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MARS HILL, N. C„ FEB. 25, 1928
Number 9
YLVA AND LEICEST.ER TO PLAY FINALS TONIGHT
Settle Championship of W.N.G.l^AI^SITY DEBATERS
I DEFEAT WOFFORD
)th Teams Won
By Big Scores
PLAY AT 8:00
«AL PROMISES BATTLE ROYAL
Dr. Lyons Continues 1
With His Addresses!
STUDENTS ARE HELPED
BY THE MESSAGES
12-1 Is Decision of the
» the first game of the seim-
als last night Leicesiter defeater
Iva Collegiate Institute 29 to 10.
_Jlofwing this game Sylva High
won from Biltimoi'e 24 to 14.
e two winners will begin scuf-
*g for the cup piromiRly at 8
lock tonight.
Both Leicester and S. C. I. ap-
ared to be somewhat nervous at
i beginning of the game, but both
ims soon settled down to read
Bket-baUL S. C. I. drew first blood
^len Bryson caged a criip shot. Soon
—tor this Moody sank another goal
—^ S. C. I. The Leicester captain
Ued time oat and when the game
*8 resumed Leacester got 6 points
N. double quick time. Before the
®rter ended Leicester was forcing
The privilege of hearing Dr. Ly
ons, the wholly consecrated Chris
tian that he is, is one that is rm^ly
surpas.sed. In Ws pure unselfish at
titude and greatness of heart, wc
see exemplified the characteristics of
one who has had the very richest
experiences of grace and of one whc
walks with the Master and talk.c
to Him face to face.
In his untiring efforts, Dr. Lyon,
has given to the student body .soul
stirring messages at the chapel hour,
and in addition has held invaluabJr
individual conferences wth tho.se who
Judges
Mars Hill Wins From Ten. Teachers
Dr. Perkis Speaks
Here in Chapel
STABILIZING RELIGION WAS
SUBJECT
„ „ ., . „ . , - ., Dr. Perkis, Chairman and Execu-
On Friday evening, Februai'y 10th,, ..i. t ,
u D 1 I IT T 1 i Secretary of the Layman’s Move-
Messrs.^E. F. Baker and E. L. Brad- , ^ ^ u n i
, n . j • • ur > meat located at Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
ley. won a 2-1 decision over Wofford; .
vaiua, spoke in chapel on Tuesday,
Febraury 14, on Stabilizing Reli-
An Early Lead
Proves Valuable
FOULS FEATURE
TENNESSEE SCORES MOST IN
THIRD QUARTER
Freshman debaters at--Wofford Col
lege.. The Mars Hill -team argued, the
affirmative side of the McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill.
Mr. Baker instrduced the ques
tion and drew the lines of battle. The
first negative speaker followed Mr.
Baker with a fierce condemnation of
the proposed legislation and all tho.se
connected with it. He described it a.i
a political scheme to get votes. Then
Mr. Bradley took the platform. He
leaned over to about foi'ty-five de-
have perplexing problems facm
i; . , , . ^-r r- I 1 gree angle, and the words came fa.st
them. Certainly he is a man of GjJ, ^ .
, . - . and hot. The Wofford audience hung
sent to us for just this time. . . . j „
> on his words and apparently saw
The chief thought of his
on Wednesday, Febniary 8th, wa;
that we should not only count the
cost, but estimaite the value tha'
Thursday the idea was brought to
our minds that lukewarm Christian.-:
are in a very dangerous position.
\ Becau.so they are neither cold npi
e batUe to S. C. I. S. C. I. hod ^ ^ Chri.stian life,
ot her big gun in the first quar-
and Leicester gradually increased
Ff throughout the remainder
-fthe gwaie.
—/The spectacular shxioting of Kuy-
—and the long shots of J.
^pxlgers were the high li^ts for
*®®®st«r. Bryson and Battle were
« leaders for S. C L
o'FoUo.wing is the lineup.
hot, the Lord will J5>ew them out.
Another thought was that we eiu;
shackles of debt to assume once more
their proper place in the life of the
nation. They saw Mother Earth again
scratched by the long since ru.sty
plow. The Mars Hill spectatoi-s wei-e
given a shock when the last negative
speaker began to mar, the beautiful
In Sie rebuttal Mr. Baker showed
the judges, in his cool manner, just
gion. Among the important thoughts
expressed were the following: The
spirit of God dwells in the hearts
and lives of beEeving Christjans. The
question is how much of' the than
God can have for Hs ser-vice. The
(luantities will be little, more, much
or abundance that are given to Him.
The Spirit of God comes into ‘ ou!'
hearts and goes ■ ouf through ou;
lives. Sin alone separates us I'ion'
God.
In the afternoon, a large group
of faculty and students met in - th';
auditorium, and Dr. Perkis agai!i
spoke, his theme being prayer group
evangelism. Different groups were
died. 1. Sodom-Gomorrah (10 men);
2. The remnant shall return—Isaiah;
3. The Twelve; 4. The Seventy sent
forth; 5. The One Hundred and
Twenty in the upper room at Jeru-
s^em; 6. Paul at Philippi; 7. John
The bitter remembrance of a sting
ing defeat at the hands of the Teach
ers earlier in the season, coupled with
the 100 per cent support of the stu
dent body, furnished the necessary
stimuli to carry the Mars HilLcag-
ers to a 30-27 victory on Friday
night, February 17th.
^ The Mars Hill team earned the
fight to Tenness^ .from the", ban
ning. The whirlwind attack ‘ placei
the locals in the lead direcH^ after '
the game got'under way. The'attack'
grew stronger throughout■'tKe "first
I-quarter, and wheri 'it eMM the sco’>-
was 10-4 in favor~'of Mars Hill.
After ’ the rest period; the local.^
soon- resumed the dizzy pacr set in
the first • -quarter. Tennesised'
played , fast floor work~S9d-’'5ccurJSte-^
passing, but-Tiavis broke up the at
tack in his usual cahn fast manner
when the opponents worked in for u
shot. “Fuzzy” and Burt were .sink
ing shots in clocJc-lSce fashion while
^^i^Eicester (29)
Pos.
F
F
C
G
G
S. C. 1.
Bryson (3)
Moody (4)
Battle (2)
Coke
Hooker (1)
uykendaU (15)
IS filson (4)
fnifedgers, C. (6)
pjjebb
a. ^**1*8: Leicester—^Briggs, Rogens,
„^Ams. S. C. I.—Lathan, DUlard.
—^eree: Roberts.
The last game was devoid of thrill
|*^t for the last minute rally of
t“wore. The Biltmore team put up
brave and dean fight, but they
ere completely outclassed,
following is the lineup:
Pos. Biltmore (14)
kugan (12) p Piersley (6)
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^ —
Hfl^mony Boys Make
jjjDebut in N. Wilkesboro
On Friday afternoon, February 10,
Vi college quartet, recently dubbed
•e Harmony Boys, embarked on its
*®®^turter with the singing anc
when, accompanie:^
Mr. Farr, sole director and man-
they set out for North Wilke.s-
»«), the home of Mr. J. K. Black-
“ni, first tenor of the outfit.
&turday morning they sang foi:
y ^nquet in the Call Hotel, ren
r mng, “Drink to Me Only Wit
^ ne Eyes.” This brought forth u
^ j?ond of applause. They sang in the
idrst Baptist Church Sunday mom-
quartet gave five selection-s'
Mr. Parr sang, “Jesus Remem-
ers When the World Forgets.”
Those composing the (juartet are:
Blackburn, fir.st tenor; O.
■orehand, second tenor; Willi:..;
JJghes, first bass; and Edward Ha;
second bass.
go to the Ju(%ment any day, for it j negative .speaker.s wen
is by His word that we shall b j (Continued on Page 2)
judged. In other words. He will no; j —
BP ring anything new on us. Di..
Lyons also emphasized the fact that
if saved, one will know it; if saved,
one will show it. As an example,
the story was told of a negro lad
who went to the circus and stood
Great Revival Among
Students is Apparent
I
f . I ■
1 LAUNCHED BY GOD-SENT MEN
just outside the tent, watching the
many people who went in and out
After having gone to another circu;-;
and having a seat inside the tent,
this lad knew that he really h.-u;
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Mother Stapleton
Conducts Chapel
TALK TOUCHES STUDENTS
A few mornings ago Mother Staple-
ton had charge of our chaj>el exer
cises^ Mm Wilkins read the Scrip
ture, using the fourteenth chapter of
John.
When Mother Staideton rose each
voice was hushed with tender rev
erence and love. Her own dear voice
came to us in a message that filled
each heart with a desire to live a
purer and nobler life. She spoke of
heaven. In her message she said that
some day ^ was going there; not
because she was good, but because
she believed and tru.sted in her
Father and that she knew when He
was through with her on earth He
would carry her Home.
Mother Stapleton’s chapel talk il
lustrates in only a very small way
her real meaning to us. Her life on
The students of Mars Hill College
have experienced a great revival in
the past two weeks.
God in his grace and wisdom sent
to us two of His servants. Dr. Lyons
and Dr. Perkis. 'The .student- body
learned to love these men.
After a few chapel talks by Dr.
Lyons and Dr. Perids, the fire broke
out in the student body. It burned
up sin, ffrst in the lives of Chri,s-
tians and then spread. Boys and
girls began to organize prayer group.s
in the various dormitories. In these
groups students took God at His
word.
Tuesday night one of the prayer
groups met in one of the .boy’s dor
mitories and asked God to lead them
to win some .soul to Christ. They
dedicated their lives to God. "When
tbeir meeting was dosing a very sin^
ful boy came into the room and
gave his heart to Christ. Je.sus .said,
“and I, if I be lifted up will draw
all men to me." One hour later r
member of the same group wa.s askec'
to go to the room of a boy who
was living in sin. 'Hie boy was ready
to receive him, for God had prepare-
the way. After a few words of ex
hortation the young man surrenderer'
his life to Je.sus. Ten have been puri
fied bj’ the fires of God’s spirit.
We ask that every' Christian wh
may read this article pray for thr
Eighty-Piye Students
Given Recog:nition
SULLIVAN IS BEST SCHOLAR
the campus is a benediction to all.
When we need a mother’s counsel and | various prayer groups, and that tlv
love we can go to her with an as-) fire of God’s power will 'continue
surance that it is waiting for us;! to burn until all .sin in Mars Hill
when we leave her we have that; is gone, and that after June 1st
inspiration that enables Us to go for- ; the torches from Mai-s Hill may 1
ward with a better understandin : dropped about all over this count' ;
of our task and the way by whi.li • 'and blaze up in a wide and .stror'
may be, aecomplishei. flame ag-ain-st evil.
Wesley in Georgia; and 8. fhe Hay- AlBKtlon and Bowl were'covering the'
stack Prayer I Meeting. ‘ - ■ i whole basketball court. Albritton was
labeled- as a guard, but shot goal.'
like a man who had mis-sed his call
ing. When the half ended the .■sooiei-
board displayed a Mars Hill lead
of 16 poinfc.
Although the game was fast, it
was also very rough. During tie:
first half many fouls were called on
both teams. Almost every' man on
the lo-al varsity was more or less in
danger of being disqualified when the
half ended. The .second half was be
gun in an uneasy spirit on the part
of both quintets. The storm broke
with all its fury on Mars Hill be
fore the third quarter ended, for
three of the first string men retired
on fouls. The second string men ac
quitted themselves in creditable fash
ion, but they could not maintain the
pace set by their predecessors. Tlv
Tennessee knowledge dispensers be
gan to slowly do.se the gap between
the scores of the two teams. When
the third quarter closed a big .sHc*.'
had been .spHt off the large Maj-s
Hill lead.
Mars Hill came back in the fourtJi
quarter with a grim attitude of de
termination to hold the enemy in
check. The frantic pleas of the fan.s
to .save the day could not be denied.
The team not only checked the Ter-
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According to the i-ecords in the
registrar’s office for the first semes
ter, eighty-five students made at
least one quality point and did not
make a D or an E on any cour.se.
The.se students carried a total of
460 courses, making an average of
5.5 courses each. They made 110
A’s, 225 B’s, and 126 C’s which gives
to each one an average of approxi
mately 1.3 A’s, 2.7 B’s, and 1.5 C’s.
These figures show that there were
almost as many B’s and A’s as C’s
combined.
That the game of scbolar.ship,
sometimes left unseen in the long
procession of college activities, may
have a tiny bit of its due recogni
tion, -be it known that Mr. C. H.
Sullivan was the star student at
Mars Hill during the first semester
of the 1927-1928 school year when he
made a total of six A’s on as many
courses; Miss Pauline Fry ran a
clo.se second with five A’s and two
B’s, made on seven oour.ses; that
Misses Gladys Farmer and Irma Hen-
der.son tied for third place with four
A’s and one B each on five courses.
The other students who made high
grades are: Mrs. Gladys Willis, 3 A’s
and 3 B’s; James Baley, 4 A’s and 1
B; Maud Ashworth, 3 A’s and 2 B’s;
Walton Kitchen, 3 A’.s and 2 B’.s;
M. T. Ware, 3 A’s and 2 B’.s; Floy;!
Williams, 3 A’s and 2 B’s.
Some .say tomorrow never l o
A saying oft thought right;
But if tomorrow never came,
No end were of “tonight.”'
The fact is thi.s, time flies .so fas;
That e’er we’ve 'tinte ' to ' .s.ay
“Tomorrow’s come,’’ presto! boh
“Tomorrow” proses “Today.”
—-Author Unknown
Mars Hill Welcomes
the New Librarian
The faculty members aiwi student
body, though sorry to lose Miss Bow
den, tlie former librarian and Art
teacher, are happy to have Mis.s r'
Riddick Parker with us. Miss Parker
is an Expression graduate of Chowai;
College. She received her A. R. de
gree there also in 1923. Her homo
i.s in Winten, North Carolina. It i.
■with joy that we welcome hei'. ;o
has already won a pliice in
midst, and -we expt'-;, to coope.--
with her in this import;;nt fact'.-'
our school life.