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VOL. IV.
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 21, 1929.
NO. 1.
DR. J. B. LAWRENCE DELIVERS
The Get-Acquainted
FORCEFUL OPENING ADDRESS! Reception Big Success
Stresses Growth in Vision, Ideals, Knowledge,
and Appreciation.
The principal address at the for
mal opening of the session, Septem
ber 11, was delivered by Dr. J. B.
Lawrence, of Atlanta, newly elected
secretary - treasurer of the Home
Mission Board.
Dr. O’Hara in introducing the
speaker said that Dr. Lawrence was
a man of unusually varied exper
ience: he had been a student and
could sympathize with students; he
was a pastor and his heart beat in
unison with student pastors; he had
been a college president and knew
the viewpoint of the college pres
ident; he had served as secretary in
Mississippi and Oklahoma and was
now facing his greatest call and
achievement.
Dr. Lawrence spoke on “Room to
Live.” lie began by advising his
audience not to think they could
learn everything, but to have an
open mind for all truths, and not
to be too dead sure or cocksure. His
address in substance was as follows:
We see men pulling down the skies,
pulling in the horizon until they are
crushed into the ordinary things of
life. We are not a parcel post pack
age on which is stamped a definite
destination. Man should arise and
build a place high enough for him-
New Features Introduced and Accept
ed and Approved by Stu
dent Body.
REGISTRATION GRATIFYING TO
OFFICIALS AT MARS HILL
Larger Number Arrive Than Expected Regis
tration Statistics Not Yet Complete.
Knowledge expands our life, fat
tens our souls. The knowledge of
God is the greatest. We are here to
pass God’s test for future life. We
should get all there is in the way of
knowledge. To him that hath more'
shall be given. All big things congr
One of the most interesting and
certainly one of the most important
social events of the year was held
last Saturday on the campus. The
social was sponsored by the B. S. U.
council, and is the affair that is held
everv year in order that the new
students may become acquainted
, with the old ones as well as the fac-
Assiduously for First
Game of Season
gate on high places. Get the best uity.
and biggest, for the soul and mind | Many new features were introduc-
need them. Plant a few acres of big ‘ the reception at this time,
ideals and the harvest will be an | About 350 students were present as
abundant life. The four great les- gg many members of the faculty,
sons of expansion of life are vision,' g very enjoyable time was had by
knowledge, big ideals, and apprecia- ' gj] present. The various faculty mem-
tion. I bers were first introduced and after
i that bands of paper with numbers on
Large Squad Practising ■
® ^ ” was served and after that the group
divided into various smaller groups
who were then alternated around the
campus as they played various games
which had as their purpose the spon
soring of a spirit of comradeship.
The social proved a great success
and the B. S. U. council is due con
gratulations on the work that they
did in getting the reception up as
well as they have.
It fs expected that the new system
will continue every year and that the
new students will be introduced
every year in this informal fashion.
Coach Oren E. Roberts .started
this year’s season of football very op
timistically. The first drill which
was given on Monday, September 9,
saw around twenty-five candidates
awaiting the touch of the pigskin,
and later after the first week of prac
tice thirty-six players were in uni
form. This group does not include
those who have reported since Fri-
self, and in building make sure of his i i j • ^ j?
, ’ , , f. , , , The roster will include sixteen of
foundation by pushing outward and! , , • i.
J r- ilast year’s men, nine of whom are
upward. Get in the right tune. There i a
^ , 1 letter men. The letter men around
are two tunes on every campus, low i , ^ i .. -n i, -u v
. , . , ,,, , i , whom Coach Roberts will build his
and high, earthly and heavenly. Help '
... -11 u 4.1, 4 4, i first string team are
or hindrance will be the outcome of ^ ^
our tuning in. Grow outward and
not inward in making friends. Hab
its that are wrong should be avoided.
They lead to a small life. In pushing
outward one must have vision. The
lowly worm on' seeing the world ex
claims, “What a big and wonderful
world!” The prairie dog climbing out
of his home on a high hill repeats,
“What a big and wonderful world.”
The eagle flying from the high and
lofty crags pierces the skies with the
same expression. Man builds a huge
telescope and looks on the firmament
and exclaims, “What a big and won
derful world!” One’s ultimate suc
cess is now his ideal. One should
push out and build.
Marriage Bureau
May Be Established
If Dan Cupid keeps playing the
Plemmons,! leading role around the campus, it w'ill
backfield ace; Baber, linesman of 1 be necessary to establish a marriage
two seasons ago and former Carson-
Newman star; Anderson, backfield;
Cammitz, backfield, who only played
part of the season as the result of a
hip injury; Gibbs, end and probable
center; A. Albritton, spectacular line
plunger; J. Albritton, speedy end;
“Red” Robinson, fighting tackier, and
John Chiles, tackier.
Practice last week included line
license bureau. It seems that several
of our former students—our students
of last year — have married during
the vacation. Among those married
who were with us last year are Mary
Sue Gribble, Lillie Noland, Herman
Wells, Magdalene Blankenship, Nero
Ransdal, and Inez Roberts.
It is the desire of everyone who
knew the young people that they may
With the completed figures on the
total number registered not yet com
plete and with late arrivals coming
in every day the number officially on
the roll surprised the authorities of
the college by its size. With many
schools suffering severe decreases in
number on roll Mars Hill opens the
term with between 420 and 440 act
ually on roll. There is to be noticed,
however, that the first year college
class is not so large as that of last
year, but the Senior class, with over
115 expecting to graduate, is the
largest in the history of the school.
I The Junior class with something
like 200 is slightly smaller than last
year’s class but is in proportion to
the other colleges and to the number
that was expected. The pre-school
opening survey showed only a small
registration, but the boys and girls
flocked in on the two opening days
and are still coming. The dining hall
is filled and the dormitories also, with
many students boarding in town.
The vocations of the many new
and old students are not available
for publication at this time. Al
though a number of them are unde
cided, quite a few expressed a desire
to follow in the footsteps of their
profs, while the profession of law,
medicine, and the kindred trades
j drew a goodly number. The minis-
■ terial group is of about the same
jsize as of other years.
I After undergoing a period of orien-
j tation the freshmen have about be-
I come accustomed to this place and
i are beginning to take an interest in
the various student activities. The
two literary societies have both taken
in large numbers of the new students
and are hoping to enroll every stu
dent in either one or the other of
the societies.
Coach Roberts is recruiting a num-
|ber of his football men from among
the ranks of the new students, many
I of whom are from outstanding high
I schools and prep schools,
j It is indeed with a spirit of op-
i timism that the new year is begun.
There have been quite a few changes
I in the social system as well as in the
i scholastic schedules, and it is ex-
J pressed that these changes are for
! the better. The social system this
year will permit the first as well as
the second year men the privilege of
more dates a week than they have
hitherto been able to have.
It is expected that by the time the
next issue of the Hilltop comes from
the press we shall be able to have
more complete statistics regarding
the registration as well as a few
lights on the activities of the new
students.
Seniors Organize and
Make Plans for
New School Year
Largest Senior Class in theAnnals of
I College.
workouts, speed drilling, ball hand- I live useful and influential lives in the
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communities where they now reside
From Self to Service
Presented by Y. W.
Council Friday
On Friday night the Y. W. A.
Council gave in the church a pageant
“From Self to Service.” All girls
were invited to attend, especially the
new girls. Self was a young lady
who was selfish. She had seen the
Kingdom, but Kingdom leaves her.
Then World and Kingdom both come.
They gently struggle with her, but
World is the victor. Kingdom leaves
her. World then takes Self to Art.
She is absorbed in admiration. World
then takes Self to Letters. She looks
through them one at a time but does
not see Bible. Foreigners rush up
again to her, but she fails to notice
them. Then World takes Self to
Science. Self and Foreigners act as
before, but still she is unsatisfied.
She turns toward the Cross. As the
choir sang “Jesus Calls Us,” she knelt
before the Cross singing “Take My
Life and Let It Be.” Self then be
comes Service.
Occasionally thereafter the World
would come close and whisper to her,
but she was unchanged. Science, Let
ters, and World then all appeared in
teresting to her for she saw them in
another light; she found a work to
do in the world with the aid of
Science, Letters, and Kingdom,
j
4.
COLORADO YOUTH WINS
VALUABLE SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship to Guggenheim school of aeronautics.
New York University, valued at $1,000, is the reward won
by Paul C. Spiess, Denver, Colo., in the Eaglerock awards
competition sponsored by the Alexander Aircraft Com
pany among undergraduate college students throughout
the United States.
Spiess submitted four pa
pers on “Height Above-Ground
Altimeters.” They included
calculations and experimental
problems resulting from his
study of the subject. He was
a freshman at the University
of Colorado last year and an
honor student.
After Spiess has completed
his technical education he
hopes to find a job which will
give him some part in build
ing and designing airplanes.
He has already shown marked
aptitude for technical subjects
as nidicated by his grades
which were among the highest
of those earned by freshman
engineering students. Spiess
states that by doing his work
Splendid Chapel
Talks Mark the
Opening Week
Drs. Hobson, White, and Logan
Among Speakers.
Paul C. Spiess
thoroughly rather than hurriedly, he has found that he
could make better grades.
Fifteen hundred college students competed for the
Eaglerock awards. Besides the scholarship, an Eagle-
rock airplane valued at $3,500 and sixteen flying courses
valued at $300 each were given as prizes.
The students and faculty of Mars
Hill College have had an unusual
privilege in the excellent, spirited
messages heard at the chapel period
during this opening week of school.
Dr. W. A. Hobson of St. Peters
burg, Fla., field representative of
Stetson University, at a recent cha
pel period delivered an earnest mes
sage to the students to make their
record at Mars Hill clean and free
of ugly spots; to Visualize themselves
now as they want to be when they
stand next to the grave, and live
every day so as to make that record
of a noble life assured when they do |
rech the end of the way. Dr. Hobson ,
is father of Judge T. F. Hobson, said j
to be the youngest judge in the j
United States. Judge Hobson accom-;
panied his father in the visit to Mars
Hill, and was introduced by Mr.
Moore to the student body, but de-,
dined to make a speech, saying he
came to hear his father speak.
Dr. J. L. White, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Miami, Fla., whose
name is well known and loved at
Mars Hill, as well as elsewhere in
the South, in another recent chapel
period, got very near the hearts of
the young people in a sermon of
great depth and power. In its spirit
ual effect perhaps no recent chapel
sermon has equaled it. This was man
ifested by the serious attention given
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In this first week of school the
Seniors have already had two meet
ings. This proves that Mars Hill has
a working and wide awake Senior
class this year. The members of the
class are all glowing over the pros
pects for the year, since theirs is the
largest Senior class in the history of
Mars Hill College. There are ninety-
six ful-fledged members, that is,
members who have to their credit
twenty-eight or more semester hours
of work and eight or more quality
points. There are also enrolled in the
class thirty-two who either lack a
few hours or a few quality points of
having the required amount. These
will ibe full-fledged Seniors by next
semester, making a total enrollment
! of one hundred and twenty-eight.
In the two meetings the class was
organized under the leadership of the
president, Mr. Levi Dilday. Since
the lady sponsor of last year did not
return, the class elected Miss Coon
I sponsor instead. Miss Coon will as
sist Mr. Blackwell, the sponsor of
last year, in keeping the class going
straight and in the right direction.
Little Jane Elliott, charming little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott,
was elected class mascot.
The following officers of the class
were elected: Pearle Justice, vice-
president; Edna Wilhide, secretary;
James Cherry, treasurer. Under the
guidance of these able officers,, with
Levi Dilday as president and Miss
Coon and Mr. Blackwell as sponsors,
there is no reason for the class to
have anything but a successful year.
Mr. Leonard England, editor-in-
chief of the Laurel, became too over
loaded with work and had to resign
the position. The class accepted Mr.
England’s resignation with regret,
but as he stepped out of office an
other worthy and capable man ap
peared on the scene as the class elect
ed Mr. Frank Dale editor-in-chief of
the Laurel. Mr. Dale comes as an
experienced editor since he was edi
tor-in-chief of his annual in high
school. All feel confident that the
Laurel will be a great success under
the leadership of Mr. Dale with the
following officers to assist him: Miss
Virginia Isenhour, literary editor; T.
Carl Brown, business manager; M.
T. McDavitt, circulation manager;
Thelma Hoyle, senior editor.
Everything is in fine shape for the
Senior class this year. The Senior
call must work and everything wdll
be all right.