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THE MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP
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Personalizing housing'.Edwards
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By Sam Easterby
editor’s note: This is a first in a
series of interviews with members
of the coiiege community. In our
next issue Phil Weast will be the ob
ject of On Line.
Men’s Area Coordinator—a job
without a job description—was how
George Edwards saw his new posi
tion, but his head was fuli of ideas
and his face lights up when he talked
about them to the Hilltop before the
start of school. Coming from Northern
Michigan University, where he was a
resident director, Edwards brings with
him a wealth of experience in the
field of student affairs and student
life direction.
Up until this year one person has
been responsible for coordinating
housing on campus, Mary Ann Joyce,
associate dean of student develop
ment. Now George Edwards has the
task of personalizing housing for
men, the goal he has set for him
self.
Hilltop: What is a men’s area co
ordinator?
Edwards: It is a position created
to put someone directly in-charge, of
men’s housing and to be responsible
for the administration of the six halls
and the cottages, to work with staff,
counselors, and RA’s, also to help
students with personal problems in
school and with the hall, trying to
motivate hall counsels, and to create
Yesteryears co-ed
Editor's Note: The foilowing feature
was writen by Joy Comer in the Feb,
6, 1965 issue of the Hiiitop after iook-
ing at an oid annual, ft is reprinted
here because of the interesting con
trast between the women students of
today and the "co-eds” of yesterday.
I saw her once. In an ancient
college annual whose crumbling
pages were threatening to destroy
her for all time; her sweet faoe gazed
earnestly from the quaint oval photo
graph, regarding me with eyes that
seemed to span the decades. The
long and shinning hair was piled high
atop her head, and against her soft,
white embroidered blouse (her gen
eration called It a "waist") hung a
round gold locket. Her name might
have been Miriam, Vallerla, Leila, or
any of a hundred lyric names. What
ever It was, it was feminine and
suited her perfectly.
Her doting parents would not allow
her to attend Mars Hill, or any col
lege, until they were repeatedly re
assured. Thus the Mars Hill catalogue
of the era proclaimed the safety of
the area, whose climate was "free
from fog and malaria, a place where
"the dangers of the city are wanting”
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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activities and to bring a lot of things
into the halls that have not been
there in the past.
One of the basic things in my mind
is to be able to have a nice place to
live .... if the guys are not happy
where they live, it the place is dirty,
it there are a lot of roaches, if the
facilities just aren’t good then how
are you going to get anything done.
There are 400 men on top of men's
hill and there are only 2 washers
and 2 dryers, and thats not a very
good ratio. That means that every
body has to truck their laundry up to
this little laundry mat where it is
ten cents more expensive and where
if Its raining you don’t want to do
it, so thats one thing that we are
working on.
Hilltop: You said that you had to
deal with the personnel problems of
the students . . .
Edwards: I mean personnel prob
lems that people come to me with
and where girls were given “ever
watchful care and close personal
attention.”
Encouraged by this cheerful news,
her parents helped her into a stage
and bade her goodbye. She began
her college life with the required
necessities: a college uniform of a
black skirt, white waist and shoes
with heels not over one inch high,
four napkins and a napxin ring and
four pairs of winter underwear.
She found when she arrived that
her dormitory was run on a "co
operative basis" — each girl did one
hour’s work In the kitchen or dining
room daily. This policy was to "create
a home-like atmosphere” and reduce
tuition slightly, to $5.50 a month.
In other ways, too, she found con
ditions the same as they had been
at home. She never evaded the
watchful eye of her housemother. As
the catalogue had truly stated,
“young men and women meet only
In chapel, on recitation and on spec
ial occasions.”
Any impulsive, unauthorized meet
ing of the sexes was met with im
mediate expulsion. To aviod tempta
tion, both men and women were for
bidden to be on the streets at night.
All mail except letters from parents
was subject to Inspection, If neces
sary.
Despite these restrictions, she
sometimes enjoyed herself Immense
ly. There were frequent, well-chaper-
oned hikes up Old Mount Bally, pic
nics at “The Cascades” and devo
tional services in the mist of morn
ing.
Open hours
from pa^el.
.... I think of myself as a pretty
open person and I hope thats the
opinion that other people pick up.
Now I realize that some people are
not completely open, and I know that
I really don’t like to open up my per
sonal life, but J am willing to sit down
and try and help somebody work a
problem out and if I can’t help I
will refer them to someone that may
be able to.
Hilltop: How do you see the re
lationship between the student and
the administration here at Mars Hili?
Edwards: I’m not sure, I haven’t
been around long enough .... I
would Imagine that we are pictured
as good guys, at least I sure hope
we are. I guess that I'm a good guy,
but the regulations that exists have
to be enforced and if there are bla
tant violations around me then I have
to do something or I would lose
credibility, not only with the adminis
tration but with students as well. I
can't overlook something one time
.... you know walk by one time
and then grab them the next time
.... students wouldn’t be able to
trust me. If the students aren’t satis
fied with the regulations then they
can work through the organized
councils to change them and then,
in my capacity, I can be supportive
and play an advisor type role. I’m
not going to walk around saying for
example, "OK guys I’m tired of en
forcing this drinking regulation so
lets change it,” thats up to the stu
dents. Maybe they don’t want to
change it.
Hilltop: How do you feel about
visitation?
Edwards: I’ve seen 24 hour, 7
days a week work, and all kinds of
modified versions that were success
ful ... . Personnaly I feel that that’s
part of resident hall living .... You
don't go out into the world and
have all the guys In one building and
all the girls in another building and
they only get together when they go
to town, and in this job I will always
be dropping hints to other people
that we should re-evaluate our stand
on visitation.
Hilltop: Dr. Bentley plays heavily
on the word maturation, what does
to r
HE ACES
ON BRIDGE
World Champions
IRA G. CORN JR.
TEAM CAPTAIN
Dear >Ir. Corn:
She devolped a beauty and a
visible strength of character which Is
evident in her photograph even to
day. She, and others like her, are a
part of the past which the present
would do well to remember.
I know that when a re
sponder who has never
passed names a new suit,
opener must bid again.
However, I’m not sure
about no trump. Is no trump
also considered a new suit?
For example, is opener al
lowed to pass after this bid
ding?
9/3
Opener Responder
IV 1A
2 4 2 NT
Unforced,
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of women, not just seniors, were
living in the building during the
summer as reasons for his ob
jection.
Sponsors of the move say such
a policy will "create a more realistic
life-like situation” in the residence
hall for senior women. Placing the
women in a position of greater res
ponsibility in this manner will help
them develop mature attitudes
which is one of the aims of the col
lege, they explain.
To insure the safety of residents
in Fox under an open hours policy
the council bill proposed that the
doors be locked at the normal clos
ing hours and that male students be
hired as guards to be on duty after
closing time. A guard would be
stationed in the lobby near the front
door and a "quiet” doorbell would
be installed at the door. When a
woman wished admittance after
qlosing time, she would ring the
bell; the guard would check her
identification card against a list of
residents of the building and admit
her if she were on the list.
Frank Farrell, who presided over
the sessions of the summer council,
said the bill will be brought up again
at the first session of the student
government association senate this
fall without having to go through
the committee. If it passes the sen
ate, it will then go to a joint meeting
of the student affairs council and
the Christian life committee of the
board of trustees, he said.
Answer: A bid in no trump
is not considered a new suit
and in the bidding you de
scribe the two-no-trump bid
is only invitational and not
forcing. Opener may pass
with a minimum hand. The
two-no-trump bid typically
describes 10-11 points and,
in a pinch, 9-12 points.
Dear Mr. Corn:
I held a pre-emptive bid in
diamonds and my partner
opened one spade. What
should I have bid—two, three
or four diamonds?
In other words, can a
player pre-empt his partner ?
Diamond Mine,
Bronxville, N.^Y.
Answer: Playing a stand
ard system, it is usually not
a good idea to pre-empt after
partner opens the bidding.
Particularly when opener has
a major suit and yours is a
minor.
A possible exception to
this general principle might
be a hand as follows. After
partner opens one club or one
diamond, one might bid three
spades with:
AQ 10 987654
V 7 2
♦ 4
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9/3
Dear Mr. Corn:
I recently held this hand
and did not know how to
solve the problem. Can you
help?
I held:
A AK 10 4
V AJ532
♦ AK4
*8
9/3
The bidding:
9/3
Partner
1 A
4 V
Me
3 V
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What Next,
New Orleans
Answer: A very tough
question and standard meth
ods may not be good enough.
What you must find out
about is the K-Q of hearts
and the ace of clubs. If you
use Blackwood, you may be
forced to guess. If you jump
to five no trump (grand-slam
force), opener will bid seven
with the K-Q of hearts. But
then you might have a club
loser. Best is to ask for aces.
If partner has no aces, settle
for a small slam. If partner
has the missing ace, check
your luck quotient. If high
that day, bid seven. If you’re
running in bad luck, settle
for six.
In Aces Advanced the
problem is solved by first
asking for aces and then bid
ding five no trump, not to
ask for kings but to inquire
about trump honors (re
sponses are graduated ac
cording to holdings).
Dear Mr. Corn:
I held this hand after three
passes with everyone vulner
able. What should I have
bid?
AAKJ 10 9754
V A
♦ K 10
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9/3
One or Four?
St. Louis
Answer: The issue boils
down to “Shall I open one
spade in case there's a slam
or shall I open four spades
to shut everyone out?” My
vote is for one spade because
the slam possibilities are
good.
Send bridge questions to The
Aces, P.O. Box 12363, Dallas,
Texas 75225. Include self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope
for personal reply.
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