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PAGE FOUR MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1975 FRIDAY, csm NEWS EDITOR'S NOTE: This article on Biblical tape studies a new Christian ministry is being run in lieu of the regular CSM co lumn. the author of The God Who Is There, He There, He Is not Si lent , and numerous other books. A NEW CHRISTIAN MINISTRY by Beth Whitton Tape study sessions are being offered on campus this semester for those who would like an in-depth stu dy of Biblical truths. Weekly sessions will be held on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. in 222 Cornwell. Through a series en titled "True Spiritu ality", Dr. Francis Schaffer speaks on the Christian life and the perplexities we face in this mo dern age. The tapes offer some rather in teresting food for thought concerning a Biblical view of spi ritual health and the Christian's mentality. Dr. Schaffer is the founder of L'Abri, a Christian community in Switzerland, and Alternate tapes on various topics will also be offered every third week. These tapes may deal with a particular book of the Bible or with to pics such as the light of the world, man's undergrounded optimism, Christian apologetics, prayer, creation and the Fall of Man, art, philoso phy, Biblical psycho logy, and others. In addition to the Wednesday night ses sions, there will be occasional trips to the Greenhouse,a home in Weaverville open for those who are in terested in searching for those answers to Life's guesrions. These trips provide an opportunity for informal question-an swer sessions and ge neral discussion. Tape study? Don't forget-7 p.m. Wednes day in 222 Cornwell. Everyone is welcome— Christian, non-Chris tian; all faiths. Asheville Junction This weekend, Sep tember 26th and 27th, Asheville Junction presents the multi talented John McCutcheon, playing as many instruments as he can get his hands on. John McCutcheon will be remembered by those who attended the Asheville Folk Festival this year as the Hammer Dulcimer player who was as much fun to watch as to listen to. In add ition to the Hammer Dulcimer, John plays six and twelve string guitars, the banjo, concertina, lap dul cimer, spoons, Jew's harp and fiddle. He has appeared at too many folk festivals and concerts to men tion in the past few years, and he has a record out on the June Appal label. (John McCutcheon will be at Mars Hill for' the Lunsford Festi val.) Asheville Junction is located at Allen Center, 331 College Street, in back of the Southern Bell Building near Beaucatcher Tunnel. Admission is $1.00 Thursday, $.50 Friday, and Saturday. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. and showtime is 8:30. Re freshments are avai lable, and children are welcome. Oct. 3 & 4: Andy Cohen, ragtime piano & guitar, banjo, bam boo flute, autoharp, a plethora of Southern and other music. Oct. 10 & 11: Tracy Schwarz; fiddle, gui tar, banjo, hymns, hillbilly songs of the 20's & 30's, union songs from Coal Creek & Harlan; Mr. Schwarz has about 20 records out, mostly as part of the New Lost City Ramblers and the Strange Creek Singers. Oct. 17 & 18: John Roberts & Tony Barrand, a couple of Englishmen who are quite mad. John sings and does most of the instrumental work, Tony mostly sings and gyrates. Ballads, mu sic hall songs, reci tations, singing a- long with drinking songs. DelightfulI Oct. 24 & 25; Song writer, singer, trad itionalist & modern ist Fox Watson. This boy is a virtuoso. Nov. 7 & 8: Luke Baldwin, songwriter from Saratoga Springs to whom nothing is sacred. Nov. 14 & 15: Andy Wallace, for the last five years coordina tor of the National Folk Festival. He has returned to his first love, singing and playing peoples' mu sic from all over the world anywhere he can. Songs and sto ries, banjo and gui tar. Internships Twenty public ser vice intern positions for Mars Hill College students are being slated for the Jan uary and Spring semesters. The Sou thern Appalachian Center, the sponsor, is negotiating with agencies and iden tifying students for the program. areas Interns will work "full time" with their assigned agency during the January mini-term, and two days a week during the Spring. Students will receive 12 cre dit hours (4 in Janu ary, 8 in Spring) for their internship ex perience . In addition,interns will receive an ex pense allowance to cover travel and other costs related to the program. Positions with a- gencies in Madison, Buncombe,Yancey Coun ties and the City of Asheville are being developed. The tar geted policy are: 1) Health — Mental Care 2) Children's Ser vice 3) Cooperative Ministry Agen cies 4) Planning Boards 5) Communications: Newspapers 6) Penal ■— Courts Probation Agen cies Registration for this program is sche duled November 17, 1975, Mars Hill's date for January and Spring Term preregis tration . Students who are interested in any of these positions, or would like to develop slots in_other areas should see George Peery, Office Build ing 201. Housing Overhaul by David Mathis Each summer, many of the residences undergo changes. The $25 resident fee stu dents pay each year is pooled togethei; and during the summer; this money pays for new additions and im provements to the various resident halls. This past summer approximately $25,000 was spent to improve some of the resident halls. In Spilman and its annex, new bathrooms were installed with fiber glass showers and new drains at a cost roughly estim ated at $4500. Edna Moore had ducts and vent fans installed in the newly-painted bathrooms. Roughly $3000 was spent here. Huffman, Stroup and Edna Moore had new individual heat con trols added which cost about $10,000. Fire alarms and a smoke detector system were put into Brown and Melrose. This addition was estim ated at $1000. A resident director's apartment was added to the Townhouses for approximately $3,000. $500 was spent for combination locks on all of the women's halls. Also,an alarm system was placed on all of the side en trances of these halls, which was roughly estimated at $2,000. Drapes were added to the student apartments, and the cost was about $2300. New aluminum fire escape ladders will soon be installed for Jarvis. This will cost around $150. Through the Housing and Physical Plant Departments, many changes such as these have been made over the past three years- Fool ter as us, is can be ®endou£ ticipar tor. world' f The crowds Which f tionall ®ake tl fession look play. which r small f Set in those w College There no nbv A meeting for stud ents who are inter ested in the program will be Thursday, October 2, at 4:00 pm in in the Wren Coffeehouse. The °n col to ^6 wine ^ornia. More ^PPrecic nov 'Connect leges Cities, Ptobabl ''^ere wi acce Institut '^^ation ''ine gro IT On '^iue hal ®^andard '^Pt'ricul ^'^onomic ^fograph; logy. Wine Jjibutinl Wine ^irst, j^^Uctor: .^brator: ^^6re ’^Qty W ' s I ^^chnoioc U,'*- A to ® oth ^ ®'^uiate o,^^flock '^ses b ''Wine
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