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Page Two MARS HILL, N. C. December 16, 196’ Decembe Good Show! Bouquets to the contestants and the directors of Monday night’s “Miss Laurel” pageant. Conducted with dignity and warmth, the pag eant reflected handsomely on the entire student body. It showed how much beauty and real talent there is in the student body, and it proved that we students are highly capable of planning, organizing and producing an entertaining program of profes sional quality. Especially deserving of commendation is Mike Swaim, editor of the 1968 Laurel, who coordinated most of the planning behind the program. Conducting the pageant along the lines of the “Miss America” contest has added considerably to the stature of the local judging. All of the con testants could compete quite well in regional and state “Miss America” pageants, and our five final ists certainly seem capable of holding their own in any such contest. According to Mike, all three of the judges were impressed with Monday night’s array of talent. “They said it was the best display of talent they had ever judged and that it was better than any state pageant they had ever seen,” he reported. Something is lacking, however, and that was mentioned during the pageant Monday. That some thing is greater responsibilities for our “Miss Laurel.” A young lady with the poise and person ality, the beauty and the talent of our winner deserves wider recognition and an opportunity to be seen and heard by many persons off campus. She would reflect great credit on her school as well as herself. Suggestions for overcoming this lack should be addressed in writing to the Laurel editor. Worthy Cause Can Rally Help A charge of apathy has been leveled at the student body of Mars Hill College by a recent letter to the editor and in other references quoted in this paper. There is considerable opinion on campus, pro and con, as to whether such charge is justified and, if so, why. We do not claim to have the answers in this case, but we do believe that college students—even Mars Hillians—^will rally behind a great cause and will produce sigrnificant results. Consider the stu dent body of Kentucky Southern College in Louis ville, for example. The seven-year-old college is in deep financial trouble. It appeared that the only solution was to merge with the University of Louisville, but the 800-member student body was concerned about its troubled alma mater. The students did not want to see their school destroyed, and they began a mas sive effort to try to save it. In less than five weeks they raised $1.3 million, which was enough to meet the school’s most press ing obligations and give officials time to try to solve the entire financial problem. As a result, the trustees voted 18 to 1 to cancel plans to merge with the University of Louisville. The chairman of the trustees, who gave $800,- 000 of the total raised, gave credit to the students. “It was their fund drive,” he said, “their en thusiasm and their dedication to the school which made us aware that our education at Kentucky Southern is truly unique.” The victory was costly for the students since their tuition will go up from $400 to $600 per trimester beginning Jan. 1. Founded by the Kentucky Baptist Convention, the college became independent last March in order to be free to obtain federal aid. Valued at $8 million, the school has debts totaling $4.5 million. Included in this figure are $623,000 in short-term notes, $250,000 in accounts payable and $60,000 in withholding taxes. Several months ago the Kentucky Baptist Con vention borrowed $450,000 in order to give the school $500,000. It also pledged $77,010 each year for the next five years. Both of these actions by the convention’s Executive Board came under sharp criticism at the recent state convention. A convention committee is studying the conven tion’s moral and legal obligations in light of the college’s current dilemma. No more graphic illustration of student accept ance of responsibility can be found anywhere, but we’re optimistic enough to believe that Mars Hill students could match that example if they were presented with an equal challenge. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS I , ^ . I ia tUe eJtUo^. . . Dear Editor: The US military intervention in Viet Nam is wrong because: 1. It violates the 1st Command ment: Thou shalt not kill; or, are we forgetting the Ten Command ments? 2. It violates the Golden Rule: Do unto others as ye would have them do unto you; or, are we forgetting the Sermon on the Mount? 3. It violates International Law: Viet Nam, North and South, is one sovereign nation and we have no right to interfere in its internal affairs; or, are we forgetting our own Civil War? 4. It violates the UN Charter: Member nations are to refrain from the use of force in inter national relations; or, are we for getting our commitment to that organization? 5. It violates article I of the U. S. Constitution: Wars are de clared by Congress, representing all the people; or, are we forget ting that our nation is a republic? 6. It violates our Declaration of Independence: It is the right of peoples everywhere to estab lish whatever form of government is best conducive to their safety and happiness; or, are we for getting our political heritage? 7. It violates the clear admoni tion of Geo. Washington: No for eign entanglements; or, are we forgetting the teachings of our wisest, most selfless American? 8. It violates the homely truth of Abe Lincoln: We cannot do Dear Editor, What do you do when you have the flu and can’t get into the infirmary, when your friend is told she has to come to the in firmary so her class absences will be excused but to bring some blankets because there isn’t any heat, when the nurse leaves a boy at the clinic who’s gone to have his injured leg X-rayed and he has to walk back—one and a half miles? —Linda Baldwin the Mars Hill College Hillrop STAFF Advertising Manager Tommy Hullett Circulation Manager Nicholas Judkins Copy Editor-Proofreader Linda Baldwin Photographers Ted Ellmore Jack Sanders Sports Editor John Stancil Lee Mullis Bee Mayo Patricia Horton Ingrid Young Second-class postage paid at Mars Hill. N. G. Published 15 times during the college year. Box 486-T, Mars Hill, N. C. 28754 Hround [ampus for others what they should do for themselves; or, are we for getting the down-to-earth, com mon sense by which this nation rose to greatness? 9. It violates the wisdom of Ben Franklin: Don’t pay too much for the whistle. Every American personal income tax dollar now goes down the Viet Nam sewer and 100,000 of our finest youth have already been killed, wound ed or maimed; or, are we forget ting our most important commit ment, that to future generations of Americans? 10. It violates the dictum of Jesus: Cast out the mote in thine own eye, then thou shalt see clear ly how to help thy neighbor. We have plenty to do at home; or, are we forgetting Jesus? Think America; or, are we for getting how to think for ourselves? .—Kenneth D. Tomkinson 12 Dolphin Drive Vero Beach, Fla. 32960 The Administrative Council has approved a re quest that the French, Spanish and German honoi clubs be permitted to operate as interest clubi rather than honor organizations. Several Mars Hillians who attended the receri Baptist State Convention sessions in Asheville weri impressed by the definition of a “hippie” as state( by Dr. Clarence Cranford, pastor of the Calvarj Baptist Church in Washing;ton, D. C. “A hippie is a person who acts like Tarzan, look like Jane and smells like Cheetah.” Six new English courses will be offered for th( first time next semester, Joseph Schubert, head ol the department, has announced. The new courses include Modern American and British Drama, > study of significant playwrights and movements from 1875 to the present, to be taught by JiiJ Thomas; Pre-Modern Continental Drama, a studj of significant plasrwrights and movements up W the time of Ibsen, to be taught by Dr. Charles Cox Modem Fiction is a study of prose of the 20tl century using primarily American and British works and Semantics is a study of means as related t words and word origins, of the role of languag* in human life and of the different uses of language —both courses to be taught by Mr. Schubert. Literary Genre, a study of the novel and short story as literary forms through an analysis oi techniques of representative writers and the appU cation of various methods of literary criticism, wilt be taught by Mrs. Lucille Godwin. This course b one of two genre courses to be offered by th department, one of which will be required of all English majors. IndiTidual programs of reading and researcl studies will be supervised by Dr. Edwin Cheek. I* will be open to seniors only and permission of th instructor is required before registration. BSU leaders who have worked with him wer« disappointed to learn recently that Dr. William C Smith, Jr., who has been director of BSU worl throughout the state since 1961, has resigned Effective Jan. 20 he will become assistant profeS' sor of religion and director of religious activities for men at the University of Richmond. Dr. Smitt is the brother-in-law of Miss Sue Fitzgerald, di' rector of Christian education at the Mars Hill Baptist Church. A letter of appreciation written by the Student Government Association to the Baptists of Nortl Carolina concerning federal aid to the college haS been published in the Baptist weekly news magS' zine. The Biblical Recorder. Signed by Carroll Reed and Diane Eubanks, the letter expresses grati' tude for the recent approval by the Baptist Stat Convention of North Carolina for Mars Hill to apply for funds under Title III of the Higher EdU' cation Act of 1965. Nancy Kendall, 1965 graduate in music, whoS* father is head of the Department of Religion anl Philosophy and whose sister is a faculty membe' in the Home Economics Department, is getting mat' ried tomorrow in the local Baptist Church. Also bumming the wedding march these days 1* Diane Cowan, junior from Macon, Ga., who will ’66 grad Pat Sams next weekend. Newly elected officers of the Methodist StudeH* Movement were installed during the morning wof' ship service at the Mars Hill Methodist Church laS* Sunday. They are Jack Ruth, president; Teddy CaS' sels, program chairman; Vickie Stewart, secretary treasurer; and Nora D’Amico, enlistment chairmai>' The MSM, which presently has about 20 activ® members, has been busy this semester with a weel'' end retreat at Burnsville in October and a self' evaluation study. Plans for the spring term includ® a witness team excursion to Lenoir-Rhyne Colleg* and a retreat at Lake Junaluska in February. Tb* group held its Christmas party at the church TueS' day night. Thre 1968 wi Beverly Pam Cul and Mas 'Miss L (Contir talent, •lumbers, ' Heart” am fuf Singinj H’s Going “The Fant Maria c ^bout a sm Played her fashions ej As aid t “Miss the five fii "’as asked Mei Hap F Light of Love Single candle, burning low Light of man, child of woe. Single candle tiny light. Love of God shining bright. Single candle little flame. Word of God Jesus name. Single candle dark to ban. Son of God, son of man. Single candle mite of sun. Love enthroned, nations won. Come to earth, light of love. —Bee Mayo If
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