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Mars Hill. N.C. 28754
Vol. LI. No. 1, Sept. 1, 1977
Washington Columnist
to Speak at M.H.C.
Reknown columnist Jack Anderson
^'11 speak at Mars Hill College Tues-
r®y evening, September 6, at 8:15 p.m.
Moore Auditorium. His appear-
ance is sponsored by the college’s Visit-
*•'8 Artists and Lecturers committee.
, Called a “muckraker with a mission”
y Newsweek magazine, Anderson’s
Washington Merry-Go-Round column
syndicated in over 750 newspapers.
*s stated purpose is “to expose and op
pose. To be an ombudsman to the op-
^•■assed, the minority groups, people
ho are calling out and not being
heard.”
, In the 27 years he has been writing
a column (as junior partner until
^revv Pearson died in September 1969)
exposes and allegations have, on
acasion, rocked the nation and turned
°ae than one Washington face red.
With Pearson, his exposes helped
j^apvict three Congressmen for kick-
j^^aks, led to the resignation of Eisen-
t aide Sherman Adams and worked
•discredit the late Senator Thomas
Dodd for the misuse of campaign funds.
He has written about an alleged ITT/CIA
plot to prevent the ousted leftist Chilean
Present Salvador Allende from taking
office, and became the most quoted
source in Washington when he uncov
ered the now famous Dita Beard memo
that implicated ITT and the Justice
Department in an alleged payoff con
spiracy.
In addition to the eight newspaper
columns per week, Anderson produces
five 90-second TV Commentaries for
Metromedia, a local 15-minute radio
show, and is Washington editor of
Parade magazine. A strict Mormon,
Anderson does not drink or smoke,
does not travel in Washington social
circles nor attend press conferences.
He prefers to work and play at home
where he is married and the father of
nine.
Anderson’s lecture is open to the
public and there is a $3.00 admission
charge for adults and a $1.00 charge for
students.
by Judy Bates
ijj^-A-T.E.W.A.Y.-’77 got off to a rous-
ij,g ®* *3rt this year with both fresh-
thi transfer students attending
lov^ "'®ek-long orientation. Led by
"baffi the GATEWAY staff
dg them with their footwork and
them with their brilliance”,
styj ®*3lf members registered the new
aujj gave directions, led tours,
johgP®''f°rmed many behind-the-scenes
*0 make the week run smoothly,
stu . ” Friday night these hard-working
the performed skits to acquaint
■tUr with “Dr. Gehring’s three
roommate problems. Super
^ollgg ’j. many other aspects of
was a time to learn what
teg..* Nill College is all about — A.D.S.
atid'”^’ Cards, traffic regulations,
degj '^'ore! Saturday night these stu-
^®rit* ^®arned about our Appalachian
Cotu by attending a hoe-down,
"Tail with a bluegrass band, called
Cog Timber Grass” from Haywood
Cln„ ^y* and our own Bailey Mountain
*°88ers.
Sunday was a time for the College’s
religious emphasis, rest, and for get
ting better acquainted with your Mentor
Group. Monday and Tuesday were
reserved for scheduling classes, dec
orating rooms, recreation, a disco
dance, and movie shorts.
Altogether “Getting A Total Educa
tion While Adjusting Yourself’ proved
to be an apt title for this week of or
ientation to our culture, our history,
social life, and, of course academics.
Members of the GATEWAY staff
were: Ron Andrews, Mark Barbour,
Judy Bates, Sherry Beck, Kirt Bomar,
Debbie Bridges, Bill Buchanan, Mike
Buckner, Susan Burd, Pam Byrd, Tony
Charpin, Roger Crump, Joe Driver,
Patti Pouts, Doug Hartig, Deryl Hester,
Barbara Hill, Robin Hopson, John Kel
ley, Gloria Latta, Christi Laughter,
Barry Lawing, Steve Lovingood, Laura
Malone, Susan Maney, John Marshal,
David Mathis, Barbara Ott, Tina Pip
pin, Paul Powell, Lynn Puckett, Randy
Purgason, Janis Rhinehart, Tom Rolen,
David Rutledge, Larry Sexton, Rhonda
Shelton, Vicki Sneed, Woody Sprouse,
Tom Stocks, Matthew Stroup, Linda
Terrill, Martha Anne Westall, Wales
Whitehead, and Debbie Williams.
’■TTn
G.A.T.E.W.A.Y.
Enhances Total Education
Architect’s model of Mars Hill College’s Blackwell Biill«Hwg
Blackwell Building
to be Completed
By December 1978
Parke Construction Company of
Charlotte has been awarded a $1.1
million contract to build the Blackwell
Building, Mars Hill College’s proposed
new administration center.
Excavation has begun on the build
ing site, and construction is scheduled
to start this month. Construction time
is estimated at 16-18 months. If the
schedule is met, the building will be
ready for occupancy around Christmas
of 1978.
Parke, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of McDevitt & Street, was incorporated
in 1963 in Georgia. It has constructed
numerous buildings throughout the
South, ranging from private homes to
industrial complexes.
In North Carolina, Parke has con
structed the Charlotte and Greensboro
coliseums. Ovens Auditorium, Wacho
via Bank buildings in Asheville, Char
lotte, and Greensboro. In Asheville,
Parke has built the Sealtest Processing
Plant and the Mission . Memorial
Hospital additions.
Bill Campbell, a native of Charlotte
and a veteran of 18 years with Parke,
has been named project supervisor.
The new building, designed by Six
Associates of Asheville, will house all
of the college’s administrative offices.
It will stand on the site formerly oc
cupied by Treat Residence Hall, which
burned earlier in the year.
The three-sotry completely air-con
ditioned building is named for Presi
dent Emeritus Dr. Hoyt Blackwell and
will encompass 24,000 square feet.
It will be of a contemporary architec
tural style similiar to Wren College
Union and Cornwell Hall, two of the
college’s newest buildings. The exterior
will utilize the familiar red brick com
mon to nearly all of the buildings on
campus.
Dr. Blackwell, an alumnus of Mars
Hill, joined the faculty in 1928 as teach
er of Bible and Greek. In 1938 he was
unanimously chosen by the trustees to
succeed Dr. Robert Lee Moore as pres
ident. After 38 years of service to the
college. Dr. Blackwell retired in 1966.
He maintains a home in Mars Hill and
is still active in the affairs of the college
and community.
In conjunction with the construc
tion of the new building, a major reno
vation and landscaping of the central
portion of the campus will also be con
ducted. This will include the closing
of College Street from Spilman Resi
dence Hall to the cul-de-sac in front of
the McConnell Building, forming a
pedestrian mall.
The Robinson House, which was
located between the Fine Arts Build
ing and Memorial Library, has been
razed and work has started there on a
plaza with a 32-place parking lot.
A new campus-wide lighting system
and reforestation plan will enhance
the beauty of the campus as well as re
duce the cost of grounds maintenance.