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Page ^^-^969 MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA Page Five ^ ianny Does His Thing t as Ihe summer’s i gnt. 'he most outstanding per- k at home all the campus this year is Danny reassembled to 1^' ® has a 'or a week’s touf'*^'® major: Political Science- I. c :iology and History. He has 3rd Bound 1969 interested in social problems It was determined* involved himself in many definite success.'®®'^®''®"®- Besides being a 3 all interested coll"’*’®'' Phi Theta, a de can become acti'^. ®"°''®ey general of the SGA, )ward Bound by p' 'he Young Democrats ‘Buddy System.” ^ officer in the Methodist Stu- students will be^* Movement, Danny holds down 3 campus through positions of Chairman !ter. If you would**^® Advisory Board of Youth of working with tl''^**’ Carolina and is Student Co-' e they are guest^'®®*®'" *he Community De- please contact |PP'"®®* Institute. Ih Education Office^*’® Advisory Board of Youth is male and female composed of outstand- are needed for ing young men from each of the fifty states who work together on state-wide programs in trying to deal with the youth problems facing the United States. During Danny’s senior year at Tuscola High School in Waynesville, he was elected Teenager of the Year of North Carolina. He then competed with the outstanding teenagers of the southern states and was elected Southern Teenager of America in April, 1968. He was then invited to Washington, D. C. where he was interviewed by such notables as Lady Bird Johnson and Gov. Richard Hughes of New Jersey. From this outstanding background Danny was appointed to the Ad visory Board of Youth. ootball Hailed Football has returned to Mars I College! Through the struggle dr/ success of having foot- I reinstated as one of its inter- llegiate sports. Mars Hill as a ition for the las occurred \har°prorrlms“!!'l"!'"'*y’ to discover that J* ^HC was 'thoug'h'rprovoki!'"^^ life, ZeZTls It Zlhat been several '‘LmDus ^b ... , campus began to grow. this semester th ai>--vv. leen glad I attent*^®'''' lyiHC has its team of Lions ng and challen/®*t ff'® students are enthusias- id by the Rev. Ja^'ly supporting, not only because ly a far cry from **^® P®*^' they had in bringing npts at worship i*tP®li back to MHC but also be- imber from my fr^^®® ®* *f^® sheer enjoyment of lomore years. *® ® 9°°b football game on aid something! ®°H®9e campus in the fall of the presentation seel®® /V dimension to As evidenced by the recent ’Peanuts”, and f®®s, the Lions are going all out he vital concerns bring home victories, and the nts into focus students can do now is to con- ue giving the Lion team full sup- speech left me f®'* encouragement whether I at the prospects 9ndders face victory or defeat, ng at Mars Hill (Perhaps one can get a good idea ally believes in the genera! attitude on campus ae student. vard the ’69 Lion team from the tern is certainly 'dent responses to the following otal developmentestion; What do you think about i extremely inspi" ’69 Lion team? idual thought 'Marilyn Lonon—Sr.—“Great! It’s 3at to have football back and a ining team to top it off!!!” Bobbie Miller—Sr.—“Our fellows d coaches are making up for the it season of ’68. I’m proud of 3m.” Mac Wallace—Soph.—“When will 3rs who are '® ® conference?” )n-education maj'. Teenie” Weikel—Sr. — “They’re at number of fr«'®9 great. |’m proud to be a 3n and we’ve got the world’s best ibout the tutor /Valler of the Miller—Jr.—“if fhjg year’s relopment lnstit‘‘" *®®nt is any indication of what ir years that a -^y o°me in the future, then one college campus'y '' may be big time.” osing out on f'Mike Cogdill—Jr._“|’m g|ad to iportunity to le've it back. The team has shown y like.” Mr. Wa"ot of desire and purpose” in that the colK Stebie Wells-Jr._“| hooe the means represeCture games are as great as the rorld is like. M%t four. |’m giad football has lur years in coH^me alive at MHC ” that the only th' Ann Cely-Sr.-“TERRlFir ” id during the ' “SuauB" » bHRiFIC. 0 regurgitate fat ® ® Soph.—“Has one know little abhave ever seen defences id are useless , , . Jack Ueit Qr mill \A/^ k — Outstand- owed to devej a short per'iod'oTtLe ;e their own tecli . I of time. laced in practi'^^g and^ *'®® ®*- they can see tl „ efense. Needs a little ey have acqui^g after'Tst Ta°i! IS being recen ‘’''• the people. John Berry—Fr.—“From all ap pearances the ’69 Lions seem to have great potential and I can’t help but predict a winning and glorious season.” Jeff Thompson—Jr.—“Still early in the season but team shows im provement in all areas with each contest. Well coached—good de sire.” Jan Sparks—Fr.—“I think the team adds a great deal of unity and school spirit to the campus. I don’t know how Mars Hill ever ex isted without them. They are GREAT!!!!” Linda Mabe—Fr.—“Mars Hill’s football team has given pride and added a great deal of morale to the students. The students now have someone and something to be proud of and be a part of. All the way LIONS!!!!” Barbara Whisnant — Jr. — “They make me want to yell my head off for them. The are a great bunch of guys as well as a “whole” of a team.” As chairman of the North Caro lina branch of the ABY, Danny says that ”... North Carolina has a big problem of young people leaving the state after completing their educa tion. North Carolina has an ex cellent educational system but her young people are going to other states to find jobs. One of the major objectives of the Youth Ad visory Board this year will be to help alleviate this problem.” Danny stated that the second major con cern of the Youth Advisory Board will be helping in the membership drives for the various organizations for young people. He said that “only a small portion of the young people are involved in organizations. Our job will be to coordinate member ship drives for these organizations, ranging from the Boy Scouts to the 4-H clubs.” One of Danny’s major jobs on the Youth Advisory Board this year will be to help coordinate a White House Conference on Youth to be held in early 1970. Leaders from each state will meet and exchange ideas concerning the problems the Ad visory Board will be dealing with in 1970. The second main project Danny Ray will be involved in this year will be to act as student coordinator for the Community Development In stitute. Danny will act as a media tor between the Institute and the students. He said, “Any student in terested in working in any phase of the Community Development In stitute should contact me in my office (Room 209 of the Office Building). I will try to find programs in the Institute to suit students’ in terests.” Danny is very enthusiastic about the activities he is involved in this year. Concerning his trips to Wash ington, Danny said “I will not be representing Danny Ray, but the Advisory Board of Youth. I will also in any way possible try to help Mars Hill College. Why Play Dixie ? —author unknown nks, Hayes To most white citizens who have grown up in the South the Con federate battle flag has been a symbol that related primarily to courage and to regional pride. In recent years, its use by anti-Negro groups has been intended to in dicate racial bias and new opposi tion to the United States Govern ment, particularly since the United States Government has become the principal protector of the rights of minorities. Increasingly, its effect upon American Negros has been one of insult. In a word, the mean ing of a brave flag has become per verted. The growing resentment of Neg roes to the Confederate “Stars and Bars” apparently is similar to the reaction of another generation to the swastika. The World War in which America served and lost so many friends was fought against an army and nation whose flag showed the swastika: no matter how many times one reflects that it once was an ancient Persian symbol of bene diction, it still tends to mean Nazism to many. To Jews it must still stand for the death of six million men, women and children who nev er even had a chance to defend themselves in battle. To American Negroes the present perverted use of the Confederate flag apparently signifies Southern lynchings, as Jews understandably, equate the swastika with Nazi torture and gas chambers. The playing of “Dixie” at public events is becoming equated with the perverted meaning—not the real meaning—of the Confederate battle flag. The history of this exciting tune is well known. From a music hall tune enjoyed by Abraham Lin coln it came to be appropriated as a marching song and later as a Southern regional anthem. It is now being misappropriated as has been the flag, to become for many peo ple a public signal for standing and shouting, ostensibly for principle and patriotism, but as a matter of opposition of Negroes. The fact that “Dixie” does not offend individuals personally is un important when compared to the fact that it is extremely offensive to Negro Americans. It appears that this relates to a matter solely for individuals to decide. Perhaps as a matter of taste and consideration of the feelings of Negro students and citizens, the playing of “Dixie” at public occasions should be sus pended until the day (and it will come) when its present perverted meaning has been outgrown and it can be considered again as an exciting tune to rally Southerners in honorable competitions—but not in bigotry. Poetry Contest Announced The seventh annual Kansas City (Mo.) Poetry Contests, offering a total of $1,600 in prizes and pub lication of a book-length manuscript, have been announced by Hallmark Cards. One of four sponsors. Hallmark will again offer six $100 cash awards for single poems by full time under graduate students in the United States. In addition, the Devins Memorial Award offers a $500 advance on royalties for a book-length poetry manuscript to be published by the University of Missouri Press, and the Kansas City Star offers four $100 prizes for single poems. The fourth sponsor is the family of H. Jay Sharp, a Kansas City patron of student writing, which will award four $25 prizes for poems by high school students of Missouri and bordering states. The deadline for submission of entries is Feb. 1, 1970, and winners will be announced on Apr. 30 at the closing reading of the 1969-70 American Poets’ Series of Kansas City Jewish Community Center. All entries are judged anony mously. The author’s name is en closed in a sealed envelope attach ed to his entry. Complete contest rules may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Kansas City Poetry Contests, P.O. Box 8618, Kansas City, Mo. 64114. With Confidence in Our Skiii, Born of Years of Experience and Training You May entrust Any Dry Cieaning and Shirt Laundry Job to Us MARS HILL CLEANERS & SHIRT LAUNDRY SODA SHOP GRADE A SUNDAYS 2:00—11:00 WEEKDAYS 7:30—11:00 SUNDAES, SHORT ORDERS, REGULAR MEALS MARS HILL FLORIST CORSAGES FOR HOMECOMING FLOWERS FOR ALL OTHER OCCASiONS
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