ILUME LVII, NUMBER 5
Serving the Mars Hill College Community Since 1926
(\TTON NAMED
HEAD COACH
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1985
BBY PARHAM
Editor
er MHC Defensive Coor-
Steve Patton was named
' Head Football Coach at
fll College on January 31 at
conference in Blackwell
n, 31, replaces the depart-
mentor Rick Gilstrap, who
led the new Head Football
it Wofford College three
her. Gilstrap replaces Bill
who was recently fired,
m had served under
during his two year tenure
Hill. Gilstrap had resur-
rogram that finished 1-10
to consecutive finishes of
6-5. Patton had served a
jrhe Citadel in 1982 when
was Offensive Coor-
at the same institution.
T DAVKas also a Graduate Assis-
ich at Furman University
He also served as Head
it Wade Hampton High
in Greenville, South
as well as being Head
Coach of the Carolina Storm
(1983-84) and Alabama Magic
(1982) of the American Football
Association (a summer pro
league). Patton led the Carolina
Storm to an undefeated season and
league championship, for which he
was named coach of the year.
Patton graduated magna cum
laude at Furman where he was a
three year letterman and named
All-Southern Conference Academ
ic Team twice. He was an all-state
football player at Oneonta,
Alabama.
The factors in Patton staying at
Mars Hill were “a great vote of
confidence from the people here,”
‘‘commitment to the football pro
gram made by President Bentley,”
and “the assistant coaches
staying,” said Patton.
“1 got a great vote of confidence
from the people here. Dr. Bentley
made an offer that was hard to
turn down. I am confident that 1
can do the job,” stated Patton.
Patton as well as assistant
coaches Steve Wilson and Felton
Stephens had been offered to join
Gilstrap at Wofford. Patton also
had been tendered an assistant
coaching job at an unnamed
Southern Conference School. “We
all had the option to go with
Gilstrap,” Patton said, “But the
fact they decided to stay influenced
my decision.”;
“For me to go from Mars Hill as
assistant, to Wofford as assistant
was a leteral move. I felt getting
the head job at Mars Hill was a
move upward.”
Patton said the change of
coaches at Mars Hill could hurt
recruiting some this spring, “but it
won’t kill us.”
“We have momentum going
after winning the last three games
of last season,” Patton said op
timistically about the coming
season.
Patton is married to the former
Deborah Talbart of Charlotte.
They have one child. Stetson Kay,
who is 10 months old.
DY MT. LIONS TRAVEL ABROAD
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s will here heard from the mouths
mattrJC women’s basketball
ing rq as they returned home
bunk lirope last month,
d and ^eam, accompanied by 37
irchaseiial travellers, left MHC at
ingemm., December 27, en route
lese an York City’s JFK Interna-
arojecAirport. The flight from
itablish’rk to Luxembourge includ-
rovemefuel stop in Reykjavik,
ho havi, in sub-zero temperatures
littee ra-50 mph winds. The group
ng Staf
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;tudents Advisor
:ipate '^Kirkpatrick, the represen-
.f the U.S. to the United
N lives I ^j|j jjg guest speaker
louse '^^ars Hill College’s Baccal-
iters. Service Sunday, May 19,
;s of college’s commence-
’ ^"''•‘lekend.
le conC j^jji president. Dr. Fred
“ collq announced this week that
11 ^ formal accep-
rom Mrs. Kirkpatrick to.
uring the college’s gradua-
rcises.
Kirkpatrick, a Democrat,
pointed to the U.N. post in
iCT-* ''President Reagan. She has
n a member of the State
rent, HEW, and the De-
landed in Luxembourg on Decem
ber 28, after a six hour time
change, with a few hours to settle
in to the hotel before the team’s
first game.
This first game was against a
team from Luxembourg, who the
Lady Mountain Lions “took to the
cleaners,” winning by nearly 40
points. Each of the other two
games played were overwhelming
victories, with point spreads from
30-40. In all, they played a Luxem-
bourgish team, an Austrian team,
and a German team.
With only 3 games to play the
entire trip, the group was also able
to see many interesting cities in
Luxembourg, Austria, and West
Germany. Everyone agreed that
the trip was informative, interest
ing, and exciting, especially when
they drove over the top of the
Austrian Alps in several feet of
snow.
The weary travellers arrived at
JFK, five hours after a shopping
spree in Iceland, eager to get
home. After a fourteen hour bus
ride, the group returned to MHC
at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, January 6.
The European Trip was a wonder
ful opportunity and experience.
One the group will not soon forget.
fense Department. She has held
positions of importance on the
Democratic National Committee,
including vice-chairman of the
vice-presidential selection commit
tee and the credentials committee.
A native of Oklahoma, she re
ceived an associate degree from
Stevens College, a bachelor’s
degree from Barnard College, a
master’s degree and Ph.D. from
Columbia University. She has con
tinued to study at numerous uni
versities, both in the U.S. and
abroad. She has also held profes
sorial positions at several U.S.
universities.
Her personal philosophy is ex
emplified by the quote included in
her “Who’s Who” biographical
sketch: “My experience demon
strates to me that it is both possible
and feasible for women in our
times to successfully combine
traditional and professional roles,
that it is not necessary to ape men’s
career patterns - starting early and
keeping one’s nose to a particular
grindstone - but that, instead, one
can do quite different things at dif
ferent stages of one’s life. All that
is required is a little luck and a lot
of work.”
Mrs. Kirkpatrick’s address will
be held at 11 a.m. Sunday morn
ing, May 19, in Moore Auditor
ium, the traditional time for guest
speakers in Mars Hill’s graduation
activities. Dr. Bentley will address
the graduating class during com
mencement ceremonies Sunday
afternoon.
SCHOLARSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES:
Current students wishing to ap
ply for academic scholarships of
fered by the college for the 1985-86
academic year should pick up their
application in the Financial Aid
Office, second floor, Blackwell
Hall. Deadline for receipt of a
completed application is February
20.
UPDATE:
MHC
CHOIR TRIP
On June.9th, members of the
Mars Hill College Choir will begin
their tour of Europe to celebrate
Bach’s tricentennial anniversary.
The tour includes sightseeing and
performances in East and West
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
and France. On the agenda are
orientation tours of Kassel, Leip
zig, Nurnberg, Vienna, Salzburg,
Innsbruck, Munich, Bern and
Strasbourg.
In anticipation of this grand ex
pedition, the choir members are
spending much time and effort for
the trip’s preparation. Among the
many projects is a POP’S Concert
which will be held at the Thomas
Wolfe Auditorium on March 30,
1985. Car washes and candy sales,
too, are ways in which the choir
hopes to gain funds.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN
ASHEVILLE SENDS VAN
ON SUNDAYS:
The First Baptist Church in
Asheville is now sending a van to
campus on Sunday mornings for
those interested in attending Sun
day School and Morning Worship.
The van will arrive at the cafeteria
parking lot at 8:45 a.m. and will
depart at 9 a.m. The van will
return to campus after the Morn
ing Worship service.
COME ON IN —
THE WATER IS FINE:
Harrell Pool is now open and
ready for your swimming enjoy
ment. The schedule is as follows:
MWF
12:00- 1:00
Fitness Swim
6:00 - 8:30
Recreational Swim
TH
4:00 - 5:30
Recreational Swim
Remember, all persons entering
the pool area must present a valid
ID to the lifeguards on duty. The
pool will be closed during all home
basketball games.
COMING TO
MOORE AUDITORIUM
“One of the world’s most
formidable theatrical enter
tainments,” Compagnie Philippe
Genty, will appear in Moore Audi-
torium on Thursday, February 19
at 8:00 p.m.
The award winning French Art
ist, Philippe Genty, formed this
troupe in 1967, shortly after com
pleting an inspiring four-year
journey around the world to learn
about puppets and make a film
about them.
Since then the performances of
his Compagnie Philippe Genty
have met with unparalleled critical
acclaim around the world.. .from
Japan to Africa, from Australia to
England, and across the United
States. Their current North Ameri
can tour will specialize in the same
superbly arranged and developed
“revue-style” program that sports
a variety of puppet styles and is
typically French - “gay, spicy, co
quettish, whimsical and sophisti
cated.”
This company surpasses all of
the usual techniques of the art of
puppetry, achieving a unique blend
of poetry, humor and sensitive
psychological insight. Genty calls
his art “The Theatre of Animation
- puppets coming to life, sugges
ting images and rousing the imag
ination.” This constitutes an
international language insuring
that audiences the world over find
immediate and enthusiastic rap
port.
Ticket prices are $5 general
public, $3 children under 12, and
MHC students will be admitted
free with a valid l.D.
SCHMELTEKOPF NEW DEAN
TO SPEAK AT GRADUATION
Dr. Schmeltekopf (left) visited with MHC faculty last week before being named new dean.
sday’s snowstorm blanketed the campus in over ten inches of snow, canceling many classes and
It least one two-hour power outage.
SPECIAL TO THE HILLTOP
MARS HILL - Dr. Donald D.
Schmeltekopf, an executive with
the National Endowment for the
Humanities, has been named Mars
Hill College’s new Vice-President
for Academic Affairs, according
to college president Dr. Fred B.
Bentley.
Schmeltekopf replaces Dr.
Richard L. Hoffman who will step
down from the post this year after
25 years of service to the college,
16 as vice-president. Hoffman will
take a year’s sabbatical to travel
and study, then he will return to
Mars Hill to teach.
Schmeltekopf is a native of
Kyle, Texas, and earned his
bachelor’s degree from Baylor
University after attending
Southwest Texas State University.
He has a Master of Divinity degree
from Southeastern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary in Wake Forest,
and received his Ph.D. from Drew
University in Madison, N.J.
He began his professional career
at Union College in Cranford,
N.J. in 1969. He held a variety of
positions at Union during his 14
years there, including Director of
the Evening Division, Chairman of
the Department of Economics,
Government and History, Profes
sor of Philosophy, and Chairman
of the Community College
Humanities Association. In 1982,
he was named Assistant to the
President, College of Staten
Island, City University of New
York, and Assistant Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, New Jersey
Department of Higher Education,
both officer connected with the
American Council on Education
Fellows Program.
In 1983, he assumed the duties
of Program Officer of the Nation
al Endowment for the Humanities’
Division of Education Programs.
“We are exceptionally pleased
to have someone of Dr. Schmelte-
kopf’s qualifications,” com
mented Bentley. “He was well
received by our faculty during his
visit here. He has strong connec
tions with N.C. Baptists through
his ties to Southeastern Seminary,
and his expertise in the area of
private and public fund raising will
surely enhance the college’s posi
tion in this area.”
Schmeltekopf is a member of
several boards of directors.
editorial boards, advisory boards,
and educational task forces. He
has had a wide range of articles
published in professional journals
and has been invited to present
papers and lectures during several
academic and professional confer
ences.
“My family and I are looking
forward to being a part of the
Mars Hill Community,” he said in
a telephone interview. “I have an
abiding commitment to the liberal
arts as the mainstay of the under
graduate curriculum,” he noted.
“The central theme of my profes
sional life has been the shaping of
the minds and lives of students
through the study of the liberal
arts. In addition to teaching, much
of my career has been devoted to
activities aimed at helping faculty
and administrators strengthen
their institutions’ academic and
professional education programs. I
am well aware of Mars Hill Col
lege’s success in this area which
makes me especially eager to begin
work in my new position.”
Schmeltekopf is married and has
four children. He will formally
begin his duties at Mars Hill July
1.