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Vol. XLIV, No. 17
MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP
Friday, May 18, 1973
impressions
m H _ bv Terry Kuykendall,
l>y Thad Strom,
former Senior Class
President
I suppose one
Could sit down and
'^tite about, or talk
sbout his impressions
of Mars Hill College,
of what the school
bas meant to him; but
as soon as he fin
ishes one impression,
there comes another
One, and another one,
and still more. If I
bad to list the
things about MHC that
®eant very mcuh to
’■‘a, I feel that I
'^uld be doing myself
and the school a
Steat injustice, for
i could inadvertently
Omit some of the most
important ones,
'whether they be good
impressions or bad
impressions. But
'whatever the case,
Everything that has
■*-aft an impression
ifiaves a lesson with
it.
However, there is
One very important
|mpresslon that will
ieave with me as I
^oave Mars Hill, and
^ consider it to be
the most important of
Hi.
Among the first
thoughts of a gradua
ting senior is how
’“^ch he is going to
Hss his classes, the
Social life, the ac
tivities, dorm life,
^^d most of ail, his
jtiends. He feels
Hke, after he gradu
ates, he'll be lost,
tor there won't be a
'^orm room to go back
to, or to talk with
Hd friends. For a
'^biie after gradua
tion, the effect of
toaving Mars Hill
College as a student
'^On't wear off too
®0on. And when late
^Ogust rolls around,
that empty feeling,
though maybe smaller,
Hil probably return
to most of us. One
do
h,
csn't know how much
E appreciates some
thing until he's away
cont. on page 2
by Frank Farrell,
former Editor of
Hilltop
"College Experi
ence" - the often
used and seldom
understood phrase
conceiming four years
of one's life. My
conceptions of "Col
lege experience" has
changed considerably
since I entered Mars
Hill four years ago.
Originally, academic
achievement was the
major goal and sole
by Kay Gregory,
former Cadenza
Editor
After experiencing
four years at Mars
Hill College, I quar
rel with those who
constantly harp on
the lack of social
freedoms. Instead, I
choose to focus on
what I consider the
more positive aspects
of the institution.
While I sympathize
with those who seek
to equalize men and
by Terry Kuykendall,
former SGA Pres
ident
Mars Hill...I walk
up Bailey Mountain to
see how small the
world really Is.
Mars Hill...a run
through the rain and
not caring whether I
get wet.
Mars Hill...people
telling me what to do
and when to do it.
Mars Hill... a
shaft by a friend who
only wanted positipn
and title and not
reason for attending
college. However, it
didn't take long to
realize that academic
achievement did not
necessarily have to
be the main focal
point. My conception
of a "College exper
ience: became indi
vidual growth through
invo1vement. One
could grow and learn
through involvement.
One could grow and
learn through athle
tics, organizations,
student government or
any other area as
well as through aca
demic classes.
I soon realized
that there was a le
vel above involvement
and individual growth
that was more impor
tant. This was per
sonal friendships.
Friendships are the
things that will last
and be remembered
about my college ex
perience. The work
and. study to gain a
diploma seems insig-
cont. on page 2
women's social regu
lations, I feel that
this type pursuit
should not blur our
vision as to Mars
Hill's academic uni
queness. I doubt any
other school has made
a more sincere at
tempt to shift em
phasis from academic
requirements to edu
cational relevancy.
Since the fall semes
ter 1969 when I en
rolled here as
a freshman. Mars Hill
has undergone phenom
enal curricular
changes. These in
clude the 4-1-4 sys
tem, the mini-mester,
S-U grading of some
courses, and most re
cently, an intensive
exploration of a com
petency based curri
culum. But what do
all these terms real
ly mean for a stud-
den? I can only tell
what they have meant
to me.
The 4-1-4 curri
culum opened up mv
cont. on page 2
willing to help other
people.
Mars Hill...people
concerned enough to
say they understand
what you're doing ev
en though they may
not.
Mars Hill... a
place where the world
stops if you want it
to and where the ac
tion of the world be
gins if you want that
too.
Mars Hill...a col
lege that some people
have heard of and
some people haven't.
Mars Hill... where
students are told not
to behave like ma
chines, but when they
try not to they are
labeled as misfits
and siidets through
college.
Mars Hill a
place I'm glad to
ieave and glad to
have come to.
Mars Hill a
stepping stone not
an overlook.
cont. on page 2
by Joy Rhodes,
former President
of GSM
While choosing a
college during senior
year in high school,
I visited Mars Hill
just because my
friend's mother want
ed the two of us to
take a look at it.
My first impression
of Mars Hill caused
me to want to become
a part of the commun
ity I found here. I
felt that here I
would find people who
cared, here I could
learn much about
life, and here I
could spend four ex
citing years.
Today I find that
the years have slip
ped past me and it is
time to move on. As
I look back over
these four years I
see impressions of
beauty - the moun
tains, trees, breath
taking sunsets, beau
tiful snows, and
bright blue skies.
When I hear people
calling any other
area "God's country"
I wonder. There are
impressions of people
which remain also. I
see close friends -and
roommates who have
become very dear. I
see people who have
come and gone and
people with whom I
have shared all of
these four years, of
good times and bad.
I remember the
smiling faces.
I remember the
smiling faces on pa
tients at the T.B.
Hospital, the excited
giggles of the black
girl I tutored for a
year, the searching
eyes of the kids at
the juvenile center
who love having a
college student for a
friend. The teachers
who have shared their
time with students
have impressed me and
will be remembered.
Mars Hill is a
special place. Per
haps there is no
cont. on page 2