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Serving the Mars Hill College Community Since 1926 Thursday, February i7, i983
ews Announced at Community Meeting
Reveals Gift, New Student Jobs, and
Renewed Purpose for College
five items of good news
(I)'' from Dr. Bentley’s discussion
ies/°*^®ge’s current financial crisis at
(1) community meeting:
a college had been fac-
ijjl Possible $500,000 deficit for the
that high. Thanks to a re-
. Jcnient of the estate of the late
Jats Reddish of Morganton,
,/ Prii receive about $300,000 in
intef represents an accumulation
■ on the bequest, which has
, Pp in litigation since Mrs. Red-
in October 1978. The col-
Proip ®ble to apply this money to
'tsisu^'^fcd deficit. (Mrs. Reddish was
lOp) J °f the late R. O. Huffman, for
Qj’j^^ffrtian Dorm is named.)
® College is not planning to elim-
mst ^^^^c^tiic programs as part of
Wi(L^cots to bring expenditures in
leiits hincome. Some current
■f« bei feared such program cuts
% I'S planned and they might be
He complete their degree at
^^^Bentley refuted that rumor.
(3) Tuition and other charges will not
be increased drastically for 1983-84; they
will total only $300, about the same as in
recent years. This increased income will
help Mars Hill pay higher costs of elec
tricity, postage, fuel oil, telephone ser
vice, and other supplies. This means,
Dr. Bentley explained, that students will
not be asked to pay for faculty/staff
salary increases because there will be no
such raises for 1983-84.
(4) The college will expand its student
work program to assist students who
need to earn part of their expenses. Dr.
Bentley said 50 new on-campus jobs will
be created for 1983-84. Details will be
provided to current and prospective stu
dents before the end of the current se
mester.
(5) Finally, the college is pledging a re
newed effort to serve the needs of its stu
dents more effectively. Dr. Bentley told
a crowd of about 600 at the community
meeting that a new statement of college
purpose/mission is being drafted and
will be published soon. It will identify
Mars Hill as a Christian institution,
^ela Hits Mars Hill
s talented young piano
present their enthusiastic
ili.h chamber music on Tuesday,
^ four pianos. Instead, it
with three other instru-
*t>. case a violin, a viola, and a
i\ ® P-ni. in Moore Auditorium,
’•erit
it does not mean a group
piano quartet is somewhat
Ko-Kela, which is supposed to come
from the Sioux Indian word that trans
lates “to make sound,” has earned rave
reviews wherever they have played.
Despite their relatively young age, the
quartet performs with polish and total
stylistic vitality that led one reviewer to
compare them with the best of the East
ern European ensembles.
founded and sustained by Baptists and
following the life and teachings of Jesus
as its guide. It will further identify Mars
Hill as an institution where academic
standards of excellence are maintained
and high moral standards are expected
of faculty, staff and students.
The new mission statement will re
affirm that the college is committed “to
nurturing the spiritual, intellectual,
physical, and social development” of its
students.
It will pledge that the college will (1)
structure a friendly, caring atmosphere
in all aspects of campus life; (2) value
and treat each student with dignity; (3)
provide proper role models for students
through the faculty/staff; (4) encourage,
motivate and recognize students in their
achievements; (5) assist students fn solv
ing personal problems, academic diffi
culties, career plans and questions per
taining to campus life; and (6) provide
jobs for students to help them pay a por
tion of their college expenses.
The quartet is composed of James
Bonn, pianist, who has chaired the pi
ano divisions of three universities and
currently is Professor of Music at the
University of Southern California. His
recording of the early instruments in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art with music
from a corresponding period was award
ed the “Critics Choice” by High Fidelity
magazine. Peter Rejto is the cellist of the
group and is the son of the reknown
Hungarian cellist, Gabor Rejto. He won
the International Young Concert Artist
Award in New York at the beginning of
his career which resulted in literally hun
dreds of appearances throughout the
U.S. and England. He currently is an as
sociate professor of music at California
State University, Northridge. The violist
of the group is Ronald Copes, who is as
accomplished on the violin as the viola.
He has recorded for Columbia Records
among other companies and is on the
faculty of the University of California at
Santa Barbara and the Music Academy
of the West. Clayton Haslop, violinist,
is, at 26, the youngest member of the
group. He made his debut with the Los
Angeles Chamber Orchestra under the
direction of Neville Marriner. Formerly
on the faculty of the Forest Meadows
Center for the arts, he is currently com-
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MADISON MANOR JAMBOREE
Friends and neighbors of Madison
Manor Nursing Home will join the staff
and residents at the facility on Saturday,
February 26, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. to
raise funds for the Arthritis Foundation.
The event is a part of the Rock and
Roll Jamboree conducted each February
by nursing homes across the country to
encourage communities to give financial
support to health education and re
search. Madison Manor’s day-long fund
raiser will include a bake sale, a flea
market, raffles, entertainment, hot dog
sale, individuals rocking in rocking
chairs and rolling in wheelchairs for do
nations pledged, and plenty of fun for
the children. Lyda Crain, a resident of
the facility who is afflicted with arthri
tis, will serve as Honorary Chairperson,
her artwork will be auctioned for dona
tions as well.
It will be a fun-filled day of activities
to benefit a worthy cause, the Arthritis
Foundation. Please come and bring your
friends, your children, and your pocket
full of change.
KAPPA ETA IS
OUTSTANDING CHAPTER
Kappa Eta Chapter of Tri-Beta at
Mars Hill College has designated an
Outstanding Chapter for the academic
year of 1981-82. “This award is given to
recognize the excellent program in ad
vancing the objectives of Beta Beta Beta
Biological Society: the support of sound
scholarship, the dissemination of scienti
fic knowledge, and the promotion of re
search in biology.”
MARCH OF DIMES WEEK
March of Dimes Awareness week will
have activities here at Mars Hill on
March 8, 9, and 10. On the 8th, there
will be an informal display in Coyte
Bridges Dining Hall. On March 9, the
film “Alcohol and Pregnancy” will be
shown in the lobby of Edna Moore at 8
p.m. In the lobby of Melrose, “Sexually
Transmitted Diseases” will be shown at
8 p.m. On March 10, a benefit dance will
be sponsored by Lambda Chi Omega in
McConnell Gym, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
USE OF UNION FACILITIES
Effective February 1, 1983, any or
ganization wishing to use College Union
facilities will be required to fill out a re
quest form in the student Development
Office.