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WELCOME ALUMNI
Formal opening of
Belk Auditorium and Wren
College Union will high
light the two-day Home
coming activities this .
Weekend.
The events will begin
With the arrival of the
card of Advisors Friday
afternoon. The 100-mem-
board will hold a
uslness meeting and e-
fiction of new officers
following a dinner Fri
day evening.
Climaxing the even
ing's events will be for
6 formal dedication of
Auditorium. The
ceremony begins at 9:45
in front of the
auditorium which is ad-
Jncent to the college
union.
The 300-seat facility
is named for the late
Mrs. Mary Lenora Irwin
Belk, wife of the co
founder of the Belk
stores throughout the
South. Members of the
family will be on hand
for the unveiling of the
plaque commemorating
Mrs. Belk's memory.
Friday's activities
will conclude with a
concert by the Warner
Brothers recording group
"Earth, Wind, and Fire,"
in Moore Auditorium. No
admission will be charg
ed for the concert
which starts at 8 p.m.;
but a current ID card or
ticket will be needed.
Those Interested in ob
taining tickets should
contact the director of
the college union
(phone 689-1121).
A registration desk
will be set up in the
central lobby of the
college union Saturday
from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
All visitors and alumni
are requested to regist
er there.
A luncheon honoring
Dr. and Mrs. J.. Robert
Wren of Gastonia, for
whom the $1.2 million
college union building
is named, will be held
at noon. Dr. Wren is a
fourth-term member of
the Board of Trustees
and was the recipient of
the first honorary doc
torate ever awarded by
the college.
Portraits of Dr. and
Mrs. Wren will be un
veiled during the for
mal opening ceremonies
to be held in the recep
tion lounge of the huge
and luxurious new build
ing at 1 p.m.
A pre-game show by
the marching band will
signal the start of
football activities with
the kick off of the Mars
Hill-Gardner Webb game
slated for 2:30. Half
time action will again
feature the band, di
rected by Ray Babelay,
and the crowning of the
homecoming queen.
In other activities,
the fourth annual Alimmi
Council workshop will be
held at 9 a.m. Saturday
and the Business Club
Alumni Association will
hold its 34th annual re
union in the lower lobby
of Memorial Library im
mediately following the
football game. The
group will hold their
annual banquet in the
college cafeteria at 7
p.m. The weekend will
close with a victory
dance in the McConnell
Building starting at 8
p.m. for which there is
no charge; and a special
preview production of
"Rivals," a musical ad
aptation of Sheridan's
"The Rivals" by faculty
member C. Robert Jones,
is scheduled for 8 p.m.
in the recently reno
vated Owen Theatre.
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HILLTOP
editor
By Cole Harris
197? T'^esday, Oct. 2,
g the Commxmication
the college se-
j.,Eric M. Gamer as
editor of the
top Student News-
Paper. with this selec-
Eric became a mem-
B the Communication
which consists of
_7f®sentatlves from the
S?^^^®tratlon, faculty,
ea K ’^^P^^^^^tatlve from
^ t class, the 4 advis-
the leaders of
^ student communica
tions media. These four
Chamlee, the
of the literary
Sell?’'® "Cadenza"; Pri-
tQj ® Canupp, the edi-
the yearbook Lau-
Roy Gullick, the
tadl manager of WMHC
Gam°* finally Eric
the editor of
® Hilltop.
edit Began as interim
Sue Bhe past is-
nent his appoint-
Oct. 2, he has
Friday, October 26, 1973
The 1973
Homecoming
Court
Left to right: Myra Sue
Small, freshman; Jean
Robinson Cherry, senior;
Rita Jean Moore, jimior;
and Karen Louise Hutoh-
inson, sophomore.
be
and
8un
to build a staff
Wort c
which u ® newspaper
"con describes as,
^®Pro^n^y working to
Cap o as a paper which
all as-
Coii campus life and
functions. It
is vital that all four
of the communications
media, here at MHC, co
operate and help one an
other whenever possi
ble." The Hilltop is
the most active of the
media, here on campus,
in presenting current
news.
Keeping harmony with
the other media; satis
fying the students, ad
ministration, faculty,
and community; working
hardily with his staff;
and maintaining good
business records and
procedures in producing
a student newspaper, is
the high pressure job
which Eric now holds.
Eric is a sophomore Eng
lish major. He present
ly is serving with Sen
ior John^Allison as co
directors in the Sports
Information Department.
He is also serving as
President of Myers Resi
dence Hall. Eric has
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Schedule of
Homecoming
R|Vi
Activities
Friday, Oct. 26;
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct.
8:00-11:30
1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
8:00-12:00 p.m.
Concert by Earth, Wind, and Fire
Premiere of the Rivals (alumni only)
Dedication and Ribbon Cutting for
Belk Auditorium
27:
a.m. Wren College Union Open for Tours
Dedication and Ribbon Cutting for
Wren College Union
Pre-game Parade at Meares Stadiim
The Mighty Lions to Battle With the
Bulldogs of Gardner Webb
AT HALF-TIME—Presentation of the Home
coming Court and Selection
of the Homecoming Queen
Dance in McConnell Gym Featuring
"Cambridge"
Simday, Oct. 28;
8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct.
10:00 p.m.
Movie in Moore Auditorium, "Vampire
Circus"
31:
- 1:00 a.m. Two Big Horrow Flicks in
Moore Auditorium, "Countess Dracula "
and "The Other"
by Jim Baker
The musical comedy
Rivals, billed as a
"Happy New Musical," is
going to be presented
Nov. 3 and 5-10 in Owen
Theatre by the Mars Hill
College Drama Depart
ment. This play, which
was written by one of
our own faculty members,
C. Robert Jones, has
never been presented
anywhere before and is
sure to delight lovers
of music and comedy.
Directed by Mr. T.
Thomas, the cast in
cludes Pam Smith as Lyd
ia (female lead), David
Covington as Absolute
(male lead), Dr. Earl
Leininger as Sir Anthony
Absolute, Pam Polk as
Juliet, and Neil St.
Clair as Faulkland. The
setting of the play is
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