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i' U Page Two THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL. N. C. January 16, liuar^ Self Discipline Price Of Freedom David K. Alexander, in his article entitled "On Becoming a Free Man" in the Oct. 1962 issue of The Baptist Student, gives an account of a particular attitude which he finds persistent among Christian college students. Since 99 per cent of Mars Hill's students are professed Chris tians this article should be of interest to most of us and is applicable to many of us. "Quite often while visiting a campus I am aware of the attitude of rebellion on the port of Christian students—toward the administration, the church, parents, authority of any kind. Oc casionally I find that adult and student leaders hove accepted this as qualifying orie to be a college or university student. Sometimes I am surprised to find at least a subtle pride in the fact that the attitude of the students on a campus resembles a forth-right declaration of inde pendence. "To what degree this is felt to be a mark of maturity, I hove often wondered. "Life is no freeway void of speed limits, curves, detours, obstacles, or motor breakdowns. One does not mature, neither does he enjoy life nor himself by scoffing at discipline or by resenting those who must enforce certain guide lines upon us. "If college teaches us anything, it should teach us this truth. The very courses taken ore called academic disciplines. Few students (or professors) excel without disciplining themselves to master their subjects. "We must cooperate with different kinds of givens, different kinds of laws that take their toll upon us if we break them. God is ultimate authority os well os reality. The Bible recognizes the place of human authority in the state. "The Christian finds freedom through enslave ment to Christ; he finds creativity through dis cipline and discipleship, fulness by emptying himself." A Wise Suggestion North Carolina needs teachers. The colleges recruit teacher-trainees. Most of these kids go to college on limited budgets. They're dedicated, but some of them ore also influenced by the fact that they con borrow money against their future teaching services. Not enough money, mind you, to pay more than a minimum port of the total educational bill, but a little money — enough to supplement the toted cost. So what happens? They get to be seniors, if they're lucky, and most of the State Colleges decree that they do practice teaching—one week of "observation," eight weeks of actual teaching, in a school to which they're assigned. The State provides no stipend for room-rent in Raleigh, Charlotte, Monroe, or, in truth, anywhere. The State extracts rental for the rooms they vacate in Chapel Hill or Greensboro. The stu dent pays that cost plus the cost of lodging in the town to which he's assigned. We propose a bill: Let the State pay for off- campus room-rent that the State requires. We wont teachers? Why not prove it? —The Asheville Citizen 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. Pub- I lished 16 times during the college year. PRESS Volume XXIX January 16, 1964 No. 7 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, Jerri Beck, Rocky Transou, Marietta Atkins Faculty Advisor Walter Smith LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS “JP AWcoMgaArioM-ygu hwe the mm-i accumulatep fDlNTTP7AU OF ANY ETiJPENT I HAVE EVER FLUNKER'^ Scratchpad Scribblings... Coach Harrell Wood, who un derwent a tonsillectomy during the Christmas holidays, suffered additional injury last week when one of his ribs collided with Bo Dishman’s elbow during a gym- class basketball game. X-rays re vealed a crack in the rib. No re port has been received on the condition of Bo’s elbow. Drama and speech teacher Jim Thomas is getting “cityfied.” He and Mrs. Thomas and their son are moving to Asheville. He will commute and she will be closer to her work at Mission Hospital. Miss Mildred Bingham, head of the business department, scored an historic first last Sunday when she was ordained a deaconess. She is the first woman so or dained by the 109-year-old Mars Hill Baptist Church and one of the few in the Southern Baptist Convention. Belated congratulations to Peg gy Dinkins, Dianne Jaynes, Donna Lewis, Jean Miller, Polly Peach, Jackie Trivette and Fran Walk er, who were selected as finalists in the “Miss Laurel” contest. The winner will be chosen by TV star Andy Griffith. A very special Christmas gift, a daughter, came to senior Nancy Thomas and her husband just be fore the holidays. In the absence of Nancy’s husband Bobby, who was away in service. Pastor Charles Davis drove Mrs. Thomas to the hospital accompanied by Osann Raulerson, student assist ant in the infirmary. Congratulations to Nancy Mor gan, Diane Vaughn and Joyce Dunlap, who have been named the most outstanding members of the Women’s Recreation Association. Re-opening of the recently closed Cub Restaurant has been set tentatively for Jan. 23 by the new owners, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Warrick. Extensive renova tion is in progress. Already the proprietors of the Soda Shoppe, the Warricks have indicated the possibility of changing the name of the former Cub to Campus Comer. Good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harvey (nee Elaine Mull), who were married during Christ mas holidays and are now living in a trailer across the street from the Methodist Church. Band Director Wayne Pressley is in need of several more music ians for his concert group. Clar inet, French horn and trumpet players interested in joining the band should see him at his office in the Fine Arts Building before the new term begins. Don’t for get, the band makes a week-long concert trip just before spring holidays! Plans for a week-long series of guest speakers on our campus early in March have been made by Dr. Evelyn Underwood and a faculty committee. Nationally prominent news analyst Howard K. Smith will initiate the series. Sounds as though it could be an out of the ordinary experience for both students and faculty. If exams set your nerves on edge, think what they must be doing to three persons confined to the infirmary: Charles Reeves, Dwain Kinsland, and Steve Spain. Quite a few Mars Hillians who have been away from the campus practice teaching will return sec ond semester. Welcome back gang! Laurels Mailable New Term Links ^ Past and Futur As we come to the end of this semester, ni^(] of us must begin thinking about the new te before us. In a very short time we will hove register for new courses, meet new teachers, t* Ai more books and perhaps even change sc™, c plans. * I do not core to preach the usual sermon o®® of ceming turning over a new leaf, or beginn* Ar« with a clean slate, or other similar quo* bo These ore heard too often, and frequently too convincing. Granted, one may begin a r* _ Ar page; but we must remember that it will be one page in the book of our college career. A new semester actually is not begun wit)"* clean slate. No matter how we try, next senf“®*’*y ter's slate will always be colored with somd”*'"'® the dust from the present and post semestf "O’* Contrary to our dream, each semester is a pi"®* " uct of the ones before it. What teachers, or “ ® ^ ministration, or fellow students know about*"* *° cannot be changed by the arrival of a n The semester. What we hove learned will not®® forgotten by the mere passage of sO' short a til nor can what we hove missed be so sudde'^'f learned. Just os this semester will not be erased — - ■ • ^ear exams, so next semester will bear directlyj.^ . our lives. In the coming semester, we will a chance to renew old, perhaps decc^ed, frie^ ships. We will hove a chance to re-impress teachers and peers with our abilities, rather tlj^,j^ . our lack of them. We will hove a choTj^^^^" through diligence, to catch up on things we H hove missed, to reinforce the knowledge we hc»t.i„j,.jj, and to extend our abilties into other areas. Each semester of our college career is not entity. Each relates directly to previous c following ones. Let us work diligently in coming semester to prepare ourselves for future. —Jimmy Doughtr Exams Can Make As Well As Brec IV Junior music student Bill Ro- tan has just been called as minis ter of music by the Marshall Bap tist Church. A new experience — night classes — is about to be encoun tered by some Mars Hillians. Mrs. Margaret Bridges will teach a library science course in audio visual aids on Tuesdays and Thursdays next term. Anticipating a full semester of activities ahead, the Science Honor Club elected officers Mon day night. Jerry Davis was pro moted from vice president and succeeded by Douglas Justice. Carol Hunt was re-elected secre tary, and Ernest Jones and Eve lyn Morrow were elected treas urer and social chairman, respec tively. This week we ore engaged in a most real earnest struggle with exams and, thus, ore be brought face to face with the reality of our sb comings. Our attitude and state of mind at t late dote reflect how well we hove prepared ^ selves and used our time throughout this serf ter. As we face a new semester we face a newed opportunity to better prove oiorselves c demicolly. If we will allow them to be, our 1 ures and short-comings con be blessings disguise. Let us be wise enough to loom fi our mistakes. George Washington is given cr for having once said, "It is all right to mok mistake, but don't make the some one twice., No matter how hard we try or how many ■*"*" lutions we moke, we shall continue to fall si of our goals. This is no indication that we she give up; but, rather, it is on indication that must strive harder. How we react to failure is of greater nificonce than the failure itself. When we sb ble and fall let us not wallow in our own (■ pair, but instead, pick ourselves up and contii to run the race set before us. —Steve R. Spai Tel, ej Goodbye, Students; Hello, Alumit^ Students not returning second semester who want their copy of the 1965 “Laurel” mailed to them should leave their address with Mrs. Harmon in the Public Relations Department, Mr. Smith, advisor to the yearbook, stated. The book should be ready for distribution around the middle of May, he said. For some readers this will be the final edi' of the Hilltop. Some of you will be leaving campus os soon as your exams ore finislVg never to return os students. ^uUqI Please remember when you leave Mors >lcQjg ^ os a student — whether you graduate or no'utyyg you become an alumnus and join the rankijoj^g'^ the college's nearly 20,000 living alumni. % loyalty and your continued interest in Mors ocqi j College are sincerely solicited. If you will keep the Alumni Office inform©^ your current mailing address, you will reguk receive news concerning the college and V former classmates and friends. If you will occasionally to Miss Kathleen Wallin in Alumni Office and tell her of your morri'^ the arrival of children, promotions and o' achievements, your friends and former cK Th motes will be informed about you.
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