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Vol. XLIL No. 10
MARS HILL. NORTH CAROLINA
February 24, 1968
United States in 1968 Will Be Discussed
Pictured here are six of the seven Spring Symposium team members. They are (top 1. to r.) Dr.
Emanuel Carlson, Dr. G. M. Gilbert, and Mr. George Esser. (bottom) Dr. Nevitt Sanford, Mr. Ken-
Crawford, and Mr. Michael Katz.
Choir, Band Preparing for Spring Tours
The concert band, under the
‘''ection of Mr. Wayne Pressley
^^1 the touring choir, under the
'Section of Mr. Robert Rich have
^^tiounced tentative itineraries
their spring tours, March 10-
, The band plays eight concerts
,!* a five-day tour to South Caro-
Monday March 11, is their
'*^t performance day with a con-
at Mount Holly High School
j Mount Holly. Another concert
' the Charlotte area for the same
day is being planned.
On Tuesday, March 12, the
band will be at Manning High
School in Manning, S. C. The
following day they will play at
Southside High in Florence, S. C.
Another concert is planned for
this area, but plans have not been
confirmed.
Ridge Springs High, near Co
lumbia, S. C., is the location of
the next performance. The final
day of the tour finds the band
back in North Carolina. Concerts
Opinions about Macbird
Are ^any and Diverse
iS
Slogan
The easiest way to achieve
’*Hny-farm status is to meander
/''"ind Mars Hill interviewing
J^dents and faculty members
Macbird, 1967’s most con-
jj^Versial play, which was written
Barbara Garson and which is
s be presented in the Owen
j’^hding March 2, 4 and 5 at 8:00
under the direction of James
.^Oftias, assistant professor of
^®fich and dramatics,
ij. foliating and systematizing in-
uj'^Mual viewpoints on the merits
( having Macbird performed on
(|^*''Pus is not unlike calculating
Possible combinations of hu-
chromosome pairings at the
of sex-cell fertilization.
.Many are those people who
(i^ose Macbird on the grounds
it is a poorly written drama
Mch is based upon half-truths
and non-truths and which gain
support through its absurdity and
willingness to mock public fig
ures. This is the view assumed
by most respected critics as well
as the establishment world in gen
eral.
At the opposite pole are those
who heartily approbate Macbird
both for its literary excellence
and its significant commentary
on the American political scene.
This position is also held by re
spected critics though they be
considerably fewer in number
than those supporting the oppos
ing view.
But enough of this. What do
MaBs Hill people think about
Macbird?
David Knisley, of the history
department, saw the play in At-
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are scheduled at Waynesville’s
Tuscola High and Pisgah High at
Canton.
Mr. Pressley stated that he
hopes to take the stage band with
him on this tour.
The choir tours Florida this
year and has quite a full sched
ule. The choristers leave Mars
Hill March 9 and go to Atlanta,
Ga., where they sing at the 11
a.m. service Sunday in the First
Baptist Church. The service will
be televised in the Atlanta area.
That night they will be at North
Drive Baptist Church, also in At
lanta.
Monday, they arrive in Kissim
mee, Fla., for an evening con
cert at the First Baptist Church.
Tuesday they go to Avon Park,
Fla., and will sing at the First
Baptist Church. Wednesday, it’s
Ft. Lauderdale for a performance
at the Wilton Manors Baptist
Church—this one in Merit Island,
Fla., near Cape Kennedy. Friday
is open, but Mr. Rich hopes to
add a performance in the Jack
sonville area.
Saturday finds the choir at
Curtis Baptist Church in Augusta,
Ga. On Sunday they are on TV
again for the Columbia, S. C.
First Baptist Church. The final
performance is at the First Bap
tist Church, Asheville.
Both directors are pleased with
what they consider to be excel
lent tours. It should be pointed
out that this is one of the best
ways for people to become ac
quainted with Mars Hill College.
“The United States in 1968”
will be the theme for this year’s
spring symposium which consists
of a panel of seven distinguished
authorities scheduled to lecture
during the week of Feb. 26 to
March 1. There will be daily dis
cussions, seminars, and lectures
by the team members, headed by
the noted American Broadcasting
Company commentator Edward
P. Morgan.
Others scheduled to speak dur-
SGA Holds
Annual Vote
Elections for student govern
ment positions were held yester
day. The Hilltop had already
gone to press when the results
were announced.
Candidates for the offices were:
president—Sally Spaulding and
Wayne Staples, vice-president—
Bobbie Miller and Bill Gardner,
secretary — Martha Bruce and
Marie Fortenberry. Jean Dunn
was unopposed for the office of
treasurer.
The next round of elections is
scheduled to begin Monday. Can
didates for class officers will
then begin circulating petitions.
Interested students are encour
aged to run for class office, if
qualified. To check qualifications
consult your student handbook.
Petitions must be turned in to
the office of the Dean of Stu
dents^ before March 2. Election
day is scheduled for March 16.
Dorm officers will begin to
circulate petitions for the final
round of electioneering on March
18. Petitions should be turned
in to Dean Lynch by March 22.
Elections are set for April 4.
Installation of all elected offi
cials for the school year 1968-
69 is scheduled for April 16.
1968 Laurel
Goes to Press
The 1968 edition of the Laurel,
the campus yearbook, is sched
uled to go to press March 1, ac
cording to editor Mike Swaim.
He stated that the final 16 pages
of the 208-page book are in the
final stages of production.
The book features more color
than past Laurels. Swaim believes
that he has captured a new con
cept in yearbooks from previous
years. The book features eight
sections including one section on
special events of the year.
Swaim believes that a yearbook
should be a reflection of student
life. In following this belief he
has designed the 1968 Laurel to
show all phases of student life
at Mars Hill, from the unforget
table “happenings” to the daily
routine of checking an empty
mailbox.
As is the custom, the cover
design and the dedication are
kept secret until the presentation
of the yearbook. The presenta
tion is scheduled for the chapel
hour on April 26.
ing the week are Kenneth Craw
ford, Washington columnist for
Newsweek Magazine; Michael
Katz, assistant professor of law
at the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill; George H.
Esser, Jr. of Durham, director
of the North Carolina Fund; Dr.
C. Emanuel Carlson, executive di
rector of the Washington-based
Baptist Joint Committee on Pub
lic Affairs; Dr. Nevitt Sanford
of Stanford University, director
of the Institute for the Study of
Human Problems; and Dr. G. M.
Gilbert, internationally known
psychologist from Long Island
University.
The lectures and discussions in
corporate such timely topics as
changing relationships between
church and state, crisis in Ameri
ca as a result of the war in Viet
nam, political issues of the 1968
elections, crime in the nation,
education during the sixties, cities
and their problems, and Ameri
can youth.
The afternoon seminars are
slated for 3 p.m. in Memorial
Library Auditorium. Lectures will
be given at 8 p.m. in Moore Audi
torium and also at 10 a.m., Tues
day thru Friday mornings. Ques
tion and answer sessions are plan
ned after each address.
The symposium was instituted
three years ago as an important
part of the spring semester. It
is planned and coordinated each
year by a faculty committee as a
complement to the academic and
cultural program of the college.
In previous years the speakers
have included Howard K. Smith
of ABC (twice), Edwin Newman
of CBS, Marvin Kalb of NBC,
Dr. Frank Graham of the UN,
and Leon Volkov of Newsweek.
This year’s keynote speaker is
Edward P. Morgan. He will speak
Monday night on “Our American
Crisis in the Far East.” Morgan
holds a unique position among
American news commentators and
writers.
His personal experience with
history-making men and events
includes duty in Saigon and Mos
cow as well as Berlin and Lon
don. He maintains an intense
pride in the independence of his
views and his freedom to express
them on the air, from the lectern,
and in print.
Tuesday morning and after
noon, Dr. Emanuel Carlson will
discuss church-state relations. Dr.
Carlson is presently serving as a
member on the Commission on
Religious Liberty and Human
Rights of the Baptist World Alli
ance. He also serves as consult
ant with a number of national
and inter-denominational organi
zations dealing with problems of
religious liberty and church-state
relations.
Kenneth G. Crawford of News
week will tackle “Issues in 1968”
on Tuesday night at 8:00 in
Moore Auditorium. Mr. Crawford
has known personally every
United States President since
Coolidge. No other Washington
journalist is considered to have
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