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Page Two THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA THE HILLTOP A Gem 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. EDITOR>IN*CHIEP FRANCES BARNES. ASSOCIATE EDITOR B. G. LEONARD. Associate Editor MAYMEE KELLY RELIGIOUS Editor BOYD BROWN. SOCIETY EDITOR HOWARD CAMNITZ ATHLETIC EDITOR HAROLD HENDRICKS. Assistant athletic editor D. L. STEWART. POETRY EDITOR CONWAY SAMS. ALUMNI EDITOR CHARLES LAMLEY. J.SIdAX ROY F. FISHER. BUSINESS MANAGER W. O. ROSSER MANAGERIAL HOYLE LEE. Circulation Manager Exchange Manager CHARLOTTE HOOPER DAVID MASHBURN REPORTORIAL ELIZABETH WELBURN LOUISE SMITH MARION JUSTICE MARGARET ALLEN MARTHA STACK VOL. V. MARS HILL, N. C., FEBRUARY 3, 1931. NO. 8 Dr, J. M. Haymore During the past week the students and the faculty of Mars Hill College have had the exceptional privilege of having a series of evangelistic meetings conducted by the Rev. J. M. Haymore, of Decatur, Georgia. Dr. Haymore is a forceful speaker, and during the past week his series of sermons, dealing wholly with the Bible and the interpretation of the scriptures, have been re ceived by the student body and the faculty with a profound and appreciative insight. The following is an excerpt from a bulletin issued by the Gor don Street Baptist Church, of Atlanta, Georgia: “The preacher is a Tarheel, a North Carolinian to the manner born. A citizen of no mean state and a man of real ability and force. The stal wart strength of his native state and his ancestry have given him an unusually strong body and mind, and he has cultivated both by continuous activity; and thus plussed by divine grace, he makes a preacher, militant, aggressive, uncompromising and suc cessful.” Mars Hill was indeed fortunate in having the presence of such a man in its midst^ His stay was exceedingly successful and beneficial. J. N. J. DEAN I. N. CARR For eight years the students of Mars Hill College have had the pri vilege of coming in contact with a man who knows and understands young men and women. Those DEAN 1. N. CARR young men of this institution who have felt the prevailing helpfulness of hisadvice and his understanding nature will remember Dean I. N. Carr as one who welcomes their troubles. It is evident that he has not forgotten that he was once a young man himself, and by virture of this fact he has won a host of admirers and friends among the young men of this institution. Mr. Carr came to Mars Hill College in 1923 from the Yancey County Institute where he was serving as principal of the school. Mr. Carr is a first lieutenant in the U. S. Army and saw service in France during the late World War. He has traveled extensively in Europe in quest of more knowl edge of the subject which he loves with a passion, History. He has studied at the University of Poi tiers in France. He received his A. B. degree at Carson Newman Col lege; his M.A. at the University of North Carolina; and he is com pleting the thesis for his Ph.D. at Duke University. He is a member of the American Historical Asso ciation; the Mississippi Valley As sociation, and the North Caroli na Historical Society. Mr. Carr’s immediate and great est work on this campus is done behind closed doors in secret con versation with those young people who have the need of his superior insight and knowledge of the vex ing problems of youth. His is a dynamic factor in the work of this institution. To you who do not know him personally, or have not felt the strong guiding hand of his knowl edge of human nature, meet him and forever rejoice in the fact that you were fortunate enough to know and talk with a real man! he should not be satisfied with just a Saturday night encounter with a sponge, but should learn that one should take a bath daily and that no bath salts are required for a thorough cleaning and a pleasing odor. J. N. J. Study Courses Annually, each department of the Baptist Student’s Union sponsors a study course dealing with the vital facts of the Chris tian religion and of the Baptist activities throughout the world. These weeks of study are conducted by able Christian workers aiid have as their purpose the training of young Christians and their development into nobler soldiers of the Cross. It is worth while to consider just how far the study courses have succeeded in achieving this result. There can be no failure in an enterprise which has as its head the God of all ages, and as its laborers, faithful, earnest workers together with Him. Nevertheless, the outcome on every field of this activity is decided by the response of the student body. Every student will agree that he has seen the wonderful good which is derived from the study courses brought to Mars Hill campus. Everyone has realized the great value which they hold in store. Yet how many have willingly and earnestly sought the abundance of knowledge and inspira tion found there? How many come to the assembly with an at titude of indifference or mere tolerance? To these the real bless ing and purpose of the study course is partly, if liot wholly, lost. Usually those who are in greatest need of Christian training constitute the disinterested element in the classes. The study courses of the past have meant a great deal to some. For this reason, we know that any failure is not within the work itself, but within the human spirit on our campus. There is a week approaching which will bring a valuable sea son of study to this school. Let us as a student body revolution ize our hearts against any indifference as harmful attitude and respond as a unit to the workers who come to us next week. —F. B. A Little Learning “I don’t care to become a learned man!” That statement, even though often unspoken by many persons, is self-evident in the lives of many men and women by their utter lack of interest in those things that go to prove the wo'rth of a man. It is true that we indulge in all of those things that are necessary for a non-boresome existence. But the one thing that every person of any age or country or environment should cultivate, is an ever- thirst for knowledge. One can never learn all that there is to know. Judging from the actions of many of us, we are prone to believe that such a statement is not only foolish but wholly untrue. The thing that accounts for so many failures along different lines, the thing that is responsible for so many mediocre profes- sionalists today, is that one is prone to believe that a little learn ing is sufficient. We become too learned too quick. We cultivate a perfect example of a learned fool. “A little learning is a dangerous thing; ' Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring; Their shallow droughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely, sobers us again.” Too many of us are simply drunk with those pleasing droughts of uncontrollable supposedly gained knowledge. It is much more pleasing to look like an ignorant man than an edu cated fool! If one is going to bathe at the fountain of knowledge. A SONNET By D. L. OR A SONG Stewart Non Sibi Sed Deo Short years ago, I wandered far and lone In some fair land like a poet’s dream — A mystic place which oft my soul had known. Borne soft on young imagination’s stream. There in a field of beauty by my way. Still in the bud, I found a lovely rose. Fresh as the dawning of an April day— A flower, I think, such as in heaven grows. But I was on a mission for the King; And daring not to pause to claim it mine, Took but the mem’ry and the thorn’s sharp sting, Obeyed the Voice, kept to the task divine. Then when I turned again to that fair land I found the rose—plucked by another hand! By Mother Mil Roses planted on one fence have a delightful y ing their way through the hanging sprays of gorgeo: i' ly blossoms over in the m Let us cultivate and rose habit. Whatever comA is sweet and kind and b(^' us share it as much as others. Since coming to this g stitution, I am sure yoi showers of kindnesses frJ ful people, and that todaj overflows with gratitude. have been thorns, but 1 * soon forgotten in the fn beauty of the rose. vs R a: X) .3 SOMETHIi;; FOR EVERY By th* Editor [ \ sc tl a it ;h s: fiouri r i i OPEN FORUM I L ** J BOXING ON THE CAMPUS During the past semester there has been quite a bit of interest taken in boxing on the campus. In spite of the fact that there is no boxing team and that the manly art of self-defense is looked upon with disfavor by the fac ulty, there have boibbed up several pairs of boxing gloves on the campus, and many students have manifested their interest in this fascinating pas time. Back in the “Gay Nineties” prize fighting was considered brutal and uncouth and was only attended by the “roughneck” element. Okeyed by ' physicians, encouraged by Roosevelt, and patronized by the elite of society, boxing has blossomed forth into a gentleman’s sport. Now in our modern age, with the advent of science and pillow gloves, the roaring lion has been transformed into a bleating lamb. Boxing has been legalized in practically every state in the Union and has been taken up by numerous colleges and high schools as a regular branch of athletics. We are not asking that a boxing team be organized at Mars Hill, but many boys have voiced their approval of an intramural match in the gym some night while others are clamor ing for matches to be put on during the halves at the basketball games. At any rate we want the manly art of self-defense at Mars Hill College. So come on, faculty, give boxing a break. (Signed) S. J. Of Such Is Mars Hill A few days ago President Moore received a check for $100 to be used where most needed by the college. The donor, who requested that his name not be made public, is a min ister with two sons in college, and whose salary probably does not ex ceed $1200 a year. Such gifts are Mars Hill. Such gifts make sacred the buildings, the equip ment, the campus and their influence lives in the spirit of the college. For seventy-five years those who believe in the kind of education Mars Hill at tempts to provide have given of their necessity to the college. Almost every brick in every building, every foot of the campus, every dollar of the en dowment bear the impress of sacri ficial, consecrated giving. While many examples are well known, a complete list of all these gifts, includ ing those not of silver or gold, will never be published. Better still, they shall remain deeply graven in the heart of Mars Hill. I ;n es t ti( The following Mars Hill men are superintendents of the city schools or principals of the high schools where they live: A. S. Ballard, Nashville, N. C.; Nolan J. Sigmon, Robbinsville, N. C.; Frank Jarvis, Rutherford, N. C.; Ralph Miller, Harrelsville, N. C.; C. H. Pinner, Mt. Olive, N. C.; Boyce K. Miller, Seven Springs, N .C.; Paul W. Cooper, Afton-Elberton, Warren- ton, N. C.; E. T. Parham, Youngs- ville, N. C.; C. G. Berry, Newton Grove, N. C.; C. M. Abernathy, Oak Grove, Lenoir, N. C.; A. W. Honey cutt, Hendersonville, N. C.; D. M. Robinson, Marshall, N. C.; Opie Wells, Spring Creek, N. C.; Andrew Carter, Chatham, Va.; Miss Ethel English, Beech Glen, Ivy, N. C. Happy, carefree, eami ^ winsome, generous—You uninteresting, non-expec grouchy, unthoughtful - >f The latter need never co !6 life of any person. He ■» *** tinted with the silver winters and ten need nol " he termed old. He is pr pg youthful than you who , 1 sixteen. The man Who, fr that awful brink of unci i looking into the fathomle Jr a blissful and immortal Th turn his face to the worl ar that happy, carefree, ean di winsome, generous smile and beautiful life—is Yoi — be torn and worn with thi m unappreciative and tho^ - - terity, but he is not old.iti beginning to live. Perhi k, had such a conception wl 2 “The stars shall fade i ^ sun himself Grow dim with age, sink in years But thou shalt mortal youth.”- -■ If more of us could youth is a thing sacred a would be much happier, when “duty whispers Must’,” that the youth ingly say, “I can.” Emi he said that, spoke som every person should instil in his heart. ♦ ♦ * Did you know that the ( government, during the was moved from Mond“ Richmond in order that flicting armies could tra' of war? Ask Cam! ♦ ♦ ♦ “But love is blind and lo not see The pretty follies the selves commit.” Shi' * ♦ ♦ Marshillism: Hypocrites in reporting the misdemean ers while they themselvei better employed. * * ♦ Hubert Smith’s week-enj was somewhat of a disappo him. As soon as he reac / the young lady whom he see left for parts unknown clues she seemed to have bi find solace and comfort in loving arms of — perhaps v Don’t take it too hard. Hub ji like our relatives (?). n * * * le “I have but one lamp by w feet are guided, and that iiE of experience. I have nil judging the future but by 3 —Patrick * * 5|! What to do with your a v during the next two weeks: t We suggest: Education cess, by Marie, Grand Dii Russia. Price $3.60. * * ♦ After mid-term grades n lished, our theme song was,r ture Just Passed.” I wond theme could not now bed spring is come (about to « oh, da joy it ees too late— “He that wrestles with us ens our nerves, and shaifi skill; our antagonist is our —Edmund r r ff b:
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