I’age 2
The Hilltop, Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, N. G.
laUered at the Postoffice, Mars Hills. N. C„ as second class Matter,
February 20, 1920.
SUNSHINE CLASS i Sunday School Has
ENTERTAIN BOYS I Lar^e Enrollment
The young ladies’ class of the
Senior Department of the local
church at Mars Hill, entertained the
One of the greatest assets to
Christian education at Mars Hill
College is the college organized de
Member North Carolina Ciollcgiate Press Association
STAFF
Faculty Diieclor
I'iditor
Associate Editor
MR. CORPKNINC
,J. GLENN TRAVIS
MARY HAMID
MANAGERIAL
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Circulation Manager
stenographer
. CARL MEAREt)
EDWIN HAYNES
Religious
DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS
RERA LOWE
^ ED HARRELL
AhZni : wade drown
Qubs BARBARA FREEMAN
Jokes ZI;T'’Z’’ O- jack MURPHY
Poetry RAYMONIA GILLESPIE
Exchange IZI ZELMA BENNETT
Community ^ GLENN WHITT
REPORTERS
BONNIE CHANDLER ALICE ROYALL JONES
R. E. WEAVER BILL LOGAN
MAKS HILL COLLEGE
The things tliat disturb and disgrace our land are due, not to lack
of education, but to lack of character. The constant aim at Mars Hill
is character through knowledge, moral and spiritual values being given
proper place in all-round training. It is hoped to send out men and
women with lives richer and fuller and better because they have studied
here, with visions enlarged and sanctified, and with powers Christ-con
trolled and used.
young men'S class with e, social W ed-1 p^^j-tment of Sunday School. In it
nesday night, March 14th, in the; students get a wide training in
I’rimary Department of the church, j .study for the furthering of
The merriment began at seven- ■ (-be Kingdom. There is one class
thirty when Miss Jarvis introduced j j-jjainly for the purpose of training
one to another by means of some | g^udents to supply for absent teach-
Lenoir-Rhyne Defea
In Dramatic Con
interesting games,
and paved the
the following Sunday. The offi-
way for much fun. The unusually | ^gj.g number one hundred and forty-
laige crowd of sixy-five mingled well i gj^bt and are gaining additional
and responded to every' suggestion | training that is of great value.
01 the social committee. | ,pbe Sunday School has the larg-
The social resulted from a contest | enrollment of any organization
between tbe two classes. The losers, campus. It has a total cf
agreed to give the winners r.n m- j jnembers. The enrollment has
formal entertainment. To question
the success of the contest, facing the |
increased through the year, and
! progress in
other lines has been
fact that the young men class start-1 capable leadership
ed with twenty-two on roll and endec'j general officers, who are;
wih forty, and the young ladies^ ad-: l. Parker; vice-presi-
vanced from twenty-one to thirty- ! Maurice Parrish; secretaiy,
five, would be impossible. 1 Ashworth.
Judging from the pleased express-, name of the teacher and
ion on the faces of t.ie teachers,' ggch class is as fol-
Mrs. Coates and Mr. F.oner, and the :
: lows: Miss Wengert, Ruth Cooper;
presidents,. Miss Stines and Mr. An-I - Virginia Cobb; Mr.=.
derson, it is safe to say that these
workers are proud >f the classes;
they are leading and believe in cer
tain success.
The Academy i
The Academy covers the last two years of high school work, stand- i
Robinson. Mitchell Williams; Miss
Pierce, Zelma Bennett; Miss Hin
ton, Ruby WhitiTure; Mr. Grubbs.
Jesse Wingo; Mr. McLeod, Lloyd
Mr. and Mrs. Owen came in toward Mullinax, Mard Pitman;
the close of the evening and made Vann, Carl Loving; Mr. Moore,
some spicy remarks to round out Goodman; Miss Creal, Quin-
an evening’s en.ioyment which few piumblee; Mr. Cox, T. N.
will forget. | Cooper.
~ The monthly awarding of a ban-
Y. W. A. IS INFLUEN- ner to the class making the high-
TIAL ORGANIZATION'®^^'
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■other members of the cast wer
well trained and experienced.
The ca.st for “The Valiant*
as follows:
Warden Holt (about .sixty)—'
Worley.
Father Daly (the prison dial
—M. V. Parish.
James Dyke, (the prisoiicf
T. Harrell.
Josephine Paris (the girl
18)—Mao Plemmons.
Dean Wilson (the .iailor)—J
Crutchfield.
Scene: Warden’s office in tW
prison at Wethei'sfieid, Conn.
Time: About half-past elevef
rainy night.
The acting of Messrs. Work
Han-el was highly commend
Miss Phillips of Asheville, «
the judges, and a newspap'
porter. Effective acting wa
done by Messrs. I’arish and
field. Miss Plemmons brougli'
an appeal that sobs swept ^
dience as by a storm.
Among the organizations here the
. , ^ , , , college Y. W. A. holds one of the
ar-d, thorough, complete, including an extra unit of Lible study. j most out.standing places. For it is
In many communities the awful pull of a Christless social life sadly: organization in which the girls |
counteracts the training and influences of the best of homes. Many wise ^ j-bey assemble in their respective |
parents find in the boarding school that is distinctly Christian conditions, circles may really learn each other j
which approach the ideal and help the son and daughter to find themselves | and ‘ be drawn closed Together and'
, r , . closer to God. They learn to love
and their places in a busy needy world.
In the homelike atmosphere of a large school family, in the silences fuller understanding and study
of the hills, freed from many distractions and downward pulls, great. missions in Y. W. A. Then each
faiths and great purposes grow. j girl feeLs in her heait that she is
But tile pupil who has habits of idleness and is indiffrent to appeals, here for service and is inspired to
who has to be made to study and behave, will fail here and elsewhere live a more consecia
work on the part of every member;
however, percentage is not the only
aim. The development of each das.-
spiritually is ever held in view as
the goal.
HARD TACKS ON
EDUCATION
rated Christian
The Devil knows more than any
of us, but he is not a good com
panion.
You can’t always trust the man
who knows most.
An educated criminal is a danger-
sentenced by him not one ha'
a regular attendant of the >
School.
The home and the church o«
teach its people the princip
right living as taught in Gofl
Dr. Wm. B. Cox, of Philaii
found that out of 55,000 men
16 years of age who had be«
rtcted of crime less than oa
had ever heard of the Tea
mandments.
It was recently found in '
York high school that only
of 1985 could write down a*
at all about the Ten Coi'
ments.
In the fall of 1927 it waS
at Mars Hill College that «
out of 140 young people in
Bible classes could name tt
Commandments without reg*
order.
unless a new .spirit and outlook of life get hold of him.
The Junior College
i life for the Ma.ster and her fell-. oug character.
men.
i The oiiening of school last fall
i brought a large number of new niem-
A junior college of high ideals and achievement can give the first bers into the Y. W. A. Now the
two years of a course leading to the Bachelor’s degree as well as the gbows that there are one hun-
large college or university. There is the same thoroughness of instruc- dred. active and earnest mcmbei s.
tion, the same academic standards, and in addition personal contacts of This number is not so laigc .is it
should be. but there are a largo
Not how much does he know;
but what sort of a man is he?
Christian education mca"
practice of the principles of
: as they are learned, and '
'■ stepsare made toward the
■ of them.
teacher and pupil in daily life, besides opportunitie.s for training in lead-
number of grils who attend although
is the educated moral man
say.s to the world that he is
.ership through literary societies, religious organizations, and other stu- members and .show
.dent activities. a great interest in the work. Those
At Mars Hill expenses are low (board, room, literary tuition and gen- that are members are loyal, lively; personal savior,
eral fees amounting to only $275 for a -ses.sion of nine months), hazing ones and in their cn-cles show that;
is not tolerated and students of .serious purpose receive a hand of welcome theV possess
It
who
as good as any Christian.
It was an educated clergy that
led to the deistic movement in Ger
many. They argued about tbe qual
ities of God and hi.s relation to the
universe instead of making him a
a willing Christian
spirit.
and encoui-agement. | -pbose whom the girls have hoii-
Out of an enrollment of 512 for the session of 1927-28 three hundred choosing them as their lead-
It is a mighty soggy wool that
will not burn when piled together
and eighty-three are junior college .students. Each year there has been are; president, Louise Griffin;
if one stick near the bottom has
fire about it.
You must use excellent kindling
j Twelve organized Sunday
' classes at Mars Hill atte*
teach the principles of Tb«
Teacher.
Eleven B. Y. P. U.’s ai*’
, to enlist every member in
Bible Reader’s Course.
A wide awake Y. W. A. '■
ing in the heartsof nearW
girl in school the truth ah'*
sions and the realtion of
to the Great Commission.
The minister’s conference-
steady gain in attendance until now the limit is reached.
ON UNSELFISHNESS
sell; reporter, Maryon Hoffman;
i chairman of poster committee. PYaii-
The crowning virtue in any human being is unselfishness. The P®'"'I ggg King; circle leaders: Biggei ’s
son who docs not possess that loftiest of all attainments casts a cloud Jennie I.eo Packard; Bowden
of dissatisfaction and contempt over the very souls of his friends and circle, Elizabeth Greene; Brown Cir-
associates. Unselfishness has been illustrated thus; Two men go to mill;|cle, Bessie Leiby; Maddry Circle.
1 1 4.1, ii. i.- „„i Mollio Cooper; Owen-Moore Circle,
one of them snags a hole in his meal-.sack; the other pours his meal -'ionic p ,
.4. 1 Lemmio Fite; Ander.son Circle. Daisv
vice-president, Gilma Baity; secre-j to build a fire from the top.
tary, M,ahel Hunt; treasurer, Mildred I The fires of Christian education
Hayes, social chairman, Emma Hart- j ought to be kindled in the home.
In 40 out of 136 homes the chil
dren never saw their parents read
the Bible or pray.
back in the box and lends the sack to the unfortunate neiglibor. Sacrifice
is therefore, one of the attributes of unselfi.shness.
He who does not have the spirit of unselfishness toward his fellow j
men lacks the only hope he could have for winning friends and these
are the choicest of all possessions.
The man who lives to himself and for himself alone assuredly forgets
that he was brought into the world through unselfishness; that he was
nursed as an infant at an unselfish breast; and that his selfish attitude
toward the world is allowed to exist only because of the un.selfishness of
his fellow men.
The petty faults in a man can be overlooked and so forgiven, but
when selfishness adorns the very fabric of his being the ability of a
fellow-creature to overlook his ill quality is too small.
Martin; 'Woodrow Circle. Raymoni?
In .such homes the average age
of the children at conversion was
14. In 62 homes out of 136 there
was no regular thank.sgiving at
meals. The Sunday School lesson
was read. In such homes the av-
I Gillespie; Love Circle, Inna Hen-1 gj.^gg j^gg gf conversion of children
was 12.
In a meeting of the school men
of the South it was found that homes the children were converted
In 39 homes out of 136 there was
a daily family devotion. In these
the average man dropped out of
active attendance at church and Sun
day school his first year in college
While at home the parents may
be a motivating force toward the
churcJi, the motivating force of the
parents is removed when he leaves
home. The force must be inside of
him.
at an average of 11.
Christian education must j*
only the mind, but also
and inrigorate the spiritua*
The teacher who is not
tive Christian has no pla*'
Christian school.
Chri.stian education should be car
ried on in the chuixih.
In the average Sunday School,
the students are in their classes less
than 26 hours a year.
A prominent judge said that out
of 2,700 young men who had been
What a blessing it woo'‘
the 758,000 teachers in th'
schools of America were,
trained and positively Chri?*'
the average teacher in th*
school has the child six
day during the school
average mother is in con^
her children less than fi**
a day during the school
average father has less th*
hours a day with his chil^
ing the school term.
Christian eduaction aiiP?
inside of the man.
Christian influences in th*
may enlist the freshman
Christian work.