Come A^ain
Dr. Pur kiss
JLefs Back
Our Debaters
ME III.
MARS HILL, N. C., NOV. 10, 1928.
NO. 5.
ILURES RUN QUITE
HIGH AT MID-TERM
Greatest Number of Failures Are Noted
In the English Department
man failure stalked the Mars
^mpus this past week and car-
iff the usual number of boys
rls. In fact the statistics were
startling. What to do is a
im. The Hilltop decided that
idents needed a jolt to awaken
;o the fact that they were fail-
I the job, and accordingly the
jing statistics were gathered,
lish led the list of victims. Out
tal of 386 who are taking Eng-
«5 failed outright, 164 made
;;iul grades, and only 147 got
ictory reports, and many of
were by the smallest of mar-
Doubtful grades are those be-
70 and 75, above is considered
•ctory. This means then that
i8 per cent, passed the course.
Dr. Clarence Poe Is
Speaker in Chapel
Four Trinities of Life is Subject
Address at Chpael Services
MARS HILL Eliminates
boiling springs team
rs Hill Students
Attend N.C.C.P.A.
7enl Program and Hospitality
‘‘ealure Meet at Davidson
French came second with 33 fail
ures, 51 doubtful and 107 satisfac
tory out of an enrollment of 191.
Greek, with 21 on roll, barely man
aged a 50 per cent, satisfactory list
with 11 S’s, 5 X’s, 5 U’s.
Music lent a bright spot to the pic
ture as this department only report
ed three failures out of the entire
enrollment.
Latin, unusual as it may appear,
had one of the most satisfactory re
ports of all. The percentage of
passes in this subject was 78 per
cent. Of a total of 136 on roll 105
passed, 27 were doubtful, and 4
failed.
Expression was 100 per cent, in
passes, but it must be considered
that it does not have nearly so many
students as has other departments.
One hundred and sixteen are on
roll in the Spanish department, and
of that number 26 fell by the way
side, 20 are classed as doubtful, and
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sixteenth semi-annual meel-
V the North Carolina Collegiate
I Association was held at David-
lollege Nov. 1, 2 and 3. The
registration for the association
Ciios Present Fine
Hallowe’en Program
A delightful Hallowe’en program
registration tor me associamm was given by the Clio Literary So-
02, representing seventeen in- ' ciety Thursday afternoon. Kathleen
Ions. Of the number there were
^ine men and forty-three
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irnational Relations
Lib In Splendid Meet
Members Are Voted In At In-
;sting and Entertaining Meet.
; International Relations Club
n Tuesday, Nov. 6, for a busi-
neeting. This meeting was the
which the club has had since it
irganized this year. The pur-
of the meeting was to vote in
udents who were recommended
igible members for the club.
voted in w’ere Vernie Martin,
Tine Bennett, Helen Ramsey,
Stone, H. A. Lynch, William
, and Evelyn Hughes. These new
lers together with the former
lers made the total membership
; club 21.
1 members of the club are plan-
to accomplish much work this
They hope to make this year
lOst profitable one in the history
: club. In view of the fact that
V of the students know anything
about international and foreign
ons, the club will discuss at its
ir meetings all important inter
nal questions and problems.
3 club will meet again on Thurs-
Nov. 8, for the purpose of ini-
g the new members.
iierine Gene Wilkins
lected A-IV Mascot
A-IV Class elected as their
; Katherine Gene, the daughter
•. and Mrs. Wilkins, beloved
;rs of our faculty. It was de-
also that the A-IV Class would
commencement program,
to the fact that several officers
ailed to have their credits filed
le registrar, they had to resign
iffice, and the following officers
elected: A-IV editor of the
, Houston Ervin; girls’ ath-
manager, Lillian Steele; and
leaders, Frances Snyder and
; Stroup. An invitation com-
was appointed, consisting of
Steele, Boyd Brown, and
Batson. A loyal spirit is be-
g to permeate the class. The
las a surprse up its sleeve for
hool and may spring it at any
Young started the program with a
piano solo. Eva Hendrix entertained
the audience with a delightful read
ing. An essay on “The Origin of
Hallowe’en’’ was given by Ruby
Hayes. The Society was delighted
with a humorous debate; Resolved,
That at midnight the cat’s “meo-ow’’
strikes deeper terror into the hearts
of mankind than the dog’s “bow
wow.” Mary Mull and Gladys Ed
wards upheld the affirmative, while
IMartha Mull and Phyllis Edwards
fought for the negative. Both sides
put up a good defense, but the
judges decided in favor of the affirm
ative.
After the debate the Hallowe’en
spirits had a walk through the so
ciety hall, as a very spooky conclu
sion to the program.
Dr. Clarence Poe, Editor of The
Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C.,
spoke at the chapel hour Wednesday,
Oct. 3. Mr. Poe is a man who has
been educated, as the saying goes, in
the university of hard knocks. He
has traveled extensively and has
written several books.
The subject for the talk was
“Life’s Four Trinities.” The defini
tion of trinity, as he gave it, is any
union of three elements in one. The
four trinities, as he gave them, are:
self, work, money, and ideals.
There are three things which wake
up the trinity of self. They are
body, mind, and spirit. If only one
of these three things was developed,
a person is just thirty-three and one-
third per cent, educated; if two are
developed, a person is sixty-six and
two-thirds per cent, educated; but,
if all three are developed, a person
is a well-rounded individual.
Mr. Poe, talking of work in con
nection with farming, gave the trin
ity of work as an industry, a busi
ness, and a profession. To be a suc
cessful farming must be conducted
as an industry, as a business, and as
a profession. In fact, farming must
be an industry, a business, and a
profession. .
Dr. Poo gave the trinity of money
as “make, save, and give.” “Do not
merely make and save,” he said; “if
you do you will be considered a
miser; but after you have made all
you can and saved all you can, then
give all you can.”
The last though not of least im
portance, he said, was ideals. A per
son is not always marked by what he
is, but what he aspires to be. That
is the measure of a man. Strive
ever with the three B’s that make up
ideals: bread—not merely food for
the body, but food for the mind and
soul; beauty, the most admirable of
all qualities when it is developed;
and brotherhood, that love for fellow-
man that creates a desire to help the
other fellow at all times. —P. J.
Lions Win 32-6 and Lose Their Whiskers
In Very Exeiting Game
The Mars Hill Lions took Boiling ] quarter the visiting team punted on
, ~ i.T_ J - 4.1,^
Springs from over the fire last Sat
urday and set them down in the foot
hills of Madison County to remove
the danger of their over-heating; af
ter which said Lions proceeded to
mingle firstdowns, line-plunges, and
end-runs to gain five touchdowns and
a 32 to 6 victory.
Promptly at two-thirty o’clock
both teams declared their readiness
for play. Referee Rockley blew his
whistle and Mars Hill kicked to Boil
ing Springs. The latter returned the
kick-off to the locals’ forty-yard line.
From that both sides attempted a
series of plays which resulted in noth
ing except a single firstdown for the
visitors. The quarter ended in a
scoreless tie, with Boiling Springs in
possession of the ball on the felines’
thirty-yard line.
In the beginning of the second
Scribleris Club Hears
Address on Literature
Nons Give Good
Hallowe’en Play
When one entered the Nonpareil
hall at the meeting of Nov. 1, she
found herself in a beautiful forest
filled with the multi-colored leaves of
autumn. The spirit of Hallowe’en
had already been aroused by the pro
gram decorated with a witch riding
the broomstick and accompanied by
the usual black cat. The program
consisted of a play, “The Forest
Princess.” The characters were as
follows: Queen, Edith Griffin; King,
Mildred Davis; Princess, Donnie Mae
Norman; Evil Prince, Willie Mae
Harley; Prince, Katherine Buck; Two
Godmothers, Juliette McCorkle and
Evelyn Hannon; Evil Godmother,
Gertrude Hannon; Pages, Cora Lee
Derden and Helen Batson; Lady-in-
waiting, Irene Burns; Gentleman-in
waiting, Marietta Bryant. There were
also ghosts, witches, elves, and fairies
to complete the magic of the play.
The theme of the play was that the
princess, because of the gift at birth
of the evil fairy godmother, was
young when the moon was young but
grew old when the moon waxed old.
To break this spell a prince without
knowledge of her identity, must kiss
her when she was old. A prince kind
to old age was difficult to find, for
they were all searching for the beau
tiful young princess, but at last the
ideal prince came along and broke
the spell.
Each one performed her part ex-
ed very interesting.
Science Club Has
Interesting Meeting
Several Visitors Are Present; Enter,
taining Program Is Enjoyed.
The Science Club met Saturday
evening, Nov. 3, instead of the reg
ular time, Monday evening, Nov. 6,
because of the meeting to be held by
Dr. Purkiss.
After the secretary had called the
roll and the program had been an
nounced, Nathan Brooks ably and
very intelligently discussed “Colors.”
The second number was “Can There
Be a Sound Without a Hearer?” It
was given by Aileene Gold. Her
clear understanding of this subject
helped to give each member a better
one. The other numbers on the pro
gram were “Gravity and Gravtia-
tion” and “Current Events in
Science,” given by Ruth Stone and
Elizabeth Minton. Everyone seemed
to enjoy the program very much, and
the various scientific questions asked
by the president and answered by
the members during the program
added to the scientific knowledge of
those present.
After the program the president
welcomed the following student vis
itors: Messrs. M. Dilday, Leonard
England, Mack Moore, Edd Fox,
Sam Whiteside, Ray Tolbert, B. B.
Castellow, and Miss Hazel Welch.
Some very interesting remarks were
made by Mr. Cole, a physics teacher
from Boiling Springs, who was also
a visitor at the meeting.
After several very important mat
ters of business were transacted, the
The members of the Scribleris
Club and the few others who took
advantage of the opportunity offered
them through the efforts of Mr/El
liot on Saturday, Oct. 27, were great
ly eiilightened on the subject of Wes
tern North Carolina literature after
hearing Prof. W. E. Bird, head of the
English department and dean at Cul-
lowhee State Normal, read a paper I
entitled, “Some Literary Aspects of*
Western North Carolina.”
Being regarded as the best author
ity on the subject. Prof. Bird pre
sented an interesting critique of the
work produced by natural and na
turalized writers under the divisions
of drama, poetry, history, and fiction.
The subject is an exceedingly inter
esting one to those who are native of
this section, and Prof. Bird gave a
discussion of the subject particularly
interesting to those of the Scribleris
Club who hope to do some work on
Western North Carolina literature
during the year.
Incidentally, Prof. Bird is a close
friend of our Mr. Elliot. They have
done graduate work together at Johns
Hopkins and each received the other’s
grades since they look very much
alike. This alone will endear Prof.
Bird to the sfTidents. It was a pleas
ure to have him on the campus to ad
dress the English Club.
the fourth down; the ball fell free
and the Jungaleers covered it on
their own forty-yard line. Plemmons
took the ball here and carried it the
remaining distance to the goal line.
From that moment the game was
never in danger. Only a few mo
ments later this same Mr. Plemmons
pulled the same stunt in exactly the
same manner, except he didn’t have
to carry the pigskin quite so far.
The try for point went through.
It was during this quarter that
Haynes snatched a long pass out of
the air and made for a touchdown,
with Anderson grabbing at his heels.
Perrin, leaving center, blocked the
try for the point. At this juncture
the whistle blew for the half.
Jimmy Albritton continued the
fireworks for Mars Hill in the third
quarter when he seized the ball on a
blocked punt and raced thirty yards
to place his egotistical anatomy be
tween the goal-posts. The locals fail
ed to kick goal. The final scoring
came in the fourth quarter. The
first of these two markers came when
Henry Furches carried the leathern
missile through on a line-buck, the
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Military Training Is
Discussed In Eu Hall
SPANISH CLUB
IS ORGANIZED
Shall our boys be taught to fight?
This question was debated in the
Non-Eu hall on the evening of
Nov. 2.
Resolved, That military training
should be made compulsory in our
schools and colleges, was the . query.
Representing the affirmative were
Mr. Sam Whiteside and Mr. W. F.
McLester; and the negative, Mr. Ray
Tolbert a»d Mr. Allen Griffin.
Military training should be pro
vided in our schools and colleges,
said the affirmative, for safety of the
nation reqilires a strong and ample
reserve force always in readiness.
Desire for peace cannot prevent war.
The army is at present far too small.
More officers need to be trained to
await the call of duty at a moment’s
notice. We are liable to invasion by
another power. It is estimated that
our trained reserve is less than 90,-
000 men. If military training were
compulsory, when war should come
we would be prepared for it.
j.--- * Science Club was dismissed by the
ceedingly well and the program prov- president until the regular time for
the next meeting.
The Spanish 3-4 Class met Mon
day, Nov. 6, and organized the first
Spanish Club on the campus. Only
a part of the officers were elected,
as the club decided to elect the others
at the first regular meeting. Those
elected were; Eva Froneberger,
president; Helen Ramsey, secretary.
Further organization of the club was
impossible at the time.
It was decided that alll of the
Spanish 3-4 Class would be admitted
but that there would be a certain re
quirement for students of the 1-2
Class. This requirement has not been
definitely agreed upon as yet.
The club is planning to do a gp"eat
deal of interesting work in Spanish
studies. The subjects for the pro
grams will be taken entirely from
Spanish literature and interesting
facts about Spain. In this way the
members of the club will get a prac
tical knowledge of Spain as well as
a fundamental knowledge of the lan
guage. The members of the 3-4 Class
also agree that the club will help
them considerably in their classwork.
Ministerial Conference
Has Splendid Training
The Ministerial Conference is com
posed of red-blooded, courageous
young men, all of whom, it is hoped,
are called of God to publish the glad
tidings of salvation. The conference
is more or less a training school for
those students who are planning to
enter the ministry as a life work.
Each week a subject is taken up and
discussed by a different group, one
member of which is the captain. He
plans the programs and assigns topics
or sub-topics to those on his group.
The last program was given by T. L.
Rampey’s group, the subject being
“Christ’s Gift to His People.” The
discussion was as follows: “He Gave
His Life,” by J. T. Pickering; “He
Gave Himself,” C. W. Poplin; “He
Gave His Spirit,” C. H. Patrick; “He
Gave His Word,” M. H. Rouse; “He
Gave His Example,” D. L. Stewart;
“He Gave His Glory,” Rev. J. R.
Owen. After song and prayer the
conference was dismissed.
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