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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 17, 1931.
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iris’ Auxiliary house party
on the campus during the
:k-end, March 27-29. The
ties, which are being held in
lus colleges this month, are
by the North Carolina Wo
ssionary Union.
The G. A.’s left for their homes
Sunday afternoon, declaring that they
felt as if they could go back home
and do better work than ever before.
They also stated that they were very
favorably impressed with college life.
ANNUAL JUNIOR-SENIOR
RECEPTION SA TURD A Y
idvertise;
erchants ^eynote of the convention
Read ti^ft up your eyes and look”—
p. The girls arrived Friday
. It was delightful to see
Mrs. Baker from Kerners-
a group of their girls. Mr.
a former student of Mars
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ElAP
the
a short rest and supper, they
>TUDI0he college Y. W. A. The pro
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from
3NS
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s a study of missions in Af-
|e devotional was rendered by
dys Poindexter and the spe-
;ic by Misses Frances Fris-
Grace Elkins. Talks were
Misses Pearl Bourne, Eldz-
hwan, and Alva Lawrence,
llded much interest to the pro-
RS
this program, a social was
' the Y. W. A. in the Science
hall. The decorations and re
nts carried out the sham-
leme. Also note that the col
on and white, are the G. A.
The entertainment seemed to
CAN lughly enjoyed by all who at-
STILL
CNER
Invitations for Annual Affair Have
Been Received by Seniors—to
Be Held in Gym.
The annual Junior-Senior Recep
tion will be held this year in the gym
on Saturday, April 18.
Invitations have been received by
members of the Senior Class for the
affair. None of the definite arrange
ments for the affair have been reveal
ed by the Junior Class. It is antici
pated by the Senior group that the
reception this year will be one of the
most beautiful ever held.
The invitations were decorated
with a rainbow with a bag of gold
at the end, with the mark, “’31” on
the bag. Immediately under the rain
bow was the following inscription:
'Rainbow Trail.” The invitation pro
per read as follows: “Be Thou My
Rainbow at the Junior-Senior Recep
tion, Saturday Evening, April 18th,
1931, in the Gymnasium.”
NO. 12.
BOYS REACH FINALS IN STATE
FORENSIC TOURNEY IN DUAL WIN
Slave to no sect who takes' no pri
vate road.
But looks through Nature, up to Na
ture’s God.
—Alexander Pope.
STUDENTS HEAR
PRES. PAYNE
George Peabody College Head
Makes Speech at
Mars Hill.
Wins Over Weaverville
and Biltmore Place
Men in Finals.
Windup to Be Held Saturday
Night—Girls Are
Eliminated.
H. CLAY cox
nominated by The
Who was
Hilltop Staff for 1931-’32
Editor.
H. CLAY COX
NOMINATED
HILLTOP EDITOR
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girls arose early Saturday
r and received great inspira-
the_ morning v^at/’h .con-
^y Miss Elizabeth Cowan, the
B. S. U. leader,
vas enjoyed in the gymnasium
y afternoon. It is regretted
weather was such as to pre-
le outing which had been
US.
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Intramural Baseball
Schedule Announced
1931 Season Is Already Under
Way—Two Games Played.
j:30 o’clock Saturday evening,
vention assembled in the col-
ditorium. After the song ser-
f|e devotional was rendered in
lAR
IDREB’
\.RIES,
5ITY
B.D.
pleasing manner by Miss Eva
Miss LaRue Mangum sweet-
“Is He Satisfied tVith Me?”
arl Bourne, our south-wide Y.
_ eader, gave a most interesting
ing the keynote as a theme,
le college Y. W. A. presented
eant, “Heroine, of Ava,” in a
'ectiv-e way.
ay morning found the G. A.’s
W. A.’s once more in the
; of morning watch. At this
i.ss Bourne conducted the ser-
her own in.spirational manner.
The complete schedule for the In
tramural Baseball League has been
ar.i.ouncei. Tk: .ga.m-s..wil! stretch
from the 14th of April through to
May 22. Much spirited competition"
is already sighted, as the various
teams are busily engaged in practice.
The schedule is as follows:
April 14—A-4 vs. C-1.
April 15—C-1 vs. C-2.
April 17—Eu vs. M. C.
April 18—A-4 vs. C-2.
April 18—Phi vs. M. C.
April 20—Melrose vs. Brown.
April 21—A-4 vs. M. C.
April 23—C-1 vs. Phi.
April 27—C-2 vs. Eu.
(Continued on Page 3)
Election of New Staff to Take
Place Soon.
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‘groe
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1-SEMESTER
iRADES ARE
ANNOUNCED
LAUREL TO BE
ATTRACTIVE
PUBLICATION
To Appear on Campus Soon.
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^ting Facts Revealed
erusal of Statistics.
by
l|f«^nid-semest€r grades have been
d, and although they are no
on to what the final grades
one can obtain from them a
idea of the work being ac
ted by the students. The de-
it of education showed up
ith 188 S’s, 1 X and no U’s.
irks ran lower in the English
[//Jient than in any other, with
j 140 X’s, and 48 U’s.
grades in the other depart-
ire as follows: Bible, 177 S’s,
and 5 U’s; Science, 148 S’s,
and 33 U’s; History, 203 S’s,
and 12 U’s; Math, 110 S’s, 21
d 28 U’s; Latin, 124 S’s, 15
d 5 U’s; French, 92 S’s, 50
28 U’s; Spanish, 16 S’s, 5
5 U’s; Greek, 11 S’s, 3 X’s,
U’s, and German, 6 S’s, no
1 U.
The editor of the Laurel announc
ed recently that the annual year
book, the Laurel, is being printed
now and will be ready for sale in
about one month.
The book contains the original art
work of a former Mars Hill student,
Robert Barnes, which appears in the
form of the head and tail pieces, the
Senior background design and all of
the division pages.
This well designed and beautifully
carried out art-work will add greatly
to all those fine qualities which go to
make up a good “book.”
The staff believes that the 1931
edition of the Laurel will be one that
every student will be proud to own,
from the first minute it comes into
his or her possession until the time
that his or her children will turn its
pages and proudly exclaim, “OK, here
is a picture of daddy when he was
going to school!”
The price of the book will be an
nounced in a few days, and will be
determined to a large extent by the
co-operation of all factors included in
its organization. The complete sup
port of the students is essential dur
ing the last weeks of the Laurel work.
If this is gained, the 1931 annual
promises to be a fulfillment of the
student hopes.
The Hilltop staff, meeting in reg
ular session on last Monday night,
made the nominations for the 1931-
32 Hilltop staff.
Those nominated by the present
staff for positions next year are as
follows: H. Clay Obx, editor; Madge
Myers and Catherine Curl, associate
editors; Sarah Fox, religious editor;
Martha Stack, society and club edi
tor; Sam Justice, athletic editor;
Mary McLean, poetry editor; Con
way Sams, alumni editor; Theodore
Cutchins, typist; Bomar Loranze,
business manager; Hubert Smith, cir
culation manager, and A. P. Godwin,
intercollegiate editor.
The members of The Hilltop staff
serve for a term of one year. Each
year the staff then serving, with the
help and the advice of Mr. John A.
McLeod, faculty advisor, select from
the student body persons whom they
believe merit a position on the staff
for the forthcoming year. In assum
ing the position of a nominating com
mittee the staff considers, in making
its selection, those students who
have made a high standard on their
work during the past year; their gen
eral interest in journalism, and a
manifestation of a degre of thor
oughness and promptness. The per
sons thus selected are later placed be
fore the student body as candidates
for the positions already named. If
they are accepted by the student boly
(Confined on J’.igc 4)
Dr. Bruce R. Payne, president of
Gteorge Peabody College for Teach
ers, Nashville, Tenn., was the speak
er at the chapel exercises at Mars
Hill College on April 3.
Dr. Payne spoke in protest against
the modern debunking of American
institutions and drew some interesting
comparisons between Ameriacn life of
today and that of 25 years ago. After
showing the complexities of present-
day civilization, he declared that the
world is better and appealed to the
students to help to keep it better. The
rise of the intelligence of the aver
age man, he said, constitutes the
greatest renaissance of all time, be
side which that of the fifteenth cen
tury was a miniature golf course.
The growth of education, the inter
est in world affairs, the wide circula
tion of newspapers are indicative of
this intelligence, he said. In showing
the rapidity of these developments,
he said that he was older than vol
ume one of the most of the maga
zine- of the. United Stat^.'’ and that
he was personally acquainted with the
founder of the Associated Press.-
Dr. Payne is a native of Burke
county and a former schoolmate of
Dr. Moore, president of Mars Hill
College,
At the chapel exercises Thursday
morning, April 2, Dr. Charles E.
Brewer, president of Meredith Col
lege, was the chapel speaker and the
guest of the college at luncheon. In
the afternoon he spoke to a group of
former and prospective Meredith
students at Mars Hill.
MINISTERIAL
CONFERENCE
HAS ELECTION
Avery Hunter Named to Lead
Destiny of Club.
On Thursday night, March 26, the
Ministerial Conference held its
monthly business.meeting. No pro
gram was given. The time was given
to the election of officers for the re
maining weeks of school and for the
first part of the year 1931. Those
elected were: Avery Hunter, presi
dent; Ernest Bailes, vice-president;
James Matthews, secretary; Robert
James, reporter; William Pate, chor
ister; Charles Runyon, janitor.
The conference also elected Chas.
Runyon baseball manager and David
Stewart -tennis manager. These men
predict that their respective teams
shall be the winner of its intramural
championship. Fight ’em, “Praying
Preachers!” We are for you!
Chapel Programs
Monday—
On Monday, “The Way of
the Cross,” in pantomime, was
presented very acceptably by
seven girls.
Tuesday—
Tue.sday we were privileged
to have with us two young men
who had given their lives en
tirely to the Ma.ster, and were
going about te.stifying to the
joy they had received from
sharing Jesus with others. Mr.
Milan Reeves of Mississippi was
the first to speak. He was fol
lowed by Mr. Kermet Castella-
nous of New York.
Wednesday—
Miss Pearle Bourne of Ala
bama, who was here for the
study course, gave to the stu
dent body a most interesting
talk and left with us some points
to think about in regards to
our future.
The boys’ debating teams, under
the coaching of Professor J. B. Huff,
reached the finals in the State Junior
College Championship Tournament on
last Friday evening, with victories
over Biltmore Junior College of Ashe
ville and Weaver Junior College of
Weaverville. W. O. Rosser and Nel
son Jarrett defended the affirmative
side of the question at home, and
Hoyle Lee and John Johnson won at
Weaverville. The decision in both
contests was three to nothing. The
subject discussed was free trade.
The boys’ win on last Friday night
gave them a total of seven wins and
no defeats. The affirmative and neg
ative teams have each convinced an
audience that their argument was
sound.
Hoyle Lee and John .lohnson won
an audience decision at home on
March 13 by the vote of 111-94. Nel
son Jarrett and W. O. Rosser con
vinced a foreign audience at Johnson
City to gain a 27-21 decision on the
26th of March. In -the dual debate
with Catawba College, on March 16,
the Mars Hill debaters won five out
of a possible six votes. John John
son and Ben Cox won a critic judge
decision on last Friday night from
the strong Furman University team.
The late debate, which was the first
elimination in the state tournament,
resulted in six votes for Mars Hill.
The girls’ team, debating the que.s-
tion, “Resolved, That the States
Should Adopt a Policy of Old Age
Pensions, Constitutionality Waived,”
were eliminated from the state cham
pionship race When Catherine Curl
and Alto Ruth Reese lost a 2-1 de
cision on Biltmore ground on last
Thursday evening. Bonnie Dolen and
Katherine Gillan eliminated Weaver
College girls here with a 2-1 vote.
Biltmore Junior College reached the
finals in this contest.
On Friday night, March 18, John
Johnson afid Ben Cox won a critic
decision from Furman University of
Greenville, South Carolina, President
Trowbridge, of Weaver College, ren
dering the decision. It is interesting
to note that five of the seven con
tests held thus far have been with
senior colleges. The finals of the
state tournament will be held on this
Saturday evening on neutral grofind.
Mars Hill’s opponents have not/yet
been reported to the debate coui/cil.
STUDY COURSES
HELD AGAIN
Thursday—
On Thursday, Miss Alva Law
rence, one of the state workers
in W. M. U. work, who was also
here for the study course,
brought to us a very helpful
message.
Friday—
The chapel programs for the
week were brought to a con
clusion on Friday with another
sort of pantomime, “Oh Zion,
Haste,” featuring nine girls who
acted out the song, while Fran
ces Frisbie sang the words.
Seven Courses Taught During
Week of March 23-27.
The week, March 23-27, marked
the Y. W. A. study course week on
the campus. It proved a most delight
ful and profitable study. There were
seven mission courses taught by vis
iting teachers and members of the
college faculty. The courses were:
“Signal Fires on the Mountains,” Mr.
Moore; “Healing and Missions,” Mr.
Lee; “The Ministry of Women,” Mrs.
Coats; “In the Land of the Southern
Cross,” Miss Pearl Bourne, south
wide Y. W. A. leader; “W. M. U.
Methods,” Miss Alva Lawrence, North
Carolina Young People’s Leader;
Stewardship in the Life of Youth,”
Miss Elizabeth Cowan, regional B. S.
U. leader; “Baptist Missions in Ni
geria,” Mr. Stringfield.
There were enrolled in these class
es 347. Much interest and co-opera
tion was shown on the part of both
the students and the college faculty.