May 7,
Third Senior Commencement Will Mingle Sadness, Optimism
*^otnmencement activities next
'^kend promise to be colored
■k nostalgia and sentiment but
Sed with a high degree of op-
ism and hope.
Approximately 194 seniors are
'scted to receive degrees, in-
■'’•ding 98 BA’s, 90 BS’s, 4 BM’s
‘li 2 BME’s.
State Baptist Convention, and Dr.
Fred Bentley, president-elect, are
scheduled to deliver the bacca-
:5 laureate and
I Prospective graduates will re-
Matse
the commencement
at 4:30 p.m. today
1 for
p^monies
will be issued their caps and
immediately afterward.
^ke Rev. Ben Fisher, executive
'aretary of the Council on Chris-
Education, an agency of the
the commence
ment address
es, respective
ly-
M r. Fisher’s
sermon topic
will be, “A
Traveler With-
Mr. Fisher out a Ticket.”
Dr. Bentley’s address to the grad
uates will be entitled, “Getting
Ahead — Ahead of What?”
The fact that this will be Dr.
Hoyt Blackwell’s final commence
ment as president will give rise
to a higher degree of nostalgia
than is usually associated with
end-of-the-year activities. On the
other hand. Dr. Bentley’s address
and his presence at the annual
alumni banquet next Saturday
evening will give numerous alum
ni and friends of the college an
opportunity to meet him for the
first time and will sound a note
of optimism about the future.
ment for three other long-time
members of the college staff who
are retiring too; Mrs. Evelyn Mc
Leod, English :
A good deal of sentiment will
also be attached to the fact that
this will be the final commence-
teacher who
first joined the
faculty in 1924;
Miss Eva Brew-
er, college
nurse since
1940; and Mrs.
Ruby Sparks,
dorm hostess
since 1943.
Miss Brewer and Dr. W. E. Bird
of Western Carolina College will
be honored at the alumni ban-
Dr. Bentley
quet as “alumna” and “alumnus”
of the year. Dr. Ernest E. Har-
rill, dean of students at Furman,
will be the banquet speaker.
Other activities scheduled next
weekend include a major busi
ness meeting of the board of
trustees; a business session of the
alumni association and reunions
of the classes of 1901, 1906, 1911,
1916, 1921, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941,
1946, 1951, 1956, 1961; and a sec
ond performance of the musical
comedy “Ernest in Love.”
Mrs. Doris Phillips Bentley,
wife of the president-elect, is a
member of the Class of 1956.
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AMENDMENT
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MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. MAY 21. 1966
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of them
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Government Association
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in September, and commit-
have already been formed
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being made for a pre-state
j ''®ntion conference of the
jjAkern Universities SGA to be
® here during the first term
■ i-67.
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addition to these things.
Hill SGA leaders are also
thought to next school
1,4,+4,4,4.4-H'southwide SUSGA con-
to be held in Mobile,
' Mars Hill has been invited
a candidate for the North
,°kna vice chairman’s position.
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A surprising development in the action from "Ernest in Love," photographed in rehearsal, shows Bill
Gardner (kneeling) pleading with Iris Rabb. Others are (1. to r.) Candy Coles, David Jones, Cammy Mc
Donald, Mrs. Kathy Young and Mike Yelton.
M
Hill’s recent union with
,s already beginning to
'dividends, retiring president
1966-67 Staff Changes Revealed
The annual spring musical,
“Ernest in Love,” directed by
James Thomas, will premiere in
Moore Auditorium at 8 o’clock
tonight.
A second performance of the
comedy based on Oscar Wilde’s
well-known play, “The Impor
tance of Being Earnest,” will be
given in the auditorium one week
from tonight (May 28) following
the annual alumni banquet.
The delightful show will fea
ture plenty of singing and danc
ing. It will star Bill Gardner,
David Jones, Cammy McDonald,
Candy Coles and Mrs. Kathy
Young.
Others in the cast include Iris
Rabb, Mike Yelton, Fran Walker,
Bill Thomas, Perry White, Jim
Alexander, Brick Tilley, Janet
Snead, Jim Whetstone, Robert
Davis, Larry Atwell, Jack San
ders and Joel Reed.
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Hill SGA to make use of a
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A new list of faculty and staff
1966-67 is gradually being
compiled by Dean R. M. Lee as
resignations, retirements, the
granting of leaves of absence and
the hiring of new personnel oc
cur.
Thus far a total of 16 persons
are not expected to return for the
coming year.
Francis Montaldi of the biology
division has a three-year scholar
ship and will be at the University
of Georgia working on a doctor-
head of the Music Department
who retired in 1962 but who has
been teaching piano during the
last two school years to fill a
temporary vacancy, will retire
again and move to Ridgecrest.
Miss Beatrice Hutzler of the
Science Department and Joel Ste
gall of the music faculty have re
signed.
Staff members who are leaving
include Miss Sarah Cabe of the
library staff, who is going to
Peabody College for graduate
ate.
as to how the Mars Hill
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might best be solved.’
approved court justices
Murtha Morris, Joel Reed,
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^ Corn, Tommy Denton,
Mr
Harp, Janet Snead, Paul
’ Jay Flippin, Sally Spauld-
k'2 Mary Marsha Taylor.
Needed
lib;
Student who pays a bill at
e -^-ary, infirmary, traffic of-
^ bursar’s office should ob-
^ receipt and bring it with
is
5k
en picking up his copy of
'*6 Laurel, Editor Tracy
Said yesterday.
Word from the bindery
" port, Tenn., is that the
should arrive here for dis-
Thursday.
Sam and Jo Narkinsky have
teaching fellowships for doctoral
studies at Florida State Univer
sity.
Miss Mary Ihrig has been grant
ed a leave of absence to do grad
uate work at UNC in Chapel Hill.
Miss Joyce Faggioni, instructor
in music, has a scholarship to the
University of Indiana.
William Elliott of the English
faculty has accepted a teaching
position at Richmond Professional
Institute.
Miss Nancy Morris is leaving
for additional graduate study.
Coach Dal Shealey has resigned
to accept a position on the coach
ing and physical education staff
at Carson-Newman.
Mrs. Evelyn McLeod is retiring
from the English Department.
Miss Martha Riggers, former
Three Seniors
Exhibit Art
The works of three senior art
majors, Craig Greene, Jeanne
MacLean and Lew McNeill, are
featured in an exhibition in the
gallery of the Fine Arts Building
this month. Their paintings,
drawings and prints will remain
on display through commence
ment.
Greene and McNeill, along with
three other art majors, Larry
Groce, Doug Mulkey and Jos van
der Meer, recently accepted invi
tations to exhibit paintings in an
exhibition of the works of region
al college students at the Ashe
ville Art Museum on the 11th
floor of the new Northwestern
Bank Building in Asheville. The
exhibition will close tomorrow.
study; Mrs. Vera Houck, hostess
in Huffman, who has resigned;
Mrs. Ruby Sparks, hostess in Spil-
man, who is retiring; and Miss
Eva Brewer, college nurse, who
is retiring.
Four members of the faculty
who have been away on leaves of
absence are scheduled to return
to their teaching duties. They are
Miss Anna Hines and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Rich of the Music
Department and Dr. William
Sherwood of the biology division.
Miss Roberta Johnson has been
hired as a replacement for Miss
Brewer, and James Wyatt has
been named acting librarian to
fill a vacancy which has existed
there since December.
Nine persons have been hired
for the faculty to fill vacancies
or as additions to the teaching
force. They include Dr. Charles
Cox in drama and speech and his
wife. Dr. Elizabeth Cox, in Eng
lish; Sam Levi Buckner in busi
ness; Mrs. Virginia G. Perry in
English; Mrs. Ann Sarota in biol
ogy; W. S. Wing in art; Miss Win
ona Bierbaum in home econom
ics; Dr. William Walker and
Charles Phillips in physical edu
cation.
Dean Lee has been in contact
with several other prospects, but
contracts have not heen signed
with them yet.
Musical accompaniment will be
played by pianists Ann Cantrell
and Bud Kirby. .
Several members of the cast are
music majors and were chosen
for their particular roles on the
basis of their musical ability;
however, none of the performers
are experienced dancers. They
were instructed in this phase of
performance for q week by pro
fessional dancer and choreogra
pher Earl Bagaley of Jackson
ville, Fla.
The plot of the musical is the
familiar story of young lovers.
Two young gentlemen (Jones and
Gardner) attempt to court two
attractive young ladies (Cammy
and Candy). Both the men pose
under the assumed name of Ern
est. True to the traditional story
line, the play ends happily as boy
wins girl in each case and “they
all live happily ever after.”
Backstage crew for the per
formances will include Sue Hat
field as stage manager; Yelton
and Ray Michie, lighting; fresh
man Katie Swofford in charge of
set props; Wayne Slagle, sound;
Waynelle Wilson, hand props;
Mary Owen, publicity; Pat Scar
borough, make-up; and Jane
Watts, costumes.
For Sue, a graduating senior
who has majored in drama, it
will be the final show. She has
served in both the cast and the
crew of performances this year.