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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Volume XXXX
MARS HILL, N. C.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1965
Number 6
Dr. Bentley Named New President
Pam Culler ‘Miss Laurel’
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Pam Culler, a sparkling-eyed
onde from High Point, claimed
second beauty title in two
"’^eks Monday night when judges
*^amed her “Miss Laurel of 1966.”
freshman with plans to be-
'^Ohie an elementary teacher, Pam
just beginning to get accus-
pOied to the title “Miss High
oint” when three carefully ob-
^^fvant judges picked her as the
'^aippus beauty queen in the col-
°^®hl and exciting pageant in
oore Auditorium.
, Confidently wearing her iden-
tifi,
the
cation as Contestant No. 13,
golden-haired beauty capti-
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'’ated the judges as she paraded
Across the boardwalk in a strik-
*’Jg aqua evening gown and dis-
®yed promising talent as she
the theme from the movie
f-Xodus.”
Evidently she had projected
and personality Sunday
® fornoon, when the 18 contest-
faced personal interviews
the judges: Mrs. Robert Rid-
p® of Asheville, state senator
^ yde Norton of Old Fort and
cteran pageant judge Bill Glenn
^sheville.
, Punner-up in the two and a
hour pageant was Penny
,*^®yton, a lovely senior from
Asheville.
j, ”^be other three finalists were
Can Walker, Ann Johnson and
Cantrell.
Portraits of the winner and the
four other finalists will be fea
tured in an opening section of
the 1966 Laurel, which will be
distributed next May.
A change in policy by staff
members of the yearbook, which
sponsors the contest, resulted in
the announcement of the winner
at the pageant rather than keep
ing it a secret until the distribu
tion of the book, as had been
done in previous years.
The change cut short the reign
of “Miss Laurel of 1965,” sopho
more Jean Miller of Waynesville;
but she received a standing ova
tion from the audience Monday
night and summed up a full heart
in a moving farewell.
As the final duties of her reign
she gave fashion comments as
the contestants paraded in eve
ning gowns and then crowned
and caped her successor.
Designed and directed by Jim
Alexander around the song “My
Favorite Things,” the pageant
was the fourth such annual pro
duction to display campus beauty
and talent and pick a campus
beauty queen.
Master of Ceremonies Jim
Thomas, the stage band directed
by Wayne Pressley and a smooth
ly-functioning crew of on-stage
and behind-the-curtain personnel
carried out the program with pre
cision.
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ii,J^®Wly-crowned "Miss Laurel of 1966," Pam Culler, beai^ from her
j^one as fellow confestants join the audience m ^plaudmg her al
(1® climax of the pageant in Moore Auditoriu^ OAers shown are
Pft*? ^0 Gail Motley, Cammy McDonald, Judy Elaine Henson and Ann
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Dr. Fred Blake Bentley, a 30-
year old assistant dean and assist
ant professor at the University
of Louisville, will succeed Dr.
Hoyt Blackwell as president of
Mars Hill College next July 1.
That news was announced
Tuesday when the board of trus
tees unanimously voted to accept
the recommendation of a special
trustee committee appointed in
May 1964 to find a new president.
The youthful administrator was
present for the occasion, accom
panied by his wife, and prompt
ly accepted.
It was the young couple's sec
ond visit to the campus recently.
They were here briefly just be
fore the Thanksgiving holidays.
His letter of acceptance was
dated Nov. 24.
Scrib Has
‘No Exit’
Under the sponsorship of the
Scriblerus Club (English honor
club), a different and exciting
dimension of drama will debut
here next week with the produc
tion of a play entitled “No Exit,”
written by the French philoso
pher Jean-Paul Sartre.
For the first time the drama
division of Mars Hill’s English
Department will present a play
in the round, which is more aptly
described as in an arena theater.
For such a production the audi
ence is seated on the stage,
around the playing area.
Because of the nature of the
production, seating will be limit
ed to 96 persons per performance.
The play is to be given at 8 p.m.
on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday (Dec. 14-16) in Moore
Auditorium.
Admission will be open to off-
campus guests as well as to stu
dents and faculty members, all of
whom must reserve seats. Reser
vations may be made in Room
109 of the Office Building from
10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Immediately following the first
performance, a panel composed
of a minister, a psychiatrist and
a literary scholar will lead a dis
cussion of the play. After en
suing performances, discussions
will be conducted by members of
Scriblerus Club.
“No Exit” is a play designed
to provoke thought rather than
to entertain. The play has been
successfully produced on stage
and on film in both Europe and
America.
The cast for the performances
will include students Ann John
son, Dianne Jaynes and “Brick”
Tilley and James Thomas.
DR. BENTLEY
Dr. Blackwell, president since
1938, will officially retire; and
Dr. Bentley will officially assume
the presidency on July 1. He,
thus, will become only the third
president the college has had
since 1897.
A native of Roanoke, Va., Dr.
Bentley did his undergraduate
worji at Baylor University from
1954-58. He attended the Waco,
Texas, school on an athletic schol
arship as a high jumper on the
track team. His plans at the time
were for a career as a combina
tion church music director and
director of Christian education.
In 1958 he received a Bachelor of
Music degree in theory and con
ducting.
During the last two years of
his work at Baylor he was min
ister of music and youth activi
ties at a church in Calvert, Texas.
From 1958 until 1960 he studied
at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ky., earn
ing a Master of Religious Educa
tion degree. During those years
he was minister of recreation and
youth activities at Crescent Hill
Baptist Church.
He also served one summer
(1960) as assistant minister of the
Waverly Place Baptist Church in
Roanoke.
It was during his seminary
work that he became interested
in administration in higher edu
cation and decided to pursue a
doctorate in the field.
Enrolling in a newly-organized
department of higher education
at the University of Indiana, he
earned, in 1962, the Doctor of
Education degree in higher edu
cation and educational philoso
phy.
His doctoral dissertation, “An
Analysis of French Higher Edu
cation,” is based on first-hand re
search at the Institute Pedagog-
ique National and the Ministry
of Higher Education in Paris.
Following receipt of the doctor
ate he served two years (1962-64)
on the faculty in the department
of government at the University
of Indiana and, at the same time,
served as educational advisor to
the university’s international con
tract programs.
In 1964 he went to the Univer
sity of Louisville in his present
positions as assistant dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences and
assistant professor of education.
In addition to fulfilling his du
ties in these two positions he has
performed several other impor
tant functions at the 9,000-stu
dent university. He directed his
college’s self-study for accredita
tion and was a member of the
executive and steering commit
tees for self-study of the entire
university. He has directed aca
demic counseling and orientation
and registration programs within
his college; and he has served as
director of transitional studies
programs such as the accelerated
master’s degree program and di
rector of the honors program.
His experience in self-study
projects should be especially help
ful since Mars Hill is currently
engaged in such a self-study,
aiming toward accreditation as a
senior college.
Mrs. Bentley is the former Dor
is Phillips of Roanoke, Va., a
Mars Hill alumna from the Class
of 1956. They were married in
June after she finished here. They
have three children: Stephen
Blake, 8; Philip Alan, who will
be 4 in January; and Rhonda
Lynn, 2V2.
Tall (6-4) and trim, the new
president keeps in good physical
condition playing handball sev
eral times a week. He said Tues
day he was pleased when he
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Choirs Present
Yuletide Music
The College Chorus and the
Touring Choir, under the direc
tion of Joel Stegall, will present
a special program of music for
the Christmas season at 7:30 p.m.
Monday in Moore Auditorium.
The music will include “Gloria”
by Vivaldi and “Laud to the
Nativity” by Respighi. Accom
panists will include Mrs. Donna
Nagey, organ and harpsichord;
Sharon Roberts, piano; Norman
Selby, organ; and Dale Roberts,
oboe.
Soloists will include Mary Ann
Smith, Betty Slaton, Janet Snead
and Mrs. Kathy Young, sopranos;
Frances Walker, mezzo soprano;
and Terry Childers, tenor.