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Page Two THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C. December 11. 196'December True Christmas Yours to Know Excellent Job Monday night’s “Miss Laurel” pageant was a fine indication of the capable way in which students can carry out an idea when they have the necessary freedom and cooperation. The entire performance, from the operation of the lights and the stage preparation to the talent and beauty displays, went off with pre cision. It was a genuine tribute to teamwork. The large group of workers, both those of ficially connected with the pageant and the volunteers, are to be congratulated. Especially to be singled out is Jim Alex ander, who designed the show and directed it from start to finish. It’s a tremendous task and Jimmy did a fine job. Lining up three capable judges, in itself, is no easy task. Pam Culler will, no doubt, prove to be a worthy “Miss Laurel”. She has an abundance of natural beauty, she displays a good per sonality and she has a quality of gentleness about her that captivates. A final word of appreciation is appropriate for the 17 runners-up. None should be em barrassed that she did not win. Each should take pride in being a part of a production well done. It just goes to show what students can do when they are given some freedom and cooperation. Published by the Students of Mars Hill College Q"he Hilltop Box 486-T, Mors HUl. N. C. ALL-AMERICAN Second-class postage paid at Mars Hill, N. C. Pub- ^ lished 16 times during the college year. Volume XXXX December 11, 1965 No. 6 STAFF THIS ISSUE Rita Propst, Caroline Pond, Tracy Heath, Clarence Young, Sue Siegwarth, Nellie Jolley Circulation Manager Ricke Cothran Faculty Advisor Walter Smith LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Welcome, Dr. Bentley^^o There is a Christmas Spirit. Through a haze of silver trees, jingling money and hungry- eyed children it has come again. But it did not come loudly, or flashily, like dime store Santas or gaudy shop windows. Instead it came quietly, clothed in the reverence that betokens the real spirit of Christmas. Who was first to discover the true spirit of Christmas? No one knows for certain; how ever, it is sure that a power greater than mortal prompted three learned men to gather rich gifts and cross boundless lands to find a tiny child in a stable. A force stronger than mortal threw a great flaming star into the black Judean sky to spangle the night with such glory that shepherds saw it, marveled and came in search of the miracle in a manger. Perhaps it was the littlest shepherd boy who found the Christmas spirit first, he who was the last to arrive at the nativity because his legs were too short to keep up with the others. He came quickly, the smallest figure present, with shining eyes and rumpled hair. Eagerly he ran up to the wooden manger and looked in. Then it happened. A feeling more awesome, yet more wonderful than any other in his short life warmed the littlest shepherd with a holy fire. This feeling of unceasing joy and gratefulness spilled over from his heaped-up heart and spread to every other heart there. Mary smiled. Everyone smiled, but the small est shepherd had the gladdest smile of all. He knew that he had found the spirit of Christ mas that would make this night into a Christ Mass. How well he knew that forevermore this wondrous spirit would remain and the world would rejoice in its salvation. Have you caught the Christmas spirit yet? Offer a fervent prayer of thankfulness and you will. —Reprinted from The HILLTOP December 13, 1958 '‘Pont wo&i^y a^out '^upent special' — JU^T CS-ET M& A gallon 0E nAT-=''P:// to the editor ... Editor's Note: The following letter from Columnist Bill Smothers of the "Western Carolinian" was received too lote for the lost issue. Dear Editor: In your last edition you re printed my column entitled “Fac ets”. Since its appearance in your newspaper I have received several letters from students at Mars Hill. As of yet none of them have expressed any con demnation. Quite the contrary, they have been letters of mutual agreement and were indeed ap preciated both by me and by the editor of our newspaper. In one letter I was informed that I had erred. I would like to take this opportunity to apol ogize for having written about the distance rule between a boy and a girl. I acknowledge my error as being credited to misin formation received from a for mer student, i.e., a former Mars Hillian. I understand that the rule does not exist now, but had previously. At least this is the information I gleaned in a letter from one of your present stu dents. Seriously, I appreciate the in terest expressed in your reprint of my column. Even though some of the letters were anonymous, it is good to know that people read the newspapers and express their opinions. —Respectfully, Bill Smathers Western Carolina College Dear Sir: You may not care, but I have written to you before. Since you were considerate enough (or hard up for copy) to publish my prev ious contributions, I shall try my luck again. C^liridtmaS When without are wind and snow. Warmer is the fire’s red glow. When sleet is freezing on the rafter. Merrier are the songs and laughter. Winter has no chill nor dole If it is summer in the soul. The blizzard does no harm If the house is warm. And if the heart is gay. It is Christmas every day. — ROMAN S. GORSKI The announcement this week of the trus. Former s tees’ selection of youthful Dr. Fred Bentle’^'^ured in as the next president caught quite a few wher us by surprise. There had been persistec^’^®'^ Chapel rumors around the campus, but few knew tin®'' from a p announcement was forthcoming. near : Naturally everyone is eager to find out ^^rlej about Dr. Bentley. A news story elsewheiij^®'’"* stomai in this issue should help some, but it Thanks actually take quite a while to evaluate tin and is full impact of Dr. Bentley’s selection. r,, ^^tistics Edi No doubt the process is working in the °PSouth )site direction too; Dr. Bentley is probablljUg posite trying to learn all he can about us and aboU j^ Hill Mars Hill, although he undoubtedly enough to convince him that this is a place to cast his lot. ■and 39 Bi go^'lor universi With 7,12 forest with These next few weeks and months will bder, ahead i highly important for students and faculty ^lard Colleg ° well as for Dr. Bentley, the alumni, the Bapmond, tists of North Carolina and other groups, ^‘dssippj here on the campus must be careful not *‘Simmons c^ rush the new man with our questions, oihnan, Ouchit- problems or our proposals. Such can come ^®"d Ogg V due time. Saturday S These next few months, however, will giv^bert jjutc us all some fresh opportunities — opportui'i''W of the ties to make new resolutions, to put aside are op prejudices and complaints, to grow up issue reach out, to ask ourselves what we can d'j'''^kges are to contribute to the advancement of the colleges lege and to pray for God’s guidance in more i: My current topic is student- faculty relationships — which, I believe this paper has also edi torialized on recently. Anyone the least bit familiar with Mars Hill College can see that there is not much genuinely friendly exchange or conversa tion — call it whatever you like — between the students and the faculty members outside the classroom. Many of the teachers hurry off to their offices or homes or other responsibilities as soon as the class ends. Some of them barely make themselves available for confer ences any time. Their office hours posted on the door are a joke. Whatever help a student gets from them must be obtained strictly during the class period. Needless to say, this is discour aging to some of us who need and want additional assistance and sometimes just plain com pany. I was under the impres sion that an understanding and helpful faculty was one of the supposed assets of a Christian college. It looks to me like what this college needs is an old-fashion heart-warming revival. Maybe that would warm up some of these cold faculty members and make them more sympathetic to the needs of their students. Don’t get me wrong; not all the faculty members are unfriendly and unconcerned. Please don’t use my name on this letter. A couple of my teach ers might get upset. I just want ed to get this suggestion off my chest, and I thought if you print it some others who feel as I do will be glad to see it too. —Thank you. critical years just ahead. Welcome, Dr. Bentley; we’re behind 100 per cent! defe yoi- ^eiense in With Qtiality of Thinking DUhon on tioi Hon anoth otest McKir As Most Vital Concertl'^ a new senior college, small and tarian, we have been challenged on seveiH occasions to determine our purpose in world of higher education. Perhaps it will hurt to consider this matter again. | Chris M We cannot hope to compete with the larg^ state-supported universities either in size ®- enrollment or in the spectacular nature of i-ij, ri D At U et( all the can list ^Ars search ventures. We 'must then concentra'| on the quality of thought that we as bers of an intellectual community inspire each other. We must seek to develop op^'JI minded, critical, soul-searching individual who can maintain their personal integri^’ wherever they go. As I began to consider this article, sol"! thoughts came to me which made me shU" der. Suppose my brother, or yours, shoU*‘ enroll at Mars Hill while struggling with doubts and questions which come to all in the adolescent years and should find self surrounded by those supposedly enlig^'J ened individuals who, by their unwillingu^q to meet new ideas, suggest that they are secure in their own faith. Suppose a public school teacher who has ceived his training at Mars Hill should be ai. preached by a ninth grader with a biolo^j text in one hand, a Bible in the other, aj* questions on his tongue. What might be tragic consequences if that teacher were aj', only to stutter in stupid ignorance or to liver some pat, unsatisfactory answer? EDWi Let B HI 689-2 Suppose a Mars Hill-trained pastor, confronted by an attractive young debutaP^|% who sobs a confession that she is “in troubk- should be prepared, because of his shelte"^ 1 vacuity, only to retrieve his dentures fr'’'^! the floor and then deliver a stern lecta" > which he has memorized for such occasio]’’' Is it possible that Mars Hill has already eO'! cated some of the Southern Baptist lead®/! who today remain comfortably silent on k | urgent issue of race relations? ! Need I proceed? Shallow thought is if/; 1 sponsible and dangerous. The complicat^ | frustrating time in which we live requib | that Christian thought, if it is relevant, vital and imaginative. Mars Hill must pr®'.! its own relevancy by challenging its studeF| to think deeply. The shallow thought of Cb"!' | tians whose only virtues are “cloistered” ' tues will strike the death knell for Christk/l ity sooner than all the intellect of a thous®'*' | atheists. H, —Dwight Childers
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