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PAGE TWO THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL. N. C. HILLTOP ^ Qem in the Emerald Ring of the Hills.—battle Entered at the Postoffice, Mars Hill, N. C., as Second Class Matter, February 20, 1926. Member Horth Carolina Collegiate Pres* Association. STAFF W. C. CAPEL, Editor PEARLE JUSTICE, Associate Editor DeFOREST HASTY, Associate Editor PEARLE JUSTICE, Society JAMES CHERRY and H. E. YARBOURGH, Athletic D. L. STEWART, Poetry MACK MOORE, Alumni MANAGERIAL A. B. PARKER .Business Manager THOMAS L. DYSARD. FRANK DALE JAMES CHERRY. -Assistant Business Manager Circulation Manager Exchange Manager instead of the dormitory. the shot of a well aimed bucket of water he begins to look for an exit, but before he finds an unbarred door the voice of a yodler reaches his ear. This climaxes his visit, and he begins to search for the drug: store or some place where he may get something to relieve his nerves. Every normal person favors exer cise, music practice, and a reason able amount of humor, provided it is in the right place. Also, we take it for granted that the college officials do, otherwise we wouldn’t have the re spective places for such—the gymna sium, the music building, and the col lege auditorium. The fact that we have these differ ent places for development on the campus does not relieve the situation. It only leads to the question of how we may have the students use them K * K ARS POETAE | Nor neither has Lillie, —Robert Fn * * * A Valentine A't Valentine zvhen lovers sing And to the winds their chantings fling, Methinks it not at all amiss To beg your tisne for reading this. Many a verse and many a rhyme Have tried to tell this tale sublime. And many -poets time have spent; They say but naught; they then repent Because the words they say are dead, And only hint what they wish said. I- REPORTORIAL Frank Dale Boyd Brown Ray Tolbert Sam Rich VOL. IV. MARS HILL, N. C. FEBRUARY 12, 1930 NO. 10 The Vanity of Morals By J. Nelson Jarrett. (In next issue: Convictions.’ Practically no person, who is at all identified with the geneology of mor als, can deny (supposing of course that he is truthful even with himself) that there is not a scrupulosity in them that approaches vanity. Surely “moral principles require reasoning and discourse to discover the certainity of their truths; they lie not open as natural characters en graven on the mind.’’ After having learned something of morality I am convinced that a person must watch his step ere he too slip and fall into the ignominious pit of natural circumstance. Lest my interpretation of this mor ality be misconstrued, permit me to digress here in order to say that I do not believe, yea, I deny that these standards of morality can be main tained without devout religious doc trines. As Washington said, “Reason and experience both forbid us to ex pect that natural morality can pre vail in exclusion of religious prin ciples.’’ Ask yourself who has the privilege and the jurisdiction of telling what is right and what is wrong. It is true that events are controlled by the votes of the majority. The capitalists, the bankers, the bosses, and the sel fish men dictate to us, and we obey becau.se we have to obey. That does not mean, however, that we are con vinced. In other words, “it is possible for us in time of peace and security to e-'ist agreeably—somewhat in coherently, perhaps, but without con- vlusions.” We live under said condi tions because every one else does, and because the present standards de mand it. Lest I be branded as an ex treme radical I will just mention the next thought and let the reader, who is obeying these dictations, draw his o\vn conclusions. Is it possible, or in any degree probable, that the above stat'd conditions, through our own myoria, might cause our ultimate des- truct'on? Fach day you are in the habit of doing certain things and of obeying certain laws that you consider legiti- mat think of the evolution of that parti cular habit or law? If you are doubt ful concerning a particular standard of morality, take a questioning at titude toward it and you will come forth from your inquiry convinced of the particular value of that stand ard or defying and denying its sig nificance. I have made the assertion that this natural standard of morality can not be maintained unless certain religious principles dominate. Then it is for us as an enlightened and God fearing people to demand and to determine whether these standards contain evils and to deny them instead of shield ing them. be written in a legible hand. A neatly written paper is more easily read and with greater rapidity than one scrawl ed over the pages. There’s no use trying to place the blame on former teachers and schools It is a matter of serious nature and should be corrected before we go further. We can, if we are so a mind, purchase a Zaner Writing Book from T. L. Bramlett and Co., and get many crooks out of our letters, but this is not the way we usually go about things.- Why- not- some- teacher- or teachers rise up and teach a course in penmanship? It is not too late for many of the seniors to advance in penmanship. Mr. Stringfield teaches that “to every stimulus there is a res ponse,’’ and it seems that the student body is lacking,- yea longing for a stimulation for better writing. It might be an advantage to cut some lectures short, or curtail the number of pages for parallel reading in order to give place to this very important and much neglected subject. We ob serve good English week once a year, why not better penmanship week? It might not be out of order to add spell.ng also. When we are out of schcoi or write to any one who does not know us. that person will certain ly judge us by our spelling and pen- mansh-p and not by the number of hours we have patiently, or other wise, listened to lectures, nor by the number of hurriedly read pages as parallel. Some of us believe that it ought to be a requirement by the State Department of Certification that every teacher should hold a pen manship diploma. Will they who have us in charge furnish the stimulus? Fellow stu dents, if the stimulus is felt let us res pond. —Mrs. C. L. Weston. It is known by all that at the begin ning of school last September there was a council elected by the student body for the purpose of making and enforcing rules, but since the conduct in the dormitories has been so scan dalous we are inclined to think a number of things: such as are the councilman incompetent; do they think they were elected merely for the honor of it; or are they so deeply entangled themselves that they can not afford to say anything? We have our gymnasium for gym nastic exercises, the music building for musical practice, and if necessary we should drive all braying stock back to the farm. Why not make and post rules in regard to using the dormitory for gymnastic exercises, practicing on any musical instrument in the dorm itory, and unnecessary vocal noises (such as yodling and braying up and down the halls?) Still there is some thing equally as important as making rules. It is backbone to enforce them after they are made. The councilmen have the authority vested in them by the student body and are backed by the faculty and executive committee. So let’s make an effort to have better order. (Signed) A Student Deserving Better Order. I cannot hope to match their art; Like they I can not tell a part. Or even hope to make you see How much my love for you can be; But be it as it is, ’tis well; Perhaps 'tis best I cannot tell, For what is told is ne'er so prized As that untold or undevised. Mr. Jarrett, who is a I dent of Mars Hill, spoke dents of the college soni( He read several of his latest of which was Lill.’’ This poem w'as wrill occasion, thirty years afufl school here. Mr. Jarrett p home in Jackson County has charge of a hotel in I ^ The poetry of Mr. Jar peculiarly interesting si the things all know about j tains, nature, and the f one every day are his poems. He has also writte titled Ockaneedg:e€. « « * The poem “Lillie, Swe never been published be^l leaving the campus Mr. the original copy to Miss i) kindly offered to let the b lish it. DR. ECKHARDT APPEARS BEFORE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB Some words can bring a gracious thing. Vet loftiest things they dare not sing. 'Tis best that silence should possess The things that words cannot express; And likewise silence cats say more Than all the words one can implore. Ah well, then let me not proceed With ink of black and feathered reed. But let me tell you zvhat to do To learn the things I wish you knew. For practice let me beg you take A tramp around sosne shady lake. To rest yourself from turmoil's care. To hear the birds zvhich skim the air — These little feathered friends of man Who fly and play in every land. Who think in paradise they are As they flit to and from afar. Who ever knozc what 'tis to love. Could make you feel as from above The thing I hope they make you see— About how much my love can be. 11 U M O R (* THE LION The lion is the King of bi On lesser animals he fe Impressing them with h( Not unlike a Senator. (Continued on Page 2) When frcnn the birds you've heard the song Let day depart, 'twill not be long. And let the mellow, golden light Beam through the trees, and chase the night As Luna peers frosn o'er the hill To light the ziorld which rests so still. You watch/her as her glittering eye Shines forth as though it zcere on pre; And try to understand hei- gleam Because my love in it is seen. The thing I hope it makes you see Is just how much my love can be. li Dormitory Conditions A dormitory, as Mr. Webster de fines it, is a sleeping room, or a building which contains many sleep ing rooms. A gymnasium, as Mr. Webster defines it, is a place or a building for athletic exercise. Mr. Webster does not give any statutory rules governing either of these places, thus we conclude that he thought it best for local authorities to make Did you ever stop, however, to j gu^h rules as are necessary. Even though this has been done it is no proof that all the games are played in the gymnasium, or that the dormitories are sufficiently quiet for i studying and sleeping purposes. A stranger on entering one of our dormitories might think he was en tering a gymnasium, the practice de partment of a music building, or even the live stock department of a fair ground. Probably one of the first things that this stranger would see on entering the dormitory would be a Sl all We Improve Our Penmanship? capital; the Poles are in conflict with the Southern Russians; Silesia is di vided into two parts. And the cause of all this is that the minorities have been neglected. In many cases the minorities constitute almost a major ity, but as they are unorganized they accomplish little. There are all types of minorities — economic, religious, etc. The economic depression has been caused by the unwise junction of countries which have the same in dustries. As there is no place to un load their produce, and due to the many tariff duties imposed on trans ported goods, there must be an at tendance decline of industry, which in its turn causes depopulation. In the midst of the financial depression in many nations education is rapidly on the decline, so that all the educa tion the average child may obtain is merely what his parents may teach him. All this trouble has been caus ed by the neglect of minorities. If eastern Europe wishes to avoid the horror of another war it must- be by the mutual consent of the nations— a conference of reform. Unless the present system be changed a war is imminent. Mr. Robert Lathan, editor of the Asheville Citizen, accompanied Dr. Eckhardt to Mars Hill and introduc ed the speaker. Dr. Eckhardt’s lectures at Mars Hill was made possible by the Carne gie Endowment of International Now let the floit ers of the field Their perftunes to your nostrils yield. As to the meadows you repair To pluck these precious things so fair; These pearls that glisten o'er the phiin And form a never-ending chain. You watch them as they dance around And whisper low a soft sweet sound; You catch the fragrance as it blows; 'Tis but my love that to you goes The thing I hope they make you see Is just how snuch my Ica-e can be. h Now after you h.!Z'e heard the birds \ And seesi the mo',n and smelted the flowers; ' Combine their messages in one And from this one I hope you'll see How much my h/ce lor you can be. i —C. A. Maddry, ’28. i Lillie, Sweet Lill group of students taking their much- needed daily dozen. After having 1 which assumed all expenses been knocked down a couple of times to Mars Hill. He was se- by ambitious “leap-frogers” he is finally able to get as far down as the assembly hall. There he finds several young pugilists engaged in a bloody battle surrounded by a crowd of yell-1 We are not inclined to believe that Mars Hill Students are more lacking in penmanship than students of other schools, but we do plead quilty to the charges we hear made against many of us Many papers are handed to our teachers which put them to a great inconvenience to pick out the content. No wonder they insist that our papers cured through the Carnegie Founda tion to make a lecture to the Interna tional Relations Clubs in the various colleges. Mars Hill is the only junior college ing spectators. If he is able to jour- new much farther down the hall the melodious voice of some love-inspired Caruso reaches his ear. This voice re minds him more of some savage suf fering intense agony than that of a civilized human being. The same vis itor by this time is beginning to won der what kind of a menagerie this is any way. After having just escaped in the South having an International Relations Club. Memberships may be obtained through high scholastic at tainment, general leadership qual ities, and interest in the social sci ences particularly. This club, in training the members concerning the proper relationships of nations to one another, hopes to make better citizens of its members. I am thinking today Of the long, long ago Of Mary, Joseph, and Bill Who attended the school And broke every rule ■ By courting here at Mars Hill. | I remember one lass I So sweet and so fair, i W'hose eyes were hazel brown. | And I was her beau | In the long, long ago, i And she was the belle of the town. | This maiden so charming, 1 So erudite, too. Whose name was Lillie, sweet Lill. I’ll never forget her Though oft I greet her This charming sweet maid of Mars Hill. Though many rare memories So charming and sweet Through the years have attended Mars Hill There never can be One fairer to me Than this beautiful maiden. Sweet Lill. But the years pass along And bring us old age, Who’ve broken rules at iMar.s Hill, But never I yet Have had a regret Kings are pretty much li They wear a crown— And ermine shirts and Lest we forget that th( Again there is the Social The kind the Smart Se on: Poets, play writers, pseit Who, too, should saf cages. —Geoi|L Learning to run an ail like falling off a log, only Thief: “I hope you w|i with me, your honor. I many dependent upon support.’’ Magistrate: “Children t Thief: “No, your h tives.’’—Blackpool Timei And nowadays you hc^ stunting in airplanes, in| outside loops and upsid4 ing and all that, but stunt in aviation is to landing.—That’s Judge. /CV Mad About Ml 1 I was >ating a rosy-re night. When up stepped a swe( And .said in the softe.st me a bile.’’ Good Gawd, you should her! —Ch( Poet: “Dash it, the ba i thrown that lost sonnet 4) fire.’’ His wife: “Don’t be i ard. The little dear —Answers. ' Sign to Go Up on tb , Notice^ No bicycles, roller ska coaster-wagons, or velot I ed on this campus, i John Chiles: “I’d dii, ■ deaths for you.” ; Kat: “Oh, I assure y% j suit me perfectly.” Sometimes I sit and: . raging ocean and marvel ' water there is for a thin I bathing cap to keep ouU i ^ In a new talkie film] i one woman in the ca I ample to justify the eb i a talkie film.—London A California mini?« couple in sixty second^ quicker than falling ca plane.—Duluth Herald The Senate has ordert investigation of the pred tion. Sweeping won’t do need is a mop. Butler: “Bill was night.” Edna: "What! Brokt- M. Green : “Do you ti learn to love me?” Andy Fox: “I might, cuius once.” . ♦ * ♦ Crip’s motto: Better
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