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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA.
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“Plain Living and High Thinking’
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A. C P/* Coir«ipoiid*nt Reports from Wasliingtoii
Army's College Requirements
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j days. . • . Letters
uniforms . .
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Washington, D. C. (ACP).—To get into the Army s Specialized athletes from
4r-i TT Q r«r\llcirTOQ mciin rrmst apt at l©ast 1101 i
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, North
aro ma. Training Program in U. S. colleges, men must get at ©pqI Hospital. jq
Entered as second-class matter February 20, 1926, at the in the Army classifMion test, the same grade required of
office at Mars Hill, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, l»^y« Uhose who want to take officer training. th
Issued semi-monthly during the college year. | Other requirements, previously announced, stipulate that ^Dout my ^
~~ 7T. Year $1.00 candidates hove at least a high school education. Further, they ' . . sleeo autil
Subscription Rate ! | must either be in basic army training, or have completed it. ^ ^
Except in the case of advanced college training courses, men K^Y^^ • • •
must be at least 18 and no more than 21 years old. There is I've a great curiosit^^,^^.
g.j.^PP I no maximum age limits for advcmced graining. ^ |. . . all b|
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
DISTRIBUTOR OF COLLEGIATE DIGEST
Russell Jordan 1 Originally scheduled to start about Feb. 1, it now appears | typed and handed in^;^_^
Editor _ John Chandler that the Army's college program won't get under way until ... graduation day . ' ,
Managing Editor j p youner „ wmild look in the Ul^
j. P. Young „ i^er date.
would look in the ui*
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FACULTY ADVISERS
Rachel Templeton Ramon DeSbazo
Wayne Richardson
Maureen Lovingood
McCleney
Mildred Hardin
CONTRIBUTORS
Robbie Gold Stockton
did
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the WAVES ... But
Since the Army announced its training program in mid- any more shaved hef^.
December, criticism of it has been heavy. Whether it's due to "cram" sessions
this needling or for some other reason, the Army has relaxed Nothing bores me i%k-e
I its provisions for college men who are enlisted in reserve I ^ classes for which s r
Maureen Bennett I I ,4 i '
Thelma Kidd . Rebecca Horton . Virginia | the reserves and in "advanced technical ptg^-^ho say things cfe Kc
Lucille Jenkins . Carolyn Flynn
wir engineering courses" may now finish the academic 7©^. them . . . hovii p
Advertising Manager - llughlln|The some goes for first-year advanced ROTC students, most|^g 10:30—whet
Circulation Manager Richardson of whom ore juniors. Under the original Army order, some x -n sleeov . . .
CO
Volume XVII.
February 6, 1943.
^ Manager Wayne^^ichardson j of whom ore juniors. Under the original Army^ order, some | sleepy . . .
Haywood Wheeler | pf these students would have been required to leave college | ^ ^
— ’ earlier. m
Civilian Manpower & Colleges i she
College training for prospective civilian war workers is speech before a
being discussed in Washington's War Manpower Commission, peop e ... ex pg^^
Present plans envision federal subsidies for education of both mi ee . . .
I young men and women for important civilian war jobs. I am thrilled to the '
Advocates of the new plan point out that a $39,000 000 ... my S. P. . . . le! her
It surely seems good to hove noming lo uu, uu«oii i xx. x... ^.gg^ggt for a college war-training program was pored to a packages . . . a
just lie around and get behind in all classes—^wonderful lite. pghry $5,000,000 by the last Congress and the government's band .
spring—And Mars Hill
"Hurrah! Exams are over and the new semester has
It surely seems good to have nothing to do, doesnt
just lie around ana gei Denmu m uu paltry 5>o,uuu,uuu oy me lasx v^ongress uuu me xjuvexixxxxexxi ^
Have we already begun saying this? If this were two yeOTS g^^^gg^ Bureau. Why not, they ask, be realistic and speed
ago, maybe we could procrastinate and get things up by forgetting the subsidy? Jsame witl
this is not two years ago. This is February, 1943, ana eacn catch is, of course, that many of our best potential I
one of us has a duty to perform. war workers may be unable to finance college educations—
Thp end of the fall semester found a large number of our or feel that they cannot rfford college when they can make j ' '
hovs absent-absent because they have been called by our big wages at comparafavely unskilled war jobs. | ,,
country. No doubt more of us whl be called *° ^ *’* *
during the spring semester; but until we are, we shall be nere | BoOKS The Students ChoOSe
serving the best we know how.
Brving mt? jjwoi xwxxxx,, r. I Law Students
Each one of us that is left has a two-fold purpose. The first World Constitutional Harmony; A Pon-Americonadian
iQ mir dutv to our country and the second to our parents, panorama by George Joffin. New York, Columbia Law Review,
ib UUi . . , JXV, +T.ro-fr.lH miTDOSe l . xT T 4 4 -.X _ 1 14..,,,
is our duty to our country ana me beuuixkA iw panorama oy loreorye jumn. inhw lorjs., '^oiumoiu ncvicw.
Going to college this spring semester with this two-fold purpose ^gg^y marks the beginning of a long-range policy of the
c^honld stimulate everyone to reach perfection. This semester Low Review to foster a more general understanding
bliuuiu. , 1 _i •fnrfViormor©. I , f , .1 L aT ...
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some without . . . Dr den (
messages . . lyrtic
everyone being Sy"
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days when . . . thd!
plenty of granulated siY be
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should stimulate everyone to reacn pwiieuuvjix. xxxx.. lUoiumPia now neview lu luaiyi a more general understanding
is going to be work, work, and more work; and furthermore, ^ggj.g gg.g numerous legal problems of equally
we're going to love it. There'll be very little time for trifles or interest to both parts of this Hemisphere. The attainment
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wf.'rp aoina to love it. There'll be very little time lor (vitaMnterest to both parts of this Hem'isphere. The attainment! (Continued from P% be
for patience with those who persist in trifling. So—if you re ^ g ^ which lies in the reciprocal interest of all ^^x Z .
wL"^™d"like the rest-work for recreotiom^,^^ concerned, is hardly possible without a deepened “ the
disagree we merely soy, "Get hep—or get out! L. R. J. knowledge of the legal institutions of our sister republics in the ^ ,
New World. program. l
For Muac Students: Youths wishing
After This—TV hat F j Our New Muac by Aaron Copland. New York, Whittlesey j ririder the ^ Navy sj/- ^
Ijter 1 ms rr nui, uur IMew music uy .nuiOix in«w luii*., vviuuiesey - - - ^
, 1 tino npace House.—Many music lovers feel that they cannot appreciate rnoy apply aX the
Lately much has been written °ri govern- modem music, and even those who like to listen to it often Naval Officer Procu^^^.^
agreement which will follow P j ^ formu- find it difficult to evaluate. Why does it almost always, at first pal®Y ®!dg., ^^ook
ment and our people are wise in this. hearing, sound so disturbing? Why does it appear to be lack- Lynch Building, Jad
lated must be the result of long an in • 1 melody (unlike the masterpieces of the 19th Century)? Ela.; ^ivermty ^^g^gj.
logical and fair thinking is difficult under the ®®^dmons always complex and formidable? What aims and ideas Lna, Columbia, S.
iuyicvax vuix TV,..+v,ir,Vinrr nf manv people I . JO A n State College. RaleiQ'^ .
But logical and tair minxing is cumwwxx x^xx,.... .— -- ,^|is it always complex ana lumuuajjiwr wnai uuua oiiu luwaa
in which we find ourselves now. The thinking of many peop e l composers in mind? Aaron Copland attempts to State College, Eale’^^^^
in regard to the peace agreement is motivated by a sp these questions in this book that offers a brilliant ^ mg
in , ,, __ c'...,V, ^ attitude will ,
of revenge and hatred for the enemy. Such cm ™ I ponorenna of fifty years of new music,
serve only as soil for the seeds of future conflicts The ^sen
A Prayef^^^
peuufc? vvxxx^xx * m deciding iiowoTa nayciuu. iuxrw, xx. w. vifiiown — inat pierces uuuv^ x-v
World War. The men who were most inliuen pgnnans Other people's lives seem to have a fascination for everybody, clouds of war-torn
the terms were still raging over the atrocities o insufficient particularly when people become prominent or famous. What hig dazzling faith cB
and they felt that merely losing the war makes us wont to know more about writers than about words on the air
for Germany. . . . . v, t other celebrities is difficult to tell, but reference librarians the And at heaven's gate'^^j
When America first began direct participation the presen find that the liveliest curiosity seems to be about |
war our government advocated a policy of hatred for ^^^Y^o^ j (^^thors. Here is the answer to 1850 of their questions, for
WX.U —- ^ ° authors. Here is the answer to 1850 of their questions, for Qur prayer is humbi
the things which our enemies represent and uphold, out Twentieth Century Authors includes 1850 biographical sketches for what are we to H
for our enemies themselves. For a time this plan seeme ° l ^ writers who have, in a literary sense, flourished since 1900. great a plea "
be followed by memy of our people. But when stones o ® information about hundreds of these authors is nowhere else Unless our hearts frof-194
atrocities and the deception of our enemies. Particularly those shadOf^lal
of the Japanese, came to us, the radios, newspapers °nd maga- Ministerial Students: Will ever trust in TB^cr
zines began to present information to t ® nhrases Preaching From The Prophets by Kyle M. Yates. New York; ^
of hatred. Many radio dramas seet ® Vmmrrn beings. Harper and Brothers.—Among the great men in history whos« Oh Father, and our E
which present the enemy as the mos esi j xi, ' teachings have survived the turbulence of the ages are the Of Thee Thy childreii'®’^^
Since the type of peace terms which our ^ u piahteen Hebrew prophets. Dr. Yates has drawn from a full boon today,
other United Nations (assuming and bexievmg that we s ° . years' experience as Professor of Old Testament study And humbly bow
win the vror) will present to the enemy will be influenced ^entyj P
greatly by public opinion, it is the duty of each of us to think I ana nua w _ „ „ ,
greaiiy uy ~ — -----x - . . i i For Home-Economics Students: I As, earnestly, we pr^®^
pIpotIv and without malice, to see and profit from the mistakes 1 x.4... ser
^ ^ ^ .-1 X 4..^ onr iVii'nVi’nrT +ViO W©lfrfr©
clearly and without malice, to see and prolittrom e ^ The Nutrition Handbook by Demetria Taylor. New York,
of men of the past, and to include in our thm mg e w Doubleday Doran.—Never before hove we been so vitally Dear Father, hear oi^^
of all peoples everywhere. Permanent peace cari j aware of the necessity of a sound knowledge of the nutritional That our true faith
when our love and interest d.isregard mtema_tional_bounto y.
when our love cmd interest value of food. The purpose of this book is to explain nutrition should so increase-
and include all the world in their sc p_ - ^ ^ understanding of food values That Christian lands
what kind of world shall we hve? We application: what vitamins, minerals, proteins, and the earth will sharf
in what kind J gZg^^r iiSluenc^to Le and their application: what vitamins, minerals, proteins, and the earth will shar^^
a happy world for all the na y ^ ^ fair carbohydrates ore contained in food, their functions, sources. An everlasting peace P
that all the countries, conquerors and conquerec^ge^a | | _Moureen ^
deal.