Page Two, THE HILLTOP, Oct. 27, 1978
editorial
When I first came to Mars Hill College, I felt that Mars Hill was a
pioneer in Baptist affiliated schools. We were not what I would call
a party school, but it was a school where a student could enjoy his
college career and at the same time receive a college education from
a small school which he could say that he was proud to attend. Mars
Hill was not allowing that student the priveleges that bigger universi
ties and colleges offer, such as free visitation and no restrictions of
alcoholic beverages. But we were a school that did not let outsiders
rule our way of life. We were a school that was trying to create a
community, not a utopia.
Recently a war has been waged against OFF campus conduct
of Mars Hill college students. As a student I can hear and feel the
resentment of the students toward the administration. Until this year
I felt that the student body was behind our administration. Sure there
was the usual resentment of authority, but then there was the not so
usual talk of an administration that was behind the students, and for
the students. This includes all students, not just the do-gooders, or
the bookworms, but all the students.
If Mars Hill is going to be a Community, then it must fight for
the rights of all the students. I am not speaking of the legal rights,
I am speaking of the personal rights. The more that you supress
people, the more power you give their explosion once it happens.
Homecoming weekend was a prime example of what can happen.
Because Mars Hill is waging a war against off campus use of alco
holic beverages, some of our local businesses are capatilizing. They
now think that the best way to make a young adult do something is
tell him he can’t. Therefore a local business, in an indirect conjunc
tion with a campus organization gave what is commonly known as a
beer bust and dance. This party attraced more than two hundred
students from the Mars Hill campus. After the party, the erruption
in some of the dorms was unbelievable. Phones were ripped off,
doors busted in, walls punched in, and the list could go on and on. I
would like to know just how much damage was done to the business
firm that had the party. The students did not do this damage because
they got violently drunk, but because when they were drunk they
had the courage to do and say what they do not when they are so
ber.
When Mars Hill College starts giving the students the freedom
that it takes to be an adult then some of this will begin to stop. Let’s
start afresh and make Mars Hill what it can be; a Baptist Affiliated
College where mature students come to study and enjoy their college
career and where they can be treated and respected as mature col
lege students. Sure there will be those that can not handle this
type of atmosphere, but that is what we have the Counseling center
for.
Dwayne Davis
COLLEGE POETRY REVIEW
The NATIONAL POETRY PRESS
announces
The closing date for the submission of manuscripts by College Students is
November 5
ANY STUDENT attending either junior or senior college is eligible to submit
his verse. There is no limitation as to form or theme. Shorter works are pre
ferred because of space limitations.
Each poem must be TYPED or PRINTED on a separate sheet, and must
bear the NAME and HOME ADDRESS of the student, and the COLLEGE
ADDRESS as well.
MANUSCRIPTS should be sent to the OFFICE OF THE PRESS.
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Box 218
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Dear Editor,
Charles Daniel “Dan” Dock
ery, who graduated from MHC
last spring (’78], has been accept
ed into the Journeyman pro
gram of the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention and assigned to du
ties in Monrovia, Liberia.
Dan was one of 95 young peo
ple (26 years old or under) ac
cepted into the Journeyman pro
gram and officially appointed
at special ceremonies at Ridge
crest Baptist Assembly on July
21. The group, largest in the
history of the program, includ
ed men and women (including
nine married couples) headed
for 42 different countries in 8
different geographical areas of
the world.
Missionary Journeymen, who
must be college graduates, work
as teachers, nurses, evangelists,
homemakers, secretaries, and
office workers. Their appoint
ments are for two years. Prior to
leaving for their overseas assign
ments, the Journeymen under
went six weeks of orientation
and training at Meredith College
in Raleigh.
Anxious to hear from
friends still at Mars Hill, D*'
recently wrote to Miss NaOf'
Medford of the faculty in
Math Dept., for whom he woi'
ed when he was a student.
“I will guarantee anyone
writes me not only an answef®!
letter but also an authentic
berian stamp to add to tl’®'
stamp collection.”
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Editor: Sara E. LeFever
/tsst. Editor: David Bowerman
Sports Editor: Andy Behl
%■ Staff and Contributors: Steve Harrell, Charlene Ray,
Xlturnette, Sally Curtis, Connie Emory, Dwayne Davis.
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