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The Hilltop, Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, N. C.
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OCTOBER IN HISTORY
Entered at the Postoffice, Mars Hills, N. C., as second class Matter,
February 20, 1926.
Member North Carolina College Press Association
STAFF
Faculty Director MR. CORPENING
Editor J. GLENN TRAVIS
Associate Editor : MARY HAMBY
MANAGERIAL
Business Manager CARL MEARS
Advertising Manager EDWIN HAYNES
Circulation Manager LLOYD CAIRNES
DEPART.^IENT EDITORS
Religious REBA LOWE
Athletics SAM MILLER, DEAN PLEMMONS
•socaety ED HARRELL
Clubs BARBARA FREEMAN
Jokes O. JACK MURPHY
Poetry ' RAYMONIA GILLESPIE
Exchange ZELMA BENNETT
Community GLENN WHITT
ANNIVERSARIES
Anniversaries! What a thrill this
word brings to the true society mem
ber. Since the opening of this ses
sion the work has been moving along
with renewed impetus for higher
attainments in each of the socie
ties. There seems to be a strong
determinatdin on the part of every
member to make this year the best
in the history of his society.
We are going to train ourselves to
express our thoughts with clearness
and accuracy. We realize that this
is one of the essentials of an edu
cation; therefore much stress is laid
on this part of the work, for there
is always a place in life’s game for
the diligent person. “The world be
longs to the energetic.”
The four societies are trying to
develop the social and literary side
of life, to have a broader and bright
er outlook upon life, and are striv
ing for things that are higher and
more worth while.
WWare looking forward with' plea
sure to the programs to be given
at the anniversaries of these .socie
ties. A great deal of thought and
planning is always given to them.
All who attend may expect not
only to ibe entertained but also bene-
fitted, for every one who has a part
is well aware that “He that doeth
other than his very best is a fail
ure.” . —Mary Hamby
the power and fame of Mars Hill
College. It is not the mortar and
bricks that make a school. It is the
teachers and students.
The principal address will be given
by Dr. Francis P. Gaines, the re
cently elected President of Wake
Forest ’College. He has the repu
tation of being a very forceful speak
er. We are hoping to see many of
the former teachers and students on
the hill for this delightful occasion.
—Mary Hamby.
FOUNDERS DAY
Founder’s Day, one of tlie out-
.standing days of the college year,
will be observed October 12th. Last
year suitable tributes were paid to
the various individuals who have
made material gifts to the college
from time to time and are largely
responsible for the p’nysical equip
ment of the school.
rids year recognition will be given
former teachers whose sacrificial la
bors have done much to make the
college what it is today. They go
on living in the lives of the scores
of fine men and women who have
gone out from the institution in
pa.st years. To them is due much of
There is company in which one
feels a compelling power toward the
good, the higher, and the nobler
things. Some company creates in
one a desire to help somebody, to
rise upward and makes one feel
that all things may easily be con
quered, that all things are within
his grasp. On the other hand there
are certain associates which create
in one a de.sire to do something of
a risque nature. The standards ad
hered. to. in i most company somehow
lose the restraining influence and
controlling power under the new
pressure, the pressure to be free
and to dare and do. It is possible
that things are done during such
a let down period that would aston
ish those by whom the participant
is held in the highest esteem. There
is no desire to do wrong, but the
influence of the crowd and the
desire to be a regular fellow makes
it so easy to overstep the dividing
line in a moment of recklessness
which cannot be explained. There is
a tiny feeling of enjoyment; conse
quently there is little effort put
forth toward self-control.
Next time the feeling of enjoy
ment is larger, and soon there is
a drawing power which is hard to
resist. It simply cannot be escaped.
There was and is no set determina
tion to do the indiscreet; the appal
ling side is the ease with which
simple vices lead into the complex
states of moral wrong.
The proper movement is to draw
away from those who inspire a de
sire and a daring to do that which
is not all, all right.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY CLUB
The Buncombe County Club, with
a membership of thirty-two, met on
September 7 for the purpose of elect
ing officers. The fololwing officers
were elected:
President, Sammie Morse.
Secretary, William Logan.
Treasurer, James Bailey.
Cheer Leader, William Reeves.
Reporter, Barbara Freeman.
The club is planning peppy, in
structive programs to be given at
the regular meetings of the club.
Preparations are also being made
for a mountain trip or picnic to be
enjoyed in the near future. Every
student who resides in Buncombe
county is invited to participate in
these joys and to contribute his
THE POWERFUL
I feel afraid to pray to One who
made a universe and peopled it; I
feel afraid to ask advice of Him
who masters destiny at will. And
yet, I come with childlike faith to
one who makes a butterfly a pretty
thing and makes a flower sweet, to
One who, all too perfectly, knows
my humanness, my wretched dwarfed
self and then still all-forgiving,
clasps again my hand in perfect
understanding, forgetting my yes
terdays, comforting my todays, and
filling my to-morrows with hopeful
promises.
Raye Gillespie.
aid in making this club one of the
best “all round” clubs on the cam
pus.
October, one of the twelve contri
butors to our year, has given to us
some very outstanding events since
the illustrious Julius Caesar gave
to it a set path on which to tread
its way through the centuries. Poets,
authors, historians, and scientists
have all given their share towards
making the history of this month
worth looking into.
Christopher Columbus, leaving the
Court of Ferdinand and Isabella,
sighted land in America on that
momentous morning of October 12,
1492.
Burgoyne, an English general dur
ing the war in which America re
ceived her - independence from Eng
land, surrendered to the American
troops at Saratoga on October 17,
1777. As the reader vrill perhaps
remember, this was the so-called
turning point of the war. Later,
during the same war, Cornwallis
was surrounded at Yorktown by the
French fleet in the bay. Lafayette
and Washington gained their posi
tions on the land. There, on October
19, 1781, Cornwallis surrendered.
But let us turn to a more modern
age, to an age that borders closely
on to that one in which we live.
On October 21, 1805, Lord Nelson,
an English Admiral, met the Span
ish and French fleets off Cape Tra
falgar. Here in the ensuing battle
the Spanish and French fleets were
put to rout. Although Nelson was
killed, the English have held the
supremacy on the high seas since
that day.
In the nineteenth century a very
stupendous task was completed in
the state of New York. Is was a
canal connecting Lake Erie with the
Hudson River. This made a water
way going westward. It also made
of New York City the largest trade
center in the world. This gigantic
enterprise was completed on Octo
ber 25, 1825 at a cost of $117,602,-
000.
The Statue of Liberty was unveil
ed at Bedloea Island on October 28,
1886 wtih one of the most spectacu
lar celebrations recorded in the an
nals of history.
The first shot fired by the Amer
ican troops during the great World
War was on October 27, 1917.
Not in chronological order, but as
it seems to us now, the founding of
Mars Hill College is the most im
portant event given in the discourse.
Mars Hill College was opened for
its first session in the year 1857.
Founder’s Day is celebrated on Oc
tober twelfth, as in the past. Presi
dents have struggled with their task
at the helm of this institution splen
didly. Some of them have passed
into eternity. All of them have a
record behind that is worth remem
bering. We owe to Mr. Moore, our
president now, the respect and ad
miration for the task that he is ful
filling to the highest degree.
October has brought to cur door
achievement in the form of discov
ery, war, and education.
Wm. B. Logan.
DAYBREAK
Morning in the west. And each
tiny canopy of heaven rosily aflame,
aflame with all the fiery rosy hues
that can grace a western sky at
sunrise, mountains of fire in the
heavens edged in dark blue splen
dour, lead colored clouds in masses
pushing rosy mountains back into
nothingness, strangely beautiful shad
ows distantly blue and perfect, cover
ing red-gold roses, pushing them out
of their arbit. The sky is again beau
tiful and silent. ‘Tis Daybreak.
R. M. G.
Mr. Grubbs (on history class)—
“I have an Americ.an Historical At
las which gives all the maps in
this history. If you want one, see
me.”
Burt Johnson—“Are the maps
drawn? If so, I’ll take two of them.”
HOW TO GRADE YOURSELF
An “A” Student is supposed to be
the best in the class and gets from
94 to 100.
A “B” is the next best in the class
and gets from 88 to 93.
A “C” student is one who gets
from 79 to 87 and is an average
student in the class.
A “D” student, who gets a grade
from 75 to 78; is supposed to
be below the average and at Mars
Hill is conditioned.
The “E” student is one who gets
from 0 to 74. He is supposed to be the
poorest in the class.
The “I” student is one whose work
is still incomplete.
The “F” student of course is one
of total failure.
I am an “A” student when:
1. I consistently do more than is
required of me.
2. I have built a fairly full vocabu
lary.
3. I am always alert and take
an active part in class discussion.
4. I have unusual dependability
in taking assignments.
5. I’m prompt, neat and thorough
in all work and quite often free;
from teachers’ corrections.
6. I know how to use books and
can read rapidly.
7. I have originality and initia
tive in attacking new thoughts and
problems.
8. I can adapt myself to new sit
uations.
9. I have enthusiasm and interest
in my work.
10. I have the ability to apply the
knowledge I have gained to every
day life.
I am a “B” student when:
1. I frequently do more than is
required.
2. I have a good vocabulary and
speak with conviction.
S. Usually alive to the situation
at hand.
4. I am careful to comply with
assignments.
5. I am eager to attack new prob
lems and profit by consti-uctive cri
ticism.
6. I am prompt, neat and usually
accurate in all my work.
7. I have ability to apply the gen
eral principles of the course.
1 am a “C” student when:
1. I do what is reciuired.
2. I possess a moderate vocabulary.
3. I am willing to apply my mind
during the class period.
4. I prepare my daily work com
paratively free from carelessness.
5. Attentive to assignments.
6. I have ability and willingness
to comply with instructions and a
cheerful response to corrections.
7. Reasonably thorough and prompt
in all work.
8. I practice average neatness and
accuracy in all work.
9. I have ability to retain the
general principles of the course.
I am a “D” student when:
1. I usually do what is required.
2. When I attend the class ir
regularly.
3. My tools and equipment are
sometimes lacking.
4. I “misunderstood” the assign
ment frequently.
5. Careless in preparation of as
signments.
6. Willing but mentally slow in
complying with instructions and cor
rections.
7. Lacking in thoroughness and
sometimes tardy with work.
8. Careless in presentation of work.
I am an “E”, “I”, or “F” stu
dent when:
1. I usually do a little less than
is required.
2. I am listless and inactive on
class.
3. Books and equipment often
lacking.
4. Always tardy with work.
5. Seldom knows anything “out
side the lesson.”
6. Retains fragments of the gen
eral principles of the course.
7. I cannot or will no't do the
work.
FOUNDERS DAY AT MARS
HILL COLLEGE OCTOBER I
Program
10:00 A. M.: a
Hymn, “0 Worship the King.”
Reading Scripture and Prayer, Re’l
J. J. Slattery, Hendersonville, N. C.,
Reminiscences of Early Teachel:
of Mars Hill College, Mr. J. R. SamN
Columbus, N. C. '
Vocal Solo, Miss Pauline Griffie
Wendell, N. C.
“My Ideal Teacher,” President il
B. Huff, Wingate, N. C.
Hymn, “Come Thou Almighti
King”. a
11:15 A. M.: t
Address, “The Service of the Tead
er”. President Francis P. Gaind
Wake Forest College, N. C. u
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Paul Brantlef
Wendell, N. C.
12:00 M.: ^
Dinner in Sams Dining Room, ac
Teachers and Trustees sitting, in t
body. ^
1:30 P. M.: ^
Music.
Reading, Mrs. Susan White Curr}
Cienfuegos, Cuba. )
Reading of Greetings from formeC
Teachers w'ho could not be present
Piano Solo, Miss Bernice String
field, Asheville, N. C. |
Greetings from former Teacher
who are present.
Reading, Miss Wingert, Mars Hil
College.
Music. ^
It is a glorious thing to see f
winged bit of life in the sunlighf
It is more perfect still to see it
laugh and love and move with grac4
among its fellows, to watch it stru|
majectically round about a hundref
blooming things and still retain it(
splendour, to watch it flittingl|
cleave the lightsome air; and yeti
some would say, “I saw a butterfly
dart to and fro among some flowers.!
Raye Gillespie. 1
i
When Tate Andrews first came tf
Mars Hill college a sophomore wa^
showing him around the place .Final
ly they came to an apple tree.
Sophomore—“ Look what fine ap
pies we have in Mars Hill.” ^
Tate—“That’s nothing we have
some larger than that in High Point”
Sophomore—“Look at the fine tcj
matoes in Mars Hill.”
Tate—“We have some larger thal
those in High Point.” '
Sophomore—“Then look at cabba;
ges in Mars Hill.” j
Tate—“We have some three time(j
as large in High Point.” n
That night before Tate retire(
some one had put a large terrepil
in his bed. Late in the night he be^
gan to call for his new friend ari
asked what it was that was bitinlj
him. The sophomore said: “They ai)]
Mars Hill bed bugs, do you hav(,
any larger ones in High Point?” .
Madeline May (On Latin Class
“Mr. Huff, do we get our popula^
word “propose” from the Latin wob
POSO?”
Mr. Huff—“Yes Mam, it meari
for him to place himself down F
front of you.” ''
Mr. Lee (On Economics Classj-'c
“Boys don’t be so wasteful. Yo\
chew your costly tobacco and spi^
the juice on the ground.”
Harry Ward—“If I did otherwist,
I might lose a good meal.”
O. J. Murphy. t
Ed Haynes was trying to “bums
his way from Asheville to Mars Hilli
presently he saw the Mighty Haal
show truck coming. >
Ed to the Driver—“Say what aboJ
a ride to Mars Hill ?”
The driver replied—“One monke!
short sir, jump in.”
Robert Barnes—^“Is’nt love grand??
Zelma Bennett—“I don’t know, is it ?