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tion, and servi‘
There seems to be no direct re
lationship between high grades in
donally baland°“®®^® and professional success
m and constr^^^^^ studies
the choice
and furnishir Ginzberg, a New York
ling of childrf®®®archer, studied a group of Co-
ce to emphasf’"^'>a University graduate stu-
I these etc fellowships to
, foods res'eai?® between 1944 and 1950.
orkers dress if'^zberg’s task was to find out
>n experts, hof^^ successful the 342 students
■ators with g, become 14 years after they
anies, textile l‘'™Pleted their fellowships,
experts in sul findings showed students
ods not to me"'!'° ^ad graduated from college
houknds of ^°aors, who had won scho-
cross the nati;7'= medals or who had been
luntries who ®eta Kappa were
a better way ' m the “lower
owledge of hof°^®®sional performance levels” -
e are just a students who had not dis-
home economif'lfaished themselves while in
parts of the
will not attei«!/a another survey, a team of
“diversity of Utah professors
•f nv there is almost no relation-
j \ between the grades a medi-
If so, they ^
eparation fo ^ finding startled the lead-
econom > of the research team. Dr.
’”rhZr.e,r‘ >■” Piof«s3l»n«l -el-t-
are in addiv
onomics reqiii''.''® added that the study caused
lude such coui^'*** to question the adequacy of
auction, housf”,®^®s not only in selecting those
t family relati\^® should be admitted to medi-
ind dress desif^^ school but also in measuring
sify any of tb* student’s progress.
The home '^here are numerous theories
i is certainly ^ .^mpting to explain these sur-
j^-witted girls ^^■sing findings. The most com-
est of their li one affirms that the over-
nd I’m not kno^Phasis on grades which begins
;ewife! I do, a student is in junior high
jit when the fftool and continues throughout
le economics academic career tends to de-
if you can’t interest in learning for its
se, go into sake.
ifession. All". John Holt, an educator and
a housewife, JPthor of “Why Children Fail,”
fe does not i", ^rves that current school meth-
and it takes s destroy love of learning by
ow to borrovf^ ®®Uraging students to work for
ir any woman^ ty rewards—names on honor
it will provi I s, stafs, for the “ignoble
efficient h ® J *sfaction of feeling they are
are reared ^®tter than someone else.”
anding, well"'
served, and
of the hom"
the Mars Hill College
hiUtod
Vol. XLI. No. 12
MARS HILL, N.C.
8 April 1967
Derby Day to Dim Drudgery
Derby Day 1967, an SGA-spon- ing group provided by the Pied-
sored afternoon of games and mont University Center.
contests for Mars Hill students,
is scheduled for 15 April. The
day will be climaxed by Warner,
Porter, and Warner, a folk-sing-
Elizabeth Watson
Wins Koch Award
Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, an as
sociate professor of drama, re
ceived the Koch award for dis
tinguished service in theater arts
during the Carolina Drama Festi
val at UNC, Chapel Hill, 18 Mar.
A faculty member since 1944,
Mrs. Watson was presented the
annual award for her extended
contributions to North Carolina
Theater Arts. She has received
much recognition in the past for
work as a drama teacher and
playwright.
She was awarded second prize
of $250 in a national religious
drama writing contest sponsored
by seven major Baptist conven
tions in 1964.
The Pearl Setzer Deal award
was given her by the Carolina
Dramatic Association in 1960.
She wrote a three-act play based
on the life of William Carey, a
Baptist foreign missionary. The
play, WHER’ER THE SUN, was
performed at the CDA festival in
Chapel Hill in 1960.
Mrs. Watson’s interest in
religious drama is that she has
been disturbed by a scarcity of
religious plays being written to
day. “In order to help remedy
the situation, I undertook to
write some myself,” she com
mented.
Events this year begin at 2 p.m.
and include the following: tug of
war (rope-pulling with a mud-
pile in the middle); relay races
(three-legged, potato sack, carry
ing an egg in a spoon, running
backwards); chariot race, bicycle
race; greased pig chase; pie-eat
ing contest; eating peanut butter
and blowing up a balloon; greased
pole; egg-throwing contest; ar
chery; and possibly a bean count
ing contest, which will be held
in the cafeteria before Derby
Day. Students will guess the num
ber of beans in a jar, and the
winner will be announced on
Derby Day. Five- and ten-dollar
prizes will be awarded the winner
of each contest.
A Senate committee planned
the event, and information con
cerning the day may be obtained
from Dave Hopstetter or Jim Kes-
saris.
Warner, Porter, and Warner,
a Lyceum feature, have been
called the “best sound in folk
music today.” The group does not
perform standard folk hits, since
Tom Porter writes most of their
songs, and Byron Warner does
all their arrangements.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m.
Rejuvenated Laurel Coming
“Your LAUREL will be here
before school is out this year,”
commented Judi Ellis, editor of
the 1967 LAUREL.
Work on this year’s LAUREL
was completed 20 Mar., after a
continuous effort by LAUREL
editors and staff since last June.
The staff decided that the
LAUREL should be remodeled to
fit the students’ concept of what
a modern college yearbook should
represent. Thus, a new lay-out
and organization was adopted—
a new approach from cover to
cover in an attempt to rejuvenate
the LAUREL.
Emphasis on student life was
the goal of the staff as they tried
Shape Up
The visiting team of the
Southern Association will be ob
serving our campus 17-19 April.
Please clean your toenails and
brush your teeth.
to capture the spirit of the cam
pus. The staff has included in
this year’s volume an increased
interest in everyday campus ac
tivities.
An effort was made to give
more complete coverage of or
ganized activities of students. In
future editions greater respon
sibility will be placed on students
to better represent their interests
in the LAUREL.
The 1967 LAUREL is sched
uled for delivery the second week
in May. Plans for a chapel pro
gram during which the yearbook
will be dedicated have been
made.
LAUREL staff members in
cluded the following: Judi Ellis,
Gary Tate, Brenda Dunn, Bill
Carter, Ronda Stanton, Ray John
son, Linda Thrift, Madelyn Davis,
Allen Lane, Mary Belle Lawton,
Reeca Higgins, Brenda Cannon,
Debbie Compton, Maria Hunt,
Walter P. Smith (Advisor).
Hilltop Rated
First Class
The HILLTOP, Mars Hill’s bi
monthly campus newspaper, re
ceived a First Class Honor Rat
ing in the 76th National News
paper Critical Service of the As
sociated Collegiate Press.
The HILLTOP missed All-
American rating of 3800 by only
60 points. The All-American rat
ing represents a superior score
and is reserved for top publica
tions. The HILLTOP’S First Class
rating is comparable to an “ex
cellent” score.
Writing and editing copy are
the most important jobs of a
college newspaper staff. Judges
remarked that the HILLTOP has
done “an excellent job on news
writing,” although some news
stories are not written with com
plete objectivity.
Criticism of the editorial page
included: “Good editorial page
features in general, but the page
needs more informative docu
mentary research pieces. It is
the editorial page that can make
the paper intellectual. The whole
world should be interesting to
students, and the HILLTOP
might concentrate on social is
sues.”
Sports coverage in the paper
received an excellent rating. The
sports page is successful in pre
senting a complete and interest
ing picture of school athletics.
Sports writing also met standards
of good writing.
Headlines, which should sum
marize stories, received a low rat
ing, as did typography, printing,
captions, inside news pages, mast
head, and copy reading.
In a closing statement judges
commented: “A good paper. You
might try more in-depth features
with background material.”
AGP judges are professional
journalists with extensive back
grounds in publications work. The
AGP has specific standards for
coverages, writing, and physical
properties which must be met to
earn honors. An effort is made
to judge publications on the ef
fectiveness with which they serve
individual schools. They are also
judged in comparison with other
college papers.
famous Ima Goofoff Highlights 1967 Lyceum Series
woman who ^
lomemaking. , , , .u . ... .• j
Aj,s];^enow I feel that the entire ad-
0 home eCOnO^hj^l^pration fails to grasp some of the
Viof Knil/lQ inherent to our current cultural
hat DUllaS .^L®**'* This editorial is written in the
the homes O* if our cultural program is to
f'Wtl * poorly planned and conse*
AS poorly attended as it has been
Rpp money, the students’ money,
better spent on something stu-
'vill attend.—Ed.)
_ li'lhH ^ cultural program
t i^'not^tnie. should a liberal arts col-
-in-iaw and have One? A cultural pro-
ity to the joke »^ ,
of the «*’*'oneou»i IS a series of events which
f«e the greatest intellec-
1 majon, music * and artistic achievements of
Laugh along '®ular cultures during particu-
is on US, we’ll Periods. A college should have
t ^ a program to help further
^^'deavors to increase intel-
/^al questioning and artistic
Iqj a philosophy at Mars Hill
®8e is that if cultural events
available, the exposure to
0 naturally increase one’s
lii,?'^i''’ity and appreciation for
sistant Editor j ^^^ente. And the encore will
Mike Rice ^ ^ogwash” Opus 37. How
^ Catholic laymen do you
iila Stephens’\^,^ who can comprehend Latin?
olyn Downey it same difference?
jecca Bergen
bert Haynes
op
iv/ij.* same aiiierence;
becca Bergen , , i
■bert Haynes ‘ Philosophy above also
ncy Mathesoninij "'culous as to suppose that
®ats are exposed to the cul-
®vents. Attention: Student
of the cultural program
C.
Student attendance at
events is almost always
to faculty and administra
tive attendance.
Culture is an acquired taste.
If the first taste is too disagree
able, one is likely to dismiss the
thing altogether. There is little
doubt in many minds that our
cultural programs are of inferior
quality. They are always weak
and almost always feature un
knowns.
How is the cultural program
planned and by whom? There is
a committee of seven faculty
members and seven students
chosen by the Senate who serve
to establish a year-long cultural
program. Dean W. L. Lynch is
the chairman of the committee.
He calls sporadic meetings of the
committee for discussion. Student
attendance is usually greater than
faculty attendance.
The committee is limited in
three ways: (1) it must operate
under a $10,000 budget; (2) it
must strive to find programs
which will represent all depart
ments; and (3) it must choose
programs from the Piedmont
University Center.
Now that the prejudiced facts
are before you, I will give you
what should be done to improve
the whole mess.
(1) A well-conceived cultural
program should be a part of any
liberal arts college.
(2) Assuming that exposure to
cultural events is not enough,
there should be something that
would encourage attendance at
cultural events. That something
should be this: For two chapel
periods prior to any musical per
formance there should be lectures
designed to increase student in
terest. Students should be briefed
on what to especially note in the
performance. They should be
given background information
which would stimulate interest.
For example, if a song inspired
by a revolution were done, a brief
history of the revolution and how
the song relates to it could do
nothing but make the whole thing
more meaningful. At the event
itself brief outlines of the two
lectures should be given at the
door plus anything that could not
be easily given in lecture. Trans
lations of foreign language would
help. (People who go mush over
songs they can’t understand are
cultural phonies.) If such lectures
were provided, they would be of
no significance if as hastily and
half-heartedly planned as are most
things on the hill.
(3) Provided that good lec
tures are given, attendance would
probably increase appreciably. If
after a year the cultural program
still remained virtually unattend
ed, I would suggest that the pro
gram be dropped in favor of
something that students would
attend.
(4) The greatest change that
should be made is in the selection
of performances to be given, (a)
The guideline of representing all
departments should be dropped.
On a budget of $10,000 this sim
ply cannot be done. Specialized
programs fail to attract large
audiences, thus defeating the
purpose of serving all students,
(b) Selection of quality enter
tainment cannot be made as it is
presently through highly promo
tional brochures provided through
the Piedmont University Center.
Unknowns are usually unknown
because they deserve to be. A
list of 10 possibilities for next
year’s series revealed to me only
two that I have ever even heard
of. Don’t let them do it to us
against next year, (c) Choose
well-known artists that can func
tion in the double roles of high
brow culture and popular Broad
way music. Henry Manclni and
Ferrante and Teicher are good
examples, (d) If the two groups
just mentioned were selected, the
$10,000 budget would be more
than exhausted. But, at any rate,
limit the programs and concen
trate on quality rather than
quantity even if we are Southern
Baptists, (e) Make use of dis
counts that are available through
college doublings. For example,
groups which perfom at a nearby
college and the following night at
Mars Hill will cut prices almost
in half for both institutions.
Dirty rumor: Montreat-Anderson
has repeatedly asked MHC to
double on such events but has
been repeatedly refused.
I have criticized the cultural
program as constructively and
thoroughly as time has permitted.
If you, the students of MHC,
don’t want to have your money
wasted again next year, may I
advise that you act immediately
as contracts are to be signed
soon. At this late date any proper
channel would be too slow. Con
tracts would be signed before ad
ministrative rationalizations were
hurdled. If you have any gump
tion, students, you’re going to
have to protest in an orderly,
sober (take it both ways) mass.
Orderly protest is a point to your
favor, but misconduct will only
hinder your progp’ess, for you
then justly could be called irre
sponsible and Immature. —cey