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THE HILLTOP. MAHS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
The Hilltop
“Joe E.” Brown
Gives Inten
A Gem in the Emerald Ring of the Hills.—Battle.
S. MARION JUSTICE
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MADGE MYERS
ASSOCIATE Editor
SARA FOX
RELIGIOUS Editor
MARTHA STACK
SOCIETY EDITOR
SAM JUSTICE
ATHLETIC EDITOR
MARY MCLEAN
POETRY Editor
CONWAY SAMS
alumni Editor
THEODORE CUTCHIN Typist
MANAGERIAL^^^^ s„,th. c.»culat,on m*n»oe»
BOMAR UOWRANCE. EXCHANGE Manager
reporters for this issue ^
DOT GERALDINE BARRETT
CHARLOTTE DERRAH
FALK JOHNSON GEORGE MIMS
DAMES MATTHEWS ALBERT SUTTLE
SARA CORPENING
MARTHA WAGER
HAZEL HERNDON
LILLIAN CROWE
RUAMIE SQUIRES
Is Silence Golden?
JUST AROUND MY CORNER
Never was a morning more lovely;
vet my heart was heavy, for I was
leaving a great part of all that was
dear just to find what was around
the corner awaiting me. The rising
sun was casting its “Good Morning
rays over the beautiful blue-green
bay and the myriad of colorful flow
ers all around, and I thought of the
joy they had all been to me, of the
hours that I had spent feasting my
eyes and my soul upon the vastaess
and beauty of these waters. Then
there was my family, old friends and
scenes that are always dear, hut i
waved a brave good-bye to the Land
of Flowers and drove away.
Two days’ travel, then what a
pleasant surprise I did find. For
once realization was greater than ex
pectation. My fondest hopes had
been greatly surpassed, for this is
what I found awaiting me: instead of
1ST
You know I have always rea
wait until the close of the service 1 champions were
to speak to our President, Mr. Moore, to get an interview with. Sq
with whom we had been in corres- I was asked to interview Mr.
tondence for some time, and to
our Vice-President, Dr. Sams, whom so dumb founded that I nodd
we had previously met back in Vir- head for yes when I meant to j
Kinia whOT he came into our home one Of course, I had the
Lming after a trip over some of our ful performanM of Mr. Brown ^ (-am.
mountain roads at that time famous Gym. Good! I would write t
Tr th^r «d mud Never have I had But, no, the editor had direct
a 2rreo"dial reception; and before I was to interview Mr. Brown
the dinner hour was over, in Sams’ son. ^ «> ^ ^
f e°thatlari LtTei^r“Uch lowe^ ap^nd^ges^Ilmost refuj^",^
ers. J-IIUUK ^ . .1,_L a; e t me convenient. After ariL_
seemed many to me, at that time
wnat i louim
0 .. my small family, I had exchanged
?iient shadows flit across the screen—intense emotions are ye^ neariy
Silent shad pni,ode reaches its climax—and then an . ^ a„a so many new friends
audience shatters L^^et ^me, with^^such _kind w
n here
aerwtrfew comrarerVthe crowd I t^ttaT a'nd stammering m^”
we now have ^ftor a confe^nce I "j'/-
in Mr. Moore s .ifflce (which thoi« interview by first askin
I am not a rt“>*ent, has my B questions. So I began
a7d c?r home state. Strange ing Mr. Brown where he first
to say, the place I "0^ X
ng exhi
the ho
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captair
he R«c
J Captai
to say I "“;;“';,iT;7s When yei a very small
the dormito^ attending school at Hendenjui;. £j„
mrvisit A storm was gather, (by the way Hendersonville i.y,, t,
°ne and we were anxious to be on famous for its great men o(p„,y j.
A XX irmrnpvpd back have several here), ^^jand w
our way. As w J jiiu jumping with playmates fJqasualt
home, VXn tS“quir
gotten hold of us, formed several stunts at com nq„,in,
our President and to other teach 1 1
that we decided, that if after pray
erful consideration it s „ aided to make rope jumping! ^ q
God’s leading, we would cast m our | ana
lot here. So, some weeks later oun ^ Brown to give n^hich 1
US at Mars Hill. points on rope jumping. W(
ThouBh. born and rea«d m Wash P ^ ^
01
y J oTkianrlp reaches its climax—aiiu Uieu eighty boys and so many iit=w axa,,.....-
portrayed-a shatters Ufgiet me with such kind words
untoward remark overheard in ludicrous' and smiling faces that my heart just
all continuity of thought. The situation becomes '“dicrous, and^ ™ ^ g^ ^
traffedv is suddenly comedy. * .i-l • long nights rest, so needed by a weary
At a recent motion picture in the College Auditorium, the ^nd so comforted by God s
At a recent mo p extremely unusual. Although the L i needed it all to prepare
sound accompamm « vitanhone equipment, it affords Lyself for what awaited me next
College as yet does not afford a P ^ arm-nd pf-ldav such a memorable day!
the students the unique opportunity of supplying Arising at seven to go to hreak-
fects according to their individual interpretations. -r. fast, my eyes were filled with such
The new science of child training teaches self-expression. It grandeur that I can nev-
jg Bofe the —
sion enjoyed under the cover of darkness at | blue
"'There are those who complain, however, that the effects are
f cVmPhrnnized since the sound usually follows the action by 1 thoughtful young people about
not the variety of spontaneous contribu- L„ help me tot I know we can ac-
a second or two, and tnat xne Vcui y complish many things together.
tions is somewhat distracting. divprtinff and I apppredate the help of the boys
In order that every one may enjoy the very ^ our dormitory a prettier
dpsirable films, why not have a compromise and substitute one our parents
4- cmiTid for another? “Music hath charms— The radio I friends come they too can see
type 0 f/Mind unsatisfactory but why not use piano an attractive place we kve in.
has been tried and found unsatislactory, out w y w _mother HARMAlN.
music or suitable phonograph records? • I
An Open Letter
From Dr. Vann
To the Editor of The Hilltop:
Will you kindly bring to the at
tention of your readers the fact that
our Baptist young people along with
4 . J-I. — ... ... M .■MLrhl 1 /> O 1
Council Policy For Year
Expressed.
our Baptist young people along wilh i At the first of sc oo i
the young people of other evangelical Rankin keeper of Cramerton, was
denominations are being given the President of the Student
opportunity to take a decided stand other members .
for prohibition by signing ® my^g following are members of the
rnB^Sel rc7„tra.v‘ed council to lOBI-B.i In Bvowu Do^
Used as the chief offenders against hfory. President keeper and Garry
our prohibition laws, are beginning kj^Leudon upstairs. Max Hamilton
to give their answer to this I and Walter Cole down stairs; In Mel-
of the wet forces.” Dormitory; Douthit Furchess and
exJl—to; tLi; Wiiliam Kirk up.taim. Worth Lewis
purpose the enlistment of the youth- Lnd Luther Matthews down stairs, and
of the country in support of the Con- j^j-^est Bailes in the basement,
stitution and the laws of the country. I president keeper says his policy
“Young men and women between Uq^igter and happier Dormitories
the ages of fourteen and thirty are
being enrolled by the signing of the Student Council wants the stu-
following pledge: That the Lgnts to co-operate in making our
tution may be protected and orderly an ideal place to spend
government preserved, I declare my months. The president says,
purpose to abstain from the use of all students as a whole have
alcoholic liquors as a beverage, to considerate, with
support and defend the Eighteent exception of a few Bats.”
Amendment and thus to contribute to Student Council meets every
the success of. prohibition. 1 Wednesday night after prayer meet-
“I love those 600,000 signatures I discuss the problems of the
to this statement and ptedges have ^gj,’^.^gj,jgg ^nd to try to arrive at a
been secured, and the objecti^ is a g^^jgf^ctory solution of them.
least one million names to be filed at j
Washington early in December. Our
will lift up mine eyes unto the
hills from whence cometh my help
In giving my impression of Mars
Hill I must go hack to a day last June,
a beautiful Lord’s day morning,
when, in company with my son and
a former student, I first came here.
Leaving “Ole Virginia” late Saturday
evening, wc spent the night with
friends in Winston-Salem. After an
early breakfast—even earlier than
that served here—we started toward
our destination, expecting to arrive
in time for morning service; but, so
conscientiously had the student ob
served the rules and so faithfully had
she heeded the call to stay “close in”
that she did not know the route from
Asheville to Mars Hill and misdi
rected us. After driving about an
hour, we found ourselves in Marshall
and had to back trail to Mars Hill.
Church had started, and so we had to
ington City, for a number of years
I have been privileged to live where
I could look up to God’s mountains;
so they were no new sight to me.
Yet as I turned that day, when about
half way up the steps leading to our
dormitories on the hill, and for the
first time saw that scene of beauty
and grandeur that greets us from that
view point, the majesty, power, and
goodness of God came home to me
as never before and the words of the
Psalmist, that head this article, in
stinctively came to my mind and a
peace and comfort filled my heart as
God spoke to me there.
As I try to “mother” these boys
in Melrose, many of whom have al
ready endeared themselves to me, my
prayer is that I may so live in this
dormitory before them that we all
may come to know Him just a little
better because our paths have crossed
and that as we look out and behold
the beauties of nature surrounding
us, the King of Beauty, the “Alto
gether Lovely,” may reign in our
hearts. This to me is the Spirit of
Mars Hill, the lifting up of the Christ,
(even above educational standards)
and is the thing that impresses me
most here, and that makes me glad
to have my son numbered among its
students.
MRS. J. MASON RICHARDSON,
(Mother Richardson)
vfa* ^ X I iliCLi Xv
gift or could one become a
Mr. Brown said he thought L pjay
more of a gift, since he had
ticed any for about five y^ai^j^ed v
he came here. js for
But now wait a minute,
would-he champions, there s i]
you. Mr. Brown thinks that ijtfiall }
really wants to become a
he can by hard practice. much
When asked if he had any Lap
tions for the would-be chamj^h^ fi]
said, “yes.” lexhibi
“The thing that an actor ^^g^ic
fear is stage fright, and a goj^nd i
to overcome it is to practice t;l
time before a mirror. Anott^yg |
portant thing is to have quiclijf
muscles. To be a champioB.^^j.g,
muscles are absolutely ne
That’s about all I have to saj^jg Yn
I thanked Mr. Brown and if
to my room to write up the inl^
Later I learned that Mr. of
had not performed all the stiover
knew; .so we have somethingj
forward to on the next stunf —
^tor:
" 1 f orc
Phis Debate On
poem, and Mr. James Matthews
^ I brought the series to a close with a
Russian Question serious talk on what the society meant
* 1 to him.
Mr. Andrew Franklin Albritton
On Friday night, September 25, ^ humorous selection to
the Philomathian Literary Society program to an end.
held its third program of the year. - - . -
Unique Character hen
plies For Admik
Shot Through Brain Woult
To Ministry or Law
young people who observe the law
and are loyal to the principle of pro
hibition, and doubtless by far the
larger number are of this group,
should welcome this opportunity to
go on record and answer the propa
ganda of the wets.
What a fine opportunity our Mars
Hill young people have of identify
ing themselves with this movement
to keep our nation sober, decent, and
God fearing. Surely we can count
on a strictly 100 percent sign up to
the petitions which are now being cir
culated.
Sincerely,
L. L. VANN.
October 2nd Program
The opening selection on the pro
gram for October 2 was a declama
tion by Walter Cole, entitled “Amer
icanism.” Next came a well pre
pared oration by Jack Dale on
“Which Way America.”
atthews. 1 In the debate of the evening the
Then came the debate of the even- subject of Compulsory Military train
ing “Resolved, That the United high school was discussed. The
States Should Recognize the Soviet question stated negatively was sup-
Government of Russia.” After aborted on the affirmative by Turner
very animated discussion the judges Rogers and John Reece. The side of
J J ri.of»;einn in favor of Uv,r. n^xo-ntiv#> was nrescnted by John
stuff
“What is that white, fluffy
you’re picking?”
“That, suh, will he wool when ye
wear it next winter in the No’th.”
Watchman-Examiner.
Duty: Maintain your post: that a
all the fame you need. —^Dryden.
The first number on the program
was a declamation entitled, “How to
Protect Peace,” by Woodrow Wilson,
rendered by Keating Pharr. ^This
was followed by an oration. The
Quest of the Intellect,” by James
Matthews.
There are meters iambic.
And meters trochaic.
And meters in musical tone;
But the meter that’s sweeter, animated discussion the juuges i Rogers and John Keece. xne siu« ux
Completer and neater, ui- rendered their decision in favor of the negative was presented by John
Is to meet her the negative composed of Grant Ken-^ilkens and Falk Johnson. The
alone.—The Red and White. ' nedy and Edgar Osborne. Bruce judges rendered a verdict in favor of
Grainger and Charles Alexander rep- the negative.
resented the affirmative. The next number, harmonica selec-
Next, Pegram Holland, a new mem- tions by Emmett Francis, was well
her, entertained the occupants of the received by the audience. In the lat-
hall with a clarinet solo. He was ter part of his performance he was
accompanied at the piano by Miss keeompanied by Messrs. Farmer ant
Julia Cox. Grainger who attempted to harmonize
At this juncture of the program the with him on “She’ll Be Coming Round
., X flxrr. rrvixxn friv 1TYI- fVux Moiintain.” Mr. Farmer sang bass
On Thursday afternoon, (
1, a young man w^alked in the*
office, gave his name, and stati
he had hitch-hiked all the
a distant town to Mars Hill tj®”®
for admission to the college. ^
The story of his past life ^
of misfortune, hard luck ;
crossed his path at every tunCn
He stated that he had finisW C
five and one-half years of *
schooling and had spent thre
at the Jackson training schoor
One side of his body was
jaralyzed, resulting from a
Don’t worry if your job is small.
And your rewards are few;
Remember that the mighty oak
Was once a nut like you.
—Selected.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
For your prayers, your messages
of comfort, and your silent expres
sions of sympathy in the home
going of my dear father, I want
to express in behalf of the fami
ly, our tenderest appreciation to
both faculty and student body.
—ETHEL GREGG.
jaralyzed, resulting from a 9^
wound in his head. Accordin^^^
statement, he had been shotj
forehead, the bullet passing Var
the upper portion of the br^ hi
emerging somewhere on thel’t j
his head. * |uai
He seemed to think that te
lost part of his brain which |
evident fact. S-F
After talking the matter o^
the Dean he was taken over.
President’s office, in which he
all of his hard luck story andl—
the climax by stating, “Con^—
the matter thoroughly, I hav
decided that the only thing
me to do is to become either a
1
At this juncture of the program to with hun on bhe 11 tie uommg nou„u ^ lawyer,
president called on five men for im- to Mountain.” Mr. Farmer sang bass | ^ keenly disaiJ «
not be accepted until his juni j
of high school, and slowly b«
retrace his steps back up tb
way.
president called on five men lor im- xne rnuunuaiii. xrxa. o
promptu speeches. Mr. James Miller, while Mr. Grainger sang weakly,
the first one to speak, enlightened This was followed by two im-
the society on “Some Phases of De- promptus. One by Lem Freem^ on
tective Work.” Mr. Connor Feims- “Red Hair,” and the other by Keat-
ter next gave a “Lowdown” on the ing Pharr on his favorite topic,
situation in Hollywood. This was fol- “Love.”
lowed by a discussion on table man- The program was brought to a con-
ners by Turner Rogers. Then Mr. elusion by Frank Powell, who gave
Grant Kennedy rendered an amusing 1 a humorous number.
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