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THEHILLTOP, MARSHILLCOLLEGE, MARSHILL, N. C.
Entered at the Postoffice, Mars Hill, N. C., as Second Class Matter,
February 20, 1926.
Member North Carolina Collegiate Press Association.
STAFF
Faculty Director J. A. McLEOD
Editor CARL MEARES
Managing Editor JAMES BALEY, JR.
True Chivalry?
MANAGERIAL
DE FORREST HASTY
ELLEN ROYAL JONES
Typist SEDAHLIAH PROPSTS
Business Editor
Circulation Manager
DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS
Religious FRANCES RICH
Athletics ...RAY BOWMAN
Society FRANK HUSKINS
Alumni BARTLETT HAGER
Poetry.... ..D. L. STEWART
Exchange SARAH BLACKWELL
Reporters MADELINE MAY, JAMES CHERRY, WILLIAM
CAPEL, PEARLE JUSTICE, THERON KING
Well, this is neither here or there, but from all reports the senior back
ward party was a wow. Mr. Furches particularly seemed to enjoy himself. It
was “backward, turn backward” for everything from pants to caps. The
crying need of Mars Hill is more parties of some nature—no matter what
kind. In fact, were all the suggestions of the writer carried out. Mars Hill
would be a regular Utopia.
The time for intercollegiate debates is appproaching swiftly, too swiftly
if the words of various intercollegiate debaters may be taken. The first
one takes place Monday night between Milligan and Mars Hill. Let us turn
out in large numbers for no one enjoys speaking to empty seats. Further-
be as large as those who attended basketball games during the past season,
more, courtesy to visitors demands this. All anyone asks is that the audience
Well, well, well! Spring is here, and so is the baseball season. And if
anyone should ask you, prospects for a successful baseball team for Mars
Hill are very, very evident. The record last year was not so very impressive,
but circumstances have changed. They have changed until we have got to
have a baseball team that will open someone’s eyes. The boys are trying.
The numerous candidates for each position testify to this fact Here’s hop
ing and waiting. That’s all.
There has been some suggestion that Mars Hill have radios in the dining
hall for use while meals are going on and in chapel for receiving messages
from prominent speakers. The students would probably enjoy music from
some of the high class orchestras while eating and also in preference to
some of the speakers which they hear. The chapel programs would be made
much more interesting and enjoyable if a little music was mixed with
speeches. For example, take the inaugural address of President Hoover.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Stringfield the address was heard over the
radio, but why can’t the college have radios of their own? Occasions for
their use would arise very often. Musical entertainments could be heard
as often as desired. Lyceum numbers could be procured. It would mean a
saving in expense, and the students would receive higher class of entertain
ment. The money used for lecturers and other programs could just as easily
be used for radios. The cost of installing three or four radios would cer
tainly not be very much in comparison to what is spent for entertainments
now. Furthermore, some of the faculty want it, and practically all the stu
dents who have considered it at all are greatly pleased with the idea, but
dubious about its fulfilment. Why not? It’s cheaper and more entertaining
It is more enjoyment at a less cost. What more could anyone ask?
One dire need of Mars Hill is less clubs. Even the honor organizations are
are too numerous. It keeps one student hopping to keep up with his work
and to attend these organizations. Why can’t all the honor clubs be com
bined into one unified cosmopolitan organization for honor students? As it
is some students who are not really qualified are members of honor organi
zations. The various groups of students who would be chosen for this or
ganization could be representative of their particular type of work or the
kind of work at which they excelled. They could be put on the program for
various parts concerning this work. In this way a more interesting club
could be formed and the program would be full of variety and “variety is
the spice of life.” A greater amount of benefit would be derived from a
club of this sort for the same amount of time spent on one club now. The
club would aid in rounding out the general knowledge of the members. For
instance, those who were proficient in Math would, by their contributions to
the programs, grreatly help those who were not quite so well versed in Math,
and vice versa. Students who were members of this club would enjoy
an advantage which other students would relish, and consquently a better
grade of scholarship would result.
My Closet
I’ll tell you of a quiet place
I call my bower of prayer;
Thence every day I turn my face
And meet my Savior there.
I tell him ev’ry pain and grief
And ask him for His g;race
He kindly gives me sweet relief
And strength the world to pace.
I take to Him my broken heart
And every bleeding wound;
And never thence do I depart
Until the cure is found.
So, if you have a load to bear
And think you have no friend
Then meet alone the Savior there
The bower I recommend.
Roy Griffin.
While all these comments and talks
on chivalry are going around, I’ve a
notion to express my views on the
matter. After all, it’s a free country,
you know.
I have read with interest what has
been written by two of my fellow stu
dents on this subject. In my opinion,
the true meaning of chivalry has been
narrowed. It is true that young
women nowadays don’t expect young
men to pattern after Sir Walter Ra
leigh. We do try to stay within the
bounds of reason. But speaking of
chivalry in the broadest sense of the
word, I’d like to ask this question:
“Just what young man’s idea of chiv
alry is the behavior in chapel lately?”
Talk about chivalry; it isn’t even de
cent. The girls are getting tired of
it, too, as one may know from things
overheard here and there. I wonder if
the young men ever stop to analyze
their conduct and see it as we see it?
Surely they would change if they
could see themselves as we see them.
I can’t conceive of anyone’s being so
rude as some are deliberately. Why
if the girls in our school should com
mit even one of the many acts of
rudeness indulged in by the other
side of the house, they would be
ostracized and classified as unlady
like. And yet—
Be it said to the credit of the boys,
they did have enough respect to sit
quietly through the rendition of a
sacred selection the other day. I am
sure that I was not alone in noticing
and appreciating their reverence and
respect at that time. Why can’t that
same respect and attention be mani
fested all the time? There are num
bers of boys who feel the same way
about this, I believe. Let them take
charge of the situation and break it
up if they will. It was a wise man
who said: “He that ruleth his spirit
is better than he that taketh a city.”
It seems that there are a number of
spirits here that need ruling.
How about it? Will the young
gentlemen take it upon themselves to
live up to that name, and make
chapel an enjoyable and helpful part
of the day’s program, or will Mr.
Moore, the faculty, and the young
ladies of the student body continue
to be embarrassed?
Virginia Isenhour.
NAMES
“What’s in a name?” is a question
so often asked, but never quite fully
and directly answered. To some it is
merely a means of identification that
was wished upon them when they
were too young to protest; to others
a name is a character index, some
thing to be cherished and held sacred.
With each of us is born a name,
and with it traditions either good or
bad. Just how good or how bad those
traditions may be was not determined
by us, but it is our task to leave be
hind us a name that has acquired'
honor and respect by our own en- j
deavors. There are those who are I
boys who were here last year
are out of college now folli
mule when they should be ii
simply because they swallow
some of these representatii
seated last year. Of all the m
one hundred boys that I hav
to agree to represent such coi
I know one who made a
Then, in the ninety-nine case
a hundred instead of getti
they lost, not only a summq Cor
but actual honest-to-goodne
earned cash. This may be g(
a bit to the extreme, but, n ball
less, these are facts.
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On Love
(By Jeter Haynes)
We noticed in the last Hilltop
quite a lengthy and interesting dis
cussion on love. Some of this I
agreed with and some I was com
pelled to say “nay” to. Nevertheless,
I am not trying to be indifferent as
to what was said; I only want to
lengthen the discussion.
I notice that a recent writer says
that love is a germ disease like small
pox and scarlet fever. He says that
you can take an atom of love, put it
under a powerful microscope and
show the germs fioatiag round in it.
He also says that by taking the germs
and the microbes and combining
them in proper proportions you can
make a brand new kind. But I
don’t believe much in that kind of
love. It may be scientific, but it isn’t
romantic enough. At least this isn’t
the kind of love that pervades the
campus of Mars Hill. This measles
and smallpox kind of love is like the
modern fiapper—just a recent thing.
All this living and dying for each
other is all applesauce. When a
modern young couple get in love they
swear to each other, instead of dying
for each other. He swears to her that
he loves her, and she swears to him
that she loves him. How nice it is
to hear a young couple swear to each
other. But when they get married,
they don’t swear to each other any
longer. I should say not; they swear
at each other.
Now, it would be far from me to
get into a lengthy discussion on the
delicate question of love, but I notice
where someone said that love was a
disease hard to control. Well, I
would say that all depends upon the
stage of the disease and the skill of
the physician. Maybe it is “like a
trunk and has to be checked or ex
pressed,” instead of being sent by
parcel post.
If anyone doubts any of the above
statements, and desires proof as to
their soundness, I refer him to mjr
friend, Mr. N. S. Ransdale from tne
rabbit county.
graced by some ancestor who failed
to value it, and thus they are some
what handicapped. No one honors
the name Judas Iscariot, but instead
they almost refrain from using it. On
the other hand some are born under
names bearing much honor, respect
and glory, and yet they fail to realize
the responsibility resting upon them,
and in one short moment allow that
heritage to be trampled in ^he dust.
Certainly, each individual has
some respect and love for his name,
but few have come to realize the sig
nificance of those names and to see
clearly that their deeds, whether
good or bad, are recorded against
them both by their fellowmen and by
Him. Friends are watching to see
whether we will keep our names
clean and unstained or poluute them
with low deeds.
Regardless of the fact that we con
tend that names do not have mean-
irig:s as they once did, we are daily
proving that to be untrue, for our
personalities attach to our names
some meaning. Some of us seem to
have been unfortunate enough to re
ceive names that do not fit us and so
we are “nicked.”
If we have not already awakened to
the fact that we have names for
which we must live, it is now time to
make a worthy resolution to do our
best, knowing as we do that “A good
name is rather to be chosen than
g;reat riches.”
Ailene Gold.
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BEWARE!
From all appearances there will be
a good many agents or solicitors rep
resenting get-rich-quick companies on
the campus from now until the end
of the year. Some have already ap
peared on the scene, and no doubt
they had some wonderful proposi
tions to offer, but, if you will ana-
lize them thoroughly, I believe you
will agree that one will not be likely
to make enough money to retire on
in one summer, as some will no doubt
claim.
Boys, the day has come when you
have to get out and work for what
you get. A company offering really
good opportunities is not going to
send representatives from school to
school and offer just everybody a
good job with a guaranteed salary for
only a few months. This isn’t even
reasonable. What they are after is
selling their goods. In selling them,
they send silver tongued, slick rep
resentatives from college to college
and hypnotize boys who are not used
to these “lines” and really make them
think that their proposition is the
best in the world, and in this way get
boys to sign up to sell their goods.
Students who sigrn contracts with
these companies may get rich, but, if
they do, it will be a miracle. I know
house-to-house canvassers,
son is that there are too
them. Another is that then
many who are. dead beats
try to rob the people of the!
that people are getting very
lar when they buy from
house canvassers. Then, W fa**
begin going from house-to-ho
strange territory, you have
position to face which i»n'
times very pleasant.
Now, boys, before signin^a'’'
tract with any company, ini
and be doubly sure that what
doing is sound. You
shouldn’t swallow everythin^ ’
representatives tell you at fa *'*'a
for they are not even sup|
paint a two-sided picture—
ceive their salary to paint
sided picture. Then you sb
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24-26.
When you are in dangei
Psalm 91::1; 10.
When you have the blue
Psalm 34:4-7; 15-18.
When God seems far awi
Psalm 139:8-9.
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When you are discourage^,
Isaiah 40:8.
If you want to be fruitfi
John 15:5-7; 9-12.
When doubts come upon
John 7:17.
■When you are lonely or
read Psalm 23.
When you forget your b
read Psalm 108:1-2.
For Jesus’ idea of a Christd
Matthew 6-1:11.
When your faith needs
read Hebrews 11-6.
When you feel down and oi
Romans 8-31:39.
When you want courage f(
task, read Joshua 1:5.
When the world seems biggt .
God, read Psalm 90-12:17. ”
When you want rest and
read Matthew 11-25:30: 28:21
For Paul’s secret of ha;
read Col. 3: 12-13-17.
When you leave home for h
travel, Psam 121-1:2.
When your prayers grow
or selfish. Psalm 67-1:2.
For Paul’s idea of ChrU
read 2 Cor. 5:15:19.
For Paul’s rules on how
along with men, Rom. 12-21:2'^'
When you think of invel
and returns, Mark 10-17:31.
For a great invitation and i
opportunity, Isa. 55-1.
For Jesus’ idea of prayer,
11:1-13; Matt. 6:5,6.
For the prophet’s idea of n
Isa. 1:10-18; Mic. 6:6-8.
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