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Symposium March 1-5 Will Complement Total Curriculum
Testing its rapidly developing
I ^idemic muscles as a liberal arts
I ^IKior college, Mars Hill will add
^''new wrinkle to its traditional
’appas iching techniques Mar. 1-5 with
symposium on “The Southern
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several and six noted scholars from
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Don Liles, complement its growing cir-
nson and ^ schedule of
jn seen trj'jjjjj^j.g lectures.
' *^®‘^*Emphasis of the week’s pro
gram will be the amazing 20th-
century developments in various
phases of life in the South. Un
like the lyceum series which the
college plans and promotes each
year, the symposium will not be
oriented toward entertainment.
Instead, its primary goal will be
education. It is conceived as a dif
ferent tsnpe of learning situation
for the student seriously interest
ed in his own intellectual growth.
The symposium will be the cul
mination of more than a year’s
planning and work by a faculty
committee headed by Dr. Evelyn
Underwood. It is a direct result
of efforts by the administration
and the faculty to improve and
develop Mars Hill’s academic pro
gram as a senior college.
Such timely topics as human re
sources and economic factors in
the Appalachian area, racial chan
ges in the South, Southern art
and literature and recent develop
ments in religion in the South will
be dealt with in the lectures and
seminars of the symposium.
Morning and afternoon semin
ars for moderate sized groups will
be in the Library Auditorium.
Evening lecture programs are
scheduled in Moore Auditorium.
In addition, both chapel periods
will be given over to addresses
by symposium personalities.
Some classes — especially in
the history, English, art and re
ligion departments — will forego
their regular sessions to attend
one or more of the seminars.
Some teachers have helped pre
pare their students for the week
by making assignments in an area
to be covered by one of the sym
posium speakers. Miss Mary Ihrig
of the English Department, for
example, has recently assigned
novels by Southern authors to
some of her classes.
A calendar of symposium
events, biographical sketches of
the visiting lecturers and other
information is published on Page
3 of this issue.
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Symposium
Edition
CThe Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1965
Number 9
SSNew Laurel, Hilltop Editors Named
Warfield
Concert
Tuesday
Church of U
uests that'
teams wl
IS wear spe*'
iver the 1’
dngs come
riday, and
ing to ws‘
inusual att^
weather f'
irds carried ^
lians to ^°’^ld-famous Negro bass-bar-
and chee'**'® William Warfield will pre-
'4-62 win. * recital in Moore Auditor-
vent to 8 P-m. Tuesday,
econd half^”® performance, booked by
sketball ^ean of students as part of
1® College lyceum series for the
itered tro tertainment of the student
npus wheW(jy^ Warfield’s second
ced the ^Pearance on the campus. He
Springs »s enthusiastically applauded
blizzard «ere igg2,
and his t' An Arkansas-born son of a Bap-
with the Wst minister, Warfield was cat-
> hours '•PPlted into the ranks of the
of the tr orij.g singers by his New
lext week'g®^lc debut — a recital in Town
1) * — March 1960. Since
®P he has given recitals and
'*c concert appearances on five
bnents, winning the praise of
ay
Newly appointed Laurel editor Allen Hayes (right) gives equally
new editor Chris Pappas of the Hilltop a sneak preview of the 1965
yearbook. The cover is black with silver lettering and the college seal
in metal inlay.
Conference on Missions
Attracts Mars Hillians
* *cs amj the adulation of music
around the world,
t ‘though he has given more
500 concerts in these 16
Warfield is probably best
'''P for three memorable per-
JPances.
! p.m. I960, without a screen test
a “name” Hollywood-
was signed by MGM for
Part of Joe in the new color
“Showboat.” In the
which featured Ava Gard-
, ^^h*Yn Grayson and Howard
“0l>’ Barfield sang the immortal
; ^jl^an River.”
the film was released in
'Pbl ’ audiences broke into
'^iti following Warfield’s ren-
, song.
■venin3^!\^jj^^ seven months during 1962
gave a history-making
as the star of the
version of the Gershwin-
d'+'M'd' opera “Porgy and Bess.”
expreiied regret that
wasn’t alive to thrill to
*®Jd’s soulful performance as
j*y.
Warfield starred as De
^ performance of the
want Negro musical “Green
pply on the NBC Television
Carolif'P^^’^oi-k’s Hallmark Hall of
, p-»- ^'5 great was the acclaim of
' ' Pia^^^^^ormance that popular de-
, ^osulted in a repeat perfor-
® two years later.
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Twenty-four Mars Hill students
plan to attend a missions confer
ence at Southeastern Baptist The
ological Seminary at Wake Forest,
Feb. 26-28.
The theme for this eighth an
nual conference will be “Face the
World—If you Dare.” The pur
pose of the conference is to help
students who are concerned about
their place and responsibility as
Christians in the world.
Two special seminars are
planned for the conference. One
seminar will discuss misisonaries
and mission work. The other will
concern the Peace Corps and will
be led by several Southeastern stu
dents who have participated in
the Corps.
Mars Hillians planning to at
tend the conference are Rick Gas
kin, Ruby Jones, Joe Cole, Mar
tha Penley, Judy Lowe, Joy Simp
son, Mack Keller, Dolly Lavery,
Faye Crutchfield, Gene Raymer,
Glenn Davenport, Ray Frazier,
Mary Ann Shearon, Nancy Piper,
Campus Calendar
Feb. 22, organ recital by Max
Smith of Southeastern Seminary.
Feb. 26, basketball game. Mars
Hill vs. Maryville at 5 p.m. Senior
voice recital by James Sides at
8 p.m.
Mar. 6, senior piano recital by
Robert Sinclair at 8 p.m.
Denny Hill, Ray Johnson, Lois
Shearon, James Colvin, Tony
Yates, Faye Shaw, Beverly Rush
ing, Linda Barbour, Martha Mor
ris and Linda Davidson.
An apparent “heart attack”
claimed the life of sophomore
James Frank Bradley Jr., 18,
of Lenoir, Wednesday. He
slumped to the floor while play
ing basketball in a physical
education class and died a few
minutes later in the infirmary
despite artificial respiration,
external heart massage, oxy
gen, a heart injection and other
efforts to save him.
Mars Hill’s student publications.
The Laurel and The Hilltop, got
new editors this week.
Chris Pappas, a junior from
Rowland, succeeded Steve R.
Spain, a junior from Chase City,
Va., as editor of the bi-weekly
newspaper. He had been sports
editor. Spain, editor since the
first of the school year, resigned
to devote more time to a heavy
academic load.
SGA Posts
Are Filled
Three vacancies on the Student
Court of the Student Government
Association have been filled re
cently.
The graduation of Senior Sen
ator Lynda Whitaker and the res
ignations of Junior Senator Es
telle Jordan and Sophomore Sen
ator Dave Hopstetter created va
cancies on the court.
Senator John Steen, chairman
of the Judicial Review Commit
tee recommended that SGA Treas
urer Steve Fleetwood and fresh
man senators Mary Owens and
Norman Eller be appointed to fill
the vacancies. The Senate accept
ed his recommendation.
A fourth vacancy has not yet
been filled. It is in the post of
deputy attorney general, from
which William M. Pruett has re
signed.
“It is with regret that the Stu
dent Senate accepts all of these
resignations,” SGA President Gary
Brookshire said. “These students
have labored at length and zeal
ously to make student govern
ment at Mars Hill College more
effective.”
Car Checkout
Made Easier
Automobiles may now be check
ed out of the student parking lot
by senior men after the Traffic
Control Office closes. All that is
required is that the owner fill
out the required information sheet
and drop it in a special box pro
vided in the parking lot.
This additional automobile priv
ilege was extended to senior men
by the faculty’s 'Traffic Commit
tee at a recent meeting. Attend
ing the meeting were Student
Government Association President
Gary Brookshire, Vice President
David Clapp and Senior Senators
C. B. Coleman and John Steen.
Hugh “Rocky” Transou, a jun
ior from Decatur, Ga., who has
been a member of the sports staff,
succeeds Pappas as sports editor.
Other positions remain the
same.
The staff of the 1965 yearbook.
The Laurel, which was only infor
mally organized during first se
mester, took on more efficient
lines with the appointment of so
phomore Allen Hayes of Hickory
as editor.
Other positions are filled by
Tom Remcho and Cynthia Ham,
assistant editors; Ben Floyd,
sports editor; and Ray Johnson,
student photographer. David In
man is doing the art work.
Staff members include Ron Al
dridge, David Sanderson, Denny
Hill, Sherri Taylor, Betty Pate,
Nanette Kuszmaul and Waynelle
Wilson.
Tracy Heath and Nancy Hall
were members of the staff first
seniester. Heath directed the
“Miss Laurel” pageant.
Production on the 1966 annual
is currently in high gear. Most
of the pictures have been sent to
the engraver and some of the copy
has been dispatched to the print
er. As much of the work as pos
sible will be completed by the
end of the month, Hayes said.
Shooting of several group pic
tures remains to be done as do
the selection and photographing
of seven outstanding seniors.
Proofreading is also an important
task still to be done.
The covers have been designed
and printed and four-color end
sheets of an attractive campus
scene are now being printed. De
livery of the books from the
bindery is expected in time to
begin campus-wide distribution by
mid-May, Hayes stated.
Student Art
On Exhibition
The student art exhibit now on
display in the gallery of the Fine
Arts Building will be featured for
the remainder of the month, ac
cording to Joe Chris Robertson,
head of the art department.
In addition to the paintings dis
played there, a ceramics exhibit
is currently being shown in the
library. It includes some unique
work by students.
The exhibitions are the prod
ucts of about six different art
classes involving approximately 35
students.