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^arch 21. 191 10R[ D AISTID^SIdUD H A I D the Mars Hill College For Spicy Details of Hitherto Unknown Faculty Romances See Page 3 Vol. MCMLXIX. No. 007 MARS HELL. NORTH CAROLINA April 1. 1969 Palmar Baptists Sell Mars Hill to Edsel iwi feel — despit* ; athlete: indi' lent body wid recall 1968-6* foundation {>•' e in any insti Mars Hill Col' in so far 2-' our years her* ers say, I wil duals make i*' ating facto* it this fall* tic Depart' brought t® TONE) bo* lot hesitat* which tb® ike some eve® campus: Spencer Hef e eager of ol* ;s. The Nei^ Bob Beamo*' Wood will ^ eball and f*^ rmer Yank®^ thlete and t® Bive Your Views/ Dammit IRVICE, moN s Hill ^Ur inlervlew this week is with that j.°st loyal of campus friends. Dammit. ® IS one of the more popular profes- on campus with his liberal atti- : Oes toward campus social life. He received his BONE and HISTING If^^ees from the Kennel Institute of U®*hiology. He and the Dog Squad * reign supreme at MHC. we understand that Itou have just received a grant to Establish a training program at ^es, that is true. We have been j'^^arded $5,000 from the Lassie bstitute for training the Kaine in proper and more effective ^®§ging procedures. This is so aat we can play a more effective ^°le in upholding the traditions of school. We are also planning to th, slii clear the lower branches from f bushes. Our third goal is to rage P in more female dogs for more ^®lectivity. You know, variety and sort of thing. "^here has been a good deal of ^Piplaining about the food here. °uld you comment? Well, it might be O.K. for the Pdents, but personally I wouldn’t Pch the stuff. j^MHC has experienced quite a ^ social changes recently. What ® you think of them? ^ome of them are policies that *>a( ’’SSi 5ft, fU: jl^^judice on this campus. Social ® here will continue to be ex- ®Pld have been made many '®i‘s ago. As for the dancing I ®Pt the “step” they named my breed. I consider that a ^ther example of the degree of fOi 5ive until they lower the motel 'Orti rates in Asheville and this j h cause the restriction of cer- j facets of social life. Frankly, jy-^hl be glad to see the day that reaches coed maturity so students will stop staring at .What do you visualize in the for MHC? y^'Quld be nice to have all the ®®'’e-mentioned changes made in the immediate future. However, I realize that many departments here, other than my own, are also in dire need of improvement. Hopefully, the college will out last the tenure of certain elements of the campus and become a force in the community and be respect ed in the field of academies. Lions Complete Perfect Season Belated congratulations were offered today to the 1968 MHC football team by one of its most devoted and outspoken fans, Miss Twedith Squan. “The dedication, team spirit and unified effort of the players and coaches in compiling a no-loss record for the season was just wonderful,” she stated. “It was particularly encouraging to me and to the other three fans that Mars Hill did not even lose to the husky bunch of bruisers who make up Furman’s varsity. Miss Squan said she understood that the team’s No. 1 fan. Bent Lee, remarked that he felt the ’68 team could have done better but that the season was “okey.” “I presume,” she explained, “that what he means was that there were only eight opponents not on the 1968 schedule and if there had been 10 such opponents not on the schedule, the no-loss record would, therefore, have shown greater emphasis on ex cellence.” In praising the team Miss Squan also paid tribute to the Board of Trustees for their part in making the ’68 grid season such a memor able one. “It’s that kind of support that really helps spread the word about Mars Hill College as a fun place,” (Continued on Page 4) While students were on Spring holidays, the 150-acre campus of Mars Hill College was sold to the Edsel Division of Ford Motor Company for an undisclosed sum by the North Carolina State Bap tist Convention. Dr. Bentley and the Board of Trustees entered into extensive negotiations to insure fair pur chase for both sides. There have been two previous offers, one in March of ’67 for $2.98, and one in January of ’68 for $1.79. These offers were rejected due to the inclusion of paragraph 1, article a, changing the name to Edsel U. The decision was made to sell after the takeover of the admin istrative offices by a “nebulous” committee called SLUD. Realiz ing that their positions were, at best, only nominal, the adminis tration and faculty voted unan imously to accept Ford’s final of fer during a secret meeting just before the holidays. Edsel officials have announced several administrative change- overs, most significant of which is the appointment of St. Jude as president of this institution of higher learning. This man, rela tively new to the education field, has acquired the misnomer of “saint of lost causes.” Edsel feels, however, that the acquisition of the college will be beneficial and profitable because so many stu dents are looking for a college be tween the luxury institution and the family institution. Ed Griffin has been named the new dean of students. Bobby Baker has accepted the position of business manager for the college. This gentleman, who has proved to be a success at handling money, should be a boon to Mars Hill’s financial standing. Lester Maddox has been ap pointed the new head of the cafe teria. (Tuff luck, Dottie . . . Sam my . . . Rodney . . . Jim . . . Jac ob .. . Elizabeth . . . Roger.) In a move obviously intended to show his new image as a broad minded Southerner Mr. Maddox announced that he will serve fried chicken and watermelon every Sunday. Some additional plans for im provement include the transfor mation of Harrell Pool into a Mogen David winery with Mike Swaim as the little old winemak er. Dr. Dick Hoffman, in addition to playing at dean, has accepted the responsibility of teaching stu dents to drive on rural roads. Dr. Jolley will assume the position of campus-ranger-in-residence and will conduct all campus tours. Mr. Roy Wood will be Chairman of the Bridge Department. One ofthe most interesting and hottest innovations planned by the new owners is that all 10 of the MHC dormitories will be en tirely CO - educational beginning this fall. The move, expected since the purchase, was passed with one dissenting vote by the administrative council last Thurs day. The office of the dean of stu dents has graciously consented to completely revamp this fall’s room reservations. Choice of rooms is entirely up to the student. The only restriction is that your room mate must be of the same race, creed or national origin. This will require a reshuffling of several offices. Dean Logan’s office will be located in Myers 314. Miss Joe’s apartment will be in Treat 30. Other changes are forthcoming and will be an nounced in the next Landslide. Also planned for the fall is a general changeover in Dormitory Personnel. Dorm hostesses will be available only for social gath erings. Any other problems must be taken to the dorm presidents. Color T.V.’s and stereos and hi fi’s will be provided in the parlors. Other recreational facilities will be acquired this summer. REFLECTIONS Editor's note: The following editorial appeared in the Oct. 10, 1953, issue of The Hilltop, forerunner of The Land slide. It is reprinted here because of its relevance for today. You, whether you realize it or not, are now a “Mars Hillian.” You have been here almost six weeks. Orientation is over, you have probably already joined a society, you have found out just what to study and when and how to study it, your five weeks on campus stay is up; and you are, or should be, about ready to settle down to being an established “Col lege Man,” or woman. But have you settled down? And if you have not, could the reason be that you are not really taking part in college life? You have your classes daily, and you attend them as you are required to do regardless of whether you like to attend them or not. With the classes go home work, and a certain amount of outside effort in the library and elsewhere. However, no matter how hard the course you are tak ing, you will find that there wiU be times when you have nothing special to do. If you spend all your spare time dreaming about home, and how soon you can get off campus to go there, then your life on campus will mean little to you except a sort of prison term you must undergo. And that atti tude will affect everything you do. Everyone gets homesick at times. One of the professors on campus has said that getting homesick is the greatest compli- ment you can pay to your family. Thdre is a difference, however, in an occasional spell of homesick ness, and an “I’m-just-existing- till-the-day-1-go-home” attitude which goes on and on, day after day, long after a reasonably adult student should have adjusted him self to college life. Your parents would hardly have sent you here unless they had be lieved you were old enough to live away from home for some length of time. They expect you to join in college life and become part of the institution. That pro cess includes reconciling yourself to the fact that you are now in college and no longer at home, forgetting the restrictions that you perhaps would like to change but cannot, and joining in the spirit and activities of Mars Hill. ... It is up to you to find your place on campus and get into the swing of things. Editor's note: The following editorial is also reprinted from an earlier edi tion of The Hilltop. Only the names have been changed. Footsteps sound quietly along the cement shuffleboard court out side the east wing of Edna Moore. A girl, studying imder late lights, glances out and sees the indistinct form of the night watchman pass beneath her window. In the sec ond floor bath, a sleepy freshman watches the ghostly figure drift soundlessly across the misty court yard, and returns to the dark halls unafraid. On the boys’ hill, a group of students returning from a midnight cup of coffee at Toddle House pause to exchange greet ings and conversations with the husky figure. And all over the campus, students and faculty staff alike sleep undisturbed, secure in the knowledge that Ogle, a figure more regularly seen on the cam pus than the moon, is on the job. Mars Hill’s night watchman has a job and a responsibility few would envy. He must spend each night, regardless of the weather, touring the entire campus again and again, always with both eyes and ears alert, open for signs of trouble. Rain, sleet, and snow, he must ignore. The safety of the campus, in the care of so many during the daylight hours, rests in the hands of one man after dark. On his shoulders must fall the protection of the College from both pranksters and those with more serious intent. He is the eyes and the ears of a sleeping campus. Ogle has held the job for many years. The housemothers of both boys’ and girls’ dorms who have been here for some time, the fac ulty members who stay on cam pus, and the students, both pres ent and past who see him con stantly, night after night, will tes tify to his faithfulness and dedi cation to his job. Girls returning early from Spring or Christmas vacation, have found him on the hill when there was no one else. Boys are frequently heard to re mark that “Ogle seems to be ev erywhere at once.” Housemothers remark upon his good work.
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