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FRIDAV, DECEMBER 13. 12lij
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One crisp cold
night a week or so
ago, I was crudely
awaken from my beauty
sleep by someone
pounding on the door
yelling "fire drill"
at the top of his
volume level. As I
scrambled through the
3:00 AM darkness and
exited my room, real
ity suddenly gripped
my and told me that
it was "cold outside"
and that I should
grab something to
protect myself from
the wind and the wea
ther. I picked up my
shoes, a coat which I
had forgotten to re
turn to its spot in
the closet, and a
pair of pants which I
proceeded to put on
as I stumbled down
the hall towards the
stairs.
As I arrived on the
ground floor, I
finally heard the
bell and proceeded to
go out the door as
all 140 residents
tried to exit through
the same door. After
making my way through
the gold rush like
rumble at the door
and finally arriving
outside, I was greet
ed by Mr. Mike "Fat"
Faires shouting at me
(and everyone who was
lucky enough to get
through the door a-
live),"You are dead!,
you are dead!" I
CADENZA
oontinued from p. 1
manuscripts from stu
dents .
The editor for the
1973-74 CADENZA was
Ken Chamlee, a 1974
graduate from Green
ville, S.C. The lit
erary editor and edi
tor-elect was Linda
Davis, the art editor
was Su Harper, and
the assistant editor
was Larry Pike.
politely said, "Thank
you for pronouncing
that I'm dead, now
may I go back to
sleep?"
Mr. Faires gathered
all the half awake
minks and told us
that we had not made
it out of the dorm in
the four minute limit
and that we were dead.
What he did not say
was that the alam
system doesn't ring
any louder than the
tinkering of a finger
symbal in a children's
choir rehearsal and
that they had waited
three and a half min
utes (after they
started the so called
"alarm") before be
ginning the knocking
on doors procedure.
That only left us 30
seconds to get out
and for most of us,it
took that long to
come to a realization
from our drowsiness,
what the word "fire"
meant.
Mr. Faires then
proclaimed that the
next fire drill would
include a search for
"contraband". Immed
iately I felt fear
thinking,"oh,no, he's
going to confascate
my PLAYBOYS." So now,
not only do the men
of this campus have
the fear of being
pronounced "dead" at
every fire drill, but
they also have the
LAUREL
oontinued from p. I
Laurel to be applied
to the second semes
ter tuition.
The contestants
will be representing
each dormitory and
class. They will be
responsible for a
talent presentation
of approximately four
minutes. This will
court as FIFTY PER
CENT of the judges
final decision. They
will also be judged
on evening gown (25%)
and poise and per
sonality (25%) .
The theme for this
year's pageant will
be"I Believe In Music"
fear of having their
private rooms search
ed in Kama-Kazi crash
fashion, dreading the
discovery of personal
and private activi
ties including the
loss of man's most
popular reading mat
erial which, by the
way, is quite expen
sive to loose, con
sidering the price
just jumped to $1.25.
Mr. Faires conclud
ed with the statement
that the insurance
company of the col
lege requires at
least one drill per
semester. I can un
derstand that. What
I can't understand,
however, is that the
insurance company has
not forced the col
lege to replace the
pull-bell fire alarm
in several of the
dorms, to fix all the
broken systems that
exist on campus so
that sleeping resi
dents could hear the
bell, and to fix all
tie malfuncting phones
on campus so that
someone could call
the fire department
in case of a real
fire.
Many of the dorms
on campus have the
modern convenience of
having the archaic
alarm system where
one student sacrifi
ces his life to stand
and pull the string,
ringing the bell to
warn other students
of a fire. Those
dorms that have the
more updated systems
Speaking of phones,
on the back of the
door in each room is
standardized reading
material which states
"in case of fire,call
689-2500." In order
to call a 689 series
number,you first must
dial "9" to get an
outside line. After
7:00 at night, no
campus phone (if it
is by some lucky
chance still working)
can get an outside
line. Thus another
student must sacri
fice his life fran-
ticly trying to dis
play his good inten
tions and call the
fire department. If
he'11 know that most
of the phones on cam
pus are broken any
way and he won't waste
his time trying to
call.
All of these pro
blems cause students
not to make it out
side in the four min
ute limit. Those
places such as Myers
Penthouse attic,which
has no fire alarm/
will just have to b®
converted into a mass
coffin if a fit®
should break out.
This could sound
like "another student
gripe "but then again/
all the students haV®
to lose are theit
back
the student is smart, lives.
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stance,
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^0 burn
letter?
to the editor
didn'
TO THE EDITOR:
To the Editor:
though;
People s
'"0 one
teer to
Joving r
^ you ,
tha-
Mars
face the problem of
having a bell that
won't ring or a bell
that sounds like a
telephone. I can
speak from experience
in saying that in
men's dorms, no one*
wants to answer the
phone.
I would like to pub-
lically thank all who
took part in making
the recent Maynard
Ferguson concert a
success: the stage
crew, who spent all
night setting up; the
public relations de
partment, who did a
fantastic job on ad
vertising; and most
of all. Dr. Joseph
Schiibert and the Vis
iting Artists and
Lecturers Committee
for bringing to Mars
Hill one of the
greatest and most re
spected men in the
music world and for
creating a night that
we will never forget.
Let us hope that, in
the future, we may
continue to bring
this type of high
caliber talent to
Mars Hill.
do'
H;
'^itor^
There will ve a
va'
cancy in
the Marri®!
Student Apartments
the end of the
Interests'
d
semester,
married students,
culty members, °
staff members
urged to contact
M. Holcombe, Associ^
kittle
Jj^ing 1
post
J^^mitory
the ^
M, Gr^
Su
ate Dean of Studet^
Development at 68^
1122.
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Dri
SIUIY
With warmest regards,
Carl Rohleder
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