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Honors Day: Our Standards
Honors Day is a time when we focus
'our standards.
Honors Day Convocation is the time
the academic community singles
j * those who have achieved the highest
, —tht intellectual and personal
rally accept veiopment. It is also a time whenjwe
asophy whic many donors who make it pos-
en years of nu iij j-qj. college to make meaningful
rhetoric and ^ Jkolarship awards,
im medical pe® Twelve years ago, when I presided
vhich is the cas fer jjjg Honors Day Convocation,
30 have req (college had a few individual scholar-
y in hospiws ips worth several thousand dollars,
ey leave te s lis through the generous gifts of
cians and do .ttnany friends, over 200 scholarships
your advisors ttg awarded worth nearly a quarter of
's or supplein , HiiijQjj dollars and several millions of
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This kind of commitment by friends and
alumni has enabled the college to en
hance significantly the quality of the
academic programs and the enrichment
of the total academic community.
Mars Hill is particularly interested in
scholars who prize and affirm a life of
service. They begin that service by pro
viding leadership for The Hilltop, the
Laurel, the Cadenza. They serve in Stu
dent Government, in the honor societies,
and they make a significant contribution
in the larger Appalachian community.
They model wholeness as persons and
remind us that achievement is not a gift,
but the reward of the committed and the
dedicated.
What better model of a committed
and dedicated servant than this year’s
Mrs. Fish Named
Outstanding Teacher
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Gwyndola Pierce Fish, chairman
'he Department of Modern Foreign
"Suages and Professor of Spanish,
been named the R. S. Gibbs Gut
ting Teacher for 1981 at Mars Hill,
award, made during Honors Day
l^ocation, consists of a plaque and
and was established by R. S. Gibbs,
^d his family to honor R. S. Gibbs,
Carolina and completed her master’s
degree at Columbia University. In 1962,
she was awarded a Fullbright Scholar
ship to study at the Universidad de
Valladolid in Burgos, Spain, and in 1969
continued her studies at the Universidad
Internacional in Saltillo, Mexico.
A native of Lenoir, she graduated
from Happy Valley High School. In ad-
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life-long resident of Madison
R. S. Gibs, Sr. was mayor and
Herman of Mars Hill, a member of
l^^hool board, a deacon in the Mars
Haptist Church, a member of the
of Directors of the Bank of the
pj p Broad, and a trustee of the col-
d p ^e owned and operated a general
•n Mars Hill most of his life.
Fish first joined Mars Hill’s
j, 'n in 1946, and has been a member
.ijHuously since 1952. An alumna of
j^Hege, Class of 1943, she earned her
^graduate degree from Women’s
of the University of North
Outstanding Teacher 1981
dition to over 30 years of teaching and
administration at Mars Hill, she also
taught in Shelby and Graham High
Schools and at Wake Forest University.
In making the award. Dr. Richard
Hoffman, academic vice-president of
Mars Hill, noted that “Mrs. Fish has
distinguished herself as a person com
mitted to Mars Hill College and the
students it serves. In this capacity she
has served as a model teacher always
promoting the study of language as a
vehicle for personal growth and cross-
cultural understanding.”
Continued on page 3
Richard Hoffman, Vice President
recipient of the Outstanding Teacher
Award: Mrs. Gwyn Fish, Chairperson
of the Department of Modern Foreign
Languages and present Vice-Chairper
son of the Faculty. In her years of ser
vice she has distinguished herself as a
person responsible in her assigned tasks
and as a person always reaching out to
those who hurt, whether in the college or
community. An excellent model of the
blending of skills and values which made
Mars Hill College great.
Honors Day Convocation is one of
those special events in the life of a col
lege which affirms our commitment to
excellence in intellectual and personal
growth and service to people and to
community.
rsE£yj
®aiton
VOL. LIV, Number 11
May 8, 1981
The Hilltop
MARS HILL COLLEGE
Mars Hill, N.C. 28754
Appalachian Scholars
The Appalachian Scholars Program
awards half-tuition scholarships to in
coming freshmen and a limited number
of upperclassmen who have demonstrat
ed exceptional academic achievement;
leadership potential through activities in
their schools, churches or communities;
personal character development in
courage, honesty, and integrity; and sen
sitivity in interpersonal relationships as
well as community issues and problems.
The program was originally funded by
the largest gift in the college’s history,
$1,123,000, given by Dr. J. Wesley
Grayson of Laguna Hills, California, as
an annuity trust in 1978. “The
significance of this gift cannot be over
emphasized,” stated college president
Dr. Fred B. Bentley, “Mars Hill College
Continued on page 2
.1.
J. Wesley Grayson