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Vol.L,No.1, Friday;Sept.3,1976
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Inside
Story
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^oia> Money ^'s Worth? From
own research,Michael
“Johnston explores how
snd where student fees
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^ewapaper Serial-^Wtth. an
^ea borrowed from the
Franscisco Chronicle
Hilltop presents a
feature, "Pauline
Pauline Pratt".
(Page Eight)
assopes- A book about
^an life cycles is re
viewed by Joy Bridges.
(Page Twelve)
Table
of
Contents
^^itorial
Two
People
Three
^tound Campus
Five
^our Money's Worth? Six
Pauline Pratt(2)
Eight
sports
Ten
"theatre
Eleven
^®atures/Review
Twelve
Boxes to unpaakj clothes to hang^ and posters to paste on
walls were oust some of the "fun" things awaiting eager
freshmen during opening days of orientation.
$2 Million HEW Grant
Largest in MHC History
Perhaps the highlight of
the summer season for Mars
Hill was the reception of the
largest grant in MHC's 120-
year history. Congressman Roy
A. Taylor of North Carolina's
11th district made the an
nouncement in late May that
Mars Hill College had been a-
warded $2 million from the
Department of Health, Educa
tion, and Welfare. The award
was made by HEW under Title
III of the higher Education
Act of 1965 through the Ad
vanced Institutional Develop
ment Program (AIDP) and will
help finance a five-year plan
designed to help the school
reach its full potential as a
model senior college. The
plan, which will emphasize
ten major components closely
related to the school's com
petence-based curriculum, in
volves the appointment of 16
persons to newly-created pos
itions .
Dr. William P. Walker of
Marion, who has been chair
man of the Department of
Physical Education since
1966, was named director and
coordinator of the AIDP pro
ject at the time the grant
He serves dir-
the academic
to relate the
pro-
was received,
ectly under
vice-president
new project to on-going
grams at the college.
Further development of the
college's still new Learning
Center will be made possible
by the AIDP grant. Richard
Getty has been named direct
or of the Center, which con
sists of special laborator
ies for development of read
ing, writing,and math skills.
He comes from Luther College
in Decorah, Iowa, where he
directed special curriculxmi
development similar to that
at Mars Hill.
Mrs. Susan Kiser, a native
of Burnsville and a former
member of the college fac
ulty who taught school at
Madison High School, will
return to the college staff
to direct the math lab. Mrs.
See MENTORS^ page 9
Mentors
Ease
Transition
with boxes, luggage, and
clothes pilled high in dorm
rooms waiting to be unpacked,
incoming freshmen rushed off
,to meet their mentor teams
Friday afternoon of Orient
ation Week. Even parents got
into the act by accompanying
their kids to the first ses
sion with the mentor group.
Concurrently bombarded by
questions that ranged from
social to academic in nature,
parents as well as students
quickly became "oriented"
to Mars Hill College. Long
after the parents had gone,
however, students found them
selves involved in orient
ation seminars with their re
spective mentor teams. The
orientation process proved
to be quite a lengthy yet a
complete one in that freshmen
found adjustment to the first
few days of school easier and
less confusing with the help
of their faculty and student
mentors.
Saturday morning was spent
with a series of placement
tests which served as the
young Lions first taste of
academic life at Mars Hill.
However, the freshmen re
cuperated from Saturday morn
ing's ordeal with the help of
a social activity with their
mentor group Sunday afternoon
From watermelon, ice cream,
and taco "parties" to campus
hikes and town tours, the
"mentees" relaxed and began
to feel "right at home."
Monday brought more mentor
meetings which tried to clear
away the cobwebbs about a
competecy - based curriculum
for those unfamilar with the
program. Registration began
later that afternoon for most
freshmen, and continued on in-
See GRANT^ page 9