October 11, 1(
the Mars Hill College
Hillrop
WILBUR PARROTT: “SILENCE
IS GOLDEN BUT
SOMETIMES IT’S
YELLOW.”
I. XLIV No. 4
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
November 1, 1969
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Seniors Dubbed In Wbo’s Who
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MARS HILL
ir h» *'P® pursed Sheron Keiser carefully answers questions tired at
lunier reporters while photographer Ted Ellmore records the en-
. W1188 Kei8er is the new assistant director of the Community Deveiopment Institute.
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"a effervescent addition to the staff
f the Community Deveiopment In-
■itute is the attractive and ener-
etic Miss Sheron Keiser. She may
e seen fiashing across campus in
er racy gTO to meet with a
'ember of the administration or a
roup of facuity mmbers or even a
oyernment representative. She is
fficiaiiy the assistant director of the
■ommunity Deveiopment Institute ai-
iough she has more responsibiiities
lan the titie implies.
Through her work in the Com-
—\enity Development program she
^/i soon complete doctorate work
1 Political Science, specifically in
'merican Government, at the Uni-
ersity of North Carolina at Chapel
Miss Keiser is originally from Free-
nont, Ohio, where she attended
chool at Ross High which she re-
ers to as one of the great, northern
00 a player-producing schools,
vs an undergraduate, she attended
^ount Holyoke College in Massa-
ihusetts.
Miss Keiser has many personal in-
erests outside her work. She en-
horseback riding and is well-
h" aspects of
?kinn ! '"°'’®®aiaster. Golfing and
ivhich outdoor sports
ill 'a *00'-
'ai7nff spectator sport. Her
■norp H 3lso includes the
inri ® interest of cooking
S oTLEr •
.bis
rector smile7and *0^'"'""!.
ifdmfef it Par vari
ous auties. At present, she is teach
ing two sections of American
Government and a course in Urban
Political Systems. The latter course
involves a field study in Asheville
concerning the recent school crisis.
The thirteen enrolled students will
interview persons involved in the
crisis, such as principals, teachers,
the city manager, the school board,
the city council, and students and
their parents. Through this study
the students hope to better under
stand what it was that broke down
in the Asheville municipal govern
ment and how the roles of the city
manager, the school board and the
police were related to the crisis.
Miss Keiser’s other duties involve
writing grant applications for founda
tion funds for newly-proposed pro
grams, working on the summer in
ternship program, and directing the
tutorial program which involves
about 90 MHC students. What is
probably her most important re
sponsibility is what she affection
ately refers to as “den mother to the
guys here in the Crisis Center.”
When questioned about her future
plans, she thought for a moment,
then laughed audaciously, but not
without proper reserve, and com
mented that she had always said
she was going to “get married and
have six kids!” Then, more serious
ly, she indicated that she intended
to continue teaching on the college
level because this occupational field
is flexible enough to allow a woman
to adequately lead a professional as
well as a domestic life.
Within her custom-made aura of
energy and cheerfulness, Sheron
Keiser leads an exciting life by re
conciling her academic and social
endeavors.
Twenty-two of Mars Hill’s aca
demic echelon were informed of
their acceptances into the 1969-70
annual of Who’s Who in American
Universities and Colleges before
they left MHC campus for fall break.
The eleven men and eleven women
will receive their certificates at
graduation exercises in May of
1970.
The twenty-two seniors include
Jefferson Atwater, John Britton,
Charles Caldwell, Malcolm Graves,
Edwin Griffin Jr., William Kilgore
and Reid Laney. Also Wilbur Parrott
III, Williams Pons Jr., Ford West,
and Garland Williams, Jr.
The feminine touch includes
Cathy Bowen, Cynthia Byler, Debo
rah Compton, Linda Duck and Bar
bra Fowler.
Joyce Garland, Maria Hunt, Cora
Kirk, Mary Lawton, Barbara Miller
and Mrs. Judy Suttenfield round
ou the list of this year’s Who’s Who
from MHC.
To obtain this list of hononary
achievers a committee composed
of students and faculty members
selected individually their choices
for Who’s Who from Mars Hill. After
compiling their selection the nomi
nations were sent to the registrar
for tabulation. The tabulation was
conducted by the Dean of Students,
Dean of Women and the Registrar.
After completion the selections went
to the Who’s Who headquarters
where all were approved.
The qualifications according to
Who’s Who are: (1) the student’s
scholarship, (2) his participation and
leadership in academic and extra
curricular activities, (3) his citizen
ship, (4) his service to the college
and (5) his promise of future use
fulness.
SGA Reports
The SGA Commission voted for a
change in the student constitution
that would give that body equal
powers with the SGA Senate. This
action took place at the regular
commission meeting on Oct. 21.
The recommendation calling for a
change in Article I of the Constitu
tion has been sent to the Senate
for its approval. This would have to
be done by the upper body giving
its O.K. to having the matter placed
before the student body in a cam
pus-wide election as must be done
with all constitutional changes. Cur
rently the issue is under study by
the Commission’s Legislative Re
view Committee.
In other business the commission
briefly considered a step designed
to institute the honor system at the
college. Discussion was given to
the implementation of an honor
code form that would require the
signature of all new students in
cluding incoming freshmen.
Jim Wikle, president of the Com
mission, favored approval of the
honor code form, saying it was the
initial step by the student body
toward a long-range goal. He added
that adoption would probably not
take place before next fall. He de
clared that once the system is
(Cont. on P. 5)
After notification of being ac
cepted into the 1969-70 edition of
Who’s Who, the approved students
had to fill out a biographical sketch
of themselves. Among the questions
were: “Do you think a person
should belong to a political party?
What sport do you enjoy the most?”
and “Do you believe that Who’s
Who is very important to the stu
dents at MHC?”
The last question, which was prob
ably the most important, asked who
the students’ contemporary and his
torical leader is. Jesus Christ, Eu
gene McCarthy, Daniel Boone, and
Bob Hope were just a few of the
many leaders of today and yester
day who revealed ideals of leader
ship to the Who’s Who candidates.
Beautiful Tableau
Set For Nov. 3
Nineteen lovely, talented MHC
coeds will be competing on Nov. 3
for the coveted title “Miss Laurel
of 1970”. The Pageant, sponsored
by the campus yearbook The Laurel,
is under the direction of Jim
Roberts.
The pageant has been in the
planning stages since last May and
is expected to be the best in the
history of the event. Jim Roberts
said that more time and preparation
have been put into this year’s
pageant than any he can remember.
This is the first year that a Charm
School has been open for the con
testants to attend. The Charm
School has been under the direction
of Mrs. Pat Fehiman, who operates
a charm school in Asheville and who
has worked with contestants in such
pageants as the Miss North Caro
lina Pageant and the Miss Asheville
Pageant. At the Charm School each
contestant is helped personally in
her appearance; hints range from
hair styling and make-up to proper
ways of walking.
The girls will be judged accord
ing to standards used for the Miss
America Pageant. Each contestant
will be judged in the Street Clothes,
Talent and Evening Gown Competi
tion. Each finalist will be asked a
question which should give atten
tion to her personality and ability to
talk informally. Trophies will be
awarded to Miss Laurel, 1st Run
ner-up, Miss Congeniality and the
Most Talented Non-Finalist.
The judges for the pageant will
be four prominent Asheville citi
zens: Mr. and Mrs. Albert “Tuck”
Gudger and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
George Gurley.
Mr. Gudger is a past North Caro
lina Jaycee vice-president and is
presently a general agent for Paul
Revere Life Insurance Company.
He has judged over 150 pageants
in the past 15 years, including the
Miss South Carolina, Miss Illinois,
Miss Tennessee, Miss Kentucky and
the Miss Southern 500 pageants.
Mrs. Gudger has had extensive
experience in all phases of pageant
work. She served as chaperone to
Maria Beal Fletcher, Miss America
of 1962i, and helped prepare her
for the competition. Mrs. Gudger
has also served in the Miss South
Carolina Pageant and several other
states’ pageants.
This will be the third year that
Mr. and Mrs. Gudger have served
as Judges for , the Miss Laurel
Pageant.
Mr. Gurley is past president of
the Jaycees of Asheville and is
presently assistant vice-president of
bank operations of Wachovia Bank
in Asheville. He has worked several
times in the Miss Asheville Pageant.
Mrs. Gurley is a former Miss An
derson, SC. and 1st Runner-up in
the Miss South Carolina Pageant.
She is a past president of the Ashe
ville Jaycettes and has worked with
the Miss Asheville Pageant.
Contestants for the pageant were
chosen by each dormitory and class
with a secret committee of stu
dents and faculty choosing four
girls whom they felt should be in
cluded in the pageant that were not
elected by the dormitories or
classes.
The contestants for the Miss
Laurel Pageant are: Debbie Hutchi
son, Miss Gibson; Kathy Smith, Miss
Myers; Linda Bell, Miss Melrose;
Marcia Gosnell, Miss Brown; Patri
cia Rhodes, Miss Jarvis House;
Becky Robinbon, Miss Huffman;
Cheryl Buchanan, Miss Fox; Jenni
fer Sims, Miss Spilman; Kitty Cans-
ler. Miss Humphrey Home Manage
ment House; Gloris Hartis, Miss Ed
na Moore; Judy Tallman, Miss
Freshman Class; Myra Williams, Miss
Sophomore Class; Barbara Whis-
nant. Miss Junior Class; Susan Ben-
ham, Miss Senior Class. Debbie
Compton, Katherine Green, Debbie
Daniels, and Pam Murray are the
Directors Representatives.
Acting as mistress of ceremonies
will be Miss Cynthia Dixon, Miss
Laurel of 1969, and presently a
school teacher at Vernon Hill, Va.
In addition to her activities as mis
tress of ceremonies. Miss Dixon
will work with the contestants Oct.
30-Nov. 2 on any last minute prob
lems.
Each of the contestants for the
last two weeks have been working
in talent rehearsals to refine their
presentations. On Sunday, Nov. 2,
each contestant will attend the
Judges’ Tea. Each girl will have a
private conference for five minutes
with the judges in which she will
be able to talk freely and express
her personality.
Included in the entertainment for
the pageant will be the Stage Band
and fill-ins by several well-known
students.