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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 3, 1931.
JUNIOR EDITION
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^P^®e debating season for the college
jj^^^pidly approaching. Prelimina-
lined"^®^® held in November, at which
tv,-elve were selected to repre
Jmeir**® this year.
[jjjjj e first contest is scheduled for
h 2 with Waynesburg College, of
>ir Pennsylvania. This is a
Chrij^^^r college with a wonderful
uccaP"*f record behind it The neg-
^ team, which will debate our af
Itive team here, will be on a tour
ring twelve or fifteen states.
^ . e second forensic encounter will
’ ibly be held between an affirm-
team of Furman University and
a^°lVative team of Mars Hill College.
nan’s team will also be on a tour,
'°®®.this contest will be held here
April 2.
*®e third debate will be a double-
sun^j. t)etween the girls of Virginia
°*‘‘Jmont and Mars Hill, and it is
iuled for April 17. This will be
Jved by a dual encounter with the
J| of Western Carolina Teachers’
chinige, and is scheduled for April 4.
atiofe Junior College Debating Tour-
thei^nt for both boys and girls, in
h it is hoped all such institutions
lustbrth Carolina will take part, will
the intercollegiate contests for
lian^ear. In the preliminaries and
no-wi of this tournament some half
le Sft or more debates should be
tatei
e Tfch questions as Chain SJires,
Bge System, Independence of Phil-
)apaes. Old Age Pensions, Emergence
tiododem Women, and Free Trade
e poe debated.
inth, Nelson Jarrett and W. O. Ros
es HH represent Mars Hill in the de-
Culwith Waynesburg. The debaters
ter, the other subj'ects have not yet
definitely decided upon.
lose composing the interoollegi-
■“^ebaters* teams this year are as
^ws: boys—Cooper Gretter, John
son, Ned Jarrett, Milton Ham-
Bill McLester, Fred Bose, Ben
Clarence Majro, Evan Evans, W.
^Hbsser, Ward Pittman, Hoyle Lee;
—Maymee Kelley, Ruby Hayes,
- Ruth Reese, Sarah Fox, Bonnie
'• a, Gertrude Blaylock, Lillian
ineiyfill, Kathleen Gilliland, Marie
eil, Martha Parker, Catharine
No. 8
Dr. W. J. HAYMORE, who on last Sunday night closed a week’s
revival services on the Mars Hill campus.
STATISTICS SHOWING HIGHER
GRADES ATTAINED THIS YEAR
Jniors to Edit Next
Issue of The Hilltop
The juniors of Mars Hill College
will edit the next edition of The
Hilltop. Once each year the staff per
mits bo.th the junior and the senior
classes to edit one edition of the pep
per.
Those who will be responsible for
the Junior Eklition are: Conway Sams,
editor, and Martha Stack, Catherine
Curl, and Bruce Granger will assist
him.
The Senior Edition of the paper
will foHow the appearance of the Jun
ior Edition. Those who shall edit it
have not as yet been elected.
OR. HAYMORE CONCLUDES FINE
EVANGELISTIC SERVICE SERIES
Delivers Series of Messages at
Chapel on ‘‘God and the
Holy Spirit.'^
51. G. Discusses
Foreign Customs
rent Member* DItcu** Chrittmas
in Other Land*.
en interest was aroused among
lembers of the International Re
is Club as they made a brief sur-
the Christmas customs in for-
countries on January 13, at the
of Mr. Carr.
e celebration of Noel in France
Germany was presented by Mary
_ :. Florence Johnson gave some
^ ^sbing facts on the celebration
’Y'lristraas in Bergundy, Abyssinia,
Ipain. Surely King’s Day means
tU' to the Spaniard. The gaudy
Cities of the Turks and Greeks
riven by Corbit Carnes in col-
°\tion with Elizabeth Wilburn
^^ice Mayo, in a very interesting
told about the quaint cus-
observed in Norway and Swe
jetiring the Yuletide season. The
of the customary quest of the
’»•; Child in Mexico was given by
(■ret Allen. Edna Stroude told of
^king peculiarities in the observ-
►f Christmas in Bulgaria and the
! European countries. Bill Ros
en gave many apt and interest-
irrent events in order to bring
lembers back to the good old
i States where Santa Claus
^ and fills everybody’s stockinga
On Saturday, January 31, Dr. J. M.
Haymore, of Decatur, Georgia, com
pleted a week’s series of sermons in
a most inspiring and heart-searching
evangelistic meeting for Mars Hill
community and college. The mes
sages were delivered with effective
sincerity and simplicity. Dr. Hay
more proved to have that understand
ing which a true man of God needs.
Some of his subjects were: “The Om
nipresence of God,’’ “What Is Your
Life?’’ “The Omniscience of God,’’
“The Omnipotence of God,” “Sanc
tification,” “God Is a Spirit,” “The
Personality of the Holy Spirit,” “Sin
at the Door,” “The Love of God,”
“What Think Ye of Christ,” and
"The Office of the Holy Spirit”
Dr. Haymore has been pastor of
some of the leading churches in the
South. Among those which he has
served are the First Church, Moultrie,
Georgia; First Church, Gainesville,
Georgia; First Church, Waycross,
Georgia; and the First Baptist Church
of Decatur, Georgia. For a number
of years he was at the head of the
department of evangelism iri Miss
ouri. Dr. Haymore stated that he was
now going anywhere on earth that the
Lord wanted him. Since North Car
olina is his native state, his many
friends here hope to be favored by fu
ture visits.
Bank of Mars Hill
Reopens for Business
The Bank of Mars Hill, which closed
its doors December 16, leaving par
alyzed the treasuries of many campus
organizations and the private exche
quers of many individuals, reopened
January 24.
The bank reopened after an audit
by the state banking authorities show
ed the bank to be in a solvent condi
tion and after 93 per cent of the de
positors had agreed not to withdraw
their deposits. A splendid example
of co-operation and public confidence
in the community was manifested in
making the reopening of the bank
possible.
The officers of the bank are: N. W.
Anderson, president; Dr. W. L. Rob
inson, vice-president; and L. Z. Eller,
cashier.
U.N.C. SCENE OF
CONFERENCE
IN FEBRUARY
Dr^ Paul Harrison Will Be the
Principal Speaker at Student
Conference on Missions.
French, English and Math Take
Cellar Positions.
Margaret Allen Makes Highest
Mark.
Mars Hill Men Abroad
Even in the far-away West Chowan
Association, Mars Hill men have an
important part. In the minutes of the
last Association, Rev. J. L. Price, Rev.
E. C. Andrews, and Rev. G. W. Burch
are put down as pastors of eight
churches that have a total meraber-
shi p of nearly 2,400. Price has in
the past few weeks moved to Bloxom,
Virginia.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
STUDY COURSE
FEBRUARY 2-6
Seven Courses Are Offered by
Strong Faculty.
Mars Hill’s annual .Sunday School
Study Course week began Monday.
The Sunday Schobl Department could
j not have selected a more suitable time
for this work. The forceful and in
spiring messages that Dr. Haymore
delivered last week serve as an im
petus to make each spend more of his
time in spiritual uplift and improve
ment. The courses being taught are
listed below, with a brief resume of
each book:
The Sunday School Normal Manual,
taught by Prof. J. M. England, is a
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Dr. Paul Harrison, returned medic
al missionary from Arabia, and one of
the best known present authorities in
his field, will be one of the speakers at
the Student’s Conference on Missions
to be held at the University of North
Carolina from February 27 to March
1, it was announced this week by
Charles W. Clay, student at Duke
Univereity and president of the N. C
Student Volunteer Union.
Dr. Harrison was recently awarded
an honorary degree from Yale Uni
versity for his work in Arabia. He
has been called “one of the most out
standing of the younger missiona^es
in the whole world today.” “Disease
in the World; a Challenge to Chris
tian Students” will be his theme at
the forthcoming conference.
Among other speakers included on
the program are:
Rev. E. McNeill Poiteat, pastor of
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in
Raleigh, and for several years pro
fessor of New Testament in a college
in China, speaking on the subject,
“The Inadequacies of Non-Christian
Religions; a Challenge to Christian
Students.”
Fay Campbell, head of the Y. M.
C. A. at Yale University, secretary of
Yale in China,” and a delegate to
the Jeru-salem International Mission
ary Council, speaking on “Economic
Disorders in the World: a Challenge
to Christian Students.”
Mrs. Rose Aggrcy, widow of the fa
mous “Aggrey of Africa,” whose mi.s-
sionary labors attracted world-wide
attention.
Lee Phillip, a young Negro student
and poet from Harvard University,
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Faculty Entertains
Students at Party
Mother Biggers* Condition Still Serious
The latest report from the Mission Hospital, Asheville,
where Mother Biggrers has undergone a serious operation,
is to the effect that her condition is still serious.
Mrs. Riggers was taken to the Asheville hospital sev
eral days ago, after having suffered for several weeks with
an unknown malady. She is being attended by several of
the leading physicians of that city. Her daughters and son
have been constantly at her bedside.
Saturday evening, January 24, the
faculty entertained the student body
at a very enjoyable party held in the
Euthalian halL The students were
greeted at the entrance by Mother
Mdllstead; Misses Coon, Elkins, and
Pierce; Messrs. Lee, England, Mc
Leod, Stringfield, and Moore. Dur
ing the evening, many interesting
games and contests were heartily en
joyed. The most interesting contest
was one of letters which spelled the
name of the beloved college president,
Mr. Moore. A delightful musical was
rendered by Misses Coon and Elkins
with Mr. Lee, Mr. McLeod, and Mr.
Stringfield. After the entertainment,
ice cream and candy were served.
The students join in appreciation
of this evening’s entertainment and in
a suggestion that this policy become
institute^ in the annual activities of
the collegs.
The final examinations that were
completed several days ago reveal
some interesting statistics. Accord
ing to an estimate made by The Hill
top of the grades in the registrar’s
office through January 30, it is found
that the standard this year was some
what higher than that of last year. It
is interesting to note that a graph of
the gfrades for the past three years
would reveal a steady up-and-down
curve. This year there was a total of
168 A’s made; this is an increase of
nine over last year. The total num
ber of B’s made this year was 646, an
increase of 108 over the past year.
The number of failures this year was
148, a decrease of 24 over last year’s
failures. The rest of the grades were
C, D, E, and I’s; they were not com
pleted for publication.
No student in either the academy
or the college registered A’s on all
subjects. Miss Margaret Allen ap
proached nearest this coveted mark
by making five A’s and one B.
The Bible department led the school
with the most number of A’s made, it
having registered 41. Education ran
a close second with a total of 40 A’s
Latin registered third with 28.
The English department continued
to set the pace for the first-place hon
ors in failures again this year. This
department reported 27 failures. This
total, however, was 24 less than last
year. It is interesting to note that ths
French and Mathmatics departmenits
last year led in the number of fail
ures also, placing second and third
respectively. These two departments
again placed second and third in the
total number of failures. The number
of French failures being 26 to Math’s
23.
No freshman English student made
an A again this year, and just one A
was registered on Senior English.
Education placed first in the num
ber of B’s, having reported 96. Bi
ble came second with 83, and English
third with 68.
The English department placed first
in the number of C’s made, it having
reported 112. The History depart
ment came second with 88, and
Health Education third with 70.
The English department also led in
j the highest number of D’s made, reg
istering this year a total of 69. His
tory came second with 67, and Math
third with 37.
The English department continaed
to take first place honors in the num
ber of E’s made. It registered 60,
with Math following second with 27,
I and Latin third with 23.
I The highest number of I’s were
made in the History department with
a total of 26. English placed second
with 10, and Chemistry third with 9.
The following is a complete list of
the grades of each department exclu
sive of the Gym sections. These
grades were taken from the grades
turned in to the registrar by January
30, 1931:
English department: 3 A’s, 68 B’s,
125 C’s, 69 D’s, 60 E’s, 27 F’s, and-
13 I’s.
Latin department; 28 A's, 46 B’s 1
C, 24 D’s, 23 E’s, 4 F’s, 6 I’a.
History department: 9 A’s, 63 B’s,
88 C’s, 67 D’s, 15 E’s, 17 P’s, and 26*
I’s,
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to any member of the staff. Eni
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