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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILLCOLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C.
VOL.
THREL
No. 11
Entered at the Poatoffice, Mari Hill, N. C., as Second Clas* Matter,
February 20, 1926.
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The Pen of the Poet
(A/I Poetry
this Column IVas Written by Present or Past Students
of Mars Hill College)
Member North Carolina Collegiate Pre»i Aisociatioa.
STAFF
Faculty Director-
Editor
Manatring Editor..
... J. A. McLEOD
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JAMES BALEY, JR.
MANAGERIAL
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SEDALIAH PROPSTS
DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS
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Reporters
FRANCES RICH
RAY BOWMAN
FRANK HUSKINS
BARTLETT HAGER
D. L. STEWART
SARAH BLACKWELL
MADELINE MAY, JAMES CHERRY, WILLIAM
CAPEL, PEARLE JUSTICE, THERON KING
From the latest reports Coach Furches has been included in the new
“Who’s Who in Sports.” These Mars Hill folk are some steppers. Everybody
wants to show everybody else just how IT is done. Congratulations, Mr.
Furches, I guess you’ve shown “Who’s Who in Sports.”
‘KEEP FIGHTING, TEAM!”
ZAVZ
ACROSTIC
to D. M. R.
Aged Thr^e.
Dear little boy wtih winsome face.
Angelic smile and fairy grace.
Vying in gladness with sunlight and skies.
Innocence beaming from tender brown eyes.
Delight of my heart, little tyrant gay.
More enchained am I dya after day;
One pleading word in thy winning way.
Or a touch of thy soft, tiny hand can sway
Reason and judgment and bring to thy will
Every wish of thy heart that I may fulfill.
Radiant, roseate childhood be thine.
On through the years may the Hand Divine
Bring thee to triumph o’er sorrow and tears.
Earth’s many trials, temptations and snares.
Richest of blessings I pray may be thine—
Thine be it to cherish Truth, Honor and Love,
Seeking in all things the Light from Above.
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Dear Editor:
May I have a little place
i side of your paper to sneak ii
remarks on the question of
holidays, or rather spring he
I know that no provision Iq
made in the catalog for at
vacation, but I am writing
hope that a few days will be |
as a gift.
Five months is a long time
to spend away from the “auld
3r
Id
anu to those of us who live a k
al
>il
off it seems an eternity. A tq
is not long enough to permit \
home; but with two or three (
I fore or after a week-end
ample time to take a much
rest from the worries and | ®
collegiate life and have a go
at home. ‘
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Just see what our other team did at Wofford. The blue suits just lost to
the Wofford Rats by two points on Wofford’s own court. Our varsity just
beat Wofford in Mars Hill eleven points. From all appearances we have
several teams that deserve recognition.
To Our Lady Nurse
(Apologies to Longfellow)
A little lady dressed in white.
Take care!
Awaits to catch you day or night.
Beware! Beware!
Take care! Take care!
She will get you!
LINES
Penciled on Chemistry Class
February 11, 1928.
‘FIGHT, TEAM, FIGHT !”-
In the excitement ofitournaments the class teams have been forgotten. No
one seems to care just who will be sporting those little blue M’s in a few
days. In fact it is news to the majority of the campus that the C-2’s have
practically cinched the top rung of the ladder. As usual the C-2’s are emerg
ing victorious. But that is just natural, of course. Merely a matter of course.
She takes a little instrument.
Take care!
The bell has rung,
A few last stragglers hasten in.
And then it starts.
That heated bit of atmosphere.
Efficiency, efficiency.
And looks at you with calm Intent
Bologna, bosh, or apple-sauce.
Whate’er the name.
Beware! Beware!
Take care! Take care!
She will get you!
It keeps on in the self-same tune
Efficiency, efficiency.
‘RIP, CUT, TEAR, AND SLASH, MOUTAIN LIONS !”-
“We don’t know where we are going but we are on our way.” That is the
attitude of some students in supporting ther iteam. They don’t know whether
they are going to win or not and care less. Students, let us not show this
type of spirit during the baseball season which starts soon. We must have a
winning baseball team. That’s all there is to it.
-“WIN OR LOSE, WE’RE WITH YOU, TEAM!”-
The high school tournament has been a howling success. The Bakersville
lads produced a sterling brand of basketball to cop high honors and win the
trophy. Perhaps the greatest surprise of the tournament was the splendid
showing made by Mars Hill High School in winning its way to the finals.
The majority of the boys who cooperated with the athletic department in
providing rooms for the visitors. One room, it is said, in four nights, kept
six vistiors. The occupants of the room being present also made things
rather crowded but O. K. just the same. The athletic department appreci
ates this cooperation, for with it they can bring more games to the home
court.
“YOU ARE OUR TEAM, WIN OR LOSE!”
Speaking of tournaments, the greatest is yet to come. The tournament
is yet to come. The Southern Championship tournament for Junior Colleges
is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2. Lest we forget. Mars
Hill, our team, won last year. This year the competition is extremely keen.
Teams from six states are entered. Sixteen in all. The going will be hard
but Mars Hill will be in there fighting from the time the whistle blows be
ginning the game until it terminates it. From reports Mars Hill will play
their first game in Weaverville Friday. What the team needs isn t players
but rooters. The fellows are expecting a large following to accompany them
to Weaverville and return jubilant if they win or sympathyzing if they lose.
Why can’t the orchestra, or rather band, go with the playres and pep things
up. There’s no reason why those girls and boys who desire to go to the game
should Be deprived of this pleasure either, especially, when they are sup
porting their team and Mars Hill.
The year is gone,
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays fled.
She’ll shut you up for days and days g^ams are o’er.
Take care! I And yet to us those words remain
And catch you with her winsome Efficiency! Efficiency!
ways.
Beware! Beware!
Take care! Take care!
She will get you!
A glass of water and a smile.
Take care!
Is all she’ll give you for a while.
Beware! Beware!
Take care! Take care!
She will get you!
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LATIN AS SHE IS SPOKE
Once sickness set a snare for me.
Take care!
And then she had to care for me.
Beware! Beware!
Take care! Take care!
She has caught me!
0 little nurse who captured mo.
Take care!
You captured but to set me free.
Beware! Beware!
Take care! Take care!
She will get you!
Indecision the
! Thief of Genius
The inability to decide has proved
to be the downfall of many a man
who would otherwise have been a
marked success. During the war many
an aviator lost his life because he
could not decide whether to bank or
loop and in the moment which he
lost in trying to make up his mind
the enemy filled him full of lead.
Many a business has failed because
the manager did not have the faculty
to decide quickly and clearly the
course that he would pursue.
It is not enough just to decide
which course one shall pursue; the
hard part is the following of that
course until the end. When a deci
sion is made we should follow it un
til we have seen for ourselves that it
is wrong. To start one way, halt, re
treat, start another is a sign of weak
ness of purpose.
When Napoleon stood at Waterloo
and saw his men fall in rows as they
attempted to cross a sunken road
whose existance he had overlooked,
he did not for one moment lose sight
of the fact that he had established a
certain point as his objective. Even
when the losses were frightful he con
tinued to pursue the policy that he
had decided upon. He lost. What if
he did? It is better to lose while fol
lowing a steadfast decision than it
it to lose by weakly vacillating be
tween one alternative and another.
The lady nurse dressed all in white.
Take care!
Has won her lovers left and right!
Beware! Beware!
Take care! Take care!
She will get you.
D. L. Stewart.
Learn to speak Latin like a native
in ten lessons.)
Aes: To skate on or to cool dopes
with.
Aedes: Bright thoughts.
Ante: Uncle Bob’s wife.
Doff: Dollars and Cents.
Dat: Demonstrative pronoun, usu
ally preceded by “gimme.”
De: Twenty-four hous.
Dum: A kind of bell.
Ex: Good with ham.
Dux: Poultry.
Inter: Open the door and walk in.
Mors: Frank and Finley.
Nc: Horse’s yes or no.
Sic: Got the flu.
Tarde: Get a ticket from the office.
Tu: Company.
Rex: Whn tflappcrs look like with
out paint.
Finis: That’s all.
—The Mountaineer.
Holidays should be taken
same sense that they are givi
days are given for the benefi t
students, and should be taksi wi
tage of and spent in wii a\
amusements and not in anyim
is harmful. i ‘
What about a few days som er
the spring? Personally, I a« 'ol
for it. What about the rest a
the final analysis it will be tl
ty who will decide our fati
let them know that we so «>>_
desire a few days and treat th
they will give them to us, 11
The faculty have their right x\
as have the students, and we
spect them. If we are fair 4
and give them our best effora f'
time in which we are respo# 1
them, I am sure they will he h
with a little vacation that n
have so well earned. :ar
What do you say, student! th
culty? Let’s co-operate and jn
us have privileges that we d lis
joy. ve:
One Who Wants to G >
IN DEFENSE OF CHAPl
Why take advantage of I
erones? To me it seems thilf
discourteous act is almost in ^
and yet it is one of those t
peated so often. Why? An
civilized young men and wq
seek to be genuine in all i
IIT
all times? Certainly, that
Mars Hill tries to make of u .
shall not accredit Mars HI
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WHEN I AM OLD
“The sure way to miss success is
to miss the opportunity.”—Charles.
♦ * *
“Who seeks and will not take when
once ’tis offered, shall never find it
more.”—Shakespeare.
* ♦ ♦
“Life means not submission to,
but mastery of environment.” Abdon
El-Tabakh.
When lam old I want to see .
My life behind, as before me
It stretches out its shining path.
Of sunny days and stormy wrath.
When I am old I want to know
That I have lived that I may go
With hope to fill that rendezvous
With Him who waits for me and you.
I want to see no bitter strife
No twisted aims, no thwarted life.
But just one purpose, strong and
That shall have made my soul anew.
“Robert Anders”
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decision; besides the man who can
The world respects Napoleon, the I jg clearest, quickest man-
world has almost forgotten James I. jg winner.
It is always that way. The man who
adheres to a decision is the man
whom the world admires.
When Lindbergh once decided that
one certain morning he would take
off for France he allowed nothing to
stop him. His was a decision that he
was willing to back with action.
How often do we hear a person
dallying about a course, undecided,
uncertain? Do we not admire the per
son who comes to a knotty problem
and, instead of spending many hours
in a vain attempt to find the best so
lution, goes straight to the heart of
the matter and decides his future
course on the spot.
No doubt his decision could have
been made stronger if he had taken
the time to examine minutely the ar
guments for and against a certain
action; but one does not always have
the time to come to such a lengthy
Even when we are given ample
time to decide a thing, and after hav
ing cast our lot in a certain direc
tion, how often do we stop and look
back over our course and say, “I wish
I had done so and so instead of what
r have done.” The true man of pur
pose wastes no time in vain regrets
but determinedly pushes ahead and
remembers his past mistakes when
dbalnig with future problems, not
when dreaming over the past.
The greatest gift that a young man
of today can possibly possess is this
priceless ability to decide. It is some
thing that will prove to be of the
greatest possible value to him in the
end. Decide your course; stick to
your decision; and trust to the Lord.
That is as good advice as was ever
given. It was given to me; I hope it
will help you also.
W. C.
Me and My Bible
Me and my Bible, companions are
we;
Walking in darkness, my pathway I
see.
failure.
Then, if we are genuine,
try to see things through t
erone’s eyes, and thus wc
ize the responsibility that n
her shoulders. It is not to b
ed that young people will al
the best of judgment, thii
chaperones arc needed,
should give her a square li
times and try to make hi
home and -not out of pl* ^
should we try to “pull ( ^
over” on her, not only
unkindness of it, but also h
the misunderstanding thi,
arise, and the chaperone '
be credited with all the blan
occurrence. Be respectful!
“First to thine own self
Being true is not merely ti
truth, but being honest !
selves, and living up to the
we uphold. Cheating on
erones will often lead to el
some other phase of life. V
want to be polite, respet '
tured, but are we being so/' *
do unkind things when th
ones’ backs are turned?
Hillians should henceforth:
“abstain from all appe;
evil.”
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“The way to learn to d( r
to do things. The -way to
on
When I am sad, to its pages I go;
Joy like a river within it doth flow, trade is to work at it.
teaches how to succeed. Bill
Often, while struggling on life’s bat- the determination to suci. (
tlefield.
It is my armor, my sword, and my
shield.
done
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the work is half
—Fandenburg.
♦ ♦ ♦
j The best pepless result! „
When from my path-way my best-gained by a pepless cheer
friend has fled. ^pless bunch of rooters, a^.
It is my guide and a rest for my less yell. Do we all act ou|!,
head.
Take what you will, but the Bible
for me!
Me and my Bible, companions are we.
Roy Griffin.
“Circumstances are the creatures
of men.”—Disraeli.
Exchange.
Don’t shout until you ha^
the top of the ladder, theq
self before you yell.
When poverty comes in a!
■love flies out at thr window
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