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SPRING HOLIDAYS —
CATCH UP ON
YOUR JANUARY
ASSIGNMENTS
— THE EDITORIAL BOARD
VLIV No. 12
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
March 27, 1970
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Virginia Hart of the Physical
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^year's Spring Festival. She re
's annual pageantry used
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tsd"^^ ^sniester, the Festival was
.j ®o many times into April
' Hilltivai known as the Spring
’ p , ■ '^las Hart quaintly summed
, saying it is “the traditional
faking part in this year’s
^ P come from all classes. From
^(gp'^^^'^hrian class — Jeannie
ma Hutchinson and Judy
Sophomore class — Me-
Singleton Has
> Present Poems I
Jel^ ®*hgleton, literary editor of
1 p^’ '''ill present some of his
•hi wh'^ Moore Auditorium at
jricii *rio North Carolina Arts
/W .jg'^hhducts a Poetry Fair on
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^Osiy p ihnior, was elected unani-
Marg English Department
liters College. As editor of
i a hiagazine, Cadenza, Gary
itry. outlet for surveying
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fJniv Charles Wright, of
1 ;0^Pe| |j||f'*^ North Carolina at
'lame ’ 1^°^®''* Watson and
J Of ^PPlewhite of the Univer-
P’^rhegQ Carolina at Greensboro,
t oppg^^*^*®9® will be "an excel-
lls North students to
^ Carolina poets, and es-
lissa Funderburk, Suzie Murray and
Martha Strider; Junior class —
Wanda Connell, Martha Taylor and
Tricia Warsham; Senior class —
Debbie Compton, Linda Duck and
Pam Murray.
Heading this feminine caravan of
beauties will be Janet Lester who
will be the Maid of Honor and the
right hand mistress to Maria Hunt,
this year’s Spring Queen.
Perry White, Student Activities Di
rector, is gathering background en
tertainment for this program. Already
the Stage Band has been selected
and tentative plans are being made
to have the MHC choir. The Student
Government Association finances
this event every year, and it looks to
be a very jam pact hour of enter
tainment.
Coming Out
n Poetry Fair
pecially honor one of our own stu
dents . . .’’ said Mr. Joseph Schubert,
acting head of the English Depart
ment.
When asked about this honor,
Gary said, “After recovering from
the shock, I had a relapse! Actually,
I feel privileged to participate in
the Poetry Fair with the three poets
who have had works published. I
am excited about the event which
I hope will become a campus tra
dition because it has many potential
possibilities for initiating more in
terest among the student body in
creative writing and in Cadenza. A
greater concern for creative writing
that a program as this one can pro
mote will prove beneficial both to
the students and to the long-range
standing of the college.”
Classics IV Swings Into Moore
by John Ulmer
The familiar sound of Dennis Yost
and The Classics IV will be heard
on campus April 9 at 8 p.m. in
Moore Auditorium. The soft, easy
sound of the group, reflected in such
hits as “Spooky”, “Traces”,
“Stormy”, “Every Day With You
Girl”, and their most recent release,
“Change of Heart”, has won them
immense popularity on college cam
puses.
Like the Vogues, their sound is
definitely now but still retains some
flavor of the past. Hard Rock has not
changed their outlook on music. In
the words of lead vocalist Dennis
Yost, “We are not making music
to point out issues—we don’t do
protest songs. We like to think we’ve
helped bring a softer, prettier sound
to pop music. That is the sound
most people associate with the Clas
sics IV.”
Dennis Yost, the talented 21-year
old lead singer, founded the group
there and a half years ago. The or
iginal quartet went through many of
the ups and downs associated with
modern music leaving Yost the only
original member. The group now in
cludes six well talented musicians.
Auburn Burrell is the lanky 18-
year old lead guitarist. He is a for
mer traveiing salesman and is one
of the oider members of the group.
He spends his spare time rebuilding
guitars.
Dean Doughlry is the organ and
electric piano specialist. He is a
former member of the popular
Candymen and is rated as one of
the top organists in the country.
Kim Venable is a serious minded
22-year old from Tallahassee, Flor
ida. He has been brought up around
music, spending his earlier days in
many different combos. Venable’s
drum-playing had made him na
tionally renown even before he
joined the group.
Bill Gilmore is another former
member of the Candymen. He plays
bass and has had much experience
in modern music.
The most recent addition to the
group is English White. He plays sax
and is a graduate of Florida A&M
with a B.A. in music.
These six musicians combin to
make a sound which can’t be easily
forgotten. This sound could not be
accombplished without the writing
ability of Buddy Buie and J. R. Cobb.
Cobb was the original lead guitarist
with the group but left in order to
devote more time to his writing.
Buie not just writes but also handles
all the production chores on the re
cording sessions of the group. These
two men collaborated on such hits
as “Spooky,” “Stormy,” “Traces,”
“Everyday with You Girl,” and
“Change of Heart.”
The group, now based in Atianta,
Georgia, records on the Imperial
label. Their present release, “Change
of Heart”, is high on the record
charts and its popularity does not
look like it will wane in the near
future.
With the talent and experience be
hind the Classics IV, their concert
April 9 certainly should not be
missed. They are as much showmen
as musicians and will hopefully
prove such at Moore Auditorium.
Their concert should be one of the
highlights of this academic year.
Faculty Changes Reported
Assembling a faculty for the 1970-
71 academic year is a time-con
suming and demanding job which
occupies much of the attention of
Dr. Richard Hoffman, Vice President
for Academic Affairs, these days.
In addition to negotiating new
contracts with current faculty mem
bers for the coming year, the task
involves persons in four other cate
gories; (1) tenured faculty members
who will be returning from leaves of
absence: (2) those currently under
teaching contract who have asked
for leave during the coming year;
(3) those joining the faculty for the
first time; and (4) those who are re
tiring or resigning.
Five teachers who are presently
away on leave will be returning.
They are John P. Adams of the
music department, Mrs. Adams
of the chemistry department, both
of whom have been at Indiana Uni
versity: Charlie Narron of the busi-
New Skipper Named To Fire Station
Buddy Gets Own Red Wagon
On Monday night, March 2, 19
year-old Buddy Cox became the
state’s youngest Fire Chief when
Mars Hill Mayor Carl Eller relin
quished his position as Chief of the
Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department
due to his overloaded schedule.
Donald Cox, Jr. (alias “Buddy”)
is a sophomore biology major. As
a native Mars Hillian he is active In
community affairs. Buddy’s mother,
Mrs. Ethel Cox, is secretary to the
Registrar.
Buddy feeis that his being asked
to fiii the position is an honor and
plans to serve the people to the best
of his ability. He is taking his duties
as Fire Chief seriously and plans to
make the much-needed changes in
the Fire Department. He said, “Re
organization is first on the list of
changes. The Fire Department hasn’t
had a reguiar meeting in over two
years. Technically there hasn’t been
a Fire Department.”
Assuming full duties of his job on
Tuesday night, March 3, Fire Chief
Buddy took his first step by blowing
the siren for a fire drill. Three peo
ple, of which two were students,
answered the alarm. A few minutes
later four men of the community
“answered the alarm” to have a
few choice words with Buddy for
blowing the siren and having the
drill. Now Buddy is more determined
than ever to make the Fire Depart
ment what it should be. Prevention,
according to Buddy, is 75% of a
Fire Department’s responsibility.
Hoped-for changes include get
ting a new fire truck and new tele
phone numbers for day and night
with a responsible person answering
at all times. A new system of com
munication might be the “buddy-sys
tem” where a person notifies two or
three people and each of these is
responsible for notifying two or three
more people. Buddy feels that, “with
a little help and co-operation, we
can do it”.
ness department, who has been at
Mississippi State; Miss Anna Hines
of the music department, who has
been at the University of Missouri;
and Dr. Harley Jolley of the depart
ment of history and political science,
who is serving as historian with the
U. S. Forest Service.
Worth Booth of the education de
partment and Mrs. Carolyn Lamber-
son of the music faculty, who have
been on part-time status during
1969-70, will return to full-time du
ties.
Three persons have been grant
ed leaves for 1970-71 for graduate
study. Joseph Schubert, acting head
of the English department, will con
tinue his doctoral studies at George
Peabody University in Nashville,
Tenn.; Roger Johnson of the math
department will study physics at
N. C. State; and Jim Wyatt, head
librarian, will do post-graduate work
in library science at Florida State.
Two newcomers to the teaching
staff have already been signed to
contracts for 1970-71; both are in
the English department. They are
Dr. Francis Hulme, who has a Ph.D.
from the University of Minnesota,
and Miss Vesta Baughman, who has
a master’s degree from Florida
State.
Three veteran members of the
faculty are retiring: Dr. Raymond
Nelson, professor of classical lang
uages and head of that department;
Dr. Daniel Richardson, associate
professor of chemistry; and Dr.
Roman Gorski, professor of eco
nomics in the department of busi
ness administration.
Dr. Hoffman continues his efforts
in assembling next year’s faculty;
additional results will be announced
in future issues of the Hilltop.
An unexpected bit of excitement
was created Thursday morning by
an article in the Asheville Citizen
which indicated that Coach Dal
Shealy was considering a coach
ing offer at Carson-Newman. He
was quoted as saying that he had
“not arrived at a definite decision
as yet.” Dr. Bentley was quoted as
saying “Coach Shealy has agreed
to remain at Mars Hill College.”