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THE HILLTOP
1^ 62, Issue 7
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Wednesday, February 8, 1989
l^reshmen Triumph in College Bowl
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'nl team from one of the
groups triumphed last semester
‘o\vi ^ Hill College’s first College
'vinning the competition over
groups from all upper classes.
W ® "'inning team consisted of Rob
i(j .^> Tom Naumann, Phil Stroud
[ Th Condrey.
E ® sophomore team—Nancy
Lynn Carringer, David
Pcm'' Jonathon Lubkeman-
with the senior team-
Heaton, Jon Diego, Cindy
lli5 • ?”tl Lisa Rhodes-taking third.
.j^jlunior team was fourth.
Kute '^^"tpetition consisted of 30-
^t)unds of questions drawn
r knowledge that would
rdenf^^ed of well-rounded college
i^eliminary rounds were held
tiitijj . i semester, with the final
■j^^'iion on Saturday, Dec. 3.
wsr® awarded an all-
? dinner at the City Club
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was definitely the reward,
> go-. breast of duck was real-
\ L ^iroud said.
^ Bowl was set up this
^ competition among the 14
i^ups on campus to emphasize
®3rning experiences, especially
w ^ general studies areas. Last
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tiatiiQ “®"'i competition in the Col-
Vi. which is sponsored by
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experience [at the Col-
Members of the committee named
to develop and direct the college bowl
program were Deanna Dillingham,
director of the media center; Cynthia
Peterson, research librarian; and J. P.
Schubert (chairman), professor of
English.
"We met last spring and talked
about how to stage it, what kind of
judges we needed, and how to solicit
questions. We made several appeals to
the faculty for questions," Dillingham
said.
Seven faculty members helped the
committee by submitting questions, but
more support in the future is needed
in order to accomplish the purpose of
the competition, that is, "to judge how
well we are equipping students who
are coming through our general educa
tion program," Dillingham said.
Dean Earl Leininger proposed that
the committee follow a technique used
last year for the Collegiathon where
they "contacted people in various dis
ciplines one-on-one, as opposed to a
general appeal, saying, ‘Would you
submit X number of questions relat
ing to your discipline?’"
Not only does the competition need
more faculty support, but more stu
dent support as well.
SAC-8 conference.
XJner experience [at the
g . *^3d been such that the stu-
aboUt ^ Joyed it, the staff enjoyed it.
S like ‘Would it not be
’ t gc ^ similar academic
le A1 l R Owl on this campus?’" said
1300.
i*lege lo have a similar academic Freshman Team: (left to right) Phil Stroud, Tammy Condrey, Tom Naumann and Rob Cothran
Anderson, director of the
^''ogram.
^HC Receives Generous Gift
ice.
more than two
to^\ niillion dollars has been
N L X College by the
Arriii' family of Brevard.
L wife Lois, and their
•'•Robert L. Merrill, Jr., of
' 1 Sh’n Hebbie Merrill Stout of
^d Beth Merrill Hamilton
i^e-p^'^^em, made the gift of
property to the
^•’ostricted endowment.
Lois Merrill have been
richly blessed," said college president
Dr. Fred Bentley, "and they share
these blessings freely with others,
several major contributions to Mars Hill
College numbered among them. Their
gifts have included leadership on our
boards, inspiration to the young people
entrusted to us, scholarship endow
ment, and this new, major gift to our
unresu-icted endowment. Surely they,
and their children, exemplify Christian
stewardship at its finest"
"I was very impressed with the
freshmen. They had support groups
there, and once I had to ask them
to hold down the cheers so as not
to waste time," Schubert said.
"There was more support as a
whole from the freshmen. They were
more enthusiastic than the sophomores.
I don’t think there was the interest
level from the juniors and seniors from
the beginning. I was not at all
surprised to see a freshman team win,"
Dillingham said.
"Another question that came up
was whether non-scholar groups were
going to compete. The committee is
planning ways to give other organized
teams the opportunity to challenge the
scholars," Schubert said.
Several difficulties did arise during
the competitions, such as problems
with the buzzer system and some
challenges to the answers given to a
few questions.
"We have room for some improve
ments. This semester was like a trial
run that proved very successful. Over
all I was pleased with almost all of
it," Dillingham said.
Dr. Anderson agrees. "I thought Dr.
Schubert arid his staff did a fantas
tic job in just staging it. They had
to get all that paraphernalia, all the
buzzers, and all the questions together.
The organization was superbly done,"
he said.
"I thought it was a lot of fun.
The questions were fair and varied
so that one type of person couldn’t
answer all of them. It took a team
to answer them," Rhodes said.
Naumann, a member of the win
ning team, rated the College Bowl as
"a good program and a learning ex
perience. I liked the excitement of the
competition!"
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