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Page Two THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C. March 6. hrch 6. Symposium Evokes Ideas Beauty Surrounds The mountains are beautiful in each season, but sometimes we become so accustomed to them that we fail to appreciate their beauty. Our good fortune in living in such a beauty- surrounded environment was emphasized twice Monday night by noted newsman How ard K. Smith in his symposium address. Explaining one of his proposals for helping the nation improve its internal condition, Smith said the cities “should be made beauti ful.” “You perhaps do not realize it living here surrounded by these beautiful mountains,” he said, “but most Americans live in ugly sur roundings.” Such emphasis should spur us to a little better and more frequent appreciation of the geography of our campus. It should help us understand what the psalmist meant when he said, “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” 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- lished 16 times during the college year. PRESS Volume XXIX March 6. 1965 No. 10 STAFF Editor-in-Chief Chris Pappas News Editor Cecelia Butler Advertising Manager Bill Fowler Sports Editor Rocky Transou Assistant Sports Editor Jim Dyer Feature Editor Bessie Cline Circulation Manager Ricke Cothran Typists Nellie Jolley, Ron Whitworth Religion Reporter Dolly Lavery WRA Reporter Pam Hunt Reporters Eugene Richardson, Jerri Beck, Marietta Atkins, Martha Penley, Jimmy Daughtry, Joy Comer Faculty Advisor Walter Smith LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS After weeks of anticipation the spring sym posium has come and gone. Looking back over the week of events we must now decide the value and service they rendered us. Catchy sayings such as Howard K. Smith’s new meaning of “revolutions per minutes” will remain impressed upon our minds, but we must hope that we will consider what each speaker said was his personal interpretation of the best way to overcome contemporary problems. We should not feel, therefore, that the speaker’s evaluation was totally wrong nor, on the other hand, feel that all he said was totally correct. A speaker can only lay before us his evalu ation of problems and their answers as he sees them, but we as individuals must absorb some as fact, and discard the rest. For this reason it seems to me that we would do well in the future to have opposing views given to us in a manner so that both sides could be seen. For example, Mr. Smith was quite zealous in his praise of President John son’s “War on Poverty Program,” but this was only one view. If we also had a speaker of the opposing point of view, equally as qualified to present his views, we truly would have a deep er basis for making our own personal evalu ation and learning in a true sense. A suggestion which both Dr. Underwood and Mrs. Jolley think has merit is that we might possibly have weekly symposiums to inspire both the students and teachers to a deeper learning and solving of our problems. Thus, there would not be such pressure upon us as there has been in one concentrated week of events but a constant working toward this end all school year long. Regardless of whether this suggestion can be initiated or not, the spring sjnnposium has proven itself of value to Mars Hill College, and we hope that it can become a permanent event on our campus. \A/iTH that C^eXCEFTlOti VlP'fQL} Scratchpad Scribblings... Campus pranks are always in evidence here at Mars Hill. One of the more recent displays of trickery occurred last week when several of Tommy Hughes’ friends, upon discovering that it was his birthday, took him sev eral miles down the road and made him walk back. Tom Jones, Gary Brookshire, Larry Buchanan, Ron Harvey, Craig Greene and Mac Watson, feeling rather adventuresome, went to see the Brown Mountain lights near Morganton last Friday night. They left MHC around midnight and returned in the wee hours Saturday morning. A rash of auto accidents seems to be plaguing Mars HiUians. John Steen and Chris Seaton were in the hospital for several days as a result of their accident two weeks ago. Then last Satur day sophomore Jimmy Richard son had a $500 “bump” in Ashe ville in his new Chevelle. Luck ily no one was seriously injured. George Evat and a carload of other MHC students drove over to Asheville last week for dinner one evening. Instead of coming back to campus after their meal the group wound up in Cherokee. Needless to say there were some sleepy eyes in those eight o’clock classes the next day. Jerry Stroupe’s 1951 six-cyl inder Plymouth made it all the way from Girl’s Hill to Mrs. Vann’s on two cylinders. While Jerry’s attention was diverted by some cute lass. Gene Richardson loosened four spark plug wires. Bet you’ll keep your eyes open next time, Jerry! • • • OL &eii They rang the churchbells late last night. I rose in bed all pale with fright, A question showing in my eyes. (They ring the bells when some one dies.) Whose soul, now dead to earthly love. Did the bells ring in honor of? Who fixed his steps toward heaven’s throng To match the rhythm of that song? Who dallied on the way to hell A little slower than the bell? And wished its mournful sound might stay His footsteps on the foredoomed way? Who left behind a trail of grief Doubtful hearts and disbelief? Who wrapped death’s secrets in his shroud? I shuddered as the bells rang loud. Men stare at death with sightless eyes. (They ring the bells when some one dies And there is in that cryptic bell No surety of heaven nor hell.) —Joy Comer Dear Sir: In the last issue of the Hilltop it was stated on the sports page that there would be no track team this year. I would like to say that this situation is not due to the spirit or interest of the boys who have participated in this sport in previous years. Having a personal interest in the matter, I interviewed Mr. Bryson H. Tilson, who is in charge of the track’s construc tion. He stated that the reason the track is not finished is be cause of “bad weather” and “not enough man-power.” When asked if funds were in sufficient, he answered that mon ey was no problem in this proj ect. He said special material for the completion of the bed of the track had been ordered, and he promised that the track would be ready for us next year. Our track men started training on their own time back in De cember. Running down the pub lic roads of Mars Hill in cold weather and snow was certainly no fun. Now that it is time for the regular season to start, they find that all their valuable time and energy was wasted and that their abilities are seemingly not wanted this year. Having looked forward to a new track to run on for two years, the track team has certainly been slighted. —Eugene David Richardson Body Student Elections Cruci A S€ Editor's note: The election of our student body and' dent Government Association president, vice president' retary and treasurer — the highest student offices on campus — is scheduled for March 18. Believing that hiL periences this year as president have given him keen imh into the kind of persons needed for these offices, the HT i asked Gary Brookshire to write the following ^itorial-^^ starl ae Norl The time is rapidly approaching when students of Mars Hill College will elect tU student government representatives for P^ogr 1965-66 school year. As president of the * dent Government Association this year, I that a word of caution should be issued to those interested in holding office and to responsible for placing them there. ® "Unteers The concept has been developed by sd divided students on our campus that holding an offtdents ea whether it be in the SGA or in some oti North C organization, is nothing more than a sta^The i965 symbol through which the individual can teks Thi press his popularity to his fellow studentstve room well as to himself. To hold such beliefs irnorarium sad mistake as far as the Mars Hill Col%j Student Government Association is concerrbQ® In a governing body it takes more than jkjJ. a “good guy” to make the wheels of progC operate effectively. ®D^h'^° Being a young organization on campus, Negro SGA requires the sincere interest and enthi'*' team’s • —ribr asm of those in positions of leadership. W'We did i out this feeling of dedication it will be iml|ss Kenda sible for our governing body to make the Wdren to vancements which are so desperately neei^tures at this particular phase in the life of before ^issKen, If each of us as students would realize ff'^^ental importance of the Student Government Ass!^®°p’s .. ., ... .. . ... ation as the organization through which Th are able to voice our onininns enneori^^^^^P'^ed with '^6 inforr are able to voice our opinions concer campus life, I am convinced that more sideration would be given to the qualityj,,. persons elected to fill positions of represe^^^PS tion. , '^1 and A .u • find. Another point to consider is the amount %en time involved in carrying out one’s dutieS'fe fa^in a representative of the students. Active was ticipation in the SGA will require a cert^'l stated amount of sacrifice on the part of those fs were volved in order to achieve profitable res4*t from their endeavors. In order to participj the faml effectively members of the student gov^'tustriai e ment must be willing to limit their other ack^tliss Ken ities, enabling themselves to concentrate ni^ "'ork is fully on the tasks involved in self-governm®^heat jg I am certain that growth will be evident *’*•» the Student Government Association of Hill College if it is led by those sinceb dedicated to its purposes and who are will* to give of their time for the future devel' ment of their college and its student body' —Gary Brookshire If They Can Why Can’t Wt Now that we’ve seen what a symposia looks and sounds like and know some of virtues and its shortcomings, we as stud®’ might be intrigued by the details of a stud®’ planned symposium at Wake Forest Collet Bannered as “Challenge ’65,” the con^' tion-symposium is scheduled for Mar. if' Its focus will be on “The Emerging Worlf the American Negro.” An impressive of speakers and 600 student delegates campuses throughout the Eastern Uoi States are expected to participate. Increased student and community ness of contemporary world affairs, ra than final solutions to existing problem^ the goal of the symposium. One of the most interesting facts about | symposium is that it has been entirely or^^, ized and directed by the students. Four r iors have directed nearly three dozen ®>t" students in securing the speakers and in ing $11,000 to finance the venture. To suggest a similar role for Mars HiH dents next year might be asking a littl® much at a fledgling senior college, but something to work toward. Shirt SEl on CREIG more T1 w X
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