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Vol. LIV, No. 1 September 15, 1980
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“If a student has a problem, we want
them to come to us so we can help solve
the problems through the proper chan
nels.” These were the words of SGA
President Daniel Jenrich.
SGA (Student Government Association)
is the “voice of the student body”. “We
can’t exist or do any good without the
student’s voice”, said Jenrich. Daniel
Jenrich is a senior from Charlotte, NC
and majors in business. He has been in
volved in SGA for two years.
Sophomore Beck Harlow is SGA’s vice
president. Her home is Baltimore,
Maryland and her major is undecided.
Secretary Charlene Ray lives in Marshall
and is a senior.
Other officers include: junior Michael
Mays, Attorney General from Mor
ristown, Tennessee; senior Doug Corn-
man, Chief Justice from North Augusta,
SC; Dave Williams, Attorney General
staff member from Stewart, Florida;
MHC Begins
Its 125 th Year
Founders Day, this October 12th, will
mark the 125th anniversary of Mars Hill
College. Mar Hill College is the oldest
educational institution still on its
original site in Western North Carolina,
and the first school established in the
state west of the Blue Ridge Mountains
by the Baptists.
Before the college was established,
local citizens sent their children to a
Methodist academy near Burnsville,
North Carolina. The Baptist parents
became increasingly disturbed as the
Mars Hill youth began to unite with the
Methodist Church. Among the loal Bap
tists who were disturbed by the change
was a man named Edward Carter.
Founders Day is observed annually on
October 12th as is the birthday of Ed
ward Carter. He felt that his children
should be educated in a Baptist environ
ment, and with his influenze, other local
I people agreed to cooperate in building
f their own local school. A campaign was
ji waged until the necessary thousand
j dollars was suscribed for the first
( building. After the building was com
pleted, the trustees found themselves
$1875 in debt. The contracters proceed
ed against a man named J. W. Anderson,
who was president and secretary of the
Board of Trustees. Mr. Anderson had a
negro slave named Joe. The sheriff siez-
ed Joe until the claim was settled a few
days later. In September of 1856 the new
school opened under the name of the
Freneh Broad Association. The first
j-president, W.A.G. Brown, was chosen
I by the board of twenty-five trustees.
Brown is remembered for his sincere
^mith in God, his love of learning, and
his pioneer spirit qualities which are still
upheld by Mars Hill College today.
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President Jenrich Pledges SGA Support
officers
photo by Tom Bain
Kevin Hopper, Becky Harlow, and Danny Jenrich
Cliff Bowen, member of defense staff
from Newportnews, Virginia, and Kevin
Hopper, treasurer from Asheville, NC.
SGA wants to help students in many
ways. An emergency loan fund is
available for those needing a loan. With
up to $50 available to students who need
it. Student Government has already
rented refrigerators to students and has
recently renovated McConnell gym.
More plans from McConnell gym are be
ing made, including a lighting system.
The government association is also plan
ning to organize campus activities and is
working with the Christian Student
Movement and the alumni in planning a
dance for homecoming.
“Our main concern is being available to
the student body” concluded Jenrich.
“We want the students to go to their
senators with any problems and we want
the senators to go to the students. It’s no
one way street.”
A suggestion box is in the Wren College
Union at the information desk. Students
are urged to place any suggestions or
complaints they may have in the box.
Patrick Payne
Donna Rogers, 19, Dies In Tragic Car Accident
Donna Rogers, who died August
Donna Rogers, a nineteen year old Mars Hill junior, died a tragic death in a one-
car accident on the Blue Ridge Parkway on August 17. Donna was a native of Mars
Hill. The daughter of Leonard Lee and Nina H. Rogers, she had two brothers.
Donna was a member of California Creek Baptist Church where she was involved
in Acteens, a Baptist organization for teenaged girls. She represented her church
several times at “Munda Vista,” the North Carolina State Acteen’s Camp. She also
served on the church’s social committee, assisting with special church dinners and
fellowships. Dot Cody, Secretary to the College Business Manager, and Donna’s
neighbor, says, “Donna was always willing and capable of performing every task
the church gave her. She loved everybody and expressed this love outwardly.”
Donna graduated from Madison High School in 1978. She was actively involved
in many clubs and organizations: cheerleading, track. Future Homemakers of
America, the Monogram and Spanish Clubs, and High School Chorus. Friendly and
out-going, Donna served in several leadership positions and was awarded the Susan
Britt Citizenship Award.
After high school, Donna chose to attend Mars Hill. On her application, she listed
her reasons for choosing Mars Hill. “The main reason I chose to attend Mars Hill
College was because it is a friendly, well-located college. It gives a person a very nice
selection of courses and fields of study in which he or she could go far.” Donna
perhaps came into the most contact with students at Mars Hill during her short stay
here in her job in the service line of the college cafeteria, quickly earning the reputa
tion of being a warm, caring, and friendly person.
1 7 Donna Rogers touched the lives of many with her smile, her warm concern, and
her Christian love. She will be missed and remembered by those she left behind.
Patty F.Hwards
Brown was succeeded by Reverend J.B.
Marsh in 1858, and in 1859 the school
was given the name of Mars Hill Col
lege. The Civil War broke out, and
Marsh resigned in 1861 when he found
the situation unbearable. Reverend
Pinkney Rollins succeeded him and tried
to keep the school open, but in 1863 the
doors were closed. Rollins reopened the
school in 1865 for seven years, until the
college was used for an orphanage from
1873 to 1875. Finally the school was re
established and has remained open since
Mars Hill College did not effectively
begin fulfilling its mission for a Chris
tian education until Robert Lee Moore
became its leader in 1897. His forty-year
career was the beginning of a new era for
Mars Hill College. The enrollment in the
year 1900 was approximately 175 people
in the whole school. By the year 1950,
the freshman class alone was 547 people.
Mars Hill officially opened its 125th
academic year this fall with a faculty
workshop. This workshop featured Dr.
Antonio Pinilla, Honorary President of
the University of Lima (Peru), President
of the National Research Council of
Peru, President of the Peruvian-British
Cultural Association, and Vice-
president of the International Associa
tion of University Presidents. Dr. Pinilla
holds degrees in law, political science,
and philosophy from Pontificia Univer-
sidad Catolica del Peru and a PhD in
education from the University of
Wisconsin. Founder and past president
of the University of Lima and the Na
tional Pedagogical University, he has
been Minister of Labor in Peru, an ex
traordinary Ambassador on Special
Commission, and a member of the Ad
ministrative Council of the Labour In
ternational Organization in Geneva and
president of the committee for the pro
tection and integration of indegious
tribad and semi-tribal populations in in
dependent countries for that organiza
tion. Dr. Pinilla was a guest of Mars Hill
for several days and presented an ad
dress to the faculty and staff of the col
lege entitled, “Increasing our Interna
tional Awareness.”
Lynn Schluraff