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XL VII
NO. 16
Mars Kill, North Carolina
Saturday, May 5, 1973
care
x:ess
pent
is a
ede-
0 its
ning
ake
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Bentley and Mr. Fish look on as students
y-ash during a recent camp^ clean-up.
Honors Day
Awards Given
Ww t-ooncrnl'2&tl‘
The annual award-
^tig of Honors at a
Special convocation
held on May 1, in
^oore Auditorium.
Dr. Richard L.
Hoffman opened the
Program with the
faculty and staff
^Vards. The -Out
standing Teacher
^t^ard was presented
Po Miss Mary Ihrig
the English de
partment . There
'^®ra several faculty
Promotions to asso
ciate professor,
^ey were: Dr, Joan
^room. Dr. Fred
Holtkamp, Mr. C.
Hobert Jones, Dr.
Harl Leininger, Dr.
Catherine MaCoy, and
Hr. Kenneth Manske.
Special recogni
tion was given to
^rs. Hunter who will
Hacome a graduate of
^rs Hill College,
^rs . Hunger, an em'^
Ployee of fhe col
lage library, has
''orked for 17 years
to reach this goal.
Dr. Bentley pre—
Santed the Truesdell
Saholai^ships, Brazil
Hre-Medical scholar—
®f^ip and the Taylor
Habating award. He
Slso recognized the
^ seniors of Who's
^o in American Uni-
^arsities and Col
lages .
Dr. John Hough
recognlzetl' tne
Dean'^s Scholarship
and Trustees* Scho
larship recipients.
He also recognized
Bobbie Beelor for a
scholarship at the
Graduate School at
the University of
Tennessee, Jane I'^-
win for a scholar
ship to graduate
school at Wake For
est and Paul Rich
ardson for a scho
larship to graduate
school at Southern
Baptist Seminary.
Thad Strom, Pres
ident of the Senior
Class presented an
award to a rising
senior for scholar
ship , leadership and
future potential.
This award was the
first of its kind
and will hopefully
be continued in the
following ye^s.
The award was pre
sented to Kathy Pep
per.
Frank Farrell,
Editor c5f the Hill
top presented the
HILLTOP Athlete
Award. The reci
pient of the yearly
award was Jeff
Davis.
Dr. Hoffman re
cognized the Alpha
Chi National Honor
Scholarship Society
and Robert Chapman
recognized the 1973
College Marshals.
KELLOGG
GRANT RECEIVED
by Bonnie Clark
Dr. Richard Hoff-
Man, Vice- President
of Academic Affairs,
has announced that
the Kellogg Founda
tion has granted Mars
Hill College its pro
posal for $99,847.00.
Mars Hill is the
first college in this
region to receive
such a large amount
for a program devel
opment .
The Kellogg Found
ation expressed faith
in the college and
endorsed the direc
tion that Mars Hill
is taking with its
faculty and program.
Robert Knot-t will be
DERBY DAY IS
PLANNED
by Frank Farrell
Take heart down-
rodden, dejected, and
disillusioned stu
dents , comic relief
is near. The annual
Derby Day festivities
should provide enough
outlets to cushion
the coming exam week.
The Derby Day ac
tivities will be held
on Sunday May 6 from
2:00 - 4:30 on Huff
man beach (behind
-F6x) .
The events will
include a spoon race,
three - legged race,
wheel - barrow race,
three man race, water
balloon throw, tug of
war, greased pole
climb, frisbee throw,
olive plunge, hula-
hoop contest, balloon
stomp, and a pie eat
ing contest.
Races will be run
concurrently with
other events in order
to finish in time.
Those wishing to par
ticipate in the fris
bee throw must fur
nish their own fris-
bee's.
The winners of
each event will re
ceive a $5.00 prize
with the exception of
the tug of war, which
will offer a $15.00
prize. ,
Lloyd Keller,
Treasurer of SGA and
Director of Derby
Day, said that hope
fully Sunday supper
will be served on
Huffman beach.
the main coordinator
of the Kellogg pro
ject at Mars Hill.
The money will be
distributed over a
period of two years
and used to give "re
lease time" to facul
ty who will be work
ing with the program.
Most of the money
will to towards fac
ulty workshops and
department chairmen
workshops. There
will also be student
workshops for incom
ing freshmen.
In addition to
faculty and student
workshops there will
be money for diagnos
tic testing for fres
hmen. They will be
tested in reading,
writing, listening,
studying and critical
thinking skills. Af
ter being rated stu
dents requiring help
will be started in
programs designed to
bring up their
skills.
Dr. Hoffman stated
that "the foundation
enables us to do the
study and obtain the
resources to imple
ment a program of
this nature."
STATEMENT DISCUSSED
The HILLTOP was
directed to investi
gate Dr. Bentley's
role in the involve
ment of faculty in a
recent drug arrest on
campus. The request
came at the end of a
called meeting of the
Board of Student Com
munication Media on
Monday, April 30,
which was requested
by Dr. Bentley in or
der that he might air
his grieviences with
a statement.
"The HILLTOP is
responsible for gross
misinfomation" Bent
ley said, referring
to the April 20th is
sue of "Philosophical
Profundities of Dam
mit." Bentley asked
for a retraction and
an apology.
Frank Farrell, ed
itor-in-chief of the
HILLTOP, explained
that the author of
the article obtained
his information from
a faculty member and
that so far as he
knew the article was
correct. Bentley
said he felt the ar
ticle showed him as
stiffling academic
freedom which he said
was not true. Speci
fically, he stated he
did not and could not
order the faculty and
staff members to have
no part in the legal
proceedings of the
drug case associated
with Brandon Dean and
John Messina.
The allegation in
the article read that
a faculty member of
fered to provide bond
money for the stu
dents and was told
not to do so by Bent
ley. Bentley ex
plained that he had
told the faculty on
Tuesday morning after
the arrest of the
young men that the
arrests had been made
continued on page 4