Southern
Association
American
AssociaUon
Volume 1
MARS HILL, N. C., DECEMBER 16^ 1926.
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Plars Hill Enters Association
—Emitted to Junior College
— Division at Mississippi
Meeting
'ork Commended by Accrediting Body
24 High' Schools Attend Readers’ - Declaimers Meet
Due to the fact that Mars Hill Junior
J>llege did not, prior to this year, have
^ application for membership in the
Bsociatlon of Colleges and Secon.tary
Jhools of the South filed with the com-
ittee which examined all applicants,
le was not admitted to the asosc’ation
U this year. The committee before
hich Mars Hill sood a satisfactory test
insisted of W. J. Battle, of the Unlver-
ty of Texas; H. W. ^hase, president
t the University of North Carolina;
■lean H. D. Fleming, of Vanderbilt
"niversity; H. V. Key, president of Mill-
ap College; George Butler, president of
16 Junior College of Augusta, Georgia;
lean Miller, of the University of Mis-
luri; and H. M. Patterson, of the Uni-
ersity of Louisville, Kentucky. The
iregoing names represented the college
ivision of the committee; the following
nes represent the high school division:
Superintendent BCarwood, of Virginia;
-'•nd Superintendent Wright, of Mobile,
-Via,
Mars Hill Junior College was repre-
ented at the association In the fai;,
louth by Bean Carr and Vice-President
Clllot, through the efCorte of whom the
chool was admitted under the Junior
College division. Mars Hill has for sev-
Tal years been a member of the Amer-
can Association, and for ten years the
Dgh School Department of the Junior
College has been a member of the
Southern Association under the provis-
on for secondary schools. The entrance
^f the College Department into this na-
_^lonally recogmlzed accrediting agency
lives the college a coveted rating
hroughout the nation, for the South-
>rn Association of Colleges and Second
ary Schools Is the highest accrediting
leency in this section.
Membership in this association Is
•ased upon physical equipment, labora-
*ries, library, buildings, faculty, and
tndowments. Prior to this year there
jrere only two junior colleges in the
•-*ssociatlon. The seven admissions of
"■his year, however, make a total of
^ue. Mars Hill being the only one in
•'lorth Carolina. The association now
ionsists of ninety senior and nine junior
solleges.
President R. L. Moore, who is now
'erving his thirtieth year at the head
Mars Hill, deserves much credit for
progress of this college. When he
_,issumed the presidency, he had few
--eachers and students, poor equipment,
little financial support. Through
® y-6ars of his administration he has
^rked Indefatigably, sometimes against
odds, until he has built up a
hool of peerless character, having 36
^^ers and administrative officers,
«ldes assistants; about five hundred
fi*lents, over three hundred of which
^ lu the College Department. Under
' ^'Inilnlstratlon the school has risen
'ui a place of obscurity to a school
^y accredited In North Carolina, in
^ A.merlcan Association, and in the
athem Association.
E’resldent Moore, besides being a
in educational progress in West-
1 North Carolina, Is a firm believer
the junior college Idea and its place
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APPALACHIAN TRAINING
SCHOOL FALLS
In one of the fastest and snappiest
games ever played on the local court.
Mars Hill defeated the Appalachian
Training School quintette in one of the
hardest fought games of the season.
This game furnished a thrill for every
chill. The training school has one of
the fastest dribbling teams ever enter
tained by the local club. Mars Hill got
the first tip-olf and scored a goal. The
second tip-off carried the same results.
Then the Training School opened up
an attack which netted them a total
of three points. After this small breach
Mars Hill kept increasing the gap till
at the end of the first half the score
stood 23-9.
In the second half of the game the
visitors repeated their attack which, if
it had been continued, would have re
suited in a closer score. In this period,
however, the visitors scored sixteen
points to our fifteen. The game was
hard fought from the first to the last
whistle.
The features of the game were the
passing and accurate shooting of Nixon;
the clever passing and foot-work of our
little forward. King; the fioor general
ship of Suggs and Revell; the excellent
guarding and shooting of Lewis, our
only letter man, and the headwork of
Travis Suggs, although not of the first
five, promises to be one of our most
reliable men before the season closes.
The outstanding star of the visitors
was Gambill. He is one of the fastest,
coolest, and cleanest players seen on our
court. He played fast basketball
throughout the game.
Clio Anniversary
Great Success
Unique Program Calls Forth Largest
Crowd in the History of
the Society.
MORE B. Y. J. U. STUDY
COURSE SEALS
As a result of the B. Y. P. U. Study
Course held here a short time ago,
there were approximately five hundred
and fifty awards granted—this number
does not Include those granted to the
Mars Hill High School which ran up
toward the hundred mark. It is safe
to say that the combined number of
awards granted to Mars Hill College
and Mars Hill High School makes a
grant total that has never been sur
passed by any educational center in the
South. Since the South leads the North
in the field of B. Y. P. U., and the
United States leads the world In this
work, it may be safely said that Mars
Hill holds a world record in awarding
seals.
Dramatic Club
Program
“Cain’t watch love too close, honey,
jes’ let it shine, an’ go alone yo’ way
and be glad. Keep yo’ eyes on the
fiowers, honey, an’ laugh, an’ love will
follow you wherever you go. Don’t go
blind, honey; don’t go blind.”
Saturday evening at eight o’clock,
December 18, 1926, everyone is cordial
ly invited to the college auditorium for
the Dramatic Club play, ’’Mammy’s Lll
Wild Rose,” a three-act comedy-drama
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In staging the celebration of their
thirty-sixth anniversary, the Clio Lit
erary Society, on November 27, pre-
.sented to an over-packed audience the
best program of its kind ever put on
in the history of the society. The ideal
stage arrangement, representing the
lawn and portal of a southern colonial
home, and the quaint colonial costumes
of all participating in the performance
truly characterized the sunny South
“in the days of old, when knights were
bold, and barons held their away.”
The program for the evening consist
ed of the following:
Tableau .. •
Bessie Sams
Prayer
Mr. McLeod
Piano Duet—“Marche Militaire”
Schubert
Virginia Frady, Elizabeth Spangler
Oration... .“Colonial Flower Gardens
Gilma Baity
Piano Quartette—“Miserere”—From “H
Trovatore” Verdi
Edwina Dalrymple, Mamie Lee, Sallle
Warren, Mary Saunders
Reading—^From “Uncle Remus ...
Joel C. Harris
Myrtle Barnette
Interpretation of Listz’s “Liebestraum”
Nell Bishop
Artist’s Love Dream. The Dance of
the Statues. Artist, Sallie Wingo
Ladies— Gentlemen—
Reba Tipton Myrtle Blevins
Luna Cranfill Singleton
Poem—“Minuet”
Ethelyn Bynacker
Vocal Trio — “W^ hen Grandmother
Dreams” Beethoven
Eva Ensley, Nell Bowles, Pauline
Sitton
Minuet—“Minuetto” fi-om “Don Kio-
vanni” W. A. Mozart
Luclle Hamby
Introduction
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C-I CLASS WINNING IN
BASKETBALL
In the three games that the C-I’s
have played this year, they have shown
excellent team work. The first game,
which was played with the C-II Class
ended with the C-J’s winning a 20-17
victory. The second game was played
with the A-lII’s over whom the C-I’s
were again victorious. The C-I Class
losit to the C-II in the third game by
a narrow margin of two points. The
lineup for this game was as follows.
C-I C-ll
Lyles . R. F. Allen
Nixon L. Princo
West C Smith
Stewart ■. .R. G S. Parker
Travis L. G Welch
This series of games will continue
after Christmas. The entire C-I class
is backing It^ team.
Christmas Musical
Program Announced
'rho climax of the chorus work for
this year will be in the program of
Christmas music which will be given in
the church on Sunday evening, Decem
ber 19, at 7:30 o’clock. Much c.areful
work and preparation has been given to
this program and each member of the
chorus will give his very best; thus, we
are anticipating it with much pleasure.
This year over a hundred students
have given themselves to chorus work,
a greater number than in any previous
year. Every single member deserves
especial mention for the faithful and
earnest work that has been given.
The girls and boys have been divided
into different groups for practice and
they meet together when each part has
been thoroughly learned. ’Those mem
bers of the faculty directing the work
with the girls are: Misses Elma and
Thelma Fleetwood and Mrs. Owene;
with the boys are: Mrs. Wilkins and
Miss Diggers. Especial mention, too.
should be given these members of the
faculty who have so unselfishly given
their time and efficient but hard work-
The most beautiful and outstanding
number of the entire program will he
the Christmas Cantata. “The Adora
tion” hy George B. Nevin.
The program will be as follows: Con
gregational singing of Christmas hymns,
hymns.
Devotional by the pastor, Mr. Owen.
Chorus, “Calm on the Listening Ear
of Night” Harker
Solo “The Ilnfant Jesus” Yon
Mrs. Strlngfield
Reading, “The Light” from "Ben Hur”
Wallace
Miss Wlngert
Solo, “A Christmas Lullaby”... .Wilson
Miss Fleetwood
Cantata, “The Adoration” Nevin
1. Chorus, "O Come. All Ye Faithful”
2. Solo, “Behold, a Virgin Shall Come”
G- T. Cornwell
3. Chorus, “ AWonderful Guest”
4. Solo, “There Once Came a Glory”
Wm. Hughes
5. Quartet, “In Reverent Awe and
Solemn State”
Mrs. Stringfield, Mrs. Owen, Misses
Fleetwood
6. Girls Chorus, “Lullaby”
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RUTHERFOlU), SPINDALE,
AND FRUITLAND WINNERS
MARS HILU TO BE
ANNUAL
HOST
Mars Hill To Debate
Furman’s Team
The Debate Council met on Monday,
December 6, to discuss the question of
arranging the inter-collegiate debates.
Nothing has been definitely decided ex
cept a dual debate with the Furman
teams. The -question for this debate
will be “Resolved, 'That the United
States should cancel her debt with her
allies, made during her participation
in the World War.”
A triangular debate is not fully de
cided upon for the firls. Virginia In
terment and Cullowhee are being con
sidered. East Tennessee Normal and
Hiawassee are being considered for the
boys. We are hoping to close these de
hates at an early date in order that our
teams may begin working.
In the Western North Carolina Read
ers’ and Declaimers’ Annual Cont&t
held at Mars Hill College and sponsowSd
by that same institution twenty-four
high schools, located in twelve countiss,
were represented. The high schools bh-
tering the contest, the representatives,
and the readings and declamations ren
dered follow: Clyde High -School, Zora
Mae Deston, As the Moon Rose, and
Earnest McCracken, The Death-Bed Mf
Benedict Arnold; Drexel High School,
Orpha Settermyre and Everett Abee:
Walnut High School, Jane Monw,
LiUy Bervosse’s Ride; Swannanoa High
School, Helen Reighard, Bart of Tom
Sawyer; Cove Creek. Higli -School, Re
becca Taylor. The lAttle Rebel, and Roy
Allison. Savannah’s Apple of Courage;
Mars Hill High School, Slieron Buckner.
Bagar and Judson Edwards, An Ideal
Education; Valley Springs High Schonl.
Ella Lyde, The Cabin Is Empty Again,
and Gains Allen. The Black Horse jMid
Bis Rider; Rutherfordton-Spindale High
School, Libby Minner, The Black Blite-
Orasa Widow, and John Killian, Genius
of Patriotism; Fletcher High Schi^.
Ida Lee Poteat. Yes I'm Guilty, and
John Bagwell, If I live TiU Sundown;
EUenboro High School, Gertrude PhSl-
beck, Betty at the Ball Game, and Hu
bert Cooper, My Country, My Mot&er,
My God; AshevlUe High School, Doris
Troutman, Romola and Savonarola, and
Francis Hulme, The Homes of the Peo
ple; Fruitland Institute, Madge Ward,
The Recall of Eeve, and John Sinclair,
The Roman Sentinel; Mills River High
School. Gladys Young, Too Date for.His
Train, and Wade Erittian. Spartacus to
the Gladiators; Robbinsville High
SchooL Eloise Tatum, Engineer Con-
ner'a Son, and James Barnette, Spar
tacus to the Gladiators; Clearmont HJgh
School, Francis Howell, Aunt BetsysAn
the Storm, and Harold Duncan, JThe
Rew South; Cool Springs High School,
Gaia Bridges, Old . King Pharoah’s Day,
and W. M. Ayers, Prince of Peace; Ed-
neyville High School, Edna Mae White-
sides, ’Ostler Joe, and Glenn Jones.
Wor; Cfiiffslde High School, Lula Abb
Goode, and Paul Nanney; Cullo’idiee
Training School, Clara McGuire, S'he
Bells, and Hillard Henson. The Consti-
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CALENDAR
December 13—7:30 P- M.—Science
Club; 4:00 P. M.—W. M. S. (local).
December 16—7:00 P. M.—Dramatic
Club.
December 18—7:30 P. M.—Annual
play given by the Ehepression Depart
ment: 4:00-6:00 P. M.—G-2 social.
December 20—4:00 P. M.—Padiht-
Teacher Association of the Sunday
School.
December 21, ’Tuesday — Cm^mas
holidays begin.
December 26- -CHHIHTMAS DAY.
January 3. Monday—Christmas holi
days close.
January 4, Tuesday—Class work Ibe-
gins.