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)WBI (aimer AprU 1. 196! the Mars Hill College hiUtod Unfortunately, peace seems TO BE everybody’s CONCERN AND nobody’s business. Vol. XLIII, No. 13 MARS HILL. NORTH CAROLINA April 5. 1969 a Cc am ipu6 J4, appenin^d ih, catching ot itic splendor. itball schedulf es with Nortl the Lions wil leir road trip^ Hin for theii ise the coUeg* om Mr. Fish'.' red opponent id commented gotten us sh that he ha-' the total tbit ruiting effot** Georgia area g drive in tb* he added. “1'^ he hundred d isical arrang®" for a suitabl* of the futuT^ I interludes the new fiS'*' ^ his re- ; at via :all Congratulations to Betty Boyd, ''ice-president of the Junior Class" and to Donald E. McCaskill, new- iy elected president of the Baptist Student Union. lyorm officers for the 1969-70 academic year will be: Fox: Cynthia J. Byler, presi- ^®nt; Susan Arrowood, vice-presi- ‘^ant; and Barbara A. Fowler, sec retary-treasurer. Huffman: Sandra M. Phillips, President; Sally E. Sligh, vice- President; and Shirley McIntosh, accretary-treasurer. Stroup: Martha A. Jones, presi dent; Jane Gillespie, vice-presi dent; Bonnie Dough tie, secretary- treasurer. . Gibson: Sidney R. Pickett, pres- 'dent; W. Scott Price, vice-presi dent; R. Wilson Laney, secretary- treasurer. Melrose: H. Ronald Richardson, President; Robert W. Luebke, vice- President; L. Perry Springfield, aecretary-treasurer. Myers: Kenneth M. Cooper, President; Bruce Hartgrove, vice- President; Stanley Pegrave, secre- dry-treasurer. Scholarship awards, the Caro- Pn Biological Scholarship Award the Lloyd M. Bertholf Biology ^holarship Award, supported by ddends of the College and pre sented by the Department of Bi- d'cgy, -vviU be available to out standing biology majors for study dt Mars Hill College during the eotning academic year. The four fraternities and two ^rorities currently a part of Mars College's campus have formed ^ Inter-Greek Council with the jdrpose of better co-ordinating , ® goals of the Greek system here, j ^ spokesman for the Council h'd the new organization will erve to better structure the activ- m le er m ay ^'6s of the individual clubs and to be a more vibrant voice for jDeeds of the fratemity-soror- , ^ system at Mars Hill. It is also "Ped that with the solidified or- hPization the various clubs can . ^ke more effective their respect- ® service and social projects. The Council is made up of the ®sidents and one elected mem- from each of the six groups Will hold elections for offices khin the Council at its first ^ting Monday at 7:00. jjThe Mars Hill College Drama j^PDrtment is currently prepar- ^ S Oliver Goldsmith’s farce, “She ^ops To Conquer,” as the final f^^Dction of the semester. This ^^toration comedy has been a fav- on stages around the world its first showing in England fitice ^ the i770’s. Robert Halsband ^ 'ies in the New York Times Review, . . the plot is let- with absurd coincidences ittiprobabilities . .. The booby ^ Lumpkin and his ever-in- Sent mother start by amusing ®Dd end by engaging us.” jj^lDe cast for the play is promis- Tony Liunpkin is to be Williams Slated to Participate In Summer Internship Program played by Ed Lynch; Miss Hard- castle by Beth Foster; Young Mar low by Brick Tilley; Hastings by Paul Wright; Mrs. Hardcastle by Linda Duck; Hardcastle by Bruce Hansen; Diggory by Jim John stone; Sir Charles Marlow by Don Morris; Miss Neville by Debbie Compton and the Maid by Judi Willis. The Mars Hill College Choir will be boarding the bus Apr. 17 for a long-awcuted special tour. The trip will open with a concert Thursday evening at Huffman Baptist Church in Birmingham. Ala. The highlight of the tour will be the performance in Mobile, Ala., at a session of the MENC convention Saturday, Apr. 19. This will be a demonstration perform ance, representing the theme of poetry in music. The program will consist of comE>ositions by two contemporary composers, Carl Orff and Stravinski. A Sunday morning performance at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans is next on the schedule followed by a night performance at East Hill Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fla. The choir wUl return to the Mars Hill campus the following Monday, Apr. 21. Mars HiU College has become concerned with the future of the gifted but non-achieving students in Madison and Buncombe coun ties. Using funds from the federal government, an Upward Bound Program was established last sum mer. Students from eight high schools are chosen on OEO cri teria to spend two summers at MHC gaining basic skills and, most importantly, gaining confi dence in their own abilities. With classes in the humanities, mathematics, drama, home eco nomics, music and physical educa tion, the students are guaranteed some area in which they may be come interested and encouraged to achieve. Emily Saunders, a home eco nomics major has volunteered her time for intrapersonal community action. Miss Saunders, a junior, is giving her Friday afternoons to conduct demonstrations in sewing and cooking. Her efforts are in cooperation with the Opportunity Corporation in Marshall. Emily sees a special relevance to her experience and her formal education. She now has an oppor tunity to test the social applicabil ity of her personal efforts in the classroom. Emily is anxious for other students to volunteer their time, and benefit from the same unique person-to-person contact. Here’s a quotable quote of Dag Hammerskjold’s (the late Secre tary-General to the United Na tions) — “The most dangerous of all moral dilemmas: when we are obliged to conceal truth in order to help the truth to be victorious.” Bill Williams has been accepted to participate in the North Caro lina State Government Internship Program. The program for the summer will last from June 9 through Aug. 22 and wUl place 25 students in state agencies. The State Government Summer Internship Program was originat ed in 1962 from the desire of state officials to interest outstanding North Carolina coUege and uni versity students in state govern ment. Since that time the pro gram has grown in size and scope, but it remains unchanged in its dedication to the two-fold goal of sparking student interest and con tributing positively to various branches of state government. The internship program involves both a 40-hour work week and a concentrated seminar series. At the same time that they are deep ening their knowledge of the state, interns eire faced with a challeng ing opportunity to be of immedi ate and real value to the state agencies in which they work. Double Standard by Allen Lane It has come to my attention re cently that during the summer months MHC lives imder a double standard. There seems to be the normal set of rules for summer students and a non-existent set of rules for campus visitors and con ventions. Guests are aUowed to smoke in coUege buildings, drink ing is liberal and there cure no parking fees, nor restrictions. Though I do see a need to ex tend courtesy to our guests, I don’t feel the students have to be sacrificed to this end. The admin istration must decide whether they run a resort or a summer school. Are the students most im portant or are the conventions? I feel that the college’s summer sessions are of primary impor tance. Thus, I suggest that either the guests follow college restric tions, or the college restrictions should be relaxed to encompass the students. With students being the main concern of Mars Hill, I feel they should not only be treat ed fairly, but replaced as the pri mary role of this institution’s sum mer administration. Students, you do have a channel through which change can be brought. A bill is soon to be in troduced into the Student Senate advocating a uniform code of re strictions for both guests and stu dents for the summer session. You are urged to buttonhole your class senator and urge him to pass this bill. Now is the time to voice your opinion; make Mars Hill a better place for you to live. The first week is an orientation period which begins the interns’ familiarization with almost every aspect of North Carolina — his tory, economy, government, poli tics and geography. For the next 10 weeks, interns work as full time employees assigned to Vcir- ious state agencies and participate in discussions of North Carolina’s administration programs in sem inars held two nights a week. Seated informally, interns listen to and question state officials, agency heads, and university pro fessors. Such speakers as the gov ernor, the state presidents of YDC and YRC, and the directors of the departments of corrections and conservation and development rouse the interns’ interest in poli tics and explain the workings of state government. Topics range from practical re alities (lobbying) to theoretical values (the public interest). Dif fering opinions are represented, and discussions sometimes con tinue long after the formal session has adjourned. Interns make widely differing contributions to their agencies, de- fiending upon the agency’s needs and the intern’s interests and abil ities. Projects have ranged from a Guide to Services indexing wel fare services, to the writing of radio and TV annoimcements pro moting learning laboratories. One intern worked with the Prison De partment to evaluate the success of its Alcoholic Rehabilitation Pro gram. Another wrote a research article for the North Carolina Em ployment Security Commission Quarterly. Still another studied the careers of Negro students in predominantly white institutions of learning. Bill, a junior history major, has applied to work with the Good Neighbors Coimcil or the Prison Department. Interviews in Ra leigh by internship advisors for these state departments will be held in late April to arrive at a final department selection for Wil liams. Overseas Work-Travel Plan Offered Students can live and work abroad this summer on the U. S. National Student Travel Associa tion’s Exchange Visitor Program. NSTA, the official student travel bureau in the U.S., is handling this exchange in cooperation with the official national student travel bu reaus in Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Students will attend a two-day orientation on their arrival, where they will receive briefings by NSTA’s counterparts — the Brit ish Universities’ North American Club, the Union of Students of Ireland, the National Union of Australian University Students and the New Zealand University Students Association. Student Power A $55 fee covers all orientation costs — plus entry permit. In Australia, New Zealand and Ire land, NSTA can prearrange jobs for a $10 fee; these jobs are gen erally in resort, factory or sales work. In order to qualify, students must be currently enrolled in a U. S. college or vmiversity, be 18 years of age or over, be in good health and have had previous work experience. Deadline for applications is Apr. 21. For more information about NSTA’s Exchange Visitor Pro gram and low-cost transportation to these countries, write to NSTA, Dept. R, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10011. “ ‘Student Power’ is a term that has been taken to mean al most everything from student rebellion to student involvement. If organized Student Government is to survive the challenge for action that faces it today, it must become an advocate of ‘Stu dent PoweF. That is, students having a voice in all campus de cisions which affect the entire college or iiniversity and a con trolling voice in those matters which only affect them.” (Taken from the Agenda of the Regional Conference of the Southern Universities Student Government Association held March 15 1969.) In Niemoriam Although we consider the death of General President Eisen hower a great loss, we cannot help but celebrate the greatness of his life. Death should never beget the eternal mourning or re gret, but be a time for noting achievements and good in a per son’s life. His death was no great shock, nor should it be con sidered so. We can agree that General EisenhoweFs death con tained a note of triumph. His will to live and physical stamina was tremendous, and so was his character. As President Nixon indicated, Eisenhower was the right person at the right place at the right time. Although he was a great war hero, his main ob jective was peace. Every effort of his eight-year administration proved that point as the nation had one of it’s most peaceful periods in modem history. Yes, we’ve lost a good man, but the memories he left offer strength to those who dare to live by the principles that were so much a part of him. He was only human but seemed to possess those qualities which made him stand taller and demand the high est respect from those around him.