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MARS HILL, N. C., MAY 18, 1929.
No
.ay Day Pageant at Mars
' Hill Is Colorful Event
a Program Gonsid-
^ed Most Beautiful
of Year.
Oi
iT two days of displeasing de-
^^ars Hill’s May Day Pageant
hally given on Thursday morn-
jday 9, and heralded in the
of spring to student activities
college. Amid picturesque sce-
nd beautiful flowers the chosen
^s Hill’s fairest proclaimed the
ling of a day of charm and joy
later climaxed by a wonderful
re were something over one
t d participants in the event
drew many persons from far
ide to view the flowery display
rming youth. The campus was
with visitors, and although
seat was occupied, the great
ty of persons were compelled
nd because of lack of sitting
Surely, never before has Mars
..ad so successful an event and
'^ften have its equal in the fu-
siderable Credit must go to Miss
tock and her assistants, to Miss
and Miss Rowland for their
anned program and plot. It
] be well to mention here that
ly was much work and worry
^1 for the pageant itself, but
arose the old difficulty of se
the proper date to suit all in-
Although there was a post-
ent in date, the short elapse
e was soon forgotten because
splendid program presented,
first scene included some
nature acting and singing
was immediately followed by
laginary hunt for the May
by the flowers and fairies. The
is found and the first scene is
it to a close.
next scene brought forth the
inportant part of the act. The
is heralded in with her court
ith the personal attention of
;endants, whose names are as
: Queen, Miss Helen Brown;
nts. Misses Louise Clark,
ne May, Katherine Bennent,
Announcement
A r e Graduated
ollege Expression
artment of School
iXCELLENT RECITAL
IS RENDERED
jiaturday evening. May 11, the
“ion Department of Mars Hill
presented the graduating re-
the following: Sarah Black-
uth Singleton, and Edward
. The first part of the pro-
nsisted of readings given by
erent members of the group,
jwere: “Messer Marco Polo,’’
Jie Byrne, read by Miss Black-
^he Finger of God,” by Per-
jilde, read by Edward Harrell;
Smilin’ Through,” by Allen
p Martin, read by Miss Single-
-i-^h a piano accompaniment by
?gers.
t ts Enduring,” a play in one
iohn Erskine, was next pre-
Jy Mr. Harrell and Miss Black-
* ®^ge settings used in this per-
otHe aided greatly to its effec-
I Both Mr. Harrell and Miss
rieB^l gave splendid exhibitions,
pncluding number on the pro-
a short humorous reading
Singleton. “In 1998,” by
I Corday. This reading was in
n of a peek into the future
ked much laughter from the
»
rogram was well received and
(number of persons attended
pal and were well repaid'for
Louise Fowler, Jerry Mobley, Mag-
deline Blankenship, Donnie May Nor
man, and Mary Sue Gribble. The
queen was crowned by the princess.
Miss Ruth Singleton, after which she
made her coronation speech. The
merry revels then began.
The second act closed the revels
with a variety of drills. The first was
a Dutch dance of touching time and
rhythm. This was followed by two
Swedish drills, first, “Swedish Clap,”
and second, “Swedish Tantoli.” These
two were excellently rendered and
well received by the audience. Then
the program was turned to one of
comical and pleasing nature. This was
a clown dance, correctly named “The
Seven Jumps.” All the actors were
attired in a loud and colorful regalia.
“The Seven Jumps” introduced a
dance always pleasing to the Amre-
ican audience, that of the red man.
“The Indian War Dance” was carried
through and didn’t result in any war
after all. The last was “The May Pole
Drill,” which brought to a happy cli
max the well-selected series of folk
drills.
The maiden attendants then ren
dered a rhythmic curtsey to the
queen, after which followed the grand
finale.
Eu’s Hold Annual
Debater’s Contest
Ransdale Wins Medal.
The Euthalian Literary Society en
joyed one of the best programs of the
year Friday night. The first number
was a declamation, “The American
Ideal,” given by Clarence Patrick, a
veteran declaimer who recenlty won
the society declaimer’s medal.
The first part of the evening was
enjoyable, but it was the latter that
put the real “pep” into the meeting.
The debate that evening was to de
termine the winner of the society de
baters for the year. The question un
der discussion was Resolved, “That
the United States Should Join the
World Court.” Those on the affirm
ative were N. S. Ransdale and B. B.
Castellow; on the negative were Bill
McLester, Boyd Brown, and Henry
Bridges.
The debaters, seeming to forget
that the debate was for a medal,
grew heated and the controversy
waged fierce and fast and made it
one of the most enjoyable events of
the year. N. S. Ransdale, a debater
of no small reputation, won the
medal; B. B. Castellow winning sec
ond place, and Henry Bridges third.
Other numbers on the program
were special music by Bill O’Kelly and
a comical dialogue between Gregory
Dyches and G. D. Wilson. The char
acters in the dialogue knew their
parts well and played them to per
fection.
The Hilltop this year will ap
pear the day after commence
ment and will carry a report of
the board of trustees, all com
mencement 'items of interest,
the graduating class, and several
feature stories. This issue should
be of great interest to all those
in school; and if for any reason
you leave the Hill before you se
cure your copy of the paper, be
sure The Hilltop has your cor
rect mailing address.
New B. S. U. Council
Holds Splendid Meet
The newly elected B. S. U. Council
held its first regular meeting Sunday
afternoon, April 28. The president
lay before the council a general idea
of the plan of work for next year. He
expressed the need of co-operation of
each student in order that our cam
pus may know deeper spiritual life.
As each member of the council was
given opportunity to speak, he show
ed that he intended to give his best
to the task before him in order that
more spirituality may be known. Sev
eral faculty members were present
and each gave words of encourage
ment. The members of council hope
that by giving their best, Christ may
become more real to each student of
Mars Hill College.
Annual Intramural Track
Meet Proves Great Success
C-1’5 Carry Away
Major Honors
Coach Furches Puts Meet Across In
Great Style; Coach Roberts
I Officiates At Event.
Large Enrolment
Expected for Mars
Hill Summer School
From the records to date we find
that summer schaal at Mars Hill will
be well attended this year. There
have been 164 registered up to date
for the first summer school and the
second term enrolment has not yet
been completed.
Mr. Elliott has been substituted for
Mr. Carr as director of the first sum
mer school and Mr. Lee will direct
the second term. Mr. Corpening is
expected back to teach Bible and
Miss Katherine Elmore, wh ois now
teaching in New Hanover High
School, Wilmington, N. C., will be
present to teach Spanish. We may
say here that New Hanover High
Schhol is the second or third largest
hgih school in the state, and Miss El
more has recently been elected head
of the Spanish department in that
high school. We wish to extend a
hearty welcome to Mr. Corpening and
Miss Elmore. The remainder of the
summer school faculty will be the
same as is stated in the summer
school bulletin.
Sixteen students have asked for
English 3-4 and this will compose the
largest class. Any class will be
taught where there are as many as
six asking for a subject, it is under
stood.
The annual intramural track meet
was held last Saturday afternoon on
the athletic field and resulted in com
plete victory for the C-l’s. The out
standing figure of the event was Rus
sell Seery, whose speed in the dashes
clearly led the field. Seery is a fast
man, both in the hundred, two-
twenty, and four-forty yard dashes
as well as being a consistent broad
jumper. His time of ten fiat for the
hundred established a new school re
cord and will be an asset to him next
year if plans for an established track
team go through.
The first year college men took
first in nearly every event and swept
all three places in the 440 and the
880.
The C-l’s amassed a total of 78
points, the seniors coming next with
28 V2 while the A-4’s came in last
with 13% points. The C-2’s won first
in the shot-put, and in the javelin
throw, while the A-4’s took first in
the pole vault and the tug of war.
The C-l’s took the remaining first
places.
Each event counted a total of nine
points, five to first place, three to
second and one for third. The relay
race, won by the C-l’s counted a to
tal of twenty points.
A great deal of credit is due Coach
Furches for the success of the meet,
for while it was actively sponsored by
Coach Roberts, Coach Furches had
the responsibility of conducting the
preliminaries and of training the ath
letes.
Coach Roberts was the official at
the meet and started all the events,
as well as judging for disqualifica
tions.
It was a hard meet in spite of the
fact that the C-l’s were principal win
ners, for all the events were close
and hard fought between the two
classes.
Following is a summary of the
events:
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Second Semester Examinations
May 22-28, 1929
(Faculty and students will please clip
and file for reference)
Classes
9:30 M.W.F.-
10:30 T.T.S...
1:00 M.W.F.._
2:00 T.T.S.-__.
8:30 M.W.F...
9:30 T.T.S
Examination Date
_Thur. A.M., May 23, 8:30-11:30
„_Thur. P.M., May 23, 1:00-4:00
.._.Fri. A.M., May 24, 8:30-11:30
Fri. P.M., May 24, 1:00-4:00
__Sat. A.M., May 26, 8:30-11:30
-Sat. P.M., May 25, 1:00-4:00
10:30 M.W.F Mon. A.M., May 27, 8:30-11:30
1:00 T.T.S Mon. P.M., May 27, 1:00-4:00
2:00 M.W.F.-
7:30 (all)-_._..
8:30 T.T.S.--
-Tues. A.M., May 28, 8:30-11:30
Tues. P.M., May 28, 1:00-400
—Wed. P.M., May 22, 1:00-4:00
-Wed., A.M., May 29, 8:00-11:30
-Mti tfV
Clios Present Varied
Program and Elect
Their New Officers
Thursday afternoon a very inter
esting program was given by the Clio
Literary Society. “The Origin of
Drama” was given by Ruth Whit
mire; piano duet, “Poet and Pea
sant Overture,” Eva Fronberger and
Kathleen Young; dramatization of
scenes from Shakespeare—the quar
rel of Brutus and Cassius—Brutus,
Belle Howell; Cassius, Thelma Hoyle;
musical costume reading, “Our Yes
terdays,” Roberta Bryant; a sister
pleads for her brother’s life, Isabella,
Ruby Whitmire; Angelo, Mary Jo
Eller; vocal duet. Flora Allison and
Irene Layton; drama in the eigh
teenth century, Theo Crane.
Following the program the follow
ing offiicers were elected for the com
ing year: president, Kathleen Young;
vcie-president, Patty Moore; second
vice-president, Patty Moore; second
cording secretary, Ruth Whitmire;
corresponding secretary, Lucile Mil
ler; chorister, Mary Mull; treasurer,
Edith Roberts; chaplain, Julia Mad-
dery; librarian, Theo Crane; pianist.
Era Stuart; censor, Trula Little; re
porter, Pearle Justice; marshals, Eva
Hendrix, Broadice Hunsucker, Myr
tle Mae Camp.
“Are you a letter man?”
“No, sir. She might want to, but I
don’t letter.”—Carnegie Puppet.
100-yard Dash: 1st. Seery (C-1),
Plemmons (C-2), Graham (C-2).
Time 10 sec.
Mile Run: 1st. Fox (C-1), Warlick
(C-2), Pryor (C-1). Time 5 min. 23
sec.
High Jump: Harrell (C-1), Riddle
(C-1), Gibbs (C-1), Steele and Sny
der (A-4), tying for third. Height
5 ft. 4 in.
220-yard Dash: Seery (C-1), Plem
mons (C-2), Graham (C-2). Time 24
sec.
Pole Vault: Snyder (A-4), Worley,
Royal (C-1), Smith (C-2), and John
son (4-A) tied for second. Gibbs
(C-1) and Camnetz (A-4) tied for
third. Height 8 ft. 6 in.
880-yard Run: Baker (C-1), Fox
(C-1). Time 2 min. 23 sec.
Standing Broad Jump: Riddle
(C-1), Edwards (C-1), Mumford
(C-1). Distance 9 ft. 10 in.
Running Broad Jump: Seery
(C-1), Graham (C-2), Riddle (C-1)
and Mumford (C-2) tying for third.
Distance 19 ft. 10 in.
440-yard Dash: Moore (C-1),
Seery (C-1), Robinson (C-1). Time
58 sec.
Javelin Throw: Furches (C-2), Lee
(C-1), Wright (A-4). Distance 148
ft. 2 in.
Shot Put: Whitesides (C-2), Wor
ley (C-1), Graham (C-1). Distance
39 ft. 7 in.
Tug of War: Won by A-4. Second
C-1, third C-2.
Relay Race (880 yards) : Won by
C-1. Second C-2, third A-4. Time 2
min.
Declaimers’ Meet to
Be Held Saturday
Evening, May 18
Declaimers will compete Saturday,
May 18, in inter-society clash, the
winner of which will not be an
nounced until commencement. The
program for this contest is as fol
lows ; '
(1) J. Mack Moore of Caldwell
county, will give “Immortality,” by
Robert L. Taylor; (2) W. Scott
Buck, of Pitt, will render “My Moth
er, My Country, My God,” by James
P. M’Teer; (3) Clarence H. Patrick,
of Tennessee, will give “The Chal
lenge of the Heights,” by Charles W.
Roper; (4) De Forrest Hasty, of
Georgia, will give “National Apos
tasy,” by Clarence E. McCartney;
(5) Henry L. Bridges, of Wake coun
ty, will render “The Constitution,” by
Herbert Wenig; (6) Carl H. Lowrie,
of Tennessee, will give “The Victory
of the Vanquished,” by an anonymous
author; (7) Preston Gibbs will then
give “World Organization as the True
Basis of Peace.” Gibbs hails from
Madison county and his article is al
so anonymous. The last speaker of
the program will be Thomas L. Dy-
sard, of Iredell county, and he will
render “The Curse of Regulus,” also
by an anonymous author. Luther
Meares, of Columbus county, will act
as president at the contest, and John
K. Blackburn, of Wilkes county, will
serve as secretary at the contest.
One week later the orators will
hold forth for the medal that is of
fered for the best orator. These will
be, C. H. Hamby, Edward Harrell,
Maurice Parrish, James Baley, Na
than Brooks, and William Cox.
The speakers for commencement
have been chosen and they are of un
usually fine caliber. Dr. Hunter will
deliver the address and Dr. Z. T.
Cody, editor of the Baptist Courier,
will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon.
The annual meeting of the board
of trustees will be held at the same
time and announcements of any of
their' decisions will be made iri’ the
next issue of The Hilltop.