Dr. B. & Company Seek $3 Million
A campaign to raise $3 million
for the college was officially launch
ed last Saturday with a planning
conference held on the campus. In
addition to more than a hundred
alumni, trustees, advisors and staff
and faculty members, 14 students
participated in the day-long discus
sions;
Student Body President Bill Pons,
Ed Griffin, James Wikle, David Sper
ling, Betty Lou Moss, Maria Hunt,
Pat Horton, Diane Green, Ruth Gel-
lerstedt, Waynette Garland, Linda
Duck, Wanda Connell, Nancy Collis
and Betty Boyd participated.
The conference wrapped up final
plans for the fund-raising effort,
which will seek $3 million in cash
and pledges over the next three
years to finance the second phase
of the college’s 10-year development
program entitled “Emphasis on Ex
cellence.”
John Daniel of Asheville, chair
man of the Board of Advisors and
a member of the Buncombe County
Board of Commissioners, will serve
as general chairman of the cam
paign. He spoke briefly at the con
ference, outlining how the campaign
will be conducted.
Dr. Bentley discussed the ad
ministration of the college and Dr.
Hoffman described the Community
Development Institute and the in
novative programs the college is
promoting to improve both teaching
and learning. Roger Shaw of Greens
boro, president of the Alumni As
sociation, discussed the role that
organization will play in the cam
paign.
Later, representatives of the
Alumni Association decided a sug
gested goal of $250,000 to be raised
among alumni was too small and
voted to increase it to $750,000.
Four major areas of need are
lumped together in the total goal of
$3 million. They include the follow
ing: (1) $500,000 to continue the
program of faculty development; (2)
$500,000 for endowment of a scho
larship program for students who
have demonstrated outstanding abi
lity in scholarship, leadership and
service; (3) $650,000 to pay off cur
rent indebtedness on the Chambers-
Harrell-Meares complex and Gibson
Dormitory; and (4) $1,350,000 to
ward the cost of construction of a
proposed classroom-administration
building to be named for President
Emeritus Hoyt Blackwell.
A scientifically planned solicita
tion program will be carried out to
obtain contributions from the faculty,
staff and student body as well as
from alumni, business, industry and
foundations.
Solicitation of alumni formally
began last Tuesday night with a
dinner meeting on the campus for
former students living in Madison
County. A similar meeting was held
Thursday night in Asheville for alum
ni in Buncombe County.
Other such meetings are sche
duled in Hendersonville, Maggie
Valley, Gastonia, Charlotte, Raleigh,
Lenior, Hickory, Statesville, Wins
ton-Salem, High Point, Fayetteville,
Durham and Greensboro.
Out-of-state meetings are planned
in Greenville and Spartanburg, S.
C.; Atlanta; Morristown and Kings
port, Tenn.; Roanoke, Richmond and
Norfolk, Va.; and the Northern Vir-
ginia-Washington-Maryland area.
Later other meetings will be plan
ned in other areas where there is
sufficient concentration of former
students.
the Mars Hill College
Hilliop
FOOTBALL RE-ENROLLS
AFTER YEAR’S ABSENCE
Vol. XLIV No. 1
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
September 13, 1969
Griffin's Summer Council Shines
Summer session began at Mars
Hill College with the election of
officers by the Summer Council.
These officers were: President, Ed
Griffin; Vice-President, Tommy Cog
gins and Secretary, Cindy Byler.
Dr. Leininger was elected faculty
advisor, along with Deans Logan
and Lynch who were automatically
advisors due to their administrative
positions.
Theatre Opened
President Griffin contacted Mr.
Charles MacFarland about opening
the Mars Theatre during the summer
months in order to provide some
form of entertainment for the stu
dents. Mr. MacFarland agreed to
do this on a trial basis on a Thurs
day through Saturday schedule. Mr.
MacFarland reports that he operated
at a loss.
June 25 was labeled co-educa-
tional activity day. The location
was Huffman Beach and the activi
ties included volleyball, softball and
other activities for interested stu
dents. President Griffin reflects up
on the event, “Although participa
tion vvas not as much as we had
hoped, those who came had a very
enjoyable time.”
Again on Huffman Beach, the sum-
mer students gathered for a SGA
sponsored watermelon cutting fol
lowed by vollyball games.
SGA purchased a new cannon to
de used for our football games. The
cannon was purchased for $20 along
with the trade in of the old cannon.
Throughout the summer faculty
end students participated in softball
games which were regularly held on
uesday and Thursday afternoons.
President Griffin welcomed The
North Carolina Student Council Con-
91'oss to the Mars Hill Campus and
made available to the Congress in-
ormation about our SGA, which was
ased in different discussions.
Several recommendations were
made by the Summer Council. One
a
^ a recommendation to the Aca-
emic Standards Committee regard
ing the increase of the number of
s from 2 to 4 during summer
“Aft°°' President Griffin states,
Or forwarding the recommenda-
th°^A*° (Chairman of
I j Academic Standards Committee),
°and that there was no policy
making board, nor was there anyone
with the authority to make such a
change. The Summer Council was
astonished to find that the faculty
was just as bogged down with pro-
cedual technicalities as SGA often
finds itself.”
Improvements
A second recommendation was
made by the Summer Council, this
one listed to the physical plant in
the form of a requisition for the
placement of two fans; one in the
reference room of the library, the
second in the periodical room of
the library. Mr. Moelchert and Mr.
Fish were consulted. Mr. Moelchert
agreed that fans would be pur
chased if Mr. Wyatt would agree
there was a need. President Griffin
discussed the matter with Mr. Wyatt,
who readily agreed that there was
a necessity. The fans were never
purchased.
The Summer Council also re
quested the painting of the Student
Center. A partial painting was com
pleted before the beginning of the
fall semester.
General recommendations were
made by the Student Affairs Coun
cil. One was to the physical plant
regarding the reduction of car
registration fees. President Griffin
explains, “On Jan. 27, 1969 the
Senate sent a recommendation to
the Traffic Committee, chaired by
Mr. Fish. In the July meeting of the
Student Affairs Council, it was re
ported that there had not been a
meeting of the Traffic Committee
since beginning of the second sem
ester 1968-1969. Each administrative
and faculty committee is constitu
tionally bound to hold meetings
monthly if business is pending. After
having constant delay in reply, I
met with Mr. Moelchert and we
agreed to reduce the car registra
tion fee to $5 a semester for board
ing students and $2.50 per semester
for commuter. This reduction can
not be implemented until the 1970-
71 school year because the 1969-70
budget had already been planned.”
Exams Studied
Another recommendation from
the Student Affairs Council was
made to Dr. Hoffman regarding the
lengthening of final exams from
two to three hours. No action has
been taken on this.
The Student Affairs Council re
viewed and approved The Student
Handbook.
President Griffin stated, “Having
served as president of SGA I re
cognize the importance of student
support. It is my sincere hope that
the students will give Bill Pons
and the SGA all the backing neces
sary to bring about constructive
changes.”
Chapel Program
Great Success
Those who attended chapel Thurs
day witnessed one of the most dyna
mic outpourings of school spirit since
the initiation of an intercollegiate
sports program. From early in the
program when Coach Shealy ran
onto stage to introduce the ’69 Lions
until the closing moments of the
pep rally, the whole program gene
rated a flood of enthusiasm within
the student body.
MHC cheerleaders, who attended
a cheerleading conference at Pfeifer
College this summer, introduced a
clever skit and new cheers and dis
played a tremendous amount of
spirit and support for the football
team. Each football player was in
troduced to the student body and
the team received a rousing, stand
ing ovation from their wildly en
thusiastic fans. The band was on
hand to back up the team and lend
an enthusiastic mood with a musical
beat.
SGA President Bill Pons comment
ed on the program: “More school
spirit was shown in Chapel on
Thursday than I’ve seen in a long
time. I’m backing the cheerleaders
and the Lions 100 percent.”
Bill Kilgore, senior, added, “I
think this will be the greatest year
for sports we’ve ever had. The
cheerleaders did a great job!”
Perry White, student affairs direc
tor, reported that favorable com
ments on the chapel program came
through his office all day. He add
ed, “I’m really excited about the
school spirit shown in chapel Thurs
day. We’re gonna have a winner.”
New 'Birds' Increase
Flock To 99 Eggheads
The teaching faculty at Mars Hill
College has jumped to 99 as the
school opened its 114th fall semester
Aug. 27.
In all 22 persons have been grant
ed faculty status for the school year.
Five of the incoming members are
familiar with the campus: three have
been away on leaves furthering
their graduate studies and two are
graduates of Mars Hill.
The returning veterans are Miss
Mary Ihrig of the English depart
ment, Jack Grose of business ad
ministration and brass teacher Wayne
F^ressley of the music department.
The two former students are Larry
Allen Huls of Andrews, who will be
a history instructor and Miss Stella
Lam of Brookline, Mass., who will
teach piano and organ. Huls has
a master of arts from Florida State
University, and Miss Lam, a master
in music from Boston University.
The others, the newcomers, join
the departments of business ad
ministration, chemistry, education,
English, history and political sci
ence, home economics, mathema
tics, modern languages, music, phy
sical education and religion.
Of last year’s college faculty, four
have been granted leaves of ab
sence for doctoral study during
1969-70, two have been given ad
ministrative posts and two have re
tired.
Joining the business administra
tion department are George M.
Joyce of Greensboro and Bobby
Vicars of Arlington, Va. Joyce re
tired. last year from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Vicars has masters from East Ten
nessee State University at Johnson
City.
In the chemistry department. Dr.
Kenneth J. Manske, formerly of Mil-
likin University at Decatur, III., is an
assistant professor.
Dr. Vernon Chapman of Tusca
loosa, Ala., is an assistant professor
of education. A former public
school teacher, he was a faculty
member of the University of Ala
bama. ether additions to the educa
tion department are Miss Lucy Mea
dows of Asheville and Dale Wright
of Candler. Both will serve as part
time instructors.
In the English department. Miss
Brenda Gale Gooch is an instructor
of speech and English. She comes
from the faculty of North Texas State
University at Denton. Dr. Virgil R.
Gray Jr. joins the department’s dra
ma staff as associate professor. He
taught last year at Indiana State
University.
Dr. Sheron Ann Keiser of Free-
mont, Chio, is an assistant professor
of political science. She earned
her doctorate last year at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. New instructors are Robert
Eugene Knott of Winston-Salem and
George Peery of Tazwell, Va. Knott
received a master’s last year from
Wake Forest University; and Peery,
from the University of Virginia at
Charlottesville.
Mrs. Lynn O. Wenige of Asheville
and a former teacher at T. C. Rober
son High School is an instructor in
the home economics department.
She has a master’s from Purdue
University, Lafayette, Ind.
Miss Dorothy Anne Vanderburg is
joining the mathematics department
as an instructor. She has a master’s
from the University of Montana.
Miss Joan T. Williams of Greens
boro joins the modern languages de
partment as an instructor of French.
She has a master’s from Duke Uni
versity.
In the music department. Dr. Paul
G. Newton is an assistant professor
serving as music librarian, lecturer
and organ teacher. He earned his
doctorate at North Texas State Uni
versity and has taught at several
colleges. Last year he was string
and orchestra consultant with the
Winston-Salem-Forsyth school sys
tem.
Harold E. Taylor of Knoxville,
Tenn., joins the physical education
department as assistant football
coach and instructor. He comes from
a high school in Knoxville where
he earned his master’s at the Uni
versity of Tennessee. Another new
instructor with the department is
Edgar W. Shields of Robins with a
master’s from UNC at Chapel Hill.
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