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the Mars Hill College
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“JOE COLLEGE IS DEAD”
author unknown
'ol. XLIV No. 2
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
September 27, 1969
ark Robinson, R.
ily, Gerald WhitI
1, Larry Brock, I
Mack Byrd, Son
Mike Hern, Dani
fiey. Dean Edwar
hitfield, Steve Ki
and Ray Croxton
)r. Gray: 9
“I like people; I like the school,”
'as Dr. Virgil R. Gray’s reply when
sked about coming to Mars Hill
•allege. Dr. Gray has joined the
jaff of Mars Hill College in the De-
rtment of Drama. He is a native
Terre Haute, Indiana, where he
mght for nine years prior to his
rival at Mars Hill. He was gradu-
jed from Ball State Teacher’s Col-
Ige in Munsie, Indiana, and receiv-
f his Master’s from State University
Iowa. Dr. Gray then decided to
jntinue formal education by earn-
g the coveted doctorate degree
am Indiana University.
Dr. Gray first became acquainted
ith MHC while working with the
w, “I am not herediana State University summer
ns to the studentseatre which was also attended by
I am not a wanr. Holcombe and Mr. Thomas of the
iker. The counsears Hill College Drama Depart-
stening center andent. “One thing led to another,”
o little to be ignaid Dr. Gray, “and here I are.”
Mr. Lynch
9ens
Long is pleased to ~
Mr. Melvin and ^“'""lentmg on the students in
he feels “is very Department he said, “I’m
f help to all stud! y impressed with my students.”
sa—counseling.” ,
>al of having the cc,
to achieve an idef
of concern, Mr. LVi
dents that “altho'
■ A. M. Chapter To Be Host
or State Convention Oct. 3-4
as always been a'„
. . October third and fourth the
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,, iiversity Division of the Society
te all activities H- Advancement of Management
mosphere than befqi hold its North Carolina state
! students will cominvention on the Mars Hill College
about a major or mpus, hosted by the Mars Hill
'liege chapter of this organization.
Guest speaker for this convention
1 be Mr. Carl W. Golgart, Director
Administration and Engineering
Reynolds Metals Company. Mr.
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:overage, but th^lgart's responsibilities at Rey-
Ids include financial management.
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development and general ad-
without studen:;™” Metallurgical Ra-
Mr. Golgart majored in Mechani-
I Engineering at Purdue University
d in Management, Accountng and
Management at Indiana
University. He is currently Executive
Vice President of the Internationai
Society for Advancement of Man
agement, and he has served as a
member of the Board of Directors
for the past three years for this
organization. Mr. Golgart has also
served as a Regional Vice Presi
dent, chapter President and has
been an outstanding member of the
International Society for Advance
ment of Management for the past
16 years.
Besides Mr. Golgart, several out
standing business men from North
and South Carolina are also ex
pected to attend this convention
and they will add a great deal to the
discussions to take place during
SGA Slow On Varied Student Demands
The prospect of student repre
sentation on standing faculty com
mittees was kicked around by the
Senate of the Student Government
Association at its Sept. 16 meeting.
Considerable debate was given to a
formal recommendation passed by
the SGA Cabinet. The recommenda
tion as stated called for “two stu
dents to serve as full voting members
on the Standing Faculty Commit
tees.” Most of the Senate discussion
was given to the means for select
ing the student representatives who
should be sufficiently interested in
the workings of standing faculty
committees and be motivated to
ward playing a useful role. He
felt the entire effort would be
wasted if the student representa
tives were merely content to hold
the seats as honorary posts.
He emphasized that Mars Hill Col
lege drama students have a definite
advantage over big university stu
dents because “university students
are interested only in getting jobs,
while Mars Hill students want a
well-rounded education.” He said
that the drama students who come
here are “interested in drama, not
in playing around.”
In looking ahead for the Drama
Department, Dr. Gray sees a fine
year in the making. The first pro
duction for the year will be “Dark
ness at Noon” which is scheduled
for October 16, 17 and 18. Just be
fore semester break, the Drama and
Music Departments wili combine to
present “Amahl and the Night Visit
ors.” Second semester productions
wili consist of one-act plays written
and directed by students in the ad
vanced theatre classes.
Dr. Gray lists stage lighting as his
special interest in Drama produc
tions. Off the set, his hobbies are
many, varying from scuba diving
and handguns to HO trains.
Jim Wikle recommended that a
motion passed earlier by the SGA
Commission creating a fourth mem
ber in each dormitory house council
be approved by the Senate. The
measure was sent to the Senate
Legislative Review Committee for
study.
Regular meeting time for the
SGA Senate was set at 7;30 p.m.
on the second and fourth Thursdays
of each month.
A committee was appointed to
study ways to finance the Nov. 15
trip to Hampton-Sidney College by
the college band and football team.
Griffin recommended that bus seats
be sold early.
Cont. on P. 4
Some consideration was given to
changing sections of the Constitution
and By-Laws as now written in the
handbook. No specil action was
taken in this matter.
Cathy Bowen pointed out that the
section dealing with penalties and
procedures should be supplemented
to include a probationary system in
student court procedures. This would
allow the court to hand down sus
pended sentences in certain cases.
Wikle’s Weak Warriors
Charge Into Action
Several senators voiced objections
on the ground that it would be dif
ficult for any qualified representa
tives to make themselves known to
the whole student body. It was sug
gested that for a time the senate
and the commission make the nomi
nating and do the electing.
Jim Elens declared that the se
lection process was very important.
He stated that in his opinion the
Senate is not the body to rule on
students’ qualifications.
Ed Griffin said that the entire
matter should first be given inten
sive discussion at meetings in all the
college dormitories. He emphasized
that this should precede any attempt
at selecting the student representa
tives. He further suggested that
senators accompanied by faculty
representatives attend these dorm
meetings to inform interested stu
dents of the standing committee re
sponsibilities and to solicit ideas
from those present.
The SGA Commission took initial
steps toward future establishment
of an honor system at Mars Hill
College at its September 16 meet-
Ken Rickett and Lester Boyde were
appointed to head a student com
mission to study the issue. It is
hoped the student commissioners
will work with a faculty group set
up for the purpose of studying ad
vantages to be gained by implement
ing an honor system to the college
academic program.
Commissioners approved a mo
tion creating new student officers at
the dormitory level. This measure
is expected to be given SGA Senate
study before final approval, if set
up it would create the post of an
intramural director in each dormitory
and these officers would be part of
the house council and would occupy
seats on the commission. It would
be the intramural director’s duty to
work with the college athletic de
partment in setting up intramural
schedules in all available sports.
Directors would be expected to co
operate with all departments to ac
quire needed facilities in th organi
zation of intramural athletic teams.
Commission members voted to
hold regular meetings on the second
and fourth Thursdays of each month.
Meeting time is 6:30 p. m. Next
scheduled commission meeting is
Sept. 30.
Commission Chairman Jim Wikle
appointed a cafeteria committee to
study possible operational improve
ments in the cafeteria. Duties
singled out were lending assistance
with menu planning, food selection
and preparation by working with
the dietition.
Suggestions offered at the meet
ing included acquiring art work from
the art department to decorate the
blank walls in both the cafeteria
and the student center. Also it was
suggested that adequate drapes
might be obtained from the Home
Economics Department to lend a
more friendly and homelike atmos
phere to what is described as
“empty and bleak” surroundings.
October 18 was announced as the
deadline for ordering private phones
for dormitory rooms. The telephone
company serving this area is ex
pected to install the necessary
equipment soon which will permit
installation of one telephone to each
dormitory room on campus. Installa
tion fee was listed at $8 per phone
with a monthly charge of $6.32.
The senate unanimously agreed
that the whole issue needed wide
publication, especially news pertain
ing to its functions and aims. A
proposal now being studied is for
interested students to first nominate
themselves for the posts and then
go before the Explanatory Review
Committee for screening. It was de
cided this might be the most demo
cratic means of choosing student
representatives who are both quali
fied, interested and sufficiently mo
tivated to work with faculty members
for a better college system at Mars
Hill.
‘Jungle Heir Will
Of Forthcoming
Be Topic
Moratorium
Washington—The Vietnam Mora
torium, a series of nation-wide con
vocations within the academic com
munity, will begin October 15. Stu
dents at more than 500 colleges
are already committed to spending
the day in the community with door-
to-door campaigns, teach-ins, rallies
and vigils.
A faculty statement endorsed by
sponsoring faculty, administrators
and college and university presi
dents at participating institutions is
forthcoming.
The “Student Call”—signed by
student body presidents and cam
pus newspaper editors—states that
“Ending the war in Vietnam is the
most important task facing the
American nation. Over the last few
years, millions of Americans have
campaigned, protested, and demon
strated against the war. Few now
defend the war, yet it continues.
Death and destruction are unabated;
bombs and fires continue to devas-
ttate South Vietnam ....
“The discredited policies of the
past which have brought about this
American tragedy have not been
changed. We follow the same mili
tary advice which has created a
futile and bloody conflict .... Thus
it is necessary for all those who
desire peace to become active
again and help bring pressure to
bear on the present Administration.
“We call for a periodic morator
ium on ‘business as usual’ in order
that students, faculty members and
concerned citizens can devote time
and energy to the important work
of taking issue of peace in Vietnam
to the larger community.”
The student statement carefully
avoids the terms “strike” or “pro
test” in describing the Interruption
of classes. Concern is that intelli
gent questions be raised about the
war, that the academic community
mobilize its resources to arouse a
war-weary public to the fact that
unless current policy is changed,
the Wednesday evening statistics on
Vietnam casualties will be a standard
item on Huntley-Brinkley in 1972, as
it was in 1968.
The statements conclude, “We
call upon all members of the aca
demic community to support the
moratorium, and we commit our
selves to organize this effort on our
campus and in the larger commu
nity. We ask others to join us.”