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Marion
Here Tonight
Q*he Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Campus Coeds
Outnumbered
738 to 586
Volume XXXIX
MABS HILL, N. C„ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1964
Number 1
Enrollment Reaches All-Time High
Newcomers to the faculty include (first row, 1. to r.) Edwin Cheek, John Chay, Miss Carol Kendall,
George Kincaid, Miss Alice Owsley, Mrs. Wayne Pressley, Miss Ruth Mabus, Dr. Roman Gorski; sec
ond row—Miss Anne Hall, Dr. John Pyle, Jack Grose, James Jordan, William Elliott, William Whitney.
”ot pictured, Ronald Bromley and two others who taught here in previous years. Miss Martha Bivrers and
•J*-- D. E. Richardson.
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57 Coeds Top Dean’s Honor Roll
The distinction of being on the
dean’s honor roll was achieved
during the spring semester by 97
students, 57 coeds and 40 men.
(To qualify for the honor roll
^ student must earn at least 40
OUality points with no grade be-
W C.)
Mary Jean Ellis, a freshman
last year, led the list with all A’s
a total of 68 quality points.
Lynda Gail Whitaker, a junior
ast year, also obtained an all-A
*‘ecord with 61 quality points.
Last year’s freshman who made
the honor list and are currently
enrolled at Mars Hill are listed
°elow with their number of qual-
Melis First
Performer
of
limited but choice selection
outstanding guest artists have
scheduled for campus ap-
Poarances under the lyceum series
this year.
dose Melis, Cuban-bom piano
J’tuso who is well-known to fans
the Jack Parr TV show, will
homecoming activities Oct.
, • _His concert will include both
assical and popular music.
^ The Chad Mitchell Trio, whose
Ppearance last year was cancel-
Ly illness of one of the mem-
will perform on Oct. 27.
^^0 trio — Joe Frazier, Mike
^^obluk and Mitchell — met and
i^^*^ized at Gonazga University
^ Spokane, Wash. They prefer
Lo called “singers of folk
to
®°0es,”
Anil
not “folk singers.’'
^ erican organist Claire Coci
* perform on the big organ in
Plain auditorium on Jan. 9.
ast number on the first se-
5 ter schedule are singers Joe
. Penny Aronson. They are
^'“'ked for Jan. 11.
ity points:
Betty Scales Biggers, 42; Ned
Arnold Buckner, 48; Linda Kay
Bumgarner, 46; Paul Lambert
Campbell, 46; Wade Alexander
Davis, 41; Charles William De-
weese, 53; William Arthur Earp,
41; George Graham Glass, 53;
Linda Marie Hilton, 46; Dairid
Paul Hopstetter, 42; Estelle Beck
ham Jordan, 42; Watson Bougies
Justice, 55; Kenton Robert Lar
son, 53.
Patsy Leigh McDowell, 41; Ju
dith Kay Melton, 54; Eveljm Ma
rie Morrow, 47; Martha Amanda
Page, 43; Rita Elaine Parris, 41;
Gail Elizabeth Quinn, 43; Jerry
Allen Ricker, 41; Thomas How
ard Sparks, 41; Anne Scott Tar-
pley, 41; Ralph Craig Watkins,
43; Lois Jane Watts, 45.
Those from last year’s sopho
more class include Thomas Ed
ward Ashworth, 46; Mary Pauline
Causby, 40; Dwight Morris Chil-
Marching Band
Struts Tonight
Boasting 61 members, six ma
jorettes, and $5,000 woitth of
new uniforms, the College Band
will make it’s first appearance to
night at the football game. Un
der the leadership of Wayne Pres
sley, director, and Paul Peninger,
drum major, the largest band in
college history will present pre
game and half-time shows.
Penny Ellison will again be the
head majorette. Others return
ing are Loy Baird, Ann Johnson
and Janis Elam. Two new twirl-
ers are Ann Peebles and Margaret
Jarvis, freshmen.
Besides the home football
games, the band will appear at 'the
Western Carolina and Carson-
Ne'wman games and will present
a concert in chapel on Nov. 17.
ders, 45; James R. Daughtry, 43;
Jerry Collins Davis, 46; Trudy
Alene Da'vis, 44; Elizabeth Mor
gan Deans, 41; Wilbur Cloyd
Disham, 44; Melba Ann Hawkins,
42.
Carole-Lynn Lavery, 46; Mar
tha Rhea Lineberger, 46; Judy
Lynn McCormick, 46; Dorothy
Jean McIntosh, 42; Andy Paul
Morley, 44; Rita Ann Propst, 45;
Norman Lee Selby, 45; Geneva
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A record enrollment of 1324 for
the fall semester has been
achieved. Registrar Robert Chap
man reports. This is approximate
ly 36 than the figure for the open
ing of school last year.
Statistics compiled in the reg
istrar’s office give the freshman
class a definite advantage in
membership with 470.
Sophomore enrollment has slip
ped from 369 to 362. Juniors
are next with 276 as compared
to 257 at the beginning of the
SGA Fills
Vacancies
Recent business conducted in
the senate meetings of the Stu
dent Government Association in
clude the filling of official vacan
cies created when Tim Haithcock
and Chris Haynes did not return
to school. Senator Estelle Jordan
of the junior class and Joyce
Dunlap of the senior class were
approved by the senate as court
justices.
The junior class must elect a
new president, vice president, and
two senators to replace officers
who did not return. The senior
class must elect a senator to fill
the vacancy created when Tom
Remcho was selected by the sen
ate to fill the newly-created of
fice of attorney general. The
committee on elections and open
forums will schedule elections in
the near future to complete the
slp.te of officers.
Francis Montaldi of the biology
department has been selected as
faculty advisor to the Student
Government Association.
Fall Drama, Art, Music
Schedules Are Announced
Varied activities designed to
suit the tastes of all the students
have been — or are being —
planned by the departments of
music, drama and art.
At the present time the drama
department has the most complete
schedule. The first important ac
tivity will be a Carolina Dramatic
Association workshop on October
3. High school groups from West
ern North Carolina will partici
pate.
The first play of the year will
be William Gibson’s “The Miracle
Worker,” the story of Helen Kel
ler’s early life. Casting was start
ed this week, and the play will be
produced Nov. 13-14.
Other plays for the year in
clude a yuletide play, “Christmas
in the Market Place,” a full
length comedy in the winter, and
a musical, ’’Little Mary Sunshine”
in the spring. In addition to these
the National Players will bring
their production of “Hamlet” on
Feb. 27.
A number of musical progp:ams
are already planned. The College
Choir will present Handel’s “Mes
siah” on Dec. 11. The Choral
Clinic on Feb. 13 and the Junior
Choir Festival on Apr. 24 will
bring groups of high school sing
ers to the campus for study and
concerts. Again this year the
choir and the band will make
tours in the spring.
Though only two art exhibits
have definitely been scheduled
for this year, the art gallery
should be an interesting place all
year. In October Robert Hay-
craft, a member of the art fac
ulty, will present a number of his
oil paintings, water colors and
drawings. The paintings will be
abstract and non-objective. There
will also be one painted political
cartoon. In November there 'will
be an exhibit of contemporary
Italian paintings.
Flower Talk
The subject of creative flower
arranging will occupy the second
meeting of the MHC Chapter of
the American Home Economics
Association at 7 p.m. Oct. 6. Ar
thur MacArthur of MacArthur-
Krause Florist in Ashe'ville will
speak.
The chapter introduced its of
ficers and two faculty advisors
at its first meeting Monday night.
1963-64 school year. The Class
of ’64, first senior college class
in the school’s history, numbered
158; but this year’s seniors total
216.
Also climbing to an all-time
high is the strength of the teach
ing faculty. The arrival of 17
new teachers has brought the to
tal teaching staff to a record of
79.
Six of the newcomers replace
faculty members granted leaves
of absence to do post graduate
work; seven fill vacancies created
by retirement and resignations;
and four are additions to the
teaching force necessitated by the
increase in students and by the
addition of several new courses.
Dr. John T. Pyle of Atlanta,
Ga., succeeds Vernon E. Wood,
who retired at the end of sum
mer school, as head of the de
partment of natural science.
Dr. Daniel E. Richardson is
more of a returnee than a new
comer. He formerly taught here
from 1963 until 1959. He re
turns to the chemistry faculty,
replacing Thomas Edwards, who
resigned to return to graduate
school.
Mrs. Richardson has returned
to her previous position as secre
tary to the dean.
Dr. Roman S. Gorski succeeds
Roy Wood in the department of
business administration. He did
his undergfraduate work at the
Sorbonne in Paris and holds a
Ph.D. from the University of
Paris.
Dr. George H. Kincaid of Tam
pa, Fla., is an addition to the
staff of the department of edu
cation. He holds a doctorate
from the University of Florida
and formerly served as counselor
with the Florida State Depart
ment of Education.
James D. Jordan Jr. of Charles
ton, S. C., replaces Page Lee in
the department of religion and
philosophy. A former Fulbright
scholar, he has been on the fac
ulty at the Oxford, Ga., branch
of Emory University.
Jongsuk Chay, a Korean native
who goes by the Americanized
name of John, replaces David
Knisley in' the department of his
tory. Mr. Chay is married to a
former Mars Hill student, Miss
J,ungpil Lee.
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New Magazine
Given Approval
A new student literary publi
cation, first suggested last spring,
was given tentative approval by
the administrative council of the
faculty during the summer.
Plans are now being made to
include the creative art and lit
erary work of MHC’s talented stu
dents in a printed form in order
that all the college family might
enjoy them.
John McLeod of the English de
partment and Robert Haycraft of
the art department have agreed
to assist interested students in
the planning of the new publica
tion.