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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, 3 HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
THE^MILLTOP
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 NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION
and SOUTHERN JUNIOR COLLEGE PRESS ASSOCIATION
STAFF
J. NELSON JARRETT,
Editof
FRANCES BARNES,
Associate Editoi
B. G. LEONARD, JR.,
Associate Editor
MAYMEE KELLEY,
Religious Editor
BOYD BROWN,
Society Editoi
HOWARD CAMNITZ,
Athletic Editoi
D. L. STEWART,
Poetry Editor
COOPER GRETTER,
Alumni Editor
CHARLES LAMPLEY,
Typist
MANAGERIAL
J. D, CARR, Business Manager. HOYLE LEE, Circulation Manager.
W. O. ROSSER, Exchange Manager.
CHARLOTTE HOOPER
REPORTORIAL
ELIZABETH WELBURN
MARGARET ALLEN
VOL. V.
MARS HILL. N. C., SEPTEMBER 23, 1930.
NO. 1
Greetings
Mars Hill campus is alive again with that same .jovial, happy,
earnest, and determined spirit which has marked the beginning
of seventy-five school years in the past. Many new students have
decided to continue to help Mars Hill maintain that high stand
ard of excellence that has been hers in the past.
New students, we congratulate you heartily upon the wisdom
of your choice. We gather that you have come here with a pur
pose. We welcome you heartily into the realms of good-fellow
ship manifested on our campus. We are glad to have you, and
it is our earnest hope that when we throw you our torch next
May the same spirit and willing hand will receive it that is
shown by you now. ^
Again we congratulate you and welcome you to Mars Hill.
Help us to uphold the honor and name of Alma Mater. J.N.J.
Lines for Leisure
SUMMER EVENING
By Corinne Pannell.
See the golden sunlight now
Tinge the mountain’s misty brow.
Over field and meadow bright
Shed a flood of golden light.
Gild the lowly cottage wall
And the trees so very tall.
Sweet the summer’s evening hour;
Gentle whispers seem to say.
Soothing is its magic power;
“Life is but a summer’s day;’’—
And its close, if spent aright.
Tranquil as a summer’s night.
FACING THE TASK
■We will toil, labor, and work.
And our duty we’ll never shirk;
We’ll do our best every day.
In our weak, yet humble way.
FEW CHANGES
IN FACULTY
LINEUP AT M. H.
Many Active in Study or Research
Work During Summer.
Our 1930-31 Policy
Following in the footsteps of tradition, we find it a necessity
and a pleasure to give to the students, in our first edition, the
oolicy of the staff for the year 1930-31.
This edition of the paper is the new staff’s first organized
ittempt at publishing a paper. We realize that our readers are
;osmopolitan in number and interests. It is the aim of the new
taff to have something in the paper that will be of interest to
ill of its readers. New problems will arise which have to be
solved by new methods, and it is our hope that the students will
co-operate with us in solving such problems as may arise.
The Hilltop staff hopes, more than ever before, to make the
paper the real voice of the campus. Your words of approval and
criticism will be gladly received. Always do we try to encou
rage every one to write. Your contributions will always be wel
come. The Hilltop is your paper. Help to make it what you
want it to be.
Wc’ll face the task with a smile.
We’ll not grumble—it’s never worth
while;
We’ll humbly walk and strive to win.
We’ll shun evil and leave off sin.
Then, when life’s trials are past.
And we reach home at last.
We’ll enjoy the peace and rest
That comes from Him who knows
best.
—Claude Hamby.
AUTUMN TIME
The grand old autumn time is here.
The gladdest season of the year;
The leaves are tinted gold and brown.
As through the trees they flutter
down.
We are all happy, glad and free;
The world is dancing round with glee;
The birds sing merrily above
A song of peace and hope and love.
Societies
For the purpose of providing worth-while training in literary
works there are at Mars Hill four literary societies, all of which
offer to students excellent opportunity for individual training
and development. During the past years the work of the four
societies has been outstanding in its value to the students. No
one can receive all that Mars Hill has to offer unless he identifies
himself with one of the societies and allows himself to become
interested and enthusiastic in the work. To the girls the socie
ties offer training in composition, dramatics, music, debating,
and reading. The boys’ societies offer practice in declamation,
debating, and oration. The societies hold weekly meetings and
each presents one public program during the year. In the Spring
semester contests are held between the societies in debate, read
ing, declamation, and oration. These contests sharpen the in
terest in work and keep up the spirit of contest which is condu
cive to hard work. Realizing the benefit derived from work in
these societies, every student is expected to become a member
and to do his part in carrying forward the society activities.
F. B.
The trees take off their emerald pride
To meet the grand old autumn tide.
They’re taking off their coats of gold
To meet the winter’s mighty cold.
The cooling frosts the nuts have
browned;
Now they’re falling to the ground.
Tossed gently by the autumn breeze
That shakes the towering chestnut
trees.
Off to the woodlands now we go;
And here and there and to and fro
We gather chestnuts, far and wide,—
We’re ready for Old Winter’s tide!
—Bernard Bradley, Class of ’29-’30.
The Popularity of the
Soupline
Alma Mater
Oh, dear Alma Mater, we praise thy
great name
For the lives of the ones thou hast
taught;
Through struggles and cares thou
hast won thy great fame.
And great are the deeds thou hast
wrought.
Thy sons and thy daughters hold
mem’ries of days
When they labored and toiled hi
thy care;
They are blessing the world and are
giving the praise
To thy name, Alma Mater, so fair.
Oh, wonderful teacher, thy beauties
and truths
Are moulding our own lives like
thine;
A model thou art for thousands of
youths;
Thy truths with our lives we en
twine.
We share all thy gains; thy losses are
ours;
As thou art may we ever be;
May we give all our lives with their
talents and powers
In service learned here from thee.
Thy hills in their beauty inspire us to
climb
To the heights that are noble and
great;
Thy rippling brooks and thy bowers
sublime
Have lessons for each to relate.
Should we live to old age, our hair
silv-ry grey,
Ever faithful and true we would
be;
And with hearts full of love we would
bless the day
When destiny led us to thee.
—Edith Mayes.
Many jokes have been told about
the soupline and about its origin;
many tales have been recited about
certain people who have developed a
“soupline complex” because of the
manner in which their Sunday even
ings were spent; and possibly several
hundred Monday classes have been
neglected and have consequently be
come distinguished as the sections in
which low grades predominate; but
the popularity of the bunion-derby is
evidenced by the growing throngs of
laughing young swains that congre
gate around the water fountain and
in front of the porch of the Spiiman
Home each Sunday afternoon about
four o’clock.
Even when the weather is incle
ment, certain couples gather for their
“bull conferences.” These conversa
tions are seldom serious but are usu
ally mischievous and humorous. For
instance, one boy will say, “Old lady,
don’t wear a hole in my new pair of
sox;” or “Bill, don’t forget that you
must clean up the room when you
come back!” and sometimes they yell,
“Mary, don’t do anything that I
wouldn’t do.” By the time that the
last chaperon has disappeared in the
distance the crowd begins to disband
until the time when the soupline be
comes visible a short while before
supper.
There is surely some fundamental
reason for the popularity which this
Sunday recreation enjoys, not only
among the students but also among
the faculty members. Is it not rea
sonable to suppose that they likewise
are thrilled when they think of the
grandness and majesty of the pan
orama which they enjoy under cir
cumstances that are somehow differ
ent from the routine of their weekly
days? Surely they have learned to
cherish the beautiful strolls that are
rapidly becoming one of the most
popular events of the social calendar
of every attractive collegian.
The work of the seventy-fifth ses
sion of Mars Hijl College began Mon
day, September 8, with few changes
in the faculty. Dr. Oscar E. Sams,
for seven years president of Carson-
Newman College, and for three years
president of Bluefield College, assum
ed the duties of Vice-President. Pro
fessor J. B. Huff returns to the head
of the department of English after
several years’ absence during which
time he was professor of English at
Carson-Newman and president of
Wingate College. He takes the place
of Professor P. L. Elliott, who was
formerly his student. Professor El
liott has accepted similar work in
Western Carolina Teacher’s College.
Mr. W. D. Smith takes the place of
Mr. Juredine in the Physics and
Chemistry department. Mr. Smith
received his B. S. at Furman Univer
sity. He later attended Tulane Uni
versity where he received his Master’s
Degree in Science. For the past
three years he has been in industrial
work in dye stuff, application, and
manufacturing. This will be of great
value to him in his work here.
Professor Otis Trentham returns
to his position in the Biology Depart
ment after a year’s study at Duke
University where he completed the
work for his master’s degree in
science. Miss Rowannetta Allen, who
supplied during his absence, will be
missed greatly in our campus life.
Professor A. N. Cordpening, of the
Greek and Bible department, has
been granted another year's leave of
absence for study at Cozer Theolog
ical Seminary and at the University
of Pennsylvania. Professor W. M.
Grubbs, of the History department,
has been granted a leave of absence
foi graduate study ii'i history at the
University of North Carolina. Miss
Ethel Gregg returned to the English
department after a semester of study
ac Columbia University.
Others of the faculty have been
sludyiiig during the summer. Mr.
Blackwell, professor of Greek and
Bible, has been studying at the Union
Theological Seminary at New York,
where he won singular honors. Mr.
McLeod, of the English department,
has completed the work for his mas
ter’s degree at the University of
North Carolina. Mr. I. N. Carr was
with the officer’s encampment at
Camp McPherson, Atlanta, for two
weeks following the first summer
term. He also did some research
work toward his doctor’s degree. Mrs.
W. E. Wilkins, of the Latin depart
ment, after a period of travel in New
England, has been serving as camp
mother at the Dr. Pettit Camps of
Long Island. Mrs. O. E. Roberts,
head of the department of French,
has been studying during the sum
mer at St. Genevieve’s of the Pines.
Mother’s Corner
By Mother Milstead
Greetings! And a hearty welois
to students, both old and new, ante
members of the Faculty.
The message I would bid you c.-ry
in your hearts is this:
‘‘Today is the finest day that lod
has ever made.
And o’er its dawning, noon and ve,
His loving hands are laid.
And things we’ve said, the thiigs
we’ve done are gone with ys-
terday.
Tomorrow with its promises is ce'
turies away.
Today is the finest day. Oh, live
gloriously!
“Pretend it is the only day you h
on earth to live.
And drain it of each ounce of joyi
can be made to give,
Uplift your eyes—adore the worll
for which He dearly paid!
Today is the finest day that God h j
ever made.
“What though it bring to you or
sorrow, pain, and tears?
To make this day the Lord has toil
ed many million years.
There’s joy upon the mountain top.i
—there’s joy in deepest glade.
Today is the finest day that God has
ever made.
Oh, clasp its moments to your heart
and crowd each precious hour.
Radiate the Master’s gift of hope—
and love and power.
Perform at least one worth-while
deed before you let it fade.
Today is the finest day that God his
ever made.” '
Mars Hill Community
effective revival. Surely God has
brought Dr. Sams back to his home
town to be a blessing to both com
munity and college. The Sunday ser
vices were spiritually inspiring to us
who have come to begin a new year’s
work. We rejoiced with you in the
baptism of so many of your fine jun
iors and intermediates, dreaming, as
you did, of a few years hence when
they shall take your places as conse
crated leaders in church and commu-
iiiL^ life, a oliallong*o tHoy nro
to those who lead and train them! To
have seen many families united in
hopes and purposes for their chil
dren ; to have rejoiced with you in
the rededication of lives of older men
and women; to have resolved anew
with all of you that we want to live
this year for God in a very real way
—to have come into this fine Chris
tian atmosphere is indeed a blessing.
May God bless us all, friends. We
are here to live and work with you.
May He direct and unite our efforts
in Christian training and service. As
we saw the great congregation of
community people, we regretted that
many would soon give their places to
the college students. Shall we not
pray and work for a church where in
stead of the 600 who now fill its pews
1500 may unite in praise and wor
ship! Shall we not make this the
happiest year we have ever had to
gether !
“Glad to see you!”
“Glad to be back!”
How often in the last week have
these simple, joyous greetings rever
berated around Mars Hill. Could
other words better express the friend
ly relationship between the people of
the community and the teachers and
students of this little mountain vil
lage? What need of glaring placards
of welcome? The welcome at Mars
Hill is personal and genuine. We
meet it everywhere: on the buses, in
the stores and other places of bus
iness, on the campus, and at church.
The smile, the handshake, the fine spi
rit make those returning feel as if
they were coming home.
Those who are new express their
appreciation for your welcome, say
ing they have never encountered a
more friendly spirit than that at Mars
Hills. We need your co-operation in
helping them to make the most of
their opportunities here. Fortunate
are those who can be here at all.
Many see their way for only a few
months; others will have to leave at
the close of the semester unless con
ditions improve. The majority seem
to appreciate the sacrifices being
made for their education and are here
to succeed. They, too, will soon learn
to love Mars Hill as we do.
Some who came early had the priv
ilege of being with the community
folk in the close of their quiet and
“Happy is that people whose God
is the Lord.” Psalm CXLIV:16.
—One who loves Mars Hill.
OPEN FORUM
I wish to take this opportunity to
voice to our readers and students the
appreciation of the entire staff for
the services rendered The Hilltop
during the summer months by Mr.
D. L. Stewart.
I realize the handicaps under which
Mr. Stewart worked in editing the
summer editions of the paper. It
took courage, will power, and an un
questioned ability to edit papers of
such high standards under such cir
cumstances. He and his co-workers
published two editions practically
perfect in make-up and content. We
believe always in giving credit to
whom credit is due, and I realize that
too much credit cannot be given Mr.
Stewart and his co-workers.
Again on behalf of the staff, I wish
to congratulate Mr. Stewart upon his
fine work, and thank him for the
splendid services he rendered the pa
per and the school during the sum
mer months.
(Signed) J. Nelson Jarrett, Editor.
It is the duty and sacred privilege
of every Mars Hill student to stand
when the “Alma Mater” is being
played.