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Page Four MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA Saturday, October 24, October New Housing Puts Roof Over Poor Heads by Frank Farrell To the disappointment of many, the new low cost housing units around town are not strictly for use by college students. There are pres ently ten families living in the units who are enrolled in Mars Hill Col lege. two-bedroom, 12 three-bedroom, and one four-bedroom apartments. Be sides the bedrooms there is a living room, dining room-kitchen combina tion, and bath in each apartment. Each unit is furnished with a stove, refrigerator, and electric heat. The Mars Hill Town Planning Board circulated petitions request ing low cost housing units and sub mitted them to the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Feb. 22, 1966. Since that time, 47 units have been built and are either occupied or ready tor occupation. The Federally financed project cost $962,550. This cost includes all ex penses incurred from the planning stages until occupation began. There are 20 one-bedroom, 14 Pennies for Your Thoughts Prizes totaling $1,600 are being offered in the eighth annual Kan sas City, Mo., Poetry Contests, an nounced by Hallmark Cards, Inc. A book-length poetry manuscript will also be chosen for publica tion. Full-time undergraduate students in the United States are eligible for one of six $100 prizes to be award ed for a single poem by Hallmark, one of four contest sponsors. Other prizes include a $500 ad vance on royalties for a book- length poetry manuscript from the Devins Award. The book will be published by the University of Mis souri Press. The Kansas City Star, the third sponsor, is offering four $100 prizes for single poems. The H. Jay Sharp Memorial Awards for poetry provide four $25 prizes for poems by high schooi sfudents of Missouri and bordering states. eluded Conrad Aiken, Louis Unter- meyerd, Robert Penn Warren, James Dickey, Carolyn Kizer, Wiiliam Staf ford, and the late Winfield Townley Scott. Entries must be postmarked by Feb. 1, 1971. Winners wili be an nounced April 26, 1971, at the clos ing reading of the 1970-71 Ameri can Poets’ Series of the Kansas City Jewish Community Center. All entries are judged anonymous ly. For complete contest rules, send a stamped, self-addressed en velope to: Kansas City Contest, P. O. Box 5313, Kansas City, Mo„ 64114. Contest judges have not been an nounced, but in the past have in- “Three hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thou sand bayonets.” —Napoleon 4M \ ^3fV/4r X' One of the more active students on campus Is Sammy Lucas, a Junior voice major from Lamar, South Carolina. This fall he was the student emcee for the Faculty Talent Show. Sammy often finds himself the center of attenton, not only lor his theatrics on stage, his talent as a mod song master and pianist (frequently displayed ad lib at the Alley Door), but also lor his antics and genuine good humor. apply and are accepted are then reluctant to move. W. B. Zink, Executive Director of the project, began taking applica tions in July, 1970. Since that time all but 14 of the units have been filled. Mr. Zink said, “I expect these 14 to be full by the first of the year.” In order to keep the project from bogging down, the Federal Gov ernment will not allow but a few of the units to be filled each week. “Progress thus far has been excel lent,” said Mr. Zink, adding that he had accepted nearly 100 applica tions for the units. One of the main problems is that many people who Mr. Zink said that certain priori ties must be adhered to when con sidering applications to the housing project. For example, anyone who was displaced by the building of the units should be considered first in line for occupation. Also high on the list are the elderly. Twelve of the units are reserved specially for these people. Another prerequisite for accept ance to the housing project is that the party applying must represent a family. However, the Federal Gov ernment considers one man or wom an over 65 to be a family. Special consideration is also given to those who have lived within a 3 mile radius of Mars Hill for 12 months or more, although this is not a prerequisite. Income is another major factor when considering acceptance to the housing project. One person cannot earn more than $2900 a year and still be eligible for acceptance into the units. A family of 10 can earn the maximum $4900 and still be eli gible to live in the units. The rent for the units is also fi gured out on an income basis. The residents pay between 18.4% and 25% of their income, according to the number of dependents they have. This presented a problem with many of the college students since they didn’t have any reported income. The Federal Government concluded that since the students had to pay $1210 tuition and were worth $600 as a dependent, that their income should be based on the figure of $1810. A percentage of this, figure was taken to determine the amount of rent they should pay. Each unit is allowed $15 a month for utilities. Since the units use elec tric heat, the bill is usually much higher than this in winter. The town of Mars Hill provides the residents with services such as garbage col lection. Editor’s note: This highly success ful project could be an example for Mars Hill College. There is a great need for housing units for married couples who are attending Mars Hill College. Admittedly, the College is not able to spend $900,000 on hous ing units as the Federal Government has done. However, the solution may very well lie in the housing units al ready built by the Federal Govern ment. If an agreement could be reached allowing a certain number of the units to be for the use of the College, then the problem of housing for married students might very well be solved. However, if this plan is not feasi ble, then Mars HIM College might possibly build some units in asso ciation with the Federal Government. The housing units are supposed to be a help to this area. Mars Hill College contributes to the economy of this area. Thus, it seems natural that these organizations should get together in order to assist the com munity more, much more, than it has in the past. It’s something to think about. r by Harry Quiett It often seems that there must surely be a conspiracy among those lofty academicians who have the monopoly on writing what is con sidered resource material, to make it as dull, dry, and boring as is humanly possible. Let me suggest the works of a renegade in the lofty realm. John Kenneth Galbraith offers, in amazing variety, some relief from the miles of statistical tables and charts that seem to have become integral parts of what is kindly termed the American Way of Life. Mr. Galbraith is a man of many talents who has something to say on nearly every subject. Professor of Economics, Ambassador fo India, staunch thorn in the side of the State Department, and noted com mentator on America’s politics and foreign policy, he is well qualified to write a novel such as The Tri umph. ’ When any man of prominence draws on his personal experiences to write a novel the result is at least noteworthy. When John Kenneth Gal braith writes a novel drawing on his extensive knowledge of Wash ington bureaucracy, the result is at once potentially embracing and fas cinating. The Triumph is both. The work is unique primarily in that it offers the author the chance to vent his feelings on the State De partment with an unconcealed ecst asy. With a wit that cuts like honed steel, Mr. Galbraith mercilessly slices up anything the State Department might call pride. The plot, the char acters, and the settings reflect the personal experiences of the author. The Triumph is the story of the fall of a South American dictator and the subsequent rise of a ^ J'the Spirit,” a fare what democratic regime and producer and the eventual rise to early days American support, of another ’ 3s produced Oct. tor who becomes another Rde Hj|| cguggg q, tro. Mr. Galbraith recounts Original produc tense realism the extraordine® niere intended to and vigor or terchanges within the ^ tension ment and the decaying gover*’ sued people. of the first dictator. Mr. Galbraith uses a sophis'' ^ actors. The MH( style of satire which allows ij't^jg in his wickedly witty way, Jilhe Spirit” was vestate any grand and ® ^ ^ plsy claims on the part of the relies gr the protector of democracy throughout the He lays the blame for fh® production lac of this protective goal on tempo of ing homage paid to the ''t the first of the status and seniority 5 ® action was on continously being played ithe second a American Beaurocractic to be playc The style is a combination ^^^'^anversation omniscient account of an it should have event and a personal common' il8«r dintie a current issue. The result in that while the charai party scei (Becky Com between described as though for a ^ .jitL and Charlei sier, they are allowed to ^®®°nd act did emerge as distinct personal'' J animated le\ the same time, in travelling ack of liyeiines the various scenes of acti®',1^ mostly to the reader is likely to take a In assumin and find himself in a him Personalities. Perhaps Mr. Galbraith’s '®P ^^'®Ved Elviria a in this case will do him an ini“,-«tn "'e a part of a pe His connections with politic®,dries’ mind th background of intense critin'^jjAug^i^p^n on the prevent the work from **l61 r '"''^1® shoulc seriously as a literary effo'’^’ ® stage with f it will be ranked with the gi"®® ^ ro|g F'shburne of political satire. siig Satire at its finest, and lite'^ at its best. The Triumph is worth spending a few P'°’' hours with. "ntil at time 'J'es on stage.' ®lso vacillated Caution: Combat May Be Hazadrous to Your Health J" of Charles’ p In the first a iVit,,. girlish di 'fcotip Elviria 1*3(1 I Sot, shg [jggg "fe third act tihn ^^®l niacabre (J’li) 01? ^'ephenson It . ^ Washington — (CPS) — Army draftees have almost twice as high a chance of being killed in Viet Nam as enlisted men, according to a U.S. Army study. During 1969, draftees were killed at the rate of 30 per 1,000 and in jured at the rate of 203 per 1,000, while first term enlistees were killed at the rate of 17 per 1,000 and in jured at the rate of 120 per 1,000. The reason draftees tend to be killed at a much higher rate is that the Army, in a procedure different from previous wars, allows men who enlist for three years to choose what job they want. Because of this, draftees who make up 56 percent of the men en tering the Army, tend to make up a much higher percentage of combat units. William K. Brehm, assistant secre tary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs, explains that, "They (the enlisted men) don’t enlist for the hard-core combat skills. “That is why draftees tend to populate the hard-core combat skills: 70 percent of the infantry, armor and artillery are draftees.” A Defense Department manpower expert, who refused to be quoted by name, told a reporter for Nafional Journal, a newsletter which re quested the Army study, that “we’ve studied this problem very carefully. “People don’t seem to enlist in Army to fight. We recognize the in equity this causes in a shooting war, but we don’t know what to do about it.” College graduates are less likely to be assigned to combat ® j'3itig there are no figures separa*' ./n ®*ion |. ® showee show this tees from enlistees among "Shon* ®®P"^9 graduates. Thirty six and tw® . * 9 ^play. S percent of the graduates wb® y ,, ^donn^a^ the Army in 1969 were On everyo combat jobs, compared with t®® jb!Se7y'®9 humor all rate of 43.3 percent. ,',"3. ^ ber percent of the graduates tees. or “s performs The higher death rate 1°' me nigner death raw Urbani* J in Viet Nam would have b®® e by an amendment to the , thg • H procurement bill, which 's ' barred the sending of Viet Nam unless they vd®®' to go- The amendment, authore '"ept William Proxmire, (D.-Wiso-)’ in , ° r. '■ ’be least Spirit” int "Igy^’^^ting and jected by a vote of 22-71- / V, -.ne g The Army says it has no ' "le '"teresfi the chances of a draftee ® f « 3y. Viet Nam, but other V”'' should cate that 8,000 are sent to V; Whg ® each month. 5 *n(j | Sf - ® ® The monthly draft call be ( V’? Be-® pompous running about 10,000. Thirty percent of all drat^ i; in the Army were serving ^|ii, Nam on July 1, compato® .5,^ percent of first term ®®' 'j Many persons, (nclud Proxmire, feel that the enlistees should not be ab f' out of combat while drah® _ fight. “As strange as it sou ndS’ said, "only 800 young out of 200 million Amat' enlisting for combat. , all'''. f “If we went to an force in Viet Nam, it’s ceivable that that’s all we V’ I Jarvis, Work ^^ICK SEF h the Mars i Robi Furnitu
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