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y 9,1! Saturday, May 9, 1970 MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA Page Three It a ace Trustees Give Support I rLllltOp ITlerit AlPdrClS In its December meeting the Board of Trustees formed a special fact .t mW liding committee to investigate the rumors which were so prevalent con- every' Jrning the claims that “Mars Hill College is lowering academic standards several tat the moral standards of the students are declining, that the President is ed cod tjt directing the college in a proper manner, etc.” he god In making its report to the Executive Committee of the Board on April 0 the I lO, the Board gave Dr. Bentley permission to reiease to the facuity and in gf^Nents the following portions of the report which seem to be of most ce fra® trect interest to the faculty and students at this time. The full report, a iationSfry positive eight-page document, will be presented to the full Board of the Hits meeting on May 16. The pertinent portions read as follows; is surf There is definite basis to the fact that students are away from the Jsrnpus excessively. They are allowed class absenses 25 percent of the Coll* loial hours the class meets without loss of credit. Since there are no Satur- to p*e* classes, many students leave the campus Thursday or early Friday, 5th sod 'Hurtling on Sunday evening or early Monday morning. Therefore they are such tot prepared for Monday classes. This means that they basically lose an- melon ‘ tlher day. The Committee feels that this is not in keeping with our pro- ivities ® Ifaiti of academic excellence as we feel that we must do more than just ows? Joet minimum requirements. This, of course, not only affects scholarship 3ived ® N takes the students away from many social activities and programs of MeiH Hars Hill College. 5, am®® It Is the opinion of this Committee that there are not too many off-campus y, Ch^iociai activities at this time, and this Commitee finds no evdence of mis- Jack h''»riduct on the part of Mars Hill College students while attending any off- he pl'^'Shipus social activities. This Committee feels that there is no evidence to eeks, *"hstan(jate any appreciable decline in the moral standards or moral values *the students of Mars Hill College, electio® Tile students, however, apparently do not understand the over-all policy e: Ff^*the administration concerning dringing and most students interviewed dent, "titled to feel “it’s okay to drink so long as there is no destruction of tary: j|operty” and/or “so long as there are no disturbances or out rageous con- Jigma'"'let caused by the drinking.” Therefore, the existing rules concerning the ernity’ ®>5session and use of alcoholic beverages, use of marijuana or other nar- orial ^ % or hallucinatory drugs should be strictly enforced and this Com- Jdruffl''ittee recommends that the Board of Trustees request the administration f unequivocal policies concerning this, publish the same in the Stu- jar’s^Jut Handbook, request the student judiciary and house council to enforce and existing rules and regulations. the Committee of Five, in view of all facts reviewed and considered, ary S j QoUgge has a great future and we believe its future sale e 'Ju hg realized under the leadership of Dr. Bentley. We recommend that 0*i| All col^ Hill College—its students, faculty, and administration, for expressing 'sitive recommendations for the continued growth and development of the the ef, utom3 agraif fled ber o' of s" 'agues and the students. To All Students PLANNING TO RETURN Next Fall Have Your Winter Clothes Stored for Summer In Our Insured Cold-Storage Vault Pay for the Cleaning When You Return Next Fall MARS HILL CLEANERS Phone 689-2611 for Free Pick Up GOOD LUCK ON EXAMS G RADUATES We Will Miss You RETUREES We Will Wait For You We Appreciate Your Patronage and Will Be Happy To Help You Select A Few Gifts To Take Home deep,, lith, Laure' u jour'’’] rsoh^' ^ h iss' IS trr” YourCOLLEGE BOOKSTORE Rooms and Apartments — Heated Pool Near Amusement Park SEA OATS MOTEL George E. Neesmith — Manager Phone: 803/488-3607 — 702 S. Ocean Blvd. MYRTLE BEACH, S. C. Board of Trustees extend to him a unanimous vote of confidence and 'lie same time pledge to Mars Hill College our most ardent and con- support, physically, mentally, and spiritually, their ^®ritlsy stated that he is very appreciative of the work of this corn- full commends them for recognizing the positive and high qualities n ester j-urjl* I- - • WWW ^ especially for the unanimous vote for confidence which the gcK'frrial committee and the Executive Committee have given to him, his -70 » SGA Tends To Off Campus Obligations Asserts Projections For Next Year by Laine Calloway Student Government Association President Danny Ray and Vice-Presi dent Lake Ellis spent April 23-26 in Memphis, Tenn. attending the an nual meeting for Southern Univer sities in Student Government As sociation (SUSGA). In an interview held with this reporter. President Ray said that “For Mars Hill, it (SUSGA) is worthless. We have got ten nothing out of It for what we have put into it.” This attitude was evidently adopted by the Senate for that legislative body voted last Monday night to withdraw member ship from SUSGA. Tentative plans are being made by Baptist colleges in North Caro lina to form a Baptist College Un ion which would, for all practical purposes, meet the needs of the various student governments repre sented. Small, private colleges are not faced with the same challenges that are met by larger schools and SUSGA is meeting no real need of these schools. It is felt by Danny and Lake and some of the other representatives to SUSGA from other colleges in the state that a Baptist College Union would be more practical than SUSGA. Danny also commented on sev eral projections for next year’s SGA activities. SGA hopes to have a stu dent as a non-voting member of the Board of Trustees. Perhaps at a later date it will be feasible to have a student with a full trusteeship for a full year term. The Student Commission on Long Range Plans will be formed by SGA to update the rules which govern the Senate and which will make SGA a more viable student organi zation. One of the more innovative am bitions of the SGA is to establish a parallel committee on Faculty De velopment which will be responsi ble for faculty evaluation. Student majors will serve on departmental committees and the committee will act as a Mason between students and faculty members. Another parallel committee will be formed on Financial Aid. The SGA will form its own scholarship program and will award scholar ships funded by SGA dues and monies from various foundations. The program will be operated by students. Internally, the SGA Is planning to seek re-evaluation and growth. The Summer Council, according to Danny, will update the constitution in the hope that this action will, again, increase the viability of SGA. Through the efforts of SGA, stu dents may be able to purchase a season’s ticket to the Mars Theatre. In order to inform the Board of Trustees that students are interested in publicizing the college, SGA hopes to form a Public Relations Com mittee. Concluding his Interview Danny said, “SGA has got to be a service organization. It has got to be a group effort. The students deserve this; they paid for it." ^oundd tile (Continued from P. 2) dents really receive? What was an nexed to their education? I dare say probably very little, since, for a person to fully benefit from a edu cation, he must for himself and on his own persue what he truly be lieves will be of significance and relevance to his life. The Chapel program, for most students, con tributes little, if any, to this reali zation that each student must come to grasp. If anything, the Chapel program is detrimental to this reali zation. The Chapel program today has been reformed somewhat but is far from being adequate. This fact was pointed out very graphically by the spring sym posium. The last person to speak at the symposium had an audience of approximately 200 people and considering the caliber of this ime6 speaker It was pathetic that more people didn’t hear him or take the interest to hear him. But then again, by that time everyone had turned all their lecture cards In, the major objective of the Chapel program. Incldenlly, the speaker, Mr. Eisman, commented on the lack of people at tending his lecture, a remark which should have embarrassed some of the college faculty. There Is no Immediate panacea for all concerned with the college and Its problems but through the backing of student-pianned reforms by the entire student body and not just fifty or so people students will inevitably aspire to their needs since obviously we are now and will re main the constituents of the col- —Neal Thomas
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