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Asheville Musicians
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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Mr.
Alderion and
Bring Chapel
Choir Soloist!
Program.
James E. Alderson, minister of mu
sic at the First Baptist Church of
As^viMe, with Mrs. William Roy
Griffin, soprano soloist of the First
Bap^ Church choir, and Mrs. Brock
Phillips, contralto soloist of the First
Baptist Church choir, gave a program
of music during the 30-minute chapel
a few days ago.
The program given was as follows:
“Bells of St. Mary’s” (Adams), solo
by Mr. Alderson; “Do You Know My
Garden?” (Haydn-Wood), solo by
Mrs. :GrIffin “Tommy lid’’ (Marges-
ton), solo by Mrs. Phillips; J'Love Di
vine” (Stainer), duet by Mr. Aider-
son and Mrs. Griffin; “Down in the
Forest Something Stirred” (Ronald),
solo by Mr. Alderson; ^Neapolitan
Nights,” duet by Mrs.* Phillips and
Air. Alderson; “There Are Fairies at
-th^Bottom of Our Garden” (Leh
•>»an), solo by Mrs. Griffin; “Deep
Biver”, (arr; by Fisher), solo by Mrs,
'Phinips; “^ohgs My Mother Sang”
Cruil{shank),^8plo by Mr. Alderson.
The program was under the direc
tion of Mr. Alderson, who presided at
the piano.
The visitors were accompanied by
W. C. iMcConneil, who attended a
meeting of the board of trustees of
Mars Hill College.
M. H. PL A YERS TO DEFEND
TITLE GAINED PAST YEAR
One-Act PUy. Are Entered in Forth
coming Conte«t.
B. Y. P. U. and S. S.
Elect New Officers
The Dramatic aub has decided
again to enter the contest in one-act
plays sponsored by the North Caro
lina Dramatic Association, the finals
to be held at Chapel Hill March 26-
27-28; when the successful group
from Western North Carolina will
meet the winning group from the
eastern part of the state. Last year.
Mars Hill won the trophy after hav
ing defeated the renowned players of
Asheville.
The play chosen this year by the
Dramatic Club is “The Accomplice,”
Marshall, an Australian
writer.' It is an unusual play depict
ing the struggle between body, brain,
and soul. These respective roles are
to be played by Val Edwards, Martha
Parker, and Mildred Elmore. Other
characters in the play are; bell-boy,
W.- F. McLester; the detective, Paul
Fox; the policeman, Wade Baker.
The play will be presented here
during the spring.
The club has gone a step farther in
dranlaiic work this year in submit
ting two original plays, “His Heri
tage” by Frances Barnes, and “The
Lonesome Gypsy” by Martha Parker
for those who are interested in any
of the elementary departments. The
ffiscussions deal with things of vital
importance to this department. The
enrollment of juniors, their reten
tion, the way of securing and main
taining their interest and co-opera
tion, and various remedies for the cor
rection of existing faults are studied.
Seal number 6 will be given for the
completion of this course.
A Quest for Souls is being taught
by Mr. Owen. This book was written
Truett. In this course one
can go with the cowboy preacher and
watch him as he wins the backwoods
man, the cowpuncher, or the lawyer
to faith in Jesus Christ. It will in
spire one and instruct one how to
lead others to Christ. This course
gives seal number 2.
Young People and Adult Work is
taught by Dr. R. L. Moore. It deals
with the working of these deparb
ments. Valuable information on how
to get them to work and how to keep
them at work is given. This course
gives seal number 6.
Ministers Choose New
Officers for Semester
The Ministerial Conference is off
to a good start this semester. The
yypsy oy Martha Parker. y°“"& ministers are showing much
Since this is its first attempt at play- *^terest in the meetings and are de-
writing by anv member rvt riving much good from
writing by any member of the club it
is unknown just how far the venture
will reach, but it is felt by all that it
is a step in creative work.
The B. Y. P. U. department com-
pleted its election of officers for the
spring semester on last Sunday.
Among the new general officers were
Miss Marie McNeail, treasurer; Miss
Mabel Jones, corresponding secre
tary; Mks Lois Adams, pianist, and
Mr. David T. Mashbum, chorister.
■New presidents elected were as fol
lows: Herbert Corder, Floyd Sams,
M. H. R. Kendall, John Johnson, Da
vid T. Mashbum, David Taylor, Miss
Mabel Jones, Miss Mary Lee Pryor,
Miss Martha Stack, and .Miss Ade-^
laide Craver.
Paul Reese, director, stated that all
B. Y. P. U.’s were taking increased
interest, and much better work was
exjpected during the spring semester.
The B.Y.P.U. department is the train
ing ground of Christ, and every Chris
tian on the campus should be a mem
ber of one of the B.Y.P.U.’s.
The following officers were report
ed as elected in the Sunday school:
Ruth Class, Miss Pierce, teacher;
Ma^e Linney, president; teachers in
training. Miss Bowden, teacher; J. B.
Bolt, president; Fearless Fighters,Mr.
Carr, teacher; Andrew Albritton,
president; Ever Faithful, Miss Gregg,
teacher; Dwight Mullis, president;
Gleaners, Miss Wengert,teacher; Mar-|p,acea o
garet Hamrick, president; Cru.-iaders,! dividual.
SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY
COURSE, FEBRUARY 2-6
(Continued from Page 1)
practical handbook of principles and
methods of religious education. It
was produced to satisfy a real need of
the average Sunday-school worker
who does not have the opportunity to
make an intensive study of the sub
ject. It reflects the actual exper
ience of workers in every type of Sun
day school. The book attacks the
problem from three points of view.
The “how” of organization, including
records, grading, and other matters
having to do with efficiency in man
agement, constitutes the first division.
The pupil himself, with bis changing
“age-group” characteristics, is .unsid-
the second part. The third
division of the book is an outline
study of the Bible. The completion
of this Manual gives the Sunday-
.school diploma.
The state Sunday-school secretary.
Perry Morgan, teaches The True
Functions of the Sunday School. The
functions of the Sunday school is con
sidered one of the most significant
problems of religious thought today.
It is the desire of the author to show
that the Sunday school presents an
unparalleled opportunity for the suc
cessful promotion of the Christian
life-principles. A new emphasis i.s
placed on the soul culture of the in-
The first part of the book
riving much good from them.
On January 16, 1931, the follow
ing officers were elected for the next
nine weeks: Charles Runyon, presi
dent; Dwight Mullis, vice-president;
Paul Fox, recording secretary; Ver
non Brantley, corresponding secre
tary; Cornelius B. Jones, Hilltop rep
resentative; Silas Johnson, pianist;
M. H.^ R. Kendall, chorister; J. B.
Bolt, janitor.
On January 22, 1931, the confer
ence had the pleasure of having -Pres
ident R. L. Moore speak to them. The
talk was very much appreciated and
the enthusiasm shown was evidence
enough that this semester’s work in
the Ministerial Conference will be
constructive.
Mies Elkins, teacher; Harriet Hall i .i, , ‘ '
president; Workers at Work Mrs w’S^Tif ^nd reach
L. Robinson, te-acher- I The
L. Robinson, teacher; Helen Beck
with, president; Berean I, Mr. .McLeod,
teacher; Charles Runion, president.
u. N. C. SCENE OF CONFER
ENCE IN FEBRUARY
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well known inY.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
circles.
Delegates to the conference will be
from the different North Carolina col
leges, and wdll include a number of
foreign students. The total. attend
ance will be limited to throe hundred.
A registration fee of $2.00 will be
paid upon arrival at Chapel Hill by
each delegate. Lodging will be pro
vided jointly in Chapel Hill and Dur
ham, with meals served at reduced
rates in one of the dining rooms of
the University of North Carolina.
Special features in the conference
include a daily musical program ■with
an orgaa recital on Saturday after
noon as the highlight, special orches
tra numbers, and a series of short
addresses from foreign students on
the theme, “Messages From the Na
tions.” The general theme of the con
ference is “Human Needs and World
Chrjstianity.”
Mr. N. B. McDevitt was again elect
ed Representative in the next General
Assembly from Madison County, a
Democrat elected from a Republican
county. Mr. McDevitt is als oa trus
tee of Western Carolina Teachers’
College, Cullowhee, N. C.
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second part shows that each of the
activities that are given in the book
has an important place in the Sunday
school. In the third part the methods
to carry out each of the activities are
presented. Seals will be given to
those who complete this course.
! Miss Beulah Bowden is teaching
Religious Education in the Family.
This book rightly presumes that the
family occuppies a central place in
the church. It is a guide to stimulate
independent thinking and endeavor
for parents and all members of a
home, in their moral and religious
development. It shows that mere
drifting will never bring to pass real
fruits of Christian home-life; but in
tense thinking, constant prayer, and
unceasing work are the only things
that will bring it to pass. The book
deals with the relation of Christian
education and the family. Seal num
ber 8 will be given for this course.
Gregory’s Seven Laws of Teaching
is being taught by Mr. Stringfield.
This book has been standard for forty
years. It has been recently revised
and is considered a most helpful work.
The author was the first president of
the University of Illinois and was a
Baptist minister. This book will be
of great value to any who are now-
teachers or to those who are planning
to teach in the Sunday school This
course gies seal number 4.
Miss Gladys Beck of the State Sun-
day-school Board at Raleigh is teach
ing Working with Jn/iiers. This book
is mdartt not only for those especially
in the junior work, but also
Graduate Gossip
Miss Sarah Elmore is housekeeper
and dietitian for the North Carolina
School for the Deaf, Morganton, N.
c.
Dr. Edd Adams, class of 1917, was
buck on the Hill recently for the first
time in seventeen years. He is a
leading physician and worker in Mur
phy, N. C.
Mre. Abbie B. Bonesteel, teacher of
English in Campbell College, Buie’s
Creek, N. C., and author of “Hidden
Pearls,” a book published by the S.
S. Board which has had a wide circu
lation, has kept studying. At the close
of the summer term she received the
degree of Master of Arts at Mercer
University.
Mr. Damar Stringfield, winner of
the Pulizter Prize for the outstanding
musical composition of 1928, has
joined the Chapel Hill art colony.
Chapel Hill, N. C., and will devote
him^lf to the development of folk
music. His earlier compositions have
featured the native songs of the hills.
Judge T. L. Johnson in September
resigned his place on the Superior
Court bench to become senior member
of the firm of Smathers and Rollins,
taking the place of the late Thomas
Rollins whose father was the first
student registered in Mars Hill Col
lege. Judge Johnson has announced
that he will not be a candidate for
Governor in 1932, but his friends
later.
urge that he be in the race four years
Former Senator Thomas C. Bowie
West Jefferson, N. C., is to give the
alumni address at the approaching
wmmencement. Mr. Bowie has also
t^en mentioned as a candidate for
the Governorship in 1936.
Meares of the class of
1929, after a year at the University
has accepted a good position with the
Vuginia-Carolina Chemical Corpora-
non. His headquarters will be at
Fayetteville, N. C., though he will be
in the field as collector and salesman
most of the time.
Mr. Fred G. Hamrick, Route 2,
Gaffney, S. C., was recenUy elected
teacher of his Sunday school class and
evince, a desire to do his part in a
worthy manner, and he will.
A story sent out by the University
and printed in many daily papers told
of the struggles of a young man who
^8 making his way through school.
[ There wag a familiar note in the story
earning nearly all of his expenses.
Though the name was not given, we
are sure the author is Quentin Plum-
bley.
Rev. E. J. Ingle is now pastor of
our church at Old Fort and is a lead
ing spirit in the new Blue Ridge As
sociation. He was succeeded at North
Asheville Baptist Church by Rev.
he told of some experiences at Mars
Hill, rising at 4:30 in the morning,
working four and a half hours a day,
Frank L. Snyder, who had just return
ed from the Southwestern Seminary.
The work at both places is making
good progress.
The French Broad Baptist Church
of Asheville has secured the services
of Rev. L. Spurgeon Clark, a grad
uate of Rochester Seminary, recently
pastor at Bloxom, Virginia,
Mr. Gus Jennings won the Master’s |
deg;ree at the University of N. C.
Next year he will teach in the Uni
versity of New York and pursue stu
dies in Columbia leading to the Ph.
D. degree.
Mr. Harry H. Harkins visited the
school a^in after twenty-five years’
absence in varied experiences. He is
now back in Asheville connected with
a tire company.
Judge T. Frank Hobson, St Peters
burg, Florida, has rendered an ave
rage of one hundred decisions a
month for the past two years and has
so far not had a case reversed by the
Supreme Court of the State.
Rev. J. E. Kirk, pastor at Rose
mary, N. C., aided Rev. ElHotR. Stew
art in a meeting at Rose Bay where
seventeen years ago he was pastor
missionary.
Mr. Robert Harvie Barker on Oct-
1930’ became director of a
new division of statistics of the De
partment of Labor of Virginia. He
has his B. A. degree from Furman
M. A. from Vanderbilt, and is fin
ishing work for the Ph.D. degree in
the University of Virginia. He has
moved to Richmond.
I^v. W. A. Stephenson is pastor at
Piedmont, S. C., and is a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Baptist
Courier, being on the executive com
tmttee and one of the state chairmen
Mr. Luther R. Vann, son of Dr. L.
• college physician
m 1927-28, is now teacher in the Bak-
erevfile High school and president of
the County Teachers Association. On
the first Sunday in December he was
ordained to the work of the ministry
and made pastor of our church there
following Rev. P. L. Elliot. Dr. Sams
and Pastor Owen aided in the ordi
nation service.
STATISTICS SHOWING HIGHER
grades ATTAINED THIS YEAR
(Continued from Page 1)
C’s and
B s, 2 E’s, 2 F’s, and 1 I.
Greek department: 3 A’s, 6 B’s 7
C% and no D’s, E’s, F’s, or I’s. ’
Government department: 1 A .5
B’s 4 C’s, 2 D’s, 1 E, 4 F’s, and no i’s
French department: 5 A’s, 25 B’s
« C’s, 32 D’s, 18 E’s, 26 F’s and no
Is.
Education departmentd
B’s, 21 C’s, and no D’s,
I’s.
Economic department:
B’s, 23 C’s, 11 D’s, 1 E, 7
I’s.
Chemistry department:
B’s, 13 C’s, 26 D’s, 21 E’s,E
9 I’s.
Biology department: 2 , ’
26 C’s, 28 D’s, no E’s, 7 F
Bible department: 41 j| ’
43 C’s, 18 D’s, 10 E’s, not
I’s. y
Expression department:
B’s, 6 C’s, no D’s, E’s, or I
Physics department: No
5 C’s, 6 D’s, 3 E’s, 2 F’s,
Health Education depai
A’s, 12 B’s, 70 C’s, 12 D’s,
and no I’s.
Spanish department: 1
C’s, no D’s, 13 E’s, 9 F’s,
Plays and Games: 3 A
C’s, 9 D’s, 4 E’s, and no F
Mathematics departmen
39 B’s, 61 C’s, 37 D’s, 27
and 6 I’s.
Art Education: No A’s,
C’s, 6 D’s, and no E’s, F’s,
Music department: One
39 C’s, 9 D’s, 2 E’s, no F’s,
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