,” Green’s historical drama
about Robeson County; O’Neill’s
“He,” a realistic drama concerned
with the whaling industry; and
Glaspell’s “Suppressed Desires,” a
comedy based on a wife’s obses
sion with dream interpretation
and psychoanalysis.
Any student, regardless of
whether or not he (or she) has
drama training and/or experience
at MHC, is invited to attend the
tryouts at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Apr.
22) in Owen Building.