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MARS HILL. N. C„ SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1964
Number 2
Homecoming Spirit Soaring High
University
Center Is
Promising
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Mars Hill has joined 16 other
North Carolina colleges in a pro
gram of intercollegiate coopera
tion that holds promise of some
exciting benefits for students in
addition to welcome savings for
the school.
The program is called the Pied-
’nont University Center and the
other members include Wake
Norest, Lenoir Rhyne, High Point,
Catawba, A. & T., Livingstone,
C. Smith, Pfeiffer, Elon, Guil
ford, Belmont Abbey, Greensboro,
Salem, Davidson, Winston-Salem
State and Bennett.
Dr. Alvin Keppel, former pres
ident of Catawba, directs the cen
ter, which has already put six
Wajor programs in operation and
is exploring others.
Rest achievement thus far has
been a program bringing nation-
ally-known scholars to the cam
puses of the member schools,
^lars Hill’s share will come next
spring when three noted educat
ors are to visit our campus for
lectures and discussions. They
include Dr. Charles Price, profes-
^pr of chemistry at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania; Dr. Robert
Br
Owning, philosophy professor
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at the University of Chicago; and
b*r. Hugh Holman, UNC expert
On literature of the South.
Another achievement of the
Center is the purchase of high
iluality educational films for cir-
oulation among the member
^hools at a modest cost. Mars
tfillians have already enjoyed one
of them. “Titan,” a study of the
art of Michaelangelo, was shown
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I Keller Drama
%Jn Rehearsal
The Miracle Worker, a three-
act play lj£g q£ Helen Kel-
®n, will be presented by the
ramateers on Nov. 13 and 14 at
^ -do p.m. in the Fine Arts Audi-
r^aula Sams, 11-year-old daugh-
or of Emmett Sams of the math
apartment, portrays Miss Keller
a young girl.
Others in the cast are Mac
^ atson, Mary Owen, David Jones,
jj,' J- Nuckolls, Jim Alexander,
^^telle Jordan, David Holcombe,
avid Montrose, Ann Johnson
^Pd Willie Clay Young.
^ Tha Miracle Worker has re-
favorable criticism. Frank
Alston of the N. Y. World-Tele-
J
V “will shatter every crowd
at gathers in the Playhouse for
^PPths to come.”
Mrs. E. W. Watson of the dra-
a department is director of the
Play.
JOSE MELIS
. . .Visiting Artist
Collegians
May Vote
Married students not living in
a dorm and who meet the consti
tutional requirements may vote
here in the forthcoming general
election if they register this
month, P. R. Elam, registrar for
the Mars Hill precinct, stated
earlier this week.
In addition to meeting the gen
eral requirements of citizenship
and age, only persons who will
have lived within the state full
time for at least a year by Nov.
3 and within the precinct at least
30 days may register.
Both the chairman of the coun
ty board of elections and the reg
istrar of the Mars Hill precinct
have stated that most students
are not full-time residents and,
therefore, are not eligible to reg
ister and vote here. If they meet
the qualifications, however, they
may vote absentee ballots in their
hometowns.
Some college students have al
ready received, marked and re
turned their absentee ballots from
their hometowns in other states.
Some 418 MHC students are of
age and may be eligible to vote.
‘Historians’ Meet
A discussion of “the Roaring
Twenties”—including everything
from the costumes of the period
to that famous dance, the Charles
ton—will occupy the program of
the October meeting of the Mars
Hill College Historical Interest
Association, commonly known as
The History Club.
The November program, “Pres
idential Assassinations,” will con
cern the four U. S. presidents
who have been killed while in
office.
A late September meeting of
the club was concerned with a
discussion of the Ku Klux Klan
and with the election of officers.
The results favored Paul Nuck
olls, president; Judy Jordan, vice
president; Anne Mize, secretary;
and Tom Jones, treasurer.
Anyone interested in history is
invited to join, Nuckolls said.
The feverish crescendo of
school spirit which has been in
process of generation all week
should reach apex today in the
full schedule of homecoming ac
tivities.
The special observances of the
day will begin at 11:15 a.m. with
groundbreaking ceremonies for a
long-awaited gymnasium - physi
cal education building. Robert
lYren of Gastonia, chairman of
the buildings and grounds com
mittee of the board of trustees,
will turn the first shovel of dirt.
Tha college band, under the di
rection of Wayne Pressley, will
play for the occasion.
Students, faculty members, res
idents of the community and sev
eral hundred visiting alumni are
expected to attend.
A new wrinkle in the home
coming program will be a parade
of floats, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
The floats, sponsored by the var
ious dorms, take the place of
dorm decorations which have
been a part of homecoming activ
ities in recent years. A commit
tee of students and faculty mem
bers will select the most out
standing float and award a tro
phy to the sponsoring dorm.
Scene of the loudest celebration
of the day undoubtedly will be
the high school stadium, where
the Mars Hill College Lions will
tangle with the team from the
RUTH RAMIREZ JUDY BABER
Queens for Today — Homecoming, Football
Phillips.
Newport News (Va.) Apprentice
School, beginning at 2:30.
In addition to the lively action
anticipated on the gridiron there
will be a maximum of color and
excitement in the pre-game and
halftime ceremonies.
Two lovely seniors, Ruth Ram
irez and Judy Baber, will share
the honors as queens for a day.
Miss Ramirez will be crowned
homecoming queen by Jo Wells,
“Miss Laurel of 1964” and “Miss
Asheville of 1965.” Miss Baber
will be crowned football queen
by the co-captains of the team,
Dave Livengood and Larry Joe
Student Goverment Names
Mock Election Committee
The Student Government As
sociation has been actively en
gaged in planning for homecom
ing and for Rat Week, which has
led up to homecoming and will
end with the festivities of the
day.
The SGA has appointed a mock
election committee to plan the
election activities. Members of
the committee include two sen
ators, Dave Clapp and Ron Har
vey, chairman; a YDC represent
ative, Reid Potter; a YRC repre
sentative, Paul Nuckolls; and two
ex-officio members, Ricke Coth
ran and Steve R. Spain.
The committee on elections and
open forums has begun work on
elections to replace the vacant
SGA positions that occurred dur
ing the summer. Petitions are in
circulation this week.
Seven N. C. Baptist colleges
were represented at a meeting at
Wake Forest last weekend to dis
cuss the proposal that individuals
of other denominations and states
be allowed to serve as trustees of
the North Carolina Baptist col
leges. Mars Hill was represented
by Gary Brookshire, president of
the SGA; Clapp, vice president;
Steve Fleetwood, treasurer; and
John Steen, senator of the senior
class.
The office of the attorney gen
eral is a new addition to the SGA.
It has been created to assure fair,
just, and expedient procedure in
matters involving violations of
college rules. The office is being
filled by Tom Remcho. His assist-
‘ants are Bill Pruett and Carolyn
Lamb.
Duties of the office consist of
investigating and prosecuting all
cases brought before the student
court, and those deemed neces
sary in the commission. The at
torney general decides which
court will try a case.
The attorney general is nom
inated by the student cabinet and
elected by the student senate.
The assistants are chosen by the
attorney general with the ap
proval of the senate.
Representatives of the four
classes will attend the queens.
They are Brenda Simmons, sen
ior, escorted by Steve Fleetwood;
Caroline Hayes, junior, escorted
by Richard Ramirez; Judy Hill,
sophomore, escorted by 1964
graduate David Harris; and Don
na Lewis, freshman, escorted by
Oscar Prater.
Putting the finishing touch to
the day’s activities with a relax
ing musical program in Moore
Auditorium at 8 p.m. will be Jose
Melis and Company.
The brilliant Cuban-born pian
ist became famous as music di
rector of Jack Paar’s television
programs. Over the years he has
received hundreds of letters from
viewers, requesting that he play
their musical favorites. From
these letters he has compiled
“Music for Tonight,” an evening
of music that is truly an all-re
quest program.
Revival Slated
Scholarship Aid
Is SNEA Topic
Scholarships and grants are to
be the theme of the next Student
NEA meeting Wednesday, Oct.
14, in Moore Auditorium, accord
ing to Jackie Norman, program
vice president.
Other officers of the organiza
tion are Ken Murray, president;
Angie Priester, second vice presi
dent; Carolyn Lamb, recording
secretary; Brenda Corn, corre
sponding secretary; Nancy Trot
ter, treasurer; Anne Mize, report
er; Carol Hunt, historian; Kay
Brooks, chaplain; J. C. Moss, par
liamentarian.
With approximately 170 mem
bers, the student NEA boosts the
largest professional organization
on campus. It is also identified
as a charter member of the Na
tional Education Association.
A hospital chaplain with vast
experience in counseling will be
the guest minister for a week-
long series of services at the
Mars Hill Baptist Church Oct.
18-23. Mars Hill College stu
dents, whether members of the
church or not, have been invited
to attend.
He is th'e Rev. Ben Patrick, Jr.,
director of the department of pas
toral counseling at Hillcrest Med
ical Center in Tulsa, Okla. Well-
known in North Carolina, he was
formerly in charge of out-patient
counseling at the Baptist Hospital
in Winston-Salem.
The revival series will open
with Mr. Patrick speaking at both
the morning and evening services
at the church on Sunday, Oct. 18.
Nightly services at 7:30 are sched
uled in the sanctuary of the
church through Oct. 23. Mr. Pat
rick will be the chapel speaker
that week and will also be avail
able for dormitory group discus
sions and private conferences.
A native of Knoxville, he did
his undergraduate work at Louisi
ana Tech, did graduate studv in
economics and in social welfare
and psychology at LSU, earned a
Master of Theology degree at
Southern Seminary and also at
tended Union Seminary.