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~_ ..... Just A Fella Who Notices A Lot Reminds Me Of Wild Hickory Nuts. It was obvious to the students that chapel this Grady Nutt certainly made people laugh, yet, he this college and I still love this college, but the rea week was a rare occassion. doesn't profess to be a comic but rather a humorist son behind the way these kids feel towards chapel Seldom does one attending chapel fail to notice "Comedy is a concerted effort to be funny .. Hu· is because they haven't had more people like Grady the number of persons concentrating on items mor is a concerted effort to notice and I think there to relate to these kinds of programs will change other than the progrQm ..Rarely does one. hear is a dark side to the moon of humor that moSt their attitude. comments afterward from the students exclaiming, people don't pay attention to," said Nutt. "I like "Christianity is not a No-No, it's a Go-Go." "fantastic, Great and very funny!" · to take a moment or occassion and make it happen Nutt has more than the ability to be funny. .·,· . Dr. Donald Jernigan, vice president of academic all over again." serious side reflects a deep Christian Faith . affairs, said, "What impressed me was that what· Jennifer Jorden, a student, said of Nutt, "I "Christian faith brings you a quality of life ever 'the man had to say, he certainly had their thought he was great I think we should is beyond just fulfulling expectations and rules," (stu dents) attention." have more speakers like him. The response of said Nutt. "Martin Luther said that probably no The man was Grady Nutt, a native Texan, humor· the audience shows this." body is closer to God than a man who is angry with ist, author and Baptist minister. · Audience response has been an issue in chapel for God because at least he is dealing with God." Nutt referred to himself as just a "fella· who no· some time. ~ campaign has been started this semes "A lot of people like to talk about God being tices alot" . ter to improve audience participation. den but I like to talk about man being blind. They've · Nutt ha~ appeared on national televislqn numerous Richard Mang1,1m_ said,. "l.~ope)he ~tud~nts feel got to be blind .not to see the coherence and cohesion i times and captured audienees across the co~ntrv· on· good about ttlis. .I believe ctJ!ipaf-ia the Qne timlt dur in·ttie w.;y~ life.worlcs and is put tOglther. 'That's a· week our a be beautiful mystery thitt's not so seeret;',o,;· ~ '· the lecture circuit · Ing the that student~ have chimce to to· :', · · .. Richard Mangum,· Baptist Student Union director, gather asa unified body and it ought to be the best It also was no secret that MH·B enjoyed Grady ·--· ; deserlbed Nutt as a man with a great wrt, who loves experience on campus." Nutt. !··. life and people and most of all, loves to make people Bunny Martin, a personal friend of Nutt and a , laugh. professional entertainer, said, "I used to work' for By-Sam Fincher :. ,. MH-B Student Publication · ; 1. I I ·,,,, THE BELLS ): January. 30th 1776 f: (',.,·.:·. ~.·} 1~\: !\':1' ·.;•·'.. ,. t 1,'·, ;t;· l' You Asked For It ; You Got It.... I' t',.. ~ There Is a new enthusiasm directed towards chapel sonal benefit, The effactlveness of the survey In nnd an experiance In worship. ,:_;~ t:• and ailembly programs for the 1976 Spring semester. the program this year Is due to the efforts of the The first chapel program prosonted Dan Karam, a " \ ~: Exciting new Ideas are being developed with stu· Student Life Commlttee of the council. professional magician from Dallas. Mary Alvarado, a ~I ' dent growth being number one on the list. This Espaclally favored .bY the students were musical sophomore, said, "I'm glad to soe something differ· ~:',· enthusiasm and excitement Is due to the roorganl· programs and lectures of psychological problems. ant In chapel and I thought that It was very enllght· '. zatlon of the Christian Maturity Council. At this time the Student Life Committee Is being enlng." tl,/, This council haa long been a figure In the promo· appointed by the Chapel Committee. Stopa are be The second chapel program entertained students \; tlon of chapel and a111mbly activities. Ing taken to allow the students to elect the Student and faculty with the humor of Grady Nutt. Reorganization has divided the council Into three Life Committee members themselvea. On Tuesday, the chapel program will be led by ~j separate commlttltl. These council divisions allow When eaked If additional funding had been requlr· student, faculty and administration. ~; each committee new areas for specialization In pro ad to Improve chapel programming thla11meater, All groups and speakers for chapel are approved .grammlng chapel .. Richard Mangum Aid, "No,wlth a tightening of the by tho Chapel Committee of the Christian Maturity li "lchard Mangum, Baptist Student Union dlractor, ole' belt bucklelaat aamnter, we're able to apend a Council. Peraona lntarnted In making auua-tlons ~ Aid, "A survey Wll taken during the fall aemnter of little more thlt aemnter. An lnare.ct allotment In for future programa will contact the Chapel Com· I· students to evaluate the chapal program." na11t y•r'a budgat Ia hopefully In the planning." mlttee, Box 404, campua . ~ .Sulllllltlona for programming were aollcltad from Mlnoum uld hit fortmoat cbncern for the, atu· I IIIIIIIIM t1 on the billa of ertonel reference and r· dentl wu for oh I to be lduaetlonll, ·entertaining lt I I Students in search of a higher education flock to When asked why he pursued an English degree have become intimate followers of his philosophy on classrooms in search of stimulation production and Hutmacher said, "My English teacher in high life and literature. As one student quipped, "Talk evaluation. school called my attention to a survey that 90 ing to that man is like plugging me into a wall soc An honest evaluation can only be done by one per cent of all academic materials that a high ket." person-~he student He or she judges-their work school student remembers after he had been out A deep respect evolves around many people who and dec1des whether or not their standards have of high &:hool for five years, exclucing college have known Hutmacher. He's a communicator to been met. · students, was materials from English class. and with his students and his door is always open. Bill Hu~macher, asso~iate professor of English at I concluded that the field of literature opened the His colleagues hold him in high regard and one com Mary. Hardm·Baylor, believes that he is part of the door to a broader field of learning than any other mented that "Bill Hutmacher is one of the true in learnmg process and needs to feed his desire for field I was then acquainted with. I've had no cause tellects I've met." learni_ng through ~n intellectual stimulation by since then to alter my opinion." . Bill Hutmacher, soon to be Or. Bill Hutmacher, is teachmg .and earnmg a doctorate in English. Hutmacher has been working on his dissertation not necessarily the exception to the rule. Many fine Smo~m.g a Meerschaum pipe, conservatively dress for several years and when asked what the diffi and competent teachers can be found at MH-B if the a~ and s1ttmg on the chair at the desk in his .office, culties were in writing a dissertation he said, student takes the time to find out a little about their B1ll Hutmacher generates an air of intellect. This is "Attempting to write on a subject which you're instructor. not the r~ult of ~istake or chance. It was planned tempermentally ill-equipped to handle and a lack Possibly, you may even experience your .instruc and put mto act1on by a man who loves an academic tor as a human being. atmosphere. of rapport with the director of the dissertation, neither of which may be anybody's fault · Hutmacher, the son of a consturction foreman "It's a matter of nerves and ability to sustain your· was born in Juarez, Mexico, and received his se- ' self on a topic which may be boring. Ultimately every condary education in a small Texas town. He re living being is ignorant of something." members participating in sports and even drawing Several problems have arisen for Hutmacher in cartoons for his school newspaper. These events attempting to fulfill th~ rigid requirements of a we~? .surpassed by a yearning to be a teacher. doctoral degree. The biggest problem has been I ve always wanted to teach ever since I can re working on a dissertation and teaching at the memb.er,". Hutmacher said, "I was particularly inter same time. este~ m history, foreign languages and English." T1mes have changed from the days when Bill Hut ''I've never been able to allow my students to take a back seat to my dissertation. To do both in any ~acher graduated from high school. Today, college short length of time-is to short-change the student 1s str~ssed and considered essential to meet socio-eco nomic standards. I've never been able to do that It's not being honest ,.• "N~t many of my friends went to college. The with myself." m thmg to do was to work in the oil fields and a Why would one choose a profession such as being lot of the people I graduated with are still there" an English teacher? Hutmacher said.