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Page Two THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA The Hilltop Jt Qem in the Emerald Ring of the Hills. 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. Editor-in-Chief FRANCES BARNES. Associate editor G. LEONARD. Associate Editor MAYMEE KELLY. Religious editor BOYD BROWN. HOWARD CAMNITZ. Athletic HAROLD HENDRICKS. Assistant Athletic Editor L, STEWART. POETRY EDITOR CONWAY SAMS. SOCIETY editor Alumni editor CHARLES LAMPLEY DR. OSCAR E. SAMS pROBABLY no man living loves Mars Hill better and ROY F. FISHER. Busine W - . . TYPIST MANAGERIAL s Manager HOYLE LEE. Circulation Manager O, ROSSER. EXCHANGE MANAGER. REPORTORIAL CHARLOTTE HOOPER ELIZABETH WELBURN MARGARET ALLEN DAVID MASHBURN LOUISE SMITH MARTHA STACK MARION JUSTICE VOL. V. MARS HILL, N. C., OCTOBER 30, 1930. NO. 3 For the King's English IpELLOW STUDENTS AND FACULTY, we want to start now * a Better English Year. As members of a college such as ours, we should try to ex'cel in the correct use of our mother tongue. It is surprising how many inexcusable errors we make in our daily conversation. Good grammar is essentially important in any position which we might wish to hold. How about starting the helpful habit of correcting any gram matical error which we might hear? Now, don’t expect not to be corrected yourself! Therein is the benefit to you. In the class room, in your dormitory, and on the campus you will have ample opportunity to exercise your own knowledge of the King’s Eng lish. (Why not make it ours?) Of course, it must be* understood that everyone is in on this (Check! first error caught—use of slang) and no one must feel offended when corrected. We may take consolation in the fact that President Herbert Hoover mispronounced two words in his address at Kings Mountain. The teachers must be on their p’s and q’s, too, for we shall want to ask their assistance and often times we might question some grammatical usage of theirs. Some members of the faculty have admitted that they make mis takes and even we can understand how that is possible. So, friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your speech and correct speech, at that; for we mean to make no mistakes in grammar from this time forth. w PROF. W. A. G. BROWN The Man and His Work 1830-1906 Professor W. A. G. Brown was born in Blount County, Tennessee, May 23, 1830. He was tbe son of Deacon Jonatbon Brown and Rebecca (Bowers) Brown. When be was twelve years old bis father moved to Sevier County. No cburcb being con venient be threw open his own home to church services, which soon re sulted in the organization of what is now Sugar Loaf Church. Professor Brown was converted at the age of twelve years and united with Nails Creek Baptist Church. He graduated from Mossy Creek College in 1856. Soon after his graduation he married Margaret Amanda Pattison, who was a direct descendant of the Newman family, who have played such an im portant part in the establishment of Carson-Newman College. To them were born five boys and two girls, one boy and one girl dying in in fancy, the others growing to man hood and womanhood. While Profes sor Brown was not a preacher, he was the father of preachers. Three of the four boys who grew to man hood became ministers of the gospel. ney he ever made was spent for a book, and perhaps, if the facts were known, the last money he ever earned went for a book. He had a very large private library, and was so thoroughly familiar with it that on the darkest night he could place his hand upon any book he desired in any of the numerous book shelves. He had a very large sympathy for struggling boys and girls, and sur rendered opportunities for benefiting himself financially in order to give to the education of the poor and de serving. Immediately after he grad uated he was elected President of Mars Hill College, in North Carolina. Upon leaving Mars Hill in 1869 he went to Hendersonville, North Car olina, and began the publication of the “Baptist Telescope.” In 1860 he returned to Tennessee to teach math ematics in Mossy Creek (now Carson- Newman) College, and occupied this position till the Civil War broke out. He served four years in the Confed erate Army, and was wounded at the battle of Chickamaugua. After the close of the war, with his brother-in is more hopeful for its future than is our Vice-Pres ident, Dr. Oscar E. Sams. Dr. Sams has been personally interested in the growth and future of the College since the day that he enter ed its walls as a student. Dr. Sams received his A. B. degree a t Wake Forest College, his B.D. at Roches ter Seminary, his D.D. at Wake Forest, and his LL.D. at Carson Newman College. He has held many im portant positions as college executive and as pastor. From 1920 to 1927 he was president of Carson New man College; from 1927 to 1929 he was president at Bluefield College; and this year he has begun his work Dr. Oscar E. Sams vice-president of our Col- , , . , serving without a sal ary and working because of his faith and hope for a big ger and better Mars Hill College. As a pastor he has served some of the important churches of the southeast. Mars Hill College is fortunate in having such a char acter on its faculty. The students are fortunate in hav ing such a man to look to for guidance and help. Dr. Sams believes in young people, and we should appreciate more than ever the service that he is rendering here daily. We are proud that we have the privilege of coming in contact with a man whose life of service and love is so manifest We are proud that we can be called his stu- dents and friends. We are proud that one whose life is is with us to help us fight the battles that daily confront us. We see in Dr fhZlf 1 "" magnificent life has to offer, and are ankful that we have the privilege of being students of his, and of the institution for which he is giving the full measure of devotion. J N J hear a word; but by taking the text and outline of his preacher-son, he would be able to work out the sermon for himself. He died at Delwray, North Carolina, on August 25, 1906, and is buried at Fairview, North Carolina, beside his wife and preach er-son. The Girl in the Old Lawn Chair nternational Relations Club Studies Papal State at Monthly Meet SIX NEW MEMBERS ARE CHOSEN for year. One of these, H. Dudley Brown, who law. Dr. N. B. Goforth, he establish- W3S 3.1w3.yS in d-Gllcatp bpnlfb liTr.Qrl prl T? was always in delicate health, lived only a few months after leaving the Southern Baptist Theological Sem inary. Another son, the Rev. T. L. Brown, a graduate of the Theolog ical Seminary, is pastor of the Rey- noldson Baptist Church, Gates, North Carolina. The third of the preacher boys was the late Rev. A. E. Brown, D.D., who was the founder of the great Baptist Mountain School Sys tem under the Home Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The eldest son, F. A. Brown, was before his death a teacher of large exper ience and splendid ability. The only daughter living, Mrs. Sallie A. Walk er, is also a teacher, and is at present principal of one of the schools of Cleveland, Tennessee. Professor Brown was of a modest, retiring disposition. Had he not been so timid he would have taken rank among the great mathematicians of his day, for he was noted as a math ematician. He was a man of very broad culture. A thirst for knowl edge was born in him. The first mo- ed Riceville Institute. From this in stitution went out such men as the la mented Professor W. T. Russell. When Mary Sharp College was the leading school for girls in the South, Professor Brown was chosen profes sor of mathematics in that school. Ill health caused him to give up this po sition and return to upper Tennes see. He became president of the Ma sonic Female Institute at Mossy Creek. It was while under his man agement that this school reached its pinnacle of usefulness, and among the most cultured women of East Tennessee will be found students of this institution, among them the wife of Bishop James Atkins. In 1879 he returned to North Carolina and be came president of Judson College, with which institution he remained until a growing deafness caused him to give up teaching. During his last years, on account of this affliction, he was largely shut off from fellowship with his fellowmen, but through it At the monthly meeting of the In ternational Relations Club on Tues day night, October 21, at the home of Mr. Carr, with W. O. Rosser presid ing, a very interesting program was given on the Vatican state. Florence Johnson introduced the program with a striking essay on the conditions of the Vatican republic at the close of the World War. Mr. Rosser then discussed the organiza tion and duties of the entire Catholic v/crld. He specifically pointed out the main objective of the pope and the vast number of people under his sway. In connection with the present role of the Vatican state, Margaret Allen read to the club an article writ ten recently in one of the leading magazines. Edna Stroude gave a per sonal bit of information concerning Pope Pius XI and his conversation with the daughter of Mussolini. Af ter the students had informally dis cussed the papal state with the fear of its becoming a world power, Clar ence Mayo read many current events. In this way the members got a bird’s- eye view of the world at large—^from the making of the Vatican state down to the making of a rotary tooth brush ! In the business session which fol lowed, six students were selected by the club as being desiraole members. Three girls and three boys were chosen. They are as follows: Eliz abeth Wilburne, Mary Baker, Mar guerite Greene, Roy Tisher, Corbit Carnes, and Walter Smith. With these new members with which to work, the program commit tee plans to give a very instructive program on India at the next meet ing. I saw a girl In an old armchair 'Neath a maple tree On the grassy lawn Of a little home Near the river wide That flows to the sea In that gentle clime. Oh why sits she there? Is she waiting for one? O who may she be? I liked the girl, the beautiful girl in the old armchair, the rough-hewn chair, Neath the maple tree, draped witli hanging moss. On the grassy lawn, the flowering lawn Of a little home, a happy home -^^ear the river wide, decked with ferns and palms, That flows to the sea, the wide, wild sea. In that gentle clime, that balmy clime. 0 why sits she there? Is she waiting for one? O who may she be? May I come and see? —D. S. To Procrastination eo .'ac ig} :ar ed k? he Audit Shows Financial Condition of College Is Very Satisfactory Total Assets of Mars Hill Ap proach Half Million. - On October 10th, a pageant was all he was a regular attendant at presented at Haskell Institute of Law- church, even though he could rarely rence, Kansas. The auditor’s report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, received last week from the firm of Raymond L, Price, C.P.A. and attorney-at-law, of Raleigh, shows the financial condi tion of Mars Hill College to be ex cellent. The report gives the total assets of the College as $487,436.76, divided a.s follows: plant assets, $369,796.00; endowment, $73,459.11; restricted,’ $19,713.45; unrestricted, $53,835.66; current assets, including materials and supplies, $44,092.65. Mr. Price added the following notes to his report: “In our opinion, these statements disclose the fact that Mars Hill College has had a most suc cessful year and at June 30, 1930, was in an excellent financial condi tion. Much credit is due to the wise and cap^ahle management with which this institution is endowed.” D. L. Stewart Procrastination, enemy of min When in the morning I awake sleep. Thou whisp’rest in my ear, early yet. Lie still awhile; you need to and when I rise, unyielding to thy voice, follow’st Me, and everywhere I turn, whj ^ my task, Tou subtly say, “Let this abide; here; This little thing needs care; atte it.” All day thou follow’st silent a back And slyly wait’st to ply thy evil A thief, a robber, a despoiler That hast regard for naught noble is. But rather takest pleasure in th My time from me thou dost deli( steal; I set my opportunities aside To bide a time, till I can free n Of num’rous duties pressinj about,— And when I turn again, behold, thief Hast seized my opportunity, an( ’st Me in return but hopeless tea^l grief. And vain repentance where I l(t for joy. My work in shreds you tear, in ] meal cut. And pile my desk with labor ii plete, Till in a maze I know not whe® turn. Nor where to start, so many stick out. My work is following with a ten^i step Far, far Behind the pace which m demands; My teachers doubtful look, and are When I present to them my poo^ cuse; My creditors impatient with grow. And though down in my he) honest am, I almost fear my character is ed; And scarcely can I say, e’en ti self. That I am guiltless,—for I’m le with thee. Thou art the foe of all my h dreams; My good intentions never com fruit; And held within thy sly and com grasp My noble purposes grow faintT die. ** Behind me on my barren trai strewn The graves of perish’d opportui That I saw die and did not reai save.— Thou art a thief, thou art a n ’rer too!— There lie the unborn deeds I dre) to do; There lies the work no other ( have wrought. Nor ever has, nor ever will, nor My hands alone were shaped t the task. And there were souls that I could save; And they lie, too, in graves cha up to me. O thou foul fiend, sly thief, murderer! How long, how long wilt thou soul conjure? But I will fight thee till my d hour; I’ll grip with thee. I’ll loose thy rous arms Like tendons of a sucking octopi From round my soul, and free strangled will. Lift up my head, and take my i ■with men. >p: "vi W: An Apology Since the last edition of Hilltop, in which the organiza of Ye Redheaded Club was nounced, there have been sev members of the student body f mg very much neglected at not ing included in this brilliant c The one responsible for this oi sion humbly asks the pardon these respective person and of this public apology. Immed action will be taken and the na: added to the club roll. Elizabeth Wilbun by t on 1 rive else tow: mos bacl tim bloc Daz' beni anc to t T and stoo grai
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