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THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C.
February 5. I9f February
Focus Week Sports
A Timely Theme
A gaunt man in death-agony on a cross be
tween two thieves — a lissome, scantily clad
girl gyrating in a gilded cage — what have
these to do with one another? This is the
question posed by the theme for Christian
Focus Week this year.
Some say God is dead and the man on the
tree may symbolize this to them. Many think
the body is meant primarily for “fun” so why
not enjoy it, ’a Go Go. All are confused as to
precise applications of the old Gospel to the
modern scene. God has usually been identi
fied with the “rocks” — the things which do
not change. Can He be found in the “rapids”
of a society where change and uncertainty are
the facts of life?
Those coming to spend the week of Feb. 14-
18 at Mars Hill College as members of the
Focus Week team believe that Christianity
and ’a Go Go do not stand for the past and the
present. Rather, we believe that these are
modern alternatives, as they were, also, an
cient ones. First century men had their own
equivalent of ’a Go Go, as did those before and
since. Moreover, God has always had his wit
ness. From the courtroom, the home, the op
erating room, the classroom, the church, and
the lab, this team will come to lead in con
sidering these alternatives. We invite you to
share the inquiry with us.
-William C. Smith
Focus Week
Coordinator
Trustees of Baptist institutions throughout
the state, including the seven colleges, got to
gether in Durham recently for an orientation
conference. What they heard from two guest
speakers was genuinely thought-provoking.
Baptist institutions can survive in the chang
ing, demanding mid-20th century only by per
forming well the ministries for which they
are intended and that with a distinctively
Christian manner and philosophy, the trustees
were told.
How to achieve and maintain that Christian
identity is a question being asked today by
more and more Baptist leaders, especially
those affiliated with the colleges.
Dr. Alan Keith-Lucas of Chapel Hill, had a
provocative idea of what makes an institution
Christian.
The term “Christian” should mean “some
thing more than a label describing the auspices
under which we operate,” he said. “It should
mean that the agency is in some way a wit
ness to an amazing gospel with which Christ’s
church has been entrusted. An agency is not
Christian .... simply because it talks and
teaches Christianity.”
“It is Christian,” he said, “when both in
word and deed it is redemptive, restoring
broken relationships and trust. It is truly
Christian when it knows that the ultimate way
in which relationships are restored is through
love and forgiveness rather than through
force or judgment. It is Christian when it
truly respects people.”
Dr. James R. Scales, former president of
Oklahoma Baptist University, said Baptist
schools will not be able to compete propor
tionately with state-supported institutions in
size and numbers. Thus, they must make their
contributions by adding a plus factor even
while seeking academic quality on a par with
other schools and by providing the leaven of
leadership for the denomination.
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, who has guided Mars
Hill College to its current strategic position,
understands the theses of both speakers. Sev
eral years ago when the shift to senior college
program was begun he told the faculty that
Mars Hill must be a college, in the true sense
of the word, and it must be Christian. How
well the institution is measuring up to these
two standards may well be revealed conclu
sively within the next five years.
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To
Student Body
Flow Does Mars Hill
Measure Up?
Dear Fellow Students:
Sigma Kappa Lambda and Sig
ma Alpha Chi were founded on
our campus toward the end of
the spring semester of 1965 after
nearly a half year of dialogue be
tween students and faculty-ad
ministration both here and on
other campuses.
The basic reason for the forma
tion of such clubs was a belief
that the lack of an active social
life and a means of expressing
one’s desire to serve others was
chiefly attributable to student
apathy.
Many of the present members
of these clubs and many of our
fellow students have been critical
of the administration of the col
lege, blaming it for our lack of
opportunities for service and so
cial events; however, the scope of
such activities which can be pro
vided for over a thousand people
is severely limited. In the light
of the financial and geographical
situation of the college, few other
things than are already done are
possible.
With only one semester of work
behind us, we believe that our
assumptions were correct. Each
member of Sigma Kappa Lambda
and Sigma Alpha Chi feels that
having been a member of such
organizations has made his or her
year more than worthwhile.
It is with this in mind that we
offer any help which we may give
toward the organization of clubs
similar to our own.
At the time of the approval of
our organizations by the Admin
istrative Council it was ruled that
other clubs could be formed at
the end of a year if our experi
ment were successful.
Considering the fact that the
organization of our clubs took
nearly a semester, we should like
to urge anyone interested in form
ing similar clubs to begin now.
If anyone is interested in form
ing new social service clubs. Sig
ma Kappa Lambda and Sigma
Alpha Chi will be glad to be of
assistance.
—Bill Pruett
President, SKL
Paul Quinn College is a Negro
church college here in Waco. (It
is integrated formally, but
“Whites” have not come.) We
have been able to build a new
library that will hold 50,000
books; we only have 14,000 books
to go in it. Most of the shelves
therefore are bare.
The students here are good kids
— they are having to struggle up
from preparatory schooling that,
in msmy cases, was not rigorous
enough. The trustees of the col
lege want to start a drive to get
good, current college books and
textbooks into our library, and
they have designated me to find
ways to get these books.
It occurred to us, during a re
cent board meeting, that many
of the college students use their
books and then don’t want to keep
some of them, but really can’t get
what they’re worth in selling
them back to the book stores, and
that perhaps many of these stu
dents would like the idea of giv
ing such books to the library at
Paul Quinn. Perhaps also, in
some cases, college bookstores in
your state would find it feasible
to ship spare quantities of good,
current, college-level books to the
library here rather than return
ing them somewhere to be re
maindered or abandoned.
This is as far as our thinking
has gone on this. I am writing
to ask if you, your paper, or a
group at your school might want
to take the pass and make a run
with it. All I am really sure of
is, that the students who come to
the library at Paul Quinn ought
to be able to choose from among
shelves that are full of good
books.
We know you will seriously
consider this appeal for books for
the students’ use at Paul Quinn.
Books may be shipped EXPRESS-
COLLECT to: Mrs. Delores Har
ris, Librarian, Paul Quinn Col
lege, Waco, Texas 76704.
—Bernard Rapoport
Trustee
Paul Quinn College
Around the Campu
Bobby Franklin, junior from Marshall, W*
painfully cut last week when he sledded W
a barbed wire. The gashes on his face i*
quired nearly an hour of sewing by Colkl
Physician Dr. Otis Duck.
Mrs. Donna Robertson of the music facult
has won her third award for original chofi
composition. Her “Create in Me a CleS
Heart” won recognition in the professional ^
vision of the 1965 state competition for co®
posers. She had won similar honors in W
and 1963.
Could one of our cheerleaders become "ItP
Cheerleader USA"? Florida Cypress Garde
Inc. has issued the college an invitation to
ter the fourth annual contest, which ends °
Easter.
The Coast Guard is seeking applicants ^
its OCS class which will begin in Septernbj
at Yorktown, Va. Interested seniors shoul
see Lt. James Moore at the Naval Resed
Training Center in Asheville.
Former Hilltop staffer Bessie Cline, w
completed her student teaching and was
uated at the end of first semester, has
“baptized with fire” in her first assigning
at Southern Pines. In addition to teaching sd
eral classes in English and one in Latin st
has been made responsible for the studd
newspaper and the senior play.
The 'Touring Choir will open its spring ^
mester concert schedule with a program!'
sacred music at the First Baptist Church !
Spruce Pine tomorrow night. The group, ®
rected by Joel Stegall, is also slated to sing*
the Choral Clinic next Friday (Feb. 11) ^
at the Marshall Baptist Church on Sund>
morning, Feb. 13.
Ex-SNEA president Marvin Carriker,
also finished first term, has accepted a facw
appointment at Mars Hill High School.
Contrary to what might be expected, the
cent snow, ice and low temperatures have
caused a burden on the infirmary. At a che*
earlier this week there were only two patiei*
in the building. There had been no reports*
broken arms or legs and no serious outbr®*
of flu — not even a case of snowblindness-
The Oscar E. Sams Ministerial Conferee
recently elected new officers as follows: P ^
nie Owen, president; Ray Frazier, vice pi®’
dent; Jack Fleming, secretary; Kermit
BSU Representative; and Eugene Payne, p®
licity chairman. .
Two 27-minute films are scheduled on
Art Club’s Feb. 11 showing of fine arts mo'^’*
They are “The Visions of William Blake”
“An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Sis',
in the Library Auditorium beginning at ''
p.m., the films are open to all interested P®
sons.
It's good to see John Hough of the Educat'*
Department up and around again following
recent knee surgery.
“This picture makes me look older thsl
really am,” a faculty member complained ’
cently to the Laurel photographer,
quipped, “Well, that will save you from
ing to get your picture taken next year.” ,
Lion basketball players must have ^
eager to get out of Georgia after their di®^
terous two-game road trip down there /
weekend. They drove back to Mars Hill
blizzard after the game Saturday night.
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Volume XXXX February 5, 1966
Editor's note: Letters to be printed in
this space must be signed. A letter com
plaining of study for exams being inter
rupted in Brown Dormitory by room checks
could not be published because it was
signed "Brown Dormitory" and did not in
clude the name of the individual who com-
e osed it. The Hilltop is not a gripe sheet
ut does welcome reosonable expressions
of student opinion if properly signed.
STAFF THIS ISSUE ,,
Rita Propst, Caroline Pond, Tracy Heath,
Young, Sue Siegwarth, Betty EUiott, Joyce i
Dixie Barnett, Jerri Mallonee, John Dyrd®’^(
Comer, Virginia Bradley, Carole Clamp, Susan W
ster, Sarah Beth Richardson, Bill Poats, Betty p
Tommy Shoe, Johnnie EMwards, Bo Dishman>
Ellis, Chris Pappas gii(
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