ON TO
RALEIGH
BE OUT TO
THE GAME
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MARS HILL, N. C., OCTOBPHl 22, 1927.
HILOMATHIANS CELEBRATE
their 37TH ANNIVERSARY
Number 3
Plan of Weekly Pro-
- g^ram Followed
I-li the faculties. with which we
I endowed for our intellectual be-
1 require the full vigor, the just
jportion, and harmonious opera-
of them all. To prove this
•position more satisfactorily was
motive of the Philomathian Lit-
•ry Society as it commemorated its
h anniversary. It marked the
BOILING SPRINGS
MARS HILL DEFEATS
PLE.MMOXS STARS IN
ENCOUNTER
INITIAL
AltKoug’h the game was played in
a sea of mud and a drizzling rain,
the first second and third teams of
Mais Hill defeated Roiling Springs
59—0. The game was featured by
.. , , repeated long gains on the part of
,h endeavor of a spirited organi-!, Mars Hill backs. Plemmons, Rum
aon, with the 37th change in a
4ective personage. The night of
*• 8, 1927 will be remembered by
iny for years, not because of the
aeatableness of the progi'am, but
:ause it was suited to hearts that
® the society.
■'loom filled the October-the-eighth
7 and the rain continually lent
1 aid in making the long-dry soil
thoroughly plastic and disagree-
substance. Despite the con-
lons prevailing, the representa-
es of the program felt the. throb
expectancy and expected, in turn,
J loyal throb of other Philoma-
ans and sister Clios. And ■w^hen
'en-thirty ticked itself aw^ay on
'ting time, the college and au-
orium gave itself up to mixed
otions, granting that a building
^ possess sentiments. . Probably
f Trest'-im^essive thing it felt
s the untamable buoyancy of the
•gram makers. Dressed in blue,
^ stylish black bow ties, their
betraying the thrill of the
dr> they did look, indeed, to be
j picture of real youth. The old
chapel could, not escape,
I'cr, the fine spirit of the audi-
mixed as it was With Eutha-
as. Nonpareils and Clios, and
ier Well-wishing Philomathians.
gin the auditorium could not be-
‘tne excellence of its own adora-
n, for from the back to the front
shov,-ed the touch of artistic
id., evidently fcmajc.
(The
inarsiials—according to Web-
r, the ones in charge of arrang-
■ ceremonies—^%vere eo.ual to the
^sion and provided for the com-
i" nf all present. The stage was
•ora'ted most beautifuly. Above
! -^i-irge opening, the Philomathian-
n banner was proudly perched,
in the background, were hung
cr banners, one Phi banner
« nne Clio, both being gifts of
' ever -loyal Clio sisters. The
P ng lamp, near the piano, bore
Pcw crown, this too, being the
sent of loving Clios. The so-
y colors, blue and white, fur-
' ^e color combination. The
' lights pi'es-sed their rays
double .shades, giving to the
ence the dim but beautiful glow
imxed blue and white.
J^i the representatives fill their
-cs Uke heroes? Only those who
™ the program know. They fell
’ of the best, but they
•Poached their best as near as
P3-H effort could hardly allow.
after another, the speakers
jSe from their chairs and came
ard to greet the audience. No
, ^ speakers was satisfied
his own calibre; yet the pro-
will live in the memories of
res of youths for many an event-
year. The numbers of the pro-
w were rendered thus:
)ration-“The Station of the In-
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felt and Suggs found little difficulty
in reeling off long gains. When the
backs became tired, Furches was af
forded little opposition in complet-
ing passes to the ends and backs.
The longest gain by the aerial route
was registered when Furches shot
the pig-skin to Isenburg, who raced
CO yards for a touchdown. Though
the backs played a wonderful game,
the line was there also. It was the
linesmen who carried the Boiling
Springs defense down the field on
their shoulders.
The real high light of the ganu:
was the capering of Plemmons in
his initial varsity game. He wanted
to tote the ball on every play. The
.spectators soon became accustomed to
watching him wiggle up the field
for long gains. Plemmons is in the
midst of his third year on the Mars
Httl shuaf, and it iooics as if he is
in for a great year on the gridiron.
There was a small bunch of loyal
supporters willing to brave the in
clement weather to witness the game,
but aside from a few lad.v members
of the faculty the females just were
not there. It is hoped that arrange
ments will be made for them to at
tend. It is all to uphold the honor
of the school in athletics as one of
the major activities of thi scliool,
and it is almost as ea.sy to wrap
up in slickers and view a game from
under the friendly protection of an
umbrella as it is to get out and
wallow' in the mud half the afternoon.
NONPARFIIS PRESENT
INTERESTJNGjPROGRAM
Japanese Play Featiires
A very interesting progi-am wa.s
rendered in the Eu-Non Hal! Thurs
day afternoon, .September 29. Fol
lowing the devotional exercises con
ducted by the chaplain, a dialogue,
“Two of T':em,’’ wms given by Ruth
Bobo and l.llen Royall Jones. Nellie
Powell and Louise Woody then ren
dered a duct, “The Witches Flight.’'
Raymonia Gille.spie gave in a eharm-
ing manner an original poem b.v
Katherine Roberts.
One of the most enjoyable fea
tures of the afternoon was a few
numbers played by’ the Non Orches
tra. Those playing were: Mary Sue
Gribble, Gene Allen,- Bobbie Freeman,
Helen Tillery, and the Ha.ves sisters.
All present were delighted by these
numbers and are anticipating with
much pleasure another appearance of
the orchestra.
A sketch on “The Life of .Saint
Saem” was given by Mary Ellis.
.\manda Springs and Elizabeth
Greene gave conundrums which wei’e
unusually good.
After a short bu.siness session the
Society adjourned.
On the follow’ing Thursday, Oc
tober 5th, a lovely Japanese pro
gram was presented. The setting
.wps ajj.-equiiUely^U>autiful Japase.se
garden. The program w-as g'iven as
follow's;
Vocal Solo, “In Japan,” Alice
Beckwith.
Play—“Her Father’s Will,” Daisy
Martin, Take Chan; Ray Gillespie,
O Kiku San; Inna Henderson, The
Tailor; Ada Barefood, Taro Loing;
Helen Moody, Matsu Ming.
Japanese Fan Drill—Ten girls.
Piano Solo—Mary Sue Gribble.
The parts were acted in unic(ue
Japanese co.=tumes.
-Lfter the program the visitors
were recognized, among whom were
Mrs. Woodrow' and Mi.ss Wengert.
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MARS HILL FALLS BEFORE
OAK RIDGE ELEVEN 19 TO 0
B. S. UTCONFEREN^i
BE HELD RALEIGH ®Smonritars
SPIRIT OF BIR.MINGHAM
CONTINUES
With ■ the oneninp- of the soliol.i.
The Mars Hill football team along'
with a goodly number of .support
ers motored to Asheville Saturday,
On Oct. 28-30, next, there is to
be held at Pullen Hall, N. C. Slate
Colege, Raleigh, North Carolina, a
State-Wide Baptist Student Confer
ence for the year ’27-’28.
The eyes of over 3,000 Baptist
students throughout the state are
being focused with intense interest
on this approa'ching confei’ence a.s
they turn, one by one, from theii-
summer’s vacation, to assume the
duties and respomsibilities of the
campus and classroom.
At the great South-wide Birming
ham Conference it was set apart
that each of the Southern states
would have their individual confer
ences for the next few’ years, thus
allowing the State-w-ide organization
of IJ. S. U. to be nurtured more
fully by their own resources until
it should develop more completely
into the true beauty of purpose
encompa.ssed by it, that, in the
spirit of the Birmingham Conference
of rndking “Ohi fst. Master df m.v'
Generation.”
Since that day in Birmingham
when each .state received its glow’-
ing challenge, the conference lead
ers have felt in deep .sincei-ity the
magnitude of the task and in turn
have been imploring, almost con-
1 stantly, the guidance, wisdom and
Mars Hill, but it is hard to concede
them a three touehdo>vn better team
than the Mars Hill eleven. It will
be remembered that the two teams
battled to a 0-0 tie last year and
Mars Hill used practically the same
team in both games. It was rather
a surprise to the local fans when
the game went as it did.
The referee called the captains of
the two elevens to the center of the
field, and Mars Hill found favor with
the coin. Bill Dockery chose to re
ceive and the battle was on. Mars
Hill received the kick-off but fumbled
on the first play. Oak Ridge recover
ed and in a short while she had
bucked the Mars Hill line for the
first touchdown. Mars Hill elected t >
receive again, and this time Fuzz
Anderson returned the kick-off to the
35 yard line. Bill Suggs ripped off
10 yards on the first play; on the
next Rumfelt skiited around right
end for a nice gain. Fui'ches attemp
ted a p^ss but w’as thrown for a
heart-rending loss when the ‘ Oak
Ridge backs broke through the line
on him. The ball se-sawed back and
forth the remainder of the quarter.
Oak Ridge opened up another fierce
attack at the beginning of the second
quarter, but Mars Hill took on' a
resemiblance of her real self and
held the Cadets at bay. It was at
power of the Holy Spirit that the.se this period that Joyner, a late ar-
conferences may be the greatest yet | rival in the Mar.s Hill camp, began
in the history of B. S. U.
In the light of this vision plans
have been made to promote this
series of conferences that will affect
not only North Carolina students.
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Memory of Founders Commemorated by
Program; Much Interest Is Manifested
Throughout a day seasoned by the
recollection of sweet old memories,
the friends of Mars Hill College, on
October 12, did honor to those w'ho
have labored, struggled, and prayed
that the institution might live and
prosper. A spirit that can be known
only to those who see a great dream
about to be fulfilled or those who
have lately been visited with a great
er vision was hovering about the al
most completely filled auditorium
when the program of the day was
begun by the .singing of “O Wor
ship the King.”
Dr. J. J. Slattery of Henderson
ville, after he had briefly expressed
his opinion that Mars Hill has al
ready passed through the wilderness
and is now in the beginning of an
unparelleled development, read as the
scripture lesson Deuteronomy 8:14,
and lead the audience in prayer.
Mr. J. R. Sams of Columbus was
slated to pay tribute to those early
teachers who really did things for
the school because they loved youth
and loved to serve it. Great was
the regret that Mr. Sams was un
able to be present in person al
though he spoke from a paper
through the lips of Dr. Moore and
told several interesting things about
the early workers.
Mrs. Pauline Griffin Scarborough,
of Wendel sang with great passion
and force a solo which was follow
ed by an address “My Ideal Teach
er,” by President J. B. Hough of
Wingate Junior College. “It is good
to be home again,” declared Mr.
Wingate, “and I hope that these two
sister institutions may walk together
as a unit tow’ard the common goal.
“My ideal teacher must be imagin
ary; but, as Browning said, ‘What
I aspired to be and was not, it
comforts me,’ the ideal is the mark
in excellency. First of all the ideal
teacher must love the work better
than anything else, and no other
could possibly do the work in one
of the denominational schools. The
ideal teacher must be enthusiastic
and lose self in the beauty and gran
deur of the work. There is no place
for the mechanical person, but the
course should be taught so well that
the pupils wouD. think it the best,
be it Latin or Mathmetics, or what
not. The ideal teacher must know
his subjects in all the related as
pects. The desire to search for truth
and a love for truth must be in
spired into the breast of every pupil.
“The ideal teacher need.s to see
the whole of life in one big view,
the completed task as it should be
10, 15, or 25 years ahead.
“The ideal teacher must be able
to inspire, must implant vi.sions and
ideals, must picture enticingly ser
vice as a blessing to mankind no
matter what the capacity may be.
“The ideal teacher mu.st have an
abounding human sympathy. The
teacher must work because of an
overflo-wing love for humanity. The
time was when very little apparatus
was in the school’s possession; yet
great men were produced. It is the
spirit of the teacher that counts.
“The ideal teacher must be a Chri.s-
tian and radiate Christ in speech, in
conduct, in thought; every fibre
must be .saturated ■with God’s will.
“Then with these things the teach
er niust have the proper outlook on
life, correlating each subject to its
proper importance in the world of
affairs.”
to air the good boys from down state
out. Oak Ridge failed to gain through
the line and lost the ball on downs.
Suggs booted the ball out of dange)'.
On the next nlr.j the .same “Ole”
Bill intercepted a forward pass and
returned it .several yards before he
was brought to the ground. Mai's
Hill again lost the ball by one of
her costly fumbles; however the ball
was recovered on the next play by
the same route. Furches passed to
Suggs for 10 yards, and the half
ended.
Mars Hill started her best drive
of the day with the beginning of the
third quarter. All things looked fa
vorable to an early touchdown. Both
Plemmons and Suggs did some nice
line plunging and a pass from Fur-
clies to Isenburg netted 8 i^ards.
Mars Hill had the Cadets in the
shadow of the goal posts when on
a fake place-kick the Cadets nailed
Furches before he could deliver the
pass as prescribed. The ball changed
hands ,and Oak Ridge punted out
of the uncomfortable position. The
quarter ended with the ball in Oak
Ridge’s possession on Mars Hill’s
40 yard line.
After a few minutes of play in
the final period Oak Ridge added
another touchdown via the forward
pass route.
Oak Ridge again kicked off. Mars
Hill received and attempted a pas.s
which was intercepted and carried
unmolested for a touchdown through
the entire Mars Hill backfield.
The remainder of the game was
spent with Oak Ridge using a variety
of time-killing devices.
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