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Ae Mars Hill College
''ol. XLVI
No. X
Hillrop
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Rainy days and
Mondays always
get us down!
—HILLTOPPERS
Monday, September 27, 1971
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Margit Sinka
by Ed Lynch
Margit Sinka avers that the se
questered burgh of Mars Hill is the
smallest place in which she’s ever
lived. A new faculty member, she
teaches German and Spanish and
smiles a great deal.
Born in Hungary, she lived in Inns
bruck, Austria, for a couple of years.
In 1952, she and her family emi
grated to America, where she grew
up. She entered Baldwin-Wallace
College in Burea, Ohio, for her basic
studies. Facetiously, she recalls it
as “a small liberal arts college with
Soaring Aspirations and High Ideals.
Of course, I was a superb student,”
she grins. Majoring in German, she
spent four edifying years there That
summer she attended the German
Summer School at Middleburg, Ver
mont. Then, granted a scholarship
by the German government, under
the auspices of the Middleburg
Abroad Program, she studied in
Mainz, Germany, obtaining her M.A.
in one year.
At this point she solicits some
pertinent remarks from Prof. Knapp.
Gently but firmly Knapp demurrs.
“I taught at the University of Vir
ginia one year, then at Illinois Stale
University—upper level courses in
Faust,” she adds.
"Then I attended the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill to con
tinue my Ph.D. work. I’ve taken my
exams. I’m now writing my disserta
tion . . . what else? ... I’m teaching
Spanish and German here, urn, I’m
I’m an Assistant Professor here. I
can’t drive in the mountains ... I’m
under thirty and, in general, apoliti
cal ... I think Mr. Godwin’s rather
cute in his rolled up shirt sleeves.”
She and Knapp exchange good-
natured badinage.
"Dick barely scraped through at
Columbia—he paid $12,000 to get
his degree!”
“Very conservative,” says Dick.
“That didn’t seem to work, so he
bought a gun to intimidate. He was
also in charge of the dissertation
^^rnpus Crusade
Christian
Student Movement
Mars Hill Baptist
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lur footballj hp'in services, that are
I sports) ° each evening, Monday
at 7:30 in the
Mars church, will feature
round Ma Langley as the guest
ige all ^ Langley is in no way a
rgf- these parts and those
sharp wit in last
. ^lotiq Focus Week.
'^lev'^''^ speaker Dr. Langley,
%ij( eider will be the featured
music director. Mr.
Feature
in
Alexander a very talented voice who
is now minister of music at the Far
Hill Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio,
can be remembered for his partici
pation in last years Christian Focus
Week along with the vocal accom
paniment of his wife Mrs. Alexander.
She was a member of the college
faculty last year instructing English
and speech.
In addition to the crusade serv
ices, Dr. Langley will deliver an ad
dress at the college’s annual Foun
der’s Day convocation in Moore
Auditorium at 11 a.m. on Tuesday,
Oct. 5. Ken Gregory, student co-
''Wanted: $100,000
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program to raise the
amount of money
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belongs to the
Campaign.”
'9n is a student-oriented.
ing the Campaign in this area. This
will go on for about three months at
which time the results will be evalu
ated and further programs started,
(cont. on p. 3)
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ordinator for the special services,
said that Dr. Langley will also be
available for dormitory discussions
each night following the services
and will be available for private
counseling during the proceeding
afternoons. Quite a work-out.
A junior college graduate of Mars
Hill, Dr. Langley is the pastor of the
Willow Meadows Baptist Church in
Houston, Texas and a widely as well
as frequently engaged speaker be
cause of his wit and a background
that speaks of much experience as a
speaker, a leader, a traveler and an
author. In 1965 he led a team of 50
people from his church in Houston—
mostly young people and doctors—
on a medical missions expedition to
Honduras to help immunize half a
million natives. His authorship in
cludes a co-authorship of the book,
“Youth Speaks” as well as authoring
a chapter in a recently published
volume entitled, “Baptists See
Black,” an interest in race problems
writing agency. Later he taught at
Lafayette where, as a result, the stu
dents demonstrated and got him
fired.”
“Sounds very surrealistic,” says
Dick with gleeful dubiosity.
“Very—realistic!, you mean,”
counters Margit. “One thing more,”
she smiles, “I hate articles about my
self in the Hilltop."
Langley
that has led him through being a
member of a White House confer
ence on civil rights sponsored by the
late president Kennedy. He is active
in the Fellowship of Christian Ath
letes and, in 13 years, has led the
Houston church from a 265 total
membershiff to a breath-taking 3403.
He is married and is the father of
two children which, in itself, could
start another column of credits to
this man.
Mr. Alexander is a native of
Shreveport and holds degrees from
Northwestern State University (L.A.)
and North Texas University. He is a
Navy veteran and has performed in
a wide range of operas and musical
comedies including personalities as
Donald O’Connor, Phil Silvers, Ann
Blyth and Ginger Rogers.
This line-up comprises quite an
interesting prelude to what is in
store for this revival which should
prove to be a rather enlightening
week of spiritual growth.
SGA News
September 14, the Student Gov
ernment Association (SGA) met to
discuss and to vote on various pro
posals. The book rentals proposal
headed the agenda in the old busi
ness. A Senate committee, last May
6, met to investigate the possibility
of a book rental system in addition
to the book sales system.
This committee met with Mr. Don
Caldwell, Jr. of the college book
store and researched the book rental
systems of Appalachian State Uni
versity and, consequently, the needs
of Mars Hill students.
The committee found three import
ant difficulties that might hinder the
establishment of a book rental sys
tem. The cost to establish a system
such as this would range between
$100,000 and $125,000. This money
would cover cost of the books as
well as pay the staff. Also, there
would be great confusion with two
systems in operation, especially if
the sales and rental books were con
tained in the same store. Further
more, due to the frequent title
changes of books by faculty, the
cost of books would be_ raised. The
committee has been called in for
further study before a decision will
be made by the Senate.
Two hundred dollars was allotted
by SGA to the cheerleaders for use
in a Pep Club as needed. A new
Junior Varsity cheering squad was
acknowledged by the Senate be
cause of the great' enthusiasm
shown at the varsity tryouts. All
girls are eligible for Junior Varsity
(cont. on p. 3)
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l'’'®d alumni, and is chair-
q Qj anny Ray, member of the
71, and past S.G.A. Presi-
!?Paign is divided into two
Of first phase involves a
^ Pdents who have pledged
.. apiece. The second
Pro fPis fall with stu-
the Campaign to
asses and friends of the
^aiipus Director of the
tn^'iifickin^ Ei'ank Farrell. He will
those who are have
and will be present-
Advocation Of Goal's Purpose Of Convocation
Editor’s note:
Last Tuesday, after the President’s
Convocation Dr. Bentley came by
and ask me if he could have some
sort space or time in the paper. He
seemed intensely disturbed with the
way the whole convocation came
off. The following is a statement by
Dr. Bentley.
Have you ever had a desire to
share with everyone you know the
aspirations you have for the project
in which you are most deeply in
volved or to which you are most
committed, but then find that be-
by Dr. Fred Bentley
cause of your mood, your attitude,
or because of stress of the mo
ment you not only fail to com
municate your thoughts but you
actually “turned people off”? Such
is the feedback which I have gained
from several students as It applied
to my Convocation last Tuesday.
I certainly was not putting down
the students. Mars Hill College has
a student body which I would not
swap, body for body, with any other
college. We have a faculty which is
second to none! We have not at
tracted students, faculty, or admin
istration because I am president.
You are here because you believe in
the College—past, present, and
future. You are the College!
The theme of my Convocation was
meant to be that we have elected to
be a leader among colleges and to
accept the risks which accompany
this commitment. There will be
periods this year when various facul
ty members will be frustrated within
our new system. There will be
periods during this year when stu
dents will be frustrated due to pres-
(cont. on p. 3)