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Serving the Mars Hill College Community Since 1926 Wednesday, December 7,1983
Utley Elected President of SACS
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Association of Colleges
^ When the association holds
’’'feting in New Orleans next
began a long and close re-
the accrediting agency in
one of his first jobs as
i5 president, he participat-
. ^ociation’s initial evaluation
j a senior college. Since
^^ble '^^'ttinued to contribute his
— lo^. ^^tlities as an educator and
on-going operations of
In 1979 he was named
•be a ‘Commission on colleges,
itiUjp^^'tcy’s major divisions. His
Iritj president of the associa-
•"6 first time that a North
Carolina educator has served as head of
the college section and then as president
of the entire organization.
“Dr. Bentley’s election to the presi
dency of SACS constitutes the ultimate
recognition of himself as a college ad
ministrator and of Mars Hill as an edu
cational institution,” explains Dr.
Richard Hoffman, vice-president for ac
ademic affairs at the school. “It is a high
and well-deserved tribute to him person
ally as a leader in post secondary educa
tion, as well as a significant recognition
of the achievements of Mars Hill Col
lege.”
SACS was founded in November,
1895, by representatives from six south
ern colleges: Vanderbilt University,
UNC-Chapel Hill, the University of
Mississippi, Duke, the University of the
South, and Washington & Lee Universi
ty. Its original purposes were to organize
southern schools and colleges for coop-
’s Put Christ Back
Christmas
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is pinatas, balmy
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country or this country? I
'•hat
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start celebrating Christ-
ha ® ®''en celebrate Thanksgiv-
fbahi. remember that we cele-
ing by the grace of God
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SION t^'datj "'ell as Thanksgiving,
k and reflection. After us-
in the hoUSC’ (JdojjJJ season to prepare our
I 'dto lo once again welcome
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World, we need to joy-
acknowledge His
I toPeed, and indeed should
that His birth re-
^hrist came to man as a
man, to be a High priest...who has
been tempted in every way, just as we
are - yet is without sin, so that we may
approach the throne of grace with con
fidence and receive mercy and find grace
to help us because He loves us.
Christmas is the remembrance of
Christ’s Mass, Christ’s fellowship with
man, and the gift of His very life that we
might be saved.
Speaking of gifts, let’s talk about that
for a moment. Is it wrong to give gifts?
No. Gifts remind us that as Christians
we need to share with others. It also
reminds us of the gifts of the Magi, that
gifts can honor the recipients as well as
show our love for them. We also need to
remember that our giving is the direct
result of God’s generosity to His chil
dren. When we give of ourselves and the
fruit of our labors, we begin to catch the
tiniest glimpse of the magnitude of
God’s gift of His only Son to be sacri
ficed for our souls.
Finally, Christmas, like Easter, con
firms that God is a God of the living. A
God for today, not just for our ances
tors.
The remembrance of Christ’s birth
tells us that there is hope. That, we, too,
will grow as individuals, spiritually.
eration and mutual assistance; to elevate
the standard of scholarship and effect
uniformity of admission requirements;
and to develop preparatory schools,
freeing the colleges from that area of ed
ucation.
The role of the organization has grad
ually expanded over the years so that it
now functions as the chief accrediting
agency for 9,638 elementary and second
ary schools, 723 colleges and universi
ties, and 214 occupational educational
institutions - mainly technical schools -
in 11 southern states: Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Loufsiana, Kentucky, Missis
sippi, North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee,’ Texas, and Virginia. The associ
ation also encompasses some institutions
in Latin America.
In order to win official accreditation
by the association, an institution must
meet certain prescribed standards in its
academic programs, its financial opera-
because God is here with us now. He
cares, and He loves us just as much no,w
as He did almost 2000 years ago. he has
never abandoned us, and Christmas is a
reminder that there is hope for a new
birth, a fresh start, a joy-filled life with
tions, its philosophical basis, and its
physical facilities.
Dr. Bentley is a native of Roanoke,
Virginia. He was one of those rare stu
dents who attended school on an athletic
scholarship (track and field) while earn
ing a degree in Music Theory and Con
ducting. Following his undergraduate
career at Baylor University, he enrolled
in Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary in Louisville, Ky., where he earned
the Master of Religious Education de
gree. He also holds a doctorate from In
diana University.
He was assistant dean of the college of
arts and sciences and assistant professor
of education at the University of Louis
ville before coming to Mars Hill. When
he assumed the presidency of the college
in 1966 at age 30, in addition to being
the youngest college president in the na
tion, he was only the third president of
Mars Hill since 1897.
our Lord.
Make it your commitment this year
and every day of every year to put Christ
back in Christmas and make Jesus Lord
of your heart.
PHOTO BY DAVID WACHTER
“This won’t hurt a bit,” was a commonly heard phrase during the DKT and OKA
blood drive last week, but judging by the look on Cynthia King’s face it had to hurt
at least a little bit.