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Mars Hill College president Dr. Fred B. Bentley accepts
a $10,000 check from the Square D Foundation which will
be applied to the wllege's capital expense fund. Pre
senting the check is Gerald C. Beyers (right), plant
manager of Asheville's Square D Company. John N. Daniel
(left), vice-president-group manager of Square D's con
trol group, looks on. Dr. Bentely reports that this has
been a record year for Mars Hill in fund raising. The
college has received close to $6 million in gifts and
grants from federal agencies, private foundations, and
individuals.
New Media Leaders Named
Commencement
Schedule
Approximately 275 seniors will receive
their degrees Sunday, May 20, as Mars
Hill College brings to a close its 123
academic year.
Commencement weekend will officially
start on Friday afternoon. May 18, with
an exhibition of student art on the mez-
zanie of the Fine Arts Building, which
will open at 4 p.m.
On Saturday, May 20, the Board of
Trustees will hold their semi-annual
business meeting. During the course of
their meeting the trustees will approve
new faculty appointments, increases
for the coming year in tuition, and ap
prove an overall budget which is expected
to exceed $7.8 million. They will also
elect new officers for the coming year
and elect new members to the Board of
Advisors.
The trustees and advisors will be ad
dressed by college president Dr. Fred B.
Bentley during a joint luncheon. Dr.
Bentley will report on the capital cam
paign’s progress as well as other aspects
of the school’s year.
A banquet for the seniors, their parents
and friends will be held in the college
cafeteria Saturday evening. Mars Hill
separated the traditional alumni activi
ties from commencement weekend last
year so that the emphasis could be placed
on the seniors and their families and
friends. Saturday’s activities will be
brought to a close with a “pops” con
cert by the music department iri Moore
Auditorium.
On Sunday morning, the college com
munity will be joined by the congre
gation of the Mars Hill Baptist Church
to hear Dr. Harold C. Bennett, Execu
tive Secretary of the Southern Baptist
Convention, deliver the baccalaureate
sermon at 11 a.m. in Moore.
There will be a student recital by sen
iors Edward Kearney and Craig Cansler
in Moore beginning at 2:30 p.m. and at
3 p.m. the seniors will begin receiving
their diplomas from Dr. Bentley. The
weekend’s activities will be brought to a
close with Dr. Bentley’s traditional ad
dress to the graduates and their guests.
I ng.8 the best known personalities
1 shared their thinking at recent
o'onal and international gather-
j tee President Walter Mondale,
t senator and vice presi-
^ Psfj^hert Humphrey, columnist Jack
^tof humorist Erma Bombeck,
-I'k. Barry Goldwater, network
news commentator David
former Olympic champion
i’ Watergate Prosecutor
Jttof'yorski, President Gerald Ford,
' M ^ Ervin, Consumer Advocate
television interviewer
tj^slters, and newspaper colum-
Landers and Abby Van Buren.
The Board for Student Communications Media at Mars Hill College
has announced that new student editors and managers have been elected during a
recent meeting of the board.
The four student-managed media at Mars Hill include the school’s yearbook. The
Laurel, the student newspaper, The Hilltop; The Cadenza, a literary magazine; and
WVMH-FM, the campus’s 10-watt educational FM radio station. The Board for Stu
dent Communications Media sets the operating policies for the campus media as well
as elects editors and managers. The board is composed of a cross-section of the col
lege community, including students, faculty, and administration.
Co-editors were named to The Hilltop’s top post. They are Darryl Gossett, a rising
sophomore from Chattanooga, Tennessee, who is majoring in English, and David
Bowerman, a rising junior from Morrow, Georgia, also an English major.
Co-editors were also named to the top post for the 1980 yearbook. The Laurel.
They are Nancy White, a rising senior History major from Stanleytown, Virgina, and
Donna Enochs, a rising junior Music Education major from Winston-Salem.
The Cadenza, Mars Hill’s literary magazine, will be co-edited for the 1979-80
academic year. The editors are Pam Smith, a rising junior English major from Easley,
South Carolina, and David Perkins, a rising sophomore History major from Burnsville.
The student manager of WVMH-FM is Tim Taylor, a rising junior Music Education
major from Mocksville.
Richard Heaton Talks
With The HILLTOP
by Sara LeFever
HILLTOP; What do you feel is the main
role as S.G.A. Vice President?
R. Heaton: On top of the list, the vice-
president is concerned with the senate.
There are fifty senators and five major
senate committees. The vice-president
is not one office or one person. The vice-
president is so many different people.
The vice president is a diplomat. The
vice-president is a minister. The vice-
president is a psychologist. The vice-
president deals with individual people.
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