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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C.
April 18,ril 18, 1964
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Do You Deserve
Are you weary of writing term papers, tak
ing tests, reading parallel? If so, stop for a few
moments and think about something else.
Sometimes a change of pace in your thinking
can be relaxing as well as beneficial in other
ways.
Robert Theobald, an economist speaking in
Asheville last week, raised an interesting ques
tion. As the future leaders of our nation, we
college students might do well to consider such
a question.
In discussing the serious and far-reaching
effects of poverty and unemployment through
out our nation, Mr. Theobald declared, _ "we
must develop a . . • human and constitutional
right ... to an income." We must do this, he
added, in order to preserve in the United States
the “Western ideals of human dignity and free-
dom.”
Mr. Theobald documented his case well. It
would take, he said, about $11 billion a year —
which is only two percent of the gross national
product and only one-fifth of our defense
budget — to bring the level of all families up
to $3,000 a year. This is feasible, he insisted.
Some 38 million Americans already live in
poverty, he said, and because of the nature of
our economy “a poverty-stricken class is emerg
ing in the midst of potential abundance.”
Mr. Theobald and others perhaps are con
vinced that the economic revolution being
brought on by automation will make it impera
tive that the Federal government take steps to
assure every American family at least a mod
erate guaranteed annual income.
But what about the good ole free enterprise
system? Is it passe? And what about man’s
need for dignity obtained by standing on his
own two feet? Does a man really deserve a
guaranteed income from his government? It’s
a serious and important question and one that
we college students ought not to shrug off as
being unrelated to us. Most of us are Chris
tians, concerned about the welfare of our fel
low man, and this adds still further signifi
cance to the question for us.
Editor^s Dilemma
There is nothing more fun than trying to
think of a topic for the editorial for the Hilltop.
First of all you have to figure all that you have
condemned in the past. This takes up most of
anything you might have thought of.
Then you begin wondering what kind of
mood the students will be in when they read
your editorial. Will they want to hear gripes
about everything and anything or will they
be in a mood of forgiveness?
You don’t feel like griping, and you are too
worried to write about anything beautiful.
Still, the space has to be filled. Ah! You can
always steal ideas from other papers. (This
means copy from other papers.) So, you rush
down to the mailbox and get out all trade
copies. Nothing. It seems that everyone is
mad at their student government at the mo
ment, and you can’t write against another col
lege’s student government.
So readers, I took the cowardly way out:
Gave up.
—Sally Osborne
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
CThe Hilltop
Box 486-T, Mars Hill, N. C.
Second-class postage paid at Mars
Hill, N. C. Published 15 times dur
ing the college year.
Volume XXXVIII April 18, 1964 Number 13
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Sally Osborne
Business Manager Jim Daughtry
Sports Editor BiU Deans
Assistants Joe Dunn, Chris Pappas
Circulation Manager Ken Himeycutt
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 Wallace Overlooks wo L
Guaranteed Income?
I'WHAT this NEEX7S IS A &OOV 'MOOM ROUK.'
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j£eiienri ta the edUon....
Hardly a day goes by that I do
not hear someone complain about
regulations at Mars Hill. Many
students have said that they have
an insecure feeling here because
of the rules and regulations that
must be obeyed, which does not
allow them to mature and think
completely for themselves. Some
students think that if they were
allowed to dance they would be
happier and have more enjoy
ment in life here on the “hill.”
These are some excuses that are
given for an insecure feeling. But
there is only one answer to a se
cure, happy, inward feeling.
If you are one of these students
who feel insecure, I dare you to
read on and find out what that
answer is. The answer is in Christ
Jesus. You will never feel com
pletely secure and have a deep
joy and happiness in your heart
until you quit blaming the college
and turn to Jesus for security and
happiness. When you accept Him,
unconditionally, as your personal
Saviour and live for Him instead
Hofuio4H
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Things I love about Mars Hill
College:
The teachers who are never too
busy to talk.
The flatness of the walk in front
of the cafeteria.
Watching the sunset over Bailey.
My roommate.
Dr. Pierce’s version of Adam
Bede.
That highway to Asheville.
The expression on other people’s
faces when I tell them I go to
MHC.
Movies on Monday and Saturday
night.
The people at Calvary Baptist
Church.
Huffman Beach.
Free cuts.
Saturdays and Sundays.
Being in front of the cafeteria
line.
Watching Daddy Blackwell meet
new people.
Things I dislike about Mars Hill
College.
Page Lee’s religion tests.
Monday morning.
Haze over the mountains.
A friend.
Happiness.
A bridge formed by the moon
over a lake.
The bay of beagles chasing a rab
bit.
Home.
The smell of mint mixed in with
honey suckle.
Peace of mind.
An untrod path.
Songs of birds.
A smile.
The smell of rain on a summer
day.
Good coffee on a cold morning.
A dogwood in full bloom.
A patch of multi-colored sweet
peas.
Two people in love.
Stars on a clear night.
A rainbow.
Crickets echoing bull frogs.
A soft breeze.
State Responsibilt
of yourself, you will have a friend
that “sticketh closer than a broth
er.” You can take all your cares
and burdens to Him for He said
in Matthew 11:28, “Come unto
me, all you that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.” In Psalms 55:22 we find,
“Cast thy burdens upon the Lord,
and He will sustain thee.”
Friends, you may have heard
this before and just thought
nothing of it. You may even be
laughing now, but every word of
it is true. There are many people
who have turned over to the Lord
their, all for Him to do as He
wishes and immediately they have
felt a relief and joy inside which
they had never felt before. Un
til you decide to surrender all to
God, you will never get rid of
your insecure feeling, and when
you decide to do this you can go
around campus with a smile that
is more than face deep and a song
on your lips that comes from your
heart.
—Eugene Payne
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Governor Wallace emerged from a foi^^
one defeat in the Wisconsin primary last r® append
with what he called a significant victorf^®*^ within
states’ rights. He interpreted his 25 perl®®®^® that
of the votes to mean that the people feai®®^^ when h
growing power of the national governmen the doct
The people, Wallace said in a post vi(^°^ remov
interview, want a return to constitutional!
ernment and the free enterprise system. ®®ks and fe
boisterous spokesman for states’ rights, take it fror
reminded that he governed a state dotted j'‘®hgion dep
bombed-out churches and closed schools®, tie. enjoy th
plied, “Alabama can solve its own probler'te — the
let alone by the national government.” practical
The concern for states' rights is as old hats and
republic itself. A bloody Civil War (8C^ figures,
dead) settled the problem of secession v®*i3ratulatioi
had plagued the Union from its incept®deader Che
More recently, especially since the Supi'® iook advan:^
Court decision on school integration in J 9oi marriec
there has been a sharpening of differenemyone who
tween the states and the national governiiTnitory d u r
Today “states’ righters” tell us that the^/or 1960-61
a great struggle for power taking place it sorry to lear
federal system and that the national go'Wn Hamrick
ment is going to emerge the victors unlesire during tho
states begin fighting for their rights, expectedly la;
point to the present civil rights legislatii^. Md. She
a congressional power grab. The Sup^eviiie Tuesd
Court decision to have state legislaturej^oj^
apportion is called an invasion of stibgj., ®
parents
In answer to these charges the nawp
spokesmen point to voter registration Mpt ^
for Negroes in certain states. As of Decel °
1963, only 90,000 of 481,320 eligible Nef.“fents were
could vote in Alabama (18.7 per cent). In-’®*'® who ti
sissippi 28,000 out of 422,256 (6.6 per cent) vacation,
vote. They point to problems in the are*^ ® 'fself scatl
job discrimination and public accommoda-. ®'’erywhere
in both the North and the South whic^^r. Wayne N
states have neglected to take the initiati'"®>ich, and Mr
correcting. ^ Art Departn
If the “states’ righters” were really They t
erned about the states’ loss of nower ove>?3rters a
cerned about the states’ loss of power ove“arters and
re-apportionment issue, they should haV^, most exclu
lowed the advice of the Supreme Court
Colegrove v. Green decision 1946. The j m ^
warned the states in the decision that if
failed to take the initiative in re-apportij
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their legislatures, the Court would be
in later cases, to make them comply. ^
The use of troops by our Presidents has ]
a result of the breakdown of state law enf‘f
ment. The President of the United Statesj
not take an oath to uphold the law of thei
and then fail to carry through because ’
governors do not recognize that 175 ye^jj
history rest between the work in Philade’
and our present situation. In every ca^
national involvement in state matters .
been the result of the failure of the
cope with the problems it faces. Yet,
present debate we hear very little about)
responsibility and much too much about st Hg
rights. ,) Va„|j y°“''
In addition io the great struggle for po*) l
power in our country the "states' righters j ‘
charge that Washington is strangling thSi
enterprise system. They are demandinSi
government controls be removed so tbs*j
system can function freely and begin to M
our domestic problems. The "states' rig^l
apparently have never heard of monoFi
nor are they sufficiently aware of huna^q
ture. The Clayton Anti-Trust Act was H
to avoid strangulation of our economic Sri
by monopolies.
As to the nature of man, a few example
the record are Billie Sol Estes, Anthort,
Angelis (mr. soybean oil swindler of
Westinghouse price fixing 1961, General
trie price fixing 1961, and Bobby Baker-
point is obvious, we have government cO'
because the economic system is unable t**
trol itself. ,
The “states’ righters” fail to define
mote the concept of state responsibility. ^
er they attack the national government
eral terms which are cushioned in such
tional symbols as the Constitution aU',
founding fathers. However, when chaU^
historically to case in point, one discover^.,
the attack is being waged with blank cartf
for ground that has already been won in ^
that is over.
—Richard Hoffma’’
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