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THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C.
November 21. 196Noveir
Highest Appreciation
Is Thanksliving
The approaching Thanksgiving Day stirs
memories of the events which overshadowed
this day lost year. The scene is still fresh: the
flag-draped casket, the horse-drawn cortege, the
sormd of muffled drums and marching feet and
a widow's majestic beauty. All our Thanksgiv
ings con hove a new dimension of meaning
if we take seriously on idea expressed by our
fallen leader a few days before his death.
President Kennedy issued his lost Thanks
giving Day Proclamation on November 5, 1963,
and after the assassination President Johnson
urged that it be read in the churches on Thurs
day, November 28. A single sentence from that
proclamation speaks of the true meaning of the
day and cautions that real thanksgiving is not
easy nor cheap. The president wrote: "As we
express our gratitude, we must never forget
that the highest appreciation is not to utter words
but to live by them."
In the week ahead many words of gratitude
will be spoken. It is the expected, the traditional
thing to do. But for the alert, sensitive person
this season and the late president's proclamation
require us to examine the depth of our thanks
giving. The "highest appreciation" is not in
uttering words of gratitude, but in living by them.
Our thoughts at Thanksgiving surely include
family and home, friends, our notional heritage
and ideals, the opportunity for an education,
our college and those who sacrificed to make
her great, the church and the love of God as re
vealed in Jesus Christ.
If this season is to be meaningfully observed
we must find ways of relating ourselves more
helpfully to each of these. "As we express our
gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words but to live by
them."
—^Robert Melvin
College Chaplain
Not For Preaching
Most of us, no doiibt, ore familiar with the dif
ference between a preaching service and a
prayer meeting. Some of us, however, tend to
forget.
Indeed, both types of worship services are
means to the some end. They both serve to pre
sent Christ as Lord and Savior of mankind—
the unique hope of salvation. Beyond this point
I think each has its own particular job. The
preaching service seeks to convict the lost of
their sins, direct them to the Cross and challenge
them to Christ-like living. The prayer service
should be used for the purpose of offering par
ticipants a means and opportunity to draw
close to God in song and prayer.
I do not attend student prayer service to hear
a sermon but rather to unwind from a hectic
week's activities. There, through the meditative
silence and the meditative spoken word of the
service I receive a renewal of spiritual strength
and peace.
Student prayer service is on important port
of our college life. Let's strive to keep it the
worshipful and meditative service it should be
so that it con achieve its true purpose.
—^Steve R. Spain
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
^he Hilltop
Box 486-T. Mars Hill. N, C.
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Volume XXXIX November 21, 1964 Number 5
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Steve R. Spain
Associate Editor Jimmy Daughtry
Sports Editor Chris Pappas
News Editor Cecelia Butler
Feature Editor Bessie Cline
Circulation Manager Ricke Cothran
Advertising Manager Bill Fowler
Typists Nellie Jolley, Ron Whitworth
Religion Reporter Dolly Lavery
WRA Reporter Pam Hunt
Reporters Eugene Richardson, Malcolm Privette,
Jerri Beck, Elizabeth Young,
Marietta Atkins
Faculty Advisor Walter Smith
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Dear Sir:
As the holiday season is upon
us and we celebrate Thanksgiving
in the spirit of appreciation to
God, I would like to speak out as
a friend to my fellow classmates
on an important issue—that of
values. How is it that in and
around the dorms we hear the
word God mentioned so often in
profanity? You would think it
were something out of a cheap
paperback rather than something
important in the development of
mature young people at a Baptist
college. How is it that we will
spend weeks of preparation, la
bor and frustration planning a
trip to a college 75 miles away
for an event of approximately
four hours and yet cannot work
up enough energy to attend a ser
ies of special services at a local
church that could possibly revo
lutionize our lives? To go fur
ther, how can we campaign and
prepare months in advance in all
I do not condemn anything or
judge anyone, but let us simply
ask ourselves what is most lasting
and most important. I write this
letter out of concern for my
friends, the college, and the com
munity as a whole.
—Respectfully,
Malcolm Privette
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The numerous curtain calls and
the standing ovation given the
cast of “The Miracle Worker” by
an enchanted audience showed
deep dellghtment and apprecia
tion for a job well done by the
entire cast.
Paula Sams and Ann Johnson
deserve special recognition for
their excellent performances.
Dolly Lavery has become a star
overnight because of her recent
appearance in the play “The Mir
acle Worker.” In case you didn’t
see her don’t be alarmed. She
was that talented rooster in the
background.
Among the special items on the
entertainment calendar for sec
ond semester are these:
William Warfield, the famous
Negro bass-baritone who made
such a hit with Mars Hillians in
1962, will return on Feb. 23.
A change of pace is on schedule
for Mar. 1, when the award-win
ning news analyst Howard K.
Smith will present a lecture on
“The Changing Challenges to
America.”
The husband and wife piano
team of Nelson and Neal will re
turn in their special-built bus on
Apr. 30 to perform for the sec
ond consecutive year.
Early last Sunday morning
sophomore Gene Richardson slid
down the frost-covered pipe ban
isters leading from the big circle
to the cafeteria. In doing so he
did a back flip, and won a pair
of crutches for a week.
At the recent meeting of the
Business Honor Club Casey Fred
erick, Don Briggs, Harry Taylor
and Tom Holmes gave reports on
“The Ten Best-Managed Corpor
ations Today.’ ’
Third floor Melrose has skid
marks in its hall. Look out for the
bicycles 1
A man running was asked,
“Who pursues?”
He answered,
“Life”
And ran on.
He was a fool.
Didn’t someone once say that
variety is the spice of life? Oh,
well, it sounds good anyway. I’m
sure that the Thanksgiving holi
days will offer us some desirable
“spice.” Just think—home-cooked
turkey and dressing, fellowship
with family and friends, lots of
sleep and no 8 o’clock classes.
May your Thanksgiving be a safe
and meaningful one.
Abor
"To bed or not to bed" that is the questio'
seemingly requiring much kicking around todoi
and it usually finds itself unanswered under tb
rug. Many phases of sex conduct have beei
discussed over and over such as sexual relotior
ships before and outside of marriage, but
will be concerned with the mock Shokespearectjjj
question above, but only for the young adult^g^gj^
specifically before marriage. partmei
Why is the question so prominent on campu^^^^;^
today'? There ore seven main reasons. The firsh
is that youth is constantly tantalized by the ej|
plotted idea that sex sells everything fron|
clothes and cars to spaghetti and records. Se|]
ondly, sex is worshipped in the forms of sucl|
so called "goddesses" as Elizabeth Taylor, whos|l
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morals ore as widely known as the formula fo|j
water. Thirdly, youth is constantly exposed t%
the same environment that married people ar4l
Jl
the dormitories on this campus
for an election of student body
officers but cannot find time to
speak to a fellow down the hall
who is in need of a friend or a
friendly word.
No, this letter is not to way
faring ministerial students but to
every person who breathes of the
air and exists because God loves
him or her enough to allow it.
We can argue dancing and smok
ing, but we just do not have
the time to “present (our) bodies
a living sacrifice, holy acceptable
unto God, which is (our) reason
able service.”
Fourth, youth has more privacy than ever befoi^
Fifth, young adults begin dating yormger an* 13 q,
younger, and it is not uncommon today to fim*
a sixth grader worrying about a date. Sixth!
marriage is possible at a younger age, for
girl of 16 who has begim dating at 12 is readj^4"i"l"l?
for marriage at on earlier year. Seventh, pen*
cillin and oral contraceptives hove remove4l
many obstacles to pre-martial relations. |J
A sexucd revolution has taken place whici*
greatly affects every campus on the colleg^
scene. In men it has been a welcomed change! «
os for os women are concerned, because me^! J
no longer seem to demand chastity in thd*
brides, nor do they mind the abandonment 0%
old standards of sexual morality women used t(!
practice. Men actually encourage sexual free*
dom because it frees them of responsibility
marriage, and gives them a free outlet for theiif,.
sexual urges.
The womcm has revolutionized her thinkinis!
about sex practices, and the unmarried girl ha*
very little shame over her affairs although sh*
is still reluctant to discuss them with anyone!
When she gets in college, she finds just as il*
high school a great amount of popularity oftel*
depends on three things and unjustly so: First!
the extent of her morals about sex; second!
whether she will drink; third, is she in the rigbl*
crowd. All three tend to encourage her to lowd!
her standards to such a degree until finally sh«!
figures, there is no stopping now, for I hav«!
done these things once, there is nothing to stop*
me from doing them over again. And so sh^!
does. !
Often, and perhaps most important, ore th«*
consequences of physical union outside of mar!
riage; and on the college level with which w^!
ore concerned there ore three grave dangers*
the first of which is the loss of the opportunity!
for an education, through a hurried marriag©Sii**
Most students cannot afford to go to school
without the aid of their parents, and most par
ents usually let the newly weds accept the re
sponsibility of their marriage. The second is th«
unwanted child; of the 250,000 bom yearly c
great many ore bom to college coeds. One mil
lion two lumdred thousand abortions ore crt'
tempted or completed each year, and this statis
tic should drive home just how many people dc
not want a child. We do not say that ever?
physical rmion results in pregnancy, but i'
might. The third is finding yourself married tc
someone whom you really do not love.
Where does the college student stand on th^
scales of weighing the pros and cons? He stands
within himseli and only a realistic look at tb«
negative side of sex outside of the sacred voW^
will enable him to en-vision a love growing intc
a spiritual meeting of two minds which will cul
minate in marriage os the highest and most re
wording and triumphal rung.
—The Seahawk
Wilmington College
Now Is the Time
Paul S. McElroy, in his book Moments
Meditation, states "today is the time to begin
tackle a few of the challenges and the oppor
tunities around us. Today is the time to speol^
only kind words about others. Today is the tim®
to give something of ourselves, our time and oU
resources, where they are urgently needed. To
day is the time to do at least one worthy thin'3
which we hove long postponed. Today is tb^
time in which to express our noblest qualities
of mind and heart. Today is the time to make
beginning." Let us strive to be masters of todch
and every day.
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