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1976 FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1976 MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP PAGE SEVEN Puppeteers id- Dl- ices Pam rina Kim jris :il- : be :ion 1 of his pa- The ath ee Foxir students from Mars Hill college who received one of nine grants from the North Carolina Bicentennial Program, have been successful in arous ing the interest of elementary school students in Madison County in the history of their country. The grant awarded by the state agency allowed the students to purchase the mat erials they needed, including the stage, scenery, all light ing equipment,' and 19 puppets and costumes. The students are: Rochelle Dunn, a nat ive of Henderson; Lucy Patterson, a Jacksonville, Fla., , native; Lois Vanderpool, an Ocean City, N. J., native, all sophomore elemen tary education majors; and Stephanie Johnson, a Lynchburg, Va., senior drama major. The four students have been working closely with Deborah compton, Third Cen tury Artist in resi dence at Mars Hill and a professional puppeteer. With the help of six Madison High students, David Lee, Mark Moore, Linda Ammons, Burton Fox, Rebecca Suitt, and Dawn Clemmons. All scenery was paint ed by MHC student Karen Boone. The 10- member group wrote five original scripts based on tales from the Appalachian re gion, and have pro- . duced the shows in each of the elemen tary schools as well as the child care cen ter in Madison County. The scripts were taped by the students with music provided by Lou Therrell of the college staff, a well-known musician. Other local musicians participated in the project as well. The shows have been well received by the schools and the pro ject will come to a close during a county- wide Bicentennial festival May 9. University Industrial Dialog by Steve Webb Recently, Mr. Roy Wood, business in structor at Mars Hill, and three students attended a University Industrial Dialog. THis dialoS was spon sored by. the National Association of Manu facturers , and was held at East Tennes see State University in Johnson City. The purpose of this dia log was to help stu dents gain a better understanding of the free enterprise sys tem in America. This was accomplished by small group meetings, in which the students conversed with seve ral presidents and officials of industry from the southern part of the United States. Various questions were asked concerning college graduated seniors, and students in ge neral. The Mars Hill group had.the privilege of meeting and talking with Larry wciyxcuu, president of Berkline Corporation, which is located in Morristown, Tenn. Mr. Waylam answered questions dealing with job placement, government intervention hinder ing free enterprise. Involvement of busi ness and businessmen in a community, and the pros and cons of unions. This dialog held at ETSU was most inter esting and informa tive. The students who attended express their appreciation to the National Associa tion of Manufacturers* for sponsoring this event. I "wicked John" is one of five original scripts written by the 10 member group of pupeteers at Mars Hill College and Madison High School. Here Wicked John receives three wishes from St. Peter. PHOTO: CAMPBELL Housing Program: Survival The Student Devel opment Office has instituted a new hou sing program for the 1976-77 school year by interrelating the academic and personal aspects of student life. Dean Gehring and his staff are no longer going to let freshmen "sink or swim". The Student Development staff feels that too many freshmen did not come back after first se mester last year be cause something was lacking. Part of this new program will Include all-freshmen resi dence halls. The male students will be housed in Melrose, Brown, and Spilmah and the female stu dents in Edna Moore and Stroup. Each floor in these dor mitories will have a residence assistant (RA) and a residence tutor (RT); both of which will be upper classmen. The resi dence tutor is a to tally new idea in dormitory life. These tutors should have ,at least a 3.0 quality point ratio and be able to relate to b- thers well on a one- to-one basis. The du ties of these 13 RT's will be to help fredi- men survive academi cally and personally. They will be trained by the new counselor; learning how to work with groups, being competent in freshmen courses like English and Math, and knowing the requirements and basic premises of the competence-based cur riculum. They will hold "how to" semi nars with students: how to read, review, write papers, study, budget time, etc. Ms. Jane Holcombe will be the Associate Dean of Student Development and will be in charge of the RT program and the counseling center Another new angle in housing next year will be the Dixon- Palmer apartments for male students.Woodrow and Cooper are going to be torn down and Treat will be re placed by the Blackwell Administra tion Building. No one jji^^_^^_assl^ned^^^to_ Treat unless absolute ly necessary. The 20 four-person apart ments will provide 80 new residence spaces. Freshmen women and men will both have curfew next year; un less otherwise speci fied by the parents. The alternatives be ing offered ■ to the parents are the fol lowing: I") A student may not have sign-out privileges or late permissions,2) A stu dent must abide by the school's policy of curfew during the week, but sign-out on the weekends, 3) A student may sign-out any night, 4) A stu dent will not be re quired to sign-out. Freshmen who are 19 years old or over or are veterans will not be restricted by any of the above regula tions. The coordination of the academic and per sonal areas is a new idea in college life and student develop ment. There are no other colleges that have instituted a si milar program:helping freshmen survive. issue: RECOLLECTIONS
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