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VOLUME XLIX NUMBER 1
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30. 1974
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Kiris!
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Bentley signs grant as Robert Gavin^ Ex.
Rvreotor of the French Broad Criminal Justice
Planning Agency^ Ms. Driskellj and Willican
k^urphy look on.
NEW ON
RACULTY
MARS HILL - Dr.
Richard L. Hoffman,’
vice president for,
academic affairs,
has announced that
Seven new faculty
Members have joined
the college's staff,
along with two re
turning faculty mem-
hers. The new fac-
'^Ity members will
Doin the departments
°f Physical Educa
tion, Social and Be-
havorial Sciences,
Biology, Home Econ
omics and Music.
With the new
®iditions. Mars Hill
College will have a
total of 108 faculty
^embers as the col-
We opens its 119th
year. The new mem-
hers are;
Miss Cecelia
Booker, ap
pointed an instruct-
_ i^ the Home Econ-
°mics Department,
tss Booker, a na-
of Atlanta, re
ceived her Bachelor
Science in Home
oonomics from the
^tiversity of Geor-
She completed
^ e Requirements for
.^^®ter of Science
Rs May at the Un-
^^ersity of Tennes-
Miss Booker
® on the Dean's
^t Georgia and
^ member of the
^^iean Home Eco-
^Ros Association.
Wayne Devere
Bowman has been nam
ed an instructor in
the Music Depart
ment . Bowman, born
in Italy, claims
Kansas as his home
state. He has at-
-tended McPherson
College, McPherson,
Kansas, Indiana Uni
versity, Wichita
State University,
and was awarded a
Bachelor of Science
degree in Music Ed
ucation from the
University of Illi
nois. His specialty
is the trombone. He
was on the Dean's
List at Illinois,
and has been princi
pal trombonist with
the Wichita Youth
Symphony, and a mem
ber of the Kansas
All State Orchestra.
He recently complet
ed requirements for
the Master of
Science degree in
Music Education from
the University of
Illinois. Bowman
has been an active
member of the Amer
ican Federation of
Musicians since 1965
Donald Joseph
Charpio has been ap
pointed assistant
professor of Physi
cal Education.
Charpio, a native of
Louisiana, received
his Bachelor's de-
$49,40 0 CONTRACT FOR
JUVENILE CORRECTIONS
AWARDED
MARS HILL - Mars
Hill College has
signed a $49,40Q con
tract with the law
Enforcement Assis
tance Administration
of the U. S. Depart
ment of Justice and
The North Carolina
Division of Law and
Order to continue the
college's juvenile
corrections program.
The contract was
awarded through the
French Broad Criminal
Justice Planning
Agency in Asheville.
The contract will
enable the Department
of Social and
Behavioral Sciences
to continue the
program in juvenile
corrections and to
hire an additional
staff worker. The
juvenile corrections
program is part of
a new degree at the
college, approved
last year by the
school's trus tees.
The Bachelor of
Social Work degree
will cover, in addi-
■,tion to juvenile
corrections, special
izations in child
welfare, individuals
and groups, and
community based
organizations. The
degree has a.common
core of academic
courses with concen
trations in each area.
The juvenile correc-
* tions program has
been in effect since
July of last year.
William J. Murphy,
a Connecticut native,
has been named assis
tant director of the
social work program.
Joy Driskell, direc
tor of the program
and instiructor of
Sociology, made the
announcement this
week saying, "We are
fortunate to have
found someone with
Mr. Murphy's experi
ence in field work.
He will be an asset
to our program."
Murphy attended
Notre Dame University
and received his
bachelor's degree
from Central Connect
icut State College in
New Britain. He
received a master's
degree in community
organization and
social planning from
Virginia Commonwealth
University in Rich
mond .
Murphy has worked
with the OEO office
in New Britain, Con
necticut, as a youth
counselor, as a
reporter with the
Hartford daily. The
Courant; as a case
worker for the‘Con
necticut Welfare De
partment of Public
Welfare, the Virginia
State Healtti Depart
ment and Commxinity
Development Organiza
tion of Virginia.
Mars Hill's juve
nile corrections
program is based on
the fact that fully a
third of all offend
ers under correction
al treatment are ju-
.veniles, and that
there is a serious-
shortage of profess
ional assistance to
juveniles in South
ern Appalachia. There
are two full-time
professionals who
currently have re
sponsibility to the
four counties in
Judicial District
Four. Madison County,
where the college is
located, is one; and
the others are Avery,
Yancey, and Mitchell
counties. The pro
gram will allow Mars
continued on page 3
COUNSELING
NOW
CENTER
OPEN
MARS HILL “ The
Counseling Center at
Mars Hill College,
which serves a stu
dent body of over
1500, has a new dir
ector. He is Richard
E. Sale, an alumnus
of the school from
its junior college
days chose imdergra-
duate studies were
completed in psycho
logy and education at
Baylor University.
Although Mars
Hill has had a Coim-
seling Center for
several years,drastic
changes in its oper
ation are anticipated
under the guidance of
Richard E. Sale