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by Larry Pike
Joe Bridges, Mars Hill
College basketball stalwart,
gapped teammate Jerry
llayes record for the most
points scored in a single
®aason with his 29 point
effort against Presby-
Iptian College Tuesday,
Feburary 12, before a par
tisan Lion crowd.
Bridges entered the Dis
trict clash needing only 10
points to break Hayes’
mark. The tall center can
ned the bucket giving him
the top position at 14:04
of the second half. The
Raeford senior’s season ■
total rests at 668 points
after Tuesday’s battle.
Hayes’ scored 649 last
season in setting the re
cord.
Jerry Hayes, however,
remains the Lions’
leading career scorer. He
now has 1771 points to his
credit.
TOM C. HODGES, JR.
N. C. SYMPHONY TO PERFORM
WITH CHOIR AND CHORUS
Mars HILL-A Mars Hill
College freshman, Tom C.
Hodges, Jr., was stricken
'’'^ilh a heart seizure Friday
afternoon in the Wren Col-
Union Building and
'yas pronounced dead on ar-
Hval at Memorial Mission
Hospital. The Elberton,
Georgia native would have
The North Carolina
Symphony, the only pro
fessional orchestra between
Washington and Atlanta,
will present a concert in
conjunction with the Mars
Hill College choir and chor
us, Thursday, February 28.
Slated for Moore Auditori
um and an 8 p.m. curtain
time, the occasion marks
the first time the three
groups have performed
together.
During the first half of
the performance, the 42-
voice choir will perform
the Overture to Barber’s
“School for Scandal.” The
symphony will conclude
the first section of the pro
gram with Stravinsky’s
“Firebird Suite.” “School
for Scandal” was Barber’s
“graduation thesis” from
Curtiss Institute and was
first performed in 1933.
A brisk and witty compo-
MARRIED
HOUSING
SURVEY
RESULTS
The Housing Office has
released the results of the
survey taken last December
to determine the need for
married couples housing
for Mars Hill in the Fall
of 1974. 97 questionaires
were filled out, and 61 of
that number represents
the number of couples who
will need housing of this
type in the Fall.
In general, the results
of the survey stated that
couples would seek 1 and
2 bedroom apartments,
have a price range of $75-
$100 per month, have
nearby parking, be furn
ished, and have a central
laundry room.
At present, members of
the Housing Office are
studying floor plans and
visiting and observing
married housing units
at other college campuses
to design a building that
will be ready for the Fall.
been 20 years old Saturday.
Dr. John McLeod, chief
pathologist, performed a
post mortem on the young
man Saturday morning and
stated that death came
from a coronary infarct
which occured in the timing
mechanism of the heart.
He added that death was
instantaneous. A student
who witnessed the attack
administered mouth to
mouth resuscitation and ex
ternal heart massage until
the ambulance arrived.
Hodges was a Music Edu
cation major at the Baptist
related college. He had a
history of heart disease
and was under doctor’s
orders not to participate in
any athletic activity; how
ever, friends said that he
had been snow skiing earlier
in the week and had run
down a hill in order to pur-
sition. Barber catches the
spirit of Sheridan’s 18th
century dramatic satire.
Among the classics of
American repertoire,
“Scandal” is tightly woven
around a strong rhythmic
theme heard near the be
ginning with a songlike
oboe melody providing a
lyrical contrast. Joel
Stegall, chairman of the
Music Department will
direct the choir.
“Firebird Suite” is a well
known classic. Ac
knowledged as Stravinsky’s
first masterpiece, it was
commissioned by the im-
pressario Diaghilev for the
Russian ballet. Written in
traditional Russian idiom,
the text was derived from
an old Russian legend
recounting the adventures
of the czar’s son. Prince
Ivan.
During the second half
of the program, the choir
and chorus will combine
their voices to present
Carmina Burana, Latin
for Songs of Benedict-
beuern. Carmina was dis
covered in a southern Ba
varian monastary in 1803.
The musical scholar Carl
Orff arranged the 1847
publication of the manu
script for large orchestra
and chorus and the work
was first performed in 1936.
Written around the year
1230 by various wandering
poets, scholars, and stu
dents, the work is composed
of secular songs dealing
with morality, social con
ditions, love songs, and
songs of drinkers and gam
blers. Featured during the
performance wil be bari
tone William Thomas,
Mars Hill music faculty
member and director of
the chorus.
chase a book before the
bookstore closed.
He had been elected as
a justice on the student
court system during the
mid-term elections and was
chairman of the dance com
mittee of the student union
board. He played guitar
and sang with “Prophecy,”
a folk team he helped or
ganize at the college. He
was to have been pledged
to Phi Mu Alpha music
fraternity Friday night.
A 1973 graduate of Elbert
County High School, Hodges
was president of his senior
homeroom, and a member
of the Blue Devils Marching
Band and Swing Band. His
academic activities included
being a National Merit
Scholar finalist, a member
of the Beta Club and his
high school student govern
ment. He was a member
This will be the 42nd
season for the N. C. Sym
phony. It is estimated that
the 68-member orchestra
will travel over 15,000
miles and perform for 200,
000 people, including thou
sands of school children.
Organized in 1932, the or
chestra’s first conductor
was Lamar Stringfield,
Pulitzer Prize winner
and alumnus of Mars Hill
College.
Sustained through mem
berships in the N. C. Sym
phony Society, Inc., the
orchestra receives further
support by funds distri
buted through the state
government. The orchestra
is also a member of the Di
vision of Fine Arts within
the N. C. Department of
Cultural Resources.
Directing the symphony
in his second season is
John Gosling, hailed as
one of the most gifted and
outstanding members of
the rising generation of
American conductors.
He has also been conductor
of the Catholic University
Orchestra, and music di
rector and conductor of
the Monterey Symphony
Orchestra and the Erie
Philharmonic. He has ap
peared with major orches
tras in Europe, Canada,
and throughout the United
States.
Gosling was educated
at the Catholic University
of America, and at Juil-
liard School of Music. He
has worked and studied
with such major conductors
as Dr. Thor Johnson, Dr.
Richard Lert, Dr. Joseph
Krips, and Antal Dorati.
The public is invited
to attend this musical
happening. There is no
admission charge.
of the First Baptist Church
of Elberton.
Mars Hill College presi
dent Dr. Fred B. Bentley
commented that “Tom Hod
ges was an unusual fresh
man. He was a talented
musician and possessed
leadership qualities that
were an asset to all of us.
His untimely death is a
sorrow we all feel.”
A memorial service will
be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday
in Moore Auditorium.
Campus Chaplain Rev.
Robert Melvin will conduct
the service. College presi
dent Dr. Fred B. Bentley
and student leaders will
participate in the ceremony.
The college choir will pre
sent the music. Funeral
services were held in Hod
ges’ hometown Monday
morning at the Martin Fu
neral Home.