A
NEW
SEMESTER
lume II.
MARS HILL, N. C., FEBRUARY 1, 1928.
Number 7
^ew Endowment Standard ^!ay Endanger Mars Hill
emthern Association
’ Makes Definites Re-
- quirement $200,000
“vhe standing of Mars Hill col-
e has been definitely threatened
a recent enactment of the South-
■■ Association of Schools and Col
es. This most powerful accredit-
agency in the South and one of
■ most influential in America
t.ans much to Mars Hill. Shoult!
be dropped from the list of
^credited institutions, her long
^rs of development and progress
uld seem to have reached an end
_*'®'Pi'oach and shame while her
St days were passed with fewer
dents who vainly hoped for credit
I higher institutions of learning.
1 actual endowment of $200,000 is
requirement! Mars Hill has
an endowment of $25,000 with
dges in the form of notes to the
ount of $20,000 additional,
ihe action of the association is
little thing. Nearly one month
i passed now. Two years from
■jv, and she will have to report to
association again. One year
that time will be given, mak-
^ a total of three years. But tjie
, y fact that Mars Hill had faileo
qualify at the session of the re-
gt would weaken her standing in
eyes of the representatives of
ithem colleges and universities
resented there. They are the
s who will receive our students,
".^re is reason in the require-
^it. State high schools are re-
J^Z enormous amounts for plants
equipment and salaries. Stat
lor colleges will regularly receive
fh more. Universitias have fai
■e resources now than any junio
ege. Yet junior colleges will b
ected to do equivalent work in
fy department for the first two
rs of the college course. State
or colleges will be supplier
0 state funds with amounts suf-
^mt to do this. When our de
^national junior colleges are able
supply only sufficient equipment
Ulan a state high school, then
03-n expect to be classed as a
1 school appealing only to a local
tituency.
only alternative to a $200,000
►wment is to have an endowment
00,000 with an absolute, uncon-
'Ual guarantee of an income
^nting to $10,000 annually and
|^2^nently from some reliable
iJfce other than that received from
student fees. For any school
i©pend upon a denomination for
, will offerings to guarantee that
r “ut when any year the conven-
* might direct otherwise or the
*« fail to respond would be a
rdous undertaking. But even
^uld be better than not at
• The only permanent and re-
pjjs source is an ample endow-
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
FEATURES CHORUS
“COMIN’ THRU’ THE RYE”
HAS STRANGE HISTOl.
® _ ^re loyal hearts, there are
spirits brave,
•ere are souls that are pure and
. true;
• ‘ give to the w6rld the best you'
have,
the best will come back to you
—Madeline Bridges
The music department, though it
has not had much publicity, has
been doing good work.
All the members of the depart
ment have shown tlieir interest, and
with the help of their respective
teachers. Misses Martha Biggers,
Edna Hinton, Kathleen Blackstock,
and Mr. Farr, have been endeavoring
to improve this impoiiant depart
ment of the college cuiTiculum.
One interesting feature of this
department is the chorus w'hich is
open to all students. It is indeed
a great opportunity, for here, free
of charge, one secures vocal train
ing. Many should avail themselve.s
of this opportunity, for the knovrii-
edge of music is a cultural addition
to every person’s life. It is hoped
that many others vcill join in the
work of the chorus for the spring
semester. There are at present Cl
students enrolled. This number con
sists of 22 sopranos, 10 altos, 11
tenors and 16 basses.
The whole student body enjoys toe
musical programs at chapel. The
solo, “Cornin’ Thru’ the Rye,” was
very much enjoyed. This song has
quite a stoange history. The author
is unknown. Bums is usually cred
ited with the words, but it is said
he simply revised an old poem which
refen-ed to the fording of the river
Rye at Dabry in Ayrshire and set
them to an old folk melody. The
tune is known in England as “I’ve
Been Coui'ting At A Lass,”
WHY $200,000.00
ENDOWMENT FOR
MARS HILL?
1. To meet the increased expense
of upkeep in a growing college.
2. To guarantee permanence.
3. To employ more teachers and
to pay them salaries that will en
able them to remain permanently.
4. To meet the requirements of
state schools and equal if not sm--
pass them in efficiency.
The Plan
Immediate;
1. Cash contributions.
2. Notes bearing interest at six
per cent, properly secured, and pay
able at any stated time.
For the future:
1. Insurance policies made to Mars
Hill.
2. Will and Testament.
Contributions for endowment are
truly investments in the lives of
young people and are for the a
v^ancement of God’s ICingdom just as
much as contributions to the church
Interest on notes may therefore be
paid from toe tithe if it is desired'
Mars Hill is great only as her
friends, teachers, and students make
her great.
Miss Pierce Attends
Meeting: of Modern
Lang-uag-e Association
some authorities claim it was orig- ■
inally Engli-sh and not Scotch.
Miss Pierce of the English faculty
attended the forty-fourth meeting of
the Modem Language Association of
i America held in Louisville, Ky. The
750 delegates of this association
comprising a membership of 3,77
educators were officially in sessioi
by 11 o’clock Wednesday morning,
December 28, when eight researc.
groups were assembled in various
I rooms in toe Brown Hotel for the
Just two days after the Christ-1 purpose of discussing vital topics
in our modem languages and Uter-
CLIOS START THE
NEW YEAR RIGHT
Ed Harrell Wins First
Place
mas holidays were over for Mars
Hill students, the PHlomathians stag
ed toe annual contest for the senior
declamation medal. There were 12
contestants.
The judges awarded first prize to
Ed Harrell, second to James Baley,
and third to Wade Worley.
The presiding officer called the
assembly to order, and, after intro
ducing the judges, Mr. Lee, Mr. Mc
Leod, and Mr. Grubbs, he called for
the first speaker.
The speakers and their selections
were: Wade Worley, toe faanous
speech of Patrick Henry; Harry
Isenburg, “The Homeland”; Ed Har
rell, “The Guillotine”; Troy Jones,
Henry Grady on the race problem:
Hoit Smith, “The Unknown Speaker”;
Archie Qualls, on a great soldier of
military genius; Paul Grogan, “The
Corporal of Chancellorsville”; Wade
Brown, “The Roman Sentinel;” Rex
Brown, “Lee, toe Soldier”; Parker
Goodman, “Mark Anthony over toe
Dead Caesar,” by Shakespeare; Jas.
Daley, “I am Innocent of This
Blood.”
It matters not how long we live,
but how. —Bailey
ature. Wednesday afternoon in tof
playhouse of the University of
Louisville, the entire body was cor
diaUy welcomed by Dean W. M
Anderson of the university. In the
general meeting Dr. Ashley Horace
Thorndike of Columbia Universit.v
delivered the presidential address
Following the address there w:
toe presentation of the early Eng-
Ksh comedy, Grammer Gurton’s
Needle. Regular sessions, morning,
afternoon and evening were held
through Friday, December 30.
Dr. Hugo R. Schilling of toe Un
iversity of Califomia was electee'
pi-esident of the association for the
year’ 1928 to succeed Dr. A. H.
ThomdiEe.
The forty-fifth session will Ik
held in toe University of Toronto
Canada.
The purpose of the modern Lan
guage Association of America is ex
pansion of scholarship. Statements
made in the recent meeting shov
that the American scholar is th^
most efficient in the research work
that is necessary to be made fc
this expansion. The new interer
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The Clio Literary Society held its
first meeting of the new year on
Thursday, January 5, 1928. Prompt
ly at 4:10 o’clock the president call
ed the society to order. After the
devotional, she expressed, in a few
words, toe joy of entering upon a
new year of society work. She
really expressed the sentiments of
the entire society, for toe Clios
love society work as nothing else on
the “Hill.”
Each girl .seems to have returned
from toe holidays with renewed res
olutions to make toe' society a suc
cess. Building upon the excellen',
work of the fall semester, the Clios
feel sure that this will be the most
successful year in the history of the
society.
The members strive ever to- up
hold the ideals upon whidi the sp-
ciety was founded which are iden
tical in measure with those of toe
college.
The society thoroughly enjoyed
the interesting impromptu program
that was rendered. Tho-oc taking
part are to be commended upor,
Iheir excellent response. The pro
gram was as follows:
Vocal duet—Mildred Moans and
Opal Iryor.
Reading—Louise Griffin.
Stunt, (Mrs. Rampey, manager),
Johnnie Dixon, Olympia Fletes. Jes
sie Bowman, Osie Bennett, Mary
Agnes Dnttimore, Beatrice McBray^-
or.
Piano Solo—Elizabeth Spangler.
.tokes—Ethel Young and RutI
Jarvis.
Why I Am Going To Be An 01
Maid-—-Julia Rouse.
LEAVE OF ADSENCE
GRANTED TO THREE
MARS HILL TO HAVE NINE-
WEEK SUMMER SCHOO'
Six-Day Week Is Inevitable
Mr. M. A. Huggins
Visits Ministerial
Student Recently
While here recently to attend the
mid-winter session of the trustees,
Mr. M. A. Huggins met with th
ministerial group for a short bu.sr
ness meeting in behalf of toe Bap
tist Board of Education. He mac
an effort to locate some of the foi
mer ministerial students of toe col
lege and made a few remarks a:
to what toe ministerial .stude
should uphold both on and off th
campus.
He then presented the condition.'
of the students which the board
helping at the various Baptd.st
schools of toe state. Due to a lacl
of funds, said Mr. Huggiits, toe stu
dent aid would have to be cut
$2,600 for the present year. Som
of toe students applied for help
but quite a few had the aid droppe
for the year.
We live in deeds, not years; in
thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on the dial
We should count time by heard-throbs
He most lives
Who thinks most, feels the noblest
acts the be.st.
—Bailey
On January 10th that great body
of unsung, unpaid, unselfish, serwing
striving, useful men and womeir,
known as the tru.stees of Mars Hill
College met in the mid-winter ses
sion of the board to consider such
questions as meeting the reciuire-
ments of increased endowment re
cently passed by toe Southern As
sociation of Colleges, the advisability
of adopting a nine-weeks summer-
term iirstead of two six-weeks terms,
and the six day school week.
Following in toe .steps of Wake
Forest and Duke University, Mars
Hill ami perhaps other schools will
have a nine-weeks summer school
term unstead of two six-weeks ses
sions. The time honored six-weeks
summer school is fast losing its’
grip in North Carolina, because it
so little suits the semester hour plan;
however the nine-weeks scheme fits
perfectly into institutions rtm on the
semester-hour schedule. Nine weeks
are to the semester as six weeks are
to toe quarter—one half.
The credits allowed under nine-
weeks temr will be proportionate to
the fonner schedule; whereas, six
semester hours were granted for
merly, now nine hours will be pos
sible during toe summer session.
It is reasonably certain that dur
ing 1928-29 Mars Hill will observe
a six-day week instead of the usual
five days of work. This will mean
that Saturday mornings -will be just
as busy as Fiiday. The library will
be relieved of especially busy days
on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The
class rooms -will not have the days
of rest; nor will the teachers be so
overworked on Mondays, Wednes
days, and Fridays. The courses will
be divided equally so that many
three-hour classes • -will run Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday; thus toe
days will be balanced, and “off-
days” will be no more.
Leave of absence was granted to
Messrs. Lineberry and Corpening for
the year 1928-29, and to Miss Bowden
for toe spring term of 1928. She
will leave for Colombia University
during the first week of February
where she will receive her degree this
year.
A new rule in regard to -visitors
was -passed which requires a fee of
one dollar per day for days in ex
cess of one. Visitors must have res
ervations made for them with the
matrons before entering the dining
hall or sleeping places.
Dr. Vann was elected college phy
sician.
The trustees who attended the
meet were: Dan C. Bryson, Sylva;
N. S. Whitaker, Mars Hill; Rev.
R. J. Bateman, Asheville; G. D. Car
ter, Asheville; Rev. J. B. Grice, West
Asheville, chairman; Weaver Wilson,
Asheville; R. S. Gibbs, Mars Hill;
C. B. Mashburn, Marshall; W. C.
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