Montreat Anderson College - Agape / Sundial Yearbook (Montreat, NC)

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Friends And Fellowship 'The land of milk and hon- ey, that's how the English teacher Don King described Montreat. He taught an En- glish composition class which consisted of the composing process — emphasizing pre- writing, writing, and revision and closely supervised prac- tice in reading and writing es- says. He also taught a class that emphasized writing re- search papers. Dr. King stated that his coming to Montreat was an answer to prayer. He said that he enjoyed teaching in a school where he had freedom of speech. He enjoyed the stu- dents at Montreat, he said that they were a pleasure to work with. He felt that his job was to challenge them and to prod them towards a fuller re- alization of their potentials. Dr. King also liked the sense of fellowship that he felt here at Montreat. The friendship of the faculty and the freedom to express his love for God were major rea- sons for his staying here. He said that he was very happy here because he felt that this was where God had called him to be. Dr. King was only one of the many English teachers at Montreal. Others were Dr. Gray and Ms. Bonnie Lundb- lad, whc taught English in their own unique way. English as a Second Lan- guage was another part of the English department. ESL was a course for international stu- dents who needed intensive work in listening to, speak- ing, reading, and writing En- glish. The purpose of the ESL class was to teach these stu- dents English grammar, word usage, and vocabulary com- mon to English speaking peo- ple. The students had lan- guage lab several times each week. Becky Smith, a lab as- sistant to Mrs. Patsy Hilliard, said, The student's knowl- edge of the English language grows each day as they listen to the other students around them, and learn to talk with American friends. 26 English

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Karen Jesse listens to classical records for a project in the music appreciation class. Thomas Frazier paints glass on a coil pot before firing Mrs. Pritchard instructs Stephanie Shafer on a ceramic technique. 25 m-

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Far Away Places “Teaching a language is re- warding, because it is so easy to see the progress students make.” This is how Mrs. Eliz- abeth Maxwell felt about teaching French at Montreat. French consisted of four dif- ferent levels of instruction. There was the elementary class for beginners, the inter- mediate class, the French composition class, and a French conversation class. Each class had a specific ob- jective. The first was to teach the fundamentals of French, the second was to give more practice with grammar and verbs, the third dealt with practice in writing, and the fourth dealt with the practice of oral communication. These classes built on one another. Maxwell taught in France be- fore she taught here. She talked about that experience, “I've been lost in the byways of the chateau country of France, driven the wrong way on one way streets in Paris, had car trouble in Scotland and Mexico, experienced breathtaking rides with wild taxi drivers in Rome and Da- mascus, slept on the deck of a ferry crossing the Sea of Ja- pan, watched sea lions in the Galapogos Islands, and rid- den a camel in Mongolia and an elephant in India. But the best part of every trip that 1 have taken was getting back to the mountains of North Carolina. Spanish was taught by Mrs. Patsy Hilliard, who was head of the foreign language department. Mrs. Hilliard was a very qualified and expe- rienced teacher. Every Tues- day night at five, a Spanish dinner led by Mrs. Hilliard was held in the cafeteria. Stu- dents experienced the excite- ment as well as the hard prac- tice it took to carry on a complete conversation in Spanish. At these dinners not a single word of English was allowed. When asked how Sherry Ramsey felt about Mrs. Hilliard, she replied: 1 deeply feel that Mrs. Hilliard is a special lady that takes her position as a teacher serious- ly. She, like many other teachers at Montreat, gets in- volved in helping the stu- dents to succeed. Passing the test of true humility. Dr. King still smiles after getting a pie in his face. Helping students learn French better by hearing it spoken. Dean Maxwell makes adjustments in the lab class. With assistant Becky Smith, some of our foreign students. Abdul Aden, Ze-Qun Cai, David Hu, Chico Takahashi, and William Hu observe the voting process. Foreign Language 27