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>1- VLIV No. 15
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Saturday, May 9, 1970
rotesters Meet
Vith Bentley
a festive weekend at Mars
College student energies did
subside on Monday. Approxi-
* **®ly 50 college students stagec|
Protest in front of the Adminis-
‘'isn Building at Mars Hill at 9
Concerning the recent incident
^stit State University in Ohio.
Many outbreaks have occurred on
®9e campuses in direct protest
™^st President Nixon’s decision
®ater Cambodia. Kent State was
J Scene of one such incident in
'1^'' students were protesting
bills 111 ?'Pct Nixon’s decision and the en-
ntal isT'^9 events in Indo-China. In the
in Jl^sss of the demonstration the
are fe®^ '°na| Guard, who had been sum-
to the scene, fired into the
and killed four students and
J
jiause lihe
that
of
Which they were prepared to
^t to President Fred Bentley
decided to go see Dr. Bentley
demand a statement on the is-
Ij^Pt their grievances. As they were
, PP to proceed on their way to
.Bentley’s home, Danny Ray,
f ,®''t Government Association
li^''*6nt, intervened, asked the
®hts to wait and said that he
call Dr. Bentley.
j • Bentley immediately respond-
UJ* Danny’s call and came to the
,ill|'"’istration Building to meet
Jtie students. He read the list
, ^levances several students had
and after a short conference
I Elens, who seemingly had
a significant role in the or-
J^®don of the protest, held a dis-
forum in Moore Auditorium
interested students.
■ Bentley orally read the list of
ill
s
>he
cces and listed the reasons
felt he could not comply with
i,j, ■ ^he list of grievances included
demands as a guarrantee that
^^9tional Guard would never be
11^''* onto the Mars Hill campus
'^at campus policemen be un
Puid
Dr. Bentley said that he
lily , call on any outside help at
*'die in which he felt it was
iji;l ®d to protect the community
® preserve the educational en-
(Contlnued on P. 4)
ents Named To
^ ege Committees
l^onday night a joint session
'fir
Oy ® Mars Hill College Student
ll^®"iment Association voted the
■ ^'dg students into member-
ds
h
Pfjlj College Committees: Larry
bli’ Hayes Goodrum, Plans and
Gretchen Mayo, Mary Ann
Icq ' Curriculum; llene White, Don
Religious Life; Betty
Ain ’ Caorge Bullard, Library; Don
V Dale, Traffic; Dean Hicks,
9r(jj HIchards, Athletics; Ron Rich-
^C(l°d, Gobble Charlton, Campus
\s These students will as-
*0(^1 Qreat responsibilities in the
'list academic year and are the
Ofi ^ars Hill students to be placed
^5C(j^°llege Committees, formerly
^ Committees.
o many others.
P® Mars Hill students who at-
' ®d the local demonstration were
®t in their concerns. Some of
composed a list of griev-
the P|P^®i
on did **'® form of a demand. The stu-
Seniors Set To Observe
Commencement Exercises
Dean Mary Logan is shown accepting a plaque given to her last Monday night by the
Student Government Association in appreciation for the work and devotion she has given
Mars Hill College.
Dean Logan Bows Out
Dean Mary Logan has kept in
step to the music of time for over
a half century; and in two weeks,
she’ll be waltzing to her home in
West Asheville.
As a child she danced to the
circus calliope playing in her fath
er’s wheat fields along the banks
of the French Broad; in the twen
ties she cakewalked with Ashe
ville until the bust; jived with New
York City during the Depression;
marched with America in World
War II; and for the past eight years
has rocked to the raucous elec
tronic beat of youth as dean of
women at Mars Hill College.
This last dance is near an end:
Miss Logan retires as dean next
month.
But It will be just an intermis
sion, for she’ll pick up some new
steps when she visits the Pacific
Northwest this summer and the
Orient next year. She also plans to
keep busy teaching arts and crafts,
renewing old acquaintances and be
coming involved in community and
cultural affairs. She’ll be living with
her sister, Mrs. John Lawrence, at
the family home on Logan Avenue
in West Asheville.
Miss Logan finished Womens Col
lege in 1927 with a major in Eng
lish and a minor in education. Af
ter a year studying voice in Ashe
ville, Miss Logan went to Avery
County and taught in Crossnore
High School.
Following a job as supervisor of
standardized testing in Avery County
cut out its supervision program and
Miss Logan remained in New York,
teaching in a private school and
studying voice. “I studied with
James Melton’s teacher. I went to
a lot of broadcasts with James. He
was a star on the Firestone Hour
and later with the Metropolitan
Opera.
When Melton died in 1961 Miss
Logan bought his costumes and
gave them to Mars Hill where they
are used in college productions.
After a year teaching in New
Haven, Conn., and another back in
Crossnore, Miss Logan returned to
her family in Asheville.
One day she rode out to Mars
Hill College, where her mother was
on the board of trustees, and talked
with the president. Dr. Hoyt Black-
well. Two days later she returned
(Continued on P. 3)
Mars Hill seniors are awaiting
May 17 when the Bachelor of
Arts and Sciences degrees will be
handed out. Undoubtedly there will
be mixed emotions but this is a
common occurance at all gradua
tions.
The commencement program will
last three days and there will be
full plans for each day. Officially
the commencement program will
open with an art exhibit. This will
be in the Fine Arts Building and will
be given at 4 p.m. on May 15. Diane
Brown, Marcia Gay, Carol Graham
and Tommy Martin, graduating sen
iors, will display their works in the
exhibit.
Saturday, May 16 at 10:30 a.m.
there will be a meeting of the Board
of Trustees. At 12 a.m. there will be
a joint luncheon of the Board of
Trustees. At 3:30 p.m. the Alumni
Association will conduct a business
meeting in Moore Auditorium. Class
reunions are also a part of Com
mencement This year classes 1905,
1910, 1915,—1965 will attend. There
is an expected attendance of about
800. The reunions will be followed by
an alumni banquet in which Charles
A. Glanville will speak. He is Vice-
President for Planning and Develop
ment, Women’s Medical College
of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bentley will al
so present the alumnas and alumna
of the year award at the banquet.
These awards will go to Mrs. Wil
liam K. Sturdivant of North Wilkes-
boro and Mr. “Gene” Roberts Jr.
of New York City. Mrs. Sturdivant
attended Mars Hill College in 1930-
32, Ml*. Roberts is the national news
director of the New York Times. Both
of these alumni are worthy of the
awards. The day will be ended by a
concert by the MHC choir at 8 p.m.
in Moore Auditorium.
The Baccalaureate will be on May
17 at 11 a.m. in Moore Auditorium.
The speaker will be Dr. Bruce Heil
man, President of Meredith College
Raleigh, N. C.
To terminate the commencement
program, graduation exercises will
be held at 3 p.m. in Moore Audi
torium. Two hundred and twenty-six
seniors will receive Bachelor degrees
Three Housemothers Leaving
Next year the women of Edna
Moore and Fox Dormitories and the
men of Spilman will not see the
familiar faces of their housemothers
when returning for the fall semes
ter. Mrs. Elsie Teague, Mrs. Mary Mc-
Quinn and Mrs. Marion Arnette will
be entertaining different surround
ings, such as Tennessee and Shelby
and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mrs. Elsie Teague plans to vaca
tion to Tennessee to see her mother
after the closing of the dorms later
this month. Afterwards she plans
to establish a home with Mrs. For
rest Teague in Shelby, North Caro
lina. Mother Teague has been
hostess of Edna Moore Dormitory
for the past twelve years. She has
served several summers as hostess
for summer school In various dorms
and has spent the rest of her Mars
Hill summers, along with Miss Nel
son, as hostess for the summer con
ferences. Mother Teague plans to
become more active in church work
and to spend more time with her
hobbies—music, sewing, and rais
ing flowers.
Mother Arnette plans to go to
Tennessee Wesley where she will
serve as assistant mistress to the
various dorms. Here Mother Arnette
has been hostess of Spilman Dormi
tory for the past four years.
Mother McQuinn is returning and
moving to Charlotte where she will
be able to enjoy her various hob
bies and interests. Mother Mc
Quinn is now acting as hostess of
Fox Dormitory and has been at Mars
Hill for the past three years.
in arts or Sciences. Four seniors will
receive an associate in arts degree
(two-year program). This makes a
total of 230 seniors who will bid
Mars Hill good-by.
The commencement exercises will
mark the seventh time the college
has formally awarded degrees since
it became a senior college. They
will mark the first time that Dr. Hoff
man, in his capacity as vice presi
dent for academic affairs, has pre
sented the graduates as Dr. Bentley
awards them their degrees.
Truesdells
Give Stock
Approximately one year ago Mr.
Charles “Chuck” Tilley, the father of
Brick Tilley ’69, introduced Dr. Fred
Bentley to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C.
Truesdell of Ocala, Florida, while
he was visiting with the Tilleys in
Miami. At that time, the only knowl
edge the Truesdells had of Mars
Hill was that “Brick was a student
up there.” Since that time. Dr. Bent
ley has had other opportunities to
see the Truesdells and he as well
as Mr. Tilley has shared informa
tion on the College with them.
On April 3, 1970, Leonard and
Maudine Truesdell gave to the Col
lege 1,200 shares of Zenith Radio
Slock valued at approximately $42,-
000 through the Leonard C. and
Maudine Truesdell Foundation, Inc.
The purpose of this gift is to es
tablish a scholarship fund for out
standing students at Mars Hill Col
lege. The criteria for making the
awards are now being worked out
by the College.
Leonard C. Truesdell has just re
cently retired from Zenith Corpor
ation where he served as the Presi
dent of Zenith • Sales and Vice-
President of Zenith Radio Corpor
ation. He also served on the Board
of Directors for Zenith Corporation
and Zenith Sales. Since companies
are quite reluctant to lose the ex
perience and knowledge of men like
Mr. Truesdell, they convinced him
to sign a 15-year contract as con
sultant to the Zenith Corporation.
It is interesting to note that when
Mr. Trusdell joined the company
and under his sales leadership he
moved his company from fifteenth
position in nation sales to the num
ber one slotl
Presently the Truesdells are
making their home in Ocala, Flor
ida, at their beautiful Stone Gate
Farm where it is not uncommon to
see Maudine carrying a huge bottle
of milk to nurse a baby calf or to
see Leonard grooming one of his
beautiful thoroughbred horses.
The Truesdells have a real under
standing of and dedication to young
people. They have two grown sons
—Alan Bruce, a graduate of Colgate
who is in business in Omaha, and
Leonard, Jr., a Ph.D. in Chemistry
from Case Institute who is with Shell
Oil Company in New York City. The
Truesdells are proud grand-parents,
having five grand-daughters, ages
ten to three.