The Hilltop, Mars Hill College, Mars Hill,
The Honor System
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Act of March 3^ 1879
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let there be light
The following extracts are from an address delivered by _ r.
Let me say in the beginning that it
is not my intention in writing this ar
ticle to have any student change his
mind in regard to the Honor System
as it now exists. It is my desire to
express my feelings and to make an
explanation for the stand that I have
taken in regard to the system.
Tho Honor System, as explained by
a member of the faculty, means that
the teacher may come into the class
room, put the examination on the board
and then leave the room. The stu
dent at the end of the examination is
to sign the following pledge: "I have
neither given nor received aid on this
examination: neither have I seen any
other student giving or receiving aid.”
If the student has given, received or
seen anyone give or receive he is to
change the words of the pledge so as
to Indicate such.
Very few people have ever ques
tioned the first clause of this pledge.
A person can conscientiously sign his
name to that part of the pledge be-
cause he knows for a certainty wheth
er he has cheated. But can he be sure
about the latter clause? When a stu
dent’s eyes wander toward the paper
of the one at his side, does that mean
that he is receiving aid? Is it my duty
to report him? If I should think a
person was cheating and report him
and then he prove to be Innocent,
would his character be questioned?
Would my character be questioned
These are a few of the many questions
that arise when one considers the lat
ter clause of the pledge.
Sometimes when a student is really
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John A. Oa?rs at the Commencement Exemsesrf Mars Hm
WORK
Some one has said, "A college is a
loafing place for the majority of stu
dents.” If this one should come to
Mars Hill, his opinion would be
changed. Mars Hill College has no
place for the young man or woman who
doesn’t have enough “grit” to work
and assume some responsibility of col
lege life. It is an honor to work at
Mars Hill.
The students do the cooking, wait
ing on tables, washing of dishes, jani
tor work, and help in the general main
tenance of the college proper. There
are also three student industries: The
College Pressing and Cleaning Club,
The College Photo Shop, and The Col
lege Barber Shop. These furnish
twelve young men work which enables
them to remain in school and pursue
the regular course of study. It is a
happy and jolly bunch of “workers”
you will find at Mars Hill. Before the
close of last term Mrs. Shaw, our dieti
tian, gave a very enjoyable
lianquet to the workers.” During
EXCHANGE
This Is to thank each of you v
contributed In increasing our Hstj;
exchanges. We especially appreoil,
our new exchanges and earnestly hfr
that the number steadily increases.^
Charity and Children, we especia-
appreciate the brief editorial coi^
ment given us last issue. Such *
couragement is inspirational to a h
ter publication. j
We gratefully acknowledge the 1
lowing exchanges: Old Gold and Bla
Wake Forest College; Chowani
Chowan College: The Orange and Bl
Carson-Newman College; The Horf
Furman University: The Magnet, Bl
tist Bible Institute; The Ramb
Charlotte Central High School; 1
Owl and Spade, Asheville Pai
School: The Chilhowee Echoes, HaJ
son Chilhowee Institute; The Roi
Hillian, Alexander Schools, Inc.; j
Indian Leader, Haskel Institute: '
Sanatorium Sun, Sanatorium, N. C
It is realized that in thus breaking up the address the full
piSort^of^thTmessage will not be .“®^4?take
beauty of the following passages are so significant that we ta
the liberty of printing them. i
After commenting upon his first trip to Mars Hill
seai-ch for a suhablle subject,_his^_chM£ng the subject^ LEi
thinking he will let his eyes wander j the banquet Mr. Moore, our beloved
or perhaps set president, made a very appropriate
«VKi uom IB •»
sential.
‘*There’s not any declaration that God made darkness—dark
ness didn’t have to be made—it existed—it is not a force, but the
absence of a force. Remember, please, that d^kness never drives
out light; light is never driven anywhere; but when it moves out,
darkness occupies the space. The task of hgkt J.®
everlasting. We are told that in the world that is to be there
will be no^darkness, and just so far as wdni^ out darkness m
this world, we make a heaven here on earth. God vnll take caie
of the light business hereafter; He expects us to look after it
^^“^e primary agencies of light are: The Home,i'The Church,
TVip School Society, Nature. This is a five-pointed star that
must shine’through the darkest night lest the wayfarer lose his
"^^^‘The first is the most important. It is like the foundation
stone of a building. It is God’s first institution est^^^^
the verv morning of time and never abrogated. You lathers ana
motS Snnot run a home in a Ford car jir a mowng picture
I have no kick with either of these—a Ford has done me
ffood sei-vice when a Packard failed, and the movies have fumish-
fd me™y an hour of fun and information-but neither is a
^°^“The^chTrch stands today at the cross roads of history. The
qionboards of God have been lettered with the blood of four thou
sand vearl The light of Sinai and Calvary shines full upon the
way. world on national hate, of class hate, of
• i-n Hnrk Which wav will the church go; Will it
sp^d itself on creeds and ceremonies and self
Sft follow ?he leadership of
and apply itself to( transform men to the task of human b
schools are, in
about over the room,
them toward some object. In reality,
he is not seeing the things before his
eyes; but if the person sitting near him
notices' his eyes set toward the paper
of another student, he is sure to be
lieve that cheating is taking place. In
a case of this kind it is not fair, to
either the one doing the reporting or
to the one reported to have the latter
clause in the pledge. Nine of ten
times ihe person suspected of cheating
would be guilty of dishonesty, but per
haps the tenth person would be inno
cent. Let him be the one to say
whether he has cheated. In all prob
ability, if he has received aid, he will
deny the fact. Tn a case of that kind,
if the accused has -a better reputation
than the accuser, the latter will be
branded as untruthful. As an illustra
tion I will give a true occurrence
which took place recently. A student
who was held as one of the finest,
most honest, Christian gentlemen of
the entire student body last year was
cheating by a girl of less
The minute I
speech in which he made this state
ment: “Work hard all the days of your
life, young men and women, and suc
cess will come out yonder.” Observa
tion through his thirty years of serv
ice at Mars Hill prompted such
statement.
—B. M. Canup
their'\voS! thpu distinct classes—the fundamental,
the cultural, and the vocational or technical.
’■•It is the duty of the ?tata to pro^ie tha
" to ?VchiW in
provide It “godless of whether that chUd is in the city or in the
'n^cS’nrda/SnSrnf ?K&rpe”nS SSe
and new methods to perform the task. In this opened struggle
for the race, let me sing with the poet;
We rise on stepping stones of our dead selves
To higher things.
life; to you, young
‘Let There Be Light,
accused
important position
heard the report I felt angry toward
the girl. I could not believe her be
cause I had more confidence in the
person she was accusing than I had in
her. There was no other person to
corroborate her accusation. This year
the young man in question has ad
vanced to a position of honor. His
word would probably stand with that
of even the members of the faculty.
But since school has opened this year,
I have seen him doing what I thought
was cheating. I am not sure that he
cheated: yet It appeared to be so. If
I had reported him, and if I had signed
the pledge as it now stands, I would
have been forced to say that in all
probability he had cheated. I might
have reported an innocent person. Even
if he is guilty I can only accuse him.
I have no other person by whom I
can prove that he has been dishonest
this year. Then If I make an accusa
tion against him, I will be giving the
world a chance to question his charac
ter and also mine.
It is mj; desire to help promote hon
esty, honor, truthfulness and all like
virtues; but I cannot attach my name
to a questionable clause that may Le
the means of blotting the name of some
Innocent person. I care not how many
questions one may ask me to answer,
in a pledge. In regard to my own hon
esty, but let my fellowman speak for
his own heart. Tho clause in question
is absolutely too strict in its present
SUNSHINE IN THE SHADOWS
■Why should one love and not be
loved? This is the question that comes
to more than one sooner or later. The
heart beats itself nearly lifeless against
its own prison walls and at last frees
Itself. It takes its flight to castles
high and lifted up only to find every
door closed against it. It takes up its
flight again and again in search of a
haven only to return weary after a
fruitless attempt to gain its victory.
Falling prostrate upon its prison floor
pierced through with many arrows, it
cries out for mercy and peace.
The keepers in the palaces have been
accused of shutting my heart out in a
cold and unfriendly world. The clouds
gather and the shadows fall until every
ray of hope seems to be gone. But
hark-! A small voice speaks, “Lift up
thyself from thy prison floor and look
through thy veil of tears and see that
the world needs you. It is dying for
true love, but your time has not yet
come. Wait thou in patience.”
Again my heart is stilled and flut
ters out of its prison to greater heights
than before. The world seems larger;
the sun shines brighter; yet there is no
resting place.
At last. I have seen the meaning, the
full meaning of it all, though I could
not at first. I had been too eager and
too impatient to wait upon God. It
was the great Keeper of the Universe
Himself who closed the gates against
my heart that it might be kept out of
a still greater prison; that it might
grow larger; that it might sustain oth-
October! C-ll’s! Baile
What more is needed for a dellS
ful first hike of the term than a 6
geous October day, fifty energ
young people, and a tall mountain
climb? Saturday morning, October
the C-11 class enjoyed Its first out
Evidently we were not quite acC
tomed to the pleasure, or were so^
cited, or had “our minds on hl8
things” as our sponsor remarked;
forgot part of our lunch and had
send back for iL We had, howe'
the whole day before us. and the 3'
was not regretted. j
Those who have been on Bailey W
the joy of the climb and the insp
tion of the view. After our plen|
lunch we had extemporeanous speei
by different member of the class, I
cial “uke” selections and songs. “Sli
Strickland received the prize for tel
the biggest original lie. Our spot
Mr. Stringfleld. talked to us for a
minutes. He talked on some of
future plans for class work, for
gift of service to the school, and
mark we are making before our fe
classmates.
The slight rain as we came hom«
not dampen our spirits,
was well spent for all.
for the
I FORGOT
When I waa out a little chap,
A little eight year tot.
They wanted me to say a speech;
I tried, but I forgot.
In eight more years I was sixteen,
The age to plan and plot.
I tried to speak before a crowd—
I sputtered, then forgoL
souls from its greater depths.
J. B. Bolt
form to have the moral support of all
the people. It should be amended or
ended. At any rate, give a person
freedom of conscience.
—Geo. T. Greenway.
At twenty-eighL in politics,
I thought I’d cast my lot;
But when time came to make a sp
My platform I forgot.
I’m older now; my hair Is gray.
I’m sailing on death’s yacht.
I could have been a greater man
If I had not forgot.
—Geo. T. Gree
I owe all my success In life to
Ing been always a quarter of an
beforehand.—Lord Nelson.
The darkest hour in any man’
Is when he sits down to plan b
get money without earning it—H
Mann.
Point thy tongue
truth.—Pindar.
on the am