Page Three, THE HILLTOP, Dec, 13, 1979
Guic^rt I
Editorial
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■s„r. john fount ree
t might be nicj ^
fair to the pro'
ase get no bet Unless history is to be considered the slaughter bench of mankind there are
1 his apathy "'•'(ain lessons that must be learned and remembered. If those lessons are ignored,
fair to the cd if the events of the past are shoved into a corner and forgotten then the chance
tenure closes good that our history will repeat itself — sometime.
libly have lea Stories are written and monuments are erected to those people and moments
nured, but W our must remember if we are to make ourselves any better with each
®sing generation. Mars Hill College has such a monument, dedicated to a man
n their job on®t gayg more of himself for this school than probably any other person,
ebt owed thetf His name is Joe and his monument is a tombstone. Joe was a slave, owned by
of each month’Verand J.W. Anderson, a founder of Mars Hill College. After the first building
ttest, not surv s bufft on the campus there wasn’t enough money to pay the contractor, so Joe
•yl Gossett collateral for the unpaid debt of his master. After about six
j '“s of imprisonment, members of the Mars Hill/Madison County raised the
*'®y to pay the debt, and Joe was freed.
*0 make a long story short, Joe’s grave was finally placed on the campus with
^®adstone that reads simply JOE. The stone makes no mention of the years his
^Panned, there is nothing to indicate his contribution to the establishment of
t College. In fact Joe isn’t even given the simple dignity of a last name.
j, ha monument was erected to Joe. It is located in the small wooded lot next tc
■ ause of President Fred Bentley.
til now, in truely ironic fashion this bit of our heritage is being threatened
Is L°^P^ate obscurity. On the eve of Minority Awareness Week a split rail fence
sealing off any access to Joe’s gravesite. The fence goes behind the
j and rocks at either corner of the property. There is no gate or any way
, the fence unless you trespass on private property.
England, I . Ih no easy access to the grave, students will probably stop noticing the grave-
w — . - VVUUU&. i-VlIU, &U1UC IS IIU lllCIC Wlll piuuauxjr muoii
ikee”. AmonJ^atenance or groundskeeping around the gravesite, either. It won’t take much
i, there is an *han two or three years for the briars and climbing plants to cover the grave
which Ron Pretty soon the contribution of Joe will not be remembered, and the
dient placed in his name will crumble and be obliterated,
a long heritp me spent his life as a slave, and there is no reason to fence him in even after
enerally beg'||^ ,®ath, fha fence is an affront to Joe and the sacrifices he made in the name of
:entury. He ^ '’^Utution, just as slavery was an affront to all of mankind,
hite Anglo
icestors contf^
, government “ountree, a 1977 Graduate of MHC, has been a part-time instructor here for
land. The (Teaching Photography and Winter Backpacking) and is a Media Center
he Todges; af mian. He is currently working on a Masters Degree in Photography.
ily to God are^^-~
sic New EPf
John Rountree
MJ/CJHAT'S KEEPING U5 EPm
GETTING OUR CHINS ON THE FLOOR
ni55 SHAPELY?"
rolyn R. Thoifll
cial Work Pro^
Nine former trustees appointed to
new terms at MARS HILL COLLEGE
MARS HILL - Nine former trustees of Mars Hill College have been appointed to
new terms during the semi-annual business meeting held at the college Friday,
December 7. During the meeting the trustees considered a report from college pre
sident Dr. Fred B. Bentley on the recent State Baptist Convention meeting, reviewed
the college’s current budget and plans for the 1980-1981 budget, and heard a
report on the student recruitment program.
The nine trustees appointed to new terms, which begin January 1, 1980, have all
served previously as trustees of the Baptist related college. They are: E. D. Beach
of Lenoir, Vice-President for Finance of Broyhill Industries: George T. Cornwell,
Chairman-Treasurer of Cornwell Drug Stores, Inc., of Morganton; C. O. Ellis, owner
and operator of Burnsville Hosiery; Rev. Allen Laymon, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Wilmington; Mrs. Burgess P. Marshbanks, Jr., of Lillington; Mrs. Leo
Pendergrass of Mars Hill; Jimmy M. Piercy, President of Hardwood Sales, Inc., of
Hickory; J. Euel Taylor, President of Taylor Motor Company of Waynesville; and
Ernest C. Teague of Mars Hill, owner of Teague Milling Company.
Completing their terms this year are Dr. W. O. Brazil of Asheville, Roy Brock of
Clyde, Harold Causby of Shelby, Clyde Dickson of Charlotte, Dr. Robert Owen of
Canton, George Pickering of Black Mountain, C. C. Wall of Lexington, and W. Glen
Watts of Statesville.
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