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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILLCOLL E G E, M A R S H 1 L L, N. C.
Entered at the Postoffice, Mars Hill, N. C., as Second Class Matter,
February 20, 1926.
Member North Carolina Colleciate Pre.t Atsociatiom.
STAFF
Faculty Director-
Editor.
J. A. McLEOD
CARL MEARES
Managring Editor.
-JAMES BALEY, JR.
Business Editor.
MANAGERIAL
Circulation Manag^er
Typist
DE FORREST HASTY
ELLEN ROYAL JONES
SEDALIAH PROPSTS
DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS
Religious
Athletics
Society—
Alumni
FRANCES RICH
RAY BOWMAN
FRANK HUSKINS
BARTLETT HAGER
D. L. STEWART
Poetry SARAH BLACKWELL
MADELTnE may, JAMES CHERRY, WILUAM
CAPEL, PEARLE JUSTICE, THERON KING
It seems that there is no use crying over spilt milk and no use
ing for the grade of jokes printed by the Hilltop m the last issue. It was all
a mistake, and the Hilltop regrets it. The type of jokes
haps have been tame in some colleges, but ill beseems the spirit of Mars
Hill. The Hilltop strives to keep its columns free from anyt mg
taint the honor of the Christian institution which it rpresents. At times
things do slip in which are not exactly in keeping with this aim, but every
one! subject to error and when the Hilltop errs, it will be the f-st re o^
nize this mistake, apologize, and, if possible, correct it. Hence this little
word of apology.
The Western North Carolina Basketball Tournament held at Mars Hill
is always a time of rejoicing for the college students. Some ot all grades
of basketball will be witnessed, the playing getting better and better as the
elimination progresses. Mars Hill enjoys the tournament; Mars Hill wel
comes the tournament; and Mars Hill is going to turn out for all the games.
No one man can do his best before an empty grandstand. Treat the teams
courteously; be sportsmanlike in your yelling; play no favorites unless a
team is from your home town. Be square. Mars Hill, and give the visitors
a true impression of Mars Hill. Let them go home feeling that they have
been fairly treated whether they won or lost.
Seniors! Yes, after two long years
of study and work and concentra
tion. Once they were green freshmen:
but they have grown to the rank they
now hold. Yet, what does it profit
them? A person is no longer able to
tell a senior from a lower classman,
from a high school student, for that
m.atter. The same, or nearly the
same, rules bind both lower classman
and senior. If a former cannot do a
thing the latter must not do it.
Oh yes, there are senior privileges
or a semblance of senior privileges,
but many of the students of other
classes are allowed to enjoy these
identical privileges.
Why is it that seniors cannot be
recognized as seniors? They are not
an overbearing, haughty lot who
would immediately begin tearing
campus life up by the roots. They are
only a meek, fun-loving crowd who
want some recognition for their
work.
After they have struggled up to
their present station, is there any
wonder that they should feel that
some special privilege should be
granted them? Some of them will Ue
swept again into the grind at uni
versities next year; some- will fill
the hard positions of juniors in other
colleges; and some will never be
seniors again. Should their senior
year not be made pleasant for them?
The subject of dates is a very deli
but wouldn’t the seniors be
Chivalry is coming back again. Both men and women of this college are
strong for its return, but there seems to be a slight controversy between the
sexes as to the nature of this new kind. The gentlemen desire one kind, the
ladies another. Can’t we compromise in some manner and not be of two
factions? The writer thinks there would be much more progress made if
there is a common view to both the gentlemen and the ladies. Where is our
Henry Clay? He certainly is needed to help bring peace on the campus.
tlic I muic Lliaii viicjr v*'
belief that this privilege would not j^g courtesies of the men, more
be abused. [than they receive, unfortunately.
If the girls of the senior class were! gjj.}g ^re grateful for services;
given the opportunity of going up I acknowledge them with a bow,
town every afternoon there would be I ^ smile, a gracious word. What more
less spending; and their studies would j^-ould the men have?
not be neglected since scarcely any'
The Senior Class is very grateful to the staff for the opportunity of edit
ing the Hilltop this time. And perhaps the staff is thankful to the seniors for
relieving it of the usual worries that would be its lot. The presiding editor
has enjoyed the privilege of spending his time in this work, and will welcome
any criticism that may be offered by any student or reader.
Aspiring to be a senior is not an easy task. Being a senior is still more
difficult. But at last the Class of ’29 has reached its zenith at Mars Hill.
Going out into the world into various classes of work, these seniors are soon
to meet the many tasks that will be theirs. This year has been of much value
to all, and there seems to bo an unusual amount of improvement in every
one.
More Chivalry
History tells us that in the days of
chivalry a true gentleman was char
acterized by frankness and fellow
ship, purity and courtesy, generosity
and compassion. Have we “evoluted
to the point where the true gentle
man now has to force himself, very
much against his will, to perform
even small courtesies for the opposite
ber of A’s; the second, the number of
when we should look back and learn
the courtesy of the older days when
courtesy came from the depths of the
heart.
Perhaps if men would try some of
that olden courtesy, if they would
try tipping their hats to ladies and
offering them seats, they would find
that there is not so much difieience
between ladies of today and ladies
of yesterday. If men would .nily try
they would make every lady grateful
for any courtesy.
It is a positively selfish viewpoint
for one to be unwilling to render
even some small service without ex
pecting some immediate return. It is
this attitude of the men that has
gradually prohobited the girls from
showing even the least gratitude for
services rendered. When a girl acci
dentally drops something today, ev
erybody near her thinks that she is
trying to attract his attention. If a
girl thanks a boy graciously for
some service, or extends him the
slightest return for some courtesy,
he thinks that she is being unduly
friendly. Then what are the girls to
do? Nothing more than they have
done. They can be no longer cour
teous or drop their eyes or blush.
Men do not permit it. If they accept
services as are due them, it is no
We Wonder Why-
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Mac Grogan is always “s iUl
Scott Buck always shake!
right hand.
James Baley and Frankjfor
never go on the soupline.
Ray Bowman reads love
Elizabeth Minton marred
ord of “no dates.’’
John Kirk never falls in 1
M. T. Ware has been so
of late.
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Marvin Rouse prefers atm;
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Grayden Jordan and bes| jn c
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Mr. Bob Allen is conni of
the Department of Phys«lian
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married in December to
Mowbray Brown. He is nm
in Fort Wood ApartraeB ^
nooga, Tenn.
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cate one,
more than grateful if they were given
the privilege of having dates during ... ...
the week? It is the writer’s earnest they should do. They are
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with Mr. McKinley Edward , g
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It seems that men are nowadays
of them study late in the afternoons. an inferiority com
Seniors
oeiiiu.s are able to estimate thejpjgj.^ jjg ^ psychologist would put it.
time that they may spend for study jjj everything the girls do it is evi-
or pleasure. May they be given more ^jjat they, the girls.
opportunity to develop their own
personality. Here’s to the Senior
Class! May their recognition befit
Seniors!
—One of Them.
A recorder’s court hai
been established in Swal
n
r m;
les.
Miss Lydia Pender
cently married to Mr.
son. These are both
Asheville. After a few d
rida they will resume tb
Mrs. Eloise Buckner Ebl
ten a book, Carolina
Breezes. This little voluia
portray in a true light the
better class of the mounti
to contain many of their
author has a keen unden d
MRS. OWEN
. The basketball tour proved disastrous both to the season’s record and to
the morale of the team. The team just had a slump. That’s all there is to
it. No excuses are needed. Encourage the players. They feel bad enough as
it is. Cheer up, fellows, there are other games to play. We’ll get our lair
share of the victories yet. When we hit the Southern Championship tourna
ment at Asheville, watch us shine. That will be our team to the front, fellow
students, and there’ll be a hot time in the old town that night.
A new thing on the campus is the general assembly at Sunday School be
fore the classes. From numerous comments it may be deduced that it has
been a howling success. Mars Hill is feeling the result of the recent Sunday
School courses, and the things which were learned are being put into opera
tion.
To be sure there has recently been a revival of the “Paul C. Hundly and
Oscar Jones” haircut. One member not to be outdone and to establish a
fad of his own has set a new medium for fellow students. Rap ’
however, is very short. Yes, warm weather is coming. There is plenty of
evidence of this kind being manifested.
think themselves superior to them.
Women are developing their minds
and entering the fields of medicine,
politics, business, and law. As they
do this, they are becoming more as
sociated with men. • They are no
longer “Hothouse roses.” In their
— [daily associations they need the firm
Words sink into mere words when I of a true gentleman. If
one attempts to use them for a pur- i,ayg take the attitude toward them
pose too groat for his capacity. For hkat some have taken, will they get
words cannot tell what Mrs. Owen jit?
has meant to all of us—and special- Women have long held u place of
^ ly to the class that she has brought I high esteem in the world that gave
so succesfully through four years of 1 them no alternative but to follow the
the little struggles that usually mean plan of men. Now that women arc
death to a class. I entering their proper sphere in the
Mrs. Owen is just an all round per- world, the men would raise a plea
son, anyway, and as a sponsor she against the usurpation of their prov-
has’been superb. She knows how to inces, their qualities of superiority,
end every petty quarrel, knows the If men are superior to women, why
“bestest” kind of party to have, should they be fearful of keeping
where the best picnics are, and can!their high place?
advise so sensibly; and all these Since a few of the boys of this
years she has been a sort of mother campus are so determined that the
to the class. girls shall not be treated as ladies it
It was a long time ago, once upon remains only for girls to ostracize the
a time, that Mrs. Owen was elected boys who advocate it. They can do
class sponsor. The class was small ^rid they will. They ask only that
then, but, oh, what work we did that their rights be recognized and that
year. It was our pleasure to enter-1 they receive the courtesy due them
tain the Academic Seniors at a re- U® ladies.
ception, and we did this very success-1 "^tie girls of Mars Hill College are
fully, or, rather Mrs. Owen did it. The deeply grateful for the courtesies
the joys and sorrows of th 1
folk. The book is said t hti
with much color and huma tie
happy mountain life.
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Miss Thelma Gdger was
ried to Mr. Lucius C.
Candler, N. C.
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next year some of us graduated. And shown them by the majority of the
vx - o next year sume ui u» giauuatcu. x-kuu ^ . i ..
“ . .1, In., in which one Ido you know who helped us to have ^ars Hill College boys and .vish to
Is it lawful to throw snowalls? That all depends on the place in wh e ^ graduation exercises take this opportunity of thanking
IS located. Certainly it is not lawful to break out
which was intended to be a “pain” to a fellow creature. Let’s be careful.
Glass is expensive as well as easily broken.
ever? Why, Mrs. Owen, of course. I them for their gentlemanliness. They
. do not wish any courtesy that does
Last year with such a huge c ass of I ^
C-I’s there was so much work that
It seems that Mr. Furches must have read the plea for “early chaperones,”
for he surely was on the “job” last Sunday. Thanks, Mr. Furches you are
paving the way to greater times on the soupline. All others should ask the
secret of such punctuality, for several need it.
AT ’A FIRESIDE
By E. T. H.
Thou God of Love, who hast loved
the poet’s soul through all the ages,
be near tonight, a smile to weariness.
To whom else could I cry, O Lord?
I love thee most in hours like these,
when saddened windows of the soul
there. Oh, the earthly loneliness of it
drop to and leave no kindred being
all! Tears burn my eyes, for one who
can enter with me my world of
dreams and thought and feelings.
Send someone tonight, even if it be
mad Byron or early-shrouded Keats
or deep-browed Browning and allow
me to look up and learn from them
the secrets they must have labored
within their gigantic bosoms. Let
them but paint, with new colors,
touched even lightly with Heaven’s
hues, the scenes I love and worship
from a thirsty, eager soul. Let me
roam tonight over a bathed and
flooded mountain-top where Thou hast
sent to hover about Thy night queen.
Or, let me know the fuller grandeur
of Thy night Hermit, sinking into a
golden cup, made golden by the kind
ness of thy hand.
Must I live to feel alone, when
souls could love the things I do?
Must I weep and, others knowing, not
perceive 'a glimpse of hurt? Where,
Masterful Master, is my soul-com
panion? But if I have to bear it all,
give expression to my pen that some
day lonely souls may find their Olym
pian crown, their luxury of smiles
there was an assistant sponsor, but al
ways Mrs. Owen was with us to I
guide and help. 1
And now we’re Seniors at last!
We’ve come to the point where we
can look back at our class experi
ences and think of how very much
Mrs. Owen has meant to the class.
She has been the guiding spirit of all
we have done. Whatever praise be
longs to the Senior class belongs
mostly to Mrs. Owen. It gives us
great pleasure to say that whenever
the old Gold and Green waves on
high, the Senior class will be stand
ing by—for Mrs. Owen!
not come from a deep
recognize their positions
ladies. —Irma Henderson
desire to
as young
Y.
Edgar Tyler (to librarian) : “May
I have the Biogrophy of the Frog?”
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Maybe Mr. Wilkins would make
some “pin money” if he w’ere to
chaperon the soupline many Sundays.
, ^ It takes somebody with a lot of
midst weariness such as this tonight, horse sense to say “neigh.”
W. A. PLANS ORGANIZATION
(Continued from Page One)
W. A. what it should be. Girls of this
type are on the campus and are en
listed in the work.
To fully attain the highest degree
of perfection, however, advice and
help are often needed. The Y. W. A.
has the privilege of attaining all the
needed help and advice through the
medium of Miss North. She is well
prepared and is willing to give any
assistance possible. Fortune, indeed,
was favorable to Mars Hill when she
placed on the campus one so compe
tent, so willing, so understanding, so
altogether human.
Now, since all the girls have shown
a growing Interest in Y. W. A., since
they have given a sacred pledge to
continue the work so well begun, and
since they have so competent a lead
er, what is there to prevent an or
ganization 100 per cent in all phases?
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Miss Jessie Gambcll is t ® J
in the Appalachian Trait
at Boone. Mr. Chappel \V
head of the Department «
there.
• • •
Mr. F. Baird Waddell
of the pullman dining iiii
Southern from Knoxville
Charleston, S. C. Mr. W,
roll is a pullman conduct
same railway company.
• • •
The day before Chri i
John D. Holmes was mart
Leymon Butler of Cart! i
The couple are at home ii Rc
N. C.
• • •
The cashier of the Fin ;;
Bank of Rutherfordton, ^
Mr. B. H. Long, who w
with the bank at Forest
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Dr. Critz Lambert is aigs
Spruce Pine, N. C.
• • •
Student Day was obs«
Baptist Church of Mar^
ber 30. Among those w
on the program were tl
Mars Hill students: Miss
mer, Mr. Hal West, an
McDevitt. Mr. Guy V. Ro el
torney there now, also t bj
the program. 7
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Mr. Noah Hollowell, ••
Hollowell’s Mountain Fai al
cently been named seen Ij
Hendersonville Chamber
merce. J'
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I Mr. Henry P. Ledfoi °
Hill in 1912, after rece ?
D. at the University
seeing some service in th
ing and after the war,
considerable amount of p
work afterward, is now 1
since 1921 doing pedial
chita Falls, Texas.
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Simple Question Ns
“And Brutus stabl
through the heart ”
“Did he die?”