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MARS HILL, N. C.
8 October 1966
Escaping Escapism
College Coveralls
By John L. Stancil
Several polls of interest have recently appeared
in various collegiate newspapers. The University
of Denver CLARION reports 60.4 per cent of its
students are opposed to lowering voting age to 18
in all states, while 49.6 per cent are reported in
favor of such a change.
In a poll on drug use, SEVENTEEN MAGA
ZINE reported that 5.5 per cent of all girls inter
viewed had used non-prescribed drug:s at least once.
One girl in every 61 claimed to be repeat users.
A mistake in bookings caused the Bitter End
Singers to be late for a concert at East Carolina
College. The group’s manager booked a flight to
Greenville, S. C., instead of Greenville, N. C., for
the singers.
University of South Carolina football coach,
Paul Dietzel, recently received threatening phone
calls and even a bomb scare. These incidents are
believed to be in reaction to Dietzel’s return to LSU
for a ball game there, which LSU won, 28-13.
Overheard in various registration lines: A pro
fessor: “You’re here before nine, you must have
came in through the latrine.” Also, “All’s fair in
love, war, and registration.”
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Pardon My Minipants
There’s a new movement in the higher circles
of Mars Hill that could really be the start of some
thing big. Both in the church and the college,
the new leaders are striving for a more personal
atmosphere.
Mars Hill because of its small size has always
been a personal school, but in the past few years
that atmosphere had lessened.
Those people who live in large cities may re
pudiate this renewed emphasis because to them it
could understandably constitute a very unnatural
environment. Many people actually like the im
personality of a large school or city.
I don’t say that these people are immoral be
cause I disagree with them. Neither am I going
to try converting them to my opinion. To each
his own.
Personally 1 like to be recognized by people who
consider me worth knowing and 1 like to know
people with whom I can relate myself. In the
college situation, I find that I can study much better
for a professor who knows me than 1 can for one
who does not.
In the same context I can cooperate with an
administration that I know and understand much
better than I can with one I am not related to.
All this is to affirm the emphasis on personal
ity and to relate students to it.
If Mars Hill fails to become personal, blame
cannot be laid on the present faculty or adminis
tration. Indeed, it will fall on the students.
At this point I become pessimistic for there is
a disease that is rampant on this campus. It was
through Henrik Ibsen that I learned about xeno-
phopia. Technically this is a fear of strangers or
outsiders, but application of it can be extended
further.
On this campus, just like out there in the
world, the population often divides into groups.
The math majors, the science majors, the swingers,
the jet set, the playboys, the fairies, the super-
pious, etc., pit themselves against each other.
To a degree this is only natural since it is so
very hard for people of such varying interests to
really have any grounds on which to communicate.
The point here i» not that one should seek to
become intimate with everyone he meets. This would
be idiotic to presuppose, anyway. Rather, persons
should realize that everyone has an individual
worth. Because someone may be a sissy or dress
unusually or appear unattractive doesn’t give any
one the right to hate. Often eccentric people are
waiting for someone to pull them out of the trap
they are in.
Some call our generation the “beat generation.”
I would call it the negative generation. It is be
coming a generation that can only criticize and
reject. It seems incapable of doing something out
side self. It will accept alien persons only as out
casts. It’s high time we became human on a
higher level than on primitive cave-man philosophy.
We need not be a generation that is constantly
seeking escape. Let’s be something we don’t have
to escape.
If you know anything about human nature,
you’ll quickly recognize how I know about this
problem.
—Ed.
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Hillrop
8 October 1966
Vol. XLI, No. 2
Editor Clarence E. Young
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Essential Staff
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I remember one Sunday morning during the
spring semester when I got up early, put on some
shorts, and went to the cafeteria for breakfast. It
was on one of the prettiest days I’ve ever seen.
Well, the inevitable happened. The hostess (and I
do not criticize her) went into a song and dance
routine “Never on a Sunday” or for that matter a
Monday, a Tuesday, etc.
Well, it was trivial and minor, but it irked me.
It still does. I don’t like to dress for church until
a few minutes before. Sunday breakfast is the
most informal meal of the week all across the
United States.
Walk into any middle-class restaurant across
the country during the warmer months and you’ll
see people of all ages wearing shorts.
I just can’t believe that my legs are so erotic
that I cannot wear shorts. If they cause any undue
amount of confusion in the cafeteria, I would prom
ise not to wear them any more out of a regard for
my own safety, if nothing else.
The “do not wear shorts” rule was made when
people went to heaven by not doing anything. To
day we believe that the “do nots” are not all that
important. It’s more of what you do do.
If we must restrict dress in the cafeteria, it
would seem much more in the dictates of good taste
to ban those dirty, smelly, sweat shirts and khakis
that some students insist on wearing than to ban
shorts if worn in sensible good taste.
—Ed.
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but must sign his or her name and be
willing to back up statements with valid
proof. All letters are subject to editing.
Letters should be sent to Box 582-C in
the college post office and should be in
the HILLTOP office one week before the
next publication.
The Selective Service College Qualification Test
will be administered here at Mars Hill 18 and 19
Nov. 1966. The score on the test can be used by
the student in lieu of his class standing. Students
who intend to take the test should apply at once
to the nearest Selective Service board.
YWA is expecting a distinguished speaker for
its next meeting. Margaret Vivian Wilson, a gradu
ate of Wesleyan College, who is presently working
with the Good Will Center in Granite City, 111.,
will present a talk concerning her vocation and
avocations.
The Air Force Officers Training School Selec
tion Team will be at the Student Center on 19
October from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to assist prospective
applicants for Air Force Officers Training School
in preparing their applications, and to answer any
questions concerning OTS. The school is open to
both men and women college graduates or seniors
who expect to graduate within 210 days. While an
appointment is not necessary, anyone wishing to
make a specific appointment may contact Sgt. Tay
lor at the Air Force Recruiting Office in Asheville.
Dr. Bentley and Dean Lee will attend the Bap
tist General Board meeting of the State Baptist
Convention at Raleigh 10-11 October. Both will
be serving on the Baptist Educational Board.
According to Academic Dean R. M. Lee, there
are 1331 students enrolled at Mars Hill this year.
The Society for the Advancement of Manage
ment held its first meeting of the year on 27 Sept.
Dr. Bentley was guest speaker. Officers for this
year are as follows: Ed Brown, president; Michael
Jackson, vice-president; and Mary Collis, secretary-
treasurer.
The WRA is making plans for the bloodmobile
to come to the college sometime next month. The
girls in WRA are also making plans to attend a
RSFW convention 18 Oct.
The Asheville Community Theatre, which is plan
ning a winter season of plays, is offering season
tickets to students for only $5.00. The Theatre
is under the direction of Dr. Alfreds Straumanis,
who holds a Ph.D. degree in drama from Carnegie
Tech. ACT is composed of local amateur talent
but has always returned excellent performances. If
interested, send $5 right away to Asheville Com
munity Theatre, 120 College Street, P. 0. Box 19,
Asheville. To be done this year are: “Ah, Wilder
ness,” “Present Laughter,” “Three Penny Opera,”
“Look Homeward, Angel,” and an unannounced
Broadway comedy hit.
Last Sunday the Mars Hill Methodist Church
held its first service in its new sanctuary. The
modern structure is impressive both inside and out.
Robert Rich of the music department will give
a voice recital 11 Oct.
Alpha Phi Omega presented the college with a
flag to be flown at all athletic events last Satur
day night. The club plans to maintain the flag
as a part of its service to the school.
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