uary 15, 19i
cThe Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
P^olume XXXX
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1966
Number 8
Shoe Outpolls Baskin
For Senior President
pong
Feated
Tommy Shoe edged John Bas-
for the vacated position of
President of the senior class in a
^Pecial election conducted Tues-
by the Student Government
^®ociation.
Shoe succeeds Rick Cothran,
**'°**^n«l'completed his degree re-
jJ. I ?P*rements at the end of the first
tnpionship
feated Skipf m the race to fill a vacancy in
15 and 24- e Senate from the junior class,
^ Ward and Dennis Hill
f a/I '^PPcd a majority of the votes
Jim Fox but neither had
five finalists’ ^P^Ugh to win. A runoff will be
le was set « ^'^b. 10.
night for tt j results of a campus poll
s and doub'* Thursday during the chapel
published in some
k the singl' tf" as possible, Jim
0 Brink'*’ coordinator.
Student K'*
member
loubles cr
)layers Skipf j
lavanaugh
;r ■' .
Shortage
Causes Change
Th,
c feature for the spring pro-
ction resoh'* ^ —
1 in favor • p, “°n by the Dramateers has
10 bested *1* but the performance
and 16-5 ]2 ^ Remains the same. Mar. 11-
rown in
to take
tl* 5A plan to produce the celebrat-
tbP' , faina “J.B.” was altered when
andings. hi **^t*^^icient number of persons
lip decision lbs!? for the play last week.
IV niP-hts a ca!,® “Ghosts,” which requires
tl' stj, f of only five, has been sub-
j Men s 1“"' Tryouts were held Mon-
pionship. T'j, Tuesday,
ouch footb«* ‘® Dramateers are also busy
Of plans for the district festival
‘be
bo
front in sth^
Men’s bay
ping P"
accumulr
c Carolina Dramatic Associa-
ts toward s,, ’ 'vhich will be held here on
lif |Prday, Mar. 19.
next in
Original play “Lassas Bilin
followed 1;
,d Treat has - °
PI ^n submitted in the CDA’s
i
^ tpg >, Richard Dillingham
bmitted in the (
If a CDA
J'P'ittee in Chapel Hill decides
j it york is ready for production,
{ produced by the Drama-
I Ch fbe state-wide festival in
I ®Pel Hill in April.
Chapel
I ^^edules Set
the campus movie and the
schedules for the next two
\ ^ are affected by Focus
hdpd'd-d'd-d^'l , THb . , ■
i f'^^o movies slated in
I Q{ A Auditorium are “Birdman
ipi A j Cps, ®otraz,” starring Burt Lan-
p r.l jU { "PaAL 8 o’clock tonight and
Laurel
in
ENTS
i Tjp ®afe” with Henry Fonda at
^ Monday (Feb. 7).
chapel services next week
i W ■ 8 and 10) will be prepara-
fo Focus Week. On Tuesday
tho
hiovie “The Parable” will be
It was presented at the
Center of the recent
I — — -
I '*0ps’World’s Fair and was
j by many critics as the
an.
18!
-d-d-d-H'd"*'
fj^^ovie at the fair,
bojj ^^®day a dramatic presenta-
produced by
'''ill k ^®Ifon and David Jones,
V featured. It will interpret
t^ ^ocus Week theme “Chris-
and ’a Go Go.”
Focus Week Will Feature
Varied 10-Member Team
A campus-wide contest, spon
sored by SGA, is currently under
way to obtain an official college
fight song. A prize will be award
ed to the student whose lyrics are
chosen. Wayne Pressley and Joel
Stegall of the Music Department
will select music to fit the words.
An election to choose a succes
sor to Scott Samuels cis treasurer
of the freshman class will be held
Feb. 10, SGA president Chris
Pappas announced earlier this
week.
Derby Day, another SGA-spon-
sored event, has been scheduled
for April 30. It will consist of
numerous field events with the
winners being awarded cash
prizes. Included in the activities
will be a dunking event, stilts
race, jello plunge, chariot race
and a greased shaft contest.
Plans also are being made for
some light, popular entertainment
in Moore Auditorium that eve
ning to climeix the day’s program,
an SGA spokesman said.
Circulation of petitions for the
four student body offices of presi
dent, vice president, secretary and
treasurer for 1966-67 may begin
Feb. 15. They must be completed
and filed with the SGA elections
committee by Mar. 1. Regula
tions governing the election are
listed in the Student Handbook.
HE Topic
Is Decorating
Flower arrangements with em
phasis on Valentine decorations
will be the topic of discussion at
the Home Economics Chapter’s
first meeting of the spring semes
ter at 7 p.m. next Thursday (Feb.
10).
Guest speaker will be Glenn
McCoy, senior who is associated
with the local florist.
Members of the chapter are
currently engaged in four major
projects: (1) planning the con
struction of a puppet show which
can be loaned to Western North
Carolina high schools; (2) work
ing out details for a spring fash
ion show; (3) coordinating plans
to participate in a state-wide
home ec workship at East Caro
lina College later this term; and
(4) accumulating points which
will make them eligible to par
ticipate in the chapter’s “Miss
Home Economics of 1966” con
test. (Attendance at chapter
meetings, service to the club and
other activities net the individual
members points, 200 of which are
required to be eligible for the
title.)
Chapter officers for the spring
semester include Frances Stewart,
chairman; Maxine Plemmons,
first vice chairman; Carol Whit
field, second vice chairman; Fran
Carter, secretary; Donna Wil
liams, treasurer; Sylvia Fulbright
and Ginger Owens, reporters; Ann
King and Sally Spaulding, re
freshment committee co-chair
men; and Diane Costner, histor
ian.
Christian Focus Week, a period
of special emphasis on spiritual
values, religious questions and
current theology, will be observed
on the campus week after next,
Feb. 14-18.
A 10-member team of mature
Christian leaders from various
walks of life will be on the cam
pus to direct the week’s events,
answer questions, raise questions
and to share themselves and their
experiences with interested stu
dents and faculty members.
Dr. WiUiam C. Smith, Jr., will
serve as coordinator for the week.
He is secretary of the Department
of Student Work for the Baptist
Visiting team members for the forthcoming Focus Week include
(I. to r., top to bottom) Dr. Bill Smith, coordinator; James A. Cannon:
Edwin S. Preston. Jr.; Dr. Dorothy E. Pitman; Howard Hovde; Wil
liam F. Wilson; James Y. Greene: James M. Dabbs; and Mrs. Claire
C. Hill. Not pictured. Dr. Robert P. Crouch.
Dean’s List Honors 44
A total of 44 students — 24
women and 20 men — achieved
sufficient grades during the first
semester to earn a place on the
dean’s honor list, the registrar’s
office announced this week.
The honor is reserved for reg
ular students who compile a qual
ity point ratio of 2.5 on a mini
mum of twelve semester hours.
Choral Clinic Due
If the weatherman cooperates,
approximately 300 students from
36 high schools throughout the
western half of the state will be
on the campus next Friday and
Saturday (Feb. 11-12) for the
17th annual choral clinic spon
sored by the college Music De
partment.
Loren Davidson, professor of
voice at LSU, will instruct and
direct the visiting musicians in
an extensive collection of fine
choral music. The workshop will
be climaxed Saturday evening
with a public concert in Moore
Auditorium.
Elwood Roberts of the MHC
music faculty plans and coordin
ates the clinic each year.
A breakdown shows 14 seniors,
seven juniors, 10 sophomores and
13 freshmen on the list.
Seniors—Linda Brooks, Dwight
Childers, Craig Greene, Mrs.
Judy Halyburton, Melba Hawk
ins, Rhea Lineberger, Dorothy
McIntosh, Jackie MitcheU, Ron
nie Owen, Chris Pappas, Rita
Propst, Mrs. Caroline Ramirez,
Lary Smith and Fred Steen.
Juniors — Linda Kay Bumgar
ner, Charles William Deweese,
Mrs. Ann Liles Inman, Melvin R.
Lutz, Jr., Judy Melton, Carol Jean
Potts and Mike Yelton.
Sophomores — Ron Aldridge,
Rebecca Bergen, Nancy Berry,
Eric Blackwell, Dalen Chaing,
Marianne Farsham, Rick Gaskin,
Patricia Hale, James C. Richard
son and Beatrice Loretta Well
born.
Freshmen — Sharon Bowman,
James Edward Carroll, Thomas
Denton, Myrtle Grey Frederick,
John Robert Hamrick, Ida Eliza
beth Hearn, Susanna Knapp, Mrs.
Nan Pressley, Bobby Rice, Fran
ces Rice, David Smith, Mary
Marcia Taylor and Brenda Wil
son.
State Convention of North Caro
lina.
The other visitors will include
James M. Dabbs, writer, farmer
and English professor from South
Carolina; Mrs. Samuel S. Hill, Jr.,
of Chapel Hill, homemaker, Span
ish major and civic worker; the
Rev. James A. Cannon, a Pres
byterian minister and chaplain at
North Carolina A & T College.
Edwin S. Preston, Jr., an at
torney and teacher of interna
tional relations from Raleigh; Dr.
Dorothy E. Pitman, a sociology
professor with special training in
anthropology and race relations;
the Rev. James Y. Greene, a Mars
Hill graduate and former mis
sionary to Korea now affiliated
with the department headed by
Dr. Smith.
William F. Wilson, a geologist
who won the North Carolina
Academy of Science’s 1965 Poteat
Award in geology; Dr. Robert P.
Crouch, surgeon and member of
the Asheville city council; and
the Rev. Howard Hovde, former
Baylor University basketball star
now minister of the Madison Bap
tist Church in Madison, N. J.
Days of preparation for the
■week have been spent by a team
of student leaders headed by
Brenda Stallings and Tom Hall.
Arrangements have been made
for a full schedule of seminars,
personal interviews, dorm discus
sions, lectures and worship serv
ices.
The class schedules for Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday (Feb.
14, 16, 18) have been changed to
give time for a voluntary chapel
service on each of those days.
These will be in addition to the
regular chapel periods on Tues
day and Thursday.
The M-W-F schedule is as fol
lows: First period, 8-8:50; second,
8:55-9:45; voluntary chapel, 9:50-
10:40; third period, 10:45-11:35;
fourth, 11:40-12:30; fifth 12:35-
1:25; sixth, 1:30-2:20; seventh,
2:25-3:15; eighth, 3:20-4:10; ninth,
4:15-5:05 and tenth, 5:10-6:00.
The Tuesday-Thursday-Satur-
day classes will 'follow the usual
schedule, which includes the
recently instituted allotment of
more time between classes.
A brochure, detailing the com
plete schedule for the week and
sketching the biographies of the
team members, is being printed
and should be ready for distribu
tion just before the week begins.
A sampling of speakers and
their armounced topics gives some
indication of the program menu.
Some are as follows:
“Can a Truly Contemporary
Person be a Christian?” - Greene;
“A Christian’s Response to Com
munism” - Preston; “Chrisianity
and ’a Go Go” - Hovde; “To De
fend the South” - Dabbs; “A Plat
form for Survival” - Pitman; “A
Raisin in the Sun” - Cannon; “The
Jordan River Rift Valley; Its
Geological History and Religious
Significance” - Wilson; “Called to
be Human” - Smith.
(See editorial, Page 2.)