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olume XXXIX
^Ke Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars HiU College
MARS HILL. N. C., SATURDAY. MAY 22. 1965
Ntunber 15
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217 Await the Awarding of Degrees
it baseb*
Teachers Coming, Leaving
reate Changing Equation
een adin'
olina baS" Subtract seven, add two. That
the finafpears to be the temporary
faced > *(>re in a more-than-mathemati-
honor ' *1 task on which Dean R. M. Lee
against ' currently working,
the cou^ The figures concern teaching
■fsonnel.
ig to n®' In
s a rec®7ii(
addition to three persons
impending retirements have
were sn“feady
runs Mrs. Moyers and Mr.
all seaSO'JlPcg — appears that four
'Crs will also be leaving the
d up Wj^culty and two will be returning.
been reported — Dr.
.SSfii
nes he ^ *kerg
the esg are only temporary figures,
in and '^ever, for Dean Lee will an-
and Mrs. Robert Rich of
j^ftce the employment of others
ierson the summer,
the slen‘^*^l^r.
I him j”., I 'ftusic faculty will take leaves
reliefer \ absence to continue graduate
games at Eastman School of Mu-
igh Maf the University of Rochester
pleted
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gh, i^triome he
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Given
hits he
liJ'i
Lynne Wilson, sophomore
rs for pin Spj-ngg pine, has been elect-
^ Miss Home Economics” for
^ highest honor among coeds
r°te ^ uA^ed in the department,
lon-va Her selection
tha was revealed
Monday night at
the final meet-
i n g of the
school year of
the Mars Hill
College Chapter
of the American
Home Econom
ics Association,
in the chapters
this year, she is recorder
iJhe chapter and also a state
.officer.
’'other high point of the final
U iK^’"g was the installation of
I officers. They included Mel-
Hawkins, chairman; Nancy
m chairman; Beth
second vice chairman;
Howell, secretary; Sylvia
.SP!
ivoult^
xt
’’'ght, reporter; Maxine Plem-
treasurer; Grace Taylor,
Carol
ijfield, de-
“"al chair-
and Linda
refresh-
1:
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\6
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active
chair-
w e r e
?ed to 13
ors of the i , .
in rec- Hawkln*
■’on of their service through-
^'uis school year: Mary Dennis,
Blanchard, Beth Douglas,
Jo Plemmons, Frances Stew-
jl^hannon Waldo, Mary Lynne
Melba Hawkins, Saundra
Carol Hunt, Glenda Rob-
Jo Wells and Bee Mayo.
Mary Howell, head of the
! *^fnent, and Miss Carol Ken-
other member of the de-
ontal staff, are advisors to
”^apter.
(N.Y.). He will be working to
ward a doctorate; she, toward a
masters.
Allen Pingel of the science de
partment has accepted a graduate
instructorship at the University
of South Carolina, where he will
be working for a doctorate in bi
ology.
William Elliott of the English
staff has resigned to accept a
scholarship at the University of
Alabama, where he plans to study
for a doctorate in English.
Joseph Taylor, who joined the
faculty here in 1960 and has been
on a leave of absence for the last
two school years, will return to
the science department. He has
been working on a Ph.D. in botany
at Auburn University.
Also returning from a leave is
Mrs. Lou Therrell. She will return
this summer to take up teaching
duties in the education depart-
men. She has been in graduate
school this year at Appalachian
State Teachers College in Boone.
Other faculty members current
ly on leaves of absence include
Bill Sherwood, biology; Anna
Hines, music; Dick Hoffman, po
litical science; David Knisley, his
tory; Page Lee, religion; Haskell
Ezell, physical education; Mrs.
Pat Ezell, house economics.
(The hiring of a new coach and
physical education instructor was
announced Monday and is report
ed on Page 4 of this issue.)
Yearbooks
A vailable
Honor positions in the 1966
Laurel are shared by Miss Vir
ginia Hart, a 20-year veteran of
the faculty, and Miss Jean Mil
ler, who is just completing her
first year here.
The attractive yearbook was
dedicated in chapel Thursday to
Miss Hart. At the same time.
Editor Allen Hayes revealed Miss
Miller’s selection as the featured
beauty of the book, “Miss Laurel
of 1965.” She succeeds Jo Wells.
For Miss Hart the dedication
was a repeat of the 1955 book,
which also paid tribute to her.
Miss Miller was the choice of
television star Andy Griffith from
among seven finalists in the “Miss
Laurel” contest.
Distribution of the annuals will
continue in the student publica
tion office in the Montague Build
ing through the close of school.
Only those certified by the bur
sar as having settled their college
accounts are eligible for a copy.
Faculty member* may purchase
a copy through the Student Cen
ter. The price Is $5.25.
Preliminary work on the 1966
Laurel has already begun. Rising
senior Tracy Heath has been
named editor; other positions will
be filled in the fall.
“Anyone who wants to work
on the 1966 book should give me
his or her name before leaving
school,” Heath said.
Future Teachers Improve
On National Exam Scores
Judging by the National Teach
er Exams, Mars Hill’s corp of
school teachers are getting smart
er every year.
Scores for 141 seniors who took
the extensive national exams in
February have just been received
by the education department.
They Indicate that this year’s stu
dents did a little better than last
year’s.
In 1964 the average score for
76 Mars Hillians taking a com
mon exam was 557. This year it
is 673. This year’s average for
North Carolina and the nation are
668 and 585 respectively.
A score of 450 is required for
certification in the state. Only
four Mars Hillians fell below this
level.
The lowest score in 1964 was
416; the lowest this year is 417.
A look at the Mars Hillians in
comparison to the rest of the na
tion on the common exam shows
46 in the lowest 25 per cent; 46
in the next lowest 25 per cent;
33 in the next^to-highest 26 per
cent and 18 in the top 25 per cent.
Highest score on the common
exam, which covers general edu
cation, was 768 achieved by Thom
as Ashworth. This indicates he is
among the top three per cent in
the nation.
Other high scores on the general
exam included Mrs. Bonita Mc-
Carson’s 748, Patsy Corbin’s 722,
Peggy Evans’ 715, Rex Reece’s
715 and Barbara Nell Smith’s
702.
In addition to the common exam,
most of the students took an
exam testing their knowledge of
the area of their teaching spe
cialty. Ken Murray in music and
Kay Brooks in elementary edu
cation topped all Mars Hillians
with 790 scores. This ranks them
in the 98th percentile across the
nation.
Highest scores in other areas
were as follows: English, Mrs. Mc-
Carson, 760; business, Ruth Rich
ardson, 720; art, Mary Lou New
man, 710; biology, David Mont-
ross, 690; history, Rex Reece, 680;
home economics, Terry Sinclair,
660; mathematics, Barry Ashe,
650; physical education, Diane
Vaughn, 660.
Mrs. McCarson’s combined score
of 1508 was the highest in the
Mars Hill group. Others with
high combined totals were Kay
Brooks 1484, Ken Murray 1483,
Ashworth 1668, Patsy Corbin
1462, Linda Ayscue 1435,: Bar
bara Nell Smith 1432, Carolyn
Rhodes 1413 and Joyce Dunlap
1407.
Sunday, May 30, will climax
four years of diligent study for
217 Mars Hill seniors when they
graduate at 3 p. m. in Moore Au
ditorium.
Activities for the day will be
gin with the baccalaureate service
at 11 a. m. Because of the lack
of seating accommodations, the
service will be held in Moore Au
ditorium rather than in the local
church as has been the custom in
recent years.
The speaker
for the morn
ing service will
be Dr. Henry
E. Turlington,
minister of the
University Bap
tist Church in
Chapel Hill.
Speaker for
Turlington the graduation
exercises will be Dr. Alvin Keppel,
executive director of the Pied
mont University Center in Win
ston-Salem. The Center is a cor
poration through which Mars Hill
and 16 other colleges in the state
cooperate for improvement and en
richment of their academic, fi-
Two Clubs
Authorized
Organizing of two social-serv
ice clubs — one for men and the
other for women — has been ap
proved by the Administrative
Council.
Approval came last week after
Bill Pruett, David Clapp, Libby
Weathers and Betty Pate appeared
before the Council to discuss the
proposed clubs and to answer
questions.
One Council member asked how
much emphasis the clubs would
place on service projects and how
much on social activities, Clapp
replied that the by-laws proposed
for the new clubs specify the divi
sion of club funds on an 86-16
basis with the smaller amount go
ing to social activities.
Council members appeared im
pressed with high goals pro
posed for the clubs and reassured
that the organizing of the two
groups will not create more prob
lems than they help solve.
The Council did stipulate that
no similar clubs shall be estab
lished until the initial two have
had opportunity to prove their
worth and to be evaluated, prob
ably by tbe end of the 1965-66
fall semester.
The new clubs will officially
add a new dimension to campus
organizations, service projects.
Five Selected
Five Mars Hillians are among
285 collegians throughout the
state selected to participate in the
second annual summer anti-pov
erty program sponsored by the
North Carolina Volunteers.
Picked from over 800 appli
cants were Diane Coltrain, Bren
da Stallings, Charles Felts,
Dwight Childers and Carol Ken
dall.
nancial and cultural programs.
Immediately prior to the gradu
ation, Mrs. Donna Robertson of
the music faculty will give an
organ recital.
Awarding degrees to 127 wom
en and 112 men will be President
Hoyt Blackwell. The 217 figure
includes 106 Bachelor of Art, 97
Bachelor of Science, 3 Bachelor
of Music and 12 Bachelor of Mu
sic Education degrees.
Twenty-two other students will
participate in the commencement
exercises. Ten will be awarded
Associate in Arts diplomas for the
completion of two-year courses.
The other 12 will receive com
mercial certificates for the com
pletion of one-year terminal cours
es in business.
The 217 gn:aduates compare
with 146 degree graduates last
year; however, receiving the
“sheepskins” this year will be
those who completed requirements
for graduation in summer school
last year and first semester as well
as those just now completing their
work.
Various other
activities are
planned for the
H days immediate
ly prior to grad
uation. A stu
dent art exhibit
will open at 4
p. m. Friday
(May 28) on
Keppel the mezzanine
of the Fine Arts Building. The
annual meeting of the Board of
Trustees will begin at 10:30, Sat
urday in the Science Buiuding.
The Business meeting of the
Alumni Association will be that
afternoon at 3:30 in Moore Audi
torium. At 4:00 the classes of
1900, 1906, 1910, 1916, 1920,
1925, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1946,
1960, 1956, 1960 will hold re
unions. Following this the alum
ni banquet will be held at 5:30.
Guest speaker will be Dr. H. Wal
ton Connelly, secretary of the
Training Union Department of
Baptist General Association in
Virginia.
Following the banquet the de
partments of drama and music
will present the musical “Little
Mary Sunshine” in Moore Audi
torium.
Members of the graduating
class, their parents and friends
will be welcomed to the banquet
If reservations are made for them
In advance through the Alumni
Office in the Montague Building.
Courses Added
Two courses not listed in the
summer school bulletin will be
offered during the first session,
June 7 - July 13, John Hough,
head of the department of educa
tion, announced this week.
Dr. George Kincaid will teach
Education 41, American educa
tion, and Psychology 21, general
psychology.
Psychology 22 will be offered
during the second session. Hough
said.
Anyone planning to attend sum
mer school should notify Dean R.
M. Lee immediately.