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6 May 19^ n our societ! 5 beach riot' in Louisvilh effect askisf h irrespective in Louisvi® ver they wis' FINAL ISSUE the Mars Hill College hIUtod M. XLI, No. 15 MARS HILL. N. C. 20 May 1967 j composed of rt LauderdaH turn of tW internally One short hi*' point. Wb®" !hi ; only a shobi), and externs* been so in the futur'lei Hilltop Founder Retires though it ;ic generatio" lolleges. T*** e majors students :le, it periwig iji ormitory cH weat' L and respons'' 3. If rms, l®f . ct witb'®)i nake a® ^ el for »Sll on tt> cohol #1, that stude® erages be make study'™ nts. Yet, this year. )llege benefa®^i| de educatioi*' 3 fault, nough guts isances. let us graj] sg, but at if everyone ; which ■W®’*' irable Six members of the faculty and *laff—including the founder of ‘s Hilltop—are retiring. They 'dude: John A. McLeod, professor of iglish, who has been acting 'ad of his department the last ^0 years and who has been a 'sinber of the faculty continu- ly since 1924; ^Irs. Nona Moore Roberts, pro- Jssor of French and head of the 'Partment of Modern Langu rs, who has been a Mars Hillian iVer since she was six months old a member of the faculty for years; W^illiam Whitney, professor of 'Counting; Mrs. Elizabeth Nel- , reserve librarian; and dormi- ^ hostesses, Mrs. Rose Main ^ Melrose and Mrs. Maria Spar- of Stroup. All were honored by their col- **gues last Saturday night at a ^Uer in the cafeteria. Additional accolades await ‘®>n on May 27 during the an- '®1 alumni banquet, when many 'buer students will have an op- *d;unity to express their feel- „ Preside"*, Philbrick reee" if re more )onsibilitieS t)* women b» the pendv*' Jlai’) 1(: % ‘S'- , it £t1 .'“'Per woman of her to meet t!>' I tb»l S5 fied. ir office fied than hould not b*' 1 make a b«' loose her 1 ot capabl® le preside^' would her pers®'* political the indiy**^! -aV' country d her abj tributing * ould be ligh pos'*! 1, esident n"^ Degrees To Be Conferred ^r. McLeod — widely called ister Mac”—^has been the of- '•al voice of the college for ‘“St of his 43 ears here. A native of Roberson County a was reared in South Caro- 'a and did his undergraduate **dy at Furman, Mr. McLeod served under Mars Hill’s most recent presidents, ^ith the assistance of a stu- J. P. Huskins, now editor publisher of a daily news- r in Statesville, Mister Mac l,8l*ablished the HILLTOP as a if'i’bpus newspaper at the opening the fall semester in 1926 and ^ed as advisor for many years. 1966 the college published official history of its first 100 years. The volume, entitled FROM THESE STONES, was written by Mister Mac. In pre paring the book he spent several years in careful research, seeking out long-forgotten minutes of im portant meetings, talking with old-timers who had known the original founders of the college, even visiting neglected graveyards to obtain strategic dates from weathered headstones. Mister Mac was an official cor respondent for the Asheville CITIZEN-TIMES for more than 26 years and served as chief press officer of the college for even longer. Several college publications have felt his editorial genius, in cluding the catalogpie and a twice- yearly alumni magazine which is distributed to nearly 16,000 people. His creative writing and journalism classes have produced several authors, and his dry wit and Job-like patience (he is an ordained minister) have con tributed to the life of the cam pus, the local church and the com munity. As he explains in an inimitable speech style. Mister Mac began a few years ago “fading out” with regard to several of his non teaching responsibilities. The press relations duties were assumed by Walter Smith, who this year has assumed the editorships of the catalogue and the alumni maga zine. When the 112th school year be gins in August, Mister Mac’s po sition at the helm of the English Department will be filled by a newcomer, Joseph Palmer Schu bert of Colorado; however, the beloved professor will still fre quent the campus. The trustees have authorized him to begin a post-retirement task of up-dating the official history of the college. Art Club Founded A new club for Mars Hill stu dents interested in art is presently being formed. Three meetings have been held, and complete or ganization is scheduled for next year. Gene Boone has been elected president and Heather Brose, vice- president of the 20-member group. Club activity plans for the fall semester are not yet com plete. Purposes of the club are to enable interested students to bring art activities to the student body through club projects. Mr. Robert Haycraft will serve as ad visor. A senior art exhibit is now on exhibition in the Pine Arts mez zanine. Works of Jos Vander- meer, Carol Campbell, and De Etta Watson are on display. Van- dermeer received second prize in a student exhibit at Northwestern Bank Building 12 May. His work is still being shown in the bank at this time. Degrees will be awarded to approximately 206 members of the Class of 1967 during com mencement exercises in Moore Hill Journeys To Philippines Dennis Hill, a senior in Mars Hill College, is among 61 young people invited by the Southern Baptist Foreigrn Mission Board to train this summer for journey man service overseas. Final ap proval depends upon completion of training. Dennis expects to work at the Baptist student center in Dagu- pan, Philippines. Southern Baptist journeymen are single college graduates un der 27 years of age who spend two years overseas sharing their Christian faith while performing certain skills under the direction of career missionaries. A history major at Mars Hill College, he intends to enter the ministry. Commenting on journeyman service, Dennis says: “There are many people who cannot go abroad to serve God. If I am able, I think it is part of my responsibility to do so. I expect to gain much more in experience than I can give in these two years.” He and the other prospective journeymen will enter training at Virginia Interment College, Bris tol, Va., on 17 June. Their cur riculum will include Christian doctrine, Bible, missions, evange lism, area studies and world af fairs, language study, training for special skills, health and personal development, and physical educa tion. These trainees bring the For eign Mission Board’s overseas staff to nearly 2,300. Auditorium at 3 p.m. Sunday, 28 May. Preliminary figures supplied by the registrar indicate the fol lowing breakdown: BS degree, 104; BA, 86; Bachelor of Music, 7; Bachelor of Music Education, 9. In addition, about 11 persons are expected to receive the As sociate in Arts diploma in busi ness and six others, commercial certificates for successful con clusion of one-year courses in business. Last year the figures were 196 total, 97 BA, 92 BS, 4 BM, 2 BME, 3 AA and 6 CC. This year’s commencement will see a departure from a long standing custom, that of having both a baccalaureate and a com mencement speaker. Dr. Elmer West, pastor of the local church, will preach the baccalaureate ser mon in the auditorium at 11 a.m., but there will be no commence ment speech. Members of the Class of ’67, whether graduating or not, have been invited with their guests to the annual alumni banquet, which will be in the cafeteria at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, 27 May. Dr. H. F. Robinson, an alumnus of ’37 who is administrative dean for research at N. C. State Uni versity in Raleigh, will be the dinner speaker. A special feature of the evening will be the presen tation of alumnus and alumna of the year awards. Other activities scheduled dur ing the commencement weekend include performances of Shake speare’s play TWELFTH NIGHT Saturday, reunions of classes of 1902, 1907, 1912, etc., business sessions of the alumni associa tion and the board of trustees and an organ recital by Mrs. Donna Robertson. HiUtop Merit Buttons John Standi Mr. McLeod Dean Lee I L/uvc; nopsieuer (x Oortf Me file Cafeteria "Miss Julia"
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