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Page Four MARS HILL, N. C. December 2, 1967 Decemb • • • the students. Those students who can rally the support of their fel low students usually transfer af ter their sophomore year to a school where their talents will be appreciated. They may be traitors to the cause, but who can blame them? There is one thing that can rally the student body, even if there is no campus “Moses,” the Hilltop. An organ of the students, it is now mainly an administra tive organ. Without a student editor though, what do you ex pect? We had an editor last year, but because he had to wrestle with more powerful people than he for the loyalty of the student body, he decided to conform and become one of the many. What can we as students do to end the 112-year reign of dominance by the administration? We have a new president, a young president, Fred B. Bentley. He talks a lot about four-year ac creditation, student maturity and responsibility, and the perspective of Mars Hill College campus. We may be a four-year institution, even with accreditation, but we’ve still got a two-year student body. Maturity, responsibility — what are they, just words? No, they are actions, actions we are sup pose to learn, but actions we have to learn here without ex perience. Dr. Bentley seems to be going on the false assumption that we are being taught them and that our mistrust is disre spectful. How can we show re spect to those who don’t respect Being mature and responsible is not synonymous with being docile and apathetic. As to the perspective of Mars Hill campus, at the present rate it will take years for the total perspective to take on the shape of Dr. Bent ley’s dreams. Though the situation looks hope less, to give up would be just what the administration and faculty would want. We must unite under a common goal to gain the respect due our position as responsible, mature, active college students. It is imperative that a “Moses” appear, regard less of his form. As for the administration’s and faculty’s problems, that’s their little red wagon. They can learn from us. I would merely like to ask them one final question: Do you really think the students you are helping to create are capable of running this world you’ve made a mess of? —Allen W. Lane To the Editor: Recently our dorm was with out the services of a dorm hostess for about two weeks because of illness. I don’t remember any tumultuous riots or free-for-alls that occurred, taking advantage of a lack of supervision. All I remember is a totally normal dorm with totally normal occur rences with no disturbances, noth- J. F. ROBINSON’S FURNITURE and APPLIANCES FOR THE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS RCA Albums $1.89 45’s .. 89c Cookware For Your Mother, Wife, or Friends For Your Room and Class 12” Zenith TV $99.95 $10.00 Down $5.00 Month Admiral Portable Tape Recorder $59.95 ]ust the right size to carry to and from class Want to Spend the Summer Living, Working in Europe? Ai Boxes of clothing, toys, food, soap and other useful items collected by MHC students and destined for the Santa Maria Orphanage Association in South Vietnam are packed for shipment by an eager group of benevolent volunteers (1. to r.): Patsy Davis, Mary Belle Lawton, Pat Webb, Harry Cavalaris, Wanda Brown and Kent Aldridge. The campus-wide project resulted from a letter written to Dr. Evelyn Under wood of the History Department by ’65 graduate Tom Haslett, who is assigned with the 224th Aviation Batallion near Saigon. ing out of the ordinary. Which is what I’m leading up to: What use is a dorm hostess? If the administration didn’t think it necessary to find a tem porary replacement for an ill hos tess for two whole weeks, during which time 131 men could have had ample opportunity to raise cane if they wanted to, why have a hostess in the first place? As I see it, the only duty the hostess serves is giving change for dollar bills, etc., which could easily be simplified by a coin and bill changer, as in the local laun- drymat, and checking rooms three times a week (which is a ridicul ous farce) in a futile attempt to compel occupants to clean up their rooms, make up the beds, etc. BIG DEAL! I can see it now: You graduate summa cum laude, but if you flunk room check, no employer wants you because the college has ever so gratefully informed them all that you’re on the “room check blacklist,” which naturally reflects on your character! I think a good selection of hall monitors would be the better solu tion. The hall monitor would be in a closer proximity to keep or der than the hostess, who, for ex ample, might be fast alsleep on the first floor, totally unaware that there is a disturbance on the third floor. An added incentive for hall monitors might be the larger corner rooms at cheaper rates. It would be far cheaper than employing needless person nel full time. If Mars Hill College is so stingy for money, why not turn those, needless salaries into some foot ball and food? I am not advocating the im mediate discharge of all hostesses as this would cause undue hard ships on them. It might be pos sible to find them other college- related jobs, or to let the existing hostesses stay on as long as they like in their present positions un til they decide to retire, without replacements. My opinion definitely does not stem from an unfavorable rela tionship with a dorm hostess. I am requesting that my name not be printed below in order to pre serve a friendship that I do not want destroyed because of a pos sible unfavorable first impression that might be derived from this letter. I have nothing but the greatest appreciation for my par ticular dorm hostess! I am knock ing a useless policy, not a person. —Name Withheld An exciting summer in Europe may sound like a far-fetched dream to Mars Hill students fac ing a back-breaking exam sched ule, a cold winter and a long spring semester. It can be a dream-come-true, however. The American-European Stu dent Service is a non-profit or ganization designed to find inter esting and varied summer employ ment in Europe for American col lege students. Its objective is to place students in the country and the job which interests them most so as to bring these students into living contact with the peoples of Europe. There is work in the forests of Germany, construction projects in Austria, farm work in Germany, Sweden and Denmark, road build ing in Norway, industrial jobs in France and Germany. There are other opportunities in Ireland, Switzerland, England, France, Italy and Holland. If these sound as though they are all for the men, don’t be dis appointed, girls. There are a lim ited number of jobs associated with child care projects. American-European Student Service is operated to afford the student an opportunity to get into a real living contact with the peo ple and the customs of Europe. Such a summertime experience will gpve the student an oppor tunity to observe first-hand the culture of the Old World. In re turn for his or her labors the student receives room and board plus a wage. It is worth remem bering, however, that the wages paid are based on the European economy and not on American pay scales. The working conditions—hours, safety, regulations, legal protec tion, work permits, etc. — will be strictly controlled by the labor ministries of the countries in volved. If you’re interested and wish further information and/or appli cation forms, write to American- European Student Service, Box 34733, FL 9490 Vaduz, Liechten stein (Europe). Editor's written by Department to the cdi scholarly s however, a presented. 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