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^ ^ Ulcrrij Chrislmas and J{ Happy Hew IJedr io Everybody ■J. WELCOME READERS WELCOME DECLAIMERS OLUME III. MARS HILL, N. C., DECEMBER 13, 1928. . 'lios Celebrate Their Anniversary With * Colorful Drama No. 7 ^lio Comes from Greece to Mars Hill” Presented FEARLESS FIGHTERS “OiThe Cli« Lit«rary Society celebrat- I its thirty-eighth anniversary Sat- •day evening, December 1, by pre- nting a drama entitled, “Clio Dmes From Greece to Mars Hill.” At the opening of the program, . iss Helen Brown, president of the •ciety, gave a few words of wel- >me, and Miss Ruth Jarvis gave € program in story form. •^The drama consisted of four epi- 'des. The first episode dealt with e christening of the baby Clio, hich took place in Greece. The ene opened with music from the res and flutes of the Grecian girls, ‘“4io afterwards withdrew to the Ickground, giving place to the pro- dure of the christening. FViends rived and the priest began the remony, after which the evil spirits traded through the room only to be __jjected by the Nereids who, in •—^autiful costumes, represented the tod. Thus the scene faded and Clio Id become one of the immortal oddesses of the Grecian home. (Continued on Pago 4) le Cercle de Francois Makes Its Debut :s Parlez-vouse Prancais? There’s a ance of your speaking it better. Iivez-vous francais? There’s a ance of your knowing it better, je Cercle de Francais” has been ganized to teach the French lan- lage and customs a good ne is to be added in. Not work, st fun! If any mistakes are made, ame them on the French customs, lirty charter members with Mrs. O. Roberts and Mrs. Wilkins, .spon- rs, make a live organization. By te of the club the following offec- s were elected: Frank King, presi- nt; Carl Brown, vice-president; ildred Meares, secretary and treas- •er. This club is going to grow, atch it! reading from left to RIGHT: BACK ROW—RE JAMES ALBRITTON, ANDY ALBRITTON, CARL LOW PAUL HUNDLEY (MANAGER). SECOND ROW—O. E JAMES, KIETH BRUCE, LANK ESTES, CANDLER DERSON; THIRD ROW—SHELLEY CAUDLE, HE STROUPE, JACK PERRIN, TERRY WOOD GIBBS, ROW—BOYD BROWN, HENRY FURCHES, VIRGIL SELL SEARY, THURMAN LINGERFELT, AND DEA X SPRINKLE, RAY RY, JOHN CHILES, ROBERTS (COACH), WILLIS, RAYMOND NRY RUMFELDT, MAURICE PARRISH, WRIGHT, PRESTON N PLEMMONS. GRAHAM, CLARENCE MOCK, WILLARD ROBINSON, AND SAM WHITESIDE, OLIVER BUCKNER, AND "DICK" AN- E. M. LEONARD, ROBERT AND THERON KING; FOURTH GIBBS, JACK FELMET, RUS- Wake Forest Band Is Well Received asketball Squad Drilling Hard For Season’s Opener r«t Game December 15; Schedule Announced Y. With twenty-five wide-awake can- late.s clamoring for a place on the rsity quintet the basketball squad undergoing a rigid period of drill preparation for the season’.s open- ' clash, which will be played with Fairview athletic club on the home _^rt ,Saturday, December 15. This J all probability will be the only fne to materialize prior to the f nstmas holidays. Upon its return January, however, the squad will jume its labor for the opening num- r of the regular schedule with the png-Harris School on January 15. mday night, November 30, some ty candidates turned out for tlie t varsity practice. Coach Roberts iall aspirants to believe that they _*e numbered among the c nosen 4 until the competition of the third t of practice, when, after careful ideration of ev'ery fellow’s work. ote down in black and white the jies of the twenty-five men who lid have the opportunity of repre- ting Mars Hill on the basketball J't during the 1928 season. I hose selected were the following: ; Albritton, Andy Albritton, Clar- e Mock, Henry Furches, Raymond •kner, Pralo Wood, Bill Harrell, (Continued on Page 3) I. The Wake Forest Band presented its second concert given here in the school auditorium on Thanksgiving evening.. One of the largest and most appreciative audiences to turn out this fall was present to enjoy the program. The band was led by its regular director, Mr. Neville Isabelle. Although the band has been organ ized only about thirteen months, it played such difflicult pieces as Sou sa’s hardest and one of H. G. Bige low’s most difficult compositions. The complete presentation was “El Capi- tan March,” “Washington and Lee Swing,” State College song, The Wake Forest Alma Mater, Yale ni- versity Song, “On Wisconsin,” and “Stars and Stripes Forever.” There are only thirty-five members in the band, but it is recognized all over the South as one of the best. Of these thirty-five players three are former Mars Hill students. They are A. L. Kelser, mellaphonc; Craig Vaughn, trumpet; and Bob Crutch field, trombone. Mr. Isabelle, in addition to direct ing the band, is a professor of Chem istry and a director of athletics at Wake Forest. Readers and Declaimers Meet Friday and Saturday Preliminaries Held Friday. Last-minute preparations are be ing made to receive the large body of declaimers and readers, expected here Friday and Saturday, December 14 and 15, during the third annual reader’s and declaimer’s contest. High Schools from all over Western North Carolina will be represented. Although only a few of the two hundred invitations had been ahswer- ed Saturday, letters of acceptance have been coming in rapidly since Monday. Last year around thirty schools participated. This year many more are expected, owing to the fact that only one hundred invitations were mailed out last year and that charter schools have been asked not to participate in order that the many small schools might have better chances of placing. (Continued on Page 4) SCIENCE CLUB GIVES BIOLOGY PROGRAM The Science Club held its regular meeting Monday night in the Club room. Those present were entertain ed with an interesting program on biology. Floyd Williams discussed chromosomes and their functions in a clear and interesting way. The En docrine System was discussed by Irma Henderson. Is addition to the program a lively discussion of sev eral biologiclil questions were engaged in. DeForest Hasty was present and was accepted as a member. There will be only one more meet ing of the club before the Christmas holidays. This program will be on mathematics and is expected to be very interesting. LIONS WHIP THE BILTMORE TEAM IN FINAL GAME Locals Excel in Driving Power; Carry Away Game 13-12. Miss Miller Returns to Campus from India Miss Jessie Miller, a former Mars Hill student who is now a missionary to India, spoke to the student body December 6, on India and custms of India. Miss Miller is a native of Bun combe County. She was born at Fair- view and there received her high school education. In 1911 she came to Mars Hill where she finished in 1913. After finishing here, she taught a few years before entering Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. When she finished there, she made teaching her profession until she decided to go to India as a missionary. As the South ern Baptist Board had no work in India, she had to go under the Ceylon and India General Mission. The work Miss Miller has been do ing the past six years has been evan gelistic. The station where she has been teaching is Peru-Ronda, Anan- topour District, South India; Dramatization of ‘Ruth’ Given by Nonpareils Biblical Story Beautifully Presented Before Large Audience At seven-thirty Saturday evening, November 24, while the college or chestra was playing, the doors of the college auditorium were opened to the public. Each person was present ed with a program in the form of a scroll. As the pianist, Sedahliah Propst, played the Nonpareil song, the marshals, Irma Henderson, chief, B. B. Castellow, assistant, Edna Wil- hide, C. J. Mock, Hazel Welch, and H. E. Erwin, dressed in acient He brew costumes, slowly and gracefully walked to the platform. From behind the curtain appeared the president, Sarah Blackwell. When the music ceased. Dr. J. C. Robert led in the evening prayer. Then the chief marshal escorted Helen Brown, the president of the Clio Literary Society to the platform. On being recognized by the Nonpareil president, she si>oke in a very effective manner. While the strains of “Ave Maria” played backstage by Helen Tillery, were filling the air, the drawn cur tains revealed to the audience a tem ple where knelt Mary. In the prologue (Continued on Page 4) RAMBLERS WHIP LIONS XT LENOIR Lions Excel in Passwork One of the hardest fought games ever played on the home grid iron, the Mars Hill Mountain Lions earned the right to a big turkey feast by taking the strong Biltmore eleven into camp in their final contest on Thanksgiving Day by the hair-line margin of 13-12. A pass for extra point in the second quarter, Brue to Rumfelt, swung the tide to Mars Hill. With three men in the backfield and one in the line playing their last game for Mars Hill College, the en tire local lineup was one big ball of smoke from start to finish. Mock was the leading ground gainer of the day from point of yardage for the Hill Toppers, but Furches was the most consistent on line plays. Time after time would this same Mr. Furches bring chagrin to a Biltmore Back or end, by seemingly appearing from nowhere to snatch an enemy pass from the air. He carried the ball at least once on every series of plays and he never failed to gain. Outstand ing work on the offensive was also noticeable on the part of “Dick” An derson and Dean Plemmons, although (Continued on Page 3) Y. W. A. Circles Keep Thanksi^ivin^ Spirit Are the young people getting away from the true spirit of Thanks giving? Oh, no. Anyone who was present at the circle meetings of Y. W. A. on last Friday night will vouch for the fact that nothing is farther from the truth. As the girls gathered in groups in the different halls, their faces wore expressonis of holy thankfulness. It wms apparent that in their hearts and minds was nothing contrary to the age-old ideas of Thanksgiving—praise and thanks to God. These girls poured forth their thanks in gospel songs. After this, all listened attentively while psalms of praise and thanksgiving were read. Interesting discussions on “What Thanksgiving means to the individual” were given by separate girls on each hall. That the ideas so simply and sweetly stated by these girls were, taken to heart by the others is proved by the fact that practically all opened their hearts and raised their voices to their Lord for individual blessings. Clearly, many of the young people are still good, pure, and thankful underneath their mask of modernism. • Meeting a much heavier team on a neutral gridiron Friday, November 23, the Mars Hill Mountain Lions were defeated by the Rutherford Col lege Ramblers, 25-6. The game was only another instance where cats were crushed beneath a superiority in weight and driving power. Strange stories were afloat next morning anoymous glimpses of a certain 200- pound tackle in the Rutherford line. Be that as it may, we were beaten and have no alibis to offer for our defeat. Althoug!;! they could gain no great amount through the line, the Felines’ aerical attack was superior to that of the Ramblers. In their second quarter Jimmy Albritton tucked a neat little pass under his arm and sprinted thiry yards to the goal line. S. C. Club Will Hold Banquet During Holidays Alumni Association Will Be Organ ized in Palmetto State The South Carolina Club is plan ning a get-together banquet at Green ville on December 31. To this meet ing, which will probably be held at the Poinsett Hotel, will be invited all former Mars Hill students of South Carolina; and at this time a South Carolina unit of the Alumni Associa tion will be organized. South Carolina Club members will be there new and old—for each of the sixty-six now on the campus, says he “can hardly wait” for it to come, and Mr. England is seeing to it that the old South Carolina Club members are notified, feeling confident that there will be a hearty response. The faculty members are invited to be present. Those who hail from the Palmetto State are Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wil kins, Mrs. E.W. E. Wilkins, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Huff, Mr. Balckwell, and Mr. England. Mars Hill ’ll shine that night! Miss Elizabeth Frady v/as recenlyt married to Mr. Lamar Clay, of Bilt more.