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I HILL DEBATERS TAKE
FIRST FOUR FORENSIC TILTS
mars hill, north CAROLINA, MARCH 30. 1931.
« and ban^ Tettchevs A re
ze fell upoirst to Fall.
ss the room ■
long stridetoting teams representing
^.moodily,jCollege made their aus-
® .but during the second
—larch, and have followed
K-fi "/Ironing in an unusual man
ind^*^lori^|
must it evening. Mar. 13, with
®^ntatives of Eastern Tenn-
^ freedom t’’’"
w and s^ tT’ Mars
John Joihnson and Hoyle
TO-:*-!, young ladies from
.3! V ^ »fty. The debate was inter-
w-hat i^ only because it was a
, Dntest between sexes, but
® e withf the remarkable basis of
^ faction. The eve-
Ws 'T^”?°rmance demonstrated ad-
“e lhat debates may be carried
t" j" members of the opposite
^ ° orderly and chivalrous
’ ^Without detracting from the
aro ina. jthe discussion and without
^use h^ the mutual feeling of re-
hey we^xists between the two. A
in both encounters. Nelson Jarrett
and W. 0. Rosser succeeded in gain
ing a two-to-one decision upon home
ground, while a negative team com
posed of John Johnson and Hoyle
Lee were awarded a three-to-nothing
decision upon the Catawba campus.
In a return debate with Eastern
Tennessee Teacher’s College, Wed
nesday evening, March 25, the affirm
ative team of Rosser and Jarrett suc
ceeded in impressing a foreign aud
ience that their own basis of con
tention was fundamentally sound, by
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By Many on Campus FRANCES BARNES CHOSEN TO
NO. 11
PRES. MOORE
ADDRESSES
PIEDMONTERS
Loyalty and Enthusiasm Shown
Group Gathered at Wins
ton-Salem.
in
imie P rr
' Barnes,
Osbornt
McLean,
sn, Eva
of the votes cast by the
rendered a decision in fa-
e negative, the affirmative
ninety-seven votes, as con-
th one hundred and seven-
• the negative,
both fafcond forensic clasJt was a
the sd debate with Catawba, the
was laij-mative team meeting Ca
husband Inegative team upon the
^ held ini campus, while the negative
where *Iars Hill met the Catawba
*Pent. Ae at Salisbury. The local
y everyjwere eminently successful
ding ri-
DIAMOND
NIVERSARY
ELEBRATION
nd College Representatives
articipate in Full Day’s
I Program.
jfor the celebration of the
i crept . . 01 me
tt of ti of the '-ollege,
are rapidly taking .shape.
5 plans have been completed
L _ ^^ent Moore, and invitations
■p sent to many who viJl nar-
owers L 4-T, .
n the exercises.
ness tentative pro-j^!
exercises in the morning
II il representatives
P^lJlcges and universities. Pres-
eveniil p Univer-
auty, Emeritus W. L. Po-
y^’^elWake Forest College; and
^^ooks, of State Col-
be the principal speakers.
^ t H. T. Turner, of Cullow-
I jsident C. H. Trowbridge, of
ille; President J. E. Calfee,
.illc; President B. B. Daugh-
Boone, will make five-minute
s or greetings. There will
I recognition of all college
F^^/^*t*'’es, who have been in-
*m a large territory.
30 o’clock will be luncheon
led guests and the Buncombe
Association, at which time
jt Noffsinger, of Virginia In
I ■ ( College, and probably Rob
editor of the Asheville
will speak.
ivedll5 in the afternoon former
11a t pastors, and moderators of
ons will be recognized. Im-
y following will be addresses
lucaf** ®taf^'®ats. Judge Grover H.
de^ High Point; Dr. Fred F.
jpastor First Baptist Church,
Coimlle, Tenn.; Gerald W. John-
■ »riaJ winter of the Baltimore
Johnson has not yet said
J « he will be able to be pre-
In spite of unfavorable weather, a
large number of loyal alumni from
several points in the Piedmont region
gathered at the First Bapti.st Church
of Winston-Salem last Satuixlay eve
ning, where they were addressed by
President Moore.
Among the towns represented were
Winston-Salem, High Point, Thomas-
ville, Yadkinville, Wallburg, Walkers-
town, Kemersville, East Bend and
Charlotte. The following alumni, be
sides several visitors, were present at
the banquet: Mr. and Mrs. Bob Al
len, Lacy M. Butler, Harry T. Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Dunn, Miss Wil
ma Grant, Paul M. Hendricks, J. T.
Joyner, B. B. Mason, J. T. Morgan,
Miss Lucile Mock, C. E. Parker, Will
iam H. Poindexter, Rev. D P. Smith,
Crews Whicker, Mrs. Daisy M. Mar
shall, Tate Andrews, Joe Connor, C.
H. Jones, D. D. Parsons, Miss Eu-
zelia Smart, Mrs. A. E. Barber, Miss
Jennie Ballard, Miss Mary Brooks,
Miss Hattie Edwards, Miss Howard
Mumford, Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Baker,
Miss Ethel L. Frye, Miss Blanche
Mackie, Mrs. Paul Davis, Miss Edna
B. Clinard, E. L. Ponder.
In his address Dr. Moore declared
that the lives of the alumni are the
greatest monument that any college
can have and emphasized that the
alumni, more even than student bo
dies and physical equipment, contrib
ute to the reputation of a school. He
also stressed the strategic position of
Mars Hill College, situated as it is
in the center of a large prosperous
territory, in which there are compar
atively few colleges of any kind, and
no other Baptist college.
The following were elected officers
of the Piedmont Association for the
coming year: C. E. Parker, Forsythe
County, president; Grover II. Jones,
Guilford County, vice - president;
Miss Howard Mumford, Davidson
County, secretary; Miss Blanche
Alackie, Yadkin County, treasurer.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
March 26-28, an art exhibit was pre
sented as a project of the art educa
tion class which is being taught by
Miss Bowden.
The exhibit consisted of valuable
copies of various paintings of old
masters. The paintings sent out by
the American Federation of Arts,
with its headquarters at Washington
D. C.
Thursday the paintings were exhib
ited to the C-2 class, Friday to the
C-l’s and High School students, and
Saturday to the students and faculty
at large. The paintings were viewed
with appreciation by the greater
portion of the student body.
The exhibit is a portion of a wide
spread movement toward public ap
preciation of art. In connection with
this, several students of the art class
plan to attend -the Southeastern As
sociation of Arts, which meets at
Spartanburg, April 22-23, of which
the instructor. Miss Bowden, is a
charto'r member.
REIGN AS QUEEN OF MAY
The sixty-nine persons who made
up the Oxford Group, closed their
second meeting in Asheville on Sun- . .....
day night with an overflow meeting j other members of the faculty attend-
at the First Baptist Church. I ing the conference in Asheville.
MEMBERS OF THE
OXFORD GROUP
VISIT CAMPUS
Twenty-six Nominated
for Places; Maid of
Honor Selected.
Messrs, William Reeves and Cas
tellanos Kermit, of Mississippi and
New York respectively, attending a
fellowship conference in Asheville
this week, were visitors on the cam
pus last Tuesday, both of them speak
ing in chapel.
Sixty-nine men and women, most
of them from the universities of
America and Europe, members of
what is widely known as the Oxford
Movement, are holding a week of
fellowship at the Battery Park Hotel
in Asheville. Members of the group,
under the name of First Century
Christian Fellowship, are concerned
with x>ersonal and vital matters of
Christianity and experience in the
face of conventionality and indiffer
ence.
Those visiting Mars Hill came up
on the invitation of Mr. England and
Florence Johnson to Be Maid
of Honor.
GYM CLUB STAGES KID PARTY,
MAY QUEEN IS ANNOUNCED
Miss Frances Barnes Is
Chosen for Spring
Festival.
May
Queen Announced in a Novel
Manner; Fashion Show
Feature.
How to Fail
' evening many of the visitors
hably remain for reunion in
’s literary societies. Music at
■vice will be furnished by the
’. Ip chorus and members of
ical faculty.
Complain.
Exaggerate.
Be sarcastic.
Ge a glutton..
Be conceited.
Scorn advice.
Procrastinate.
Be indifferent.
Praise no one.
Be a pessimist.
Repeat rumors.
Break promi^s.
Refuse to learn.
Travel the ruts.
Keep late hours.
Neglect your health.
Evade responsibility.
Be a chronic grouch.
Work without a plan.
Do as little as possible.
Always have an excuse.
Be a chronic borrower.
—Exchange.
Elizabeth Wilburn
The members of the happiest club
on the Hill, the Gym Olub, were treat
ed to a party Saturday night. Mar. 21,
which presented a spectacle that
would warm the heart of any old
maid. It was called a Kid Party and
from all appearance, there were
nothing but kids present. Even the
old woman who lived in a shoe was
not blessed with as large and as mis
chievous a family as toddled about
the gymnasium. Jack and Jill, with
all their friends and relatives, held
full sway, playing “Farmer’s in the
Dell, “Drop the Hanky,” and only
such games as delight the hearts of
dear little children. Naughty tom
boys mus.sed the hair ribbons of ma
ma’s babies and some even stole the
rag dolls right out of their moth
er’s loving arms.
Even before the exuberant spirits
of the kids had reached full force,
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, the director
for the evening, announced a unique
fashion show which would exhibit the
right and wrong in styles. The chil
dren were frightened at first when
the room was darkened, but when
the bright spotlight appeared and
older sisters quieted -the little ones
by holding their hands, all became
still. Mrs. Robinson announced the
models a.s the spotlight caught them
at the door and brought them in.
The right and wrong attire for tennis
was shown respectively by Beatrice
.lohnson and Flora Huffman. .Street
costumes, correct and incon-ect, were
modeled by Johnnie Wannamaker and
Elizabeth Wilburn; dress for after
noon wear by Elizabeth Corpening
and Feme Hoover; church dress by
Edna Stroude and Florilla Ervin;
school apparel by Helen Beckwith
and Estalena Rogers; and the dress
for an informal party by Harriet
Hall and Marguerite Green. A mo
del bathing girl was represented by
Pearl Howell. Then came the de
mure and old-fashioned girl in the
person of Vemie Huffman to be fol
lowed by the sensible and attractive
girl of 1931 represented by Mary
Frances Clark. Each child profited
greatly and resolved deep down in her
heart to use good -taste in dress when
she grew to be a young lady.
Yet the shifting spotlight wavered
only slightly at this time, for next
to be borught within its rays was the
May Queen of 1931. All eyes .strained
into the darkness and everyone wait
ed with deep interest. When the lim
light brightened into a soft circle
around the bridelike figure of Miss
Frances Barnes, happy applause rang
out and .she was acclaimed a true
Queen of the May. Then every hand
and heart appraised as the maid of
honor Miss F’lorence John.son. The
other attendants appeared in their
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Much interest is being centered just
now in plans for the annual May Day
Festival which will take place on Sat
urday afternoon May 2. The first step
was recently taken with -the election
of the queen and attendants by the
student body. At Mars HiU, being
queen or one of the attendants, means
more than at most other colleges. A
group of twenty-six girls who had
been approved in conduct, scholar
ship, beauty, and popularity, was sub
mitted. The students voted for queen
and ten attendants.
The group from which the students
chose those who will be honored on
May Day consisted of the following:
Ray Gibbs, Dorothy Whatley, Flor
ence Johnson, Willie Newell, Beak
rice Johnson, Sibyl Pace, Dona Maude
Shouse, Sarah Pox, Margaret Ham
rick, Mildred Elmore, Ruth Robert
son, Grace Elkins, Mildred Meares,
Kate Allison, Louise Smith, Ruth
Nalle, Pearl Howell, Frances Bames,
Madge Linney, Helen Beckwith, Har
riet Hall, Elizabeth Wilburn, Nannie
McFarland, Katherine Rollins, Edna
Henderson, and Grace West.
The results of the election held in
chapel showed Frances Barnes elect-
de queen by an overwhelming major
ity. Florence Johnson will be maid
of honor, and the following will be
attendants: .Sarah Pox, Ruth Robert
son, Kate Allison, Louise Smith, Sihyl
Pace, Mildred Meares, Dorothy What
ley, Ray Gibbs, Madge Linnie, and
Nannie McFarland. Mildred Elmo-re,
Willie Newell, and Grace West are al-
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HIS HERITAGE”
IS PRESENTED
Miss Barnes' Play Given Premiere in
Auditorium.
NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE FOR M. H. GRADS
Leading Schools Recog
nize Quality of M.
H. Work.
The fact that the students of Mars
Hill College ore favorably received
by the various nstituti .ns of higher
learning is evidenced by the num
erous scholarships which are offered
to Mars Hill students fay senior col
leges and universities.
At present, -there is but one scho
larship available for women. This is
hundred-and-forty-dollar aid to
ward expenses at Coker Co-llege.
There are this year six former
Mars Hill students attending institu-
tkmK at which they have received
scholarships. These are as follows:
at the University of North Carolina,
Frank Dale; at Washington and Lee
University, William C. Capel; at
Furman, H. A. Lynch; at Wake For
est, T. Carl Brown, T. L. Austin, and
Edd Fox.
Scholarships are offered occasion
ally by the University of Tennessee,
Mai-yville College, Catawba College,
Carson and Newman, and Richmond
University. The University of Chi
cago, also, is offering this year a
scholarship in the school of commerce
worth three hundred dollars.
Mars Hill is recognized in the South
as an outstanding junior college,
and full credit is given for work done
here at the leading colleges and uni-
! versities.
At seven o’clock, Monday evening,
March 23, the cast of -the play, “His
Heritage,” by Miss Frances Barnes,
a member of this year’s Senior class,
presented a public dress rehe.arsal in
the college auditorium.
This play was awarded third place
in the state contest in the classifica
tion into which Mars Hill falls. As
first and .second places were awarded
to the .Seaboard Woman’s Club, and
its membei-s could present but one.
Miss Barnes was given the oppor
tunity of prc.senting her play. This
was done on the afternoon of March
20, and both the play and the acting
received favorable commendation.
The play was one of a group of play.s
presented at the Dramatic Festival, in
connection wth the state contest at
Chapel Hill.
Excellent acting characterized the
entire play. Tom Moore, playing the
leading role in the guise of the Doc
tor, easily stole the acting honors.
Opposite him played Eula May Hes
ter, as the Doctor’s wife. Wade Baker
acted the part of a night visitor, while
Miss Bames herself acted the part of
the nurse.
The play concerns itself with a
single night in the Doctor’s life, when
under the influence of the sin of his
progenitors he committed murder to
gain a certain ambition. It is reveal
ed -to him that if he lives his son will
unconsciously become like him, and
eventually commit the same sin. The
only way to stop this eternal taint of
character is to blot out his own life.
After a supreme struggle with him-,
self, he takes poison, and thus ends
his own life, and with it the heritage
of blood.