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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C.
VOL.
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No.
FOUR
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Entered at the Postoffice, Mars Hill, N. C., as Second Class Matter,-
February, 20, 1926.
Member North Carolina Collegiate Press Association.
_ STAFF
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PEARLE JUSTICE ^ Associate Editor
DeFOREST HASTY Associate Editor
SOCIETY . : Pearl Justice
ATHLETIC James Cherry and Harrison Yarlesuragn
POETRY b. L. Stewart
ALUMNI Mack Moore
IDEALS
MANAGERIAL
A. B. PARKER Business Manager
THOMAS L. DYSART Assistant Business Manager
FRANK DALE Circulation Manager
JAMES CHERRY Exchange Manager
Frank Dale
REPORTORIAL
Boyd Brown Ray Tolbert Sam Pick
The Hilltop Policy
It has always been the custom of the Hilltop to print in the
first issue of each year a statement of the plans and policies that
are to be pursued by the paper during the year. As each new
staff undertakes to take over the publication of a paper new
problems arise that require new attitudes that are different from
the old accepted ones. Therefore, the policy of a paper is in
keeping with the progress of the times. The Hilltop will ever
strive to be one jump ahead of the times and forcast and por
tray the most cosmopolitan ideas and ideals that permeate the |
campus. We, the staff, want you to feel that the Hilltop is your I
paper and that you are welcome to write in it what you please
as long as what you say is not of a personal concern.
The Hilltop is controlled by no group and is dictated to by
none. We intend to merely set before you the happenings, the
ideas, the work, and the plans that are in vogue on the campus.
With your co-operation we can do this in a way that will reflect
credit upon the entire institution. The Staff.
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Every good and noble life has
been, and always will.' be, attained
through the pursuit and observance
of an ideal. , ' .
At this period in our life when we
are striving toward the goal of high
er education and success it is imper
ative that we have as our, ultimate
aim that which is good and noble in
Ufa. James-Allen says, .“You are. to
day where your thoughts haye
brought you; you will be tomorrow
where your thoughts take you.” It is
obviously true that if you have as
your ideal that which is good and
true, you will become that kind of a
man or woman. On the other hand,
if your aim be not at that which is
good and noble, your life will hardly
be worth living. It is undoubtedly
true that you will become that which
you have visioned yourself, because
you will “gravitate toward that
which you secretly love.”
So, aim at that which will make
you a person respected and admired
by your fellow men; live the kind of
a life that is untarnished in the eyes
of your inner self, and you “will be
come as small as your controlling
desire and as great as your dominant
aspiration.”
—Nelson Jarrett.
ARSPOETAE «
StUlie/its are invited to . contribute
Original foetr:^ of \ any variety to the
Hilltop. Submit to 'the editor of Jhis
department.
A NIGHT SCENE
Come, and Avalk’with me-tonight-- -
To yon little dreamy height;
Feel with me a deep delight
Through your spirit thrilling sweet:
Oft I clamb this little hill,
Standing for a moment still
Listening to the gurgling rill
Softly murmuring at my feet.
CHOICES
Downward in the misty vale
Winding till my vision fail,
Runs the roadway winding pale.
Onward trailing through the mist;
Murmuring mores the sleepy stream
Twinkling ’neath the dreamy gleam
Of the glancing moonlight beam
By a million ripples kiss’d.
THE WEATHER
The golden-rod is sellozc,
The corn is turning broten.
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending dozen
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
• In dust\ pod the milkzveed
Her hidden silk has spun.
By all these lovely tokens
September's days are here.
With autumsi's best of zeeather
And zeinter's best of cheer.
Marriages
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Round me blends the drony song
Of the night’s numbered throng;
T'hcse to Nature’s choir belong.
Nature’s nightly symphony.
Oft while other mortals rest.
Here upon this little crest.
Something stirs within my breast—
Like diviner melodv.
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Societies
One of the most oustanding characteristics of the Mars Hill
campus is the four literary societies. These societies have lux
uriously furnished halls and put out the maximum of work to
keep these places of meeting in tiptop condition. Of course there
is rivalry between the different societies. The Eus and Nons
try with all their powers of persuasion to get more members
than the Phis and Olios who are struggling equally as hard to
bring about the very same condition.
It is most emphatically recommended that every student join
one or the other of these societies, because of the training it gives
and the influences upon the campus. The aim of all of the socie
ties is to promote high thinking and college spirit between the
various factions and sections found on the Hill. It gives the
best available opportunity for training in public speaking and
debating. By all means, join one and align yourself with the
foremost institutions on the campus.
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The Spirit of Fair Play
The spirit of fair play is not such a tangible thing as it might way possible to make your presence
There is quite a bit said about the
effect of childhood influence upon
older life. It is the accepted theory
of all who study child psychology
that the habits and tendencies exhib
ited at an early age have a profound
influence upon the trend of the later
life of the subject.
It is in much the same manner
that the junior college influences the
remainder of the college career. It
is, therefore, of vital importance that
the selection of that college be sound.
It is believed that there is no other
college in the South that serves a
more useful purpose and has more
influence than Mars Hill. Your
choice of this institution shows that
you have investigated and discovered
for yourself the many things that
make it the college it is today.
It is always quite a problem to wel
come new persons into an atmos
phere that is strange to them, and
consequently it is rather hard for the.
old students to be as friendly as they
would like bo be in their dealings
with the new students. Every man
on this hill welcomes your i)resence
and appreciates your choice. They
will all strive to make your stay as
enjoyable as possible. It then re
mains for you to co-operate in every
Better now I understand
Beauty of creation’s hand.
Feeling what the Maker plann’d
Finds expression in the sight;
Some may doubt, but tell not me
Beauty, song, and harmoj^
Come by chance; for I can see
God’s soul in a summer' night.
D. L. Stewart.
When down town or in Asheville
patronize those hrms advertising; in
the Hilltop.
iViars Hill students are going fas
Mr. Douglas M. Robinson was ma: P
ried to Miss Kathleen Blackstock th
31st of August, 1929.
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On August 12th, 1929, Miss Mar
Sue Gribble was married to M?^
Avery Cunningham.
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Mr. Arnold Kimsey King was re
cently married to Mi.s.s Edna Coates,
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Dr. J. T. Mitchell and Miss Julii
(’hillii)s, both former Mars Hill st
dents, were married September 3rd
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On June 26th, Miss Mary Thigpej^j
and Mr.. Arthur Hayes, both formej.
students of Mars Hill, were married^
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Miss Magdalene Blankenship anfe
Mr. 'Veros F. Ransdell were recent)|c
married. b
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At last -Mr. Herman Wells h^*
found a bride.
The principal of the school
Marshall this year is Mr. Dough
Robinson. Mr. Robinson has som
600 pupils.
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At the Cascades
seem at first thought. One can not point out a man and say,
“That man plays with the spirit of fair play in his mind.” Fair
play is the spontaneous spirit of friendly comradeship that
prompts a man to instinctively be the sportsman in his action
toward all his fellow men.
The spirit of fair play extends further than the gridiron, the
diamond, or the hardwood. All too soon do we jump at the con
clusion that fair play means sportsmanlike conduct in an ath
letic contest. It means that, certainly, but its deeper and more
as enjoyable to the old students as
possible, for it is only through hearty
co-operation that we can ever hope
to weld together a stalwart body of
students who are striving toward
the same goal.
PARAGRAPHlCS ■
“Can you Yo-Yo, and if not- why
. .» . ... , , , „ I not?” is only one of the remarks that
Significant meaning is in regard to ourselves. Every move wei^re flying thick and fast on the cam-
make brings us into contact with some problem in which the
spirit of fair play has a part. We must learn to play fair with
ourselves first and be square and above board with every one
else. To do this one must be fair not only in the eyes of the mul
titudes, but also in the privacy of his own mind. He must deal
with his personal problems in a fairminded way.
Be fair. Be straight. Be honest. All these characteristics
are contained in the words “fair play.” If we are to be the men
and women that those who are sending us here want us to be, we
must have that spirit about us, and now is the time to begin. Look
around you, take stock of yourself, and see where you stand;
and then set out to acquire that most valuable of all property
that is free to only those who take it—fairmindedness.
L. D. EDWARDS
In the passing of Mr. L. D. Ed
wards, whose death came unexpect
edly September 13 as the result of an
automobile accident. Mars Hill Col
lege loses one of her most loyal sons
and a genuine friend, and the com
munity sustains the loss of one of its
most useful and altruistic citizens.
Mr. Edwards was a student at Mars
Hill 1897-1898; later he served his
alma mater as a member of the board
of trustees, part of the time as sec
retary of the board. Through the
years he has been a staunch and lib
eral supporter of the college and a
personal friend to individual students.
In the social life of the community,
civic and religious, Mr. Edwards al
ways assumed his full share of re
sponsibilities. In the church where
he served as teacher, Sunday School
superintendent, and deacon his ab
sence will be keenly felt.
While the entire community shares
the bereavement of the family and
the members who have felt his per
sonal friendship and generosity, all
are perhaps richer and nobler because
of his life.
pus these last few days. The new fad
has struck the Hill. Every one seems
to be struck with the fever and the
little round wooden pellets hitchbd to
their string are to be'"seen flying in
every direction.
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Football is in the air. The muffied
thump of the pigskin against shoe-
leather, the clash of the contending
bodies of the warriors as they pile
desperately into a squirming mass, all
adds to the thrill that one gets from
the grand old game. When the air
gets a little crisper and the janitor
begins to be cussed out, you will have
the privilege of seeing the team in
action in the first home game of the
season against Boiling Springs on
October 12. Everyone wants to be
out for the game. The prospects are
bright, but no team can do its best
unless it gets the whole-hearted sup
port of the fans.
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While Yo-Yo is the go among the
boys the girls have adopted quite a
new fad. Little dogs, blue, with M.
H. C. blankets over their rather thin
mid-sections, are quite the rage. What
the names of all the many little fel
lows are one can scarcely tell, but
any way, they are very much in evi
dence.
As I sat on a rock beside the stream
at the Cascades sometime ago my
mind began to wander about. I looked
up the stream just where the water
began to glide down the rock into the
pool some yards below. It reminded
me of ,lif^. As I saw the water hs it
first came into view it was a small
^ceam. That reminded me of the first
years of life, and it signified innoc
ence. Then began the descent down
the path of life. The ■water ran
smoothly in some places, swiftly in
others. The rock which the water
glided over was not smooth; in some
places it was very rough and there
were pits. The water rushed madly
down its course, hitting those pits
with a jar. At such places that re
minded me of the pits that are un
avoidable in life as we travel along.
Some of the water avoided these pits
by sheer accident. Some of the water
ran along the edges and kept close to
the edges of the rock-stream bed as
though it were afraid to venture far
ther into the stream.
It all reminded me of life. We it
all going along the path to eternfi
Some of us are going forward r
pidly, little caring where we go
how we go. Some are tactfully avol
ing the pitfalls; others get into the:
accidently; and a few of us stei
close to the edge, afraid to ventui
out into life. Many of us rush heao
long into pitfalls and get a sevet
shock which awakens us to the re
lization that we have a life to Ir
and that -we must live it in a sho:
time.
But with all the tact and skillf
manipulation of the mechanism
our lives, the hardships, the bumj
the pitfalls, and the smooth way,
land in the same place—eternity. .
I looked down the swiftly movi
stream I thought of it as life and
the pool at the foot of the rock
eternity—the destiny of everyone
matter what kind of life he has live
—F. Pearle Justice.
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