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■ i Page THvo the hilltop, mars hill college, mars hill, NOETH CAROLINA The Hilltop 'Plain Living and High Thinking’’ Entered at the Post Office, Mars Hill, N. C., as Second Class Matter, February 20, 1926. Member Southeastern Junior College Press Association. STAFF Editor — Associate Editor Managing Editor Society Editor State Editor Religious Editor Sports Editor Alumni Editor Poetry Editor Lionel Hoffman Open Hubert Elliott Iris Rabb Open THE HILLTOPPER H. A. ELLIOTT .Dortha Morgan Edgar Kirk Annabelle Lee ..Nina Grey Liles ..Harold McGuire Intercollegiate Editor Business Manager Anthony Circulation Manager — ..Felix Speer Faculty Adviser John A^ McLeod Typists Marion McManus, Fay Ebbs, Bernice Callahan VOL. VIII MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, OCT. 6, 1934 No. 2 Men Of Vision “Whence did these persons with their limited opportunities obtain the vision which enabled them to build so wisely”, was the theme of an address delivered by Dr. Fred Brown at the opening of the seventy-eighth session of Mars Hill College. Men of limited means, to the glory of Mars Hill, have sacri ficed their very all to place the college in a position to serve human- itv. And in doing so thev have founded an institution of “plain liv ing and high thinking” with Christian ideals. May God continue to give us men wFo have vision and determination to further the cause of education. L. T. H. Organized Cheering Today we will meet one of the cleanest playing and hardest fighting teams of the season—Belmont Abbey. To beat the Abbey, the Lions need your support. They are going to give their best for Alma Mater on the field and will expect those in the stands to back them. We can give them support by organized cheering. We suggest to the college cheer leaders that they have a systemitized way of starting the cheers. With five hundred students in the stands, five cheer leaders, a twenty piece band, and a cooperative spirit, we see no reason why organized cheering should be a failure at Mars Hill today, or in days to come. E. Blowing Fuses For the past few days, there has been quite a bit of fuse blowing in the boys’ dormitories. It might be well for the perpetrator or perpetrators of this mis chief to consider the harm caused by this offense. When the lights go out, as a result of someone’s thoughtless ness, the studies of a number of boys are interrupted. Such an act is certainly unfair to these boys who constitute a majority, and who desire to make use of the study hours set aside for them by the college. _ . Any boy who would so infringe on the rights of others certainly has no business in college. His judgment is under par. He is a men ace to society. E. T. H. Spirit In Mars Hill College ' There is certainly one element apparently lacking among the greater number of students at Mars Hill. And that element is school spirit. When most of us graduated from high school we were filled with enthusiasm over the thought of going to college. And we certainly expected a continuation of the spirit found in most high schools. But do we have a continuation of that spirit at Mars Hill.? I think not. At least, not in athletics. When we go to a football game the spirit manifested is certainly not what we ex pected. The cheer leaders may do their best, but they do not get the results expected. With the large enrollment now at Mars Hill, it seems that the cheering could be just a little “peppier”. It is not the fault of the cheer leaders j it is the fault of the students. And yet what can we expect of the students when numerous mem bers of the faculty are seen to leave the game before it is half over.? Can we expect the student body to show the proper school spirit when their leaders do not? _ We have a game this afternoon with Belmont Abbey. Bor once, let’s turn out in full force and show the real Mars Hill spirit. Let’s help our team to win. L. T. H. Last week I was assigned the grue some duty of hanging our heloved president. Dr. R. L. Moore! With shaking hands I arranged the loop around his frame. Only a few, who happened to he in the library, wit nessed the ordeal. Gathering around Miss Johnson, they too, watched from a safe distance the awful scene. With a sinking feeling inside, I slipped the noose over the clamps and with a critical eye set the handsome portrait of Dr. IVToore in a place of honor just over the magazine rack in Montague Library! And while we are talking of Dr. Moore, let me tell you this one. I hap pened to be in Lawyer Mashburn’s office in Marshall Saturday on busi ness. The lady at the desk, finding out where I was from, informed me that I must be Doctor Moore’s son. Upon asking her why, I found that she thought I favored him. Thanks! The most gentlemanly gentleman on the campus in my way of thinking is Jimmie Graves. Embarrassing moment: Insisting on “treating” your friend in the corn er drugstore, and finding you do not have the necessary change to pay the bill! FIRST PRESIDENT Interrogation H. ELLIOTT Have you ever seen God? I have. In a lump of sod? I have. His beauty and grace I’ve met face to face, While digging for fishing worn 1/OJ Pi A heavenly feeling I had. T’was when I was only a lad. But I knew it was He When I knelt by the sea. While digging for fishing wo: W. A. G. BROWN W. A. G. Brown 1830-1906 Today, we travel by airplanes and buses in preference to the iron horse, the wonder of a few years back. But, did it ever occur to you that the loco motive is the more dominant? If not, think of this paragraph the next time you are riding on a bus and have to stop at every railroad cross ing! Passing remark made by Mrs. John A. McLeod: “John reminds me of Socrates. There is always a group of boys gathered around him.” Nice compliment we think. Doesn’t this autumn air give you a new zest and determination to go forward in a big way? Of all the seasons of the year, the mountains are the most beautiful in the fall when the leaves begin to turn and change the wooded hillaides into a gaily splashed artist’s palette. «oC3» ‘Charles Laughton certainly is a wonderful actor. I hope that Mars Hill will eventually obtain the re lease of “The Barretts of Wimpole Street”. It has been given “four stars” by all the important critics, and has three Motion Picture Acad emy Award winners cast in the major roles! While Henry Ford is paying tri bute to MoGuffey, let me see how many of you can pronounce the catchy word sacrelegious. ■^OCS- So long. See you at the game this afternoon. Professor W. A. G. Bro-wn, the first president of Mars Hill College, was born in Blount County, Tennessee, May 23, 1830. He was the son of Deacon Jonathan Brown and Rebecca (Bowers) Brown. In 1856 he graduated from Mossy Creek College which later became Carson-Newman College. Soon after wards he married Margaret Amanda Pattison, who was a direct descendant of the Newman family, who played a large part in establishing Carson- Newman. He was the father of seven children, of which two are living to day, Rev. T. L. Brown and Mrs. Sallie A. Walker. Professor Brown was a modest man with a retiring disposition. Had he not been so timid he would have taken rank among great mathmatic- ians in his day. He was a man of very broad culture. A thirst for knowledge was born in him. The first and last money he ever earned was si>ent on books. He had a large private library and was so thoroughly familiar with it that on the darkest nights he could place his hand on any book he desired from the numerous book shelves. He sclent his life trying to help educate the poor and deserving. Immediately after his graduation he was elected President of Mars Hill College. Here he served two terms of ten months each. In 1859 he left Mars Hill and went to Hendersonville, North Carolina and began the public ation of the “Baptist Telescope”. In 1860 he returned to Tennessee and taught Mathematics at Mossy Creek. There he remained until the Civil War. He served four years in the Confederate army and was wounded in the battle of Chickamau- Gourage LUCILE BRYAN, Courage has been defined-, quality of mind that meets c,ont or opposition with calmness an^ ness. Today, as never before, a need for that firmness Ijrw W ay he n t T1 loni 6-6, cor le : ey ; T1 0 w ear, T1 ^pri 80. Tc phases of life. With all of the tations, disappoiintments, and ures of today tV.ere must be |Iars with a courage equal to that oweb; iel if our country is to get upiigg feet again. It is such a temp to give up a task that seen), hard or a lesson that seems til ficult. How hard it is to do when the crow'd goes the othei It is not easy to stand alone lari one (free Of I line: ibb though it is for the right; but stands firmly without waverip i^irt next task is much easier, other hand, if there is no co no firmness, no boldness, th|' ideals, ambitions, and the yo' our land were more courageoi? problems would be so hard t( and the future would take brighter appearance. Bushnell has said, “Theiieek great and lofty virtue that Ijree courage, taking its name frfl,e s heart. It is the greatness of 8[j ,t( heart, the repose and confidel , a man whose soul is rested in, th and principle.” 52 Grandchildren Now Enrolled At Gollege (Continued from page 1) enjoy the now improved opportuni ties. The number of such students is increasing from year to year, which is a record that the college should be proud of, since it shows the confi dence of parents who have attended here. John Fisher Chosen To Head Euthalians Graduate Gossip (Continued from page 1) English critic; Watkins Blane, col lector; Earl Brockman, pianist; Jack Benson, expression critic; Tracy Church, debate critic; LaFayette Wrenn, reporter; L. B. Battle, time keeper; Edward Robertson, librarian; and Bob Costner, chorister. The Euthalian Literary society ex tends a hearty welcome to all stu- Among the welcome visitors at Mars Hill last week were the recent bride and groom. Rev. and Mrs. Nath an Brooks, both former students of the college. They were married Sunday, Sep tember 23, and stopped by en route to Knoxville, Tennessee, where Mr. Brooks will be assistant pastor of the Broadway Baptist Church. Mr. Brooks was graduated from Mars Hill in 1929. He then attended Wake For est College. After finishing there he went to the Seminary in Louisville Kentucky, where he received his Th. M. this year. Mrs. Brooks, formerly Miss Ruby Hayes, was graduated in 1931. From here she went to the Training School in Louisville, where she received the degree of Bachelor of Religious Edu cation. While here both Mr. and Mrs. (Continued on page 3) dents who have not joined either lit erary society. ga. When the Mary Sharp College was a leading school for girls in the South he was chosen to teach Mathematics there. Ill health caused him to give up his position and return to upper East Tennessee. He then became pres ident of the JIasonic Female Institu tion at Mossy Creek. In 1879 Professor Brown returned to North Carolina and became Presi dent of Judson College at Henderson ville. There he remained until a grow ing deafness caused him to give up teaching. He died in Delway, North Caro lina, August 25, 1906, and is buried at Fairview, North Carolina, beside his wife and preacher son. 150 Fimmakers With Huge Gi Ringling Bros, and Barm Bailey Combined Circus, trul Greatest Show on Earth, mak grand and glorious 1934 tour continent and definitely schedt exhibit in Asheville, Satuivlaj 20, has assembled from the foi ners of the earth—and points tween—the greatest aggregat clowns in all amusement histc One hundred and fifty inter ally-famous funmakers cavo: caper about the seven ring stages and the huge hippodromi this year in the most stupendo cus presentation ever offered Clowns have always been portant part of the circus a amusement world was amazed lighted when an even hundi them were brought together i first time by Ringling Bros, an num & Bailey. But when 150 funniest clowns imaginable placed on the same prograj q simultaneous display this spr' enthusiasm of circus-goers k bounds. Several of the producing have introduced splendid ide (Continued on page 3) Watch For Ye Old Snooper Next Issue dwi avi; dwi 'levi 'uto Th \ The “HOUSE OF GIBBS” gratulates Mars Hill Colley Growth in Service and espe Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Moon whom most of the credit is We have tried to serve faitl at Mars Hill both in the caj of Merchants and “Inn Kee just 37 years, and are gn to have had our lot cast so with that of the college and Our greatest pleasure is to lx mitted longer to serve. Sincerely, R. S. GIBBS AND FAMIl J. M. HEARN AND GO. Tennis Racket Strings — Tennis Rackets Restrung. Typewriters Rented. 4 College Street Asheville, N.
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